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Report of main proceedings for 4 May 2013

2013 Meetings of Basel Convention COP11, Rotterdam Convention COP6, Stockholm Convention COP6, and ExCOPs2

The Ordinary and Extraordinary Meetings of the COPs to the BC, RC and SC convened for a seventh day on Saturday, 4 May 2013. Delegates met throughout the day in plenary to consider issues under Basel Convention COP11.

Contact groups on Compliance and Legal Matters, Budget and Synergies, Technical Assistance and Financial Resources, Strategic Matters, and Technical Matters met throughout the day.

BC COP11 President Franz Perrez (Switzerland) chaired the plenary session.

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS: Election of officers: The Joint Secretariat introduced UNEP/CHW.11/CRP.5 and CRP.6, and noted one decision discontinues the expanded bureau and the other adds ex officio members.

CANADA suggested an analysis be undertaken, by a time-limited intersessional group or the Joint Secretariat, to identify the impact on parties and implications for synergies. Mexico, for GRULAC, suggested changes to CHW.11/CRP.6 on Rules of Procedure to add six Vice-Presidents, one of which would act as Rapporteur. She said that once this change was agreed to, GRULAC countries could approve CHW.11/CRP.5 on institutional arrangements. The EU did not support this change, and preferred a smaller Bureau.

President Perrez and parties agreed to task Mexico, the EU and Canada to discuss the issue and present a draft decision, or a proposal for a way forward, on Monday.

MATTERS RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION: Strategic issues: Follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss CLI: Jimena Nieto (Colombia) reported three resolutions of the small group discussions: definitions need to be coherent and identical; parties want to have the discussion on “foundational” definitions at this COP; and explanations should accompany some definitions. President Perrez suggested, and parties agreed, to establish a contact group on draft glossary of terms to meet on Monday, 6 May.

On ESM, President Perrez introduced BC CRP.10 containing the framework for the ESM of hazardous and other wastes. The EU agreed to the framework, but said it could not be “adopted” without a specific decision. BC COP11 agreed to the framework, noting the related decision is under consideration in a contact group. President Perrez called agreement on the framework a “significant step forward.” In response to a question from Colombia, he noted the definitions in the framework could be amended later for consistency if needed.

Strategic framework: The Joint Secretariat introduced BC CRP.7, noting that the document addresses the comments raised previously in plenary, and BC COP11 “virtually” adopted the decision.

Scientific and technical matters: National reporting:The Joint Secretariat introduced BC CRP.1, which establishes an intersessional working group on national reporting, and it was “virtually” adopted without amendment.

Legal, compliance and governance matters: Committee for Administering the BC Compliance Mechanism:The Joint Secretariat introduced BC CRP.2. Compliance and Legal Matters Contact Group Co-Chair Anne Daniel (Canada) highlighted, among other items, the terms of reference for the Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic (ENFORCE). The EU asked that the contact group on Budget and Synergies consider this item. JAPAN expressed willingness to support this “important meeting.” BC COP11 then “virtually” adopted the decision in BC CRP.2.

National legislation, notification, enforcement of the Convention and efforts to combat illegal traffic: The Joint Secretariat introduced UNEP/CHW.11/3 and 12. The EU proposed a change to CHW.11/12 to reference decision BC-10/13. With that amendment, BC COP11 “virtually” adopted the decision in CHW.11/12.

Technical assistance: Capacity-building:The Joint Secretariat introduced the document BC CRP.4. Mohammed Khashashneh (Jordan), Co-Chair of the contact group, highlighted changes including facilitating information gathering, technology transfer and technical assistance programs for the 2016-17 biennium. BC COP11 then “virtually” adopted the decision in BC CRP.4.

BC Regional and Coordinating Centres: The Joint Secretariat presented the draft decision on the BC regional and coordinating centres (UNEP/CHW.11/CRP.8), as agreed by the contact group on Technical Assistance and Financial Resources. Contact Group Co-Chair Khashashneh clarified that the contact group had split the initial draft decision on regional and coordinating centres (UNEP/CHW.11/5) into two separate draft decisions, and said the second was still under consideration. BC COP11 then “virtually” adopted BC CRP.8.

Implementation of decision V/32 on the enlargement of the scope of the Trust Fund: The Joint Secretariat introduced UNEP/CHW.11/14 and INF/20. The EU suggested, inter alia, amending the decision to: consider the final report and ask the Secretariat to strengthen cooperation; define the “division of labor” with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UNEP and other bodies; and report at BC COP12. He noted that the fund is “lying dormant.” With those amendments, the BC COP11 “virtually” adopted the decision in CHW.11/14.

In the afternoon plenary, CUBA, supported by ECUADOR and VENEZUELA, stated that the adoption of CHW.11/14 was not conducted transparently, and without a CRP for the amendments. He requested this be further discussed by parties.

President Perrez responded that the decision was “virtually” adopted in a transparent manner, but clarified this item would be revisited on Monday, or when the decision is presented for formal adoption.

International cooperation, coordination and partnerships: BC Partnership Programme: The Joint Secretariat introduced the documents on the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE) (UNEP/CHW.11/6, Add.1, INF/11, INF/12 and INF/13).

Marco Buletti (Switzerland), Co-Chair of the PACE Working Group summarized the work on the development and revision of the guidance document on the ESM of used and end-of-life computing equipment. He said comments had been received from parties and NGOs, and that draft guidance had been revised. The EU and JAPAN said they had specific comments, and President Perrez suggested, and parties agreed, that the Technical Matters Contact Group consider the document.

Cooperation with the IMO: The Secretariat introduced discussion on cooperation between the Basel Convention and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) (UNEP/CHW.11/17), on, inter alia, the revised legal analysis of the application of the BC to hazardous and other wastes generated on board ships.

COLOMBIA, supported by MEXICO and COSTA RICA, welcomed the revised legal analysis and its conclusions, and urged continuing activities on the legal scope and application of the BC to waste generated on ships on the high seas. Senegal, on behalf of the AFRICAN GROUP, recalled the offloading of ship waste in Abdijan, Côte d’Ivoire, and urged the Secretariat to further revise the legal analysis to address ships on the high seas. SWITZERLAND supported further revision, encouraging a broader interpretation of the BC. CHINA concurred with the legal analysis, but suggested the provisions of the BC must also apply to wastes that are generated outside the scope of the International Convention for the Protection of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL). CANADA opposed requesting further legal analysis. The EU supported the conclusions of the revised legal analysis, and, with NORWAY, asked these be included in the draft decision. The US appreciated the analysis, but opposed the conclusion the PIC procedure apply to ships within marine territories, and urged further concerns be addressed under the IMO, not the BC. The IMO urged that only the parties of MARPOL and IMO interpret instruments to those conventions. Suggesting the current legal interpretation leaves “loopholes,” CIEL recommended opening an additional comment period on the legal analysis.

President Perrez noted divergent opinions and tasked a small, informal group comprised of Colombia, the EU and Senegal with proposing a way forward. During the late afternoon, the EU reported agreement had been reached on text on cooperation with the IMO, through Colombia and Senegal, and a CRP would be made available.

Other international cooperation and coordination: The Joint Secretariat introduced the document (UNEP/CHW.11/18 and INF/24). PAKISTAN proposed establishing a multilateral fund, similar to the Montreal Protocol. President Perrez suggested, and parties agreed, to close the item, note the discussion in the report, and not take a decision, which he said would request the Joint Secretariat to “continue to continue.”

