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package org.apache.xbean.spring.context;

import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext;
import org.apache.xbean.spring.example.PizzaService;

/**
 *
 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
 */
public class PizzaUsingXBeanWinBeanRefTest extends PizzaUsingSpringTest {

    public void testPizza() throws Exception {
        PizzaService pizza = (PizzaService) getBean("pizzaService");
        pizza.makePizza();

        assertEquals("topping", "Salami", pizza.getTopping());
        assertEquals("cheese", "#Edam", pizza.getCheese());
        assertEquals("size", 17, pizza.getSize());
    }

    protected AbstractXmlApplicationContext createApplicationContext() {
        return new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("org/apache/xbean/spring/context/pizza-xbean-bean-ref.xml");
    }

}

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Provivi : Creating Solutions to Protect Crops from Pests
Startup Idea and Innovations for Provivi
Provivi is a crop protection company that's specialized in creating solutions designed to protect crops from pests and a variety of other problems. Provivi is focused on using pheromones in order to protect the crops with a large acreage. The company is on a mission to deliver disruptive, professional chemistry solution for agricultural clients, but also for household users. These solutions are environmentally safe and benign. This way the crops get to stay away from pests, all the way nature intended and without any issues.
The company was created by Frances Arnold and Pedro Coelho in 2013 within the Santa Monica area. The idea for them was to find a more efficient way to deliver crop control, while bringing in creative and very professional solutions that you can always rely on. It's an incredible achievement, and the company continued to create patented technologies designed to lower the pest population and ensure that there's little to no crop damage.
Provivi timeline and history
Provivi was started in 2013
The company entered the grant phase in late 2015
In 2016 the company went through the grant stage, but also through the early stage VC series A.
During 2018, the company entered another grant phase and the early stage VC series B
They entered the later stage VC series C in 2019
During 2020, the company faced debt deals, with a later stage VC series C of $55.5 million taking place in March 2021, which added even more funding for the business.
Founders and key people of Provivi
Frances Arnold
Frances Arnold has been a part of the chemistry industry for a very long time, and she worked for a variety of incredible companies. Some of her previous hires include Codexis, Amyris Biotechnologies, Maxygen, Gevo, Arzeda, GEnomatica, and she established Provivi with a true focus on bringing innovations thanks to state of the art biochemistry and unique, powerful technologies designed to revolutionize the world in a powerful and incredible manner.
Ganesh Kishore
Ganesh Kishore is a managing partner and he has been the CEO of MLSCF and the managing partner for Spruce Capital Partners LLC, which is directly invested into Provivi. He also worked as a managing director for the Burill and Company venture group and he was a part of Monsanto Company for more than 20 years, until the year 2000.
James Demetriades
James Demetriades was been a board member since the beginning, and he is also an executive chairman for the Transient Plasma Systems and Amorphology INC. He is also invested in a multitude of other companies, such as nFugue, Sienza Energy, LeukoVet and many others.
Alan Boyce
Alan Boyce is a director for Provivi and Adecoagro. He has been a part of the industry for a very long time, and he continues to bring in comprehensive, powerful and detailed solutions in the field of biotechnology.
Funding and Financial Information
Ever since its inception, the company has raised $190 million in 7 funding rounds. The latest funding round was a Series C round that took place in late February 2021. The company has a multitude of investors, with Tybourne Capital, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Lanx Capital, Vivo Capital, Potifax AgTech, Kairos Ventures and Temasek Holdings being a prime example. The company now has a post money valuation anywhere from $100 to $500 million.
Competitors for Provivi
Botanical Solution https://botanical-solution.com/
Syngenta https://www.syngenta.com/en
Enko Chem https://enkochem.com/
PolyNatural https://polynatural.cl/
DiaCarta https://diacarta.com
Company website : https://www.provivi.com/en
LinkedIn Profile : https://www.linkedin.com/company/provivi-inc-
Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/ProviviGlobal
Twitter Account : https://twitter.com/Provivitm
Examples and Tips to Create a Minimum Viable Product for Your Startup

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Euphorbia grandicornis Goebel ex N. E. Br.
Euphorbia grandicornis is an upright multistemmed succulent shrub, up to 6.6 feet (2 m) tall and about the same in width. The stem is up to 4 inches (10 cm) in diameter, 3 or 4 winged, irregular, constricted in broad, twisted, with triangular segments about 6 inches (15 cm) long. Leaves are tiny, scale-like between the spines. The spines are grey or brownish, joined, forming a horny continuous ridge, up to 3 inches (7.5 cm) long. The flowers are brilliant yellow, growing just above the spines.
Euphorbias are very easy to care for. They require a little pampering to become established, but once they are, they are self-sufficient. In fact, more die from too much care and watering than from neglect. Euphorbias need well-draining soil and lots of sunlight. They are not particular about soil pH, but they cannot tolerant wet soil. Unlike most succulents, Euphorbia does not handle long periods of drought well. It may need weekly watering during the summer. Water whenever the soil is dry several inches below the surface. Water deeply, but don't let them sit in wet soil, which can cause root rot. Add some organic matter or fertilizer to the planting hole. If you are growing them in containers or your soil is poor, feed with a half-strength fertilizer monthly… – See more at: How to Grow and Care for Euphorbia.
Native to South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, Kenya.


