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PZA plays a unique role in shortening the duration of current TB therapy to six months and is used frequently to treat multi-drug resistant TB. A new study, led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, suggests that PZA binds to a specific protein named RpsA and inhibits trans-translation, a process that enables the TB bacteria to survive under stressful conditions. Their findings, published in the August 11, 2011 edition of Science Express, could lead to new targets for developing more effective anti-TB drugs.
“PZA is a peculiar and unconventional drug that works very differently from common antibiotics that mainly kill growing bacteria. PZA primarily kills non-growing bacteria called persisters that are not susceptible to common antibiotics,” said Ying Zhang, MD, PhD, senior author of the study and professor in the Bloomberg School’s W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. “While PZA works very well in the body against TB, it has no effect on the growing bacteria in a test tube, which has made it difficult to understand just how it works.”
PZA is converted to the active form of pyrazinoic acid (POA) by an amidase enzyme (PncA) also identified by Zhang’s group in 1996. Through a series of experiments, Zhang and his colleagues determined that POA binds to ribosomal protein S1 (RpsA), a vital protein in the trans-translation process. Trans-translation is essential for cell survival under stress conditions. Partially synthesized proteins which are produced under stress conditions are toxic to the bacterial cell. It has developed a mechanism called trans-translation to add a short peptide tag to the partially produced toxic proteins so they can be recognized for degradation by proteases to relieve the toxicity. Inhibition of trans-translation by PZA explains why the drug can eradicate persisting organisms, and thereby shortening the therapy.
The study was conducted in collaboration with researchers from Fudan University and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The authors of “Pyrazinamide inhibits trans-translation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis” are Wanliang Shi, Xuelian Zhang, Xin Jiang, Haiming Yuan, Jong Seok Lee, Clifton E. Barry, 3rd, Honghai Wang, Wenhong Zhang, and Ying Zhang.
Funding for the research was provided by NIAID, part of the National Institutes of Health, and the National Key Technologies Research and Development Program of China.
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Our mechanics hard at work at the USA Pro Challenge
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Tom Danielson reflects on the huge opening stage of the USA Pro Challenge from Durango to Telluride.
The argyle started the USA Pro Challenge off in a huge way, with Tyler Farrar taking a sprint win after Tom Danielson and Peter Stetina established and drove all day in the main break. Danielson started things off today attacking into his old stomping grounds of Fort Lewis College. “I’m pretty familiar with the whole [...]
The USA Pro Challenge is set to kick-off in Durango, Colorado on Monday. On Saturday top riders were invited to the pre-race press conference, including last year’s runner-up Christian Vande Velde and Tom Danielson. Clif Bar delivered our ‘mobile kitchen’ to us and it is ready to fire-up some tasty meals for our riders!
During stage two of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge Danny Summerhill couldn’t believe it when he went over the top of 12,095-foot high Independence pass ahead of Andy Schleck. “I was pleased that I made it with the big guys,” Summerhill recalls. Though 22-year old Summerhill grew up in and lives in Denver and has [...]
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Racing the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado has special significance for Team Garmin-Cervélo. Boulder, Colorado is where sporting director and president Jonathan Vaughters founded the team in 2003 and where its U.S. headquarters remain today. Back in 2003, Vaughters started out with a dream, a chunk of his personal savings and a humble objective: [...]
Starting Monday August 22nd in Colorado Springs, the USA Pro Cycling Challenge brings the best in professional cycling back to our high altitude playground in Colorado. The home team Garmin-Cervelo will be looking for a top result with a strong roster and close knowledge of the race route. Prologue: 5.18 miles of pan flat to [...]

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- A “robber baron” was someone who employed any means necessary to enrich themselves at the expense of their competitors. Did John D. Rockefeller fall into that category or was he one of the “captains of industry”, whose shrewd and innovative leadership brought order out of industrial chaos and generated great fortunes that enriched the public welfare through the workings of various philanthropic agencies that these leaders established? In the early 1860s Rockefeller was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, who came to epitomize both the success and excess of corporate capitalism.
- John Rockefeller was a good business man who gave back to the community and was definitely a captain of industry. Some people don’t agree that Rockefeller was such a good person, infact there are people who would probably call him a robber baron.
- JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER John D. Rockefeller was one of the greatest industrialists of all time, but he was also a robber baron. He established a Company called Standard Oil. This company grew to the point where he controlled everything about the oil industry.
- Robber Barons, a term used in the late 1800s and early 1900s to describe a businessman who made an enormous amount of money, today we would call them billionaires. It was not really the fact they made an extreme amount of wealth, it was more the way they made it.
- What is a robber baron? Webster’s New Dictionary defines it as an American capitalist of the late 19th century who became wealthy through exploitation (As of natural resources, governmental influence, or low wage scales) or a person who satisfies himself by depriving another.
- George M. Pullman is best remembered for his contributions to the railroad industry through the invention of his Pullman Cars. The cars sold well and the railroad industry flourished with this new invention. Although the success attached to his name, not many people know the real truth behind this robber baron.
- most of us automatically think of what we saw or read in our history books: “These men were kind and generous and through hard work and perseverance, any one of you could become a success story like them,” right? Wrong. I am sick of these people being remembered for the two or three “good deeds” they have done.
- To what extent was it justified to characterize the industrial leaders of the 19th century as either robber barons or industrial statesmen ? The Gilded Age was a century marked as having capitalism, corruption, and crude displays of wealth. The owners of the large companies put on the crude displays of wealth.
- Changes in American Society A. Growth of the industry B. Myth of the self made man 1. John D. Rockefeller . Andrew Carnegie III. Overemphasis on Social Darwinism A. Rarely used by entrepreneurs B. Relied on Christian and other arguments During the late 19th, and early 0th century, the United States experienced a growth of industry like it has never seen before.
- Carnagie, Rockefeller, and PullmanWhen the names Carnagie, Rockefeller, and Pullman come to mind,most of us automatically think of what we saw or read in our historybooks: “These men were kind and generous and through hard work andperseverance, any one of you could become a success story like them,”right? Wrong.
- Corporate Development During the Industrial Revolution The Standard Oil Company founded byJohn D. Rockefeller and the U.S. Steel Companyfounded by Andrew Carnegie. The Standard Oil Company and U.S. Steel Company were madesuccessful in different ways due to the actions of their different owners.
- Robert Fulton, Edward K. Collins and Samuel Cunard are a few political entrepreneurs, that Folsom tells about. All three of these men worked in the steamboat industry and received federal aid to run their businesses. Also, they all had high prices for passenger fair and mail postage.
- He started his millions in the steamboat industry. As a young boy he went to work for a small steamboat owner, Thomas Gibbons. After learning how to operate a steamboat, he designed one and persuaded Gibbons to build it. Vanderbuilt’s slogans of low prices for superior rates attracted many customers.
- LABOR UNION, LAUNCHED IN 1866, AND THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR, WHICH REACHED ITS ZENITH IN THE MID-1880S. ON THEIR FACE, THESE REFORM MOVEMENTS MIGHT HAVE SEEMED AT ODDS WITH TRADE UNIONISM, AIMING AS THEY DID AT THE COOPERATIVE COMMONWEALTH RATHER THAN A HIGHER WAGE, APPEALING BROADLY TO ALL “PRODUCERS” RATHER THAN STRICTLY TO WAGEWORKERS, AND ESCHEWING THE TRADE UNION RELIANCE ON THE STRIKE AND BOYCOTT.
- There are many powerful and rich men who come and go through a nations history books. It is determined as to weather or not these men deserve positive recognition based on their deeds for the country that they work for. The dominant and wealthy men are placed into two categories.
- During a time of industrial economic revolution there were few people who were recognized as major contributors to the country s evolvement. Among these people were Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller and Thomas Edison. These three men possessed incredible intuition, genius and personal determination that shined brightly throughout their extraordinary lives.