OTHER MATTERS: Basel Waste Solution Circle: The Joint Secretariat introduced the item on the further development of the Basel Waste Solution Circle (UNEP/CHW.11/INF/15), stating that at each COP, those admitted to the Circle are recognized. Delegates noted the Secretariat’s report.

Official communications: The Secretariat introduced the document (UNEP/CHW.11/21) on official communications, recalling it adopts a harmonized form for notification of contacts across the SC, BC and RC, and aims to facilitate transmission of information by parties to the Secretariat. She noted the SC COP had “virtually” adopted their parallel decision.

The BC COP11 “virtually” adopted the draft decision.

MOU between UNEP and BC COP: The Secretariat introduced the draft MoU between UNEP and the BC COP. President Perrez informed delegates that, as discussed at SC COP6, decision on this would be taken at the next COP. Delegates noted the report of the Secretariat.

Admission of observers: On this matter (UNEP/CHW.11/22), President Perrez explained the SC had initiated a small group to consider this issue, and that it would report to BC COP11 on Monday, 6 May. The Joint Secretariat recalled that similar decisions were proposed in the SC and RC.

TECHNICAL MATTERS: The contact group, co-chaired by Michael Ernst (Germany) and Che Asmah Ibrahim (Malaysia), made significant progress on technical guidelines for mercury wastes, BC Annex 9 amendments and technical guidelines for POPs wastes. Delegates went through a paragraph-by-paragraph reading of the technical guidelines for e-waste.

On e-waste, delegates commented extensively on the distinction between waste and non-waste, discussing the criteria for the transfer of used equipment including contracts relating to the equipment’s functionality, and situations where used equipment should normally be considered waste.

STRATEGIC MATTERS: Co-chaired by Alberto Sontos Copra (Argentina) and Jane Stratford (UK), the group agreed on the draft framework for the ESM of hazardous wastes and other wastes (UNEP/CHW.11/3/Add.1) with amendments. The group also discussed the three potential formats of the OEWG. They concluded that further analysis was necessary, and that the next OEWG would maintain the current format but the Secretariat would be granted flexibility on the organization of the meeting.

Parties joked about being aboard the “Basel Express” as BC COP11 moved through its agenda at a dizzying pace on Saturday. Thanks to competent chairing and proficient Secretariat support, parties had taken a complete first look at the agenda by lunch, with several contact and small informal groups tasked with unresolved issues. It seemed, though, that the Basel Express left some behind at the station, as in the afternoon plenary one party, supported by others, raised a point of order, and a formal disagreement with the procedures, calling to re-open an issue scheduled for the afternoon but “virtually” adopted with amendments in the morning.

Meanwhile, several participants reported a more sluggish pace elsewhere in the CICG. One delegate recognized the long, hard days put in by the Technical Assistance and Financial Resources Contact Group but was unsure if group could fulfill both its convention-specific and synergies mandates, particularly since the latter set of issues have effectively been “shelved.” Across the street, comments were heard from a few delegates that some countries “put the brakes” on parts of the omnibus synergies decision, perhaps reflecting views that the conventions were becoming “too synergized, too quickly.”

As the seventh consecutive working day drew to a close, most delegates said they were looking forward to a day off, recharging their batteries, and taking in some fresh air, in hope of reinvigorating themselves for the final five negotiating days.

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Saving Your “Roots” Trip Memories

You’ve planned every facet of your ancestral trip:  where to go, what to do, who to meet, how to get around, where to stay, plus interesting tours.  But have you planned how you are going to record all those discoveries you are bound to make on your “Roots Journey?”

Prague Castle, Czech Republic

When we travel, we often get caught up in the moment, as it should be.  We go from place to place visiting never-to-be-forgotten sights, eating wonderful cuisine, talking to the locals, perusing museums, listening to music, walking through the old cities and all the other amazing experiences we engulf.  Every day experiences delight our souls and at the end of the day, we fall asleep dreaming about those encounters.

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Bamburg, Germany

Keeping Track of Pictures

All the sites invite us to take a multitude of pictures.  And once we’re home it seems like each day runs together into the other day.  We try to remember where we took those lovely pictures and what they were.  We vaguely remember our guide talking about this site or that and now as we review the pics, we’re not sure which building, artifact, castle, home, river, or mountain is which.

Kitzingen, Germany

I, too, have had this foggy memory moment upon my return when I couldn’t remember where I was or what my picture represented.  So here are six tips you can incorporate into your trip to jog your memory or record those discoveries while they are happening!

  1. Print out your itinerary with room to add notes.  Take one day’s itinerary with you as you travel and write down the things you saw, experienced and felt during that day’s travels.  Be sure to record the highlights of the day.

2. Write a journal each day of that day’s discoveries.  I like to do this before I go to bed, that way the images are fresh in my mind.  I often refer to the itinerary for specific details about a place.  I also like to include my impressions, how I felt about visiting sites, eating local cuisine, what the weather was like and other factors that I might want to remember when I get home.

3. If you’re traveling with your significant other, you may choose to be the photographer while he or she keeps a log of all the photos you take.  When you get home, you will have a great list.  This only works if you use one camera, but it can be very effective.

Wales, UK

Bondant Garden, Wales

4. I take pictures of the signs that tell you what you are about to see, if they are available.  When I get home, I know exactly where I’ve been and I have the correct spelling if I want to learn more about the place.

5. Record your discoveries on a video camera.  For the best quality audio, I recommend you purchase a portable microphone for your phone, camera or video camera.  This helps with background noises, including wind.  It’s also helpful if you want to interview relatives, guides or others who will enhance your trip.

6. Purchase post cards of favorite locations, especially where you are not able to take photographs, such as museums and palaces.  These can be a great addition to your mementos.

Dromoland Castle, Ireland

Learning about birds in Ireland

When you have completed your story, put it all together and share with your family.  You can do this digitally or in print.  Imagine how meaningful your creation will be with your loved ones?  Maybe not today, but someday.

When you are ready to embark on that Roots Trip, we’re here to help you plan every detail. Give us a call for more information.

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Greece left without ferries, trains for a day as unions hold May Day strike

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Ferry and train services in Greece have ground to a halt as unions hold a strike for May Day.

And hundreds of people are gathering for planned rallies in central Athens Wednesday.

The country’s main labor unions are protesting soaring unemployment, which is the highest in the 27-country European Union, and the austerity measures the government is enacting in return for crucial bailout loans.

Greece nearly went bankrupt in 2010 and has since depended on money from its euro partners and the International Monetary Fund, granted on condition the government pursues deep spending cuts and wide-ranging economic reforms.

While the austerity has succeeded in reducing high budget deficits, it has been at a huge cost. The country is now in its sixth year of a deep recession.

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Charles Bridge in Prague celebrating 650 years

Prague's famous Charles Bridge celebrates its 650th anniversary on Sunday. One of the oldest and certainly one of the most beautiful bridges in Europe, this ancient artery across the Vltava river links Prague's Lesser Town with the Old Town on the right bank and was vital to the development of the Czech capital.

Charles Bridge
The legendary Stone Bridge in Prague, as it was originally known, is 650 years old and the birthday party will be grand. Prague is doing everything to make sure everybody joins in the three days of revived history, music, crafts, jousts, historic markets and processions that will peak on Monday at 5:31 AM, when the corner stone of the bridge will be blessed by the Archbishop of Prague.