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NETHERLANDS: Eerste Divisie
ADO Den Haag vs FC Oss Live Score and Live Stream
FC Oss
ADO Den Haag played FC Oss at the Eerste Divisie of Netherlands on January 15. The match kicked off 15:30 UTC. ADO Den Haag won 2-0.
Dhoraso Moreo Klas scored the first goal on the 61st minute of the game followed by a goal from Thomas Verheydt, who made the final score 2-0.
ScoreBat is covering ADO Den Haag vs FC Oss in real time, providing the live stream and live score of the match, team line-ups, full match stats, live match commentary and official video highlights. We cover all matches of Netherlands Eerste Divisie in real time and provide live streaming whenever possible.
URL: https://www.scorebat.com/ado-den-haag-vs-fc-oss-live-stream/
You can watch ADO Den Haag vs FC Oss live stream here on ScoreBat when the official streaming is available. We will provide only official live stream strictly from the official channels of Netherlands Eerste Divisie, ADO Den Haag or FC Oss whenever it is available. Live streaming will begin when the match is about to kick off.
ADO Den Haag (also known as Den Haag) and FC Oss (commonly referred to as TOP Oss or Top Oss.) are football clubs from Netherlands and they are playing this match of Eerste Divisie on Saturday. Make sure to follow it live here on ScoreBat.
We are updating team formations and line-ups for ADO Den Haag - FC Oss in real time.
ADO Den Haag kicked off the game with Luuk Koopmans, Boy Kemper, Herve Matthys, Jamal Amofa, Daryl Janmaat who got substituted by Michael Mulder on the 70th minute, Samy Bourard who got substituted by Eljero Elia on the 58th minute, Dhoraso Moreo Klas, Sem Steijn who got substituted by Tyrese Asante on the 83rd minute, Ricardo Kishna, Thomas Verheydt and Vicente Besuijen who got substituted by Amar Catic on the 83rd minute as starters, with Tyrese Asante, Amar Catic, Eljero Elia, Sacha Komljenovic, Jonathan Mulder, Michael Mulder, Evan Rottier, Xander Severina, Marius Van Mil and Hugo Wentges on the bench.
FC Oss's starting eleven were Norbert Alblas, Niels Fleuren who got substituted by Richonell Margaret on the 72nd minute, Jan Lammers, Roshon van Eijma, Ilounga Pata who got substituted by Franslyn Nsingi on the 82nd minute, Rick Stuy van den Herik, Joshua Sanches who got substituted by Nicolas Abdat on the 87th minute, Lion Kaak who got substituted by Grad Damen on the 87th minute, Jearl Margaritha, Kay Tejan and Dean Guezen who got substituted by Giovanni Buttner on the 86th minute, with Nicolas Abdat, Giovanni Buttner, Grad Damen, Mees Gootjes, Richonell Margaret, Franslyn Nsingi, Lorenzo Pique, Bodhi Prinssen and Lars van Meurs on the bench.
Referee showed the yellow card once throughout the game. Kay Tejan was the one to receive it.
Explore stats from ADO Den Haag vs FC Oss on ScoreBat - we are updating the numbers on this page every second of the game.
Total Attempts: 25 - 10
Shots On Target: 11 - 6
Corners: 11 - 3
ADO Den Haag and FC Oss have met twice since July 2018. 1 match ended in a draw while FC Oss have won once. The most recent match between them took place on September 10, 2021 at the Eerste Divisie of Netherlands which ended in a draw - 3-3. ADO Den Haag have scored 3 goals in these 2 head-to-head matches in total while FC Oss have scored 6. So, overall, FC Oss have a better head-to-head record against ADO Den Haag in their recent history.
ADO Den Haag have won 15 of their 22 matches in Eerste Divisie, drawing 2 and having 5 defeats this season. They have scored 50 goals - 2.27 per match, conceding 29 - 1.32 per match. FC Oss have won 5 of their 22 matches in Eerste Divisie, drawing 6 and having 11 defeats this season. They have scored 26 goals - 1.18 per match, conceding 36 - 1.64 per match.
ADO Den Haag are on a winning streak - they have won NAC, Gemert, Utrecht-2, Dordrecht 90, Telstar, VV Venlo and Almere City FC in their previous 7 matches while FC Oss have won VV Venlo in their previous match. Overall, ADO Den Haag have won 14 of their last 20 matches, losing 4 and drawing 2, while FC Oss have won 3 of their last 20 matches, losing 11 and drawing 6. In their most recent 6 matches ADO Den Haag have won 6 times (4-1 against NAC on 17th of December, 4-2 against Gemert on 14th of December, 1-4 against Utrecht-2 on 6th of December, 5-1 against Dordrecht 90 on 26th of November, 0-2 against Telstar on 19th of November and 2-0 against VV Venlo on 14th of November). In their most recent 6 matches FC Oss have won once (2-3 against VV Venlo on 17th of December), lost once (1-0 against Den Bosch on 19th of November) and drew 4 times (1-1 against MVV Maastricht on 3rd of December, 1-1 against Telstar on 26th of November, 0-0 against Helmond Sport on 12th of November and 2-2 against PSV-2 on 5th of November).
ADO Den Haag haven't played a draw in their previous 10 matches.
ADO Den Haag have scored two or more goals in their previous 4 home matches.
FC Oss have gone 4 consecutive matches without a clean sheet.
As always, Netherlands Eerste Divisie's live standings are availble and updated in real time. ADO Den Haag are 5th in the table with 41 points after 22 matches, while FC Oss are 17th with 21 points in 22 matches.
We are adding goal videos and full video highlights of the match between ADO Den Haag and FC Oss in real time. You can watch the goals by Dhoraso Moreo Klas and Thomas Verheydt as the videos of the goals are added usually minutes after the actual event if there are any official videos available. Full video highlights of ADO Den Haag - FC Oss are being added as they become available on the official social media channels of the league or the teams.
Match ends. ADO Den Haag 2, FC Oss 0.
Thomas Verheydt scores for ADO Den Haag.
Substitution for FC Oss. Nicolas Abdat replaces Joshua Sanches
Substitution for FC Oss. Grad Damen replaces Lion Kaak
Substitution for FC Oss. Giovanni Buttner replaces Dean Guezen
Substitution for ADO Den Haag. Amar Catic replaces Vicente Besuijen
Substitution for ADO Den Haag. Tyrese Asante replaces Sem Steijn
Substitution for FC Oss. Franslyn Nsingi replaces Ilounga Pata
Substitution for FC Oss. Richonell Margaret replaces Niels Fleuren
Substitution for ADO Den Haag. Michael Mulder replaces Daryl Janmaat
Dhoraso Moreo Klas scores for ADO Den Haag.
Substitution for ADO Den Haag. Eljero Elia replaces Samy Bourard
Kay Tejan is shown the yellow card.


Honeybell Tangelos are rare that you may have never tried one. They're so sweet and full of juice, they're sure to become a favorite fruit. A cross between a grapefruit and a tangerine, these little beauties are distinguished by their bell-shaped tops—but the real story is the honey-like flavor. Every tastebud will jump for joy! Only available in a single harvest, Honeybell Tangelos make a great gift.


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Flag Football Info / Registration | Rulebooks | Hall of Champions
Q: I'm ready to join your team. Where do I sign up?
A: We're not a team, but actually a league made up of many teams. If you have friends, family, co-workers, etc that want to play then you should consider registering your own team. If it's just you and maybe a few friends then register as individual free agents and we'll try to place you on a team.
Q: How many players should I have register for my team?
A: That really depends on how reliable your players are. If you can count on most of you players showing up each week then 12-15 is a good number to maximize playing time. If you think that conflicting schedules will keep a good number of your players from committing then 16-20 is a good number to have to make sure that you don't have to play games shorthanded or even forfeit.
Q: Can I register a team now and have my players register later?
A: Yes, you can add players up through Week 2 of our league's schedule. Keep in mind that if you are having each player pay individually, your entire team fee must be paid by the time registration ends.
Q: Can my friend(s) and I sign up as free agents and remain on the same team?
A: Yes, when registering just be sure that everyone names the people they want to be included with. There's a form field for just that reason.
Q: Do I have to live in Montgomery County to play?
A: No, you can reside anywhere and play in our league. Montgomery County is simply the area where we play and not necessarily where we all live.
Q: Are uniforms required?
A: Uniforms aren't required, but teams must have matching colors so that it'll be easier to differentiate teammates on the field. You can get custom shirts or jerseys made at discounted prices just for RASL players at Sports Extra in Bethesda, MD. Please visit our uniforms page for more info.
Fee and Payment FAQs
Q: When is payment due?
A: Payment is due in full at midnight of the registration deadline date.
Q: I split my team fee when I first registered, but just added some new players. How does payment work now?
A: Any players you add after you've already split the fee will be your responsiblity to collect payment from. RASL is only invoicing and expecting payment from the players that you specified at the time of the split.
Q: What happens if I split payment and and I my teammates don't pay by the deadline?
A: The outstanding balance of unpaid players will be reassigned to you, the captain. You will then have a full day after the deadline to pay the fee. After that, you will be assessed a 15% late fee.
"I am a free agent" FAQs
Q: I registered as a free agent, now what?
A: You can let team captains know that you're looking for a team to play on by posting on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/playrasl).
Q: What if there are no teams looking for free agents?
A: If we have enough free agents before the season starts, we will put together an all free agents team. This usually happens after registration has ended.
Q: What happens if there are no teams nor are thre enough free agents for a team?
A: You will get a full refund back onto your credit card.
"I need free agents" FAQs
Q: How do I request free agents to fill spots on my roster?
A: Please email us at info@playrasl.com and we'll put you in touch with some.
Q: How do free agents impact my team's fee?
A: Free agents have already paid their fee, so they are not responsible for paying your team fee. However, we will refund you for each free agent you accept onto your team.
Q: How much and when will I get refunded?
A: You will receive 50% of the regular free agent fee. For example, a free agent paid $60 and we place them on your team. You, the captain, will receive a refund of $30 each after your team fee is paid in full on your credit card. However, you will not receive any refund for female free agents that use a 50% discount code.
Gameplay FAQs
Q: Is it okay that I've never played flag football before?
A: Absolutely. As long as you have a general understanding of how football is played, all it takes is practice to get good at flag football. We have players of all levels so most people can fit right in.
Q: How is co-ed flag football different from men's?
A: Co-ed flag football allows you to play with all your friends, regardless of gender. We have rules in place to make sure that both men and women are able to participate more equally. For the sake of simplicity, for every two straight offensive plays that involve only men, the next play must involve a woman either as a quarterback, running back, or wide receiver.