- In 1865, America was a young country trying to repair damages from a war it had fought with itself. Badly damaged and unaware of what to do, the promise of our once thriving country was not looking good. The economy was bad as states struggled to replace crops they had destroyed and find jobs for the men who had fought in the war.
- This Glossary contains specialized terms for both scroll scholarship and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology. Its technical contents are based on at least four specific sources (I have rewritten and reinterpreted the information in these sources as I deemed necessary.
- The Business of the United States is Business, a great man once said. The United States has heralded around the globe for its incredible economic system. The growth of the United States started off small with minor discoveries and inventions, such as oil and electricity, and with those in place emergence of new technologies and innovations came underway.
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EghtesadOnline: Water shortage in Khoy County in West Azarbaijan Province has intensified with the depletion of groundwater aquifers, digging new wells and delays in building dams on rivers.
EghtesadOnline: Despite the good torrential rains, the amount of water flowing into dams in Iran from the beginning of the current water year (Sept 2019) until February 28 declined 34% compared to the same period last year, director of the Department of Water Operations at Iran Water Resources Management Company said.
EghtesadOnline: To help restore Lake Urmia, close to 270 million cubic meters of water will be gradually discharged into the troubled lake from four dams in West Azarbaijan Province over the next two months, head of Urmia Lake Restoration Project said.
EghtesadOnline: In the past dams were built with the aim of ensuring irrigation, power generation and supplying potable water. But now the attitude towards mega-dams has changed significantly, managing director of Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company said.
EghtesadOnline: Tehran dams presently have 634 million cubic meters of water, up 85 million cubic meters compared to this time last year, managing director of Tehran Regional Water Company said.
EghtesadOnline: A whopping 3 billion cubic meters of water evaporates annually from dams nationwide, head of water technology development workgroup at the Presidential Office for Science and Technology said.
EghtesadOnline: Deluge in the past few days in southern and southeastern Iran has inflicted damages on cities, villages and roads and endangered lives. But at the same time it has helped fill dams that saw little water in years.
EghtesadOnline: Based on the March 2020-21 budget bill, close to $160 million will be allocated to dam construction in the next Iranian year.
EghtesadOnline: In the framework of the Lake Urmia Restoration Project, water from Shahrchay and Boukan dams was discharged into the troubled lake on Sunday, managing director of West Azarbaijan Regional Water Company said.
EghtesadOnline: Since the beginning of the current water year (September 23) up until November 22, more than 42 millimeters of rainfall was registered across Iran, a 23% increase compared to the average in the past half decade.

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Google just introduced its new YouTube series for mobile app developers. Its new Route 85 series is just for developers who are looking to learn about developing using iOS. There are even a Dev.Bytes shows featuring the Google Cast introduction to the SDK. Dev.Bytes series on YouTube also feature shows such as Developing an Android Wear Watch Face, Android Wea...


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Two Texas men went to a gun show. Only one came home:
CEDAR PARK, Texas (AP) – Police say a man fatally shot his father-in-law in an accident while both were in a vehicle outside a Central Texas gun show.
Cedar Park police are investigating the weekend death of 59-year-old John Glover Warden of Jarrell (JEHR’-uhl) but say they do not suspect foul play.
Warden was shot on Saturday and died later at an Austin-area hospital.
Police say the son-in-law had reloaded a gun and was handling the weapon when it fired.
No charges filed because these things are always tragic accidents, not accidents waiting to happen. Also, note the clever use of the passive voice gun dodge here: the son-in-law reloaded the gun, but “it fired.” All by its ownself, I guess.
By the way, this wasn’t the only gun show accident this weekend: a Pennsylvania woman was shot in the leg by a vendor demonstrating a concealed carry holster. Again, just another “horrible accident.”
I’m just curious: when “horrible accidents” result in death and injury, wouldn’t the logical thing be to try to reduce the number of said “horrible accidents”? No?


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In 2020 Oregon will be taking steps to limit the number of people visiting certain natural areas in order to protect the scenic beauty of our state. This means enacting a new permit system as well as fee increases to access certain areas. Other fee increases across Oregon in 2020 will go to maintaining trails and facilities.
A New Permit System To Limit Entry
In recent years the population in certain parts of Oregon has boomed which has in turn led to some trails and parks becoming overwhelmed with visitors, and has led to an increase in damage to the land. To help visitors continue to enjoy these areas but also try to protect the land, a new limited entry permit system has been put in place to three of Oregon's wilderness areas: Three Sisters Wilderness, Mount Jefferson Wilderness, and Mount Washington Wilderness.
Many Oregonians and Oregon visitors take care to follow the seven principles of Leave No Trace, but others are careless and leave trash and human waste in the natural areas they visit. In the photo above campers left a huge pile of garbage at Detroit Lake. In the video below, several people can be seen intentionally destroying an iconic rock formation at the Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area because they believed it was a hazard, despite the area they were in being fenced of to keep people out for their own safety. Others, while not intending to do damage end up traveling off trail, destroying vegetation, or do other harmful things to the land they're visiting.
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This limited entry permit system will affect those wanting to stay overnight as well as day hike on 19 of the trails in these three wilderness areas. What does this mean for hikers and backpackers? It means there are a limited number of permits for 2020 that can be obtained. People will still be able to go out and hike, but it's no longer open to an unlimited number of people. The permit will have to be obtained before going out to hike or camp instead of getting one at the trailhead like in the current system.
People will also need to obtain permits to float the John Day River with this new system of limited permits. Other rivers which require a limited entry permit are the Deschutes and Rogue Rivers. Limiting the number of people per day able to float popular rivers will also be helpful to visitors. In the past there have been times where so many people have visited in a day that there were no campsites available and people ended up sleeping in their rafts.
Rising Costs of Oregon Fishing and Boating Permits In 2020
If you use a canoe or kayak, or use a raft or stand-up paddleboard you'll find the cost of permits rising in 2020. Funds from this permit fee increase will go towards buying new land to improve access to the waterways as well as maintaining and improving parking lots and boat ramps.
Non-motorized boats over 10 feet long will require a $17 Waterway Access Permit (or you can get a 2 year permit for $30). This permit is required on all Oregon lakes and rivers as well as reservoirs. These boats used to require an invasive species permit but that has been replaced with this slightly more expensive Waterway Access Permit. Getting caught without the permit will get you a $115 fine.
It's worth noting that if you're paying for a permit to use waterways such as the Rogue River or John Day as mentioned above that you won't require an additional Waterway Access Permit in those places.
If you're an angler, your 2020 fishing license will rise $3 from last year's license and will now cost $44. Tags for sturgeon, salmon, steelhead and halibut will be $46, a $5.50 increase.
Hunting licenses will also rise in 2020 to $34.50, (a $5 increase from last year).
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has made efforts in recent years to cut costs instead of dramatically raising prices of permits, but with the decline in people buying permits the price raise was inevitable. According to myodfw.com, "Your license dollars help pay for programs that improve habitat, open private lands to public access, enhance fishing opportunities, and protect fish, wildlife and their habitats for future generations."
The fee to visit Crater Lake National Park also rose by $5 for 2020. You can read more about that here as well as what the National Park Service will use the additional funds for.
While fees have increased for some trails and wilderness areas, it's worth noting that Oregon still has hundreds of trails across the state that are free to hike and park at. For the trails and wilderness areas where permits and fees have raised or limited permits are available, the goal is to allow people to still get out and enjoy the area while protecting the area for future generations.


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EX-RANGERS WAG Vanessa Lafferty has been relaxing ahead of the busy Christmas perdio - by taking to the pool.
Kyle Lafferty's missus was all smiles as she posed in a pink bikini for a sexy shot on Instagram.
Showing off her toned tum, the footie beauty revealed she was in for a relaxing time a week before the festivities.
