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General Cannabis is the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of business and consumer cannabis brands– delivering high quality product to consumers, and services that help businesses succeed.

You can’t fake wisdom—you have to earn it—and there’s nothing we haven’t seen before. Between our seasoned management team and our board of directors, we know business. We are the steady, stable hand at the wheel, driving the industry toward a higher standard of quality, professionalism and consistency. But what makes General Cannabis truly special is we’re more than just that. We are fueled by spirited entrepreneurs who bring our mission to life with a sense of get-up-and-go. And it’s this unique mix of professionalism and passion that sets General Cannabis apart in the industry.

We do things by the book at General Cannabis. We are transparent and honest and fair. We are publicly traded in the U.S., and our SEC filings are as thorough and straightforward as a $4B company. We are governed by a truly independent board of directors, and we value brutal honesty at our company. In an industry that is often more sizzle than steak, we stand out by showing our work and operating above board and with integrity in everything we do, because our investors, customers and subsidiaries deserve better.

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A few things happen when you become a General Cannabis company. First, you’re immediately supported by the industry’s smartest, most experienced back-office services. This strips away the distractions and allows you to get back to being an entrepreneur. Second, you’re given a roadmap to success by our seasoned leadership team, empowering you to grow your business to its full potential. Third, your brand is instantly lifted by the General Cannabis name and reputation, validating to the rest of the industry and your customers that you are for real. And most importantly, your business—and your dream—is given every opportunity to flourish. We know what it takes to win in business, and we will help you thrive.

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At our core, General Cannabis is a growth company, always on the lookout for strategic opportunities to become bigger, better and stronger through acquisition and investment. But it takes a lot more than just a good idea or a charismatic entrepreneur to attract our attention. We must see a path to profitability. We want to see a fighting spirit from the entrepreneur running the company. And, because it’s important to us, we won’t take on partners or employees who aren’t ready to put in the work. Because we’re setting a new standard in cannabis, and not everyone will make the grade.

As a publicly traded, well-capitalized company, General Cannabis offers its customers and partners a unique proposition: Stability. In a volatile industry like ours, access to capital can often be the difference between winning and losing, and between a rapid path to profitability and none at all. By working with General Cannabis, our companies and customers can rest assured that our lights will be on tomorrow, and long into the future.

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Umemoto Madoka (梅本まどか) is a Japanese pop singer and idol managed by AKS. She is a former member of SKE48 Team E.

  • Birth Name: Umemoto Madoka (梅本まどか)
  • Nickname: Umechan (うめちゃん)
  • Date of Birth: July 17, 1992 (1992-07-17) (age 27)
  • Place of Birth: Aichi, Japan
  • Blood Type: O
  • Height: 163cm
  • Bust: 79cm
  • Waist: 54cm
  • Hips: 82cm
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SKE48 Song Participation

Stage Units

SKE48 Team E 1st Stage "Pajama Drive"
SKE48 Team E 2nd Stage "Saka Agari"
SKE48 Team E 3rd Stage "Boku no Taiyou"
SKE48 Team E 4th Stage "Te wo Tsunaginagara"

  • Originally a fourth generation member of SKE48 Kenkyuusei, she was promoted to Team E on December 6, 2010 and appointed team leader. She was succeeded by Matsui Rena during the SKE48 team shuffle in 2013, then reappointed as sub-leader during the AKB48 Group Grand Shuffle in 2014.
  • Hobbies: Dancing, Sports
  • Speciality: Cheerleading
  • Future Ambition: Model, Actress
  • Favourite Food: Omerice, Ice-Cream
  • Favourite Phrase: 魂笑（根性の当て字）
  • One Line Message: To let many people feel happy - I'll do my best to reach the smiling faces around me!! I'll do my best.
  • Was a cheerleader throughout school and sometimes demonstrates cheer routines during MCs.
  • Member of the Art Club.
  • Dropped out of college in order to dedicate more time to SKE48 and developing Team E.

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From 7 to 11 November 2016 Geneva Peace Week will bring Geneva’s contribution to sustaining peace into the light. By synchronizing meetings on different topics related to the promotion of peace, Geneva Peace Week maximizes synergies between organizations in Geneva whose work focuses on the cross-cutting nature of peace.

The picture above features one of over 50 events of Geneva Peace Week. With photographs by renowned photojournalist Nick Danziger and texts by award winning author Rory MacLean, the exhibition “Beneath the Carob Trees: The Lost Lives of Cyprus” depicts the efforts undertaken since 1981 by the Committee on Missing Persons’ (CMP) scientists to locate, exhume, identify and return to their families the remains of persons who went missing during the events of 1963-4 and 1974.

In Cyprus, out of 2,001 missing persons that both Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities, have agreed to include on the official list, with the help of the United Nations, half have been recovered and to date nearly 700 individuals have been identified and returned to their families for a dignified burial.

The CMP Anthropological Laboratory, anthropologists piece together individual bones to establish the age, sex and height of a missing person. The more complete a skeleton,the easier becomes analysis and identification. ‘It is a human right never to lose one’s identity even after death,’ said CMP anthropologist Theodora Eleftheriou ‘I want people to know of the importance of this work. “Beneath the Carob Trees: The Lost Lives of Cyprus” will be inaugurated on 10 November at the Palais des Nations. The body of work has led to a book under the same name published by Armida Books (English and Greek versions) and Galeri Kültür Yayınları (Turkish version).