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Q: Jquery can't trigger second scroll event I am trying to get $(window).scroll to fire on a second element using .visible(). But if i  write it like i have done below or even put them in separate code blocks, which ever one is on top fires and the one underneath doesn't. It seems like window.scroll is still waiting for the first event to happen and ignores the second one?
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        $(window).scroll(function(){
            if ($("#moreSection").visible(true)){
                $(".slideInLeft").delay(400).show("slide", { direction: "right", easing: 'easeOutBounce'}, 400);
            }else if($("#why-use-section").visible(true)) {
                $(".slideInLeft2").delay(400).show("slide", { direction: "right", easing: 'easeOutBounce'}, 1600);
            }

        });

A: Probably not the right solution, but based on this: Wait till a Function with animations is finished until running another Function
function ScrollOne(){
    if ($("#moreSection").visible(true))
        $(".slideInLeft").delay(400).show("slide", { direction: "right", easing: 'easeOutBounce'}, 400);
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function ScrollTwo(){
    if($("#why-use-section").visible(true)) {
        $(".slideInLeft2").delay(400).show("slide", { direction: "right", easing: 'easeOutBounce'}, 1600);
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$(window).scroll(function(){
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This Week in Anime: New Sequel Films, Attack on Titan and More…
Posted on May 3, 2018 by Jack Scheibelein	One comment
Another week has gone by, and another week of important anime news has been built up. Time to flush it out in another edition of This Week in Anime. Let's get started.
Shirobako/Princess Principal Get Sequel Films
Fans were excited this week when to different series received announcements this week that they were going to receive animated sequels, both in the form of film: Shirobako, which aired in 2014, and Princess Principal, which aired in 2017. Shirobako will be getting one sequel film, while Princess Principal is reportedly getting a six-film long sequel series.
The announcement for Shirobako came via the English Twitter account for P.A. Works, who animated the show's first season.
We're making SHIROBAKO Movie! pic.twitter.com/f0vB5RD5ZW
— P․A․WORKS English 🐺🌈🧚♀ (@PAWORKS_eng) April 28, 2018
A release date has not yet been announced, but many of the show's original staff have been confirmed for a return to the movie's production, including Tsutomi Mizushima as the director, Michiko Yokote as the screenwriter and Ponkan8 as the character designer.
Princess Principal has had a release date confirmed for 2019 for the first film in the series. Details have not yet currently been released, but the will likely arrive soon given the already confirmed release date.
Attack on Titan Season 3 to Air on July 23
Source: Denofgeek.com
It has been confirmed that Attack on Titan's third season, which had previously been confirmed for the Summer 2018 anime season, will begin its run on July 23rd of this year. The show's website has already confirmed that all of the show's previous cast and production staff will return for the third season.
The show's third season will focus on the "Uprising Arc" which follows an origin story about the Titans, as well as an attempted government takeover. While it has not been confirmed as of the writing of this article, the show has been rumored to be 24 episodes in length to the amount of content being adapted.
Golden Kamuy Dub Cast Feature Ian Sinclair and Monica Rial
Source: Otakukart.com
The English Dub production of Golden Kamuy, produced by Funimation, aired its first episode on Monday, and as it turns out, Funimation brought at two of its most experienced voice actors. Ian Sinclair has taken the role of Sugimoto, and Asirpa is being played by Monica Rial.
Both of the voice actors have had much experience in the realm of anime, including filling many famous roles. Sinclair previously played characters such as Dandy from Space Dandy, Bardroy from Black Butler and Ginei from Rosario + Vampire. Rial, meanwhile, has had roles such as Rize from Tokyo Ghoul, Index from A Certain Magical Index and Panty from Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt.
I didn't really have a lot to say about these stories, so I decided to just lay of the commentary for this week. Hopefully the stuff next week gives me more to talk about.
What do you guys think of this week's anime related news? Let me know in the comments below. Also, if you want to support the Aniwriter through donations or are just feeling generous, consider buying me a coffee on Ko-Fi. Otherwise, thanks for reading and bye for now, Friendos!
tagged with Anime, anime blog, attack on titan, Golden Kamuy, Jack Scheibelein, Princess Principal, Shirobako, The Aniwriter, Ya Boy Jack
KingDylbag13
May 4, 2018	2:18 am
I still haven't seen the first two seasons of AOT. I love the manga though


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Battaglia di Tape (88), nell'ambito delle campagne daciche di Domiziano;
 Battaglia di Tape (101), nell'ambito delle campagne daciche di Traiano.

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After hanging up the keys in late July, Qdoba's roving kitchen is gassing up once again. According to the truck's Twitter account, the taco slinger will feed hungry slackers bystanders during Sunday's St. Patrick's Day Dash at Seattle Center. Those festivities get underway at 8am; when exactly 'dobs is firing up the grill is forthcoming. But who needs such details, just know the tacos are free, amigo. Update: The truck will park from 9 10 to noonish.
You may recall the four-wheeled marketing machine made the rounds in the summer of 2010. If the truck's Facebook account is to be believed, the St. Patty's bash is the first stop of many. We'll keep you posted.


For the past two years I have sought God's wisdom in writing these posts. Now after having written 68 devotionals, I am sensing the need to spend some time rewriting and seeking God's will in prayer for the next step. I am not sure what that will look like for Your Word Is Truth, but I will share it with you when God gives me clear direction. Thank you for taking the time to read the devotionals and for your encouraging comments. May God bless the time you spend seeking the truth in His Word.
May the Lord provide His wisdom as you seek His guidance for your next step.


