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12:30 PM-9 PM Check-out time is 10 AM Express check-in/out The front desk is open daily from 8:30 AM - 2 PM There is no after-hours reception at this property. Guests arriving late won't be able to check in until the next morning. 24-hour airport shuttle service is available. Contact the property in advance to get details. Guests should notify this property in advance of their anticipated arrival time. Please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.Transfers Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) * Cruise terminal shuttle * Parking Other information Smoke-free propertyNearby hotels City House, Rome's small print 215 reviews City House, Rome Excellent4.0 / 5 Good Room Great Neighborhood They were very sweet and accommodating. Our only problem was with the bathroom. They have old plumbing that doesn't work well, so there were a lot of rules but even then things broke and water poured into the restaurant below. Jun 26, 2016Genuine Hotels.com guest review Katherine, US2 night romance trip City House, Rome Excellent4.0 / 5 Excellent Central Location! no elevator up the stairs. Breakfast was the same thing every morning (yogurt, croissant and Melba toast and juice/coffee/tea). Still, I loved this place and would stay here in a heartbeat. The location is just outside the Pantheon, and walking distance to the Trevi Fountain, Colosseum, Vatican, etc. Being right in the middle of the heart of the city was wonderful! Don't even think about driving a car in the city. The whole downtown is a ZTL (limited traffic zone), so take the hotel up on their offer to arrange a shuttle that picks you up and drops you off at the doorstep. The price is regulated by the city and is the same as a taxi, which at the time of this review was 48 Euro. It was money well spent. As I said, this is not a conventional hotel, but we loved our stay here, and if I'm ever in Rome again, I will definitely stay here. Jun 5, 2016Genuine Hotels.com guest review Kevin, US3 night family trip City House, Rome Excellent4.0 / 5 Excellent location, comfortable and accomodating. Daniela had arranged transportation for us from the airport which worked out wonderfully and I highly reccommend for first time Rome visitors such as us. Since Daniela had just had a baby her husband and mother facilitated our stay; efficiently and pleasantly. I would recommend the City (Pantheon) House to future travelers. Apr 24, 2016Genuine Hotels.com guest review LEEAN, US2 night trip with friends City House, Rome Excellent4.0 / 5 The location was Awesome! This vacation was for my oldest daughter, my bestie and myself. It was only for a 2 1/2 day in Rome since we were seeing other parts of Italy. It was a great location for everything we wanted to do. Daniella is great and commodated us. A simple breakfast was provided in our room while we got ready for the day. Dec 15, 2015Genuine Hotels.com guest review Leah, US2 night trip with friends City House, Rome Outstanding5.0 / 5 Great Owner & Location I stayed with my friend for 3 nights. Only a block away from the Pantheon, we couldn't have chosen a better location. Daniella, the owner was very efficient and took care of all our comforts. The rooms are clean and comfortable, with a decent breakfast. The owner gave us directions and important locations to not be missed. Overall, had a very nice and comfortable stay and would definitely go back.
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ALBERT SCHWEITZER Biography - Theater, Opera and Movie personalities Albert Schweitzer (January 14, 1875-September 4, 1965) entered into his intensive theological studies in 1893 at the University of Strasbourg where he obtained a doctorate in philosophy in 1899. He began preaching at St. Nicholas Church in Strasbourg in 1899; he served in various high ranking administrative posts from 1901 to 1912 in the Theological College of St. Thomas, the college he had attended at the University of Strasbourg. In 1906 he published the Quest of the Historical Jesus, a book on which muich of his fame as a theological scholear rests. From his professional engagements he earned funds for his education, particularly his later madical schooling, and for his african hospital. Having decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary rather than as a pastor, Schweitzer in 1905 began the study of medicine at the University of Strasbourg. In 1913, having obtained his M.D. degree. But in 1917 he and his wife were sent to a French internment camp as prisoners of war. Released in 1918, Schweitzer spent the next six years in Europe. Schweitzer returned to Lambarene in 1924 and except for relatively short periods of time, spent the remainder of his life there. With the funds earned from his own royalties and personal appearance fees and with those donaed from all parts of the world, he expanded the hospital to seventy buildings which by the early 1960's could take care of over 500 patients in residence at any one time. At Lambarene, Schweitzer was doctor and surgeon in the hospital, pastor of a congregation, administrator in the hospital, pastor of congregation, administrator of a village, superintendent of buildings and grounds, writer of scholarly books, commentator on contemporary history, musician, host to countless visitors. The honours he recei8ved were numerous, including the Goethe Prize of Frankfurt and honorary doctorates from many universities emphasizing one of another of his achievem ents. The Nobel Peace Prize for 1952, hav ing been withheld in that yaar, was given to him on December 10, 1953. With the $33,000 prize money, he started the leprosarium at Lambarene.
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82662015eng1711797articleUniversitätsverlag PotsdamPotsdam0------ICT Competencies for School StudentsThis paper discusses results from a small-scale research study, together with some recently published research into student perceptions of ICT for learning in schools, to consider relevant skills that do not appear to currently being taught. The paper concludes by raising three issues relating to learning with and through ICT that need to be addressed in school curricula and classroom teaching.KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT1868-0844 (print)2191-1940 (online)urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82663online registrationAnthony JonesenguncontrolledLearning with ICTenguncontrolledstudent perceptionsenguncontrolledstudent experienceDatenverarbeitung; InformatikInstitut für Informatik und Computational ScienceOpen AccessCID (2015) 07Full PapersUniversität Potsdam
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11 Year Old Devout Athiest My 11 year old daughter has just gotten a Facebook page (I know I know 13 is the age limit.) and she`s been having a blast playing games and chatting with her classmates online (Apparently I`m not the only one who could care less about age limits) I just checked on her page for the 15th time today and see she has added "Devout Atheist" boldly displayed on her profile page. <Sigh> My atheism has caused many problems for my daughter most of which revolve around the fact that all my neighbors were very freindly and she played with the numerous kids in the neighborhood up and until my Devout Christian neighbors discovered my atheism. Now she`s a leper and none of the kids in the neighborhood are allowed to play with her because she is of course satans child and will lead their kids into the very depths of hell. Now her classmates parents will undoubtedly see that she`s a "devout atheist" and I fear the same ostracization will occur. My wife wants it removed from her page. I don`t want to give her any reason to believe there is shame in what she thinks she believes/disbelieves (I realize she`s 11 and may very well be a baptist preacher by the time she`s 22 but for now she claims atheism undoubtedly due to my beliefs) You have to understand this kid isn`t your average 11 year old and neither are her classmates they`re all gifted with 130 or above IQ`s and in special classes running special critical thinking competitions and the whole parent/teacher/student/ situation in this class is very tight knit. Most of them could perform well at high school levels in many areas. She`s adamant she won`t remove it and I`m at a loss as I`ve always told her she should never be ashamed of whatever she believes about anything. I`ve informed her she runs the risk of being ostracized in the same manner she was in our neighborhood and she just doesn`t give a damn. She says that if they can`t accept her for what she is she doesn`t want their acceptance. This of course fills me with so much pride I could burst but I really don`t want her tight knit "family" that the class has become over the past few years to shun her as it would truly hurt her. I`m not worried about the kids reactions as truthfully most of them are smarter than their parents but I`m worried about what the parents might do or make their kids do. She did the right thing... It's just the consequences that aren't fair. She did fine; if she wanted to be a devout atheist (remember DEVOUT) she should stick up for that, just like people do when they are devout liberals or devout conservatives. And never get ashamed at herself for that, be ashamed at the neighbors who ignorantly shame her for being in another religion that has not harmed them. Premium Member No, she did the juvenile thing which, in her case, is reasonable. It's sad nevertheless. Click to expand... Please expand on this deut. Please? Click to expand... First, thanks for calling me deut - it's been a long time. In my opinion ...I'm not trying to argue the validity of either position in this thread. I'm simply trying to present the Christian argument as clear as possible. Understand that most Christian parents do not want their kids around people who could potentially lead their kids away from what they believe is the truth. Why? Because they believe that=hell. It's not out of hatred that they try to keep a safe distance from you and your family, it's out of fear. Most of these Christian parents probably wouldn't want their kids hanging out with any children other than other Christian children. If you were Muslim or Jewish you'd probably be dealing with the same situation. For your kid to really be considered acceptable as a playmate for the Christian children she'd probably have to lie and call herself a Christian. She might be able to sneak in by calling herself a theist (being very ambiguous about the specific type of theism). My attitude is that we as 21st century Westerners spoil our kids. In the Middle Ages, kids that were 8 years old would be working full time and they'd get married at 12. There's was a very harsh world yet they persevered. IMO, you should let your daughter be welcomed into the real world. Better that than live a lie. What kind of a lesson will it teach your daughter to lie about who she is in order to be welcomed. I've never been a parent but I am someone who's had their teeth kicked in on a constant basis since my earliest days. If you knew more about my life I guarantee you wouldn't challenge that claim. It's time to be a warrior I say. Premium Member Most are unaware of religious scholarship and incapable of evaluating its worth. Their 'atheism' is necessarily shallow..... ​ Click to expand...Click to expand... I agree which is why I mentioned she could be a baptist by 22 but damn she`s headstrong. Considering her path so far she does indeed fall victim to the seduction you speak of. I don`t think there`s anyway to get her past that other than letting her take the lumps that comes along with it until she learns. ​ ​ ... and I bet she'll turn out great. Click to expand... Oh yeah she`ll be just fine, it`s what she`s doing to me that worries me. Thank you Deut Thanks for the input everyone. I think the consensus here is right for the most part and I`m going to let it be for now and hope for the best. It`s so easy for me to take the crap that comes with my beliefs but it`s so hard to see her try and walk the same path regardless of the weak foundation hers lie upon.Click to expand... I like a thinking atheist. I would consider Nietzsche to be a religious scholar that proves the atheist argument quite convincingly. I don't think that there's been anyone like him, and maybe there never will be. An atheist may not "need" Nietzsche, but he certainly will strengthen the atheist's spiritual experience. Premium Member I like a thinking atheist. I would consider Nietzsche to be a religious scholar that proves the atheist argument quite convincingly. I don't think that there's been anyone like him, and maybe there never will be. An atheist may not "need" Nietzsche, but he certainly will strengthen the atheist's spiritual experience. Click to expand... I never needed proof of atheism....only a lack thereof for alternatives. Might have to read that Neetshee fella some day though....just to see what the hubbub is all about. Then there's the Conan The Barbarian connection too.
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Alteya Launches an Award-Winning Certified Organic Bulgarian Rose Water and Other Select Flower Waters at Whole Foods and Specialized Retailers Los Angeles CA (PRWEB) March 24 2013 At the 2013 Natural Products Expo West Alteya Organics a beauty company with its own organic rose farm in the heart of the Bulgarian Rose Valley announced the launch of its award-winning pure USDA Organic Bulgarian Flower Waters at Whole Foods Market MOM's Organic Market and other select organic stores. The products ar At the 2013 Natural Products Expo West, Alteya Organics, a beauty company with its own organic rose farm in the heart of the Bulgarian Rose Valley, announced the launch of its award-winning pure USDA Organic Bulgarian Flower Waters at Whole Foods Market, MOM's Organic Market and other select organic stores. The products are also available at AlteyaOrganics.com and Amazon.com. Obtained via a proprietary steam-distillation of fresh organic aromatic plants, Alteya's flower waters carry the complexity, therapeutic, skin care properties and synergy of fresh flowers. A gentler form of aromatherapy, these flower waters are mild moisturizers and widely used as face and skin toners. Initially, the flower water line will include Pink (Bulgarian) Rose, White Rose, Lavender and Mellissa waters. Chamomile water will also be added to the mix shortly. Alteya's pure USDA Organic Bulgarian Rose Water is amongst world's most sought-after flower waters due to its multiple applications in skin care, cosmetics, and aromatherapy. It is considered "Nature's Best Natural Moisturizer" and is also therapeutic- and food-grade. The rose water combined with the other flower waters create a fragrant set for every need: Bulgarian Rose Water (Rosa damascena): renowned for its rejuvenating, moisturizing and balancing effects on skin White Rose Water (Rosa alba): known for its delicate aroma, moisturizing, uplifting and skin softening properties Bulgarian Lavender Water (Lavandula angustifolia): used to cleanse, tone the skin and relax the mind Melissa Water (Lemon Balm Water): used to calm troublesome skin, also refreshing and energizing "Distillation of flower waters and the rose essential oil (rose otto) are a science and an art at the same time" said Nikolay Kolev, Alteya's co-founder and business development manager. "Roses, for example are very delicate flowers and it is very difficult but important to preserve all their valuable therapeutic properties." Alteya's distillation process based on 400-year old traditions and new scientific methods is more complex and expensive to perform than standard distillation. However it ensures higher quality, therapeutic-grade products. Alteya's organic massage oils are also based on the exquisite Bulgarian rose otto and Lavender oil, which are used by many specialized spa salons and aromatherapy professionals. The organic cultivation of roses is much harder compared to conventional farming that uses mostly synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Organic agriculture also requires more manpower. With its long-term projects in the Rose Valley, Alteya Organics provides the local villages and gypsies with employment and a healthy work environment so they can provide for themselves and their families. Additionally, Alteya announced that 5% from all profits from the sales at Whole Foods Market will go towards projects specifically aimed at improving the life and educational opportunities for the young people from the Village of Jagoda, in Bulgaria which is the center of Alteya's rose oil production
