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Ahoy Mate! It's official. Summer is here and it's time to celebrate by making a splash!
The Kids Did It, The Mommy Island, Mom of One and Having Fun, and Love From Elle along with some fun loving bloggers are happy to bring our readers this fun way to kick off Summer! This event will have you saying, "ARRRGGGHHH" but in a good way. Entry is so easy and we won't even make you walk the plank!

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Importance of Learning Foreign Language at an Early Age

At present, the knowledge of two or three foreign languages has become an obligation. For a better learning of a language, the didactics attach particular importance to the teaching/ early learning of the language. Starting to learn a foreign language at a young age will not only lay the foundation for later learning but will also influence attributes towards other languages and cultures.

It is desirable to start learning and teaching the foreign language at an early age because a young child takes pleasure in the linguistic experience. The child is ready to repeat, to communicate, to imitate, to play, and is not inhibited by the image that others will make of himself. The kid is open to others and naturally endowed with exceptional linguistic acquisition capacities.

Thanks to the plasticity of his brain that the adult does not have the same degree, he can acquire linguistic mechanisms quickly and arrive at a good understanding and pronunciation of the foreign language. In these favorable conditions, the child can easily learn a foreign language provided that the learning continues in continuity throughout his schooling.

Needs and interests of the child

Identifying the needs of the child and their areas of interest is the essential step in designing an educational program for the child. The child needs to talk, to be listened to, to play, to touch, to manipulate objects, to explore, to discover; he has an innate curiosity. He likes to vary, to change, he is interested in why, and he learns to identify himself, to control feelings, to know and to distinguish between good and bad.

On the other hand, the needs and interests are not the same as a child of 3 and a child of 8 years, the age of reason. Thus, the teacher teaching these audiences at the student care center needs to know the cognitive development stages of each age group in order to relate them to the ways of learning.

Actional Approach

Regardless of the age of the child, in a foreign language class, it is necessary to propose a learner-centered, interest-based and age-appropriate approach. The approach must remain global, multi-sensory, and play-oriented. The language to be acquired must be tackled not in a frontal, grammatical, but instrumental in a way. The language is used to perform tasks; it is used to do things.

In early French class, with the youngest, learning would go through songs, rhymes, stories, images, experiences, creations, games. With the older ones, the teaching centers could do simulations and create imaginary universes.

Pedagogy of the game

The most intensive occupation of the child is the game. For the child, the game is fun, and he indulges in it with pleasure. Hence, the child can learn better, with more interest and more seriously if the educational activities are presented to him in a playful way, passed by games.

Finally, depending on the different factors, several classifications are possible. Game pedagogy, an effective tool to motivate children, to arouse their interest and develop team spirit, is very present in the teaching of a foreign language.

At a young age, the link between the child’s development, his natural need to play and learning is more than obvious. Through play, the child has access to the language thanks to the repetitive language structures and the motivation he generates; he triggers a speech. Therefore, the game represents a situation of experimentation with the language and makes it possible to answer to real and authentic needs of communication which favor an implication in the learning of the language.

At an early age, the child has a capability of grasping the things quickly and acquires the excellent understanding and pronunciation of the foreign language.

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Re: [greenstone-users] Newbie seeking some guidance

From E Robinson
DateMon, 21 Aug 2006 16:05:58 +1200
Subject Re: [greenstone-users] Newbie seeking some guidance
In-Reply-To (44B443FA-2000601-cs-waikato-ac-nz)
I am trying to put together two collections - one will be just metadata - a list of papers from about 10 organisations) the other a similar list but for just one organisation with the papers (each in a separate Word document).

I have a csv file (created by saving from an Excel spreadsheet) with sample metadata. There are about 1000 entries in my sample but it will go up to about 10,000 for the final collection.
How do I create empty files with the .nul extension?
Ed Robinson

At 12:36 12/07/2006, Michael Dewsnip wrote:
Hi Graeme,

Judging from your subsequent e-mails you figured a lot of this out on
your own, but here are some comments for others who might be trying to
do something similar.

- There is a new CSVPlug plugin for Greenstone that processes CSV files
(download from ).
The first field must contain the name of the file to assign the metadata to.

- If you have only metadata, and no documents, you need to create empty
files with .nul extension (one for each record), and use these as
something to assign the metadata to.

- An alternative to using CSVPlug is to convert the CSV files to
metadata.xml files, as you've done. One benefit of this is that the
metadata will become editable in the GLI. (There is nothing in
Greenstone to do this conversion, you will need to do it yourself; look
at one of the metadata.xml files in the Greenstone "demo" collection to
see the format of these files).

- If the metadata is in metadata.xml format, you can right-click on one
of the .nul files in the GLI and choose "replace with" to replace the
dummy file with the real document (eg. a PDF file), and the metadata
will be transferred automatically.

All the best,

graeme wrote:

> Hi,
> I am wanting to evaluate Greenstone because I believe that it will
> address the needs of my organisation. I have successfully installed it
> and wish to set up some sample data, but I'm a little uncertain about
> how to go about this. The situation is that I have an existing
> catalogue that is held on an Access database. Some of these but not
> all are available on PDF, but we wish to hold every item on the
> library. We have items in three possible languages, English, Dari and
> Pashtu. Initially because of space concerns we don't want to include
> the pdf files.
> My question is what do I need to do to get the data from the database
> to greenstone?
> After reading the manuals and searching this list I believe that I
> need to do the following:
> 1. Set up the metadata for each Access field, do I need to do this for
> each language?
> 2. Convert the data from Access to a CSV file
> 3. Make this a XML file. Will each XML entry be the metadata name?
> i.e. <ex.Language>English</ex.Language>
> 4. Some how import this into Greenstone, will this be via GLI, Gather?
> If so how do I indicate in the XML file the start and end of each item
> that I wish to include in the collection
> 5. How would the pdf files be added later?
> If this question has already been answered I apologise but could you
> please direct me to the appropriate place.
> Many thanks for your time,
> Graeme Foster.
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Free kitchen

An oily ragger has been in touch recently to tell us how they ended up with a free kitchen. In fact, it was better than a free kitchen. The young couple had bought an older style house and was in the process of doing it up as they could afford it, including the kitchen. Now […]

Diana, Whakatane.