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Plymouth mum and food blogger's tips on how to get children eating healthily
Pip Payne suggests what parents can do to help their children after recent figures show Devonport has the highest rate of child obesity in the city
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Recent figures from the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) revealed that nearly two in every five children in Devonport are heavier than is considered healthy.
The annual statistics show a shocking 24% of Year 6 children (those aged 10 and 11) in the area are considered obese, while a further 15% are overweight.
Similarly, 13% of Reception-aged children (four and five year olds) in Devonport are obese, and another 18% are heavier than they should be.
The area not only has the highest rate of childhood obesity and excess weight in Devon - it also ranks in the top 10% of all council wards in England.
One inspiring mum from Plymouth suggests some ways to tackle obesity in children.
Pip Payne, a mum-of-two, started her health blogger journey in January 2015 with a Facebook page, then launched the blog in May that year.
Pip Payne has 96k followers (Image: Pip Payne)
Also known as the Slimming World Foodie, Pip explains some ways families can eat healthier.
She said: "It really comes down to experiences cooking from scratch. A lot of adults are lacking those skills of knowing how to cook healthily from scratch.
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"As a parent, if you don't have a lot of money, the cheap and calorific foods are the ones that you can afford and they're ready and don't involve the effort.
"I think there has to be a lot of education around cooking from scratch. I don't necessarily think it's just parents, it's also schools who need to make it a major part of the curriculum."
She added: "For example I know at my children's school the PTA pay for someone to come in and do cooking for kids and she comes in and does healthy cooking and they all come back really inspired.
"I think schools offering and empowering kids to understand healthy eating is quite magic for kids when they find out they can cook things and put things together.
"I don't know what the scenario is with families and parents but I imagine the children are being influenced by parents and their eating habits. So it's a hard one without the parents changing their habits for the children too."
Pip Payne has thousands of followers on her food blog and helps families get healthier (Image: Pip Payne)
The food expert has some tips and tricks for parents to incorporate more vegetables and healthier foods in their kids' diets.
She said: "My kids are pretty fussy and in different ways. Things like lentils and beans and pulses are really good for kids because they're easy to eat, they're not chewy, and you can kind of include them in some things they like.
(Image: Pip Payne)
"For example I'll make a bolognese sauce and I'll whizz in a load of extra veg which they can't pick out because it's whizzed into the sauce.
"Also just adding a handful of lentils sometimes as well bulks it up with extra fibre but they don't even really notice it's in there.
"I'll always try and give a couple of vegetable options on the side. Most kids will eat sweetcorn and broccoli and it's not being afraid of presenting the things that you know your kids like that are healthy.
"If you give them carrot sticks every day it's not going to do them any harm, it's only going to be good, but then you can introduce an occasional new food alongside it; you'd be surprised what kids will say they like."
The healthy-eating lover says she also gets tips from fellow foodie bloggers.
She said: "There's a really good blog called My Fussy Eater which gives tips and tricks on how to get your children to eat things.
"One of her things is for example if you're giving a snack like crisps or chocolate give it alongside a healthy snack as well.
"So it's not that separation of 'this is healthy, this is not' it's more 'this is your snack and it's balanced' - taking those stigmas away from demonising food and just trying to introduce those healthier options as well."


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Africa, Development & Aid, Energy, Environment, Global Governance, Headlines, Latin America & the Caribbean
Haitians Go to Africa, Bringing Solar Energy
By IPS Correspondents Reprint | | Print |
Peter Costantini
SEATTLE, U.S., Aug 2 2011 (IPS) - Jean Ronel Noël, a young Haitian engineer, stood in a centuries-old fort on a small island just off Dakar and looked out at the Atlantic through a portal that once led enslaved Africans to the ships of the Middle Passage.
Jean Ronel Noël of ENERSA helps a Senegalese technician solder a solar panel. Credit: ENERSA
"Finally we come to 'the door of the voyage of no return'," he wrote in a blog. "My blood wouldn't stop boiling, wave after wave of gooseflesh. I nearly broke down. So it's through that door that my ancestors passed. The Door of Hell! There are two infinite things, Einstein said: the universe and human stupidity."
Noël, though, had come to Senegal looking forward more than backward. He brought with him some technological keys that he believes can unlock the doors of a rich storehouse of renewable energy, and ultimately a more durable and self-sufficient model of development for Haiti and other poor countries.
A Senegalese firm specialising in solar-power installations, KAYER, had invited Noël and technician Frantz Derosier to visit the westernmost nation of West Africa to teach their employees how to fabricate their own photovoltaic (PV) panels, which convert sunlight into electricity.
Noël is co-founder, along with his partner Alex Georges, of ENERSA – Énergies Renouvelables, S.A. (Renewable Energies, Inc.). Derosier is one of their 20-odd employees. ENERSA manufactures solar streetlamps and other solar-energy equipment using PV panels that they build from scratch. They count around a thousand such lights installed in over 50 municipalities all over Haiti.
After the catastrophic earthquake of Jan. 12, 2010, which knocked out electrical power across the Port-au-Prince area, these lamps were the only public light sources for some localities. The temblor also destroyed much of ENERSA's physical plant, but all the employees survived and the firm was able to restart production within a few months.
Tierramérica: The Sun Lights Up the Night in Haiti
Haiti's Reconstruction Still an Uphill Battle
During the nine days Noël and Derosier were in Senegal, a former French colony like Haiti, they conducted a week of training sessions with KAYER in the headquarters of a peasant farmers' confederation in the town of Mekhe, about 100 kilometres inland from Dakar, the capital.
The sessions resulted in the first solar panels "made in Senegal". The ongoing collaboration, according to ENERSA, will cover the conception and manufacturing in Senegal of solar products, including solar streetlights.
The project was made possible by the collaboration of a French non- governmental organisation, Solidarité Internationale pour le Développement et l'Investissement (International Solidarity for Development and Investment), which provides financial support to microfinance institutions in developing countries, and the École Polytechnique Féminine (Engineering School for Women) in Paris.
On their return trip, the Haitians stopped in Paris to meet with French solar energy specialists and engineering students at these organizations, and to submit for testing two of the photovoltaic panels they had made with their Senegalese counterparts.
Noël called the trip a successful experience of South-South cooperation. He wrote in an e-mail: "Senegal has a potential market like Haiti – there are a lot of rural communities. Enersa and KAYER will set up a partnership to work on projects in Senegal."
While Noël found a lot of other things in common between Senegal and Haiti as well, he said the Senegalese have a stronger sense of citizenship.
During their stay, the Haitians met a Haitian-Canadian entrepreneur living in Senegal who also wants to make photovoltaic panels there. Noël says they hope to pursue that relationship as well.
In some respects, the voyage to Senegal had a different significance for each of the two Haitians. Noël was already a seasoned traveller. After high school in Haiti, he and his friend Georges left for Canada to study engineering and business at the École Polytechnique Montréal, an engineering school.
When they graduated, they decided to return to Haiti to give something back to their country by starting a social enterprise that could employ Haitians to produce something useful. After taking a workshop in building PV panels from Dr. Richard Komp, a retired professor from Maine, they settled on manufacturing solar-energy equipment.
For the younger Derosier, the flight to Dakar via Paris was his first ascent in an airplane. Noël blogged that Derosier was amazingly calm even in the turbulence of a tropical storm they encountered just after takeoff.
Derosier and nearly all the other ENERSA employees are young men from Cité Soleil, the biggest bidonville (shantytown) in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, where jobs are prized rarities. ENERSA trained them for several weeks in electronics and metal fabrication skills, and pays them wages well above the going rate in Haiti, where the majority tries to survive on a dollar or two a day.
For both Haitians, however, the trip to Senegal was a sentimental journey to reconnect in a productive way with a continent that looms large in the consciousness of their people.
Historically, for Africans who were kidnapped into slavery and taken to what was then the French colony of Saint-Domingue in the 1600s and 1700s, Guinée (their name for West Africa) represented a spiritual homeland to which some believed they would return after death by voyaging under the sea.
The Haitian Revolution defeated Napoleon's generals and threw out the French colonisers in 1804, giving birth to the first independent nation in Latin America and the first republic in the world created by self-liberated African slaves. Many still spoke African languages, parts of which were amalgamated with French and other languages into Kreyol, the lingua franca spoken throughout Haiti.
African religions survived in vodou, which is still practiced by many Haitians. Listening to the drumming and watching the dancing of a Christian service in the countryside, nobody could doubt that Haitians have preserved strong ties with the mother continent.
The visit to the fort on Île de Gorée was an experience Noël said he would recommend to all people of African descent in the Americas. "To see the 'house of slaves' is something special, to travel through history. My ancestors were there hundreds of years ago."