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1 00:00:04,927 --> 00:00:08,203 Here's what they don't teach at art school. 2 00:00:10,247 --> 00:00:15,002 When nations go to war, design is in the frontline. 3 00:00:17,007 --> 00:00:22,320 Skills that in peacetime are devoted to making the world a better place 4 00:00:22,367 --> 00:00:28,317 are used in wartime to devise better ways for people to kill each other. 5 00:00:29,567 --> 00:00:32,684 lt's what you might call ''a guilty secret''. 6 00:00:35,007 --> 00:00:38,317 One thing that wartime does to the design process is to acceIerate it. 7 00:00:38,367 --> 00:00:43,964 It acceIerates the industriaI process and the process of creating, shaping, machines, objects. 8 00:00:50,007 --> 00:00:54,444 The Second World War was a global clash of politics and ideology. 9 00:00:56,567 --> 00:01:02,164 And at the heart of this struggle lay, as ever, a brutal design contest. 10 00:01:05,127 --> 00:01:09,120 Our instinct as regimentaI soIdiers at that time was, 11 00:01:09,167 --> 00:01:12,398 ''We're not going to stand much of a chance against this sort of thing.'' 12 00:01:17,087 --> 00:01:22,480 This gun cost two pounds seven shiIIings to make. 13 00:01:25,407 --> 00:01:30,606 The Russians make weII over 60,000 T34 tanks. 14 00:01:34,007 --> 00:01:39,240 They recommended office work, but I said, ''No, I want to be a weIder. 15 00:01:39,287 --> 00:01:42,836 That's an important job, and that's what I want to do.'' 16 00:01:42,887 --> 00:01:45,242 I had no idea what it was. 17 00:01:48,007 --> 00:01:52,603 ln this ''total war'', excellence would be pitted against ingenuity, 18 00:01:53,327 --> 00:01:55,966 innovation against industrial muscle. 19 00:01:56,847 --> 00:02:02,922 At stake was not just the fate of the world but the shape of the world to come. 20 00:02:07,247 --> 00:02:12,640 So this chair is sort of the payoff for aII the work that they did during the war. 21 00:02:13,767 --> 00:02:16,918 PeopIe aIways Iook at this chair and say, ''It Iooks uncomfortabIe.'' 22 00:02:16,967 --> 00:02:19,162 And I just say, you know, ''WeII, have a seat.'' 23 00:02:19,207 --> 00:02:22,324 And then when you sit in it, it's just great. 24 00:02:45,367 --> 00:02:48,165 This is a programme about death... 25 00:02:50,407 --> 00:02:52,398 ..by design. 26 00:02:53,407 --> 00:02:57,525 From bows and arrows to guided missiles, 27 00:02:57,567 --> 00:03:03,278 the history of warfare is about humans devising better ways to kill each other. 28 00:03:08,567 --> 00:03:12,685 Most of the popuIar interest in war, of course, particuIarIy in the Second WorId War, 29 00:03:12,727 --> 00:03:15,924 is about battIes, about heroes, about dramas. 30 00:03:18,247 --> 00:03:21,717 What we Iose sight of is the fact that those men in the fieId, 31 00:03:21,767 --> 00:03:24,281 the weapons they're wieIding, the pIanes they're fIying, 32 00:03:24,327 --> 00:03:29,037 are onIy possibIe because back home somebody has thought very Iong and hard 33 00:03:29,087 --> 00:03:30,725 about how to design those weapons. 34 00:03:32,327 --> 00:03:34,716 ln the lead-up to the Second World War, 35 00:03:34,767 --> 00:03:37,998 no-one thought as deeply about the strategic power of design... 36 00:03:39,487 --> 00:03:40,840 ..as the Nazis. 37 00:03:41,887 --> 00:03:47,359 From the moment of their takeover in 1 933, they retooled Germany... 38 00:03:48,967 --> 00:03:51,037 ..into a military machine, 39 00:03:51,087 --> 00:03:55,444 designed to deliver the Thousand Year Reich. 40 00:03:55,487 --> 00:04:00,117 You can't expIain the success of the Nazi regime 41 00:04:00,167 --> 00:04:01,919 in conquering most of Europe 42 00:04:01,967 --> 00:04:03,559 in a very short time 43 00:04:03,607 --> 00:04:06,041 unIess you understand that use of design 44 00:04:06,087 --> 00:04:08,282 in some very sophisticated ways. 45 00:04:11,727 --> 00:04:14,446 The Nazis inherited an industrial base 46 00:04:14,487 --> 00:04:18,719 that already boasted of the superiority of its products through design. 47 00:04:19,887 --> 00:04:25,519 Supremacy ripe for appropriation by the self-proclaimed ''Master Race''. 48 00:04:29,887 --> 00:04:35,041 But Germany hadn't always enjoyed such a reputation for excellence. 49 00:04:41,687 --> 00:04:44,440 The critiques internationaIIy said aIways 50 00:04:44,487 --> 00:04:47,559 German goods were very cheap and very tasteIess. 51 00:04:47,607 --> 00:04:52,362 And so the weapon couId be seen as an earIy Iobby group 52 00:04:52,407 --> 00:04:55,080 to change this reputation in Germany 53 00:04:55,127 --> 00:04:58,403 that everything which comes from Germany is just bad. 54 00:04:59,967 --> 00:05:03,323 Founded in 1 907, the Deutsche Werkbund 55 00:05:03,367 --> 00:05:06,564 was committed to overturning this embarrassing reputation. 56 00:05:09,567 --> 00:05:11,080 Leading by example, 57 00:05:11,127 --> 00:05:14,403 its members set out to redefine the meaning... 58 00:05:14,447 --> 00:05:16,039 of ''Made in Germany''. 59 00:05:19,087 --> 00:05:25,799 This is a water kettIe, designed by Peter Behrens for the company AEG in Germany. 60 00:05:26,527 --> 00:05:34,286 And this water kettIe was produced in a series with a possibIe over 80 variants. 61 00:05:34,327 --> 00:05:38,036 There are three different uses of metaI, 62 00:05:38,087 --> 00:05:40,521 three different shapes, 63 00:05:40,567 --> 00:05:42,125 three different sizes 64 00:05:42,167 --> 00:05:47,799 and three different ways of how the surface is formed. 65 00:05:52,207 --> 00:05:55,756 Peter Behrens' work for electrical company AEG 66 00:05:56,687 --> 00:05:58,882 was a landmark project. 67 00:05:58,927 --> 00:06:02,715 He created a new AEG typeface, 68 00:06:02,767 --> 00:06:04,723 branding for its products 69 00:06:04,767 --> 00:06:07,281 and even designed its factories. 70 00:06:07,327 --> 00:06:11,559 A corporate identity overhaul, the first of its kind. 71 00:06:18,167 --> 00:06:22,797 This wasjust one of a series of collaborations between designers and industry, 72 00:06:24,047 --> 00:06:25,685 promoted by the Werkbund... 73 00:06:27,567 --> 00:06:32,436 ..that championed this integrated total design for the modern age. 74 00:06:34,127 --> 00:06:41,078 In the Werkbund there was the idea, if you want to put forward the industriaI production of goods, 75 00:06:41,127 --> 00:06:46,884 you aIso have to think about how it Iooks Iike and what signature it couId have. 76 00:06:50,567 --> 00:06:58,281 In just a few decades, Germany's cheap and nasty reputation was systematicaIIy overturned. 77 00:06:59,367 --> 00:07:04,122 An IndustriaI Standards unit was set up, which meant that industry wouId be standardised. 78 00:07:04,167 --> 00:07:09,241 The size of steps, the size of paper, the size of fiIing cabinets. 79 00:07:09,287 --> 00:07:16,318 By 1 933, what was in pIace was a very secure sense that standardisation in design, 80 00:07:16,367 --> 00:07:21,646 a functionaI approach to the kind of rationaI organisation of industry, 81 00:07:21,687 --> 00:07:25,521 became integraI to pubIic and private Iife, 82 00:07:25,567 --> 00:07:28,081 even if the German citizen wasn't aware of it. 83 00:07:35,367 --> 00:07:39,406 But there was one piece of industrial design from the early 1 930s 84 00:07:39,447 --> 00:07:42,200 that no German citizen would miss. 85 00:07:48,767 --> 00:07:51,327 lt was made here, in Wolfsburg. 86 00:07:53,487 --> 00:07:55,955 (Speaks ItaIian) 87 00:07:56,007 --> 00:07:58,157 TRANSLATOR: There is no other product... 88 00:07:58,207 --> 00:08:00,482 Let's be cIear about this. 89 00:08:00,527 --> 00:08:05,726 There is no other product that is as compIex but as simpIe to use as a car. 90 00:08:18,647 --> 00:08:20,558 ln 1 936, 91 00:08:20,607 --> 00:08:23,075 the prototype for a new car was completed. 92 00:08:25,447 --> 00:08:29,235 Designed by renowned race car engineer Ferdinand Porsche, 93 00:08:30,287 --> 00:08:33,962 it would become the most successful car in the world. 94 00:08:35,847 --> 00:08:39,362 This is one of the first prototypes of a true BeetIe. 95 00:08:40,807 --> 00:08:42,445 Form foIIows function. 96 00:08:42,487 --> 00:08:46,560 Nothing more. It was a very, very simpIe car, very basic. 97 00:08:46,607 --> 00:08:51,283 In that time, we Iooked for this streamIined design 98 00:08:51,327 --> 00:08:55,559 to give the passengers enough space inside the car, 99 00:08:55,607 --> 00:08:58,405 to find enough space for an engine at the rear... 100 00:09:00,127 --> 00:09:03,961 ..and to give them enough space aIso for their heads. 101 00:09:04,007 --> 00:09:07,682 I'm very Iong but I've no probIem to sit in that car. 102 00:09:10,087 --> 00:09:13,284 Beneath the Beetle's simple but striking design 103 00:09:14,007 --> 00:09:17,841 lay a master class in the German pursuit of excellence. 104 00:09:20,967 --> 00:09:24,437 The design of a BeetIe is a timeIess one. 105 00:09:24,487 --> 00:09:28,400 And this point quaIity, quaIity, everywhere quaIity. 106 00:09:28,447 --> 00:09:32,042 PeopIe trusted in the quaIity of that car 107 00:09:32,087 --> 00:09:36,126 and that's why this car and this company was so successfuI. 108 00:09:38,327 --> 00:09:42,764 ln fact, the Beetle would redefine the meaning of success. 109 00:09:45,087 --> 00:09:49,205 By 1 955, one million had rolled off the production line. 110 00:09:51,727 --> 00:09:56,403 25 years later, that figure had topped 20 million, 111 00:09:56,447 --> 00:09:59,359 making it the most successful car in the world. 112 00:10:03,047 --> 00:10:05,561 But there's a darker side to the Beetle story. 113 00:10:07,287 --> 00:10:11,963 As the Deutsche Werkbund had recognised, design is about communication. 114 00:10:13,367 --> 00:10:14,766 And in pre-war Germany, 115 00:10:14,807 --> 00:10:19,961 this cute-looking car conveyed a carefully calculated political message 116 00:10:20,887 --> 00:10:22,878 on behalf of its client. 117 00:10:24,127 --> 00:10:30,441 HitIer used the VoIkswagen most specificaIIy around the ceIebration of his birthday 118 00:10:30,487 --> 00:10:33,126 and he aIso ran an eIection campaign 119 00:10:33,167 --> 00:10:36,284 suggesting that he'd given the nation the VoIkswagen, 120 00:10:36,327 --> 00:10:39,603 therefore they shouId give him their vote. 121 00:10:42,127 --> 00:10:46,882 Hitler's interest in the Volkswagen wasjust one example of the Nazi Party's 122 00:10:46,927 --> 00:10:50,806 sophisticated understanding of the symbolic potential of design... 123 00:10:52,167 --> 00:10:54,840 ..to communicate ideas and ideology, 124 00:10:56,407 --> 00:11:02,562 an appreciation directly appropriated from Germany's recent industrial past. 125 00:11:04,887 --> 00:11:07,765 There was a sophisticated awareness of the power of the symboI 126 00:11:07,807 --> 00:11:11,561 in the sense that had been deveIoped in commerciaI contexts. 127 00:11:11,607 --> 00:11:13,404 Going back to the Werkbund, 128 00:11:13,447 --> 00:11:15,836 Peter Behrens had thought very deepIy 129 00:11:15,887 --> 00:11:18,242 about how you instiI an identity 130 00:11:18,287 --> 00:11:22,439 in a mundane object Iike a Iamp or a fan. 131 00:11:22,487 --> 00:11:28,756 So what happens is that that interest in identity goes up severaI notches 132 00:11:28,807 --> 00:11:31,401 and is appIied to a nation state. 133 00:11:37,047 --> 00:11:40,642 Imagery, aesthetics, branding, caII it whatever you Iike, 134 00:11:40,687 --> 00:11:46,284 the whoIe thing can be seen as an earIy extremeIy powerfuI and very sinister essay 135 00:11:46,327 --> 00:11:48,602 in what's now known as corporate identity. 136 00:11:52,687 --> 00:11:55,645 They wanted to give a sense of power. 137 00:11:55,687 --> 00:11:58,997 You know, they wanted to Iook, not just miIitary-effective, 138 00:11:59,047 --> 00:12:01,880 but they wanted to overawe their enemies. 139 00:12:05,447 --> 00:12:08,519 lt took just nine months for the German war machine 140 00:12:08,567 --> 00:12:11,081 to blitzkrieg its way to the coast of France. 141 00:12:14,367 --> 00:12:18,246 Pushed out at Dunkirk and facing imminent invasion, 142 00:12:18,287 --> 00:12:21,643 the British were forced to rethink their approach to design. 143 00:12:28,887 --> 00:12:32,562 By June 1 940, Britain had been soundIy kicked out of Europe. 144 00:12:34,807 --> 00:12:37,401 We were in desperate need of submachine guns. 145 00:12:40,727 --> 00:12:46,006 And on the 1 2th December, 1 940, a man caIIed HaroId John Turpin 146 00:12:46,047 --> 00:12:52,202 sat at his kitchen tabIe and designed this, the Mark I Sten Gun. 147 00:13:03,247 --> 00:13:05,602 Germany had smashed through Europe, 148 00:13:05,647 --> 00:13:09,879 with weapons that spoke of quality design and cutting-edge technology. 149 00:13:11,327 --> 00:13:15,479 But with high-grade materials and skilled workers in short supply, 150 00:13:15,527 --> 00:13:19,759 the British had no choice but to take the low road. 151 00:13:21,807 --> 00:13:26,961 This is HaroId John Turpin's first prototype, seriaI number 1 . 152 00:13:27,847 --> 00:13:32,762 The main tube was virtuaIIy exhaust pipe tube. 153 00:13:33,647 --> 00:13:40,519 The screws are BA sizes, avaiIabIe in any hardware shop in the country. 154 00:13:40,567 --> 00:13:46,802 The mainspring was made by FIexIo, bedspring-makers. 155 00:13:47,727 --> 00:13:54,678 Nothing on this gun was forged or machined with expensive machine tooIs. 156 00:13:54,727 --> 00:13:57,116 It was aII punched and fabricated. 157 00:13:59,367 --> 00:14:04,885 This was ingenious improvisation but it wasn't simple enough. 158 00:14:06,167 --> 00:14:09,477 Because it used wood and was fuII Iength, 159 00:14:10,927 --> 00:14:13,521 Mr Turpin was toId to simpIify it. 160 00:14:13,567 --> 00:14:15,683 And he did. 161 00:14:15,727 --> 00:14:17,683 He came up with this, 162 00:14:17,727 --> 00:14:19,718 the Mark II Sten Gun. 163 00:14:24,887 --> 00:14:26,445 Easy to assemble... 164 00:14:29,047 --> 00:14:30,321 ..and use, 165 00:14:34,607 --> 00:14:38,361 the Mark ll was a flat-pack submachine gun. 166 00:14:40,327 --> 00:14:45,924 This gun cost two pounds seven shiIIings to make. 167 00:14:45,967 --> 00:14:51,439 It is cheap and it is nasty, but it does exactIy what it was made to do. 168 00:14:52,847 --> 00:14:58,205 lssued to troops at home, and parachuted into Nazi occupied Europe by the thousand, 169 00:14:59,967 --> 00:15:03,357 the Sten became the signature weapon of Allied resistance. 170 00:15:05,247 --> 00:15:09,957 And it signified a radical departure from the traditions of British design. 171 00:15:12,807 --> 00:15:16,117 Push it down, and back. 172 00:15:18,647 --> 00:15:20,160 The Sten Gun emerged in Britain 173 00:15:20,207 --> 00:15:24,917 immediateIy after the withdrawaI of the British troops from France after Dunkirk. 174 00:15:27,887 --> 00:15:29,798 And in a way it was a great shock for Britain 175 00:15:29,847 --> 00:15:33,442 to have to Iearn to design instantIy, rapidIy, just Iike that, 176 00:15:33,487 --> 00:15:39,164 and to get away from a comfortabIe, oId Victorian, Georgian craft skiIIed worId 177 00:15:39,207 --> 00:15:41,277 into one of brutaI mass production. 178 00:15:44,527 --> 00:15:49,362 But the British Iearned, for a need for survivaI by instinct partIy, 179 00:15:49,407 --> 00:15:51,318 to tighten up the design process, 180 00:15:51,367 --> 00:15:53,676 to get rid of some of that beautifuI craft. 181 00:15:54,767 --> 00:15:55,995 When you get to a Sten Gun, 182 00:15:56,047 --> 00:16:00,723 this is now design manufacturing that can be just produced Iike that. 183 00:16:00,767 --> 00:16:03,076 You can produce them as fast as you can fire them! 184 00:16:08,047 --> 00:16:13,246 And so that intense simpIicity meant it couId be manufactured by anyone 185 00:16:13,287 --> 00:16:20,125 from PoIish underground resistance workers to the smartest oId factory in Britain. 186 00:16:23,847 --> 00:16:28,637 A factory, for example, like this one in Merton, South London, 187 00:16:29,767 --> 00:16:34,522 whose pre-war output was a world away from military hardware. 188 00:16:40,967 --> 00:16:48,726 We made pedaI motor cars, doIIs, soft toys, bicycIes and tricycIes, FairycycIes, 189 00:16:48,767 --> 00:16:51,918 aeropIanes, rockets, and aII these things. 190 00:16:56,407 --> 00:16:59,956 It was most certainIy the Iargest toy factory in Great Britain. 191 00:17:00,007 --> 00:17:03,477 It was aImost certainIy the Iargest toy factory in the worId. 192 00:17:05,847 --> 00:17:12,958 Lines Brothers, makers of Tri-ang toys, began manufacturing Sten Gun parts in 1 94 1. 193 00:17:15,327 --> 00:17:20,401 Founder and toy designer Walter Lines immediately saw ways to improve it. 194 00:17:21,847 --> 00:17:27,205 One of the things that my father noticed was the Sten Gun, 195 00:17:28,407 --> 00:17:30,284 and he Iooked at it and he said, 196 00:17:30,327 --> 00:17:32,795 ''Oh, no, that's not the right way to make that.'' 197 00:17:32,847 --> 00:17:40,356 So he redesigned it compIeteIy, without having previousIy designed a gun in his Iife, of course. 198 00:17:40,407 --> 00:17:48,883 And he took it to the Ministry of Defence and got an order in fact for haIf a miIIion on the spot. 199 00:17:52,247 --> 00:17:57,401 Thanks to the toy-maker's refinement, and the skills of the Tri-ang workforce, 200 00:17:57,447 --> 00:18:01,599 the number of parts was reduced from 69 to 48. 