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Looking ahead to the 2013 season, there has been some talk and speculation that Pirates starters James McDonald and Jeff Karstens might not be locks for the 2013 rotation. If you ask me, both pitchers should be locks for the rotation next year.
The knock against McDonald right now is that he's faded in the second half. The right-hander posted a 7.52 ERA in 61 innings in the second half, and was eventually removed from the rotation. That was a huge change from his first half, where he put up a 2.37 ERA in 110 innings as a starter. That was a pace to make him a legit contender for the Cy Young award. McDonald wasn't that good, and there was some regression to be expected. But the expected regression wasn't anything close to this. Even if he would have regressed a normal amount, McDonald still should have put up good numbers.
His struggles in the second half were a concern, but you can't ignore the first half. You also can't ignore the career. McDonald had a 4.04 ERA in 311.2 inning...
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The FDA gave the emergency authorization on Thursday for 16 and 17-year-olds to get a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine if it’s been six months since their last shot. Now, the CDC must formally recommend the boosters for this age group. We’re told a decision is expected soon.
The Pfizer vaccine is the only option in the U.S. for anyone younger than 18, either for initial vaccination or for use as a booster. It is not clear yet if or when teens younger than 16 might need a third Pfizer dose.
Vaccinations for children age 5 to 11 began last month. As of this week, roughly 5 million 5 to 11-year-olds had gotten a first dose.

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Renault Trucks says it is ready to launch an all-electric range next year, after testing had commenced with partners over ten years. It is thus not only one truck but a whole line of utility vehicles the French are gearing up for. A dedicated production line in the Normandy will start rolling by 2019.
Renault has been making electric vehicles early on and its utility vehicle business did not stand apart. Renault Trucks has been experimenting with electric mobility since 2009 through extensive field testing with customers.
Real-world tests with various prototypes of full-electric 12-16 tonne trucks saw renown clients such as Speed Distribution for Guerlain, Stef for Carrefour, Nestlé and the Delanchy Group take part. Renault Trucks says these clients have provided “vital information on conditions of use, battery behaviour, recharging facilities and maintenance requirements for electric trucks.”
Renault also named Volvo for its “impressive R&D resources” so that the French were able to benefit from tried and tested technology and synergies from other all-electric vehicle development such as buses.
Hence, Renault Trucks is now in a position to market a cost-effective range of vehicles in 2019. The upcoming production trucks are designed for use in urban and peri-urban areas and will be produced at the Renault Trucks plant at Blainville-sur-Orne in Normandy.
2019 appears to become the year when heavy duty vehicles will move on from diesel and into electric terrain. Not only Volvo Trucks reportedly wants to launch its first battery-electric semi that year. Tesla wants to start production the same year. And so does Nikola Motors. The startup announced only today that it plans to construct a factory to build its fuel cell truck by 2019.
And then there is Daimler that has just delivered the first Fuso sCanter to clients in Europe and the States. While it is a medium duty van, the company is also looking to expand their electric endeavours, however, potentially on hydrogen too.
Ola Kaellenius, Daimler board member in charge of R&D deemed fuel cells an “interesting technology for the future,” especially for larger vehicles in an interview with Autonews today.
Daimler is not alone in considering fuel cells to power larger vehicles such as trucks and buses. Toyota is working on hydrogen applications in the medium and heavy duty sector already and is running trials (we reported).


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Abraham Gordon has seen plenty of change in the town of Eatonville – the place he’s called home for the past 54 years.
He can see it from the window of his restaurant, Gordon’s Be Back Fish House: roads repaved. Homes built. A yellow fire hydrant – part of a water system he had installed during his tenure as mayor in the ’80s.
He remembers when the police station was a volunteer fire station.
But Eatonville may be on the verge of a true transformation as a critical piece of land is up for grabs in the town: the roughly 94 acres of empty property surrounding the old Hungerford High School off of Kennedy Boulevard.
It’s a chunk of land that's been the focal point of the town for almost its entire history, and one of the biggest vacant pieces of land available for development in all of Central Florida. The Hungerford School that anchors the property was founded back in 1889, named after Dr. Robert Hungerford, a white physician from Maitland who taught African Americans how to read and write. It was a private vocational school until 1950 when it was obtained by Orange County, but was eventually closed down in 2009. The building has since served as a community meeting place for residents.
The fate of the land has long been a topic of discussion in the town, but the coming weeks could very well decide the destiny of the property and shape the future of Eatonville for generations.
Eatonville Chief Administrative Officer Roger Dixon said the town hopes to see it become a mixed-use project composed of residential, retail and office development, along with a new state-of the art elementary school promised by Orange County Public Schools. Though the property still belongs to the school system, it’s been placed in Eatonville’s hands to sell and develop the land.