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Now Casting: Shaughnessy Brown
This new model is making a name for herself
"I may make it sound super easy because I knew what I wanted and I went after it," says model Shaughnessy Brown, who is talkative, full of life, and wise beyond her 21 years. "As soon as I graduated high school, I knew I had to leave Orlando." The Seminole Native American and Irish beauty was raised in Orlando by her mother and godmother who always made sure that Stevie Nicks music and handmade clothing were always part of the equation. She moved to Los Angeles with hopes of an acting career, but ended up traveling throughout Europe and Australia before eventually moving to New York City. To avoid the whole cycle of waiting tables in between acting gigs, she decided to try her hand at modeling first. Despite having absolutely nothing handed to her like many top models today—her future in the industry has been looking particularly bright. Some recent career highlights include her walk down the runway at Gucci's clamored-about Cruise 2016 show and editorials for Vogue Italia and American Elle—and she promises that more exciting (yet still top secret) projects are in the pipeline. We caught up with Shaughnessy Brown during a casting session here at CR's headquarters:
What was life like in Orlando?
"My mom and my godmother made their own jewelry, hats, and scarves—and they knitted all sorts of stuff when they were younger. Just seeing my mom and my godmother creating their own clothing and jewelry—usually bangles on top of bangles on top of bangles—inspired me to create myself into the way that I wanted to be seen. My mom and godmother are best friends so they were always together and they would make stuff while we were at the house and listening to Stevie Nicks.
My mom's reality is that she works 3 jobs. Her reality is getting hand-me-down clothing and working with what she has to create herself. She mixes and matches clothing because she doesn't have any other way. Her being able to see me working with amazing clients makes her super happy for me because she never had that opportunity. It's an interesting route that many people don't get to go down."
Your success can't have come easy. How did you leave Orlando behind and start your career?
"I made it happen. I left Orlando with people who were helping me, obviously. I went to LA and NY and Europe. That's why I say that all of the people who have helped guide me have made a difference. Everyone that I've been in contact with along this journey has either pushed me up or pushed me down—and it's made me who I am today."
How did you gain your initial success in modeling?
"I was scouted by Joseph (my current manager) in New Smyrna, Florida. He was based in L.A. at the time, so once I got my diploma I split from "surfer dude" life and pushed to get my foot into the door in acting. But it's a long, hard road out of hell, and I didnt want to wait tables in between auditions. We decided to let the modeling feed the acting first. It just made more sense. So we both came to New York; We worked hard and built experience, but my first agency wasn't popping off for me. The chemistry just wasn't right, the inspiration was cold. I wanted to do cool shit, but I was e-comm queen with them. It was boring, but I was thankful to be 19 with some cash, supporting myself which—no matter the situation—I was 19 and self-sufficient—I was proud! But Joseph (who was my mother Agent) had also been working at another New York agency and was frustrated. Fast forward a few months, we both switched to a new agency and I'm in Gucci within three weeks. I'ts been steady and cool since. I'm meeting awesome people now—the other Day I met Inez and Vinoodh; Inez has the best energy! I feel like I have more range now. I've grown into myself. I'm out of the "black skinny jeans and black tank-tops" to castings phase. I wear my day clothes. If you dig me and want me to represent your brand, GREAT! You made that decision based on how I look and who I am as a person. I think that brands really like that now—it brings more heat to a campaign."
What are some of your goals?
"Modeling is a stepping stone to do everything that you might want to do. We all have a goal in mind. You have a goal, I have a goal. Obama has a goal. It takes time to get to the goal. Working with new people. Crying, laughing. It's all about the journey. I can write a book on it or watch a movie. At the end of the day, you look back upon it and that's what it is. Some work really hard and some people get everything handed to them. The ones that work their asses have a completely different outlook than those who didn't have to. You're the only one who can determine that."
Since you're a model, people must always ask you what your workout and beauty routine is like?
"I'd have to say, dancing because it's a fun way to workout without realizing it. I have been meaning to try Bikram yoga."
"What I look up to is people, like Carine [Roitfeld], who go out on their own. In fashion, one day you're in and one day you're out, but when you have a viewpoint of your own who the hell can stop you? When you're with people like that, you feel that energy and you want to be a part a part of it."
After being in New York for 2 years, what's your impression of the city?
"You can go out and walk around a corner and see something completely different and it inspires you. That's what I love about the city. There's no right or wrong. The city is alive. It's fucking New York. You can clear your head that way. There's something similar about all European cities, but New York is a mixture of something completely different. I like Europe a lot because of the people and the mindset. New York is a go-getter, get-the-job-done kind of place. I don't think that I've been here long enough to have a full opinion compared to people that have lived here for 15 years."
What do your weekends look like?
"I'm a water sign and a really good swimmer. I used to surf at Daytona Beach and we'd go surfing on the weekends and I would come back during the week to go to school. I did that for 2 years straight. I had so much fun though. I miss that. I'll make it a point to paddle board when I'm in L.A. this summer."
Your recent hair transformation has changed your whole look. Tell us about what you were after!
"The hair idea started with my nightlife alter ego; I bought this cheap black wig near Union square with a straight bang awhile back and I would wear it out sometimes with a fur coat and kitten heels. It felt good to not feel so safe. I felt more New York walking into the crumby bars in the lower east side, like Clockwork Bar, dressed this way—kind of like the scene in Eyes wide Shut, with the pretty call girl that lures Tom Cruise into her apartment. I love that look. So then I thought, 'why wear the Wig, I'm going to do what I want. So I told my agent, Joseph and he said, 'well if were going to do it, lets make sure its done right.' He called Jimmy Paul who guided the cut with Tom Gallagher at Bumble and Bumble. They are a super genius team...I've never been happier!
My look now is where I want it to be. I'm a pretty girl—we all are in this industry—but I feel like a boy who wants to ride a motorcycle as well. So yeah, I think that really shines through now and I feel content. People see it, I think."
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We at The Polish Mission are proud to host Dr. Grzegorz Labuda and Anna Wroblewska from the Emigration Museum in Gdynia here in Orchard Lake! They're both here for a couple weeks for a pioneer initiative co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the republic of Poland, from the Culture Promotion Fund.
The Polish Mission of the Orchard Lake Schools and the Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan are proud to host a presentation/workshop in English for everyone interested in Poland's premier emigration history institution, and their goal to connect Polish ancestry abroad with the Polish nation today. The event Sunday, August 19th, at 3:00 pm at the Panorama Room of the Wotta Building at the Orchard Lake Schools campus. The mission of the Emigration Museum in Gdynia is to recount the fates of millions of both anonymous and famous people – whose names emerge in the context of great achievements in science, sports, business, and the arts. Through educational and cultural projects, the museum hopes to become a place of encounter and discussion. Our speakers will showcase the history of the museum, and highlight and explore current and future projects. Following the presentation, they will answer questions about the museum, historical topics, genealogical research, and others, so Polish-Americans can become better acquainted with their homeland roots.
The history of departures from the Polish lands is hundreds of years old. People traveled to different parts of the world for sustenance, in search of freedom, or for a different life. After Poland regained its independence, this situation remained unchanged. The journey was tackled on foot, by rail, aboard ships or – later – airplanes. After Poland joined the European Union, emigration became the experience of a generation of millions of young Poles. Today, almost everyone knows someone who chose emigration.
Today, there are more than 20 million people of Polish descent in the outside world. What do we know about one of the most important phenomena in Polish history? Can we save, from oblivion, the memory of millions of people who instilled their children and grandchildren with the remembrance of Poland? Can we feel what other Poles felt, as they were leaving their homes at the end of 18th century?Can we understand what it meant to emigrate at the beginning of 21st century? And what does emigration mean in the era of air travel?
Gdynia is witnessing the birth of the first museum in the country dedicated to the history of Polish emigration. From the initiative of the city's authorities, the historical edifice of the Marine Station – which witnessed the departures of Polish ocean liners for decades – is now seeing the birth of an institution which will recount the migrations and fates of Poles in the world in close connection to the modernity. The history of emigration is being written every day. Its multiple dimensions are presented through our permanent exhibition.
The mission of the Emigration Museum in Gdynia is to recount the fates of millions of both anonymous and famous people – whose names emerge in the context of great achievements in science, sports, business, and the arts. It is the ambition of this institution to make them known to Poles at home, but it is also to encourage our compatriots living at home and abroad to get to know each other. Through educational and cultural projects, the museum hopes to become a place of encounter and discussion. We feel we fulfill a particular duty in achieving this end at the best possible address – Polska Street No. 1.
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Senior Lady Blackhawks softball April 10, 2019 at 5:00 a.m.
Senior Lady Blackhawks were recognized Thursday, April 4, for Senior Night after the last home game of the season. Seniors are No. 1, Hollyn Davis; No. 10, Halley Laster; No. 17, Leala Sorrell; and No. 25, Bailey Johnson. Joining them were assistant coach Jacob Meyers, left, and head coach Josh Reynolds, right.