201 00:18:02,807 --> 00:18:06,516 And production costs for the Mark lll fell still further. 202 00:18:07,687 --> 00:18:10,963 A welcome case of more bangs for your buck. 203 00:18:13,687 --> 00:18:17,441 But the make do and mend approach came at a price. 204 00:18:17,487 --> 00:18:19,478 Many soldiers hated their Stens. 205 00:18:20,327 --> 00:18:25,117 They had a tendency to misfire if dropped, jam at critical moments. 206 00:18:25,927 --> 00:18:29,203 And their aim was reputedly less than true. 207 00:18:33,327 --> 00:18:38,606 With its back to the wall, perfectionism was a luxury Britain just couldn't afford. 208 00:18:39,687 --> 00:18:43,919 But that didn't mean that every piece of wartime design was compromised. 209 00:18:53,607 --> 00:18:57,361 While the toy-makers of Merton churned out the unloved Sten, 210 00:18:58,247 --> 00:19:04,482 furniture-makers in the Home Counties were occupied with a thing of real beauty. 211 00:19:06,207 --> 00:19:09,005 There was a whoIe workforce of carpenters, woodworkers, 212 00:19:09,047 --> 00:19:12,357 who weren't being utiIised in the same way aII the metaIworkers were. 213 00:19:14,847 --> 00:19:18,681 OSGERB Y: There was a scarcity of materiaIs and a scarcity of expertise. 214 00:19:18,727 --> 00:19:20,683 Huge pressure to deIiver something 215 00:19:20,727 --> 00:19:25,881 which answered specifications which had never been achieved before by mankind. 216 00:19:27,967 --> 00:19:30,197 That's why design is the opposite of art. 217 00:19:32,247 --> 00:19:35,762 When you're engaged in design which is invoIving industriaI production, 218 00:19:37,367 --> 00:19:40,882 you are given constraints and there's aIways a cIock ticking. 219 00:19:42,527 --> 00:19:46,315 But I think that those constraints energise the design process. 220 00:19:50,847 --> 00:19:52,997 - It's very authentic, isn't it? - IncredibIe. 221 00:19:53,047 --> 00:19:55,038 - Quite a machine, eh? - Wow! 222 00:19:59,367 --> 00:20:01,801 Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby 223 00:20:01,847 --> 00:20:05,362 run one of Britain's Ieading contemporary design companies. 224 00:20:06,487 --> 00:20:10,560 Today, they've come to see a groundbreaking piece of aviation history, 225 00:20:14,007 --> 00:20:15,998 one which rewrote the rule book. 226 00:20:29,967 --> 00:20:34,279 The fastest aircraft from 1 941 to '45 - 227 00:20:34,327 --> 00:20:36,522 faster than your Spitfire and Hurricane. 228 00:20:37,367 --> 00:20:39,961 The Mosquito was known famousIy as the ''wooden wonder''. 229 00:20:40,007 --> 00:20:44,922 A very high speed twin-engined aircraft that wouId be unarmed. 230 00:20:44,967 --> 00:20:46,878 It wouId be an unarmed Iight bomber. 231 00:20:46,927 --> 00:20:49,680 And the reason it was unarmed was to keep weight down, 232 00:20:49,727 --> 00:20:54,642 but it wouId fIy so fast and so high that it couId whiz off to BerIin and bomb the Germans 233 00:20:54,687 --> 00:20:59,158 and whiz back without being intercepted by German fighters. 234 00:20:59,207 --> 00:21:01,801 If you tap that, you'II feeI it's aII wood, timber. 235 00:21:01,847 --> 00:21:02,962 (taps) 236 00:21:03,007 --> 00:21:10,004 It was the first truIy dynamic uItra-high speed modern warpIane made of wood. 237 00:21:10,047 --> 00:21:13,437 The finest piece of furniture this country's ever buiIt. 238 00:21:13,487 --> 00:21:14,886 FIying furniture! 239 00:21:17,127 --> 00:21:21,120 The Mosquito was the brainchild of the De Havilland Aircraft Company. 240 00:21:24,487 --> 00:21:27,206 Made almost entirely from plywood, 241 00:21:27,247 --> 00:21:31,957 it used a minimal amount of the metal that was more urgently needed for munitions, 242 00:21:32,927 --> 00:21:38,604 and brought an otherwise redundant industry to the frontline of wartime production. 243 00:21:38,647 --> 00:21:42,196 Who best can make these things for us? 244 00:21:42,247 --> 00:21:46,957 - Wood, a certain IeveI of craft skiII invoIved? - It's a singIe wing, right through the fuseIage. 245 00:21:47,007 --> 00:21:50,317 So it's not Iike a Iot of aircraft where you put two individuaI wings on. 246 00:21:50,367 --> 00:21:53,439 It's a singIe wing, which gives it a Iot more of its strength. 247 00:21:53,487 --> 00:21:56,797 Why not use something Iike the furniture industry, 248 00:21:56,847 --> 00:22:02,080 which is spIit up into many, many tiny IittIe craft workshops, IittIe factories, around an area, 249 00:22:02,127 --> 00:22:06,086 therefore safe from German bombing, by and Iarge, 250 00:22:06,127 --> 00:22:08,482 and abIe to keep production running, 251 00:22:08,527 --> 00:22:10,643 and with aII the skiIIs that you needed? 252 00:22:10,687 --> 00:22:13,838 There are onIy four boIts which hoId the fuseIage and wing together. 253 00:22:13,887 --> 00:22:16,799 - And that's one of them there. - That's reaIIy incredibIe. 254 00:22:16,847 --> 00:22:19,839 That just Iooks Iike something you'd put some sheIves up with. 255 00:22:19,887 --> 00:22:22,321 So, the furniture industry in Britain, 256 00:22:22,367 --> 00:22:28,124 most of it then based, as it is today, around High Wycombe, was abIe to make aircraft. 257 00:22:28,167 --> 00:22:29,998 Now, that's a reaI piece of genius! 258 00:22:31,367 --> 00:22:33,358 Ooh, wow, it's a bit tight in here. 259 00:22:34,607 --> 00:22:38,759 Versatile, reliable, and astonishingly quick, 260 00:22:38,807 --> 00:22:44,518 the Mosquito was adapted for use as a reconnaissance, fighter and bomber plane. 261 00:22:44,567 --> 00:22:47,445 It's reaIIy, reaIIy cooI. 262 00:22:47,887 --> 00:22:50,082 lt travelled at over 400 miles per hour, 263 00:22:51,207 --> 00:22:53,357 much faster than the larger bombers, 264 00:22:53,407 --> 00:22:57,320 but delivered a payload comparable to the Flying Fortress, 265 00:22:57,367 --> 00:23:01,201 consumed less fuel and used fewer crew. 266 00:23:01,727 --> 00:23:03,718 Over 7,000 Mosquitoes were built, 267 00:23:04,487 --> 00:23:08,765 and it ended the war with the lowest loss rate of any Allied bomber. 268 00:23:09,727 --> 00:23:14,517 Not bad for a design project that the experts dismissed as sheer madness. 269 00:23:14,567 --> 00:23:17,559 JAY OSGERB Y: Sometimes I think being an industriaI designer 270 00:23:17,607 --> 00:23:21,236 gives you the abiIity to put forward ideas which might be ridicuIed. 271 00:23:21,287 --> 00:23:25,803 So the idea of proposing a wooden pIane that's based on one wing, with things fitted to it, 272 00:23:25,847 --> 00:23:27,678 might have seemed frankIy ridicuIous. 273 00:23:27,727 --> 00:23:31,083 And it was deemed to be ridicuIous by the Ministry of Defence at the time. 274 00:23:31,127 --> 00:23:34,358 But it provided firsts, design firsts. 275 00:23:34,407 --> 00:23:37,956 We're today very famiIiar with the idea of composite construction. 276 00:23:38,007 --> 00:23:40,202 This pIane was buiIt in exactIy that way, 277 00:23:40,247 --> 00:23:42,966 with thin Iayers of pIywood, with baIsa wood in between. 278 00:23:43,007 --> 00:23:46,886 And not onIy that, we've just found out that it's... it was the first SteaIth pIane 279 00:23:46,927 --> 00:23:48,838 that was aImost invisibIe to enemy radar 280 00:23:48,887 --> 00:23:50,366 because it was made of wood. 281 00:23:52,367 --> 00:23:54,164 Bedspring manufactures, 282 00:23:54,927 --> 00:23:57,157 toy designers, 283 00:23:57,207 --> 00:23:58,765 furniture-makers, 284 00:23:59,407 --> 00:24:03,241 this was the secret army that kept Britain in the war. 285 00:24:09,447 --> 00:24:13,406 And just like the Nazis, the British needed a propaganda machine 286 00:24:13,447 --> 00:24:19,238 to explain, exhort and motivate when the going got tough. 287 00:24:19,287 --> 00:24:23,200 If this is ''totaI war'' and you're invoIving citizens at every IeveI, 288 00:24:23,247 --> 00:24:26,922 there are probIems that are needed to be soIved that hadn't arisen before. 289 00:24:26,967 --> 00:24:31,404 So it's not Iike seIIing soap powder or raiIway journeys. 290 00:24:31,447 --> 00:24:35,679 It's how do you aIert peopIe to the fact that they need to behave differentIy in the bIackout? 291 00:24:40,687 --> 00:24:42,996 How do you aIert peopIe to the fact that 292 00:24:43,047 --> 00:24:45,800 they shouIdn't touch unexpIoded bombs? 293 00:24:50,727 --> 00:24:55,164 There are new issues that designers were the best pIaced peopIe to soIve, 294 00:24:55,207 --> 00:24:58,916 and so that's why you get this kind of fantastic combination 295 00:24:58,967 --> 00:25:02,676 of sort of visuaI acuity but aIso this reaI urgency, 296 00:25:02,727 --> 00:25:04,763 because this isn't a commerciaI enterprise. 297 00:25:04,807 --> 00:25:08,004 This is something that matters to the Iife of the nation. 298 00:25:10,647 --> 00:25:13,002 The messages may have been mundane, 299 00:25:13,807 --> 00:25:17,959 but they spoke the democratic language of the people's war... 300 00:25:19,047 --> 00:25:22,756 ..and anticipated the egalitarian spirit of the Welfare State. 301 00:25:23,607 --> 00:25:27,520 They were graphic expressions of a new British identity 302 00:25:27,567 --> 00:25:30,843 that was being forged by war, 303 00:25:30,887 --> 00:25:34,243 even though many of them were the work of foreigners. 304 00:25:39,527 --> 00:25:42,439 My father ArnoId was born in Germany 305 00:25:42,487 --> 00:25:45,399 and in 1 933, at the age of 1 4, 306 00:25:45,447 --> 00:25:50,521 he feIt that the sort of poIitics of Germany was getting somewhat unstabIe 307 00:25:50,567 --> 00:25:56,324 and he persuaded his mother that they shouId Ieave Germany, 308 00:25:56,367 --> 00:26:00,565 and move to EngIand where they had some famiIy aIready. 309 00:26:01,807 --> 00:26:08,076 SuddenIy one day in 1 940, he was arrested and he was interned in Canada. 310 00:26:08,127 --> 00:26:12,166 He was shipped back to Britain Iate in 1 941 , 311 00:26:12,207 --> 00:26:17,406 and he was commissioned to design some posters for RoSPA, 312 00:26:17,447 --> 00:26:20,325 which was the RoyaI Society for the Prevention of Accidents. 313 00:26:25,087 --> 00:26:26,918 The ''Germs Invade'' poster 314 00:26:26,967 --> 00:26:32,087 is one of the, sort of, most amazing posters that I think my father had ever designed. 315 00:26:32,967 --> 00:26:36,846 You've got the Swastika, you've got a very earIy Germanic typeface. 316 00:26:40,247 --> 00:26:41,805 And then you've got this very soIid 317 00:26:41,847 --> 00:26:44,486 ''Get First Aid And Don't HeIp The Enemy''. 318 00:26:49,967 --> 00:26:51,798 There are a Iot of meanings 319 00:26:51,847 --> 00:26:53,485 within this poster. 320 00:26:54,887 --> 00:26:58,402 And this was a year or so after he'd come back from being interned in Canada, 321 00:26:58,447 --> 00:27:02,520 which, from my memories of him taIking about it, was not the most pIeasant pIace to have been. 322 00:27:04,007 --> 00:27:05,998 To be producing work of this nature 323 00:27:06,407 --> 00:27:09,399 at that point in your Iife, having just gone through what he had, 324 00:27:09,447 --> 00:27:12,120 I think sort of, to me, is sort of quite remarkabIe. 325 00:27:13,647 --> 00:27:18,880 While Britain muddled through on desperation, improvisation, 326 00:27:18,927 --> 00:27:21,441 and the odd dash of native or imported genius, 327 00:27:22,887 --> 00:27:28,962 Germany continued its quest for victory through the relentless pursuit of quality. 328 00:27:31,047 --> 00:27:33,720 The delirious successes of the blitzkrieg 329 00:27:33,767 --> 00:27:38,283 had convinced Hitler that only the development of a ''master race'' of weapons 330 00:27:38,327 --> 00:27:41,399 would deliver the knock-out blow he craved. 331 00:27:42,767 --> 00:27:45,839 An ideology embodied by a fearsome military machine, 332 00:27:47,207 --> 00:27:52,839 unleashed on Allied forces during the Desert War in 1 943. 333 00:28:03,607 --> 00:28:06,565 We knew what we were going to do. We knew what the enemy was 334 00:28:06,607 --> 00:28:09,565 or we thought we knew what the enemy was and where it was. 335 00:28:11,367 --> 00:28:13,164 And we went in two troops up - 336 00:28:13,207 --> 00:28:15,596 my troop, which was 4 Troop on the Ieft, 337 00:28:15,647 --> 00:28:19,640 and 3 Troop, Ied by a friend of mine, AIan Lott, on the right. 338 00:28:22,007 --> 00:28:25,397 Everything was going smoothIy and we were trudging aIong quite happiIy 339 00:28:25,447 --> 00:28:28,007 when there was an enormous expIosion on the right side 340 00:28:28,047 --> 00:28:31,801 and I saw AIan Lott's tank bIown up and he bIown out of the turret. 341 00:28:33,967 --> 00:28:35,195 Had massive burning. 342 00:28:35,247 --> 00:28:37,317 He was terribIy burnt. 343 00:28:37,367 --> 00:28:41,918 WeII, before I had any time to do anything at aII about it, my own tank was hit. 344 00:28:46,407 --> 00:28:48,284 It reaIIy didn't affect me aII that much. 345 00:28:48,327 --> 00:28:51,080 What did affect me was seeing AIan Lott and his condition, 346 00:28:51,127 --> 00:28:55,325 and that feeIing of guiIt that I'd survived and he hadn't. 347 00:29:00,167 --> 00:29:01,805 In fact, I think I couId say 348 00:29:01,847 --> 00:29:07,160 that I went back to my bivvy that night and had a thoroughIy good cry. 349 00:29:10,767 --> 00:29:14,237 Peter Gudgin's battalion had been unlucky. 350 00:29:15,127 --> 00:29:21,123 lt had run up against one of the most advanced military weapons of the war, the Tiger l tank. 351 00:29:21,887 --> 00:29:23,957 Only one working model survives today 352 00:29:24,887 --> 00:29:30,757 and it's the very same vehicle that killed Peter's friend 70 years ago, 353 00:29:30,807 --> 00:29:33,560 Tiger Tank number 1 31. 354 00:29:38,447 --> 00:29:41,245 This was the most impressive tank I had ever seen. 355 00:29:41,287 --> 00:29:44,006 I couIdn't beIieve it was so big and so powerfuI. 356 00:29:44,767 --> 00:29:48,077 I think the most impressive thing about it, apart from its sheer size, 357 00:29:48,127 --> 00:29:49,560 was the enormous gun. 358 00:29:50,487 --> 00:29:52,398 And that was an anti-aircraft gun, 359 00:29:52,447 --> 00:29:54,199 which they used in an anti-tank roIe, 360 00:29:54,247 --> 00:29:58,798 and had a fantasticaIIy accurate and heavy sheII. 361 00:30:02,687 --> 00:30:06,475 Our instinct, as regimentaI soIdiers at that time was, 362 00:30:06,527 --> 00:30:09,997 we're not going to stand much of a chance against this sort of thing. 363 00:30:19,607 --> 00:30:21,325 The formidable Tiger 364 00:30:21,367 --> 00:30:23,801 was the result of a design competition, 365 00:30:23,847 --> 00:30:29,080 initiated by Hitler between people's car designer Ferdinand Porsche 366 00:30:29,127 --> 00:30:32,517 and engineering firm Henschel. 367 00:30:33,287 --> 00:30:37,724 On this occasion, engineering muscle prevailed over design brilliance, 368 00:30:37,767 --> 00:30:44,240 and Henschel's design was unveiled on Hitler's birthday in 1 942. 369 00:30:46,007 --> 00:30:51,957 HitIer in the 1 930s Iooks at the tank as having tremendous symboIic power. 370 00:30:52,007 --> 00:30:58,242 He sees this tank as symboIising the resurgence and the might of the new Nazi Germany. 371 00:30:59,727 --> 00:31:04,517 As a 60-ton piece of propaganda, the Tiger was a huge success. 372 00:31:05,287 --> 00:31:11,522 When Tiger 1 31 was captured in the Tunisian desert in 1 943, the Tommies were awestruck, 373 00:31:11,567 --> 00:31:14,684 celebrating its capture as if it were an enemy general. 374 00:31:15,807 --> 00:31:19,846 Back in England, the Army commissioned a full design report, 375 00:31:19,887 --> 00:31:25,917 and called in an experienced tank commander recently invalided out from the frontline. 376 00:31:27,087 --> 00:31:30,966 I was amazed to find my oId friend the Tiger that had knocked me out 377 00:31:31,007 --> 00:31:33,567 coming back for examination by me. 378 00:31:34,607 --> 00:31:38,282 So I entered that with great enthusiasm. I wanted to know what made it work. 379 00:31:43,807 --> 00:31:46,162 It is beautifuIIy engineered aII the way through. 380 00:31:47,287 --> 00:31:50,484 The sheer detaiIed design they put into it. 381 00:31:51,567 --> 00:31:57,722 The steering gear, the transmission, the gearbox, the suspension, aII the torsion bars, 382 00:31:57,767 --> 00:32:03,285 the way they'd machined aII the armour faces before they weIded them together. 383 00:32:03,327 --> 00:32:08,720 BeautifuIIy engineered, very soIid job, but a waste of time. 384 00:32:11,567 --> 00:32:14,127 There was a tradition in German engineering and design 385 00:32:14,167 --> 00:32:17,000 where the most sophisticated was the best. 386 00:32:17,047 --> 00:32:19,686 And they just couId not stop it. 387 00:32:19,727 --> 00:32:21,319 And the probIem for the Germans was 388 00:32:21,367 --> 00:32:26,725 that they came up with these ideas for ever more powerfuI, ever more sophisticated tanks, 389 00:32:26,767 --> 00:32:30,157 but to do that, they required ever more time to think them through, 390 00:32:30,207 --> 00:32:33,597 ever more engineering skiIIs, ever greater cost. 391 00:32:35,607 --> 00:32:38,360 At a cost of 250,000 Reichsmark, 392 00:32:39,727 --> 00:32:44,243 the Tiger was more than twice the price of any German tank to date. 393 00:32:46,127 --> 00:32:50,643 lt boasted power steering, sophisticated transmission, 394 00:32:50,687 --> 00:32:52,996 even a fully illustrated owner's manual. 