Petr Parler
Work on the bridge began in the morning of July 9, 1357 with Emperor Charles IV himself attending the ceremony carefully prepared under his personal supervision. The bridge marked the first ten years of the reign of Charles IV' in the Czech Lands which was a fruitful time for the Emperor and his people. Those years saw the foundation of Prague's New Town, Saint Vitus Cathedral, Charles University as well as Karlstejn Castle. The construction of the bridge was supervised by Petr Parler, a German architect who worked for Charles IV. Helmut Elfenkämper, the German Ambassador to Prague who attended the opening of the Charles Bridge Museum at the foot of the bridge says Charles Bridge is a link in more than one sense:

"Charles Bridge is the most important monument connected with Emperor Charles IV who was of the house of Luxembourg and had a Bohemian mother, and is a historic link between the Czech lands and German-speaking countries, France, Western Europe."

The date and time for the launch of the enterprise was chosen carefully. Legend has it that the stone was laid exactly at 5:31 in the morning. When the numbers of the year, day, month and time are lined next to each other, they form a palindromic number 1 3 5 7 9 7 5 3 1, which was carved into the Old Town bridge tower. It took about 50 years to complete the bridge and neither the Emperor nor the architect lived to see the day. When Parler died in 1397, people could already walk across the bridge, but it was not fully completed until 1407 when the taller of the two Lesser Town bridge towers was built.

Crossing the bridge today, few people realize that the splendid statues lining both sides of the bridge were added many years after the bridge was built. The oldest of them, made in 1683, depicts St John of Nepomuk, a 14th century priest who was thrown off the still unfinished bridge and drowned. On the south side of the bridge, you can see a small cross attached to the railing on the spot where he was thrown into the river. Altogether, there are 32 statues created from the 17th to the 19th centuries.

Pavel Bem
Charles Bridge has been damaged by floods many times. The most serious of them happened in September 1890, when three of the bridge's sixteen spans were destroyed and for two years, wooden constructions replaced the damaged parts. The latest reconstruction took place in the 1960s and 1970s, and now the bridge is to undergo a complete renovation that will start once the festivities are over. Pavel Bem, Lord Mayor of Prague.

"I think it is a unique jewel in the crown of the fantastic and unbelievable history of the city of Prague. It is not only a bridge and a major transportation hub, but it is also a mirror of different and unusual architectural styles which you can see in Prague, encompassing the early Gothic right up to the Baroque period - with its fantastic statues, and I am glad to say that Charles Bridge is going to be renovated."

When was the last time you walked across the bridge yourself?

"Just yesterday."


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Size in cm: 38×46
Edition: proof print
Year: 1986

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Handy tips to upgrade your website

Handy Tips To Upgrade Your Website and Unlock Its True Potential

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Your website is a treasure box that’s got the potential to give you an incremental revenue stream, consistently.
It can help you to reach out to all those people who could be loyal customers of your business.
You need to harness your site’s true potential by upgrading it on a regular basis. You can’t develop a website, sit back and sulk about its underperformance. Work on it continuously – add features, tools and content so you can get the best out of it. Upgrading your website can help you to improve the results, many times over.

Here are some essential website upgrades that you must initiate right now.

Content Distribution Network

If your site visitor is physically located far away from your hosting service, a CDN will ensure they still get a user-friendly experience.
Content distribution networks help in delivering content to the users in an efficient manner. A CDN is behind all types of content we consume, on a daily basis.
To put it simply, a CDN helps in minimising the distance between the consumer of the content and hosting server of the content publisher. It is a distribution channel that has got data centers across the globe.

Here are some of the key benefits of adding a CDN feature to your website:

  1. Faster website loading speed
  2. Reduced downtime
  3. Makes your website more scalable – managing traffic spikes becomes easier
  4. Improves search engine rankings
  5. Reduced cost of hosting

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Move Your Website to HTTPS

HTTPS or Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol enables secure transactions on the internet. The feature ensures any sensitive information that is shared by the user of the site does not get accessed by a third party.
The feature also helps you to keep your WordPress login details secure, preventing it from getting hacked.
You need an SSL certificate to move to HTTPS. The SSL certificate helps you to build trust with your site visitors. It is an assurance that the information they are sharing with the site, will remain secure.
Moreover, moving to HTTPS improves your chances of ranking on Google as the search engine prefers secure pages over insecure ones.

Make sure your website has got the latest plugins or add-ons. Plugins help you to enhance the features of your site, making it more user-friendly and search engine friendly. If your site is built using WordPress then you can check out some of these plugins:

  1. WPform- For adding contact forms
  2. Yoast SEO – For search engine optimisation
  3. BackupBuddy – For backing up your website data
  4. All in One Schema.org Rich Snippets – To generate rich snippets for your website pages

For websites developed with other Content Management Systems, you can try the relevant and available plugins.

Use Schema Markup

You can add a piece of code to your website pages to make sure that the search engine results about your site, are more informative. It classifies the content on your website by showing the search engines, what your content means. Suppose yours is a local business, you can add a schema markup to your site to tell the search engines about this categorisation. It will then be displayed in your search engine results as well.
Schema helps in improving the experience of online searchers by giving them more information about the site that they are going to visit. Some of the categorisations that you can add to your website pages include:

  • Articles
  • Local businesses
  • Movies
  • Software Applications
  • Events
  • Products, and many more.

Websites that have a Schema Markup are bound to get a higher click through rate and higher rankings on search engines.
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Open Graph Meta Tags

Open Graph meta tags help you to improve the interface of the content that gets shared from your website to social media channels like Facebook and Twitter. These tags improve the clicks and conversions of the shared content. The feature helps you to pre-define the thumbnail image and the overlay text of the page or the post that is being shared.
Some of the attributes that you can add to your OG meta tags include URL, image, title and description. Adding Open Graph tags can help you to get more engagement and traffic from social channels to your website. Here is an interesting example:
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Update Your CMS

Using a Content Management System for building a website is quite common. A CMS like WordPress or Magento makes it easy to build a website or make changes to it. Updating to the latest version of your CMS is essential. Updating has the following benefits:

  1. It reduces your site’s vulnerability to cyber attacks.
  2. It helps in fixing technical errors related to coding and incompatibility of plugins.
  3. A newer CMS version usually makes the code more efficient and ensures that your site loads faster. It helps you to add new functionalities to its backend as well as front-end.

Improve The Structure of Your Website

A good site structure is user-friendly as well as search engine friendly. It will fetch you more rankings, more traffic and more conversions. If your website structure is right you will also end up earning yourself site links in the search engine results, as shown below:
Improve-The-Structure-of-Your-WebsiteThe better is your website structure, the easier will it be for search engine crawlers to display multiple links of your website in the search engine results.
Here is an example of an ideal structure:
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You need to divide your website pages into main categories and subcategories. The user has to move from more important pages to less important ones.
The URL structure of the site must also follow the pre-defined hierarchy. Here is an example:

The URL above reflects the user flow from the home page to the services page to the website development service page.

Integrate a CRM Tool

It’s important to build a relationship with your customers on an ongoing basis. You need to capture their details when they visit your website and then engage with them with the help of customised email campaigns.
The manual process of collecting data from your website and adding it to your CRM consumes a lot of time and resources. You can easily integrate with a CRM tool and automate this process.