Talks (videos, audios, and PowerPoint shows) have been posted for all of the talks given at the International Climate Change Conference in New York City in early March of 2009. Judge for yourself as to the quality of the scientific work presented. The talks are here.
Scott Armstrong was interviewed about the polar bear "crisis" by BBC on March 9. Here is the 6-minute interview.
Is the World Wildlife Fund Polar Bear Campaign Based on False Advertising?


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The EUCalc models energy, resources, production and food systems at the EU level + UK and Switzerland (EU27+2) under pre-defined (but adjustable) levels of ambitions in regard to technological deployment and consumption behaviour. The modelling approach was inspired by the family of so called 2050 Calculators which were spearheaded by the call for more transparent approaches to address the challenge of reducing carbon emissions.
Main flows of energy, materials and emissions and sectoral connections in the EUCalc model. Source: Costa et al 2020 (submitted)
The EUCalc is composed of 15 inter-dependent modules representing the supply and demand sides of activities, materials, energy and emissions; as well as different interfaces of the energy system with society and the environment. At its core, are modules representing the energy-relevant sectors of agriculture, buildings, power/storage, transport and manufacturing. These modules respond to the demand for products, activities and services originated in the lifestyle module and, where relevant (e.g. agriculture and buildings), are impacted by changes in climate modelled by the climate module.
The energy system interacts with the environment via modules simulating the supply and demand for water and minerals. The implications of air pollution and employment are also accounted for. Emissions captured in manufacturing processes or energy production is treated in the CCUS module. Finally, impacts on the trade of products, materials and food, as well as the carbon embodied in trade outside EU27+2 are modelled with a modified version of the GTAP (Global Trade Analysis Project) model in the Transboundary effects module.
An overview of all modules can be found here.
The development of the EUCalc model benefited from an intensive consultation process regarding key assumptions and modeling scope. This was done with sectoral experts across nine co-creation workshops and a public Call for Evidence.
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The model can be easily used via its web-interface called the Transition Pathways Explorer allowing users to swiftly simulate scenarios and visualize model outputs, illuminate inter-sectoral synergies, and explore abroad range of decarbonisation options. Alternatively, the model can be downloaded from its online repository. Before being able to run the project on your local machine you need to install the KNIME Anatytics Platform 3.7.2 and Python 3.6.
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Luís Costa, Vincent Moreau, Boris Thurm, Wusheng Yu, Francesco Clora, Gino Baudry, Hannes Warmuth, Bernd Hezel, Tobias Seydewitz, Ana Ranković, Garret Kelly and Jürgen P. Kropp. The decarbonisation of Europe powered by lifestyle changes, Environmental Research Letters, 2021, 16, 044057.
BPIE, A. V. Roscini, O. Rapf, and J. Kockat, Contributions from the building sector to a strengthened 2030 climate target – On the way to a CLIMATE-NEUTRAL EUROPE 2030, Brussels, 2020.
Gyalai-Korpos M, Zentkó L, Hegyfalvi C, Detzky G, Tildy P, Hegedűsné Baranyai N, Pintér G and Zsiborács H, The Role of Electricity Balancing and Storage: Developing Input Parameters for the European Calculator for Concept Modeling, Sustainability 12 811, 2020.
Costa, L., & Moreau, V. (2019). The emission benefits of European integration. Environmental Research Letters, 14, 084044.
Füllemann, Y., Moreau, V., Vielle, M., & Vuille, F. (2020). Hire fast, fire slow: the employment benefits of energy transitions. Economic Systems Research, 32(2), 202-220.
Francesco Clora, Wusheng Yu, Gino Baudry and Luis Costa. (2021) Impacts of supply-side climate change mitigation practices and trade policy regimes under dietary transition: the case of European agriculture. Environ. Res. Lett. 16 124048.
Clora, F., & Yu, W. (2022). GHG emissions, trade balance, and carbon leakage: Insights from modeling thirty-one European decarbonization pathways towards 2050. Energy Economics, 106240.
Gino Baudry, Luis Costa, Alexandre Strapasson, Lorenzo Di Lucia, Raphael Slade, Morgan Raffray, Jeremy Woods, Onesmus Mwabonje, Jerome Meessen. (2021). Exploring the future of the European food and agriculture system: the nexus of lifestyles and production system, Environmental Research Letters (under review).
Gino Baudry, Luis Costa, Lorenzo Di Lucia & Raphael Slade, Assessing the agri-food system contribution to UK net-zero targets: an interactive modelling approach, Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 2022 (accepted).
Xiang Li, Boris Thurm, Gino Baudry, Luis Costa, Rachel Warren, Jeff Price, Hannes Warmuth, Marc Stettler, Garret Patrick Kelly, Ana Ranković, Onesmus Mwabonje, Alexandre Bouchet, Morgan Raffray, Bernd Hezel, Stuart Jenkins, Francesco Clora, Wusheng Yu, Alexandra Collins, Patricia Osseweijer, John Posada Duque, Juergen P. Kropp, Manuele Margnil, François Maréchal, On the sustainability of a negative-emission Europe, Science, 2022 (submitted).
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This year, until recently, I've been wrestling with an episode of depression. It's not something I talk about much, but it's no stranger to me. I've been dealing with depression and anxiety for nearly two decades now, but it had been a while (a few years!) since it had such a strong hold over me.
Normally I am able to satiate myself a bit with painting; I've turned to my art throughout my life as a way to cope. But this time I felt stuck. I couldn't paint my way out of it, and it was confusing and frustrating. Yet, even though painting was not bringing me the clarity or release it usually does, I painted anyway. I knew the cloud would pass, but knowing that doesn't really make it easier to flounder around feeling lost. In these down turns (whether it's depression or just a plateau/dip in progress), there's often a part of me saying, "Is this it? Can I not paint anymore? Could I ever paint? WHAT IS ANYTHING?!" I'm working on it. Based on chats with my artist friends, this is par for the course. I have lofty goals to learn to embrace the dips.
This painting is a more recent production. There is another, larger 30x40' canvas that represents my true struggle-busing through the beginning of this year (it is not quite finished yet). This one was started within the last month as an attempt to dislodge the kink. I started going to therapy with a new therapist here, and she helped nudge me in the right direction. I felt freer with this piece than I have with any in a while, so I am hoping that this is the beginning of a new phase. I am happy with this one.
I'm glad to report that at this point I've mostly got my energy back, and I feel pretty good and pretty ambitious now, but boy! Earlier this year it was all I could do to keep my life afloat as I felt like everything was too much. I don't exactly have my spark back, but I feel it coming.
I've had a lot of little breakthroughs lately, one being that I often feel unheard because I don't speak my opinions. One of those funny things that seems obvious yet somehow evaded me for so long. I hold my tongue so much for fear of being impolite, hurting someone else, or sounding stupid. I believe everyone has a right to their opinion and wrestle with seeing the point in trying to change someone's mind, but I suppose there is a difference between arguing pointlessly and stating my position. I feel so strongly and have a hard time finding the words to really describe how I feel. It's not even just face-to-face conversation, although that is harder and I am out of practice, I also second guess myself when I consider commenting on a post, or even posting something myself. So here's to making a point to speak up a little more.
These breakthroughs are helping me feel more confident that the cloud I've been in for the last little while is lifting and the next level will be starting soon. All of this keeps creeping towards me sharing some final thoughts on my 365 project, which I'm thinking March will be the perfect time to revisit.
Lately when I paint it almost feels like I am taking apart all of the pieces and learning how I want to put them back together again. I am trying to be more deliberate and still maintain an intuitive approach. I look at my work over the last few years I can see a progression where slowly the bits within a painting are drifting apart versus being more blended. It's like the energy has transformed from highly vibrational and rhythmic to more choreographed and rhythmic?
I've been going through a lot of personal changes this year, and being so connected to my work it only makes sense that those would be reflected within it. I've been thinking a lot about the first palm reading I ever had (only a couple of years ago), which was totally on a whim and pretty short, but the one thing that stood out to me most was being told that things I have been hoping to resolve are going to start coming to a head around my 28th year. Another friend mentioned it may be the effect of my first Saturn return, and it's quite possible that California is helping move things along, but whatever it is, it's definitely happening. All good & welcome changes.
I am trying to hone in on what it feels like to be done with a piece - stopping before it's overworked but also feeling like I did enough so that it looks purposeful. So many delicate balances to strike. I remembered to take some progress shots as this piece was coming together (below). I find that I can see a painting better through a photo sometimes than just with my own eyes - if I get stuck, usually taking a photo can help me figure out where to go next.
I'm going to display this piece at Collector in Berkeley from late October through November. More details on that show will be coming very soon! It would be great to see some of you there. If you'd like to stay in the know about these sorts of things, I send out details through my newsletter.
I painted this piece over an unfinished painting I'd started years ago. The original was a dreamy nighttime scape with a lady laying on the back of an okapi. One day I may reattempt it, but for now it didn't feel quite ready to become a finished piece, so I let the okapi's festive dream take over the canvas.
It is fun to finally start seeing a progression in my work over the past several years!
Hey, friends. It's been a while since I've posted, even though I've been wanting to write, partly because I've got so many projects going on and partly because I feel like I'm sitting too much and when I have a chance to not sit at my computer anymore, I usually take it. One of my missions for June is to stand-ify my studio and workspace.
I started this piece several weeks ago with the intention of submitting it to the Botanica show happening at the Bedford Gallery soon. I have been really taken by the colors and sheer amount of flowers popping up here throughout this spring. They're everywhere! Roses, poppies, lilies, these awesomely BRIGHT fuchsia flowers I don't know the name of. Unfortunately I didn't finish the piece until a few days ago, so I didn't submit it since it's well past the deadline, but I'm happy I didn't rush it into something it wasn't supposed to be. I've been a bit cloudy lately about my art - the sketchbook project is both opening my eyes and closing them at the same time. If that sounds weird and confusing, trust me, it definitely is. So it feels good to finish a piece. I'm also taking a ceramics class right now that has me very inspired - so I think things are on track for some forward movement and clarity here soon.
Lately I've been a little obsessive about dissecting my social encounters. I run through my reactions and what was said and how it could have been better. I guess I can be a little hard on myself, but it's almost been like a course in learning how to act, too. Haha. I had bad social anxiety as a teenager and into my early 20's, especially when interacting with the general public. I never knew what to say and sucked at small talk. Most of that has subsided in the past couple of years, especially recently, which is why it's kind of weird that I'm replaying my steps so much more aggressively now. I suppose before all I wanted to do was be out of the situation, and now I kind of like the situation - I just want to get better.
I made this painting while I was running over a recent interaction in my mind. I felt offended by something someone said to me and got defensive instead of taking a moment to settle on the best response. It probably wasn't even a noticeable thing to anyone else, but for some reason I just couldn't let it go. These acrylic abstracts are so therapeutic for me; they really help me work through things that are going on in my life, whether serious or trivial. I felt a lot better after zoning into this painting for a while and mulled over this whole issue of second-guessing myself and re-re-retracing my steps. It always helps me to remember that we are all just trying to live side-by-side with one another the best we can. No one always has the perfect interactions. No one always has the perfect thing to say or reacts the perfect way. The person who made the offending remark may have gone home thinking about how they shouldn't have said that, just as I went home thinking about how I shouldn't have been so defensive. I was able to let go of the situation by painting my way through it.
This piece definitely went through the roller coaster stages of like it, hate it, love it, ehhh, and yay, it's coming to life again! I was really trying to push myself but felt like it was hard to break through familiar patterns. I think I made some progress, though! Plus, check it out! This is my first painting since adopting my new logo, and I've decided to paint it on the side of my canvas in addition to signing the front as I normally do. Eee. What do you think? This works well since I usually paint the sides either black or white depending on the overall feel of the painting.
I hope your Monday is going well and you're getting some things done! Thanks for stopping by here today. If you'd like to see more regular art adventures and behind-the-scenes, come join me on Instagram! If you are new to my work, have a look at my home page and choose your own adventure! :) Talk soon, friends!