“If this is done right, and it will be, it will create a tax base for us that we desperately need,” Dixon said. “It will take Eatonville to places where it’s never been.”
But Gordon fears that the land will be turned to nothing but condos, too expensive for most Eatonville residents, which will push out the existing community, he said.
The former mayor has his own vision of what the property should feature. Two easels in his restaurant display renderings of his dream: a vocational and technical school, a cultural center that immortalizes the history of the town, a football stadium, a hotel and several shops.
“We’re looking at something that will generate revenue for the town of Eatonville,” said Gordon, who formed the local nonprofit Eatonville Cultural and Growth Corporation to push his concept to outside developers and make his dream a reality.
“I don’t see where it would be an advantage to just sell off that school board property there and put condominiums in there. You’re not going to find people here that are going to afford it.”
Dixon said that Eatonville has received two bids for the land from UP Development and Essian Construction LLC, who both put forward a $100,000 deposit to have their proposals heard. Gordon’s proposal will not be heard due to him not paying the deposit, leaving his dream for the Hungerford School property in limbo.
An RFP (request for proposal) committee will hear the two proposals this Thursday, with a public meeting to take place the next day at 9 a.m. at Eatonville Town Hall where the committee will make a recommendation to the Town Council. The Mayor and the Town Council will make a decision at a later date, Dixon said.


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If elected, the People’s Party will replace the Canada Health Transfer (payments sent to each province from the federal government to fund healthcare) with a tax credit worth the same amount. The intention of this policy is to give provinces and territories more power in dealing with their specific healthcare challenges, such as long wait times. Poorer provinces will be temporarily compensated more if the tax credit is worth less than the Health Transfer.
The PPC is opposed to a centralized national pharmacare program.The PPC believes our Constitution should be respected and opposes federal intrusions into provincial jurisdictions. This means that health care, including pharmacare, is an area of exclusive provincial jurisdiction.
If elected, a Conservative government will lower the price of drugs and improve access to those who cannot afford it. It will not introduce a multibillion-dollar plan that will require higher taxes and an end to private insurance plans.
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If elected, a Liberal Government will establish a Canadian Centre for Peace, Order and Good Government to help those seeking to build peace, advance justice, promote human rights and democracy worldwide.
If elected, a Conservative government will always stand up for Canada’s interests on the world stage. A Conservative government would repair relationships with key allies and reinvigorate the alliances with our democratic allies.
A Green government would Increase Canada’s overseas development assistance budget to be 0.7 % of the Gross National Income (GNI). In 2018, Canada spent approximately $6.1 billion or 0.28 % of the GNI.
A Conservative government will boost the Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) to help with savings for postsecondary education by increasing the government’s contribution from 20 percent to 30 percent for every dollar invested, up to $2,500 per year.
If elected, a Green government will work towards abolishing tuition and allocate $10 billion towards post-secondary and trade school supports.
A Bloc Québecois government would demand that federal investments in job training programs be invested in programs already in place in Quebec.
The PPC believes our Constitution should be respected and opposes federal intrusions into provincial jurisdictions. Education and training is an area of exclusive provincial jurisdiction.
The Bloc Québécois has asked for $300 million in reimbursement for the fees incurred at the provincial level for housing, healthcare and education of asylum seekers, despite it being a federal responsibility.
A Conservative government would work immediately to restore the fairness, order and compassion of our immigration system. If elected, a Conservative government will end illegal border crossings into Canada and close loopholes in the Safe-Third Country Agreement to make a fairer immigration system.
If re-elected, a Liberal government will move forward with two programs. First, a Municipal Nominee Program will allow local communities, chambers of commerce, and local labour councils to directly sponsor permanent immigrants. Second, the Atlantic Immigration Pilot that currently supports greater immigration across Atlantic Canada would be made permanent. At least 5,000 new spaces will be dedicated to each of these programs.
A People’s Party government would reduce the number of annual immigrants to between 100,000 and 150,000 (this number is lower than the current target of 330,000). The People’s Party immigration policy will place emphasis on specialized economic immigrants and reduce numbers in the categories of family reunification and refugees.
The PPC believes our Constitution should be respected and opposes federal intrusions into provincial jurisdictions. Housing is an area of exclusive provincial jurisdiction.
A Green government would legislate housing as a legally protected fundamental human right for all Canadians and permanent residents.
The Bloc Québécois will work to maintain current convention grants (affordable rental rates), while enhancing the budget allocated to the construction, renovation and transformation of affordable and social housing.
The Liberals would move forward with a First-Time Home Buyer Incentive. This would take up to ten percent off the price of a home to provide more help to Canadians living in higher-cost housing markets (to begin, the incentive will be available for those living in the greater Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria regions).