Integrate With an A/B Testing Tool

An A/B testing tool like Optimizely helps you to test each of the elements on your website. You can test your images, Call-to-Action buttons, the fields in your contact forms and offer copy, etc. The tool helps you to create variants of each of your site elements and see which one is getting you the best results.

Live Chat Integration

A live chat integration helps you to get face-to-face with your site visitor and answer their queries. It is a form of proactive customer service that fetches you quality leads for your business. You can use free online tools like MyLiveChat to add this feature to your site.
Deploy a dedicated resource to use this feature and interact with your site visitors, and help them out.
Live chat integration

If your website does not have a blog, then you are losing out on a lot of prospects, on a daily basis. Many of your target customers are looking for useful information. If you can provide this information to them, you have a chance to start building a relationship with them. Add a blog section to your website and start creating valuable content for your target users. You need to understand the type of posts that will be useful for your blog readers. Be regular in publishing posts on your blog. Promote the published posts on your social media pages.

Newsletter Subscription

An email newsletter is an effective channel to drive sales for your business. A newsletter can be used for sharing informative content, promotional offers and product details with your prospects. Add a section on your website that enables the visitors to subscribe to your newsletter. It will help you to build an email list of those who are interested in your services.
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Integration for Measuring User Engagement – Heatmap

Tools like Lucky Orange and Crazy Egg can help you to analyse all the sections of your website, for clicks and engagement. You can easily integrate a Heatmap tool to your site, by adding a piece of code to it.
The tool can help you to track your visitor clicks and mouse movements. You even can replay individual user sessions to review the entire activity of your site visitors.
Heat maps can help you analyze the content and features of your website and optimise them for higher engagement, clicks and conversions.

Social Media Integration

Make sure your website is linked to the social media pages of your company. It will help your site visitors to follow your business on these channels. You need to ensure that your site has got social media icons that direct the users to these pages.
Social media integration

Social media sharing buttons are a must for your blog. These buttons help your blog visitors to share your posts on their social profiles, helping you to amplify your reach.

Add an Introductory Video

An opening video helps you to engage with your site visitors. A 1-2 minute video that talks about your company and its vision helps in building trust among your site visitors. It helps you to reduce the bounce rate on your website while improving its chances of ranking on search engines.

You can take your website’s user-experience to the next level with the help of an introductory video. It will help you to build a positive reputation for your business.

Check if your website already has the features mentioned above. If not, you must upgrade it now. If you need assistance, you can get in touch with us.

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eBay contemplates acquiring ShopClues for its second inning in Indian e-com

After announcing its plan to relaunch the India business in May this year, eBay is reportedly in talks with Shopclues and exploring the business partnership with the e-commerce platform in the country. Under the new deal, eBay might acquire ShopClues and attempt the exploration of the Indian e-commerce market in a new way.

Earlier, the auction site revealed that its business will focus not on domestic sales, but on cross-border sales: selling into India from abroad, and from India to other markets.

ShopClues, however, has denied the report as market speculation and claims to have improved unit-economics with revenues rising 45 per cent to Rs 275 crore in 2017-18, while losses narrowed to Rs 208 crore.

Importantly, when eBay entered the Indian market in 2004, it was through the acquisition route. It had then acquired News Corp-backed Bazee.com and made its way to the Indian e-commerce market.

Last year, it sold the business to Indian e-commerce major Flipkart for $200 million and also pumped in $500 million in the Bengaluru-based company. The deal happened when Flipkart raised $1.4 billion led by China’s internet giant Tencent, with participation from Microsoft and eBay.

Early this week, Flipkart announced to shut down eBay India and launched a new platform to sell refurbished goods in the country.

In an email to employees, Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy said that with the launch of the new website, the company will stop all customer transactions on eBay.in from August 14, 2018. The company aims to provide a remarkably enhanced experience to its sellers and buyers via the new platform.

The market speculation of ShopClues’ acquisition by eBay opens a win-win situation for the Gurgaon-based company which hasn’t been able to raise any substantial equity capital since 2016. The company had then raised $100 million at a valuation of $1.1 billion led by Singapore-based GIC.

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Does branding work?

I guess, this is a question for other businesses reading this.

Companies spend millions in advertising, advertorials, promotions and giveaways, just to convince the customer that their product is better.

Most people tend to believe the hype surrounding an ad campaign and are usually swayed into trying the product, but next time they go shopping……. Will they buy the same product. Branding doesn’t always work, I guess it’s upto the individual business. You could have the best marketing team, but if the quality is not always consistent then you might be throwing away money on useless advertising.

One very smart person told me once the consistent quality is the key to on going business, it doesn’t matter if that’s to a small group of people or to the masses. Consistency means your product is always the same, this is important as the consumer wants to make sure that it tastes, performs and even leaves them with the same satisfying finish. This relates not just to food but anything you provide. Just remember keep it the same as always and customers will keep coming back.

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Born 27 May 1923, Georgia
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“The Reef Beneath:” A Film About Exploring the Great Barrier Reef

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While exploring the reef, Belinda Baggs and Kimi Werner were surprised by the sudden appearance of a young humpback whale. Photo: Jarrah Lynch

You know, it’s strange, you grow up as a kid in Australia and you see all these photos of the Great Barrier Reef and you hear all about it, and you feel you have some understanding or knowledge about the reef, but until you actually go up there and see it firsthand you can’t ever truly appreciate it—just how enormous it is, the scope and complexity of it, and the vibrancy of sea life out there. Even for someone like me who has spent much of their life in the ocean, it took me completely by surprise. It was one of those experiences I’ll personally never forget, and you don’t get a whole lot of those in your life. It was a seminal moment for me in the way that I see my own country.

The Great Barrier Reef is around 2,500 miles long, the largest living thing on earth. I’ve sailed right past it before while sailing out into the Pacific, but I’ve never actually stopped there and spent time on it. I’m kicking myself now.

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“Until you actually go up there and see the Great Barrier Reef firsthand,” writes Wayne Lynch, “you can’t ever truly appreciate it—just how enormous it is, the scope and complexity of it, and the vibrancy of the sea life out there.” Photo: Jarrah Lynch

We spent two weeks sailing and diving on the reef last August, observing the reef’s condition. The marine life took me aback. It was almost too much at times. It’s like diving into a botanical garden and you’re just floating along experiencing a total sensory overload. With the reef and the coral there’s such diversity, so much shape and form and color. The complexity and interconnectedness of the marine life out there dawned on me the more I saw of it. The reef started to make more sense. There are certain fish that grab your attention. I love the clown fish with the character and color that just evoked affection for them. But there’s everything there from whales to sharks and manta rays to dolphins, all the big things, but it runs all the way down to the tiniest fish and animals.

We explored some of the islands out there and they were stunning. All those Whitsunday Islands feel like you’re somewhere else. They’re so lush it doesn’t feel like Australia. From a sailing perspective it’s fantastic, especially out on the reef itself because you get this beautiful, relatively flat ocean with this clean wind with no turbulence in it. It’s like sailing on silk.