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Woodstock Institute Objects to DFCU's Bank Application; Requests FDIC Deny it Based on CU's CRA Proposal
CHICAGO - The Woodstock Institute, a community reinvestment non-profit and occasional critic of mainstream credit unions, has drafted a comment to the FDIC that will ask the insurer to deny DFCU Financial Federal Credit Union's insurance application unless and until the credit union makes significant changes to its proposed CRA...
By David Morrison | January 17, 2006 at 07:00 PM | The original version of this story was published on Credit Union Times Magazine
CHICAGO – The Woodstock Institute, a community reinvestment non-profit and occasional critic of mainstream credit unions, has drafted a comment to the FDIC that will ask the insurer to deny DFCU Financial Federal Credit Union's insurance application unless and until the credit union makes significant changes to its proposed CRA plan. The $1.8 billion credit union applied to the Office of Thrift Supervision and the FDIC to change to a mutual bank charter in December 2005. Both the OTS and the FDIC need to sign off on the application in order for it to move forward. The FDIC accepted comments from the public on the CRA portion of the application until Jan. 13. In the CRA part of its application, the applying credit union proposes the geographic area for which it will be assessed for CRA compliance as a bank, along with what level of compliance it expects to have to meet and what plans it will put into place for passing the lending, investment and service tests that CRA mandates. Woodstock's senior vice president Marva Williams questioned how prepared DFCU was to meet these tests in the draft of her letter. "Our concerns are with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) plan of DFCU Financial, which does not adequately meet the community reinvestment needs of the proposed bank's assessment area," Williams wrote. "Woodstock Institute requests that the OTS deny this application unless certain conditions.are imposed. We also request an extension of the comment period, the disclosure of certain additional information, and a public hearing be conducted to discuss the community and other impacts of this conversion," she added. In its CRA plan, DFCU Financial proposed Wayne and Oakland counties as its service assessment area, a locale which DFCU Financial said is roughly one-third low-income, one-third middle-income and one-third upper-income. But most of the branches the credit union proposes to serve this area with are in the upper-income parts of the counties and the credit union didn't outline any plans to build additional branches. Woodstock's draft letter objected to the credit union's CRA proposal on all three of CRA's tests – lending, investment and service – and included the credit union not having done an assessment of its own membership to show how it is currently serving low- and moderate-income households among its members. Doing so, Woodstock argued, would help provide a benchmark by which the former credit union's progress could be measured. On lending, Woodstock worried, DFCU Financial did not indicate that it had any experience working with low-and middle-income families on mortgage financing. The institute also was concerned that DFCU did not go into more detail about what groups or with whom it planned to market its services into the low- and middle-income communities it designated. "[T]he plan does not fully explain which community and consumer organizations it will engage or the nature of those relationships" Williams wrote, "leading one to believe that the credit union has no history of these strategic partners. In addition, churches are also a strategic partner of outreach efforts in LMI (low and middle income) communities." DFCU Financial should also consider adopting more flexible underwriting standards for at least some of its loans to lower and middle income households, Woodstock said, such as the rent and non-traditional payments other banks sometimes use to asses credit ratings. It should also plan to market refinances in the low- and middle-income market since predatory lenders often target low-income communities with fraudulent refinance offers. When it came to the service test, Woodstock noted that DFCU's plan shorted the assessment area of the number of branches that would be available in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods as well on any sort of alternative to payday lending. "Only one or 9 percent of DFCU Financial's 11 current and proposed branches is located in a moderate-income census tract and there are no branches in a low-income census tract," Woodstock said. "The CRA plan should include goals to add at least 2 full service branches in LMI census tracts." Woodstock appreciated that DFCU's application indicated that the bank would have products aimed at low- to middle-income households, but questioned whether the credit union as a bank might employ "barriers" such as credit checks to low-income households being able to access them. Research had indicated that things like not having credit checks, five dollars or less account opening requirements, and no minimum monthly balance played key rolls in helping low-income households use a bank's financial products, the Institute said. "Without the conditions requested, DFCU Financial's CRA activities will only make minimal commitments to the communities," the institute concluded its letter. It asked that the OTS grant its request for an extension of the comment period to more fully consider these issues and urged the OTS to refrain from granting approval without imposing the conditions it suggested. [email protected]