The Geneva Peace Week is a collective impact initiative facilitated by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform with the support of Switzerland. Browse the programme


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Halbach & Braun hosted a high-ranking delegation from the Turkish mining region of Zonguldak and representatives of national politics. Halbach & Braun hosted a high-ranking delegation from the Turkish mining region of Zonguldak and representatives of national politics. Photo: Halbach & Braun
  • Zonguldak hard coal mining doubles output and modernises plant technology

A core region of hard coal extraction and energy production with a 200-year mining tradition: This brief description applies to the Ruhr region, but also to Turkey with numerous state and private hard coal mines. But there is also a considerable difference: while coal mining in the Ruhr region has been history for a year, it has excellent prospects in Turkey. This is because the considerable regional deposits are to be mined more intensively than before. This is the aim of Turkey's energy development plan, which aims to reduce its dependence on energy imports.

The implementation of the plan requires investments in state-of-the-art mining technology. Against this background, the visit of a high-ranking delegation from the Zonguldak mining region and representatives of state politics - represented by Saadet Oruç, Chief Advisor to the President - to Halbach & Braun can be seen.

Bei Halbach & Braun war eine hochrangige Delegation aus der türkischen Bergbau-region Zonguldak und von Repräsentanten der Landespolitik zu Gast.

Halbach & Braun hosted a high-ranking delegation from the Turkish mining region of Zonguldak and representatives of national politics.

The mining equipment supplier from Hattingen has a strong market position in Turkey and since last year has been able to offer mine operators a considerably expanded range of products. Dr. Dietrich Braun, Managing Partner: "Our classic core competencies are crushing and conveying - underground and surface mining. Thanks to the participation of the Chinese Yangquan Coal Group in our company, we can now also offer complete range of longwall equipment including shields and shearer loaders. We adapt the basic design of the plants to our high quality standards and to the individual requirements of our customers". Halbach & Braun has been pursuing this strategy - the engineering of customer-optimized solutions - since the company was founded in 1920.

With this unique selling point and almost one hundred years of experience in underground coal mining, Halbach & Braun has aroused the interest of those responsible for Turkish mining - in particular Kazim Eroğlu, Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of the state-owned mine operator TTK. During the company tour in Hattingen, Muharrem Kiraz, deputy managing director of TTK, confirmed: "Our goal is 100% mechanical extraction with modern and highly productive plants from Halbach & Braun."

In comparison to the Ruhr area, for example, difficult geological conditions have to be taken into account. The engineers at Halbach & Braun are happy to accept such a challenge. Eberhard Braun, managing partner: "In contrast to our international competitors, some of whom are much larger, we do not supply catalogue products for the mining industry, but adapt the design to the geological conditions and the requirements of our customers."
Local industry should also benefit from the expansion of hard coal mining. This is confirmed by Turgut Subaşi, deputy governor of the region: "We are interested in the settlement of suppliers who manufacture locally. The demand is there in the long term and we will double the production volume in the medium term."
According to Eberhard Braun, Halbach & Braun has already had many good experiences with cooperative local production, and cooperation with research and science is another option. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Çufali, director of the local university, assessed this very positively: "We are investigating which machine technology is the best for our conditions."
In the coming years Zonguldak is to be developed into an energy centre. The Ruhr area could serve as a model here - with the difference that coal production will be expanded instead of discontinued. Metin Demir, Chairman of the Regional Chamber of Industry and Commerce (TSO), confirmed this: "We have a 180-year mining tradition, and now we are shaping our future. Together with the players in business, associations and politics and also with the employee representatives, we have founded a development association for the region that expressly provides for cooperation with German companies under our cooperation partner Halbach & Braun. We would like to profit from their competence and also from the experiences of the Ruhr area."

Thus, there are numerous starting points for cooperation between the two regions. This was demonstrated by the visit of the delegation. Innovative plant constructors such as Halbach & Braun can make a strong contribution to modernizing technology and safety in the mines, making mining more efficient and sustainably increasing Turkey's coal production.

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No longer being the largest person among your friends creates a vacancy, says Sarah Vine. And you spend a fortune on clothes. Just some of the surprising side-effects of losing nearly two-and-a-half stone

Losing weight is good, right? We’re all far too fat, or so everyone keeps telling us. So what possible downsides could there be to shedding the pounds? Ha! As someone who has recently - and against all the odds (menopause, underactive thyroid, genetic predisposition to chubbiness) lost 15 kilos (2st 5lb) let me tell you: plenty.

1. You spend a fortune on clothes

Back when I was fat, everything looked hideous on me. Buying clothes was a terrible chore, a torture, a source of humiliation and pain. As a result, I basically wore the same things, day in, day out, everything 100 years old and black. Now that I can try on a top in Top Shop without requiring the services of the Fire Brigade to get me out of it, it’s like a whole world of retail opportunity has opened up. I’ve even started buying pants in the non- ‘full-brief’ section of Marks & Spencer. What’s worse, it takes me ages to get dressed in the mornings.

2. All your friends secretly hate you

Oh, they SAY well done and how fabulous and all that stuff... but you can tell that underneath it all they’re just desperate for you to put the weight back on, just so they can have the satisfaction of saying, "see, I knew she wouldn’t be able to keep it up". Or to put it another way: there’s only one person people dislike more at a party than AA/NA and that’s the woman who could always be relied upon to be the largest in any given social scenario leaving that position vacant.

3. You become paranoid about getting fat again

This is so true. I am terrified - and I do mean actually scared - of getting fat again. If I even so much as catch a whiff of a custard cream, I am compelled to skip dinner and book an extra gruelling Pilates class. Even the tiniest shift of the scales in the wrong direction and my day is ruined. It’s the only way: like an alcoholic with vodka, I just know that if I give in just once, I’ll wake up three days later face down in an empty bucket of mint choc chip ice-cream. I’m only ever one biscuit away from catastrophe.

4. Your neck goes scrawny

Why are the French always right about these things? But they are. ‘Arse or face’, the saying goes (visage ou cul). Obviously in my case neither, really; but the chicken neck is the last straw. Meanwhile, my belly remains defiantly plump.