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Emma Sant kites over the silica sands of Whitsunday Island, just west of the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Jarrah Lynch

Over the course of those two weeks and hundreds of miles sailing, however, it became obvious that the reef was in varying states of health and degradation. We dived in areas that were completely dead, nothing but white rubble devoid of any fish life at all. That was quite a shock and depressing. Moving further north however we did find some pristine areas, teeming with magnificent and complex reef structure and a vast sea life presence.

There was no doubt in my mind that the reef is indeed under serious threat from global warming, sediment runoff and powerful cyclonic storms fueled by climate change. Since my return I’ve read extensively. I wanted to know the facts of the scientific studies being made in regard to the reef’s status and future.

In one way it was an incredibly inspiring trip, on the other side it was a real concern, just the lack of understanding in our country about what is really going on up there. All these decisions about the reef are being made far away by people who’ve never seen the reef in that way. No words can ever translate the experience of seeing it firsthand, so all I could do in my own little way was try to bring to people’s attention what we stand to lose.

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Freediver Kimi Werner examines the small-scale health of the world’s largest living structure. The impacts of climate change are putting the reef’s survival in doubt—and, increasingly, galvanizing opposition to the proposed Carmichael coal mine. Photo: Jarrah Lynch

The outlook I believe is not good, given the attitudes and trends both in climate change and the political attitudes prevailing both in Queensland and with the federal government here in Australia. It seems to me that it would be an act of total irresponsibility and moral corruption to allow the reef to die through inaction, whether that is from disinterest, political incompetency or the greed of self-interest.

How can we let it be threatened by something as obviously dangerous as the Carmichael coal mine? Proposed by giant Indian resource company Adani and located adjacent to the reef on the Galilee Basin in central Queensland, it will be the largest coal mine in Australia, and one of the largest in the world. It is the first in a number of coal mines proposed for the area that would cover a surface area five times bigger than Sydney Harbor. All of that coal would be shipped out from the Point Abbott terminal straight through the Great Barrier Reef, all of it destined to be burned.

The benefits of the Carmichael mine to the country are negligible. Adani has exaggerated the number of potential jobs the mine will create. At most the figure is around 1,500 jobs, if the mine reaches full capacity over 60 years. Meanwhile, much of the revenue generated by this mine will be leaving the country and going into overseas tax havens. Adani has also been under serious criminal investigation in its home country of India for corruption and breaches of environmental guidelines. Countering this, tourism on the reef currently generates six billion dollars annually and employs around 70,000 people. For the sake of what I feel is political expediency it’s not necessary to mine up there. There are other ways to create jobs in Queensland.

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Belinda Baggs takes the close-up view with mask, snorkel and fins. The reef’s astonishing biodiversity is being swiftly degraded, with severe coral bleaching caused by heat stress impacting large areas of the reef in 2016 and 2017. Photo: Jarrah Lynch

Just as important to me, they’re going to take the land for the mine from the Aboriginal people, the Wangan & Jagalingou, to make this happen. This is 2018 and we’re still functioning with a colonial mindset. That land is theirs, it’s been given back to them through Australian law, and they’re going to have it taken away from them and turned into a giant hole in the ground? To me this feels like theft. At every level this is just wrong, and I don’t see how we can hope to have a just society when we continue to do that to the Aboriginal people.

Farmers, scientists and the traditional owners agree this mine will be a social and environmental catastrophe if allowed to proceed. Australians need to be told the truth. For me this is not just about politics and a battle of ideologies, it’s far more profound. When they stopped the damming of the Franklin River in Tasmania in the 1980s that was seen as a huge win, but in time we’ve come to realize what a huge win it really was. People now look back and count their lucky stars that dam was stopped and the river runs wild today. It was a huge environmental win, but it was something more than that. That river also survived spiritually in the people who stood up and helped save it. Saving the Franklin River created a belief that other natural treasures could also be saved.

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Led by local activists, work to protect the Great Barrier Reef is rolling along and gathering pace. Airlie Beach, Australia. Photo: Jarrah Lynch

The Great Barrier Reef might be even more important. The Franklin victory fell on the right side of history, and we don’t want to be the generation who could have saved the reef, but didn’t.

I would urge anyone reading this to investigate the facts for themselves. You can do this online with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Enviro Justice Australia and by watching the objective and thoroughly researched episode of Four Corners entitled “Digging Into Adani.”

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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is in crisis. Nearly half the corals have died in the last two years due to heat stress caused by global warming. Ask Australia’s Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, to protect our Great Barrier Reef and stop Adani’s giant coal mine!

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With around 540,000 inhabitants, Hanover is the largest city in Lower Saxony and its state capital. More than 1.2 million people live in the Hanover region. Hanover is an important trade fair location and a traffic junction for north-south and east-west connections, both for car traffic and for rail traffic. In addition, Hannover-Langenhagen Airport offers numerous flight
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NIn addition to the Dax group Continental, the insurance companies Talanx and Hannover Rück, which are listed in the MDax, have their headquarters in Hanover. Hanover is also known and loved as a science location. Leibniz Universität Hannover and eight other universities currently have over 40,000 enrolled students.

There is currently over 5 million square meters of office space in Hanover, 97% of which is occupied. The letting rate is over 180,000 square meters per year, although there is now a significant shortage of available and easily usable office space. Requests for large office space are hardly matched by suitable offers. Smaller office units are also being offered less and less, so that currently only 3% of all office space in Hanover is available for interested parties.

The unprecedented high demand for attractive and modern office space has led to significant
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US Army Claims Its Latest Defense System Can ‘Burn Down’ Rockets, Drones & Even Mortar Shells Mid-Air

The US Army is eying new technologies to counter drone threats from potential adversaries. The North American nation has recently tested a new weapon to counter swarm drone attacks and other projectiles.

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The US’ arch-rival, China has been testing drone swarm technology for the past few years. In May 2019, China Electronics Technology Group Corp. broke the national fixed-wing drone swarm record by simultaneously launching 200 unmanned aerial vehicles, according to reports.

Then in April this year, China announced the completion of its new stealth drone Feilong 2, claiming it could rival the US Air Force’s B-21 stealth bomber.

The Feilong-2 or Flying Dragon 2 could also be used with a swarm of drones to carry out reconnaissance and surveillance, a saturation attack (by overwhelming the defending side’s capabilities), or damage assessment, according to an earlier analysis by The EurAsian Times.

Drone Swarms

Drone swarm is a concept of deploying a large cluster (or many clusters) of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in hostile airspace. The idea is to confuse the enemy radar with a much bigger image of the actual target and achieve their assigned objective, or other specific missions like surgical strikes or supporting tactical operations.

These drones (or robots) are programmed to coordinate with each other; they are either remote-controlled or operate autonomously with the help of onboard processors.

They could be effectively used in the suppression of enemy air defenses/ destruction of enemy air defenses (SEAD/DEAD) roles, by giving a distorted image of bogeys on the radar, detecting the enemy radar sites, and relaying that information to their operators.

In September last year, China successfully tested its “swarm” drone technology. As reported by The EurAsian Times, the test demonstrated the ability of the whole process such as the rapid deployment of vehicles, intensive launching, hovering and launching in the air, precise formation, formation change, ground inspection and attack, and precision strike.

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Laser-powered equipment has been utilized extensively for industrial purposes. Of late, laser or directed energy weapons are being tested by militaries across the world. The first prototype of a laser weapon system for the US Army was developed within two years.

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Called DE M-SHORAD (Directed Energy-Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense), this system is designed in a way that it does not only shoot drones but also incoming artillery, which has been a major problem on the battlefield for many years.

The Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO), along with Air and Missile Defense Cross-Functional Team, Fires Center of Excellence, and the US Army Test and Evaluation Command, took the laser-equipped Stryker to Fort Sill, Oklahoma City.

Intended to help protect Divisions and Brigade Combat Teams from UAS and RAM threats, the RCCTO is delivering a platoon of four laser-equipped Strykers by the fiscal year 2022.

“This is the first combat application of lasers for a maneuver element in the Army”, said LTG L. Neil Thurgood, Director for Hypersonics, Directed Energy, Space and Rapid Acquisition, which includes the RCCTO.

“The technology we have today is ready. This is a gateway to the future”, he was quoted as saying in the Army’s press release.

The system uses a 50-kilowatt laser weapon system to concentrate a beam of focused laser light at a drone. This heats the surface of its skin and in turn, results in causing aerodynamic failure, blinding of the drone’s sensors, disabling the engine, or even detonating the fuel supply or explosive payload, according to Popular Mechanics.

The US Army’s DE M-SHORAD laser weapon system. (via US Army)

These laser weapon systems are also capable of shooting incoming rockets, artillery, and mortars. According to the Army’s press release, the DE M-SHORAD provides the Army with the ability to intercept the artillery mid-flight and prevent them from landing among friendly troops.

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Referring to the prototype testing, Neil Thurgood said that “this is a prototype and we are going to learn from this”. “We needed this to do two things: design it so it is safe enough to give to Soldiers and make sure it engages with the target it needed to. The science project in this technology is over. It’s time to give our Soldiers this first-ever operational capability”, he added.

The service said that “this summer’s testing demonstrated the design characteristics and performance criteria established for the program which is a major step toward fielding the system”.

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Spanish X-Trial trailblazers win in Nice

THE Spanish motorbike trials team of Toni Bou (Repsol Honda) and Albert Cabestany (Sherco) remained totally unpenalised to take the title as clear winners of the 2015 FIM X-Trial des Nations held in Nice, France.

The hard fought battle of skill and wits, man over machine, saw the home side, France’s combination of Loris Gubian and Alexandre Ferrer, come in second place as worthy runners-up on the night.

Great Britain completed the final podium as James Dabill and Michael Brown came a fitting third.

The FIM X-Trial ensemble will now switch its attention to the start of the 2015 FIM Trial World Championship, which begins April 25 at Motegi, Japan.

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Movistar+ films the Spanish series Paraíso in different locations on the Costa Blanca

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Paraíso, the series that Movistar+ has created in collaboration with Globomedia, is attracting great attention because of its similarities with the successful Stranger Things series of Netflix. The plot gathers a group of friends, mystery, disappearances and adventures. This series is currently being filmed in different places on the Costa Blanca.
This youth adventure, created and directed by Fernando González Molina (Palm trees in the snow) begins when three 15 years old girls, Sandra, Eva and Malena, disappear in a disco without a trace.
Paraíso will have seven 50-minute episodes. Filming will continue for 15 weeks in different locations in Valencia (Albufera Natural Park, Sueca, El Perelló, Xilxes, Requena, Oliva and Villargordo del Cabriel), Alicante (Benidorm, Altea, Jávea, Santa Pola, Calpe, Sierra Helada Natural Park and Alfaz del Pi) and Madrid.

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Things to do today in Spain’s isolation: List of cultural events made available online

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Here’s a list of cultural events made available online, that can help you fight boredom while in isolation.

“The Three Sisters”

The Vienna Opera offers free streaming of “The Three Sisters”, a contemporary opera based on the Chekhov classic.

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‘La bohème’ from the Met

Directed by Nicola Luisotti and with singers Angela Gheorghiu and Ramón Vargas. 19.30, New York time. Available for 20 hours

Ramon Mirabet, at home

The Catalan singer will broadcast from his sofa at home every day at 19 h.

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Quarantine Fest

Today’s program of the Quarantine Fest consists of four concerts. From 7 pm-10pm on

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Rooster Kills Owner By Slashing His Groin With A Knife

Fighting roosters: Suffered horrific injuries.

ROOSTER kills its owner by slashing his groin with a knife during an illegal cockfight in India

A man has died after his own rooster sliced open his groin with a blade attached to its foot as it tried to escape the arena during an illegal cockfight in the village of Lothunar in India. Now local police have launched a manhunt for the organisers of the event to bring them to justice and try to prevent such a horrific accident from happening again. Officials said that the injured man was rushed to a hospital in rural Telangana state but he died on the way there from blood loss.

‘We are searching for the other 15 people involved in organising the illegal fight,’ local police officer B. Jeevan told AFP. Although cockfighting is banned in India, it is still a popular completive event in rural India, but now these organisers face charges of illegal betting and even manslaughter if they are caught.

Despite the best efforts of animal rights activists, clandestine cockfights are still found across the world, with the ‘sport’ being banned in England in 1835. The birds are specially-trained to be aggressive, and are usually kept isolated in dire conditions in between fights. They carry knives attached to their legs during the fights and have their spurs artificially sharpened to cause as much damage to their opponent as possible, and as a consequence, countless birds die.

Thank you for taking the time to read this news article “Rooster Kills Owner By Slashing His Groin With A Knife”. For more UK daily news, Spanish daily news and Global news stories, visit the Euro Weekly News home page.

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Stallone Announces ‘Rocky vs. Drago – The Ultimate Director’s Cut’ Is Ready

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STALLONE Announces His Film ‘Rocky vs. Drago – The Ultimate Director’s Cut’ Is Ready

As the legendary Sylvester Stallone said a few weeks ago, “It will never be finished. I have said it before, you can always go back and see a movie you made 50 years ago and say: ‘I have to re-edit this. All directors feel this”.

Those were the famous actor and director’s words when he announced that he had already finished editing the new production of his iconic film, Rocky IV, one of the most successful of the Rocky Balboa trilogy of films, in which he had of course starred, and directed.

This new reissued version of the film, officially titled ‘Rocky vs. Drago – The Ultimate Director’s Cut’, should have screened in cinemas at the end of November 2020, to coincide with the 35th anniversary of the original release, but the pandemic put paid to that plan, something that even the great Rocky Balboa could not fight against, and beat.

Undeterred, Stallone then went ahead and filled his time in by adding scenes that had originally been deleted, along with some original footage, including all those scenes that the robot, Sico – the mascot of Paulie’s character (Burt Young), Rocky’s trainer since the first film in 1976 –  appears, as reported by

It is reported that what Stallone plans to enhance with this new edit is the plot around Rocky and his opponent Ivan Drago – Dolph Lundgren – the Soviet Union’s boxing champion in the time of the Cold War, and there will allegedly be more footage dedicated to Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) and Ivan Drago, including extra material added into the final combat scenes.

Stallone was so excited to present the first design of the film’s poster on his Instagram account, but did not give away any information as to a possible release date, or whether the film will be screened in cinemas, or going direct to a streaming platform, but he did promise one thing, “Rocky vs. Drago !!! It will arrive very soon. The scoop will be in Philly (Philadelphia), which is going to be fantastic”.

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To The Working Mom: So your Child Goes to Daycare (& why it’s okay!)