Coleman-Family and friends plan a benefit for Sue Maye on Sunday, Jan. 20 at Cheers Too in Coleman from noon to 4 p.m. She was diagnosed in January of 2018 with extensive small cell lung cancer stage 4. There will be bucket raffles, 50/50, food and beer. Anyone wishing to donate can contact Gail McMahon, Casey Oestreich, Amy Bintz 920-619-8221 or Jason Maye 715-938-2674.


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Lingwai Daida (), variously translated as Representative Answers from the Region beyond the Mountains, Notes Answering [Curious Questions] from the land beyond the Pass or other similar titles, is a 12th-century geographical treatise written by Zhou Qufei ().  It contains information on the geography, history, social custom and economy of territories of southern China, Guangxi in particular.  More significantly it also provides knowledge of distant lands in China during the Song dynasty, and includes descriptions of oversea states as far away as Africa and southern Spain.

Background
The book was written in 1178 by Zhou Qufei. Zhou based his book largely on information he had gathered himself and other previous published works, particularly a book written by Fan Chengda.  He worked for 6 years in Guangxi; and had worked as an assistant sub-prefect in Guilin, Guangxi. In Guilin, Zhou served for a time under Fan Chengda who wrote a book on the southern region of China, Guihai yuheng zhi (桂海虞衡志, "Well-balanced Records of Guihai").  Zhou received a copy of Fan's book while he was revising his own book to finish it, and he quoted extensively from Fan's work. The book also includes quotes from Huanghua Sida Ji (皇華四達記) by the Tang dynasty geographer Jia Dan.

Zhou had also worked as an Educational Commissioner in Qinzhou, a port in Guangxi, where he had the opportunity to question traders, sailors as well as interpreters for foreign merchants. He added the information on distance lands he had gathered in two chapters of the book he wrote.

The original book is lost, and the current version was recompiled from entries in the Yongle Encyclopedia.

Content
There are ten chapters in the book, which concentrates mostly on the history, geography, custom and products of Guangxi, and it also contains information on southwest China, the Leizhou Peninsula of Guangdong as well as Hainan Island. It remains today an important reference for Guangxi of the Song era.

Of particular interest are the two chapters that included descriptions of countries outside of China as well as their traded products.  Some of these are among the earliest accounts of distant countries as far away as Africa in Chinese records.  As the information on foreign countries was gathered secondhand, the accounts given in the book contain some exaggerations, inaccuracies and fanciful tales, but it gives a fairly accurate configuration of land and sea stretching from Korea to Spain.

Some of the entries in the book were incorporated or adapted into Zhao Rugua's book Zhu Fan Zhi, for example this description of Mulanpi (木蘭皮, Al-Murabitun) that covered part of northwest Africa (Morocco) and southern Spain, and it includes an early Chinese reference to northern Europe:

Translations
A German translation, Das Ling-wai-tai-ta von Chou Ch'ü-fei: Eine Landeskunde Südchinas aus dem 12. Jahrhundert, by Almut Netolitzky was published in 1977. An annotated English translation of the geographical chapters by the Italian scholar Victoria Almonte was published in 2020, as The Historical Value of the Work Lingwai Daida by Zhou Qufei (Rome, Italy: Aracne, 2020).

Notes

See also
Zhu Fan Zhi
Daoyi Zhilüe

References

External links

 Lingwai Daida

1170s books
Chinese prose texts


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Q: MAP DISTINCT VALUES BETWEEN TWO TABLES USING COMMON COLUMN POSTGRESQL I have two tables
         Table A                        Table B
id (pk) Name    zipcode         id (pk) Name    zipcode
1         A     100021          B1      T       400031
2         R     400031          B2      U       400031
3         S     100021          B3      W       100022
4         D     100021          B4      Z       100021
5         E     100021          B5      X       100021
6         F     400032          B6      O       400030
7         G     400030          B7      P       400030
8         H     100021          B8      Y       100021

the tables above have approximately 30 k data records in each
Need to map Table B records to table A using zipcode as the common key
such that each record from table B is mapped only once in table A
Desired output
id (pk) Name    zipcode     id (pk) Name    zipcode
1        A       100021      B4      Z     100021
2        R       400031      B1      T     400031
3        S       100021      B5      X     100021
4        D       100021      B8      Y     100021
5        E       100021     null    null    null
6        F       400032     null    null    null
7        G       400030      B6      O     400030
8        H       100021     null    null    null

CODE
SELECT
   TableA.id, TableB.id
FROM
   (SELECT DISTINCT id FROM TableA) TableA
   FULL OUTER JOIN
   (SELECT DISTINCT id FROM TableB) TableB
              ON TableA.pincode = TableB.pincode;

ERROR

"ERROR : invalid reference to FROM-clause entry for table Table A
LINE 1:  R JOIN (select distinct id from Table A)Table A on ^ TableA.id
HINT: There is an entry for Table A, but it cannot be referenced from this part of the query"

A: It looks like you want to "align" the tables.  That is, the matching keys are zip codes and these are duplicated in each table.  You want to match them 1-1, but there is no second key.
The solution is to create a second key, using row_number() and then use this with the full join:
SELECT a.*, b.*
FROM (SELECT a.*,
             ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY zipcode ORDER BY id) as seqnum
      FROM TableA a
     ) a FULL JOIN
     (SELECT b.*
             ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY zipcode ORDER BY id) as seqnum
      FROM TableB b
     ) b
     ON a.zipcode = b.zipcode AND a.seqnum = b.seqnum;

A: Try below code. should work...

select distinct on (a.id) *
from TableA a
left join TableB b on (a.zipcode = b.zipcode)
order by a.id