5. You are not nearly as much fun as you used to be

Granted, I look and feel better, and my doctor is less likely to reach for the statins when I walk through the door; but I’m not nearly as much of a laugh on a night out. This is because instead of scoffing canapés and necking red wine, I’m on Skinny Bitches and celery, which is enough to make anyone want to leave early.

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Day 2 of the CDL Launch Weekend brought great moments for some teams but a few aspects didn't live up to the hype.

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We’re finally through the second day of Launch Weekend for the Call of Duty League. A long, yet exciting, day was action-packed throughout. Some teams proved the doubters wrong and other teams look extremely underwhelming. We had several series go to a game 5, however, meaning there’s a lot of evenly matched squads early on. Let’s hop in and take a look at which aspects of day 2 ended on a high note and which ones didn’t go as planned.

High- L.A. Guerrillas

Coming into Launch Weekend, the L.A. Guerrillas were an unknown. They haven’t scrimmaged nearly as much as the other CDL teams, giving us no indication as to where they were as a team. As such, they were ranked extremely low on a majority of analyst’s power rankings.

Well, this weekend showed the community that the Guerrillas should be taken seriously as a top-caliber team. Though they stand at 1-1 in the standings, some would argue they should be 2-0. A controversial loss to the Minnesota Rokkr, in which they were forfeited an entire map, was their only defeat. However, had they not been forfeited, it’s likely they win that series.

Nonetheless, they looked outstanding the entire weekend, especially against the Florida Mutineers. Though the series went to a game 5, L.A. showed poise throughout and really shined in Search and Destroy. Jacob “Decemate” Cato was the Guerrillas’ best player today, posting solid stat lines against Florida.

Now that L.A. has had a chance to play on LAN, who knows what kind of damage they can cause in the coming months.

High- CDL Challengers

This weekend, we’ve seen some stellar Call of Duty being played. However, it’s not just by the big organizations on the main stage. Down in the parking garage, which is heated, hundreds of amateur players have been competing in the CDL Challengers event. With $250,000 on the line, there’s been a ton of great individual series and some surprising upsets.

Though some don’t agree with the best-of-three format, the Challengers event has been terrific to watch. Organizations like Hybrid Gaming, UYU, and Renegades all look fine-tuned and stand above the rest of the crowd.

Although, the Challengers events could improve. Luckily, Adam Apicella, former head of MLG Operations for the CWL, is going to be helping out with all future Challengers events. Apicella’s new company, Esports Engine, specializes in these types of events and should help out each CDL host tremendously. On top of that, Apicella has more experience hosting Call of Duty events than anyone in the industry. The future looks bright for the CDL Challengers.

Low- Seattle Surge

Looking at every roster in the CDL, there are a few that are simply loaded with talent and experience. Chicago, OpTic Gaming, and even Atlanta are among these teams. However, one with perhaps the most experience is the Seattle Surge. Many expected this veteran lineup to dominate Launch Weekend. Well, two games in and the Surge are quickly surging towards the bottom of the standings.

After two games, Seattle is 0-2 after losing to Florida and the Toronto Ultra. While both series went to a game 5, the Surge looked lost in Search and Destroy despite having strong S&D players. The team didn’t win a single map in S&D this weekend, spelling disaster for their hopes of securing a win.

While the skill and experience are present, it seems the execution is not. Seattle’s respawn game modes looked decent, but it’s extremely difficult to win any series if you can’t take a Search and Destroy map. They’ll have just under two weeks to improve their gameplay before jetting off to London on Feb. 8.

Low- Dallas Empire

While we could talk about the individual performances of someone like Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro, the Dallas Empire, in general, looked awful. After the 3-1 drubbing they took yesterday against Chicago, they followed it up with a disappointing 3-0 loss against the Atlanta FaZe.

Launch Weekend was expected to be the coming-out party for Dallas. They looked amazing online prior to the event and were toted as one of the top teams in the CDL. However, they only managed to win one map the entire weekend. Though they faced arguably the best two teams in Atlanta and Chicago, Dallas should be able to perform better than they did.

What this means for the Empire going forward is unclear. As aforementioned, the debut for Shotzzy and Indervir “iLLeY” Dhaliwal didn’t go as planned. While they have the talent to take over the CDL, the young guns need to show it along with the rest of the Empire.

Day 3 of the CDL Launch Weekend kicks off tomorrow at 3:00 EST.

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With our planet in chaos, this gorgeous safari themed gift bag reminds us of what we need to keep protecting. A bag depicting our rain forests, it features elephants, giraffes, lemurs, tropical birds, the amazing Orangutan plus a whole host more.

This animal jungle themed gift bag has rope handles and gift tag.

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Orangutans are ticklish

Did you know they are ticklish? Not the itchy kind, but the type that brings on the giggles? Well, considering that they are one of our closest relatives among animals, it’s a quirky but not surprising fact! They’re also the smartest animals in the world.

Similar to gorillas, orangutans are the most gentle-natured animals among the ape species due to their social structure. They will often be seen sitting for hours simply gazing amongst the forest or at each other. Males can be aggressive, but orangutan attacks on humans are virtually unheard of.

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Simply send me an email in which you inform me what you wish. And we will agree on an appointment. Fee by arrangement.

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Like the never ending war between east and west, AC and DC and many others, the tussle between iOS and Android becomes really tense often. Both the mobile OS have awe-striking features with the  die-hard followers and fans who won’t back off when it comes to defend their favorite OS.

Numbers and statistics can win arguments. They give an idea about the success of a product. Sharing good statistics and numbers is a good marketing strategy as well, as there is a lot who follows majority. But here, what we have to dig for is: does Android or iOS wins the battle in ‘number’ field?

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Since both the OS’ have uniquely different platforms, a direct and one to one comparison is quite difficult. But here in the following paras we will be examining both as fairly as possible.