I make my own postcards using a collage option (Picasa have one, as do most editing programmes). e.g. I did one using various shots of young grandsons whilst they were here on holiday – printed it at one of the stores for next to nothing…eh voila a personal postcard. Probably cost less than the stamp!

Don’t throw away old candles. Melt them down in a saucepan. When wax is melted pour into tins (you can save old tins for this), to which a piece of candle wick has been added. Then allow to dry.

JB, Whangarei.

Looking around our home, I realise most of the furniture is recycled. My husband made the dining table out of planks from his Dad, the chairs don’t match but I painted them all the same. When my mother in law downsized, I painted all the garden furniture which she had no need for. The lounge […]

Natz, Nelson.

If you want original looking furniture go to hospice/opp shops or look in the local paper (buy/sell/trade) and buy cheap furniture take it home, sand it down and paint it whatever colour/s you want. It’s cheap and gives you a hobby while furnishing your home with the colours you want.

Tired of looking at the same wallpaper? Then paint over it. If you want a textured finish, buy some cheap Hessian, paste it in the walls and paint over it.


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2020 Newsletter April

The essential question is are you staying safe and well?

Life has become restricted in a way none of us planned for and you may not have too much interest in your investments at this time as other family challenges taking up your time and energy.

My newsletter, this month, is important to me as I want to give a view of the portfolios we manage.  Not individual valuations but an overall position.
Please ask if you want to have a current valuation of your own.

To put things in context, the portfolio with the biggest drawdown has reduced in value by 19.5% but most have reduced by less than 14%, after increasing from January 2019 to the current fall in February 2020 by 28.5%.
The fall was dramatic, and we may still see further falls as the markets are tested.

However, a 28.5% recovery in a single year demonstrates that markets recover and normally faster than anticipated during a crisis.

Your portfolio was designed to match your individual appetite for risk and should provide stability, providing better than cash returns and out pacing inflation.

Investments that help the world stay healthy, minimise waste of scarce resources and provide a sustainable return

The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19.

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UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa
said “COVID-19 is the most urgent threat facing humanity today,
but we cannot forget that climate change is the biggest threat facing
humanity over the long term

Soon, economies will restart.
This is a chance for nations to recover better, to include the most
vulnerable in those plans, and a chance to shape the 21st century
economy in ways that are clean, green, healthy, just, safe and more

After 38 years of advising clients on their investments, investing in a sustainable way has never been this popular or more important.

The water efficiency challenge

In an era of scarce resources and increased environmental awareness, businesses should do more than reduce their carbon footprint.

It’s essential they cut their water usage.

The world is waking up to the need to protect the environment for future generations.

Cutting carbon emissions is one step in the right direction
– one for which businesses are increasingly being held to account, whether that’s by regulators, consumers or shareholders.

But it is not the only step we need to take.

Water efficiency is another battleground in the fight for sustainability
Here is a graphic that shows the amount of water used to produce a cotton t-shirt .

Income Protection — during the emergency

So far, the evidence is that the insurance companies providing income protection are being supportive and often providing additional help, outside their contracted liabilities.

That is something I am delighted to hear.

At least one of the main providers is offering a three-month premium holiday.

My next newsletter is due mid summer.
Let’s all hope life is more normal by then.

Stay safe and well.


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The room sizes are impressive, the floor plan is versatile with four
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- Country style kitchen with combustion stove, also provides heating for the
water and heats 8 radiators throughout the home.
- Eye catching black wood staircase with stunningly wide entry points.
- Versatile floor plan with possibilities of six plus bedrooms.
- High ceilings, including a pressed tin ceiling in the formal lounge room
- Separate formal dining.
- Open fireplaces
- Spacious bathroom with claw foot bath
- Floorplan available on request.
- The property has 2 paddocks, ideal for horses with new prefab fencing.
- Outbuildings include open double carport, tool shed with outdoor toilet, plus
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- Conveniently located to Devonport, Spreyton and Latrobe.

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Apps to Install on Ubuntu

Apps to Install on Ubuntu

So, you have just obtained a device and decided to go with Ubuntu. You install the device with the operating system and it is now ready to use. There is one problem, though: What apps should you put down there for everything to work the best way it can? Tips and tricks on handling Ubuntu and its apps are offered in abundance on the internet. There are so many of them that you may feel overwhelmed and choose to ditch it altogether. You need a guide on this particular matter so read on for a short yet concise review of apps you should opt for.

Compared to Windows, for example, Ubuntu is much more flexible. As an open source operating system, it is filled with limitless possibilities that you can make use of. Being of open source variety, Ubuntu can be fitted with a vast array of software choices so your options are literally available in a variety of selections. Tweak tools should be on top of your priority following a fresh installation. Ubuntu is indeed capable of being installed with a variety of software but by default it lacks the opportunities users can use to customize it. Your customization would be limited to installing different window themes, using different fonts, and changing wallpaper. Other than that, Ubuntu is practically un-customizable.

A tweak tool can help you reach the deepest point hidden beneath the hood and access settings that are more advanced. Unity Tweak Tool is helpful for Unity desktops users out there as is the case with Gnome desktops users, who can use Gnome Tweak Tool. Synaptic Package Manager is the next thing to get. Synaptic performs better than Ubuntu Software Center as it is not as laggy as the built-in feature. Returning search results is done much faster while dependencies on broken package can be eliminated altogether.

Apps to Install on UbuntuGoogle Chrome is a must. You may not choose to set Chrome as your default browser but having one in your app drawer could be much of a help. Watching on Ubuntu is possible only after you have installed Chrome beforehand. Geary is a powerful email client to have on Ubuntu. Geary is more pleasing to look at, easier to use, faster, and cleaner. But it does indeed lack customization. The absence of several key customization components may sound like a downside but the tool is nevertheless helpful and works faster than others.