Like everything I write, I want to start this post off by saying this is 100% my opinion and experience. I know everyone has their own way that they feel about childcare and who they want to watch your babies…and that’s okay! I know Moms who will ONLY leave their child with family members – and I know Moms who will leave their child with anyone who will take ’em. I can only speak to my experience with Calvin, but hope that this helps to ease at least one new working mama’s pain of returning to her job. For most Mom’s, the decision to return to work isn’t a choice, it’s necessary for her family. And even if it is a choice, it’s still not easy to spend so many hours away from your baby-ever.
A few weeks ago I was in Calvin’s school picking him up and I saw the tiniest new baby in his room. A few minutes later her mom came in to pick her up and we got to chatting. She proceeded to tell me that her daughter was a preemie of 4lbs when born and at 3 months she was just over 8lbs. It was her 2nd day back to work and she teared up telling me how hard it has been on her. Calvin weighed more than her baby of 3 months, WHEN HE WAS BORN. I cannot even fathom having to leave him at that size. My heart hurt for her and I wanted to hug her and tell her repeatedly it does get better – in time. Us Mom’s have to do what’s best for our family, even if it’s returning to work earlier than we want. It’s okay to be sad at the beginning.
Leaving your child for the first time in the hands of essentially, strangers, is a very strange concept and hard time for new moms. For being someone who is so focused on her career and motivated in the professional aspect of my life, I was absolutely shocked at how quickly my priorities changed. I became obsessed with maternity leave and can say that those 3 months were the some of the best times of my life with my new little guy. While I don’t necessarily wish I was a SAHM, I do wish I had just a bit longer before I had to leave him. Signing up for daycare, going back to work, and adjusting to life as a working mom, was and has been the most challenging time of my life.

For weeks I worried about the care of Calvin, how much attention he was getting, how he was developing, etc. The primary colors everywhere and the smell of the place made me nauseous. I would hardcore question the teachers, heavily scope out the landscape of the room, and avoided drop off duty 100% of the time.
I still worry about those things but 100% feel that the positives of taking your child to a care center outweigh the negatives. Calvin has grown to love his school, his teachers, and is developing right on target!
Here are my favorite benefits – I think the pictures will speak for themselves in these areas 🙂
Social Interaction
 ^leading the team meeting
^rollin’ with my homies

Creative Development
^ my all time favorite – facepainting day!
^I’ve tried to get Calvin to color with me at home once and it was a disaster
^Calvin’s “art” that I will save forever
^food>sleep lol! ^dumping toys all over the place and making a mess somewhere that’s not my living room^playing while the other babies sleep

Some other positives I’ve noted of sending Calvin to daycare:
  • Adult interaction – He is able to get used to being with other adults outside of just Craig and I – he loves his teachers and more importantly, they love him!

  • Structure – I was horrible at structuring our days while at home with him and basically let him do whatever he wanted…they keep him on a set schedule for when he eats and he naps as needed throughout the day
  • Opportunities for us to connect with other parents – they host events such as “back to school night” and a Halloween parade for us to take part in with him and the other families. I discovered another Mom of a baby in Calvin’s class had the same midwife who delivered her daughter that delivered Calvin. Such a small world.
    Snapchat-1919763553.jpg^Halloween Parade
  • Trusted professionals – these caregivers are professionals at watching babies and it is their focus all day. If Calvin were at home with me, I know I would be trying to do a million things at once. They can recommend how much he should be eating, call out anything that seems abnormal, and give us advice on what to watch for. As a first time mom, I don’t have anything to compare to!
  • Daily updates – we get daily updates to our emails through a program called Life Cubby. At the end of each day we have a summary on when he ate, slept, and even how often they changed his diaper. The picture updates from Life Cubby are how we have been able to save all of these great photos of Cal.
    So – yes daycare is seriously scary to a new mom. It’s scary when they get sick for the first time, or when they get hurt for the first time, but those things are going to happen either way. I’m here to tell you that  it does get better and you will see your child learn to love it. Are there days when you just DON’T want to go to work – or when you DON’T want to take your baby to daycare? All. the. time. Pretty much every day. But because we have time apart during the week, our nights and weekends are treasured. They are special, and they are enjoyed to the fullest extent.
To the working mama, you are doing great. It’s going to be okay – you will spend your days kicking ass at your job and still come home each day to the biggest smiles you have ever seen. You CAN have both and you will learn to find the beauty in balancing it all 💙

^post daycare kisses

Leave me a comment below or send me a message if you want more info or to connect – I love hearing from all of you! 💕

  1. Sunny

    Just what I needed to read today! (As I’m crying while my twin 16 month old daughters nap…) I take them to daycare next week as I start a new school year as a first grade teacher. I’ve been with them for almost a year and a half straight and now I have to trust their care to other people. Yes, the emotions are overwhelming, but this post helped me have a little better perspective on the positive aspects of daycare. THANK YOU from the bottom of my breaking mama heart! 🙂

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  2. Melissa

    I am so glad you posted it. It seems like there is such a negative perception around dropping a child off at a daycare. I really appreciate your positive spin on your experience. I know it will help a lot of other moms.

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  3. Amanda | My Gluten-Free Miami

    I am a WAHM. I have in the past few months been having my daughter in a daycare for a few hours 2 or 3 days a week. It has been a great experience for all the reasons you mention. She is 20 months old and the youngest. One big advantage is that she is potty training because she wants to be like the other children and not wear diapers. There are good daycare’s available (ours has only 12 spaces and tons of experience.) For us it has been very positive for both her and me.

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    1. Running with Strollers

      I honestly cannot imagine working at home with my son there too – so so difficult! I’m sure it is helping both of you to have this time where you can focus on work and she can play at daycare 🙂 I didn’t even think about the potty training ….this is such good news! haha

      thanks so much for reading & following ❤ Kayla

  4. certifiedpastryaficionado

    Let me preface this by saying that I have no children, nor am I pregnant. But this still completely spoke to me! My husband and I have been thinking about babies the last few months but all I tend to focus on is whether I would still work full-time or be a SAHM. I am not built to be a SAHM because, honestly, I would probably lose my mind being by myself so much. And I would lose my mind from taking care of a home 24/7. But I want to be able to provide my future children with as much love and care that they deserve so I thought I would be doing the selfish thing by going back to work. But this made me feel 100000x better about it. You have no idea. It’s like you knew exactly what to say to make me okay with the idea of going back to work, whenever that time comes. The photos of your little Calvin playing and laughing and learning at daycare were so sweet and inspiring. I am so happy I visited you blog and cannot wait to read more what you have to say!

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    1. Running with Strollers

      This is one of the nicest comments I’ve ever received! I struggled so much more going back to work than I thought I would, but am right with you, I KNOW I would struggle as a SAHM. I think working PT like 28-30 hrs/day would be my ideal scenario BUT not possible at this point in my life. As long as your baby is happy in the daycare that you chose, you can find peace in knowing you are making the right decision. ALSO – daycares have regulations and are EXPERTS in their “field” which brings me reassurance. I look forward to following you as well 🙂 ❤ Kayla

  5. Emily

    I return to work in 2 days and I am sick about it. Thank you for the post, it helps! I know there will be great experiences for my son at daycare, especially being around other kids, but I am not ready to leave him yet. I love my job and it used to be the major focus of my life, I have worked very very hard to get where I am professionally, but it is so different now. I however am the major breadwinner in our family and me not returning to work isn’t an option. Thank you for your post!