395 00:32:54,247 --> 00:32:56,203 But in the grinding war of attrition 396 00:32:56,247 --> 00:32:59,842 that had developed since Hitler's invasion of Russia, 397 00:32:59,887 --> 00:33:01,878 it was a luxury item. 398 00:33:04,407 --> 00:33:07,160 The design phiIosophy behind the Tiger is very much, 399 00:33:07,207 --> 00:33:09,880 ''Let's have the best, most powerfuI vehicIe.'' 400 00:33:14,167 --> 00:33:19,719 The downside of that design phiIosophy is the amount of resources the Tiger takes to make. 401 00:33:23,047 --> 00:33:28,201 WouId you be better off buiIding something in Iarger quantities that's a Iot cheaper? 402 00:33:38,487 --> 00:33:44,244 Born from a completely different mindset to the Tiger, this is a Russian T34 tank. 403 00:33:45,607 --> 00:33:50,283 These two weapons represent a clash in design philosophies, 404 00:33:50,327 --> 00:33:53,160 exemplified by a simple statistic. 405 00:33:54,847 --> 00:33:58,726 They onIy actuaIIy make 1 ,300 Tiger I tanks. 406 00:33:58,767 --> 00:34:05,798 As a comparison, the Russians make weII over 60,000 T34 tanks. 407 00:34:08,247 --> 00:34:14,925 They are coming out with these very crude but very effective vehicIes in such quantity 408 00:34:14,967 --> 00:34:19,757 that, whatever your quaIity, these T34s are going to get you in the end. 409 00:34:32,607 --> 00:34:37,920 As Joe Stalin put it, ''Quantity has a quality all its own. '' 410 00:34:37,967 --> 00:34:42,040 And the wartime production of T34s proved him right. 411 00:34:44,207 --> 00:34:48,678 Vast factories, relocated beyond the reach of the advancing Germans, 412 00:34:48,727 --> 00:34:52,322 turned out T34s by the thousand, 413 00:34:53,647 --> 00:34:57,401 at staggering speed, under brutal conditions. 414 00:34:58,527 --> 00:35:05,683 The spirit of the Gulag fused with the technical know-how of the car-making capital of America, 415 00:35:05,727 --> 00:35:06,716 Detroit. 416 00:35:08,967 --> 00:35:13,677 In the Iate 1 920s, StaIin reaIised that he needed to industriaIise the Soviet Union. 417 00:35:13,727 --> 00:35:16,400 It was stiII essentiaIIy a pre-industriaI society. 418 00:35:17,327 --> 00:35:21,036 They reaIised that the way to do that wouId be through the appIication of Fordism. 419 00:35:21,087 --> 00:35:27,720 So however bizarre it may sound, Soviet economic pIanners came to Detroit, 420 00:35:27,767 --> 00:35:32,363 and they enthusiasticaIIy imported these ideas back into the Soviet Union. 421 00:35:33,967 --> 00:35:36,561 To the extent that the architect, AIbert Kahn, 422 00:35:36,607 --> 00:35:39,599 who designed aII of Henry Ford's factories in Detroit, 423 00:35:39,647 --> 00:35:41,638 opened an office in the Soviet Union 424 00:35:41,687 --> 00:35:44,884 and designed something Iike 300 factories in the 1 930s. 425 00:35:47,927 --> 00:35:53,718 Just three months after Tiger 1 31 had blitzed Peter Gudgin's battalion in North Africa, 426 00:35:54,927 --> 00:36:00,684 German ground forces were swamped by thousands of T34s at the Battle of Kursk - 427 00:36:03,287 --> 00:36:05,278 the largest tank battle of the war. 428 00:36:08,567 --> 00:36:12,879 Kursk halted German advances on the Eastern Front for good, 429 00:36:13,567 --> 00:36:19,278 German design excellence rendered irrelevant by Soviet mass mobilisation 430 00:36:19,967 --> 00:36:21,958 and American mass production. 431 00:36:23,167 --> 00:36:26,284 Design is a process, design is not styIe. 432 00:36:26,327 --> 00:36:29,524 The key thing that the Americans understood is just that. 433 00:36:29,567 --> 00:36:32,286 That when you set out to design any object, 434 00:36:32,327 --> 00:36:36,002 whether it's a gun, an aircraft, a ship, a Iocomotive, a uniform, a pair of shoes, 435 00:36:36,047 --> 00:36:39,562 you think of not just the end product, what it's going to Iook Iike, 436 00:36:39,607 --> 00:36:41,723 you think of how you're going to make the thing. 437 00:36:43,367 --> 00:36:47,121 Like Joe Stalin, FDR believed in quantity. 438 00:36:48,247 --> 00:36:53,958 When America entered the war, President Roosevelt vowed to ''out-produce the enemy''. 439 00:36:55,247 --> 00:36:59,240 Ford workers set about adapting their car-making skills 440 00:36:59,287 --> 00:37:01,403 to produce aircraft. 441 00:37:01,447 --> 00:37:05,998 And Detroit rebranded itself ''the Arsenal of Democracy''. 442 00:37:07,087 --> 00:37:12,445 Ford promises that he wiII set up the most extraordinary mass production faciIity of aII, 443 00:37:12,487 --> 00:37:17,083 a huge aircraft production centre at WiIIow Run, 444 00:37:17,127 --> 00:37:20,756 where he wants to produce B-24 Liberator bombers. 445 00:37:20,807 --> 00:37:23,924 And he wants them to roII off the Iine Iike a car, once an hour. 446 00:37:24,767 --> 00:37:27,964 And by the end of the war, that's what he's achieved, 447 00:37:28,007 --> 00:37:30,396 a finished aircraft once every hour. 448 00:37:41,967 --> 00:37:45,676 But industrial capacity on its own is not enough. 449 00:37:46,527 --> 00:37:51,317 Without a secure supply chain linking America to Europe, the war could not be won. 450 00:37:53,927 --> 00:37:59,559 And in 1 942, German U-boats were sinking Allied cargo ships in the Atlantic 451 00:37:59,607 --> 00:38:01,598 faster than they could be replaced. 452 00:38:04,527 --> 00:38:09,043 Some of the rates of Iosses earIy in WorId War II were shocking. 453 00:38:09,087 --> 00:38:12,045 It didn't Iook Iike anybody couId keep up with that kind of a Ioss. 454 00:38:12,087 --> 00:38:13,281 But we did. 455 00:38:15,167 --> 00:38:18,557 lt took a designer of genius to come up with the solution. 456 00:38:19,687 --> 00:38:24,841 Shipbuilder William Francis Gibbs jettisoned centuries of tradition 457 00:38:24,887 --> 00:38:27,924 with a design for a cargo ship that could be mass-produced, 458 00:38:29,487 --> 00:38:32,479 just like a Model Tor a T34. 459 00:38:44,807 --> 00:38:48,083 Gibbs'design solution was not pretty. 460 00:38:49,087 --> 00:38:51,920 Roosevelt called it a ''dreadful-looking object''. 461 00:38:58,127 --> 00:39:03,520 But its prefabricated steel parts, welded together on a Ford-style production line, 462 00:39:03,567 --> 00:39:10,325 meant the Liberty Ship could be produced faster and cheaper than was ever thought possible. 463 00:39:12,607 --> 00:39:16,316 America's shipbuilders were understandably unsure. 464 00:39:17,287 --> 00:39:23,920 But an industrialist called Henry J Kaiser recognised the genius of Gibbs'radical design. 465 00:39:32,887 --> 00:39:34,639 ln Richmond, California, 466 00:39:34,687 --> 00:39:37,679 Kaiser built a Liberty Ship production line 467 00:39:37,727 --> 00:39:40,480 that made him a hero of the American war effort... 468 00:39:42,447 --> 00:39:47,157 ..and transformed the lives of thousands of unlikely shipbuilders. 469 00:39:48,527 --> 00:39:53,043 My husband and I, every Sunday, went for a drive. 470 00:39:53,087 --> 00:39:56,443 And this one Sunday, we had another coupIe with us. 471 00:39:56,487 --> 00:39:58,682 And the guys are taIking about... 472 00:39:58,727 --> 00:40:02,515 They thought they'd get a job, they'd Iearn to weId, 473 00:40:02,567 --> 00:40:05,877 go to schooI, Iearn to weId and get a job in a shipyard. 474 00:40:05,927 --> 00:40:12,116 And for some unknown reason, I piped up and said I wanted to do that too. 475 00:40:12,767 --> 00:40:17,283 Had my car radio on and aII of a sudden this Ioud voice said, 476 00:40:17,327 --> 00:40:19,682 ''Women, do something for your country. 477 00:40:19,727 --> 00:40:23,163 Go to the Richmond Shipyards and be a weIder.'' 478 00:40:23,207 --> 00:40:26,916 And I thought: ''Wow, that's an important job.'' 479 00:40:26,967 --> 00:40:32,280 They're asking on the radio for us to go do that. 480 00:40:32,327 --> 00:40:35,683 They recommended office work, 481 00:40:35,727 --> 00:40:37,638 but I said, ''No, I want to be a weIder. 482 00:40:37,687 --> 00:40:41,236 That's an important job, and that's what I want to do.'' 483 00:40:41,287 --> 00:40:43,198 I had no idea what it was! 484 00:40:46,847 --> 00:40:48,724 McKEY GOULD: I never saw a ship. 485 00:40:48,767 --> 00:40:54,842 We just were part of the process of parts going together. 486 00:40:54,887 --> 00:41:01,360 And my first job was tacking IittIe fIanges on for the cranes to pick up the pieces of steeI, 487 00:41:01,407 --> 00:41:03,159 which was pretty nervy, you know. 488 00:41:03,207 --> 00:41:10,079 Here's a first day on the job and you're weIding something that's reaIIy important. 489 00:41:12,527 --> 00:41:16,236 PATTERSON MOORE: You had a kerchief tied around your neck, reaI tight. 490 00:41:16,287 --> 00:41:20,997 That was to prevent the hair from getting burned from the sparks. 491 00:41:21,047 --> 00:41:24,642 And then this was the weIding hood that we put on... 492 00:41:26,007 --> 00:41:30,285 ..and then this was the rod we used to weId with. 493 00:41:30,327 --> 00:41:32,318 And we wouId put it in here. 494 00:41:33,727 --> 00:41:36,958 You had to rotate aII the time, keep it moving. 495 00:41:43,087 --> 00:41:47,956 McKEY GOULD: Everyone was contributing something to the war effort. 496 00:41:48,527 --> 00:41:55,763 And of course, a big motivator was that pay cheque, you know, 497 00:41:55,807 --> 00:42:03,043 and I spent some of my money on fancy underwear and... 498 00:42:04,287 --> 00:42:06,278 (Laughs) 499 00:42:07,167 --> 00:42:09,442 ..and Frank Sinatra records. 500 00:42:13,527 --> 00:42:16,405 The alliance of design and mass production 501 00:42:16,447 --> 00:42:20,838 had proved itself able to meet the life-or-death demands of a global war. 502 00:42:22,967 --> 00:42:27,199 But what did it have to offer a post-war world, 503 00:42:28,127 --> 00:42:31,119 where quantity was no longer the greatest good? 504 00:42:39,527 --> 00:42:42,758 PeopIe aIways Iook at this chair and say, ''It Iooks uncomfortabIe.'' 505 00:42:42,807 --> 00:42:44,957 And I just say, ''You know, weII, have a seat.'' 506 00:42:45,007 --> 00:42:47,646 And then when you sit in it, it's just great. 507 00:42:54,247 --> 00:42:57,045 ln 1 999, Time Magazine named this chair, 508 00:42:57,087 --> 00:42:59,647 by Charles and Ray Eames, 509 00:42:59,687 --> 00:43:01,678 ''The Chair of the Century''. 510 00:43:05,927 --> 00:43:09,522 The Lounge Chair Wood was the Eames'breakthrough moment, 511 00:43:10,367 --> 00:43:12,597 and the springboard for a range of furniture... 512 00:43:13,807 --> 00:43:17,038 ..that would express the optimism of the post-war world. 513 00:43:19,167 --> 00:43:22,762 But this work evolved directly from their experience during wartime, 514 00:43:24,567 --> 00:43:26,558 and a deceptively simple question. 515 00:43:29,127 --> 00:43:32,961 When you Iook at this chair... And it's a very simpIe chair. It's very eIegant. 516 00:43:33,007 --> 00:43:36,556 It's not a very weII-known chair but I think it's a very important chair. 517 00:43:36,607 --> 00:43:40,520 And it, you know, may Iook kind of unassuming in a way, 518 00:43:40,567 --> 00:43:42,319 but it's the beginning of a journey. 519 00:43:42,367 --> 00:43:44,085 And it's a very simpIe idea. 520 00:43:44,127 --> 00:43:45,845 It's a two-dimensionaI curve. 521 00:43:45,887 --> 00:43:49,243 You can kind of Iook here and see that the curve is not going this way at aII. 522 00:43:49,287 --> 00:43:52,359 BasicaIIy if you had a piece of cardboard, you couId make this form. 523 00:43:52,407 --> 00:43:54,716 CharIes in particuIar was interested in this idea. 524 00:43:54,767 --> 00:43:57,804 Can you make it Iike a bucket with a three-dimensionaI curving in it? 525 00:43:59,807 --> 00:44:02,879 The Eames began to explore the possibilities of plywood. 526 00:44:04,447 --> 00:44:06,438 Bending it was relatively simple. 527 00:44:10,607 --> 00:44:16,682 Moulding it, in three dimensions, like rubber, and on a mass scale, was something else. 528 00:44:17,807 --> 00:44:21,516 The demands of war provided the germ of an answer. 529 00:44:35,527 --> 00:44:39,281 So you know, sometimes peopIe Iook at this thing and wonder, what is it? 530 00:44:39,327 --> 00:44:41,238 But, actuaIIy, when you Iook at it this way, 531 00:44:41,287 --> 00:44:44,404 the combat boot wouId go here and you'd be abIe to put it on Iike this. 532 00:44:44,447 --> 00:44:50,317 And it's modeIIed on CharIes's Ieg but with a Iot of room for variation. 533 00:44:50,367 --> 00:44:54,724 You can see that they stiII haven't figured out how to make a three-dimensionaI curve exactIy. 534 00:44:54,767 --> 00:44:59,443 They have to cut the wood right here to reIieve the tension of the wood. 535 00:44:59,487 --> 00:45:03,924 They aIso have aII these hoIes that aIso reIieve the tension of the wood, so it won't spIinter. 536 00:45:03,967 --> 00:45:08,358 So they're right in the middIe of understanding what it takes to mouId pIywood. 537 00:45:09,567 --> 00:45:12,400 The Eames'splint design was a compromise, 538 00:45:13,287 --> 00:45:19,965 but even if the curves were not perfect, more than 1 50,000 were made for the US Navy. 539 00:45:22,527 --> 00:45:29,160 Like the Sten Gun or the Liberty Ship, ''good enough today'' trumped ''perfection tomorrow''. 540 00:45:30,927 --> 00:45:33,600 Authenticity in design is not about a singIe object. 541 00:45:33,647 --> 00:45:36,764 It's reaIIy about a system of creating that object again and again. 542 00:45:36,807 --> 00:45:39,719 It's not enough to say to that medic, ''Hey, we've got one spIint.'' 543 00:45:39,767 --> 00:45:44,557 He doesn't want one spIint, he wants to be abIe to say, ''I need 1 50,000, 544 00:45:44,607 --> 00:45:48,202 so if we get you enough wood we'II get that many spIints, right?'' 545 00:45:51,647 --> 00:45:56,277 From leg splints, the Eames turned to seats for gliders and aircraft parts, 546 00:45:57,447 --> 00:46:00,837 refining and perfecting their moulding techniques. 547 00:46:01,847 --> 00:46:06,045 The payoff came in 1 945 with the Lounge Chair Wood, 548 00:46:07,727 --> 00:46:09,843 a ''swords into ploughshares'' moment, 549 00:46:11,367 --> 00:46:16,361 and a modest but unmistakable signal that the war was finally over. 550 00:46:21,807 --> 00:46:24,401 They were trying to make the seat and back of the chair one 551 00:46:24,447 --> 00:46:27,837 and you Iook at this chair and can obviousIy see they didn't do it. 552 00:46:27,887 --> 00:46:29,843 That this, the seat and back are separate. 553 00:46:29,887 --> 00:46:32,117 But they, after aII this experimenting, 554 00:46:32,167 --> 00:46:35,876 they reaIised the honest use of this materiaI was to separate the seat and back. 555 00:46:35,927 --> 00:46:39,078 You couIdn't do it, you couIdn't make the sheII out of pIywood. 556 00:46:39,127 --> 00:46:44,599 So this chair is sort of the payoff for aII the work that they did during the war. 557 00:46:44,647 --> 00:46:48,356 And that's I think why the wartime experience across the board, 558 00:46:48,407 --> 00:46:50,398 not just for CharIes and Ray, 559 00:46:50,447 --> 00:46:51,721 was so fascinating. 560 00:46:51,767 --> 00:46:54,884 There was a combination of being visionary about these designs 561 00:46:54,927 --> 00:46:56,645 and being pragmatic at the same time. 562 00:46:58,967 --> 00:47:00,639 The ''Chair of the Century'', 563 00:47:00,687 --> 00:47:05,807 one of the first examples of high-quality, post-war consumer design, 564 00:47:05,847 --> 00:47:11,763 had been born of mass production, the true ''wonder weapon'' of World War ll. 565 00:47:14,607 --> 00:47:17,280 lt was a sign of things to come, 566 00:47:17,327 --> 00:47:20,876 a marriage that had been proposed by the lndustrial Revolution 567 00:47:21,807 --> 00:47:27,006 and promised by the visionaries of modernism in the '20s and '30s. 568 00:47:27,047 --> 00:47:31,677 But it had taken a world war for design and mass production 569 00:47:31,727 --> 00:47:33,797 to finally consummate their relationship. 570 00:47:34,567 --> 00:47:38,799 The designed world would never be the same again. 571 00:47:40,287 --> 00:47:46,681 What happened in the war years to design, it was reborn. 572 00:47:46,727 --> 00:47:51,357 And that abiIity to make things over and over and over again, 573 00:47:51,407 --> 00:47:53,204 but make them very weII, 574 00:47:53,967 --> 00:47:59,485 reaIIy did teII us something about the abiIity to do things in great number. 575 00:48:00,647 --> 00:48:04,003 CertainIy Henry Ford toId us, that's the way it was going to go. 576 00:48:04,687 --> 00:48:08,441 Le Corbusier toId us that was going to happen. 577 00:48:08,487 --> 00:48:14,517 But we didn't quite beIieve it untiI the Second WorId War and we saw its reaI potentiaI. 578 00:48:14,567 --> 00:48:23,839 And for me, it is the thing that opens up what mass production aIIows in product design today.