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Vancouver, Ottawa and Hamilton clubs top Get Out There's Readers' Choice awards

Get Out There Magazine included an orienteering category in this year’s Reader Choice Awards. And the winners were announced today. In the west, the Greater Vancouver Orienteering Club‘s “Why Just Run” events won as best orienteering race, and in the east, Ottawa Orienteering Club‘s O-Fest won as the favourite orienteering event. GHO‘s (Hamilton) Snowshoe Raid won as the top snowshoe race in the east.

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Love through Service to Others

We believe that God calls us to be servants in the service of others and to be good stewards of the earth’s resources. ‘To believe is to care; to care is to do.’ We believe that the UCC is called to be a prophetic church. As in the tradition of[…] Read More →

A Church of Extravagant Welcome

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Problems of clinical ophthalmology

Kaiotkina E. V., Chistyakova S. V., Tretyakova I. G. Results of treatment of refractive amblyopia in children.

Konovalov M. E., Kozhukhov A. A., Zenina M. L., Gorenskiy A. A. A new method of sclerocorneal fixation of the posterior chamber intraocular lenses.

Drozhzhyna G. I., Troichenko L. F. New possibilities of substitution of the lipid layer of the tear film.

Malyugin B. E., Agafonova V. V., Frankovska-Gerlak M. Z., Chubar V. S. Evaluation of the effect of cataract phacoemulsification on the level of the intraocular pressure in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome.

Konovalova N. V., Shaibi Abderrahim The level of interferons α and γ in the blood of patients with uveitis with different clinical characteristic and course of the disease.

Bezditko P. A., Lahorzhevska I. M., Zavoloka O. V. Clinical evaluation of efficacy of eradication therapy of Helicobacter pylory infection in patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy.

Zavgorodnyaya N. T., Dedov A. V., Ivakhnenko A. M. Functional effect of indirect revascularization in treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

Levytska G., Kovalchuk A., Pasechnikova N. The state of ciliary body rhegmatogenous retinal detachment status in patients with complicated by choroidal detachment.

Kolenko O. V., Sorokin E. L., Bloshinskaya I. A., Pomytkina N. V., Kolenko L. E. The state of the macula area in women after preeclampsia and after childbirth.

Iskandarova Sh.T., Nabiyev A. M., Djamalova Sh.A., Makhmudova S. M. Disability due to ocular complications of diabetes. Ways of prevention.

Bobrova N. F., Sorochinskaya T. A. Retinoblastoma intravitreal chemotherapy (five-year’s experience).

Velichko L. N. «Migratory» phenotype of lymphocytes in the peripheral blood in patients with uveal melanoma in preserving therapy of different efficacy.

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Pasechnikova N. V., Moroz O. A. Protective effect of quercetin and lypoate of functional groups on proteins in retina with experimental diabetes

Yurevich V. P. Effect of hypertension on peroxidation processes in the retina and optic nerve in experimental diabetes.

Leus N. F., Aldahdooh M. Peculiarities of development of experimental forms of age-related cataract in ocular hypertension.

Literature review

Shambra S. V., Fedchenko S. A., Ryabchun O. V., Blavatskaya O. N., Korol A. P. Antiangiogenic therapy of age-related degeneration of the macula.

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Vasyuta V. A., Zadoyanuy L. V., Egorova K. S., Bratus N. M. A clinical case of atrophy of the ocular nerves associated with hypertension.

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Faking It: Deepfake Porn and Moral Panic

2018 has been the year of deepfakes: algorithmically generated videos that insert faces into existing video footage, fabricating convincing scenes which never took place in reality. They’re named after the Reddit user who circulated many of the earliest videos made using the technique—one that can now be mastered by anyone with a computer and some free time. The resulting videos are convincing, in fact they’re nearly indistinguishable from real footage: politicians delivering fake speeches, for example, and endless Nicolas Cage appearances. But, perhaps unsurprisingly, internet denizens have put deepfakes almost entirely to use in the pursuit of manufacturing pornography. Porn consumers have now become the producers of their own scenes, swapping celebrities’ faces into thousands of preexisting porn videos.

Deepfakes are being received as the harbingers of a moral apocalypse, with news coverage proclaiming them “a looming crisis for national security, democracy and privacy” and warning vaguely but alarmingly, that “AI-assisted fake porn is here and we’re all fucked.” But this framing forgets a crucial point: the techniques and technologies behind this practice are neutral. Machine learning is a tool that can be employed for good or for nefarious purposes. More than that, deepfakes are the most recent on a continuum of doctored sexual material spanning back over a century. From Tijuana Bibles to slash fan fiction to revenge porn, pornography has long before now been produced within a culture that does not value the consent of its subjects.

It’s not that the moral panic levied at the practice is undeserved. It does, of course, have consequences that must not be minimized. But framing deepfakes as the exception rather than the rule detracts from our ability to engage with our culture’s larger, underlying devaluation of women’s consent and disrespect for their bodily autonomy. This problem, in essence, is not unique to deepfakes, or even restricted to pornography; it saturates our social and political life, especially women’s involvement in it. Deepfakes are ethically troubling to be sure, but looking beyond the panic we could perhaps observe these media makers to help understand emerging media ecosystems.

Only this time last year the technique required dedicated teams equipped with training, tech expertise and advanced editing equipment, but since the early months of 2018 the videos have worked their way onto message boards and laptops the world over. Deepfakes train a deep learning algorithm to recognize the characteristics of a given face using an image bank. As explained by technology journalist Samantha Cole, after enough of this “training,” the assigned nodes arrange themselves to “correct” faces that appear in selected videos. Using a machine learning algorithm, a home computer, publicly available photos and some spare time, anyone can now fake a hyperrealistic video.

This type of content borrowing is typical of today’s participatory culture. In this media ecosystem, audiences construct their own culture through content appropriated from mass media, reshaping it to serve their interests. This circuit of simultaneous production and consumption depends heavily on the engagement of the average participant, the producer-consumer, or as Henry Jenkins names it, the ‘prosumer’.