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Quick Answer: Do Bulgarian split squats build glutes?

Do Bulgarian squats make your thighs bigger?

Bulgarian split squats build very big legs

Also, due to the demands of balancing on one leg, Bulgarian split squats hit your quads, glutes, hamstrings, adductors, abductors, and calves. I can’t think of another legs exercise that hits every single one of these muscles. Because of this, your thighs grow large, quickly.

Are Bulgarian split squats better than lunges?

“They are more effective than lunges for your glutes simply because there is more load on the working leg,” Contreras says. “By elevating the rear leg, you end up relying slightly more on the front leg to propel the body upward compared to split squats or regular lunges.”

Do squats grow glutes?

In a word, yes. “Squats help with strengthening the muscles as well as toning the hamstrings and glutes,” says Rector. “It’s like anything: The more regularly you do squats, the more results you will see.”

How often should you do Bulgarian split squats?

“It’s situationally dependent,” says Syatt. “You can train legs and include Bulgarian split squats three days a week if you’re manipulating volume and intensity properly. You don’t want to max effort every day.

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The Sandman is different from the comic, but it's Neil Gaiman's intention

The Sandman is different from the comic, but it's Neil Gaiman's intention ...

Whenever a novel or comic is released, there is naturally a lot of discussion about what the changes mean. Did the editing that comes with modifying a book or comic to a show or film make it better, worse, or different in a way thats unrecognizable? What does it mean when these changes came from the creator themselves?

The Sandman, based on Neil Gaiman's popular comic book, is likely to be on fans' minds as they watch it. It may be a source of relief, in a sense, knowing that a creator has such a large role in a show that went through deep development hell to get here.

When it came to a character like Death, I would say, OK, what is important in each scene? I would talk with Allan about why I was writing it, what I meant, and what mattered to me, Gaiman tells Polygon. You pick an actress who can actually convey the sweetness, who can convey the emotion, and the notion that you'll fall in love with her only a little bit.

Kirby Howell-Baptiste, a Black woman, captured Gaiman's notion perfectly; she was the kind of person who, as Death, could generously say, You know you should look both ways before you cross the street, and youd kind of like her for having said it.

Gwendoline Christie is perfect in every way as Lucifer as drew by Mike Dringenberg and Sam Kieth in Sandman #4. That is important, but the fact that she can also embody that Lucifer, Gaiman adds, is what we need.

The Sandman's episode centered on Death takes a page from the original comic The Sound of Her Wings, or changes the show's episode 24/7 to create a distinct appearance for the castle of the Dreaming.

In a Vanity Fair video discussing some tweaks to the appearance of the Endless domains, Gaiman said: "Then we had to think: How would it work?"

The comics were always the bible, sometimes the Old Testament. We let things go, but the things that changed tended to evolve with the times or with the need to produce something for television.

Many actors claim that they were given the freedom to make their own voices for them, working with Gaiman and Heinberg to develop performances that felt genuine to the purpose of the project, the only thing that Gaiman believed was important to maintain.

Because weve seen it on the page, but how does it work in real life? Howell-Baptiste says. For me, I used the source material in the comics because it's basically gold for my character.

They gave me the script before they revealed who the character was. So my reading was very instinctual. And from that, they seemed to be willing to go along with what I was bringing. So I just felt a lot of freedom and freedom from Neil and Allan to play and explore.

Jenna Coleman, who plays Johanna Constantine, agrees, although her character has changed significantly from the previous book iteration. It was a conscious choice for her Constantine, who is now recognized at the top of her game and in service to the royal family.

Coleman explains that it was a very deliberate choice to take on Neil and Allans' vision, and a very deliberate change and departure away from costume. Gaiman's callback audition was almost like her first in my life.

Im sure, you know, that so many adaptations are so different from their creators. Whereas [...] The Sandman is Neils' dream, both for the beginning of it, and now, for this program that is on Netflix, Coleman adds. He has directly taken his work and reimagined it. And so for me, just having him around and knowing that we had his seal of approval allowed us to be much more liberated in our work.

Tasha Robinson has provided additional reporting.


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Canterbury Cathedral and Weed Grown Waste
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T. Peckitt
1881 – 1888
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Charles Rosen
Ice Bound Coast
1878 – 1950
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Heads of Angels: Miss Frances Isabella Gordon (1782-1831)
1783 – 1792
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Goodman (?)
Age of Innocence
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Base for Flora
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Edward Potthast
The Sisters
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Hilly green landscape with tres, blue skies and clouds. Pond on the right hand side.
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The Pond
1915 – 1925
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White marble sculpture of female figure, partially nude with a cloth draped loosely around her waist and over her left forearm. She holds a cluster of flowers in her left hand, and a single bloom in her right; a basket of flowers located on base to left and slightly behind figure.
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Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus
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In this painting, done in broad brush strokes, the figures of two women fill the composition. The woman on the right is seated in profile and the other, standing behind her, gazes out into the distance. They both wear shawls which make their bodies monolithic forms. A strong outline appears, especially around their heads, because they are set againist a plain white wall. There is also a strong color contrast between the dark black shawl worn by the standing woman and light pink shawl of the seated one. An amulet made of bone and feathers hangs on the wall in the upper right corner of the painting.
Victor Higgins (American (North American))
Oka and Walmacho
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This winter landscape scene is painted in light pastel colors including, white, blue, pink and gray. The artist has used vigorous brushstrokes and the paint has been applied thickly on the canvas. The scenery is not painted in detail but done in an impressionistic manner.<br />
In the foreground, a snow-covered hill slopes downward from the upper right side of the composition to the lower left. There is one tall tree that frames the scene on the far right and several others clustered on the left. In the middleground area, seen through the branches of these trees, there are factories and buildings of a town. Also, there are figures ice skating on a pond, at the far left of the composition. In the far distance, seen over the edge of the slope, is the skyline of a city, the shapes of skyscrapers silhouetted against a cloudy sky.
Henry Reuterdahl (American (North American))
Winter in Weehawken
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12 minutes ago, queenofhearts said:

what does that even mean by copyright? I thought copyright was when you took someone's information and claimed it as your own.......

but im not surprised it's by the same law firm that tried to send those cease and desist letter on instagram a few months back :britoverit_britney_eyeroll_roll_eyes_annoyed_whatever::haha_britney_laugh_lol_lmao_hehe_haha_bw_black_white:

I know right? Her serving letters were probably getting boring & repetitive

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Against representative agent methodology

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

7 Scopus citations

Garnett and Boettke both seek to identify the appropriate behavior for the representative scientist. The social structure of science is better represented, however, with a heterogeneous agent model. Social epistemology and epistemological naturalism provide context for the argument against representative agent methodology. Asking whether individual scientists should "commit themselves to an approach and pursue it doggedly" or make "a professional commitment to intellectual tolerance, openness, and broad-mindedness" is like asking whether it is better to be a bouncer or a bookkeeper. The question depends on particulars that vary from person to person. Down with representative agent methodology. Up with diversity.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)43-55
Number of pages13
JournalReview of Austrian Economics
Issue number1
StatePublished - Mar 2011
Externally publishedYes

  • Apriorism
  • Epistemological naturalism
  • Experimental epistemology
  • Methodology
  • Peter Boettke
  • Psychologism
  • Robert Garnett
  • Social epistemology

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  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)

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