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130114 Sans roucoulement There is a hawk in Chelsea that is used to keep the pigeon population at bay and I don't know whether it was about today or whether the pigeons were just keeping out of the cold, but whatever the reason, our feathered friends were noticeable by their absence. In fact, I only spotted one – this wannabe angry bird with a missing toe. I was keen to find pigeons today, as I thought they would be good for the OED word of the day, which was roucoulement meaning 'A soft cooing or murmuring noise, spec. the characteristic sound made by a dove or pigeon.' (OED) Now I'm no bird expert, but I reckon you need at least two if they're going to coo to each other. Apologies for the aerial shot, but there was rather too much merde de chien to allow kneeling or crouching.
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1990 all of the people who applied for a job at Evco also applied [#permalink] Show Tags 11 Sep 2018, 23:35 1 00:00 A B C D E Difficulty: 15% (low) Question Stats: 75%(01:09) correct 25%(01:37) wrong based on 130 sessions HideShow timer Statistics In 1990 all of the people who applied for a job at Evco also applied for a job at Radeco,and Evco and Radeco each offered jobs to half of these applicants cants. Therefore,every one of these applicants must have been offered a job in 1990. The argument above is based on which of the following assumptions about these job applicants? (A) All of the applicants were very well qualified for a job at either Evco or Radeco. (B) All of the applicants accepted a job at either Evco or Radeco. (C) None of the applicants was offered a job by both Evco and Radeco. (D) None of the applicants had applied for jobs at places other than Evco and Radeco. (E) None of the applicants had perviously worked for either Evco or Radeco.
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5 ways to streamline the warehouse order fulfillment process Fergal GlynnLast Updated: February 4th, 2020 With the recent demand for on-demand shipping, it's more important than ever for businesses to get their products to their customers not just on time, but at speeds that would have been considered "lightning fast" just a few years ago. It's a reality that serves as a true double-edged sword for companies big and small; many consumers have grown accustomed to same-day or two-day shipping, and are ordering more goods online. But it also means that their expectations are very high when it comes to receiving your products. One of the best ways to gain the upper-hand in e-commerce is to set up an efficient order fulfillment process that's custom-fit for the needs of your unique business. By developing these strategies, you are guaranteed to see improvement in not only the speed in which your valued B2B or B2C customers get your goods in their hands but also a more focused, organized and energized environment in your warehouse. You don't need to hire more workers or increase their hours to ship your products twice as fast. Follow these simple steps to achieve a more streamlined warehouse fulfillment process that will keep up with the demands of the market: Here's how you can streamline your warehouse order fulfillment process to best fit the needs of your growing e-commerce business: 1. Give customers the power to track their orders Whether you work in B2B, B2C, or a combination of both, customers these days are more demanding than ever in regards to receiving orders quickly. Chances are, you've fielded an impatient customer or two who wouldn't stop calling and emailing about their order. Answering these questions can turn into a real time-suck for both you and your employees, especially if a problem occurs once the product is already in shipment. To remedy this, implement a system that allows your customers to track their orders in real-time. You can do this by simply equipping your receipt confirmation email with a tracking number and an estimated delivery date, or consider investing in a developer who can add this feature directly to your site. Either way, you'll be spending less time fielding calls and more time getting orders processed. 2. Make sure that your inventory manager is up for the task As we mentioned — and you already know — customer expectations are sky-high, especially if you offer on-demand shipping. This means that your business' livelihood could be at risk if your inventory manager isn't as sharp as a tack. 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As promised earlier, we'll be soon releasing a Flash version of the BYOND client. After a hiatus to create BYONDexe and deal with various website, community, and software issues, we're hard at work on it again and are shooting for a beta release sometime this summer. Lest you think this is vaporware, here's an example of BYOND Flash in actionI get what you're saying, but what most users are waiting on is just a glimpse of where the progression and state of play the Flash client is at. Nothing fancy or a release. I'd imagine there isn't much else to show than what has already been shown via Youtube or screenshots. You can't expect him to update us with each individual change that is made in the software. Besides, didn't he just say that he had to divert his attention to different things? Although, more frequent updates on what's going on behind the scenes would be niceWhat if some bigger games that are being made would garner more attention, would you reconsider? I want to release a big project myself on Byond, but it looks like Tom wants us to stay reclusive (though I understand there are issues at hand). It shoots down the motivation when developers can expect the current limited audience to remain limited. Of course the major effort to get an audience is on the part of the developers, if the effort they go through gets cut down simply because the players have to go through extra trouble to play the game when they don't have to, things should move forward. All of this has probably been said, or considered already, so what I'm really trying to get to is: If developers FINISH their games with an indie standard quality and want to release it, will you (Tom) work on making their game accessible to a wide audience. I want and intend to get this Flash version out (since we already put so much work into it, albeit a couple of years ago). However, I just can't justify the commitment at the moment when we are really barely surviving (this project has earned negative income for me the last two years). So if we can start bringing in some revenue and more people contribute, I'm happy to keep the other projects alive. I will be making a post (maybe a podcast) about all of this very soon when we bring this beta version public. I want people to understand exactly where we stand at this moment, and why individual contributions are important if people want BYOND to keep going (if not, well.. we've had a good run). I'm just curious as to what is the main expense that the BYOND project currently has? to an outside user like me it seems the maintenance of the website and the hubs, and the domain to some extent are the major players?, and with that in mind I struggle to see how you are falling behind with memberships being $25 dollars each. Unless this a full time job for some of the staff?, or I am missing something entirely. well it is evident that you guys are working hard, I mean prompt replies to the bugs/discussion. Would it not be a bad idea if some of the revenue gets directed towards advertising BYOND itself?, ofcourse this is just contemplative and I hope the pager itself is enough to even out the losses you have had. However it seems that the population is somewhat stagnating, it is the people like us who should advertise and I agree with that, however I find little incentive to do so. I mean 3 or 4 guys might make an account play the game then bounce. Maybe once a while one of them might get a membership, but all in all its too much effort for very little gain on a developers part. Unless you have the drive to make Nestalgia, which the average user doesn't have. What makes BYOND so costly is that this project takes a lot of time to maintain, and time isn't free. It's actually pretty insulting that people just assume this just works by itself and nothing need be done, or else that we're just going to spend all day working for nothing (which describes my life for the last two years btw). We're constantly fixing things with the software and website. We have to deal with tons of stupid issues with players and games, with people hacking and scamming. We have to decide on a business model and implement it into a piece of legacy software that has become increasingly hard to maintain. If this project does go under-- and that's looking pretty likely-- you guys will understand exactly what we do because it basically will cease to work without people behind it giving it support. I mean really, what do people at Twitter do all day? Their stuff is a hell of a lot simpler than BYOND and they have like 1000 employees. This might be very early to be asking this question, and dare I ask it considering the unfathomable happens... but if BYOND becomes support-less... will developers have some sort of means to make their own infrastructure (a mini byond / hub / whatever) work? What I mean by this is, will we be given the opportunity to do what you do on our own, with our own games. So people who have money and means to keep things running could theoretically set how dream daemon contacts a master server to check life and port openness, and report hub status to your own server, etc. etc. I hope that makes sense. If BYOND is gone, can my game carry on, given I handle the responsbilities that byond.com would normally be taking care of.
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2, 2011 Getting to Know Me...A through Z I was tagged by dear, sweet Cecilia ~ ...she wanted to know why I haven't posted a 'Getting to know me A through Z' post yet... I told her I didn't think I was that interesting ~ I told her that I have been enjoying other's blogs that were linking to this subject ~ (I especially had to chuckle at a couple ~ you know who you are!) and getting to 'know' the authors better... C ~ Cats I don't think I have to elaborate much on this one...ya with me? D ~ Diligence I guess this word came to mind because I just keep on going... I try not to be influenced by others'....I try to stay on my own path. E ~ Energy If it weren't for stress, I'd have none... (just kidding, I lead a very stress-less life) F ~ Forgetful-ness do I really need to remind you all that I'm in the throes of menopause? G ~ Glitter yes...GLITTER. I secretly love it. I don't use it in my work at ALL, but I have beautiful, vintage salt shakers and sugar shakers chock-full of every color glitter imaginable... ...one day I'll cover everything I own in it... H ~...Hannah my daughter owns my heart & soul ~ she's everything I've ever wanted to be in person-form. she exudes charm & happiness & has the world at her finger-tips... she will one day change our world. I ~ Imagine my mind is a bottomless cavern that hold mysteries and secrets... my imagination holds the key that will someday unlock it all. J ~ Jo-ene ...my sister Jo has been gone for two years, passed from Breast Cancer... please allow her fate to be your spring-board to get your annual mammogram. K ~ Keys yes, we all love skeleton keys...I have amassed a collection of over 200. 'nuff said. M ~ Marmalade Marmalade was the first cat that ever owned me... He was an Orange Tabby with six toes on each of his four paws (polydactile) He would come when I whistled for him. He knew his name. He loved me & I loved him. He lived to be 19 yrs young and succombed to Feline Leukemia & an Enlarged heart.. ....please bring your fur-baby for regular vet visits. N ~ Notforgotten Farm yeah I know...it's my business name...BUT..it's also where we live, dream, hope & pray ~ our farm is as much a part of us as is our breathing & creating...I am blessed to be here. O ~ Opposite Peter & I are definitely opposites... I am a Pisces, He is a Scorpio...he has a type A personality, I am...well...I haven't been diagnosed yet... I am a fighter, he is a lover. I want it NOW, He will wait till something better comes along. and I LOVE him for that. P ~ Peanut Butter when I was pregnant with Hannah, I CRAVED peanut butter ANYthing. Reese's PB cups, Nutter Butter Cookies, PB & J, PB on Ritz, PB on a SPOON.... Q ~ Questions I tend to ask alot of these...why? when? how?...I usually get answers, but not the ones I'm looking for. R ~ Rain I LOVE rainy days. Especially rainy FALL days. I can sit for hours listening to the rain falling on my old farmhouse's tin roof and compose a different concert for each rainfall ~ S ~ Stitches my life is made up of many different stitches....primitive, contemporary, oppulent, simple... I work with my hands and most of my work is compiled of many types of stitches. that one has me stumped! V ~ See: "U" W ~ West I have always longed to visit CA, OR, WA ~ but I am petrified of flying.... X ~ "X-Pect" anything... I have no idea where I will go ~ where this path of creativity may lead me... I may design needlework patterns forever, or I may end up as a truck driver...who knows? I won't fret, Life is for living ~ not for figuring out. Y ~ Yellow I want to paint my breakfast-nook walls butter yellow... will you still love me if I do? Z ~ Zat's All Folks... ...take me or leave me...I'm who I am: not perfect. confused. enlightened. serious. bewildered. happy. creative. bored. scared. burdoned. trusting. casual. forgiving. artistic. complacent. indifferent. friendly. bouyant. snarky. a little over weight. (ok....) compelled. elegant. menopausal. wrinkly. exhuberant. ALIVE... and many other explatives.... just...me. blessings from the farm, Lori btw...I never care if I've mispelled anything in my postings... if you have trouble with that ~ you need to lighten-up.