As prosumers, deepfake creators are gesturing towards what they want to see in their media. When they appropriate and transform porn and celebrity in new hybrid forms of expression, they are harnessing the technique’s potential to demonstrate that anything can be made real. Unlike with studio-produced porn, deepfake communities act like fans. A free economy flourishes and engagement is incredibly high in many porn-sharing forums, especially ones that allow for creative freedom. We could have seen it coming: before this year, the immense popularity of porn GIFs suggested there was an active audience, eager to produce as well as to consume pornography. Porn scholar Helen Hester has defended these forums as exemplary spaces for participatory interaction, which is at odds with the image of porn browsers as “passive, thoughtless, and wholly receptive”. The tactics of deepfake prosumers could have been predicted, considering these fans are enmeshed in the modern world of porn – a system already riddled with piracy and an alarming disregard for consent.

Actresses including Gal Gadot, Emma Watson and Scarlett Johansson have been targeted by the practice but practically there isn’t much legal recourse for victims of a deepfake — a large part of why the practice took off so explosively. The ethical issues of consent and objectification have made it clear that a video itself does not need to be real in order for the personal damages it incurs to be. Defamation or copyright law may be a good place to start, but as one redditor put it, “You can’t effectively sue someone for exposing intimate details of your life when it’s not your life they’re exposing.” While sites like Reddit, Discord and PornHub have theoretically banned deepfakes under nonconsensual pornography clauses, the videos are emerging faster than they can be contained. There is currently no straightforward route for getting videos like these taken down, given their free circulation, anonymous creation and ability to perpetually re-emerge after they first appear.

It’s unquestionably alarming that porn is being faked without the consent of those depicted and there remains alarmingly little recourse for victims. Moderation of these videos is nightmarish, but neither legal nor regulatory responses have historically kept pace with any forms of porn making regardless of the type of technology involved. Treating this practice as an unprecedented moral problem brought about by technology ignores much larger cultural problems – a troubling red herring.

In this emerging media system, not only are media producers and consumers transformed from two separate categories into a shared pool of prosumers, but they interact with each other according to a new set of rules which none of us completely understands yet. A moral panic only obfuscates the cultural context from which these technologies emerge. Rather than misunderstanding emergent practices like this one, we should closely consider these techniques and communities in order to help us understand our media futures.

Cole, Samantha. 2018. “We Are Truly Fucked: Everyone Is Making AI-Generated Fake Porn Now.” Motherboard. January 24, 2018.

Hester, Helen, Bethan Jones, and Sarah Taylor-Harman. “Giffing a Fuck: Non-Narrative Pleasures in Participatory Porn Cultures and Female Fandom.” Porn Studies 2, no. 4 (October 2, 2015): 356–66.

Jenkins, Henry. 2013. “Layers of Meaning: Fan Music Video and the Poetics of Poaching” in Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture. Routledge.

Maggie MacDonald is an MA candidate in Media Studies at Concordia University as well as the coordinator of the Media History Research Centre at Milieux Institute. Her research focuses on the transformation of pornography as a cultural industry through the platformization of pornographic content online, specifically investigating the impact of MindGeek, a Montreal-based producer and distributor, on the supply chain of the porn industry.


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Pumpkin Pudding Cups

Happy National Pumpkin Day!

You know I had to celebrate National Pumpkin Day with a pumpkin treat and I think I have created the perfect treat to represent pumpkin day!  Let’s forget all the nitty gritty and get right to today’s recipe.  Let me introduce to you my Pumpkin Pudding Cups.

Pumpkin Pudding Cups
These little cups are just perfect!! They are oranges cored out and filled with a creamy, easy to make pumpkin pudding. The flavor is pure pumpkin goodness. I made these on a whim last night, but not without issues. I originally was going to make a pumpkin mousse using canned coconut, however my coconut didn’t refrigerate well and it was liquid. At that point I already cored out my pumpkins and I needed to use them, so I went to my old stand by pudding mix Jello Vanilla Pudding.
Pumpkin Pudding Cups
However, this didn’t work out as planned either, but I fixed that. I thought I had instant pudding, so I added the pudding mix to the bowl and added coconut milk to it and whisked it. Nothing was happening. So I looked at the box, and it was cook and serve. Darn it! I never buy cook and serve. So I dumped it in a pot and cooked away. After 5 minutes I had a thick, luscious pudding. Poured it back into my bowl and let it cool. You may have noticed I used coconut milk. I am cutting back on dairy, so I thought I would try coconut milk and it worked out like a dream. I read that soy milk does not work at all. So as of right now this is a gluten-free and vegan pudding. Yup Jello pudding mix is vegan. As for the mix in, I used pure canned pumpkin, and some pumpkin spice. Give a nice mix and buttah bing buttah boom I had pumpkin pudding. But I need it to be more creamy, so I added 1 cup of TruWhip all natural whipped topping that is gluten free but not vegan. Now I have the perfect creamy pudding. I filled my pumpkin cups with the pudding and I had a fun Halloween/Pumpkin treat!
Pumpkin Pudding Cups
For the pumpkin cup I used oranges. They take a little bit of work to core them, so you must have a little patience. I did this with three oranges and one of the oranges was super easy to core out and the other two were a tad more difficult. What I did was cut out the top of orange and with a spoon I scrapped the inside of the orange. If you do this, wear an apron or an old shirt. I had a couple of shots of orange juice shoot at me. I found that using your fingers to pull out the inside worked the best. It took me about 20 minutes to core out 3 oranges. And no, you do not taste the orange in the pumpkin, but if you did, it would probably add a nice taste to the pumpkin pudding. I drew a little pumpkin face with a sharpie marker and I had a pumpkin! 🙂