Popularity among customers

After the recent launch of iPhone 4S and the enthusiasm shown by the consumer party, the balance of this category is obvious to bend towards iPhone. People have been waiting for the epic launch since the announcement and when they finally arrived, vendors had their aisles jam-packed. Over four million handsets were sold over the opening weekend by the Cupertino based company. This number exceeds that of most Android handsets sold during their entire existence.

The popularity analysis can also be done by looking at popularly used handsets with all the service providers in United States. The wireless operators which can be judged in this category are only those who provide their services for both Android and iPhone. If taken in U.S it will be Verizon and AT&T with Sprint initiating to offer iPhone most recently.

According to a report published on the behalf of Apple: iPhone is the most favorite mobile being used with the top two wireless carriers for last six months. Keeping in view the fact that both the companies offer Android services with Android as well, iPhone wins the race.

Market Share

OK, unlike the previous category, winner of this contest is Android. With marketing researchers claiming its share to be 40 to 55 percent against iPhones 24 to 28 percent, Android has taken over the winner aisle. Being hard to compute such numbers, some eye keepers debate it to be insignificant, for instance Jim Dalrymple from The Loop observes,

There is no compelling argument that anyone can give that says that comparing an operating system to a hardware device makes sense. None… That would be like comparing one model of Mercedes against all cars that GM makes and saying that Mercedes is losing. It just doesn’t make any sense… There are currently six manufacturers — Dell, HTC, Kyocera, LG, Motorola, and Samsung — making 42 smartphones using the Android operating system.

Though unfair to judge any platform in terms of market share success, we would vote this one in favor of Android.

Shipments outside U.S

As proven inadequate in the lines above, counting the numbers of iPhones against the Android powered handsets won’t be feasible. Thus, here, we will talk in terms of vendors.

Has been successful in selling thirty million Galaxy phones, including Galaxy S and S II, and crossing their set mark. Both the sets are Samsung’s best sellers and available in the market since early 2009. The numbers are lesser than Apple’s iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 total sales in last six months i.e. Thirty seven million.

With its Droid line and recent acquisition by Google, Motorola tops the list of Android smartphone manufacturer. Only during the second quarter of 2011, the company shipped out 4.4 million smartphones including models such as the Droid 2, the Droid 3, the Motorla Atrix, and many other with different wireless carrier. The future seems bright for the company with the recent launches comprising Droid Bionic and Motorola Razr.

No official publications were found about the sales of HTC this year around, but as some of the reports and reviews claim, the company was able to ship out almost eleven million units this year. The number brings HTC ahead of Motorola mobility but the fact that the former sells mobile with Android as well as windows phone 7 operating systems, must not be ignored.

To conclude the argument; the numbers boasted by any Android vendor cannot surpass those of iPhone alone, thus the trophy goes to Apple.

Revenue Generated

Making money is the foremost objective of all the smartphone manufacturers, thus this one is crucial for the one’s competing. But even here, for fair comparison we will have to bring Android handsets against iPhones as offering android as an open source software, Google does not get paid by the handset manufacturers for its usage.

A few days ago, Apple announced its quarter for revenue to be $28.27 billion $14 billion was generated from the sales of only two models alone: the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4.

Whereas Samsung is reported to have earned $4 billion for the same quarter, in which smartphones have the same share as other products. Similarly, the quarterly revenue for Motorola, which spans the time till July this year, is $3.3 billion, which again comes from more than only the smartphones sales.

The number for HTC is $4.4 billion for the quarter ended in October this year. The sales include tablets and smart phone with both Android and Windows 7 OS.

As it is clear from the numbers above, iPhone brings home more money for Apple than all the three top Android vendors combined. Not to forget that the statistics provided here are not final as most of the companies’ haven’t published their revenue for the recent quarter yet.

Bottom line:

Numbers govern the decision of determining the success of any product. If taken into account the statistics, and comparing them being unbiased, the numbers go in favor of Apple.

It sweeps the popularity ratio, more iPhones than Androids are shipped every time a new version of either is launched and it makes more money than all the android manufacturers put together.

Android has its market share to boast against iPhone, which is quite obvious with a lot of Android-based handsets available in market.

Thus to conclude, Android gadgets are cooler with new technologies emerging every day and most importantly it is affordable, but you won’t see customers cramming shops the next time a new Android is launched. People prefer using iOS based smartphones and numbers have proved it.


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We have been reporting for weeks now that Apple will be unveiling a cheaper version of its iPhone 4, and that exactly what is going to happen on Tuesday night at media event in Cupertino.

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Our friends at Gizmodo Brazil have managed to get their hands on a new SKU iPhone codenamed N90A. The cheaper version was spotted at Foxconn factory in Brazil which means we could be seeing the first “Made In Brazil” iPhone by Apple as early as next week.

We previously reported that Apple suppliers are manufacturing a cheap 8GB iPhone 4 and now it is very likely that the launch is imminent.


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Allan Williams has been involved in the cotton industry for pretty much his entire life, having grown up on a cotton farm and worked in various industry roles since 1995. Two intersecting themes have dominated Allan’s work in cotton: research and sustainability. His initial role involved working with cotton growers to review and prioritise research investments in cotton growing. Allan also led the development of the Australian cotton industry’s BMP program (now myBMP). Following 11 years working on BMP Allan then started working for the global Better Cotton Initiative, again leading the development of the definition of Better Cotton. This saw him expand his cotton farming perspective to locations including Brazil, West Africa, India and Pakistan.

Since leaving BCI in 2012 Allan has worked for the Australian Cotton Research & Development Corporation, and was recently appointed General Manager for R&D Investment.

Allan also chairs the International Cotton Advisory Committee’s Expert Panel on the Social, Economic and Environmental Performance (SEEP) of cotton.