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Abstract Background On sloped agricultural fields, water and sediment can be transported downhill as runoff and erosion. This process can cause losses of valuable top soil material, water resources for plant availability, and nutrients as well as transport of plant protection products (PPP) into adjacent surface water bodies. In the European and the US risk assessment for the registration of PPP, runoff and erosion are numerically calculated with the simulation model PRZM which uses the USDA runoff curve number (CN) concept for the water movement. Results from runoff field trials were used to estimate the effect of dedicated management practices in terms of mitigating runoff and erosion, i.e. creating micro-dams between the ridges of potato fields or in maize cultivation on model input parameters. Results Application of different cultivation and tillage techniques (micro-dams/bunds) showed a consistent decrease of the measured quantities of runoff, erosion, and PPP transport as well as of the calculated CN and predicted environmental concentrations in surface water. The results presented here support the approach to quantitatively consider in-field risk mitigation measures (if applied) in the context of regulatory surface water exposure calculations, as proposed by the SETAC MAgPIE workshop. Conclusion Based on these data, a robust case can be made to consider innovative runoff mitigation for risk assessment purposes by, e.g. lowering the CN in the exposure scenarios. In the assessment presented herein, an average decrease in the mean of the derived CN of 86 of 21 points (± 11, 10th percentile: 12) for potatoes could be derived. For maize, the mean calculated CN of 73 was lowered on average by 3 points. Background On sloped agricultural fields, water and sediment can be transported downhill as runoff and erosion. These processes cause loss of valuable soil, nutrients and plant protection products (PPP) into adjacent surface water bodies. The erosion of soil material from agricultural fields has several short-term and long-term consequences: from the removal of seeds and a covering of the emerging plants to the loss of fertility and organic substance. Pesticides are generally transported in solution via runoff or sorbed to soil particles via erosive transport. The relation between both transportation pathways depends amongst others on the physio-chemical and environmental properties of the individual substance under investigation [33]. In the European and US risk assessment framework, surface runoff is one building block for the estimation of potential risks for the aquatic environment, i.e. for surface water bodies adjacent to agricultural fields. In Europe and the US, runoff of PPP is calculated with the Pesticide Root Zone Model [36], which uses the USDA runoff curve number (CN) concept [43] to quantify the amount of runoff water. In this concept, assuming a high CN indicates a relatively large runoff susceptibility of a field compared to a lower CN. Hawkins [23] has demonstrated the importance of an accurate determination of the CN, preferably via direct measurements of runoff following precipitation. The European registration procedure is based on Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. A corresponding modelling framework for environmental fate was established by the FOrum for Co-ordination of pesticide fate models and their Use [18, 19]. To calculate predicted environmental concentrations for different surface water bodies (PECsw), predefined standard scenarios (for runoff, drainage and drift) are applied. These are based on European conditions in different geographical regions assuming certain percentiles of representativeness. To derive PECsw following from runoff, the output of daily runoff fluxes, erosion masses and pesticide mass outputs from agricultural fields given by PRZM simulations is applied as input for the surface water model FOCUS TOXSWA [5]. With the latter, concentration dynamics in surface water and corresponding sediment are calculated for model water bodies representing streams, ditches and ponds. The procedure to derive PECsw is currently under revision to take a 20-year simulation period into account with the aim of more robust calculations of PECsw [14]. In the US, the legal basis for pesticide regulation is the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act [42] and the Endangered Species Act [17]. Runoff/erosion and drift are the only entry routes for regulatory exposure assessments. The corresponding aquatic exposure endpoints are EEC (estimated environmental concentration for ecological risk assessments) and EDWC (estimated drinking water concentration for dietary risk assessments). These values are calculated within the PWC shell (pesticide in water calculator) with PRZM coupled with the variable volume water model (VVWM) with a pond as the receiving water body [16]. Due to the planting in rows and the resulting bare soil in between (together with low plant density), it is reasonable to assume that the cultivation of row crops such as potatoes or maize leads to a higher vulnerability to surface runoff compared to wheat or root crop [2]. The German Environmental Protection Agency recommends the "earthing up of transverse ridges for potato crops" to prevent soil erosion [40]. Generally, several mitigation strategies can be applied to reduce the amount of superficial runoff [35]: vegetated buffer/filter strips, grassed depressions, waterways, ditches or wetland. Furthermore, measures of Good Agricultural Practice can be applied, e.g. conservation tillage [38] or the usage of specific machinery to improve infiltration. All these practices aim to reduce the runoff velocity, increase the capability of the soil to retain water on the surface and subsequently to facilitate infiltration. The technique to construct micro-dams between the ridges of ridge–furrow tillage systems is a largely known agricultural technique [22, 26, 37, 39]. Other terms than micro-dams are furrow-diking, tied ridges, furrow damming, basin tillage, basin listing, microbasin tillage, diked furrows, basin tillage [26, 37]. Corresponding devices are commercially available, e.g. the Barbutte from Cottard (France), the Dycker from Grimme (Germany), or the partition inserting machine from Netagco-Rumpstad/AgriMaas (The Netherlands). Distinct strategies in terms of tillage and plough management to preserve the fields and increase infiltration are also applied in maize cultivation, e.g. disc or drum ploughs to create small dams or holes between the rows. Elhakeem and Papanicolaou [15] and Oliveira et al. [28] presented general procedures to derive CN from field trials. Hence, such data can be used to assess the effect of micro-dams or other management practices between the ridges of potato or maize fields and to quantify the mitigation effect by deriving the CN reduction. The SETAC MAgPIE workshop [35] proposed a lowering of the CN by 3 points after the application of in-field bunds in row crops. The objective of the present work is to enlarge the small database for the effects in reducing runoff, soil erosion and PPP transport following the application of certain mitigation measures in potato (i.e. micro-dams) and in maize (similar tillage techniques) cultivation. To this end, runoff CN were calculated based on rainfall–runoff relations reported in field studies. Furthermore, reductions in soil erosion and in pesticide loadings in these field studies were derived quantitatively. The herein calculated CN reductions can be used in environmental risk assessment to quantify the effects of the optional mitigation measures in terms of runoff. A potential representation in the concept of calculation of predicted environmental concentrations for surface water (PECsw) is presented as well. Methods Trials under consideration in this study In this paper, seven studies (newly designed and from literature) were evaluated—Table 1 lists the experimental details. Runoff CN were calculated based on the reported measurements of precipitation and runoff (see Chapter 2.2 for the calculation procedure). Reductions in runoff volumes, erosion masses and plant protection product loads were derived quantitatively. In Additional file 1, all experimental results, together with the calculated runoff CN can be found (Additional file 1: Tables S1–S13). Table 1 Details of the studies under investigation; n.a.: not available; n.ap.: not applicable The five potato studies were conducted either on one site for a complete season [29], reported as annual sums from three sites over 2 years [21], in a research project compiling 35 trials on silty loess soil trials in south-western Germany [6], in a single-event study design using both pre-wetted and dry soil [3], or an irrigation trial, applying 30 mm of rain [4]. In the first trials, the Barbutte from Cottard (France, see Fig. 1) was applied to construct micro-dams. Similar devices were used in the remaining three trials. The two maize studies were conducted with the application of two types of micro-dam-creating techniques: disc and drum plough. Observations were reported over a complete season [7] or from two storm events [41], respectively. In Fig. 2, the two devices and the resulting patterns on the agricultural fields are shown. Concept of the runoff curve number and derivation from the trials In the USDA CN approach (as used in the European regulatory context), direct runoff is regarded, i.e. a combination of channel runoff, surface runoff, and subsurface flow [43]. In this study, measured relations between precipitation and runoff were used for the calculation of runoff CN, representing the transformation of total precipitation amounts into total runoff amounts. In the representation of runoff after Mockus [27], a potential maximum retention S (mm) after beginning of the runoff is defined. Assuming an initial abstraction (consisting of interception, infiltration during early parts of the storm, and surface depression storage) of 0.2 * S, runoff Q [mm] is calculated based on precipitation P (mm): For given P and Q we solve Eq. ( 2) for S and insert the solution into Eq. (4) to finally obtain CN. The theoretical maximum CN of 100 leads to S = 0 and finally to Q = P. The CN is the driving parameter of surface runoff in the risk assessment models. Figure 3 shows the relation between precipitation and runoff for different CN for the example of one of the trials under investigation, i.e. example results from Areas [3]. Fig. 3 Relationship between rain and runoff expressed by the runoff curve number (CN). The maximum of 100 describes a 1:1 line; CN 92 and 73 are examples from one of the trials under investigation (Areas, 2005) The curve number concept used in the regulatory framework In the context of risk assessment, CN are defined scenario-specific and crop-specific, being a function of soil type, soil drainage properties, and management practices. Furthermore, crop stages are taken into account as defined in [19, Appendix D]. For potatoes and maize, the stages of emergence and maturation are defined in scenario R1 with the average CN of 82, being 87 at harvest time, and 91 during fallow. Average CN refer to intermediate moisture conditions, named antecedent moisture condition (AMC) II. Curve numbers show variability depending on several boundary conditions, such as the AMC, based on a 5-day precipitation history before each event. This index, denoting AMC II as average conditions, AMC I as dry and AMC III as wet conditions, is calculated by FOCUS PRZM (i.e. PRZM 3.22) on a daily basis. This depends on the AMC in the upper soil layers [44]. The CN are adjusted using the following rules [36]: The actual applied CN in the PRZM model are calculated in a linear interpolation while being restricted in variability and never reaching the endpoints of AMC I or AMC III. For further information please refer to Young and Fry [44]. Here, the aim was to arrive at CNs for AMC II by deriving the mean of all CN from the unique events [43]. In the trials considering a complete season of rain–runoff relations (i.e. [7, 29]), the CN were averaged rainfall-weighted due to the assumption that the reliability of the CN is proportional to the height of the rainfall event. In general, when averaging over various experimental conditions, and not taking detailed information on the specific moisture conditions into account, the assumption of intermediate moisture conditions was judged to be adequate. To investigate the effects of lowering CN in the risk assessment, example calculations for FOCUS surface water scenarios were conducted. To this end, all standard values for the CN for AMC II for the early stage, crop maturation, harvest and fallow were exemplarily lowered by 10% (and the CN for AMC I and III were calculated by the model, as usually, described above). For the three substances aclonifen, fluazinam and metribuzin, which show a relatively immobile, intermediate and mobile behaviour, respectively (see Additional file 1: Table S16 for basic substance properties) maximum PECsw (PECsw,max) were calculated exemplarily. All other parameters were applied unchanged from the original FOCUS surface water scenarios for potatoes. The FOCUS surface water scenarios considered here are stream scenarios with a plant protection product treated field of 1 ha adjacent to the water body. This water body is connected to a 100-ha upstream catchment, of which 20% are treated with plant protection product. This fraction of treated area can be also considered as the aeric fraction of the target crop in the catchment. Such a setting would occur for example if four different agricultural crops were grown taking 80% of the area and 20% would be non-arable land such as pasture or forest (see [19] for details on the scenario definition). The resulting concentration in the stream is essentially the sum of all mass fluxes (from 20 + 1 ha) divided by all water fluxes (from 100 + 1 ha) to the water body. The micro-dams are assumed to be installed on the treated area only so that the generation of runoff water and mass fluxes are reduced on 21 ha. On the remaining 80 ha the runoff water entry is unchanged, runoff mass entries are zero. This setup can be described by the formula: If for example the mitigation reduces runoff water and mass fluxes from the treated area by one half (f = 0.5), the PECsw is reduced by about a fraction of 0.45. This procedure is in accordance with the established practice to consider mitigation of runoff entries in European environmental risk assessment [25], e.g. using the software SWAN [8]. The runoff reduction factor f was calculated using the runoff mass fluxes as evaluated by PRZM (and used as input for TOXSWA) on the day of the corresponding PECsw,max causing event in the simulations with micro-dams. These dates for with or without micro-dam installation were different in the R1 and R3 scenarios and identical in R2. In R1 and R3, the micro-dams were causing a delay, i.e. a later event delivered PECsw,max under the mitigated condition. A corresponding PECsw,max for a situation without micro-dams \(\left( {{\text{PEC}}_{\text{sw}}^{{{\text{no }}\;{\text{mitigation}}}} } \right)\), that was required for the calculation of the mitigated PECsw,max (\({\text{PEC}}_{\text{sw}}^{\text{mitigation}} )\), using Eqs. (7) and (8) was derived with the TOXSWA metamodel [1], since it is not an output of TOXSWA. Results and discussion Table 2 lists the various effects of the application of micro-dams in potatoes and the distinct measures in maize cultivation as derived herein, both in measurable quantities and in subsequently derived runoff CN. Table 3 shows the effects of a CN reduction on maximum predicted environmental concentrations (PECsw,max), for example FOCUS assessments for potatoes and three example substances. Table 3 Results from lowering the standard values of the runoff curve number (CN; intermediate antecedent moisture conditions, AMC II) by 10%: maximum predicted environmental concentrations for surface water (PECsw,max) (µg/l), calculated using FOCUS PRZM and TOXSWA and the standard scenarios for potatoes; The recalculated PECsw,max are based on runoff mass fluxes from FOCUS PRZM, considering a dilution from the upper catchment in the stream scenarios Observed effects of the management practices in the measurable quantities All mitigation measures lead to a decrease in runoff from the agricultural fields (Table 2)—by 86% (± 7%) on average in the potato trials and by 51% (± 9%) in the maize trials, respectively. Similarly, the eroded sediment quantities were lowered—by 90% (± 6%) and 71% (± 6%), PPP loss was reduced (where applicable) by 88% (± 4%) in potato trials and by 46% (± 12%) in maize trials. Effects in derived curve numbers The runoff reductions are reflected in lower CN, which were subsequently derived herein. Table 2 lists averages and percentiles; in Additional file 1, all single data are listed. Potatoes The evaluation of the field studies suggests that the potential application of micro-dams justifies a reduction of the average runoff CN for surface water exposure modelling. Here, the calculated reduction is on average 21 points from the mean CN of the untreated trials of 86. Keeping in mind, runoff being a non-linear function of CN, an estimation for an analogous average reduction of the default value of 82 (e.g. during growing phases) in the FOCUS standard scenarios R1 and R3 can be made to be approximately 20 points, the 10th percentile being approximately 10 points (here: 12 points). For R2 with the default value of 78, the values of the proposed reductions can be assumed to be identical. In Olivier et al. [29], a rainfall-weighted average (each individual event is weighted by the corresponding amount of precipitation) of CN = 83 for the untreated setup was derived, being the result of 13 single events. Hence, this result was close to the standard FOCUS value of CN = 82. In 4 of the 17 events, the basin at the end of the untreated trial site was overflown. Consequently, the "true" extent of the mitigation could not be inferred in these cases, and the overall average constitutes an underestimation of the overall actual mitigation. The two trials from Goffart et al. [21] consisted of three locations, each observed for 1 year. The absolute values of the calculated CN were much lower than those for the other studies (Additional file 1: Table S3). Due to the conceptual difference, the CN derived here were not included in the calculation of the averages. In Aurbacher et al. [6], the reported overview table of 35 studies allowed for a calculation of one single average value of reduction. A CN reduction of 36 points (from 75 to 39) was derived from the annually reported data. After the application of artificial rain of 40 mm in the trial of Areas [3], an average reduction of 19 points (CN 92 to 73) was observed over the two setups with dry and humid initial conditions, respectively. The CN in the later study of Areas [4] was reduced to a very similar extent: after 30 mm of artificial rain, the CN was decreased by 17 points (CN 95 to 78). Maize The outcome of the maize trials investigating the applications of disc plough or drum plough can be summarized as a reduction of the average CN of 73 to 70 points. This also implies a reduction of 3 points in the FOCUS standard scenarios R1–R4. For the trial of CIPF [7], conducted over a complete season and averaged over two repetitions of the treatments on different slopes, an overall precipitation-weighted reduction of 3 points (from 68 to 65) was derived (Additional file 1: Table S14). The differences between the two applied techniques and slopes were considerably small. In UCL [41], the average over the two reported events was CN = 78 for the untreated setup and CN = 74 for the setups after treatment with disc or drum plough. Example calculations of predicted environmental concentrations In the numerical simulations for risk assessment using FOCUS PRZM, edge-of-field concentrations in runoff are not necessarily reduced when lowering the CN, since both water and mass fluxes are reduced. However, PECs in the receiving water body will be reduced by dilution due to the contribution of unmodified streamflow from the upstream catchment. A considerable reduction of the concentrations reaching the surface water body is achieved when the installation of micro-dams causes a time-delay of the mass entries by eliminating events closer to application and, consequently, more time for leaching and degradation becomes available. To consider the effects of micro-dam application adequately, the fact that only the treated agricultural field is assumed to be equipped with micro-dams can be taken into account. Then other areas of the upper-stream catchment contribute to a dilution with the inflow of the not-mitigated amount of water in the surface water body. Table 3 lists the PECsw,max after globally decreasing the value for the CN in the input files for the standard potato scenario by 10% (and otherwise conducting a regular assessment) and additionally recalculating the PECsw,max taking the effect of dilution from the upper-stream catchment into account. Table S16 in Additional file 1 shows the detailed results after the recalculation, i.e. PRZM runoff fluxes with and without the application of micro-dams, the corresponding reduction factors f and PECsw,max. In the stream scenarios R1 and R3, the specific runoff events that lead to the PECsw,max are later ones due to the application of micro-dams (R1: 10 days for ACL and FLZ, 13 days for MTB; R3 for all three: 18 days). There, the PECsw,max-decreasing effect of globally lowering the CN is higher than for R2. Due to the interplay of runoff and erosion driven by runoff, a general statement whether highly mobile (less sorptive) or less mobile (higher sorptive) substances are more affected by a reduction of CN cannot be given. Consequences for risk assessment and risk management The trials under investigation in this study show a great extent of heterogeneity due to the differences in the execution of the field trials (Table 1) and the type of reporting (i.e. either reported for single events or as multiple events over a complete season). Nevertheless, the averaged results are considered suitable to quantify the effects of micro-dams in potato and maize cultivation. In risk assessment in case micro-dams or similar techniques are applied, either a conservative default mitigation effectiveness can be used or a higher-tier assessment can be conducted, as, e.g. deriving PRZM CN for specific measures as presented here for micro-dams. The SETAC MAgPIE workshop [35] proposed to generally lower the mean CN by 3 points (or alternatively reduce the surface water concentration by 50%) to account for micro-dams or other in-field bunds. The findings in this report for potato cultivation suggest reductions of CN far beyond the recommendation of the MAgPIE workshop of only a 3-point reduction, which was however based on one study only, which is not generally accessible. Generally, the choice of CN has considerable consequences: for small-to-moderate rain events the predicted amount of runoff is proven to be highly sensitive to wrong assumptions of CN [23]. For example, an overestimation of CN by 10%, for a precipitation of 5 mm and CN = 80 (which is in the range of the standard values for potatoes and maize) leads to an overestimation of runoff by 100%. General considerations For the effective prevention of surface runoff and erosion it is advised to minimize runoff generation on-site (via increasing infiltration) and to maximize runoff retention off-site (e.g. via buffer strips). On-site runoff prevention should always be the preferred option because it reduces the risk of high runoff flow velocities and the generation of rill-flow which makes off-site runoff retention much more difficult and expensive. It has been reported, that an increase in the quantity of runoff leads to an exponential increase in pesticide transfer from the field, whereas subsequent measures, i.e. buffer strips lead to a linear decrease in pesticide transfer when capturing runoff and erosion [35]. Besides the reduction of runoff, the practice to create micro-dams is reported to lead to an improved water and nutrient supply in the agricultural field and consequently to a yield increase [22, 34, 37]. Hence, the application of these mitigation practices shows many benefits and can adequately be included in the risk assessment, if applied by the farmer. Conclusion Following the application of micro-dams, the runoff water volume in the field trials was substantially reduced, on average by 86% for potatoes and 51% for maize. The reduction percentages for the plant protection products were very similar to the reduction of the water runoff, on average by 88% for potatoes and 46% for maize. Even more reduced was the eroded soil mass, on average by 90% for potatoes and 71% for maize. The reductions of the runoff water volume were translated into reduction of the runoff curve number (CN). In the regulatory exposure assessment context, generally realistic worst-case assumptions are made for distributed driving variables such as CN to safeguard a sufficiently conservative assessment. Based on the findings in this report, we propose a 10-point reduction of the CN for the FOCUS R1–R3 potato scenarios which conservatively represents the 10th percentile of measured reductions and a 3-point reduction (mean from two studies) of the CN for maize to account for the mitigation of runoff and erosion losses from treated fields by micro-dams. As conclusion from this study, we recommend the adoption of CN reductions due to micro-dams in potatoes and other comparable measures in maize into the regulatory exposure assessment. We propose an absolute reduction of the CN in risk assessment in accordance with the findings in this study. In risk assessment, the installation of micro-dams can be considered in a higher-tier calculation which will lead to reduced predicted environmental concentrations. Availability of data and material All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article, i.e. in additional file. Abbreviations AMC: Antecedent moisture condition CN: Curve number EFSA: European Food Safety Agency FOCUS: FOrum for Co-ordination of pesticide fate models and their Use MAgPIE: Mitigating the risks of plant protection products in the environment PEC: Predicted environmental concentration PECsw: Predicted environmental concentration for the surface water compartment PPP: Plant protection product PRZM: Pesticide root zone model SETAC: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry TOXSWA: TOXic substances in Surface Waters USDA: United States Department of Agriculture References 1. Adriaanse PI, Van Leerdam RC, Boesten JJTI (2017) The effect of the runoff size on the pesticide concentration in runoff water and in FOCUS streams simulated by PRZM and TOXSWA. Sci Total Environ 584–585:268–281 Acknowledgements The authors thank the Centre Wallon de Recherches Agronomiques (CRA-W) and Ulg-Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech for collaboration in the potato trials and Centre Indépendant de Promotion Fourragère (CIPF) in the maize trials. Funding The work on this manuscript and the evaluations shown therein were funded by Bayer AG. The trials of Olivier et al. [29] and CIPF [7] were conducted in behalf of the Bayer AG. Contributions SS analyzed and interpreted the field data (newly designed and from literature), calculated the curve numbers and predicted environmental concentrations. RS guided the evaluation and was major contributor to the manuscript. DB was responsible for the conduction and evaluation of the field trials by the contractor companies and provided very valuable practical expertise. KH provided the strategy to derive the predicted environmental concentrations according to the European risk assessment framework and was a major contributor to the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Additional information