Pumpkin Pudding Cups

Pumpkin Pudding Cups
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  • Serves: 5 pumpkin cups about ½ cup of pudding in each cup
  • Serving size: 1 pumpkin cup
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    A low calorie, creamy pudding flavored with pure pumpkin and spice, served in a homemade pumpkin cup made with a cored out orange.
    • 5 medium size oranges
    • 1 0.8 oz. pkg. Jello Sugar Free Vanilla Cook & Serve Pudding
    • 2 cup unsweetened coconut milk, from carton
    • ¾ cup pumpkin puree (not pie filling)
    • ½ tsp. pumpkin spice
    • 1 cup Truwhip whipped topping
    1. In a medium sauce pan over medium heat, add pudding and coconut milk. Stir constantly until a rolling boil and until pudding gets thick; about 5 minutes. Pour into a bowl to cool.
    2. Meanwhile core out the oranges. Make sure your oranges stand up straight without rolling over. With a sharp knife, cut around the top part of the orange; and take off the top and discard. With a grapefruit spoon or regular spoon take out the orange pulp by scrapping the insides of the wall of the orange. I also found that using your fingers to pull out the pulp works great. You need a little patience here. Some oranges are easier to get the pulp out than others.
    3. Once the pulp of the orange is out and the orange is pretty clean on the inside, rinse the outside of the orange with water because it will probably be sticky. Pat dry the orange with a paper towel. Once completely dried. With a black marker, make your pumpkin face on the orange. Set aside.
    4. In the bowl with the pudding, add pumpkin and pumpkin spice. Fold until no more yellow streaks are left from the pudding. Than fold in the whip cream, fold until no orange streak remain. Add about ½ cup of the filling to each orange.
    5. Place in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
    Calories per pumpkin cup: 96, Fat: 5.4, Cholesterol: 0, Sodium: 139, Potassium: 0, Carbs: 12, Fiber: 2, Sugar: 4, Protein: 1

    Pumpkin Pudding Cups
    I just find these little cups so cute and I am happy that coconut milk worked on the pudding part. I got rave reviews on these little cups. Little Jenny said it was really good and I took one to my friend at work and she thought they were adorable and tasty!! These are just the perfect little guilt-free pumpkin treat!

    Looking for more fun pumpkin treats?  Here are a few of my personal favorites.

    Pumpkin Bars

    Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate Chips

    Pumpkin Cinnamon Chip Bread

    Pumpkin Oatmeal in a Crockpot

    Pumpkin Pancakes

    Pumpkin Pie Breakfast Jar Parfait

    Mini Pumpkin Donuts

    Pumpkin Pie Frappe / Pumpkin and Cream Frappe

    Pumpkin Spice Latte

    Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Mascarpone Pumpkin Cheesecake in the Microwave

    Pumpkin Frozen Yogurt

    Pumpkin Pie Hummus

    Pumpkin Mocha Spice Latte

    Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate

    Oatmeal Pumpkin Breakfast Smoothie

    Pumpkin Pie Muffins

    Pumpkin Spice Scones – Starbucks Copycat, Maybe??

    Well I think I filled you up with pumpkin today!  So be sure to get your pumpkins and carve them out for Halloween.  I can’t believe Halloween is next week!  That’s just crazy!

    Have a wonderful day and tomorrow I have an awesome treat that I can’t wait to share it with you!

    Pumpkin Pudding Cups

    1. These are super cute!! I love that you served them in orange cups…though at first glance i was SURE they were small pumpkins!

    2. Oh these are SO cute!! I didn’t know it was National Pumpkin Day, but you celebrated it well 🙂

    3. So cute and what a nice, light dessert You are the creativity winner Jennifer! 🙂

    4. What an adorable treat for national pumpkin day! Yummm 🙂

    5. I love the little orange cups!!

    6. These are just so sweet!!!! fantastic idea. Thanks for linking up to Serenity Saturday link party, can’t wait to see what you share with us tomorrow

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Chicken-Salad Spring Rolls

Do you sometimes wonder what to do with your left-over chicken? Sure you do and so do I. A lot of times, I'm sure it's Chicken Salad, but how about making a quick easy to take along snack or meal with that Chicken Salad.

Add a avocado, some sprouts, maybe some quinoa or wild rice, and salad, roll it up and Voila!

Chicken Salad Spring Rolls! Yum!

Just shred your left over chicken finely, mix it with rice and quinoa (if you want some carbs in your filling) and then add a tablespoon or two of mayo, season with salt and pepper (or whatever you fancy) and maybe some lemon juice for a bit of acidity. Set aside.

Prepare your other items, like avocado slices, lettuce leaves, sprouts, shredded carrot and arrange them in bowls.

Cover your counter with cling film, set out a plate with water to soak the rice paper wrappers. Just place the rice paper wrappers in the water maybe 30 seconds or less, then lay them onto the cling film.

Starting with the lettuce begin filling your wrappers and roll them up like a little burrito. Start by folding down the top, then fold in the sides and then wrap as tightly as you can. Put on a plate and EAT!

These stay fresh for a day or two, just place in a container with a moist paper towel.

Bon Appetite!

You could do this as well with tuna, crab, tofu, salmon or whatever other filling comes to mind.

PS: My next favorite hobby are horses.... volunteering at this rescue is one of my favorite things to do. Can you help us to keep these seniors well? Check us out at The Golden Carrot  or if you like to donate to the cause and support The Rescue Train Race for the Rescues.

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Visit to "The Golden Carrot"

Wow it has been a long time since I wrote something here, but honestly I was busy and also distracted. We bought a house, we moved and we did some renovations with the help of my parents. They were so gracious to come visit and actually did most of the work, while Patrick and I were at work. Thank you so very much!

I also had some very sad things going on..... My favorite horse "Zeppelin" is no longer with us. I tried my best to get him to a sanctuary, but I was lied to and even though I tried my best, I never really had a chance at making it happen. The time I was told to find a "Retirement Home" for him, the owner had already scheduled the vet, for him to be put down..... It might sound strange to people, but it was devastating to me, it's like loosing a friend.... Had I know this, I would have just put a halter on him and take him across the street to a different stable and boarded him there for a few weeks, because the rescue just needed a little bit of time.