And fans couldn't get enough of the glam shot on social media.
Vanessa said: "And relaxxxxx"
The pic racked up hundreds of likes after she posted it on Instagram last night.
One fan said: "Looking gorgeous".
While another wrote: "What a figure! Look at those abs, hard to believe you’ve had a baby!"
Vanessa's hubby Kyle left Rangers in July.
He signed for Norwegian outfit Sarpsborg 08.
Back in August Vanessa posed in a gallery of twin birthday costumes with daughter Sienna to mark the tot’s first birthday.
The proud mum shared snaps of the special day on Instagram.
The model, from East Kilbride, said: “Happy 1st birthday to our beautiful baby daughter.
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"We started loving you before you were even born and now we cannot imagine life without you.”
And back in June the WAG was praised by Emily Shak and Brittany Held as she shared a sizzling bikini snap.
She posted the revealing pic on Instagram as she glowed in the Egyptian heat.
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Over the Counter (OTC) Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are a class of medications used to reduce inflammation and pain. They are available without a prescription and are used to treat a variety of conditions, including headaches, muscle aches, arthritis, and menstrual cramps. NSAIDs work by blocking the production of certain chemicals in the body that cause inflammation and pain. Common OTC NSAIDs include ibuprofen, naproxen, and aspirin.
NSAIDs are generally safe and effective when taken as directed. However, they can cause side effects, such as stomach upset, nausea, and dizziness. People with certain medical conditions, such as kidney or liver disease, should not take NSAIDs without consulting their doctor.
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Those Grant County residents who are unhappy with the Democrat or Republican winners of the primary election today may take solace in the fact that they have other options. A group of Libertarians will face Democratic and Republican opponents in several state races and the filing date for independent candidates is still to come.
Joey Keefe, public information officer with the office of the New Mexico secretary of state, said the Libertarian Party finally made it onto the list of the state’s major political parties first due to the margin of success former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson found in the 2016 presidential election.
“In order to qualify, a party has to have a candidate for either governor or president, given the cycle, and get at least 3 percent of the vote in an election,” Keefe told the Daily Press. “The starting point of that is back in 2016. Gary Johnson was running as the Libertarian candidate and he got approximately 9 percent of the vote statewide.”
After that first step, when the governor issues an election proclamation in January of a given election year, a party has to have one-third of 1 percent of the state’s registered voters. This year, Keefe said, about 1 percent of the voters who had registered had done so as Libertarians.
“They cleared both of those hurdles,” Keefe said. “And to my knowledge this is the first time they have ever done so here.”
And, while no Libertarians filed for any of the Grant County races this year, one will appear on the ballot for most of the highest statewide races and one for U.S. Senate. Remarkably, three of those candidates are from the same family.
Current Republican Commissioner of Public Lands Aubrey Dunn has his hat in the ring for U.S. senator against Democratic incumbent Sen. Martin Heinrich and Republican candidate Mick Rich.
The top of the statewide races was empty of Libertarians until late in the game this year, when Bob Walsh eventually filed as a writein candidate for governor and Robin L. Dunn — Aubrey’s wife — filed as a write-in candidate for lieutenant governor. They will face the Democratic ticket of Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham and Howie Morales, and the Republican ticket of current Congressman Steve Pearce and lieutenant governor candidate Michelle Garcia Holmes.
For state attorney general, A. Blair Dunn — son of Aubrey and Robin Dunn — has filed to run against incumbent Democrat Hector Balderas and Republican Michael Eugene Hendricks.
Sandra D. Jeff has filed to run against incumbent Democrat Maggie Toulouse Oliver and Republican JoHanna Cox for secretary of state.
Michael G. Lucero will race against Democrat Stephanie Garcia Richard and Republican Patrick H. Lyons to be commissioner of public lands.
There is also room for more candidates on the November ballots.
Would-be candidates who do not align with the three major parties have their opportunity still this year. Independent candidates have until June 28 to file for candidacy — for any of the county, state or federal races up for grabs this year.
For county offices, candidates must file at the Grant County clerk’s office on June 28 during business hours. For state or federal races, one must go, or send a proxy, to Santa Fe to file at the New Mexico secretary of state’s office.


With pre-season finally underway, West Ham fans can look forward to seeing their stars back in action. For the east London side, their first port of call was Switzerland on a training camp before jetting out to China for the Premier League Asia Trophy, where they will come up against fellow top-flight sides in a real test ahead of the new campaign. The Hammers announced their squad for the trip to Asia via their official Twitter account and while there were not too many notable absences, many of the Irons faithful picked up on the fact young winger Nathan Holland was nowhere to be seen. The 21-year-old winger has been tipped to make a breakthrough in the first team sooner rather than later but it appears his hopes of making a name for himself under Manuel Pellegrini have taken a major hit this summer. Could a loan spell be on the cards? Potentially, but you would have expected the manager to take a closer look at what the youngster has to offer. Judging by the reaction on Twitter, the fans are not too impressed with the decision to leave him behind – could this be something Pellegrini comes to regret in the coming weeks?
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Someone recently asked me to take a look at her website. She wanted my thoughts on what she could improve. You see, her site just wasn’t generating very much new business…and she needed to start getting better results.
Sound familiar? We’ve all been there a time or two.
Now, before we go any further I just want to say that my friend’s work is beautiful. She is an interesting kind of artist… someone who takes found items from flea markets and estate sales and transforms them into one of a kind pieces worthy of a museum or sculpture garden. I wish I could fill my home…and my life… with the kind of gorgeous pieces she creates.
Her website is filled with high quality images. In fact, it’s a type of sensual experience for the eyes. Who needs Pinterest? I can lose hours looking through her work and reading her blog posts about the creative process.
She writes well, too. I’m not too proud to mention that I coached her when she first started blogging…helping her weave her natural sarcastic wit into her posts and showing her how to set up a system for collecting ideas and posting consistently.
But, in spite of all our efforts, my friend was frustrated. Her site didn’t seem to be delivering the level of sales she’d longed for when she brought her business online. Most of her work still came from referrals and live art shows. Not exactly the results she hoped for.
So she came to me and asked me to analyze her site content and share my candid thoughts. So I did. Here’s what I told her…
It’s time to put on your bossy boots and clearly ask for the sale.
Does that surprise you? Does it resonate deep in your heart…and maybe make you a bit uncomfortable? You’re not alone.
I’m a copywriter and business strategist. I work primarily with creative entrepreneurs – artists, writers, life coaches, and designers – people who see the world a little differently and share their vision with the rest of us… people who make the world a better place with their work.
I love the passion and energy creative people bring to their work. As a writer, I know what it’s like to get into the zone and start making magic. I experience pixie dust too…and I’m addicted. That’s why I work with creatives. I love people like you…
But if I could do just one thing for each of you, it would be this — > I would buy you a pair of Bossy Boots. You’d just have to put them on and prance around a minute or two and you would be filled with confidence.You’d know just the right way to talk about your work – and then boldly ask for the sale. And you’d get more revenue… and your business would prosper… and you would bring more creative work into the world.
Doesn’t it sound magical? I think so too.
So – I’ve never actually seen Bossy Boots in the store. But that’s ok. You can still write sales copy as if you have them on…or you can just grab a pair of boots that make you confident and use them. I don’t think there are any rules about magic. That’s why it works so well… you just have to believe.
What do I mean when I tell you to ask for the sale? I mean ask for it. Tell people how to contact you and why they would want to… tell them how to work with you. Share clearly what services you offer, what products you sell, and how they can buy. And don’t be ashamed. Be confident.
Visitors to her site assumed – since nothing on the site told them differently – that her work was only available for purchase at live events or directly. They didn’t realize she would ship pieces around the world or take commissioned assignments.
Her online store was buried in the text at the bottom of her portfolio main page. Her contact page didn’t include any info about why someone should contact her. She never created a clear path to purchase…and it cost her money.