If elected, a Conservative government will focus on increasing the affordable housing supply by reducing regulations in provinces and municipalities that discourage new home construction. To achieve this, a Conservative government would introduce the Build More Homes Competition that would reward municipalities that have proven to reduce regulations that stand in the way of new home construction.
The Liberals believe that public transit is a key part of what makes our communities better places to live. In Budget 2016 and 2017, the Liberals invested $28.7 billion in transit upgrades and improvements. A re-elected Liberal government will contribute an additional $3 billion more per year in stable, predictable transit funding to Canadian cities.
If elected, a Conservative government would introduce a Green Public Transit Tax Credit, which will give Canadians a 15% rebate on their bus passes and other public transit costs.
The PPC believes our Constitution should be respected and opposes federal intrusions into provincial jurisdictions. Transit is an area of exclusive provincial jurisdiction.
For the Bloc, it's simple: The amounts dedicated to infrastructure must be transferred unconditionally and in bulk to the Government of Quebec. The only exception to this rule would be for federal wharves and small regional ports.
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The Bloc proposes to work to develop administrative autonomy, particularly in education, justice, and culture for First Nations communities based on the example of la Paix des braves. La Paix des braves is an agreement between the Cree Nation and the Government of Quebec.
If elected, the People’s Party will change or abolish the Indian Act to create a new relationship with First Nations groups. A People’s Party government will respect the treaties already signed.
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A Green government would eliminate mandatory minimum sentences (set sentences that must be given for specific criminal offences) and allow the courts to determine sentences based on the unique circumstances of each case.
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In the decades following the Civil War, many Americans migrated from farms and small country towns to the growing cities. Immigrants from several countries, including Germany, Ireland, Italy, and Poland traveled to America in search of better working and living conditions for themselves and their families. Between 1870 and 1900, the population of U.S. cities tripled. By 1890, New York became the second largest city in the world with 3.5 million residents, while Chicago and Philadelphia claimed more than one million city dwellers each. By 1920, nearly half of the nation’s population lived in urban areas. The diverse needs of the swelling population forced drastic changes to the physical and social make-up of the American city.
As buildings filled city blocks, architects turned their attention upward to create the first skyscrapers. Advances in the development of steel and the introduction of electric elevators allowed engineers to construct taller buildings that could pack more people and businesses onto a piece of land. Chicago architect Louis Sullivan transformed the Midwestern city’s skyline with an assortment of state-of-the-art steel high-rise designs. Sullivan’s famous principle that “form follows function” created user-friendly buildings that allowed people to comfortably live and work high above the ground.
At the end of the nineteenth century, roads and bridges connected city to city, and more Americans started commuting daily between home and work. Automobiles and electric trolleys allowed people to move quickly from business districts to residential neighborhoods, which led to expanded city limits and the development of the suburbs. Many members of the new middle-class—doctors, lawyers, factory managers, legal assistants, and skilled craftsmen—chose to live just outside city limits away from the growing crowds. The suburbs offered affluent families the opportunity to enjoy privacy and home ownership without giving up the excitement of the city. The introduction of modern conveniences and technological marvels, including electricity, indoor plumbing, the telephone, and the Brooklyn Bridge also created a glamorous aura that attracted thousands to the city.
The heart of the city was generally considered the business district. Banks, insurance companies, and corporate headquarters clustered in financial centers within walking distance from each other. The increasing size of office buildings downtown aptly reflected the healthy and growing economy. Businesses of all types, including factories, steel mills, and railroads experienced increased profits.
As businesses thrived workers earned higher salaries, and shopping became a popular activity, especially for members of the new middle class. Urban retail shops and giant department stores, like Sears and Montgomery Ward, displaced the rural “mom and pop” general stores. The modern stores, which stocked a wide variety of competitively priced items, were strategically located in shopping districts near trolley stops for fast and convenient access. At first, the stores attracted primarily well-to-do shoppers. But as machines began to mass produce standardized merchandise, production costs decreased and goods became more affordable for those from many different social classes.
The development of large department stores with extensive inventories also provided a wealth of urban job opportunities, primarily for women. To provide expanded services and meet growing customer needs, store owners hired young women as sales associates. As more women ventured into the city they became more independent, seeking jobs in other expanding businesses. By the end of the 1890s, approximately one million women entered the workforce as secretaries, seamstresses, telephone operators, and bookkeepers. Although most working women were young and unmarried from the lower social classes, teaching and nursing were among the few socially acceptable vocations for middle and upper-class women.