But good things can come out of bad situations, which now brings me to "The Golden Carrot"! While I was looking for a Rescue to find "Zeppelin" a new home, I discovered their website and started communicating with Casey. What a wonderful person she is! She immediately contacted her supporters and many of them were willing to help me! People I never met, were willing to pull together for a horse, that wouldn't be of any "use" to them... Amazing!

SO, even if I couldn't save Zeppelin, it brought me to this awesome Charity and I want to help them in any way I can. Regular visits to help with whatever is needed, raising funds, building awareness.... we cannot just discard our animals after a lifetime of service.... They love you, depend on you and trust you, how can you betray them??

Well I want to help out and my friend Jocelyn and I went to Anza, what a pretty drive, to meet Casey and the Horses! Some great dogs too! What a warm welcome! Casey showed me around the ranch and then we started mucking out stalls, not a small feat in the scorching sun. It must have been 90 degrees up there, well it was a great workout! After working a little, we got to cool down a little and started bathing some of the horses... They just loved it! And Gideon the new pup, loved rolling around in the mud. And he dried of clean.... don't know how that worked, but he didn't have any visible dirt on him after drying off.... go figure!

After all the hard work, Casey rewarded us both with a riding lesson... she is an amazing teacher and so kind! I can't wait to visit again.

In the meantime, help me help them! Can you donate a $1 or $2 (or more) to save the life of a horse? Buy some hay? Some grain? Help with vet bills? Even a small donation helps! We're not asking you to give a large amount..... but if you do that' be awesome!


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3D Structure prediction

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Our article on a probabilistic model of protein structure made the cover of the september 2006 issue of PLoS Comp. Biol.

One of the major unsolved problems in modern day molecular biology is the protein folding problem: given an amino acid sequence, predict the overall three-dimensional structure of the corresponding protein. It has been known since the seminal work of Christian B. Anfinsen in the early seventies that the sequence of a protein encodes its structure, but the exact details of the encoding still remain elusive. Since the protein folding problem is of enormous practical, theoretical and medical importance, and in addition forms a fascinating intellectual challenge, it is often called the holy grail of bioinformatics.

Some sampled conformations for the sequence A(15)V(15)A(15)...
Some sampled conformations for the sequence A(15)V(15)A(15)...
A greedy collapse using the TorusDBN and radius of gyration as an energy function.

We are tackling the protein structure prediction problem from an original angle. Our group develops sophisticated probabilistic models that describe various aspects of protein structure, and uses these models in the prediction of structure from sequence. These probabilistic models are mainly based on two key ingredients: graphical models (including dynamic Bayesian networks and factor graphs), which are powerful machine learning methods, and directional statistics, the statistics of angles, directions and orientations.

It is important to note that these probabilistic models are not black box methods: they can be rigorously interpreted and used in the framework of physics, and more specifically statistical mechanics. In other words, we follow the view of Edwin T. Jaynes, who showed that statistical mechanics can be seen as a form of statistical inference based on partial information, rather than a physical theory.


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Monday, March 23, 2009

Summer is here! I can feel it with the sweat trickling down my back as I sit in front of my computer monitor located at the supposed-to-be coolest part of the house sans air conditioning - the basement. Ethan's school is officially over for 2008-09 though his reading therapy (as Ethan is dyslexic) will continue with a three-times weekly schedule. I chose to forgo with the regular summer program for Ethan in his school. I think the 3x weekly reading therapy is "academic" enough. I was actually considering enrolling Ethan in soccer but my girls and I conferred and it was a unanimous decision: hiphop dancing for the peacemaker this summer. The picture on the left was Ethan doing his own hiphop moves 3+ years ago. Isn't he just adorable? I miss the little-chubby-Ethan. Anyway, I've been itching to teach him the piano since two summers ago but his dyslexia got in the way. This summer, our hip-hopping dyslexic of a peacemaker will do the piano. Good luck to me.

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  1. goodluck mommy!!!yeah he's adorable -you can say that again and again and again.

  2. oh my gulay ang cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I can sit herre for hours looking at that picture.....may video ba? hehehe....

  3. oh! i didn't know he was dyslexic. from books i read before it is a condition that the person thinks in pictures instead of words...something like that...he associates words with pictures in order to read them. so words like "apple" "table" is easy but they have difficulty reading words not associated with pictures like "and", "however"...well u probably know all that...i'm just crapping =/

    hope that his dyslexia improves! but actually i've read somewhere that dyslexic kids are actually smarter ^^

  4. My goodness, ang cute naman ni Ethan! Sarap kurutin at pisilin cheeks nya. Si Daniel payatot, hehe!

    We're going to the Philippines next month and we're dreading for the summer heat especially Daniel's skin is so sensitive.

  5. ang cute ni ethan sa picture... sarap kurutin :) i'm sure he will grow up armed with lots of talents like dacing, playing the piano, etc.

  6. Whoaaa!!!! Super duper cute Ethan!!!

    time flies! dati chubby hiphopper ngayon peacemaker hisopopphopper na!

  7. oh gosh, aside from being the peacemaker, he will become Ethan of Many Talents.hehe!

  8. @ tediber: lol adorable talaga...noon! ngayon tigas na ulo!

    @ huling: i'm sure there's a video. where? somewhere! i'm not in-charge of keeping pics and vids anymore.

    @ shu fen: yes. he's more hands-on and visual but he's really improving as he could read slowly now.

    @ debbie: happy birthday to you! we should meet when you come home here. it's hot here now. daniel might be overwhelmed by the heat. make sure there's an aircon to where ever you're going. don't forget the insect repellant and sunscreen lotion too.

    @ wena: ay sana nga. i guess you better start with your daughter too.

    @ renz: lol. sometimes i wish he's forever a toddler.. kasi yong ang "cutest" age...

    @ eMz: sana nga. i'll start the piano lessons in april, simultaneous with his hiphop and reading therapy. i've no vacation!

  9. who knows he will be one of the famous hip hop dancers someday...or pianist...let's wait and see~

  10. Hi Lena! Thank you so much for your warm birthday greeting. I agree, March celebrants are AWESOME! No doubt about that, hehe

    We really have to meet next month. Dana said that's a very good idea! We have to plan and arrange our meeting ok?
    Naku, that's exciting!