Together we made some simple changes. She started talking about how to purchase when she wrote a blog post or on social media. Not in a pushy way…just in a natural way.
And hey – this made all the difference.
So what about you? Isn’t it time you put on your Bossy Boots?
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In our identity culture wars is the ABC promoting cohesion or pulling us further apart?
Jul 6, 2022
The ABC was founded to uphold an idealistic purpose and provide a news service citizens can trust. Image: Wikimedia Commons
The Western world is undergoing a war between cultures and ideologies with the future uncertain. David Anderson the Managing Director claims, 'the ABC nurtures social cohesion and national unity'. But, in their attempt to be inclusive, is the organisation having the opposite effect and contributing to the spread of contagion and a tyranny of the minorities where individuals are eager to take offence?
Fortune has recently smiled on the ABC. Labor has won government with a policy which states, 'In an era when media diversity, media freedom and quality public interest journalism and local news are under threat around the world, Labor will ensure Australians have access to a strong, healthy, diverse, and independent media operating in the public interest. We will properly fund, and support the independence of Australia's national broadcasters, the ABC and SBS.'
To do what exactly?
The ABC Charter tasks the broadcaster to contribute to a sense of national identity and to take account of the multicultural character of the Australian community. In 2022, Australia is the most ethnically diverse country on earth: 800,000 identify as First Nation people. The ABC has taken a political position on reconciliation and is working assiduously to raise the profile, cause, and rightness of the claims of the traditional owners. This project has wide political support, but also sets a precedent.
Encouraged by a policy of 'multiculturalism' as opposed to assimilation, alongside First Nation people, there are more than 250 different language groups or 'nations' across the continent, each with distinctive cultures, beliefs, and dialects. Within each group there are sex, gender, age, language, disabilities, religious beliefs, health, and attitude differences. This complex mix of people comprise the potential audience the ABC aims to bring into 'a cohesive and national unity.' That is quite a challenge.
For a broadcaster to reflect our diversity to us, we need to see ourselves and hear ourselves on screen. This can be achieved broadly as we have seen with the transformation in content and representation that has occurred on screen for people of colour and for women, since the sixties. Through showing the value of diverse approaches to art, music, cultural celebrations, and so on, the ABC is attempting to draw different groups together and enhance national cohesion.
But more recently the ABC seems to have bought into the idea that 'identity politics' trumps all, by attempting to ensure each group, no matter their size, is 'represented' by someone who speaks on their behalf. This is one form of inclusion, but within every group, large or small, there is diversity. It is not only important to know how are we different but also how we are alike? The mainstream is made up of minorities.
The ABC is making a serious attempt to change its audience profile, given millennials now equal boomers in number. They are moving away from those who have aged alongside the broadcaster to a younger demographic group and attempting to cater to their interests and a philosophy that embraces individualism. It is tough for a public broadcaster to provide comprehensive programming for such a diverse population as ours.
Twenty percent of Australians are children, around 5 million in number. Historically children have been spoken of as a priority. They should be, as they are the future. And what of the people who are now living on average twenty years longer than what their life expectancy was when the ABC was formed; those over sixty years, who number twenty per cent also. A large number has been loyal ABC viewers, yet now they are poorly served by media generally. Is there an argument that the ABC should do more for these elders?
The disabled now have a high profile on the ABC, in representation and programming. The LGB community has gained wide-spread acceptance of gender difference. Australians have embraced gay rights and same-sex-marriage and the ABC has helped change attitudes. These people are well represented on the ABC.
In the 2016 Census 1260 people identified as transgender. That number is reported to be growing with 1.2 % of the population now so self-identified. Their cause is far more contentious than others, with passionate conflicts about the place of trans-gender athletes in sport, and the age when young children should be able to undergo affirmative therapy to become a different gender. Indeed, even the use of the term 'woman' is now hotly disputed.
In the process of recognising difference, we have become knee deep in wokeism and cancel culture. The ABC has responded with trigger warnings prominent in news programs, along with help-line phone numbers to call. There is research suggesting these warnings are now so pervasive they are counter-productive. Fifty per cent of us we are told will experience mental illness in our lifetime. The latest census identified two million so diagnosed. Does this insistent message and repeated warnings help trigger the very symptoms of despair? The services don't appear to be available to deal with wide response, and who knows how effective they are. The ABC seems to have taken on the proverbial role of Health Aunty. Yet it is very easy to fall foul of the politically correctness rules. The cartoon Bluey is now censored for offensive language.
How far can the ABC take this approach to diversity? Now it seems politically incorrect to make anyone the butt of a joke, yet as Mr Bean (Rowan Atkinison) has said, 'Every joke has a victim'. Rampant political correctness denies the ability to puncture grandiosity. It is essential we use comedy to laugh at ourselves, and satire to critique political performance; so far, the ABC has achieved important goals with its comedy programs.
We all matter: blacks, children, elders, disabled, gender diverse all matter. But do we undermine the very important goal of cohesion in society by giving a platform to every small minority group demanding special rights? If my rights as an individual count most we are in deep trouble as a community. Inclusion must not count over fairness to all.
In this upheaval of values, the ABC's, news, current affairs, and discussion programs have an essential role to play. But they seem to be all over the place; vigilant in representing our differences but taking on the techniques of their commercial counterparts in their journalism.
While seventy per cent report they trust the ABC, most Australians get their news from commercial sources and social media, and for entertainment they watch streaming services. But the ABC remains an essential service in times of emergency which affect everyone. People turn to the public broadcaster for life-saving information. Its record here is outstanding.
Maintaining this capacity across the country is fundamental, as newspapers and commercial broadcasters have left media deserts in country, regional and suburban areas. The ABC must be strengthened, not only to provide information at times of crisis (bushfires, floods, blackouts, Covid), but also countrywide news and information; to cover local civic, social, political, and sporting events, the football scores, the art exhibitions, events that matter to community groups. If Australia is to remain a cohesive democratic unity, communities must communicate across their differences.
A viable democracy relies on open debate and the sharing of perspectives. Australia has a history of peaceful electoral transitions. The ABC Managing Director says, 'We need to take care of democracy every single day,' and the new government shares this view. In her first interview as Communications Minister, Michelle Rowland said, 'having a strong news media in Australia is one of the key pillars of democracy. A free and sustainable media has never been more important, at a time when we've had a loss of trust in institutions.'
Only a national public broadcaster can achieve what is required today, but public interest journalism is 'in a mess', as described by Margaret Simons: This is not journalism, in Meanjin, 2022. The ABC is included in her critique.
Journalism is about providing information you can trust, holding power to account, and fostering dialogue. It demands solid research, investigative techniques and fact checking, as well as an ability to write in an engaging style. The best reporting requires time, resources, and support from the employer organisation. These qualities have been eroded with the explosion in social media.
Simons argues that too often, background material is not read, errors are not corrected, misleading headlines are used by editors as clickbait to attract a reader, interviews have become contests with gotcha questions which will be re-run for days as news promotions. Short stories and rapid-fire 'grabs' fuel the 24/7 news day, and formulaic current affair stories yield a simple pattern for journalists to follow without too much thought. A checklist seems to cover the type of interviewee used in current affairs.
Journalism has become dominated by 'opinion' with journalists becoming celebrities as they interview one another to comment on the news of the day. Simons calls it 'Performative watchdoggery'. The main-stream news outlets are ratings-obsessed competitors and given the challenges from Google, Facebook, and online blogs, where everyone can be their own publisher, news has degenerated into attention-grabbing fragments, usually sensational, and with a twist to set them apart. Twisted truth becomes alternative facts and fake news, a pervasive phenomenon which has undermined public trust in the media and in politicians.