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3PL vs In House Logistics: Making the Right Choice Making the choice between Third-Party Logistics (3PL) and in-house logistics is a pivotal decision in the world of supply chain management. It's a decision that can have a profound impact on the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and overall success of your business operations. In this segment, we'll delve a bit deeper into the importance of this decision while maintaining a professional yet approachable tone. The Crossroads of Logistics Imagine your business as a complex network of interlocking pieces, each representing a crucial aspect of your supply chain. From sourcing raw materials to delivering finished products into the hands of your customers, each step in this intricate dance must be executed seamlessly for your enterprise to thrive. This is where the choice between 3PL and in-house logistics comes into play, a decision that stands as a crossroads in your journey toward supply chain excellence. Why This Choice Matters Now, you might be wondering, "Why is this decision so crucial?" The answer lies in the very essence of modern supply chain management. In today's highly competitive and rapidly evolving business landscape, the efficiency and flexibility of your logistics operations can either propel your business forward or hold it back. Cost-Effectiveness: The logistics segment often represents a significant portion of a company's operational expenses. Choosing the right logistics model can help you optimize costs without compromising service quality. Expertise: Supply chain logistics is a specialized field. It involves intricate planning, technology utilization, and regulatory compliance. Having experts in your corner can make all the difference. Scalability: The ability to scale your logistics operations up or down as needed is vital for growth and adaptation to market changes. Risk Mitigation: Unexpected disruptions are an unfortunate reality in the world of logistics. How effectively you handle these challenges can significantly impact your bottom line and reputation. 1. Efficiency: A Streamlined Supply Chain Efficiency is the heartbeat of your supply chain. It's about orchestrating each step with precision, ensuring that products flow seamlessly from suppliers to customers. A streamlined, efficient supply chain brings forth several advantages: Cost Reduction: Efficiency minimizes waste and excess, leading to cost savings that can be reinvested in other areas of your business. Whether it's reducing excess inventory or optimizing routes for transportation, efficiency trims the fat from your budget. Minimized Delays: Delays in your supply chain can be costly and frustrating, affecting both your bottom line and customer satisfaction. Efficiency ensures that products reach their destinations on time, reducing disruptions and bottlenecks. Enhanced Customer Satisfaction: When your supply chain hums along smoothly, your customers benefit. They receive their orders promptly, encounter fewer errors, and enjoy a consistent and reliable experience. This not only fosters loyalty but also encourages positive word-of-mouth. Responsiveness to Change: The business landscape is dynamic, with market fluctuations and consumer demands constantly evolving. An efficient supply chain equips you to adapt swiftly, seize opportunities, and navigate challenges. 2. Cost-Effectiveness: Optimizing Expenses Logistics often represents a significant chunk of a company's operational expenses. The choice between 3PL and in-house logistics can significantly impact your cost-effectiveness. 3PL Cost Savings: Outsourcing logistics to a 3PL provider can lead to significant cost savings. They can leverage their resources, infrastructure, and expertise to optimize your supply chain, often at a lower cost compared to maintaining in-house logistics operations. Reduced Capital Expenditure: Managing in-house logistics requires substantial investments in facilities, equipment, and personnel. 3PL providers can help you avoid these capital expenditures, freeing up resources for other critical aspects of your business. Flexible Pricing Models: Many 3PLs offer flexible pricing models, allowing you to pay for the services you need, when you need them. This can lead to cost-efficiency by avoiding unnecessary fixed costs. 3. Expertise: The Power of Specialization Supply chain logistics is a specialized field that demands a deep understanding of intricate planning, technology utilization, and regulatory compliance. Having experts in your corner can make all the difference: 3PL Expertise: 3PL providers are specialists in logistics. They bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table, staying up-to-date with the latest industry trends and best practices. Access to Technology: 3PLs often invest in state-of-the-art logistics technology, which can provide you with better visibility, real-time tracking, and data analytics capabilities that are essential for making informed decisions. Regulatory Compliance: Navigating the complex world of international shipping and compliance requirements can be a daunting task. 3PLs are well-versed in these regulations, ensuring that your logistics operations stay compliant and avoid costly penalties. 4. Scalability: Adapting to Market Changes The ability to scale your logistics operations according to market changes is pivotal for your business's growth and adaptation. A scalable logistics model offers several advantages: Flexibility: Scalability equips you to respond to both seasonal fluctuations and unexpected spikes in demand without overcommitting resources during quieter periods. Market Expansion: If you're looking to expand into new markets, a scalable logistics solution can help you do so seamlessly, without the need for significant capital investments. 5. Risk Mitigation: Navigating the Unforeseen In the world of logistics, disruptions are inevitable. Unexpected events, from natural disasters to supply chain interruptions, can impact your operations. How effectively you handle these challenges can significantly impact your bottom line and reputation: 3PL Risk Management: Many 3PLs have established risk mitigation strategies and contingency plans in place. They can help you navigate disruptions more effectively, reducing downtime and minimizing financial losses. Insurance and Liability: 3PLs often provide insurance coverage, mitigating potential financial risks associated with lost or damaged goods during transit progress
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10 Replies Storyline 360 and Storyline 3 create step-by-step slides based on the clicks during a screen recording. Are you noticing the text isn't thoroughly explaining the steps from the recording? If so, step-by-step slides are fully customizable. The text boxes can be edited as well as the motion path for the mouse. Based on your post, it sounds like the Screencast feature works in other areas like a web page or powerpoint slide for example. Are you recording this program on a full screen or a smaller window? If you haven't tried already, could I have you try to record the Screencast on a smaller window? The print screen button will create a break point in the video as if you had pressed a button just press it at the same time as when you press the mouse button, it is probably worth raising a support case to see why it doesn't work.
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Adam And Eve: Sleepwalker Adam and Eve: Sleepwalker is yet another instalment from the amazing Adam and Eve series that you can play here on jogos pbs kids. In this adventure, Adam has unwittingly fallen asleep – he is now sleepwalking on a dangerous ice mountain. You must help our sleepy hero sleepwalk to safety and avoid all of the obstacles in his way. After all of those adventures, it looks like Adam has become a sleepwalker. After everything he has experienced during rescue missions of his beloved one, it is not surprising at all. However, this situation got him into a lot of trouble, because he woke up at a place, he had never seen before. He would like to get back home to his bed and continue sleeping, but without your help, he will probably fail this mission. Because on the way back, there are several obstacles that you will have to solve out. These are logical puzzles, so you will not be bored! And who knows, if he does not get a sweet surprise at home... Sometimes the correct path may not be obvious and you must take time to consider how the objects interact with each other. Work your way through each level and bring our Adam home safely to his bed! Hope you love this game and if you want to play other similar games, you can try Snail Bob. Check out at our site and you can find many other interesting types of games. Enjoy your time!
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As part of a long, busy weekend, Travis Scott took the stage Saturday for the latest episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live. The season's second episode, hosted by Crazy Rich Asians and Ocean's 8 actress Awkwafina, saw Scott performing a medley of "Skeletons" and "Astrothunder" as well as "Sicko Mode," from his recent album Astroworld. For the first performance of the night, he was joined by Tame Impala ringleader Kevin Parker, John Mayer and producer Mike Dean. Elsewhere during the SNL episode, Scott also appeared alongside Awkwafina, Kenan Thompson and Leslie Jones for a dance battle skit, in which the foursome triumphed with the backing of the Jeopardy theme song. Featured Stories
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Advance Flotation Process Iron Ore Summary mini You May Be Interested In Detailed Introduction mining and beneficiation sector. 30 years Specialist Crushing and beneficiation equipments manufacturing practical experience. We supplies ball mill, vibrating feeder and belt conveyor for advanced iron ore flotation process. Iron ore flotation machine Iron ore flotation Machine is applicable for the separation of nonferrous metal and ferrous metals, which include fluorite and talc. The impeller is driven by V-belts, which can bring the centrifugal impact to form negative pressure. Whilst extracting adequate air to mix with ore pulp, the machine stirs ore pulp and mixes it with chemicals to type mineralized froth. By adjusting the height in the flash board to manage the liquid level, the valuable froth might be scraped from the loam board. The height of your strobe ought to be adjusted very carefully to help keep the stabilization of liquid level and scrape the mineralized froth for the launder. The impellers and stators should be kept at a distance and should really be changed when worn., The bearing inside the pump should be maintained just about every three months. Advanced iron ore flotation method Successful flotation includes suitable liberation, adding the appropriate reagents to induce chosen minerals to grow to be hydrophobic (water repelling) or hydrophilic (water attracting). Aeration (bubbles) is added by way of spargers at the bottom of the flotation cell. The bubbles attract after which float the hydrophilic minerals, leaving the hydrophobic component in the underflow as tailings. Your flotation circuit then will concentrate and separate many minerals. Flotation machine is mainly utilised for sorting of copper, zinc, lead, nickel, gold as well as other non-ferrous metals, ferrous metals and may also be utilized for the roughing and chosen non-metallic. Sorting machine driven by the impeller rotation V-belt drive motor, a centrifugal role inside the formation of negative pressure, on the a single hand inhalation of sufficient air and slurry mixture, even though stirring the pulp mixed with drugs, while refined bubbles, the bubble above the mineral glue, floating for the surface then type a slurry bubble mineralization. Adjust the ram height, control surface, to ensure that was useful for foam scraper scrapings. Flotation machine for sale SBM has focused on the production and development of mining gear for more than 30 years. We are able to supply the advanced iron ore flotation approach machine for sale for the globally clients, especially Malaysia. For those who have any question, or you might be thinking about our goods, it is possible to click the on-line chat to obtain the information you'll need. We're searching forward to cooperating with you.
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About Brigitte Registered Senior Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance Professionals My love affair with yoga began at the tender age of 18 when I worked at a Health Farm as a Beauty Therapist. It was there that I discovered (old school) Hatha yoga. It was nowhere near as hip, cool and main stream as it is today, in fact it was quite basic, however, after about a year, I began to realize that I was not only more flexible but that I also felt really calm after my yoga class, I was hooked. However, soon after I turned 21, it was the late 'Eighties' and London was beckoning, so I swapped the Health Farm and Yoga for a high flying Executive Career with a large well known Cosmetics company. I was very quickly introduced to a taste of the high life, from; big hair, big shoulder pads, company car, champagne lunches in plush London hotels to promotional trips abroad. I worked 24/7 and with that came big pay cheques but also big stress levels! Fast forward to the late 90's, I was married with 2 lovely children, lived in a beautiful house in the country and had the lifestyle to match, on the outside my life looked picture perfect, but behind closed doors, I knew different, my marriage was falling apart and I certainly wasn't living my truth but I couldn't see a way out. It was at this time that I was introduced to a very different style of yoga, Ashtanga Vinyasa, and so began my next love affair with yoga. I practiced Ashtanga religiously twice a week for 3 years, I totally got it. Yoga got me out of my head and in to my heart, it made me more aware of my innermost feelings, it made me feel free and more connected to my intuition, I decided that I wanted to learn more. At this time, by chance, my yoga teacher had just taken a class in a yoga studio in Cornwall with Bridget Woods Kramer. Bridget was teaching a new style of yoga (after spending several years in the States studying personally with John Friend), it was named 'Anusara Yoga', so I looked her up and booked her very first training courses of Anusara in the UK. That first week of training with Bridget absolutely intensified and sealed my passion for yoga forever and had a profound effect on the direction my life was about to take. She is such a sweet, humble, caring lady and has magnified my understanding of yoga in infinite ways. I am so immensely grateful to her for everything she has taught me on and off the mat over the years. I will always refer to her as my primary teacher, she is now also a dear friend whom I don't see nearly often enough. After my first training with Bridget in the Spring of 2003, I started teaching almost immediately and doors have been opening for me ever since. At first I was asked to cover a couple of classes in local health clubs, then before I knew it, within a year, I had 18 regular classes per week which was not ideal and exhausting to say the least. However I found that practising and teaching yoga was my dharma, it also helped me through an extremely traumatic, intense and difficult period of my life. Yoga was my lifeline of sanity and stability, it literally offered me the strength to process a family death, an abusive alcoholic relationship, my divorce, bankruptcy, as well as giving me the empowerment to raise and support my 2 children as a single Mum and move forwards in my life – those classes also paid my bills. Fast forward again and that seems like a lifetime ago, as the saying goes, 'after the dark times there is always light'. I am now an established yoga teacher with 17 years of teaching experience and have accumulated over 2000 hours of personal development, training and study over this time which has qualified me as a Registered Senior Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance Professionals UK. I have been privileged to study and learn from numerous world class teachers of immeasurable excellence and consequently, have gained a wealth of knowledge, skill and experience in many different styles of yoga. I now happily remarried and live in Woburn Sands, Milton Keynes with my husband Brian, my cats and dog. Brian is also a yoga teacher and my absolute rock, we live a contented life and share the same beliefs, goals and visions for our future. My children are now grown up, my son is a very talented artist/musician and is currently taking a couple of years out travelling the world, and my daughter has moved to London where she is building a great career in the city. I am hugely proud of them both, they have turned in to completely well rounded, kind, generous, friendly individuals and they totally get the philosophy behind what I do, So my life now – I practice, study, teach and mentor yoga, I write, I read, I walk my dog every day in the beautiful woods near us, I'm always listening to an eclectic genre of music, I love socialising and going out once in a while but also am just as content staying in, spending time with my family, cooking and entertaining friends at home. I love exploring different cultures, travelling, festivals and generally living my life to its richest potential these days. I believe that when we can align our Body, Mind and Heart, we are literally choosing to become more conscious – of ourselves, others and the world around us. My yoga journey has taught me to sit with my shit, process it and then to make self affirming choices, I can choose to be inspired, live my truth, grow and evolve in to a more balanced happier person or choose to live a life of lies, regrets and unhappiness. Yoga has given me back my freedom of spirit, it's opened my heart to love, it's given my mind such clarity. Its enabled me to wholeheartedly embrace every moment and cherish all that life has to offer. It has also encouraged me to seek adventure, try new things and above all laugh and have fun. I feel that the greatest danger in life is routine and becoming regimented. Lastly, the most fantastic thing about teaching yoga is that I will always be a student, there is always room for further study and positive personal growth, there is no arrival point of knowledge. I am passionate about what I do and I feel blessed that I am able to impart and share my learning experiences so that I can inspire confidence, promote healing, and offer a sense of well being to others . Testimonials These testimonials make me feel so very privileged to do what I do. They are personal and lovely. Thank you to all of you for giving me permission to publish them here and for your ongoing studentship and friendship. B xx I have been on the most incredible journey with Brigitte and have been honoured to learn from her and with her. She teaches from her heart and her reality, this has inspired me to make my own journey into teaching knowing, from her example, that I can be a real person and a yoga teacher. Geni Ebbets Brigitte's classes always make me happy. She teaches from her heart and draws on her huge amount of knowledge and experience to give each person in her class a special practice, tailored to them. Be prepared to play! Lisa Cook Brigitte has been a part of my yoga journey for around 6 years. I've been practicing for ever & am now teaching yoga myself. I have been lucky enough to share many a workshop & magical retreat with her. Brigitte keeps it real & teaches from the heart. I love her classes. Her teaching is inspiring, dynamic, intelligently planned & sequenced, challenging, yet playful. She brings to her teaching the perfect mix of enthusiasm, inspiration & authenticity. But most importantly, Brigitte teaches her students how to take yoga into their everyday life; a very special gift. A very special yoga teacher. Love her! Sally Crawford I have been practicing yoga with Brigitte for a number of years and have also been lucky enough to join her on several retreats. Brigitte is an inspiring and knowledgeable teacher, her enthusiasm is contagious. She is one of those charismatic people who have the rare quality of creating an atmosphere of self belief and trust. I began practicing yoga following a devastating period in my life when I lost someone very dear to me. In addition to this I work with children who have experienced extreme loss and trauma. The work can leave me feeling sad and empty at times. On my journey to experience and learn yoga I had a desire to build physical strength and flexibility. Whilst this began to take place, an extraordinary emotional strength and spiritual awareness also grew. I have found that Brigitte sprinkles a little bit of magic in her classes and on her retreats and if we are open to this we can sense this in our hearts and feel the warmth. I am left feeling energised and full of serenity and joy both physically and emotionally stronger and more able to face the world again. Thank you Brigitte for bringing colour back into my world. Pene Sinnott When I first went along to one of Brigitte's classes I had absolutely no idea what I was letting myself in for. I was somewhat sceptical and not just a little apprehensive. However, Brigitte's such a great tutor. She makes everything fall into place so effortlessly – helping even a real novice like me assume positions that I'd never ever dreamed of. At times I still can't quite understand why I'd even want to. All I know is that, with Brigitte's encouragement, I do (even if, I have to admit, its not always with the greatest of success). But it's not the physical side of things that keeps me going back for more. Precisely what it is, I don't yet really know. Maybe it's to do with the feeling that with Brigitte's help I'm finally learning to be at peace with myself and the world around me. The one thing I am certain about though is that from the moment I sit on my mat at the beginning of each session I feel privileged simply to be a part of it. Pete Wong I started to practice yoga with Brigitte in 2008 and put simply, it has had a profoundly positive effect on my life to the extent that I am now a yoga teacher myself. If I am able to impart a tenth of the inspiration, hope and joy in my own students as she has in me, then I know that I'm on the right track. Kay Parker Brigitte is not only a wonderful teacher, she is an incredibly warm person who makes her classes a real personal experience. Whether you're bendy and flexible, or your body likes to hold on to tension, Brigitte always has a suggestion for alternatives which will maximise the benefits you gain from her class. Her passion for yoga shines through, and I always come out of her classes feeling amazing. Annabel Caulfield Brigitte teaches from the heart, underpinned by a wealth of knowledge and experience. She just seems to know when you need an easier option or when you need to be challenged. Her vinyasa classes can be strong and dynamic or smooth and soulful. Her yin classes will stretch your muscles and her restorative classes leave you nourished. She can guide you in meditation and relax you with yoga nidra. Her urban retreat days and her international retreat holidays will leave you completely refreshed and relaxed. Brigitte is a compassionate and caring person with a love of life and a sense of humour. Karen Roberts Brigitte's beautifully designed classes are a culmination of her years of experience and her innate ability to connect with her students. She manages to gently encourage her beginners, yet stretch her experienced yoginis; to be soulful, yet playful, all at the same time. Brigitte's authenticity and wonderful philosophy make every session meaningful, and her teachings always inspire me to take something forward into my daily life. Whether it's vinyasa, yin, meditation, or nidra, she brings her own unqiue magic every time, and her sessions and retreats always leave me feeling 'smoothed out' in both body and mind. Lorie Sutton Brigitte is an amazing person and brings all her skills, passion, compassion and joy of life in to her classes. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or an experienced practitioner, you always learn something new to help you on your journey.