    I've listed alot of things that we'll bring for Daniel, hope he'll be fine.

    Debbie :)

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Immersive 3D Automotive Photography

The architect Corbusier famously said that “homes are machines for living in.” If this is true of buildings then it’s certainly true for cars and other vehicles. And as machines for living in, automobiles need to serve our daily needs. Although we might not normally think of automobiles in the same way as we do architecture, when it comes to motor vehicle interiors the similarities with buildings are actually quite considerable: both require excellent spatial design if they are to be convenient and pleasurable to use on a regular basis.

For this reason, when purchasing or renting an automobile of any kind, customers will not only want to know what it looks like viewed from outside, but also from behind the wheel. In fact, once technical specs, handling and external design have been considered, then most customers will turn their attention to what’s inside the vehicle and how the interior space has been utilized. This is even more the case when buying or hiring in the luxury or prestigious auto category: the two places where the build-quality of an automobile is most apparent are under the hood and in the interior.

Not everyone who is interested in your services will initially be willing or able to visit your showroom in person. Therefore, if you are to remain competitive, you must ensure that potential customers gain a very strong favorable impression of the vehicles you offer right from the start. And you need to make it as easy as possible for them to do so, both inside and outside. Whereas traditional car photography cannot come close to communicating the spatial design and layout of a vehicle, an immersive Pinnacle Imagery 3D automotive tour will allow your customers to put themselves in the driving seat – virtually if not literally. Not just in the driving seat, but in any seat they choose. In fact visitors to your website will be able to walk in and around a vehicle, checking it out in its entire 360-degrees. Beyond actually viewing the vehicle itself, there is no more informative or realistic way of judging the quality, build and spatial design of an automobile than a Matterport virtual automotive simulation.

However, the uses of Matterport 3D photography for the automotive industry do not stop at the vehicle itself, as Pinnacle Imagery can also produce immersive 3D tours of an entire dealership, lot or garage – permitting viewers to gain a detailed impression of all the services and amenities you have to offer.


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History of Tax Reform

By Kris Gopal      e-mail:  gutcut@comcast.net

As our present government scurried to create a new tax code before the end of 2016, it will be worthwhile to know how the tax code evolved in this country.

The first income tax bill was introduced in 1861 as a one-time event to raise money for the Civil War, which the then president Abraham Lincoln signed into law the same year. It was meant to be a temporary measure with a flat tax rate of 3% on annual incomes above $800 (equivalent to ~ $22,000 per year income today).

In 1862 congress created what would become the Internal Revenue service. This tax law lapsed in 1872, and there was no income tax till the year 1894 when congress passed law to in recreating income tax code. At that time the Supreme Court by vote of 5-4 voted that the income tax code was unconstitutional. A progressive reform group fighting to reintroduce the tax code led to the passage in 1913 of a constitutional amendment – the 16th amendment – legalizing federal taxation. The first implemented permanent tax code had a top rate of 7% on annual incomes above $500,000 which would be equivalent to $12.5 million today.

The U.S. Government later passed a massive tax hikes to pay for the world War I, including the first version of the estate tax, and raised the taxes yet again to finance the enormous costs of World War II. In 1944 the top income tax rate peaked at 94 percent on taxable income of over $200,000 (about $2.5 million today).

In 1963 President John F Kennedy slashed the top rate for individuals from 91 percent to a more reasonable 65 percent. This reduction met with still resistance from conservative Democrats and Republicans who worried about the deficit it will entail. When Lyndon Johnson became the president after Kennedy’s assassination, the Revenue Act of 1964 was passed lowering the top individual tax rate to 70 percent and the bottom rate to 14% from 20%. At the same time the corporate tax was also lowered from 52%to 48%.

Another seventeen years elapsed before the next tax reform took place under President Ronald Regan. He created the biggest tax cut by slashing the top individual rate from 70% to 50%. He and his advisers revamped the tax code and introduced the 1986 Tax Reform Act simplifying the tax and reduced fifteen tax brackets to just two, 15% and 28% percent. This tax code also eliminated $60 billion tax loopholes.  It was felt to be revenue neutral.

To appease few resentful congressmen and senators, Reagan increased the standard deduction to benefit low-income families. He also increased the capital gains tax from 20% to 28%.

Then in 1991, the then citizen Donald Trump told congress that the new tax reforms had been “an absolute catastrophe for the country.”

President George W Bush pushed through a major tax cut in 2001.  Later Democratic presidents have raised the top tax rate to 39.6% and the number of tax brackets was expanded to seven and several new tax breaks and loopholes were been added.

During President Donald Trump’s first year in office, the Republican controlled House and Senate succeeded in rewriting the tax code. After cantankerous debates both in the House and Senate, the Republicans managed to pass the bill, solely along the party-line vote. It was necessary to raise the debt ceiling. The new tax bill reduces the corporate tax from 35% to 21%. It reduces personal tax bracket from eight to seven. It reduces individual taxes to many Americans. The new bill increases the personal standard deductions from $12,000 to $24,000. The present bill reduces the property taxes and state taxes deduction to $10,000. It reduces mortgage interest deductions for new houses up to $750,000. Some changes were also made in the estate taxes, and alternate minimum tax, and gift taxes.

The new budget increase spending on defense, infrastructure improvements, mental health care, and Catastrophic Fund.  This new tax law will not be budget neutral and will leave an enormous deficit. Congressmen of the future will have to reconcile with this huge budget deficit.

The library of Congress. Business Reference Service. compiled by Ellen Terell. https://www.loc.gov/rr/business/hottopic/irs_history.html
The US. and International Media. Vol 17 issue 848
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June 1, 2010

Memorial Day Weekend and Month of May Recap!

Hello! From what I've been reading, it seems as though everyone has had a fabulous weekend and I'm so glad! My weekend exceeded my expectations and was absolutely fantastic! It was filled with warm weather and cold beers, falling in love more every minute, good music, ice cream, grilling and everything that a summer should be filled with.