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Dr Emma Howson

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Dr Emma Howson initially joined The Pirbright Institute as a PhD student in 2013, focusing on the development and evaluation of molecular tools for the diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease in low-resource settings. In addition to regular working within high-containment laboratory facilities, she has conducted collaborative research projects with a network of overseas partners in both laboratory and field-settings within East Africa (Tanzania and Kenya). Emma has experience designing and assisting in outreach activities, including running overseas training courses and sharing scientific outputs with international audiences.


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The images that adorn these prints are digital images from original hand cut paper silhouettes by Kathryn Carr.  It was made with heartfelt emotion, skillful artistry, and was sent out into the wide world to find a perfect home.

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Joey’s memorial and for Tony

Joseph Campo was taken way too soon from his friends, his family, his partner and his son. The mark he left on so many will be carried forever by those whose lives he touched. Let’s help his family in their time of need.

The funds raised will go to Joe's parents to take care of funeral expenses and take care of Joe's child Tony.

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1. I’m Jimmy Galvez from Orlando, FL.

2. I have been friends with Joey since high school.

3. The funds will be spent (by Joey’s family) on funeral expenses and anything else that may come up during this time, as well as anything his son Tony may need.

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      A lightly-lined everyday bra with clever features like straps that adjust in the front and a hook that converts it to a racerback. Our testers said it fit true to size and it was both supportive and comfortable; one even said "it's definitely the softest bra I've ever tried." It washed well without significant shrinkage or damage. With this brand, you can try on multiple bras at home and send back the ones you don't want (free shipping both ways!). Plus, the price point was among the lowest in our test, making it a great value. It's available in black or two shades of nude.

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What I think: What an ingenious idea. What's that old line about "necessity being
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Maybe because I'm past (thank goodness!) needing baby-sitters
I had no idea any such thing existed until the other night when I was listening
to background news while making dinner.
All I could think of was "brilliant!"

What I caught of the broadcast was that one mom saved over
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Evidently the particular co-op being reported started with 6 moms, and in
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Finding good, qualified, affordable sitters is, and has
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Apparently most of the baby-sitting co-ops work on a point
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Ladders, attic ladders and stairs - GorterGorter® ladders, attic ladders/ scissor stairs and fixed stairs are certified by TÜV NORD according to EN standards on safety, construction strength and operation. These certifications also concern the standard combinations with a Gorter® roof hatch. The Gorter fixed stair has adjustable steps (patent pending).

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Top U.S. Olympians' medical files compromised by Russian hackers

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A notorious Russian hacking group have managed to get hold of the medical files of the creme de la creme among U.S. Olympians and shared such personal and private information online.

While the Internet has definitely changed the way we interact and communicate with one another for the better, it also carries the inherent risk of having your personal and private information spread out to the rest of the world in an instant. This is exactly what happened to the top U.S. Olympic athletes, as their precious medical records have been leaked out by a notorious Russian hacking group with the operator known as Tsar Team aka Fancy Bear spearheading the effort.

Several of the creme de la creme U.S. Olympic athletes had their respective medical files uploaded for all and sundry to see yesterday. This dastardly act was performed by a notorious Russian hacking group, where the main reason of doing so was to depict the other nation’s “tainted victories” at the recently concluded Rio 2016 Games..

According to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the hack has been confirmed. The hack saw the hackers make a break for WADA’s Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) database. This was done through an International Olympic Committee (IOC)-created account specially meant for the Rio 2016 Games. As for the athlete data mined, those included confidential medical data in the line of Therapeutic Use Exemptions that were delivered by International Sports Federations (IFs) and National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs) which were connected to the Rio 2016 Games.

Just what are Therapeutic Use Exemptions? These are basically the official nod for athletes who carry or suffer from select medical conditions so that they can utilize drugs which are normally banned by WADA as those could provide a performance boost that would offer a slight edge over the rest of the competition.

Some of the U.S.’ top athletes whose medical records have been compromised include the agile gymnast Simone Biles, sisters Serena and Venus Williams who have conquered the tennis world for quite a while now, as well as women’s basketball forward Elena Delle Donne. So far, all four of them have not been suspended before for consuming a banned substance.

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Hawaii Vacation Deals & News: April 28, 2011

The Peaceful Grounds of Four Seasons Lana'i at Koele

We’ve got quite a newsy day today – so much so, that I’ve organized the news in sections. Et voila ~

Sweepstakes & Giveaways

* Enter to win a chance to win a Oahu vacation at the Embassy Suites-Waikiki Beach Walk. Most Hawaii sweepstakes are for two, but this prize is for four and valued at $20,000. Enter here.

* Win a week’s stay at one of six Outrigger Maui condos plus round-trip airfare on Hawaiian Airlines for two. Read the contest details here. Also note that you can receive a $50 e-certificate from Hawaiian Airlines by entering your HawaiianMiles number. Read those details at this link.

* Win a trip for two to Oahu from Lands’ End. See all the entry details here.

* Hawaiian Airlines is giving away two round-trip tickets to Hawaii in celebration of the Merrie Monarch Festival. You must enter this one by May 1, 2011. Click here for more details and to register to win.

* Speaking of the Merrie Monarch Festival, Hawaii’s top cultural celebration, the festivities begin tonight and you can watch a live stream of the events via KFVE from this link.

* The Waikiki Spam Jam is set for this Saturday, April 30th. This festival is in its ninth year celebrating Hawaii’s love affair with Spam. My friend Melissa Chang has the full scoop on what to expect from this year’s event.

* Lanai’s Four Seasons Lodge at Koele is offering a special deal through August. With the third night free, the rate is effectively $197 per night. See more details about this luxury deal via this link. The Lodge at Koele is one of the excellent resorts that that thoroughly enjoyed during our recent stay on Lanai.