Simons goes back 50 years to describe how, as a budding journalist, she was inspired by the investigative journalism undertaken at the Washington Post to uncover the crimes that led to Watergate and U.S. President Nixon's resignation. I can go back to news anchor Edward R. Murrow, initially famous for his Second World War radio coverage of the London Blitz, then for exposing the injustices committed when Senator Joseph McCarthy staged his campaign to root out Communists in America in the 1950s. Murrow's courage is legendary and his news gathering strategies were professional. He and his news team persisted, despite pressure from CBS's corporate sponsors to desist and McCarthy was exposed. We need this kind of journalism if democratic institutions are to survive. It's argued now that Trump is 'untouchable' and Nixon would have survived with today's media mess up.
In our current environment how far should the ABC go to reach those who are not watching news? Would their pursuit mean more dumbing down, sensationalising, and fragmenting news programs? Or does the ABC choose to do only the very best quality journalism for those who do want to watch it?
The ABC was founded to uphold an idealistic purpose and provide a news service citizens can trust. It remains a fundamental role. There is no better place to debate these issues of values-based journalism than on the ABC itself with its nationwide reach. The public broadcaster should lead by example, in all their news coverage, current affairs and discussion programs, online and free to air. This means devoting adequate resources to best practice. It will take considerable time to recover trust and give us the best chance for us to live in a cohesive, peaceful society, celebrating how alike we all are rather than our differences.
Patricia Edgar is an educator. She was the architect of the Australian Children's Television Standards, the founder of the Australian Children's Television Foundation and the World Summit on Media for Children Foundation.

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Russia’s new Su-57 stealth fighter is reportedly undergoing unmanned testing. The Sukhoi Su-57, codenamed “Felon” by NATO, is a large twin-engine stealth fighter in the same rough class as the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor. The claim could well be true, but should be taken with a grain of salt.
According to RIA Novosti, an arm of the Russian state media services, the Su-57 is flying unmanned at an undisclosed location in Russia. Novosti cites an unmanned source which claims that the fighter is flying with a pilot, but the pilot is merely monitoring the aircraft’s systems.
The Su-57 is designed to fulfill both anti-air and air-to-ground roles. The aircraft is Russia’s first stealth fighter, with a reduced radar cross-section from the frontal and side aspects. The Su-57, along with the U.S.’s F-22 Raptor, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and Chinese J-20 is a so-called “fifth-generation fighter,” mixing speed, stealth, and advanced weapons and sensors.
The RIA Novosti report is troublesome—not only does it come from a news outlet controlled by the Russian state government, the actual source is remained anonymous. Typically, piloted aircraft modified for autonomous missions require the installation of equipment to remotely manipulate the weapons, sensors, and flight controls. The Su-57 is a single-seat aircraft, and if there is a pilot sitting in the seat, there is no room for such equipment. Either the Su-57 used for unmanned testing is a two-seat variant or the aircraft is controlled remotely via software.
Read more: Popular Mechanics


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The ranch where I board my horses. That's Sunni in the arena, February 2016.
Welcome to my horse blog, Desert Horses. We live in the desert southwest, near Palm Springs, CA, but board our horses up in our local mountains where it is cooler in the summer. I have 4 horses, all rescues. Here is the ranch up the mountains where the horses stay.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
These two are a couple of real goofballs! I mean, REALLY! Look at those ol' ears! Gigondas was out running around in the arena, stirring up all kinds of dust, and Sunni and Quad looked on! Goofy and goofier!

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Is it true that while storms rage across the oceans surface, deep within the depths of that same ocean, these same storms go unnoticed?
Then, can it be said that too… of the soul?
In a world filled with so much to not be hopeful for, at the very mention of hope, it seems our ears perk up in hopes that we may catch a glimpse of it. And, when hope comes our way, we seem so quick to surrender to it, no matter that of the voice that carries it.
Like a tax collector who once climbed a tree or a lady who stretched out her hand through a busy crowd… if only for a glimpse, a touch, taste, or word.
And so I ask… what does a hope look like that could possibly shine bright within the city streets of my soul, so deep within?
It either has to reach through a lot of darkness from the outside, or… it strikes a match from the inside. …or both.
In a world dominated by diplomats, movie stars, politicians, lawyers, and fantastic orators, why do we continue to fall for it… hook, line, and sinker?
What is it about their voice or status that is so intoxicating that it blurs the lines of comprehension and discernment?
Sure, they may be able to reach down through all the darkness and grab me, but… they can’t carry me out. I can’t carry me out.
And yet, we throw our hope towards them in an act of desperation that surpasses any reason.
And yet, sadly, the same is said about the One we can cast our hope upon, which has already given us… much reason.
How did we confuse the two? Hope, I must have you.
Much can be learned from how one properly starts a campfire. For it is one thing for someone to start a fire, it’s entirely a different thing… to keep that fire burning.
Maybe that is what we should be looking for in a hope. Not just one that seeks to light the flame from the outside, but one that lights the flame from the inside?
For how often have we all found ourselves in a place with hopes shattered after such high expectations that this time… it would be different?
What cause does hope have to burn brightly within the city streets of your soul?
More than you may even know.
Why does the street lights within your soul keep going out?
There’s a difference between hope and Hope. Find it and perhaps you too, will experience this bright light that comes from deep within. And this time… it won’t go out.
This time, it has the power to carry you through your days not just based on emotion… but conviction.

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Mandolin goes with everything! If you want to add a unique character to your work, maybe a bit of that Americana flavor for your song, or stylized Italian tremolo, maybe a grooving rhythm part or a blazing picked solo, send me the track, and I'll make it happen!
I am a world-class instrumentalist, touring and recording artist. I play mandolin (and octave mandolin) in the group Tin Toy Cars, and also play a variety of other instruments if you are looking to build entire instrumental tracks.
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To get an idea of what I am capable of, type my name into YouTube or visit the video section of my website (www.peterfand.com). This will be far more informative than audio samples. You can see me playing mandolin, and lots of other instruments, in a variety of styles.
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With lightning speed, state lawmakers have advanced a record $46.4 billion new state budget. After budget committees approved the spending plan in party-line votes shortly after the proposed budget was introduced Tuesday the stage is now set for a vote in the full Legislature on Thursday.
Lawmakers added hundreds of millions of dollars in last-minute spending to the budget bill. The spending additions come as the state is flush with cash, thanks to billions in new federal aid and surging tax revenues. With Thursday’s expected votes, the budget could be on Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk a week ahead of the July 1 deadline.


Does nickel plating cause hydrogen embrittlement?
However, non-electrolysis process such as electroless nickel plating could also cause hydrogen embrittlement as well. This vigorous electrolysis causes hydrogen generation.
Does zinc plating cause hydrogen embrittlement?
Post-plating baking: Baking the part immediately after plating can reverse the effects of hydrogen embrittlement in most cases. Alloying these high-risk metals with ones exhibiting lower hydrogen diffusion rates such as nickel, zinc or molybdenum can be extremely effective in preventing hydrogen embrittlement.
Does electroless nickel cause hydrogen embrittlement?
Electroless nickel (EN) generates hydrogen as a part of the deposition reaction. Therefore Hydrogen embrittlement of high-strength steels can occur. That is they have grain boundaries from which hydrogen can escape during the baking process. Electroless nickel is virtually amorphous (without grain structure).
Which of the following copper alloy undergo hydrogen embrittlement?
Copper. Copper alloys which contain oxygen can be embrittled if exposed to hot hydrogen. The hydrogen diffuses through the copper and reacts with inclusions of Cu2O, forming H2O (water), which then forms pressurized bubbles at the grain boundaries.
How do you stop hydrogen embrittlement?
Hydrogen embrittlement of electroplated components can be prevented by baking them at 375 to 430 °F (190 to 220°C) within a few hours after the electroplating process. During baking, the hydrogen diffuses out of the metal.
Does hydrogen embrittlement affect aluminum?