I spent Friday night in the city with two of my friends from college, Saturday tailgating at Bon Jovi all day and then seeing Bon Jovi Saturday night, Sunday down the shore for some jetskiing, boating and barbecuing at The Pilot's grandparents' house and Monday, barbecuing with my mom, my sister and her girls in our backyard.

Here's some pics from the weekend!

Us tailgating in his truck (and so happy to finally be together!)

I won't do a huge re-cap because, well, it would take too long, but it was a great weekend!

For now, I'll put up my May recap! Check out how I'm doing with my 25 Before 25 by looking at April's recap. In the month of May, I:
  • Ran a half-marathon and signed up for the Philadelphia Marathon (the full one!) in November! I'm now well on my way to crossing off #1 on The List!
  • Started my Senior year scrapbook by completing 1 page (hey - it's something!). I have my scrapbook completed up until the middle of Sophomore year so now I'm working backward! (#2)
  • I'm still going strong with maintaining my blog here and hit 100 followers this month and am still going strong! (#7)
  • Registered for my first semester of grad school classes! (#8)
  • Finished watching Season 3 and watched all of Season 4 of The Office. (#13)
  • Watched six films off of the IMDB Top 100 list! (#15)
  • Made 5 recipes from two of my cookbooks! (#17)
So it has been a great month and I'm doing pretty awesome with my list!

Now on to running news: I was terrible last week! Of my 4 scheduled runs and 17.5 scheduled miles, I ran a whopping 3. YIKES! Considering I have another race in less than 4 weeks, that is no bueno! But, I'm not going to beat myself up about it, instead I'm just going to push myself even harder!

So this week's training plan is:

Monday: Off
Tuesday: R.A.D. Workout
Wednesday: 2-3 mile run OR 20-30 minutes non-impact cardio
Thursday: R.A.D. Workout
Friday: 2-3 mile run OR 20-30 minutes non-impact cardio
Saturday: 3 mile run
Sunday: 6-8 mile run

I absolutely have to be diligent about this from this point on because since my race, I've only run 9 miles. 9. In two weeks...not good news. I guess that's newbie runner mistake #1...planning races too close together! But hey - I'm going to train, and I'm going to be ready and I am going to ROCK Boston 13.1!

See you all soon!

  1. I'll be there with the 800+ Team Challenge athletes from across America! Hopefully we can take another pic together!!

  2. Looks like you had an incredible weekend! Bon Jovi is ALWAYS a good time!

  3. You and your boy are adorable! Love your shirt :-)

    Glad you had an awesome weekend!

  4. Sounds like you had an awesome weekend!
    It looks like May kept you busy too :)

  5. Wow that's a huge bite out of the list! Awesome :)

    Where did you see Bon Jovi? I think one of my friends was at that same concert.

    Aaaand I definitely missed my Saturday long run and my Monday recovery run due to going to Jersey for the weekend. Oh well..it happens.

  6. You are truckin away at that list girl! very impressive!! You will have it knocked out in no time for sure!!

  7. The BF is cute! Very jealous of the boating :)
    Nice job on the list girly! You're running will return just fine!

  8. im so jealous you got to see bon jovi!

    congrats on knocking more off your list! so exciting!

    im glad you had a great weekend...good luck with your running and workouts this week :)

  9. #13 is a necessity. awesome!

  10. I just think you are doing such an amazing job with this list!! Wow!
    :) Looks like you had a fun weekend! The next one is almost here, already! Crazy!

  11. looks like a pretty amazing weekend!

  12. hey girl, there's another chance to be my feature runner today! check it out :]

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Global PEEK market projected to reach US$1.03 bln by 2024

The global polyether ether ketone (PEEK) market is expected to reach US$1.03 bln by 2024.  Demand was 5,048.2 tons in 2015 and is expected to exceed 10,000 tons by 2024, growing at a CAGR of 8.5% from 2016 to 2024, as per Grand View Research.
Increasing high-performance plastics demand as a substitute to metals in automobiles on account of growing need for high efficiency and low weight materials is expected to drive overall industry demand in near future. The stringent environmental regulatory framework in developed markets of the U.S. and Europe has forced the automobile industry participants to use such an alternative which helps in decreasing fuel consumption by enhancing overall fuel efficiency. Such regional trends are anticipated to positively impact global volumes over the forecast period. Excellent performance features including superior strength and heat resistance are expected to propel product preference in end-use industries such as food, medical, aerospace, semiconductors and packaging sectors.
Glass filled was the major product segment and accounted for approximately 44.9% of total market volume in 2015. The product finds application in industrial, electric & electronics applications. Carbon filled is anticipated to witness at the highest CAGR from 2016 to 2024. Further key findings from the report suggest:
The global PEEK market demand was 5,048.2 tons in 2015 and is expected to exceed 10,000 tons by 2024, growing at a CAGR of 8.5% from 2016 to 2024
* Automotive emerged as the leading consumer of PEEK and accounted for 28.1% of total volume in 2015. It is also expected to witness the highest growth of 9.4% over the forecast period. Increasing need for a highly efficient material which will help in reducing fuel consumption resulting in lower emission levels is expected to drive this segment.
* The product is widely used for industrial applications including packaging, textile, and printing. Growing waste disposal concerns coupled with strict environmental regulations related to packaging is anticipated to positively impact PEEK demand in industrial applications.
* Europe was the leading regional market and with demand share estimated at 54.2% in 2015.Stringent environmental regulatory framework to curb overall weight of automobiles is expected to drive the regional market.
* Asia Pacific is expected to witness the highest growth of 14.0% on account of industrialization in China and India coupled with growing environmental concerns including noxious VOC emission levels.
Key companies include Zyex Ltd, Tri-Mack Plastics Manufacturing Corp., Caledonian Ferguson Timpson Ltd, Prototype & Plastic Mold Co. Inc., Victrex Plc, Darter Plastics Inc., J.K. Overseas, A. Schulman AG, Jida Evonik High-Performance Polymers (Changchun) Co. Ltd and Stern Industries Inc.

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