* The Sheraton Kauai is on sale for $129 per night through September 1, 2011. This rate is more than 55% off plus the deal includes buffet breakfast for two. See all the deal details here and my review. Please note that there’s a $23 resort fee and some renovations in progress.

* Hilton is celebrating 50 years in Hawaii with 50 Years of Aloha Package. With this package, you’ll receive the 5th night at $50 plus spa, dining and beach rentals credits at the Hilton Hawaiian Village (Oahu) and Hilton Waikoloa Village (Big Island) locations. Read all about it here.

  1. I clicked on the link for the vacation sweepstakes for 4 worth 20,000 and it sends me to the Embassy suites two night stay with Ellen….is there another link? Help? Thanks, Missy

    1. Missy — looks like they’ve changed the page and the contest at the Ellen Show website. If I remember correctly, the entry for that Hawaii sweepstakes may have come and gone.

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One County’s Response to the Longest Shutdown in History

The partial government shutdown has affected county and statewide operations, delaying or restricting action across agencies that directly impact local communities. On the west coast, for example, preparation for wildfire season has been placed on hold. U.S. mass transit systems, such as the New Jersey Transit Corporation, aren’t receiving federal funding that would normally help with operating costs.

In Prince George’s County, Maryland, an area in which about 17 percent, or more than 60,000, of 361,000 government workers in the Metropolitan Washington area reside according to Council of Governments (COG) estimates, efforts are underway to meet the challenges posed by the shutdown. COG estimates show that at least 25,000 workers in the county could be affected by the shutdown.

On the public school side, the community expressed concern over providing school lunches to students who receive free and reduced-priced meals. The Agriculture Department (USDA), which funds the program through reimbursements, is currently shut down. In response, the 10,000 Meals Challenge Fund was established out of a partnership between Prince George’s County Public Schools and the nonprofit Excellence in Education. The mission of the initiative is to ensure that every child in need of a school meal receives one, and so far $15,000, the equivalent of more than 5,000 meals, has been raised. Donors include NAI Michael, Old Line Bank, Lanier Electronics, and Educational Systems Federal Credit Union.

School meal debt is still present, however. According to Raven Hill, a Communications Officer with Prince George’s County Public Schools: “To date, 5,250 students owe approximately $24,000. For background, our school system enrolls more than 134,000 students and approximately 62 percent qualify for free and reduced-price meals. We serve on average 130,000 meals a day.”

An email from Prince George’s County Public Schools Interim Chief Executive Officer Dr. Monica Goldson stated the result of announcing the fund: “Earlier this week [the week of Jan. 11], we announced that through Friday, any student impacted by the shutdown would receive the standard hot meal. After making that announcement, I received countless offers of assistance from the greater Prince George’s County community. Having grown up in this county, I was not surprised by the outpouring of love and support.”

Donations are processed through the school system website, and will be allotted to schools with the highest demonstrated need.

Another initiative in Prince George’s County is the Federal Government Shutdown Assistance offered to affected government workers and contractors. County Executive Angela Alsobrooks spearheaded the initiative, along with the Metropolitan Council of Governments and other community stakeholders.

“We wanted to provide opportunities for assistance for county residents who are federal employees or contractors,” Council Chair Todd Turner told GovLoop.  “The primary donor was United Way of the Washington D.C., region, who provided $50,000. Each of the individual participants are providing different types of assistance, whether through waiving late fees or entering into payment agreements to allow people to pay a certain amount going forward. In particular, our water and sewer agencies will not be doing any shutoffs for those impacted by the shutdown.”

A Jan. 11 email from Alsobrooks to county residents stated: “Yesterday we held an event with several local partners to announce a “shutdown relief package” for Prince George’s County residents who are currently furloughed by the federal government shutdown. Through a combination of county government resources and contributions from community partners, we are offering a package of resources that will help bring some stability and security to families who are trying to figure out how to pay the bills or put food on the table.”

“Jan. 11 was the first day that workers wouldn’t receive a paycheck, and there was a snowstorm coming in,” Gina Ford, Deputy Communications Director for the County Executive’s office, told GovLoop. “There was a need for the fund.”

Alsobrooks stated in her email that she had authorized an extra $70,000 into the Emergency Assistance Fund, which raised the fund total to $150,000. The fund is set aside to assist those with immediate financial need, such as mortgage payments.

A joint letter from Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, Virginia Governor Ralph S. Northam, and District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser warns of the implications of the shutdown on state and local finances: “A prolonged shutdown not only hurts our local economies and budgets, but also poses a threat to our natural resources, public health, and safety…The longer this shutdown lasts, impacts will be more compounded on state and local budgets, important government services, and the economy at large.”

People are still reaching out and they’re still talking on social media trying to come up with more ideas to help furloughed employees,” says Ford.

How is the shutdown affecting your state, city, or community? Share in the comments section below.

You can find all of GovLoop’s shutdown coverage here.

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Canadian retailers must implement innovative business strategies now to survive and thrive, says a new report from BDO Canada.

As the “Amazon effect” becomes stronger in Canada, with nationwide store closures and the collapse of iconic brands like Sears and Zellers, small and midsized retailers need to adopt strategies, including leveraging technologies such as artificial intelligence, beacon technology, mobile pay, virtual/augmented reality and other forms of automation.

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·                  E-commerce vs. bricks and mortar – stores are creating hybrid and omnichannel shopping experiences to reach their customers wherever they are;

·                  Consumer shopping habits – Millennials, the biggest spending cohort for retailers, are influencing the shopping habits of other age demographics; and

·                  Customer relationships – retailers need to develop a customer relationship management program that captures and integrates implicit and explicit customer data.