It is found that the mechanical properties of aluminum alloy are affected adversely by hydrogen embrittlement. The hydrogenated counterpart of alloy has a lower degree of ductility relative to the original alloy; however, the plastic flow behavior of material remains virtually unaffected.
At what temperature does hydrogen embrittlement occur?
The severity of hydrogen embrittlement is a function of temperature: most metals are relatively immune to hydrogen embrittlement, above approximately 150°C.
How is hydrogen embrittlement detected?
A simple bend test is often used to detect the presence of hydrogen embrittlement. Met- allographic techniques (Figure 4) can also be used to look at the near surface and for the presence of voids at grain boundaries.
Why do welders crack hydrogen?
Cracking usually occurs at temperatures at or near normal ambient. It is caused by the diffusion of hydrogen to the highly stressed, hardened part of the weldment. In low alloy steels, as the weld metal structure is more susceptible than the HAZ, cracking may be found in the weld bead.
Does stainless steel suffer from hydrogen embrittlement?
Annealed type 304 stainless steel is susceptible to hydrogen embrittlement in tension, Table 3.1. Hydrogen has a negligible effect on yield strength of type 304 stainless steel that is free of martensite and carbide precipitation, but slightly lowers the ultimate strength.
How do you fix hydrogen embrittlement?
A common way to reduce the hydrogen in the metal is to perform an embrittlement relief or hydrogen bake out cycle. This is a powerful method of eliminating hydrogen before it begins causing damage to the part. To be effective, bakeout must be performed within 1 to 2 hours after introduction of hydrogen to the material.
What three conditions must be present to cause hydrogen induced cracking?
In order for heat affected zone cracking to occur, three conditions must be present simultaneously: there must be a sufficient level of hydrogen; there must be a sufficient- ly sensitive material involved; and, there must be a suffi- ciently high level of residual or applied stress.


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Keep Each Graphic Under 50k So It Will Load Quickly
Most Web surfers don't have the time or patience to wait for large images to load. Even with a 56k modem it's often a long wait for a large image Never use GIF files over 80x80 pixels in size UNLESS you have utilized a special program that compresses the image for quicker loading OR the GIF file has 4 or less colors. You should use JPEG files for large images with many colors (photos).
-- Anonymous, September 26, 2000
Keep Each Graphic Under 50k So It Will Load Quickly
Most Web surfers don't have the time or patience to wait for large images to load. Even with a 56k modem it's often a long wait for a large image Never use GIF files over 80x80 pixels in size UNLESS you have utilized a special program that compresses the image for quicker loading OR the GIF file has 4 or less colors. You should use JPEG files for large images with many colors (photos). There's a lot of other useful information at this site.
Here's some good advice we read at MoLLER DIGITAL UNIVERSITY
Some other sites with information that we have found to be useful:
How to Make Your Images Load Faster Creating Graphics for the Web The Smart Way to Get Your Images In Shape Trimming Graphics by Limiting Bit Depth Creating Graphic Images for the WWW Simtel.Net: Programs to make/view/print/convert GIF files
Avoid Large Imagemaps
Large image maps take *so* much time to load it's guaranteed that some people won't stick around to wait for them to load. Image maps are popular, but they take more time to load than individual images. An image map will increase the load time of your web page for no reason. You can take that same image map and break it into segments that load quickly.
Remember, when you use a large graphic on your entry page lots of people will abandon the site before it ever finishes loading and they'll never see the rest of your site.
A good alternative is to use multiple GIFs to make up the picture. The Web Magnet opening page is a good example of a group of GIFs that would be in an imagemap on many other sites. These individual GIFs load much more quickly than the imagemap would.
Use the ALT tag with all of your images to define Width and Height
You've probably been on a page where the images took forever to load and you couldn't even scroll down to read the text portion of the page while you were waiting. That's what happens when you don't use the ALT tag for width and height. It's a very frustrating experience for the surfer who wants your information, but has to wait..wait..wait..wait.......
We say this over and over throughout this document because it is *so* important. You want to do everything in your power to make your viewers have the best experience when they visit your site. If you're not using the ALT tag with your images, defining the width and height, then you're slowing things down for a lot of your viewers.
Use the ALT tag for width and height with all of your images because the tag tells most browsers to reserve a specific amount of space on a page for you image as it prepares your page layout for viewing. That means the text will go ahead and load so your viewers can be reading and scanning worthwhile information at the same time the images load. They'll be happier and less likely to abandon the site.
Alex Knowles has written an excellent explanation of why using the ALT tag is a good idea. You can read it and also download a program he has written called WWWis V1.8 that will go through HTML and automatically add the right HEIGHT and WIDTH tags for you! Wow!
Use Thumbnails Whenever Possible
Sites such as photo galleries and artist pages use many images. It's best to provide thumbnail images (small images that the viewer chooses to click in order to see the full-size graphic) so the page will load more quickly.
Avoid Nested Tables -- They'll Slow Down the Load Process
Use of tables on your page causes the viewer to wait longer for the page to begin loading. You could lose some people if the wait is too long.
Since tables are necessary in many cases, you need to be sure the benefits outweigh the negative aspect of a slow load.
Avoid multiple tables nestled within a table. We've discovered that a table with tables netstled within it causes a huge wait. Sometimes absolutely *nothing* appears on the page for up to 30 seconds until the browser has loaded the entire table. The majority of your viewers will abandon it before it has a chance to load.
Consider using the PNG (Portable Network Graphics) Image Type
There's a new image type called PNG (Portable Network Graphics) that was developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It is sharper and takes less memory than a GIF. You can read about it at http://wpeedy.siegelgatle.com/solutions. We'll be adding more information on PNG as it gains in popularity.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Utilize Multimedia Wisely Even though multimedia often slows down the load time for your site, there *are* times when multimedia can enhance your site.
You've probably noticed that throughout this document we have offered warnings about using JAVA, Shockwave, and any other multimedia applications. That's because they might cause your viewers to abandon your site due to the slowness of download or inability of their browser.
Bandwidth has been the major problem over the past few years, but the majority of people on the Web still have a 28.8 modem although a few have 56K modems and ISDN. If your target market is the high-tech early adopter, then by all means, make full use of multimedia since it's the high-tech sector that's most likely to have 56K modems and ISDN -- and, these days it's unlikely your site will be considered "cool" by these high-tech viewers if you're not using some useful and easily accessed form of multimedia.
Gif Animations Are Effective When Not Overdone
A few well-constructed GIF animations carefully placed on a few pages within your site can add interest and can help to deliver your message. There's no need for the viewer to load a plug-in for the GIF animation to work.
Statistics show that a banner ad that is animated gets a much higher click-through rate, so by all means utilize the gif animations in your banner ads.
The Web Developer's Virtual Library at http://WWW.stars.com provides information on GIF Animation at http://www.stars.com/Multimedia/GIF/.