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10 Facts you did not know About Anti-Aging Aging is a factor to every person. Once we are born we get to grow from young age to older age. There are some changes that we are likely to experience when we age. The changes including aging. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aging comes in all shape. Commonly, aging is associated with wrinkled skin and folds. The skins get to sag as we grow older. Aging normally starts to appear when we are 20. To slow the rate of aging, there are some products majorly creams that reduce the speed of aging. The anti-aging products are so many in the market and here are some of the facts you need to know about these products; 1. Anti-Aging Products have Different Prices Normally the anti-aging products are categorized and tagged with different prices. The prices are just but the manufacturer's wish. Many people may think that the most expensive anti-aging products are the best products to use. This is not true at ll. You should not go for the expensive products instead you need to now the products that are best for your skin. 2. Anti-Aging Products are made of Different Ingredients The anti-aging creams, serums, and lotions are made of, different ingredients. Therefore when purchasing them, you need to be very keen to find out what their ingredients are. Most common ingredient that works best for almost every aging person are the antioxidants, and those with hyaluronic acids. Skins can react differently to these ingredients and it is wise then to know your skin. 3. Why Antioxidant Rich Serum are good The antioxidant-based products are the best to be used as anti-aging. The reason why this component is very important is that it gives better protection against environmental free radicals. This will in turn keep your skin radiant and very healthy. 4. Early use of Anti-Aging Products is good The wrinkles and folds that appear as a result of aging normally start to appear at very young age. Therefore using the anti-aging products at early 20 will help to reduce the aging process. The use of anti-aging products should be also consistent, not at one point should one stop to use as the wrinkles may appear more frequent than before. 5. Sunscreen as an Anti-aging Product When one is exposed to too much sunlight the skin tend to smoke and tan. The smoking and the turning of the skin are the biggest contributors to the development of the wrinkles. Therefore when exposed to the sun it is good to always use sunscreen creams to avoid aging fast. Sunscreen are the best since they provide UV protection unlike some of the anti-aging products. 6. Just a Single Anti-Aging Product is enough When you are looking for lasting solution to your skin, it is important to be consistent in the use of cream. Hoping from one cream to another will not help rather it has more dangers. When different anti-aging products are mixed their affectivity is lowered. The best thing to do is to identify the best product for your skin and use it consistently. Other products may promise best results but may not work with your skin. 7. Creams and Serums are two Different Things The two can be used simultaneously. The creams are mainly used to provide skin hydration and nourishment. Creams are used to treat deeper skin as they contain active ingredients. The active ingredients have the ability to interact with the deeper layers of the skin and thus for better results it is good to use them both. 8. Change of Routine on the Use of Anti-Aging As one ages, the wrinkles and folds becomes more intense. Therefore the frequency of the use of the anti-aging products should as well be increased to counter the increasing risks. The skin may also become used to the product and thus you need to adopt a better product. 9. Botox and Filler Injections Will these kind of treatment help to reduce aging? It may help to lessen the wrinkles in your face but will not last for long. The Botox procedures are only meant for that time and will not prevent further aging. 10. Application of Anti-aging Products The application of these product depends on the type of your skin. For the dry skins, it is advisable to apply the cream at night, the same thing for the sensitive skin. For the oily skin, it is good to apply in the morning hours. One needs to know their skin patterns before adopting the use of anti-aging products
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Are marsquakes anything like earthquakes? NASA is about to find out. A new spacecraft that's due to land soon on Mars will investigate why and how much the red planet rumbles. ByNadia Drake Published November 20, 2018 • 8 min read On Earth, we call them earthquakes, and on the moon they're called moonquakes. On Mars? They'd be marsquakes—except no one really knows how frequently the red planet jiggles and shakes, or how big those marsquakes can get. But humans could soon find out just how much the fourth rock from the sun is rocking and rolling: NASA's newest Mars-exploring spacecraft, called InSight, blasted off from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base on Saturday at 4:05 a.m. Pacific time, marking the first time an interplanetary probe has launched from the West Coast. The spacecraft has since been cruising through the solar system and is due to rendezvous with Mars around 3 p.m. ET on November 26. Unlike many Mars missions that have DON'T MISS THE REST OF THIS STORY! Create a free account to continue and get unlimited access to hundreds of Nat Geo articles, plus newsletters.
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10 Spring Cleaning Tasks to Do Now by I know it is hard to believe, but spring really is right around the corner. And once it comes, you are going to want to head outside, right? This is the perfect time to get some impactful spring cleaning done before you come down with Spring Fever. Clean Out the Kids' Closets This is generally the time of year that consignment shops are accepting spring and summer clothing. Go through the kid's clothes to see what doesn't fit and separate that pile into consignment, donate, give to a friend/family member. Then put these bags in your car and schedule these errands on your calendar. Who knows, you might make some money. Clean Out Your Closet If you don't feel like doing a complete and thorough clean out, just try on your spring and summer clothes. Do they still fit? Are they in good condition (no stains or tears)? Do you like how you look in them? If you answered "no" to any of these questions, remove the item from your closet. Also check your shoes and bags. Donate or consign the items you no longer want or need. Vacuum Refrigerator Coils Have you vacuumed your refrigerator coils yet this year? This is something we do every year. And by "we" I mean my husband who is so good at this particular task. It is a pain but it prolongs the life of the refrigerator and helps it run smoothly. Wipe Baseboards and Window Sills Are your baseboards and window sills fuzzy? I know you have to bend over pretty far to see the baseboards, but how do they look? Even if they get vacuumed every now and then, nothing beats a damp wipe with a rag. De-Germ Light Switches, Door Handles, and Remotes Imagine how germy the light switches and door handles are, not to mention the remotes! This is a job for Lysol/Clorox wipes. Grab the container and head around the house to get all of these offenders. Don't forget the outside door handles, which are probably the dirtiest, and the refrigerator, oven, and microwave handles, too. Vacuum House Vents Have you ever noticed fur growing out of the vents in your house? Grab a portable vacuum and step stool and suck out the dirt in both the intakes and outflows. Wash Window Screens If your screens seem gunky or dirty, take them out of the windows and put them in the shower. Spray them with cleaner and use a cleaning brush or rag to lightly scrub them down. Rinse with the shower head and dry in the shower stall. Easy, right? Clean Comforters & Bedding When is the last time you cleaned the comforters or duvets in the house? Now is a good time. Also, did you know you that bed sheets and bath towels should be washed in hot water? It kills the dust mites! Pillows/Stuffed Animals/Stuffed Dog Toys If you can't wash your throw pillows or stuffed animals, you can kill dust mites by tossing them in the dryer on the high heat setting for 10 minutes. Make sure the stuffed animals can take the heat. If they are delicate, you might want to use a hand held vacuum. Throw stuffed dog toys in the washer on the hot setting. If you only have a few toys, put some rags or towels in with them. Tumble dry and they will be very clean! Sofa I bet your sofa has gotten lots of use this winter. Take all of the cushions off and vacuum underneath. Also vacuum the cushions, the top and outside of the sofa. If you can, move the sofa and vacuum under it. Who knows what you might find!
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About Admin Site Owner & Administrator. Admin lives in Australia and established CastleTV.net in April 2008. Follow her on Twitter & Facebook for all the latest Castle news. Celine Nathan Fillion / Castle as James Bond !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's awsome ! Love it ! Ali, Sr. Nathan is most definitely our most favorite ever GEEK GOD !!!! A great actor who does not take himself too seriously , even though he is also "RUGGEDLY HANDSOME" Great start to Castle Season 5 – continued success. aussiecastlefan Oh My Gosh.l….. castle freak H-O-T aussiecastlefan Is there any chance that someone in the US can buy and send me a copy of this magazine. I would really love it but from what I can see that they are only selling the magazine on line in subscriptions not single copies. If someone is willing to do this please let me know and I will make arrangement to get the money to them. catluver aka Donna Boy was Geek magazine smart. Not only did they do a fabulous shoot of Nathan but they made 2 covers so you HAVE to buy 2. So worth it.The article was great too. acgray26 I would gladly help you out aussiecastlefan if I can find the magazine. I have been to several stores today and nobody had it. aussiecastlefan Thank you acgray26 . If you can do that I would appreciated that but make siure you get yourself one first. acgray26 You're very welcome! I was able to find the magazine online at Barnes and Noble but before I buy it, I am going to go tomorrow and see if they have it in stores. I will let you know how things go. acgray26 P.S. Which one would you like? I noticed it is a split cover. acgray26 But after looking at the magazine again and reading catluver post, I will have to buy 2 of them
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10 Signs That You Have Improperly Filed Your Taxes Everyone knows that filing your taxes can be a huge headache. While it can be a pain, it's definitely not something you want to take lightly. Most people get them mailed out way before the deadline ever gets close. Others have a bit more complicated tax system they have to file. For those who think they might have made a mistake here or there, beware. Here is a list of signs that you may have improperly filed your tax return. 1. Your wife calls and tells you that she will be filing as "Single" next year. 2. You kid tells you that someone took their toys saying they were back payment. 3. You wake up and your bed has been moved into the front yard with a sign on your house "Property of the IRS." 4. You find yourself claiming that nothing you own actually belongs to you. 5. Turbo Tax sends you an email confirmation which consists only of a middle finger. 6. Your tax refund check is more than your income over the last five years. 7. Wesley Snipes sends you a Facebook friend request asking you to be "roomies." 8. H&R Block sends you a sympathy Hallmark card. 9. Your impromptu lunch date turns out to be an IRS collections agent.
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About Hillbillion Estate About Hillbillion Estate applian appliances such as an oven and microwave. Begin your day with a delectable breakfast spread, serving a wide range of continental and à la carte options. Immerse yourself in the beauty of our sun terrace, where you can bask in the warm sunrays and revel in the tranquility of your surroundings. Take advantage of our complimentary parking facility and relish a refreshing drink at our in-house bar. Port Shepstone, our enchanting locale, boasts a myriad of attractions for you to explore. Discover the vibrant South Coast Mall, the charming Oribi Plaza, the prestigious Port Shepstone Country Club, the captivating Mbumbazi Nature Reserve, and the picturesque Butterfly Valley Ramsgate. Each of these landmarks promise an unforgettable experience that will leave you in awe. Come and experience the splendor of Hillbillion Estate and embark on a remarkable journey in the heart of Port Shepstone.
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4-Pin Parfait Door Locks Introducing our 4-Pin Parfait Door Locks, a sleek and stylish way to secure your indoor bedroom door. Made with high-quality polished aluminum material, these door locks are not only durable but also pleasing to the eye. The universal door handle opening direction ensures that these locks are easy to install and use, while the copper door handle accessories are compatible with door thicknesses ranging from 35-50MM. With a lever lock center distance of 58mm and seam margin of 50mm, our Parfait Door Locks provide the perfect combination of security and convenience. The lock body comes with a 4-pin cylinder and is designed with hardened steel anti-drill plates, ensuring that your door remains secure against any potential intruders. Our Parfait Door Locks are available in two stunning colors – rose gold and black bronze – and feature a silent door lock with key, ensuring that your indoor environment remains peaceful and quiet. The double lock tongue type provides an added layer of security, ensuring that only those with the key can gain access to the locked room. To learn how to take care of your Locks click on the link in-between the brackets below. Our 4-Pin Parfait Door Locks come complete with everything you need for a hassle-free installation, including two panels, a lock body, lock cylinder, key, screws, and other accessories. With its stylish and functional design, our Parfait Door Locks are perfect for both residential and commercial settings, providing security and peace of mind while seamlessly blending in with any decor style. At our company, we are committed to providing only the highest quality products, and our 4-Pin Parfait Door Locks are no exception. Rest assured that your door will be secure and your indoor space will remain peaceful with these durable and stylish door locks.
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Author: Diethics Imagine this: you're putting on your eyeliner and you suddenly catch a glimpse of yourself in a different angle. You take a closer look and gasp in surprise. "Are those crows feet between your brows?" You might not think much about it for now, but if you're bothered by the idea of having a permanent frown... The practice of a sport requires being in the best possible conditions so that the body can function at full capacity. This is particularly known by those who practice sports regularly and professional athletes. For that reason, professional athletes, such as Olympic teams, NBA, NFL, MLB teams, in the United States tend to be under chiropractic... As the body ages, it starts to slow down. Pain and stiffness are a common problem that comes with ageing. Seniors may find it difficult to engage in their favourite physical activities due to chronic conditions, such as osteoarthritis and Parkinson's disease. However, it is important for seniors to stay physically active to keep their bodies... Your skin's health shows the overall condition of your body. If your skin is glowing and has an extra blush on the face, this means that your body is in good health. Your skin basically reflects the overall status of your health. An unhealthy woman would be having a yellowish to pale skin tone and particular... Tattoos can be very personal and very expressive forms of body art, but they're not for everyone. Even if you like the look of tattoos on others, getting inked is essentially permanent. Here's a checklist to see if you're ready to commit. What you're Getting Before you step foot in a tattoo parlor, you need to... Everyone has a different idea of what a vacation means for them. For some people, getting away with the family and the kids sounds like a perfect plan. For others, getting away from the family and the kids is the only way to get some relaxation. Either way, if you are married or in a relationship,... There's no way around it: I just don't look right in a dress. When I see myself in a skirt, it reminds me of how people sometimes dress their pets in ridiculous outfits. It just looks awkward and laughable, and no matter how theoretically sexy the dress is supposed to be, if it's on me, all... In November (2018) Pastor Ed Sharane of Fellowship Church in Texas, issued a challenge to his congregation: "Have sex with your spouse for seven straight days and see what it does for your relationship." I'm sure men everywhere were giving roars of approval while women were groaning and dreading the week to come. At least, that's...
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2020 Size 17,239 sq m . 185,559 sq ft Sector Office Location Berlin, Germany The Cube In December 2016, the Fund signed contracts to acquire the Cube, an office development project in Berlin. The 17,239 sq m building, completed in June 2020 and represents the European Citied Fund's 14th investment. The iconic office asset has a striking glass façade and integrates the latest smart technology and is in a prime location between the Parliament Quarter and Hauptbahnhof Station, next to the River Spree. This is part of a long-term regeneration area called 'Europacity' and is one of the most important development areas in Berlin. Being 100% pre-let to a strong occupier mix from legal and financial services sectors, on predominantly 10-year leases, the Cube is also under-rented on acquisition, experiencing strong rental growth and high occupational demand since the leases were signed, a result of Berlin being one of the top performing office markets in Germany
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As the years pass, these videos become even more precious, reminding us of the love that blossomed and the promises made. They bridge generations, connecting the past with the present, ensuring that the love story endures. A wedding video is a priceless keepsake, it's the beginning of a lifelong journey of love and commitment.
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