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The Nissan Leaf is based on a dedicated electric platform and is a 100-percent plug-in electric vehicle with zero emissions. There is no supplemental gasoline engine as in a hybrid electric vehicle.

The Nissan Leaf has no gas tank, tailpipe, nor does it have a conventional transmission to complicate maintenance. In fact, the only real maintenance requirements are tire rotation and windshield wiper blade replacement. Okay, washing and waxing occasionally will certainly help to maintain a pristine exterior appearance.

The all-new 2018 Nissan LEAF has a refreshing aerodynamic design form with dynamic proportions, sporting a floating roofline and signature V-Motion grille with a striking crystal blue pyramid panel. Other signature design cues are the "Boomerang" lamps and enhanced brand symbol. With a starting price of $29,990, the Leaf is available in three trim levels: S, SV, and SL, which includes leather seating surfaces.

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As the warmer weather approaches, Gwynedd Council is once again urging members of the public not to break into the Glyn Rhonwy site to swim or climb in water filled quarry holes or entering the former bomb storage facility on the same site.

In the past, there have been a number of reports of people either breaking or scaling the six foot steel perimeter fence at the former industrial site on the outskirts of Llanberis. That is why the Council is urging members of the public to respect the warning signs that are placed near the site  warning of the potential dangers.

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Paddling in a Louisiana bayou, amid drowned trees and a wealth of wildlife, can make you “forget about civilization,” says author Richard Goodman. Photo by John Hazlett
Paddling in a Louisiana bayou, amid drowned trees and a wealth of wildlife, can make you “forget about civilization,” says author Richard Goodman. Photo by John Hazlett

Down on the Bayou

In the secretive world of Louisiana’s bayous, two kayakers look for the ivory-billed woodpecker and trade confidences about fathers, children, and growing old.

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8 a.m. It was already uncomfortably hot, not unusual for September in New Orleans. I was seated in a truck, and two sleek kayaks were strapped down in the back. A colleague at the University of New Orleans, John Hazlett, was at the wheel. He was going to take me kayaking down Bayou Trepagnier and Bayou LaBranche, part of the LaBranche wetlands. John teaches nature and travel writing, and is very knowledgeable about the wetlands and bayous in southern Louisiana. Even though I didn’t know him that well at the time—I had arrived in New Orleans recently from New York—he had generously offered to take me with him. I’d never been on a bayou before. The day pulsed with newness.

We passed by the houses in his neighborhood, some shabby, looking rattled, perhaps never having fully recovered from Hurricane Katrina. Within a few minutes, John eased the truck onto Interstate 10, and we headed west. As we talked, I could see that he was affable and open, prone to laugh, and that he had a dry humor that bordered on the aphoristic.

We passed car dealerships and strip malls, typical urban outreaches. Then we split off onto a spur, raised high above the ground. Suddenly all civilization was gone. We traveled by nothing but cypress trees. One after another, they had Spanish moss hanging from their branches in long gray veils as if they were in mourning. Even though John had made this trip countless times, he was still amazed at the abrupt change from city to wildness, as was I. A few minutes later, dust billowing behind us, he turned off the road. I saw the beginnings of some water nearby. This is where we’d put in.

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We unfastened the kayaks and carried them to the fringe of the water. It was murky-gray, warm. In the distance, I saw the huge, Samson-like concrete pillars of Interstate 10, colossally embedded in the water, one after another. I straddled the kayak and lowered myself carefully into its cockpit. I didn’t have much with me—just two bottles of water, a few sandwiches, sunscreen, and binoculars. Ensconced, I pushed off the bottom with my paddle. My kayak freed itself, and then, like a skater, I was gliding.

We moved across a small lake-like body of water that narrowed gradually. There was no current to fight.

Soon I was in a different world—the wetlands. The waterscape was wide and lonely and nearly empty. It was a kind of water desert. Few things grew in that brackish expanse. The beauty of the place was sculptural, with naked dead trees here and there, some with branches in haphazardly arresting arrangements. Much of the water was very shallow. Our kayaks slid into solidness occasionally, got lodged, and we had to push off with our paddles. We made our way through grass and marsh on the widest passageway we could find. To the far horizon, there was no one else there but us.

We kayaked to another section of the wetlands, a place created, John told me, after the last hurricane careened through a few weeks earlier. Before that, much of it had been dry land. This is the way things are in Louisiana, especially in the southern part of the state, which is crisscrossed by little rivers, lakes, streams, and bayous. The land being marshy and weakly-established, the shorelines are always shifting, and sometimes they disappear, never to return. The state’s Gulf of Mexico coast is losing about 43 square kilometers of land every year—nearly one football field every hour. Nothing is ever permanent anywhere, but here in Louisiana impermanence is strikingly normal.

John paddled his kayak toward a channel-like opening to the side, and announced that we were heading into Bayou Trepagnier. And so there I was, about to enter a place that has, in its own way, become more than simple geography. It’s become an idea. The bayou.

The definition of “bayou” (from the Random House Unabridged Dictionary) is “a marshy arm, inlet, or outlet of a lake, river, etc., usually sluggish or stagnant.” The origin of the word is not French, as you might expect, but from the Choctaw word, bayuk, meaning “river forming part of a delta.” Some bayous have water that is opaque or the color of weak tea. Some have water that is clear, so that you can see the bottom. Some are wide, with foliage so sparse that they provide not a patch of shade. Others are narrow and have trees and bushes along the banks, casting their long shadows on the water. You do want shade on a scalding Louisiana day. But whether wide or narrow, shady or exposed, all the bayous we kayaked were still or nearly without current. None were stagnant as the definition claimed.