-- Anonymous, September 27, 2000
This module supports four different types of content sections: admin (administration pages), system (news, bboard etc.), custom (url directories) and static (html pages). Custom Sections: allows the administrator to create and manage different custom sections of the site. Content Tagging useful for finding/screening naughty words, but with wider potential as well. Display: allows the site administrator to set the most commonly used Cascading Style Sheet properties and the logo for the site. Dynamic Publishing System (integrated with ACS release 4.0 as of summer 2000) a fully-featured publishing system for managing content and design templates. FAQ: a simple interface for creating and maintaining FAQs in which the work of FAQ maintenance may be shared by specific people, and access to any given FAQ can be either public restricted by group. General Comments allows you to collect user comments on any item within your site. General Permissions: adds row-level permissions (read, write, comment, owner) to arbitrary tables in the database, and also provides a standard interface for editing these permissions. Graphing: a procedure for generating bar charts in plain html with 1x1 pixel gifs stretched to the correct width and height; this technique is preferable to other loftier schemes because it works on any browser that supports tables (i.e., pretty much all of them). New Stuff: a central facility for identifying new content posted by users across the entire site; useful for the site administrator (might want to delete stuff), for the surfing user (might want to see the new stuff), and for generating email summaries of what's new! News: news is truly different from discussion; this module present (and expires) news by date rather than by topic, and it allows the publisher to be selective about what gets posted, how many news items appear at one time, and how long they stay visible. Permissions : allows the administrator to associate a user group with administration of a particular section of a site; in general, these user groups will have a group type of administration. Essentially, a standardized way of answering: "Is user x allowed to do y?" Poll: this simple module allows you to solicit opinions from your users by means of polls; polls are configurable in terms of publication dates, formats for choices and results presentation, and whether or not the voter must be a registered user. Press: allows you to list, chronologically, articles in newspapers, magazines, etc. where the site or company is featured. example Prototype Builder: allows you to quickly build standard ACS pages via a web interface. Redirects: a module for ensuring that legacy URLs pointed to by bookmarks and search engines still work. Robot Detection: a system for making sure that your entire site gets indexed by web-crawlers (search engine indexing agents). Spam: this module enables site administrators to broadcast email messages to a class of users, or to periodically send mail from a script or file repository. Survey: two different survey modules are available: the Simple Survey module, for surveys involving a series of questions of different types, and the more elaborate Quizze module, for presenting something in the format of a cheating-proof quiz. Tools: collections of scripts providing services to perform common tasks such as spell checking. TOP
Personalization Modules Curriculum: enables publisher to establish a curriculum for site, identifying areas of content user is prompted to visit; progress bar shows a condensed description of suggested articles, with checkboxes indicating which articles have already been visited. example Customer Relationship Management: tracking customer relationships over time through various "states" such as new user to great customer to slipping customer. These states can then be used to target actions at particular classes of users. Email Handler: allows you to build a gateway for incoming email messages for your application, which will accept an incoming email message from the mailer and insert its contents into a queue table in the database. This lets you do things like generating email replies to Tickets for unified customer support. Member Value: a way of accumulating charges for users and then billing them out at the end of each month (commercial sites) or excluding them from the community if the charges get too high (non-commercial). Portals: allows the site administrator to anticipate what a specific type of users would like to see, and then construct or choose the data-feeds and do page layout tailored to that type of user. The system can also be configured to allow each user to act as his own manager, by specifying preferred data-components and layout options. example User Administration: how the publisher can select a class of users and what can then be done with that class; for instance, the administrator can identify all users who have contributed to the "disgruntled user" forum within the past two weeks and send each user an email-coupon for a free widget. User Groups: a general mechanism for lumping users together in groups, which is vital to group-based modules (Calendar, News, and many others). User Profiling and Content Categorization: matching users to content by associating a user's interests with specific content-types; for instance, a user's prior behavior can determine from what bucket the banner ads get plucked and served. User Registration and Access Control: allows a site administrator to set up an access control system by choosing from a palette of options, fine-tuning access according to group membership and role within group. User Session Tracking: keeps track of registered and unregistered user behavior, allowing for personalization of user-experience; for instance, web pages can be configured to highlight stuff that's "new since your last visit" while minimizing "stuff that you've already seen", etc. The system can also be used to keep track of the total number of user sessions, the number of repeat sessions, and how this was evolving over time. TOP
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New to INK?
INK SLCC is an AIGA student group that strives to help members get off on the right foot in their design and art careers. We encourage creative and professional growth by providing access to information, resources, advice, critiques, portfolio reviews, activities and an environment to create genuine connections with other visual art students and creative professionals. As the official AIGA student group at SLCC, we are also your direct link to the information and events available to AIGA members.
There are several ways you can participate:
- In Class DiscussionsIf you’re enrolled in Advanced Typography and Layout with our advisor, Kerry Gonzales, you will be seeing us often for in class discussions. In these visits, we are going to talk about everything from how to get your design career started and what classes to take, to finding new resources and ideas, how to stay inspired and current on design trends.
On our website: inkslcc.com, we make regular posts about upcoming design events, job listings and internships, tutorials, competitions and all sorts of other useful information for new designers.
Through the site we also hold online critiques which allow you to post your work for valuable feedback and help others grow by commenting on their work. Critiques are essential to the growth of a designer and participation is highly encouraged.
INK members can also use the group to find other like-minded individuals for project collaborations. For example, a graphic designer needs to find an illustrator for a project they are working on. INK can put the word out and help the two connect.
- Group Activities
As a member of INK, you will also be invited to attend design and art related events with the group, such as gallery strolls, Salt Lake Design Week, AIGA events, the occasional social gathering and more. INK does not hold regularly scheduled meetings at this time, but these activities give us an opportunity to get to know each other outside of the classroom and strengthen us as a visual art and design community.
Please go to https://inkslcc.wordpress.com/join-ink and fill out the form. We are excited for a new semester at SLCC and look forward to getting to know you!
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Uses and Tips:
- Indoor and Outdoor gardening
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Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew Recipe (Starbucks Copycat to Make at Home)
Every autumn, we look forward to cooler months, beautiful fall colours, and a drink that’s developed a cult following: Starbucks’ pumpkin spice latte. Creamy, smooth, spicy, and full of all the warm flavours of autumn, this latte inspires designs for sweatshirts, candles, cookies, cakes, and even plushies. But as great as the PSL is, there’s a better coffee drink: Starbucks’ pumpkin cream cold brew.
Never tried it? Keep reading to learn about what it is, why it’s better, and how to make a better-than-Starbucks copycat pumpkin cream cold brew recipe.
- Cold brew coffee concentrate
- Simple syrup
- Vanilla syrup
- Pumpkin spice syrup
- Pumpkin cream cold foam
- Pumpkin pie spice
- Finely grated ginger, optional
AT A GLANCE
5 minutes (assembly only)
Two 475-ml servings of pumpkin cream cold brew
The Drink that Dethroned Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte
Starbucks is well-known for its mochas, frappuccinos, regular cold brew, Refreshers, and macchiatos. But, their pumpkin spice latte—affectionately dubbed the PSL—inspires over 3,000 daily tweets during the autumn season (1).
Since its release in 2003, the PSL has garnered a cult following, inspiring a billion-dollar pumpkin spice industry. According to Yahoo Finance, by 2013, stores couldn’t even keep up with the demand (2). But according to Business Insider, the PSL was officially dethroned in 2020. Meet the new crowning champion of autumn-themed drinks: the pumpkin cream cold brew (3).
The Better-Than-Starbucks Copycat Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew Recipe
In a cup, this creamy, rich pumpkin pie is layer upon layer of delicious spicy, warm vanilla goodness (4). According to Starbucks, the pumpkin cream cold brew is made with “Cold Brew sweetened with vanilla syrup and topped with a pumpkin cream cold foam and a dusting of pumpkin spice topping.”
While there is pumpkin puree in the pumpkin spice syrup, it isn’t much. Moreover, vanilla and pumpkin spice syrups contain preservatives, thickeners, natural flavours, and colour additives.
In developing this recipe, Home Grounds decided to strike a balance between indulgence and health. Though the original recipe uses sugar—and lots of it—we’ve chosen to use monk fruit and make this recipe low-carb.
The Sweetener: What Is Monk Fruit?
Monk fruit is a gourd that’s indigenous to China (5). As a close relative to the cucumber and melon, this fruit-based sweetener has become quite popular among people looking to reduce or altogether eliminate sugar in their diets.
Unlike sugar, honey, or even maple syrup, monk fruit doesn’t cause blood sugar to spike. This is because our bodies naturally break down the mogrosides in monk fruit, eliminating it as waste instead of storing it.
Additionally, since monk fruit is up to 250 times sweeter than traditional sugars, you only need to use a quarter or less of monk fruit sweetener to achieve the same results.
