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Well, here's a first look at the ICG Yard on my HO Dixon, IL, layout. No scenery yet, but some of the major structures set in place. And, yes, the track is nailed directly to the plywood with no cork/foam roadbed underneath since the ICG yard perpetually looked like it was sinking into the mud and weeds. Tracks (from left to right), lead to the town track, the ICG coop track, house track, middle track, main, Mor-Milk spur.
One thing that is recommended to do before releasing hand-reared monarch butterflies is to test them for the parasite Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE for short). This is a protozoan organism that infects monarchs and a few other butterflies and severely reduces their chances of survival. It is passed from the female to the larva via spores sticking to the egg shell (which the larva will eat once it hatches). It can be especially detrimental if infected butterflies make it to wintering sites where so many of them are congregated in a small space, facilitating the spread of diseases.
Testing for OE involves taking a small piece of sticky tape and gently touching it against the butterfly's abdomen. Detailed instructions and videos can be found on the internet. This removes a few scales, but if done gently it does not harm the butterfly. When observed under a microscope, OE would be visible as small, dark spores sticking to the scales. In this case, all you can see is butterfly scales and no spores at all, so my little prince is perfectly clean and healthy and ready to go!
For comparison with adjoining photograph this taken with Olympus Macro 60mm at close focus and then copying an area of about 1/12 full frame.
I have now replaced original with an almost identical shot of same area taken with camera on a tripod, the original was hand held and was certainly not as sharp.
Breakout Session: Scaling Impact Enterprises
Creating energy from landfills, connecting women-led coffee cooperatives with international buyers, verifying medications by mobile phone. The audacious ideas of social entrepreneurs can change the world, but critical barriers often inhibit these ideas from getting off the ground. While social entrepreneurs confront challenges typical for most entrepreneurs—such as access to capital, markets, and talent—by virtue of their business model they face added obstacles. Already expected to deliver on ambitious social and environmental returns in addition to financial returns, they also contend with greater institutional investor skepticism and appeasing a wider array of stakeholders. Social enterprises have nonetheless experienced significant growth, with traditional and impact investors committing more than $10 billion to these companies over the last four years—tripling their investments.
In this session, successful social entrepreneurs from around the world will share challenges from their work, as well as opportunities they see to achieve greater impact by scaling impact enterprises. Leaders from the private, public, and civil society sectors will also discuss how CGI members can:
• Design innovative approaches for impact enterprise talent recruitment, development, and retention.
• Define, measure, and communicate the social and environmental impact of social enterprises.
• Incorporate impact enterprises into their supply chains.
• Scale programs that support women and minority-owned enterprises.
MODERATOR:
Sallie Krawcheck, Co-Founder and CEO, Ellevest
PARTICIPANTS:
Ross Beerman, AllLife Group CEO, AllLife
Ajaita Shah, Founder and CEO, Frontier Markets
Sandy Speicher, Partner and Managing Director, Education, IDEO
Scale By Foak
Tamaño:1.80 x 1.80 mts
Pintura: Mariano Abel & Dego Artwork
Técnica mixta, acrílico / aerosol
Mendoza - Argentina - 2012
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Folded this for my mother about 2 years ago.
Designed by Jo Nakashima, based on Davor Vinko's original fish design.
Folded by me.
Nicolás Shea, Founding President, Todos, Chile at the World Economic Forum on Latin America 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
Playing around with an ebay-bargain light-tent.
T90
Here's one of the 6mm models against a penny to give some idea of scale...
Artist: Cenni di Francesco di Ser Cenni (Italian, Florentine)
Title: Saint Catherine Disputing and Two Donors
Scaled Quail are game birds found in the New World, which have became rather rare due to habitat destruction and hunting.
This isn't the quail *I* grew up with...but a Texas variety.
Happy to have a new scale that seems to be working properly. Bad news is, it throws off my weight loss history. Husband agrees that this scale is probably more accurate and is about four pounds higher than the old one. So, yay for accuracy. But boo, for the appearance that I've gained weight.
Still sick. Sucks. Bad. Throat hurts less today. Chest hurts worse.
Breakout Session: Scaling Impact Enterprises
Creating energy from landfills, connecting women-led coffee cooperatives with international buyers, verifying medications by mobile phone. The audacious ideas of social entrepreneurs can change the world, but critical barriers often inhibit these ideas from getting off the ground. While social entrepreneurs confront challenges typical for most entrepreneurs—such as access to capital, markets, and talent—by virtue of their business model they face added obstacles. Already expected to deliver on ambitious social and environmental returns in addition to financial returns, they also contend with greater institutional investor skepticism and appeasing a wider array of stakeholders. Social enterprises have nonetheless experienced significant growth, with traditional and impact investors committing more than $10 billion to these companies over the last four years—tripling their investments.
In this session, successful social entrepreneurs from around the world will share challenges from their work, as well as opportunities they see to achieve greater impact by scaling impact enterprises. Leaders from the private, public, and civil society sectors will also discuss how CGI members can:
• Design innovative approaches for impact enterprise talent recruitment, development, and retention.
• Define, measure, and communicate the social and environmental impact of social enterprises.
• Incorporate impact enterprises into their supply chains.
• Scale programs that support women and minority-owned enterprises.
MODERATOR:
Sallie Krawcheck, Co-Founder and CEO, Ellevest
PARTICIPANTS:
Ross Beerman, AllLife Group CEO, AllLife
Ajaita Shah, Founder and CEO, Frontier Markets
Sandy Speicher, Partner and Managing Director, Education, IDEO