Some of the bayou’s strangely deserted buildings, once used for duck hunting, had been tossed about by storms and hurricanes. Photo by John Hazlett

We paddled down Bayou Trepagnier, sighting beautiful birds. We saw white ibises, a bird that the ancient Egyptians worshipped. We saw egrets, black-necked stilts, tricolored herons, ospreys, pileated woodpeckers, a barred owl. Some had huge, Icarus-like wingspans, notably the herons. They were sensitive to our approach, alighting two or three hundred meters from us even as we drew near almost soundlessly in our kayaks. It was lovely to see the herons fly off like enormous white fans. We saw a great blue heron, tall, huge, solitary—breathtaking at the edge of the water, a statue, the ultimate strong silent type. Any bird that lives alone, aloof and self-reliant, has a kind of unassailable strength.

A place like this can make you forget civilization. I could see how content John was. It was as if he’d found his rightful place in the world, at least for a few hours. John’s roots are in Iowa, but this waterlogged, seething landscape had clearly captured his heart. He had all sorts of gear with him—two cameras, binoculars, fishing rod, a case with different lures, food, gloves, and God knows what else.

We saw eight or nine alligators, three or four of them intimately. I’d never seen an alligator in the wild, in its own habitat. The first time, I was both thrilled and slightly afraid. John had a much better eye for these antediluvian animals than I did. I soon found that if they weren’t exactly shy, they weren’t aggressive either. If an alligator was on shore basking, it would slide into the water when approached. I loved seeing an alligator out of the water, on shore, long mouth shut with that slightly sly smile. It was inscrutable, a reptilian mystery, with its corrugated impenetrable skin, a knight in un-shining armor.

The gators we saw were not huge, but they were still formidable. Mostly, we saw them in the water, their periscope eyes just above the surface. They surveyed us. As we kayaked toward them, they descended, and disappeared. We surprised a gator once on shore, and it slid quickly into the water. We paddled slowly, looking down. The water was clear and shallow, just knee-deep. Suddenly, there, directly below me, was the alligator, looking up at me. I could see all of it, perfectly. It was disconcerting to see this alligator, in its element, watching me. I felt like my kayak could flip over at any moment.

The bayou’s alligators were not huge, but formidable, and sometimes they came surprisingly close. “I felt like my kayak could flip over at any moment,” Goodman recalls. Photo by John Hazlett

The day flowed easily, even with the caustic heat. At a certain point, I realized we’d been out for at least four hours, yet it didn’t feel like that at all. There is a sense of the eternal in this landscape. Time seemed accommodating. Time seemed unhurried.

A long day on the bayou like this tends to provoke talk, often of a ruminative and wayward nature. Even though I didn’t know John well, the combination of easy paddling and lulls made for talk that glanced from subject to subject, all effortlessly. A conversation like that would be very difficult to have on land, back in New Orleans, with the constant barrage of phones and responsibilities. In the bayou, though, was the encouragement of space and time, of a continuum of quiet. Isolated and protected by the bayou’s exquisite harshness, we could speak as openly as we wanted. There was no one for kilometers, and we could sense that.

I found myself telling John all sorts of things men would normally be reluctant to say to one another, even to close friends. It wasn’t anything really revealing, because that suggests something scandalous or embarrassing. It wasn’t that at all. We talked about growing old, about the indignities of aging we would face soon. We talked about fathers. We talked about the women in our lives. We talked about our children. This talk came and went, ebbed and flowed throughout the day. At one point I became incredibly moved by my conversation with John. I realized how little I reveal to other men. Here, in this swampy place outside of time, I was making a friend.

We moved on. Some of the trees we passed I knew, others not. John pointed out bald cypress, tupelo gum, mangrove, privet, willow. At a certain point we passed swaths of white spider lilies. The extent of them was surprising. I would say there were fields of them, but there were no fields there, only marshy plots with the dead fingers of trees rising among them. Still, it was uplifting to see color—if only white—established there. It made me feel optimistic, to find flowers thriving in this morass.

Some of the banks of the bayou were a mess of detritus from the last hurricane. It was the kind of mess that’s always repulsive, filled with mats of beaten bamboo, plastic bottles, small blindingly white styrofoam buoys, nylon-rope fragments. No one can turn nature ugly like humans.

What else did we encounter? We negotiated a bend, and came upon an old hunting cabin in the middle of nowhere. It had a deserted feel to it, like the Inner Station in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. It had been tilted by storms so that doors were cast open to reveal an old stove and even cots. This was a place men would use as a base for their duck hunting. We saw others. One had even been raised by a violent storm from the ground and was in a tree. Hurricanes can do anything. We stopped by one of the cabins, attached our kayaks to the shore and crawled through underbrush to have a closer look. It listed madly, and it wasn’t easy to get inside. What was it like to build this here, to bring in a stove, propane tanks, and beds?

Before we knew it, it was late afternoon. It was time to head back. On our way, as part of the long day on the bayou, we talked about what it would be like to glimpse the ivory-billed woodpecker, one of the most gorgeous birds ever to grace our world. The last substantiated sighting of the ivory-billed was, in fact, in 1944. But in 1999, there was an unconfirmed sighting of a pair of these mythical birds just east of the town of Pearl River in southeastern Louisiana, not far from here. All of us let that beauty disappear forever, and so the thought that one or two of these magnificent creatures might still exist somewhere could give us hope for redemption. For an hour or so, John and I peered into the underbrush and up into the trees with our binoculars, searching, in vain, for a flash of a gleaming white bill. We kept searching, because the bayou is secretive, and the impossible doesn’t seem unlikely.

It was around 5 p.m. The temperature was still oppressive. We paddled toward home. It had been a long day. We’d been out on the water nearly eight hours. I was spent, but I was exhilarated. We rounded a bend, and I saw the truck near the edge of the water. I was grateful, yet melancholy at the same time. I’d been to a new world today, and I wasn’t entirely sure I wanted to return to mine.


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