How to Make a Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew
What comes to mind when you think of delicious ways to use cold brew? Perhaps, popsicles made with cold brew? Or maybe you’re more partial to almond milk cold brew or even more delicious coffee-based drinks.
What about a rich, creamy, frothy coffee-infused pumpkin pie in a cup? Yes, please.
Please note that there are four major components to our recipe.
- The cold brew coffee
- The pumpkin spice and vanilla syrups
- The pumpkin cream cold foam
- And the pumpkin spice topping
As a quick note, though we’ve listed specific ingredients and proportions, feel free to adapt this recipe to your palate and dietary needs. For instance, you could substitute coconut milk and coconut cream for the milk and cream in the cold foam. And if you want a little more depth and complexity to your cold foam, substitute maple syrup for the monk fruit sweetener.
With all the preliminaries out of the way, keep reading for the best pumpkin cream cold brew recipe.
1. Make Your Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate
In a 12-cup (1.5 litre) French press, combine 2 cups of coarse ground coffee with 8 cups of room-temperature water. Stir gently to combine.
Let it sit out on your countertop for 16 hours. Then, plunge the cold brew concentrate into a 1.5 litre glass jug.
Pro Tip: While 16 hours is the optimal time for extraction at room temperature, you can let the coffee steep for up to 24 hours for a strong brew.
2. Make Your Simple Syrup
Combine 2 cups of room temperature water and 2 cups of monk fruit sweetener or maple syrup in two separate saucepans.
Bring both saucepans to a boil on medium-high heat. Once boiling, reduce the heat and let your simple syrups simmer until the monk fruit sweetener or maple syrup is completely dissolved.
Pro Tip: A simple syrup is equal parts water and a sweetener. Though we’ve used monk fruit here, feel free to use whichever sweetener you like.. Just be sure your sweetener has completely dissolved in the water before incorporating it into other dishes or sauces.
3. Make Your Vanilla Syrup
In your second saucepan, add 4 teaspoons vanilla extract, 2 vanilla scraped vanilla beans, ¼ cup of heavy whipping cream or condensed milk to taste, and one pinch of salt. Stir to combine.
Bring your saucepan to a simmer on medium-low heat. Turn off the heat once it simmers, and let it steep for 20 minutes.
Pro Tip: The vanilla beans in your syrup will clump together, but you can remove the clumps by straining it through a coffee filter or cheesecloth. Otherwise, just whisk it to make it smooth again.
4. Make Your Pumpkin Spice Syrup
Once both simple syrups are ready, add in 400 g of pumpkin puree, 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice, freshly-grated ginger, and 1 teaspoon of table salt to one saucepan for the pumpkin spice syrup. With a wooden spoon, stir gently to combine. Let the mixture simmer on medium heat for two minutes.
At this point, you have some options. You can either:
- Add in ¼ cup of heavy whipping cream and stir just till heated through
- Add in 400 g of sweetened condensed milk and stir till heated through
Both options will yield a creamy pumpkin spice syrup, but the second will be sweeter and thicker in consistency.
Pro tip: You can make your own sweetened condensed milk with monk fruit sweetener. Simmer 2-½ cups whole milk, ½ cup heavy cream, ¼ cup monk fruit sweetener, and a pinch of salt together in a saucepan. Stir occasionally and do not walk away from your pan. The condensed milk is done when it coats the back of your spoon.
5. Make Your Pumpkin Cream Cold Foam
In a French press, combine 1 cup of heavy cream, ½ cup condensed milk, 2 teaspoons each of pumpkin spice and vanilla extract, and three tablespoons of pumpkin puree. Whisk everything together with a balloon whisk until everything is combined.
Start with four large plunges with the plunger to aerate your cold foam. Then, continue with smaller, quicker plunges near the bottom of the French until the foam reaches the desired consistency.
Pro Tip: If you’ve ever frothed hot milk with a French press, this process is the same. You can even use this method to make whipped cream. Also, gently tap the press on the counter between plunges to eliminate any larger bubbles.
6. Assemble Your Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew
For optimal results, start by decanting all your syrups into Mason jars and letting them chill in your fridge.
Once everything is cold, pour in 60 ml—or two tablespoons—of your pumpkin spice and vanilla syrups into each 475-ml glass. Stir to combine.
Then, add in 200 ml of cold brew concentrate and dilute it with 200 ml of cold water.
Lastly, follow the instructions and prep your pumpkin cream cold foam just before serving.
Top each pumpkin cream cold brew with 60 ml of pumpkin cream cold foam, a dusting of the pumpkin spice topping, and some optional finely grated ginger.
Pro Tip: To keep your pumpkin cream cold brew cold, you can place your glasses into the freezer for 15 minutes to frost. Otherwise, feel free to use cold brew ice cubes.
A Few Tips
This recipe is all about timing. To make your life easy, start by making the cold brew first because it’ll take the longest to prep.
Next, make your simple syrups at the same time and set two different timers on your smartphone. Since the vanilla syrup is much more hands-off, the Home Grounds team suggests starting with that one first. As it steeps, follow the directions to make your pumpkin spice syrup.
Pumpkin Puree from scratch
Next, if you’re using fresh pumpkin puree, start by placing your whole pumpkin into an eight-litre pressure cooker on a steam rack, along with two cups of warm water. Pressure cook for 13 minutes and let the pressure release naturally.
Once it’s cool enough to handle, slice your pumpkin in half, remove the seeds and starch, and scrape out the flesh. Puree the pumpkin in a blender till smooth.
On another note, here are other Starbucks drinks you can try making at home:
- How to make Irish cream cold brew (Easy Starbucks copycat recipe)
- Chestnut Praline Latte Recipe
- Strawberry Acai drink
- How to Make the Starbucks Pink Drink at Home (Copycat Recipe)
- Coffee with Peanut Butter
This pumpkin cream cold brew recipe is as decadent as it is challenging. But don’t worry, we promise it’s worth the effort. You might want to double the recipe and share…or not. We don’t judge.
So, have you made this recipe? Which desserts do you think would complement this drink?
Drop us a comment below.
Yes, you can make this pumpkin cream cold brew into a latte. To do this, combine the pumpkin spice syrup, vanilla syrup, and cold brew in a small saucepan. Please bring it to a gentle simmer on medium heat and remove once it reaches 74°C.
Follow the instructions for making the pumpkin cream cold foam and aerate before serving.
To make this pumpkin cream cold brew vegan, substitute coconut milk for any dairy-based ingredients. However, making vegan sweetened condensed milk with coconut milk and monk fruit sweetener will take about 45 minutes, so plan accordingly.
It’s better to make pumpkin puree because you’ll get 100% pumpkin in your pumpkin cream cold brew. While many labels read “100% pumpkin”, your can of pumpkin puree may contain butternut squash, too (6).
- Peter Dukes Shares the Story Behind Starbucks First Pumpkin Spice Latte. (2019). Starbucks Stories. https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2014/starbucks-first-pumpkin-spice-latte/
- Fall Begins: Here’s How Much Money Pumpkin Spice Products Rake In. (2018). Yahoo.com. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fall-begins-much-money-pumpkin-150114158.html?guccounter=1
- Taylor, K. (n.d.). Starbucks’ Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew outsold the PSL this fall, as pumpkin sales hit record highs at the coffee giant. Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/starbucks-pumpkin-cream-cold-brew-outsells-pumpkin-spice-latte-2020-10
- Starbucks®. (2022). Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew. Starbucks. https://www.starbucks.com/menu/product/2123113/iced
- What is Monk Fruit? – Food Insight. (2022, September 23). Food Insight. https://foodinsight.org/what-is-monk-fruit/
- Foster, K. (2014, October 16). What’s Actually in Your Canned Pumpkin Purée? Kitchn; Apartment Therapy, LLC. https://www.thekitchn.com/whats-actually-in-your-canned-pumpkin-puree-ingredient-intelligence-69123

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