When stores added sporting goods and hardware departments, they attracted males to the shopping scene generally dominated by females. The commitment to sell sporting goods also reflected the growth of recreation and leisure time in urban America. Sports like football, tennis, and basketball grew in popularity because they gave men the opportunity to test their athleticism and enjoy time with friends and business associates. Country Clubs built extravagant golf courses and tennis courts exclusively for men and women members. And bicycling became a popular leisure activity, primarily with the middle class who could afford to purchase the $50 bikes.
Baseball’s claim as the nation’s pastime and leading spectator sport began in the late nineteenth century when professional leagues established teams in major U.S. cities. Although the game had been popular for years, even during the Civil War when soldiers put down their rifles to pick up a bat and ball for a friendly game, it did not generate a great deal of attention from spectators until it became “fan friendly.” During the mid-1880s, league owners lowered ticket prices, hired beer vendors, and scheduled games on Sundays when working men could attend. The changes lured fans to ballparks by the thousands.
Another popular form of urban entertainment at the turn of the century was the amusement park. Single adults, families, bank presidents, and factory workers all enjoyed the thrills of the mechanical rides. One of the most famous parks, Coney Island in Brooklyn, attracted sightseers from miles around. Inexpensive public transportation allowed people from all locations and social tiers to experience the park’s affordable and entertaining music, lights, food, and fun.
As city populations exploded, public education became a priority. Americans realized that ignorance would slow the social and economic advancement of their cities and nation. Education, they resolved, would create a more knowledgeable and productive population. Many people also believed that the opportunity to receive a formal education was the birthright of every citizen. The need for tax-supported elementary schools was recognized by political leaders before the Civil War, but it did not gain popular support until the 1870s. By 1900, more than six thousand high schools existed across the country with free textbooks available to all students.
The influx of immigrants played a major role in shaping the U.S. school system. As people from various countries moved to America, they brought with them different traditions from their homelands. German settlers established kindergarten classes for their young children, and Catholics, primarily from Ireland and Germany, stimulated growth of the private parochial schools.
While the school systems in the cities expanded to include young children and teenagers, millions of adults were excluded. In 1874 near Lake Chautauqua in New York, the Chautauqua movement was launched to offer adult education. Organizers offered courses for home study and staged public lectures, often held in tents, by some of the era’s most prominent speakers, including Mark Twain. By the early 1890s, more than 100,000 adults were enrolled in Chautauqua classes.
The improved urban education system generally offered better facilities and more resources than those provided by rural one-room schools. Public education helped decrease the illiteracy rate from 20 percent in 1870 to just below 11 percent in 1900. Free education, cheap transportation, and the conveniences of modern life successfully lured more and more people from farm fields and foreign countries to the growing American city.
The population explosion and modern inventions turned the city, once friendly and familiar, into an impersonal megalopolis that segregated Americans by race, ethnicity, and social class. City residents discovered that with growth and advancement came grim consequences. Between 1866 and 1915, more than 25 million foreigners left their homelands for the United States. Millions of newcomers had little money, a limited understanding of the English language, and no friends, family, or acquaintances to greet them upon their arrival. Unlike the highly literate immigrants who bought land and started businesses in America decades earlier, the new immigrants were largely illiterate and willing to accept low paying industrial jobs in the city.
To survive in the new and unfamiliar country, people who shared the same nationality often congregated in common sections of the city. Ethnic neighborhoods like Little Italy, Little Poland, and Chinatown soon sprang to life and served as transitional communities to help ease the shock of trying to blend into a new society. Churches and synagogues, along with ethnic newspapers, theaters, and schools, allowed newcomers to experience the freedoms of America and still maintain their native language and traditional culture. However, as more and more people crowded into these small neighborhoods, living conditions worsened.
Builders used every foot of space to pack in as many housing units as possible. The most common tenement plan, called the “dumbbell” because its design resembled a dumbbell weight, crowded thirty-two four-room apartments on a plot no larger than 25 by 100 feet. Some buildings featured communal toilets on each floor, while others required residents to use an outhouse in the alley. Typically, only one room in each apartment included a window and an air vent, so tenement dwellers had to leave the building to find sunshine or fresh air.
City sewer and water facilities could not meet the quickly expanding needs, and the tremendous amount of waste strained sanitation systems. Garbage piled up on porches and in the streets, creating an overwhelming stench and attracting hordes of disease-carrying rodents. By the late 1870s, New York City leaders passed laws regulating city housing and established minimal standards of plumbing and ventilation. The regulations, though, were rarely enforced.
The substandard living conditions led to an outbreak of health problems. Infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, were prevalent among the residents of the lower-class tenements. By 1900, three out of five babies in Chicago’s poorer neighborhoods died within their first year.
The harsh living conditions drove some to the city streets where they joined gangs like the Rock Gang and the Hell’s Kitchen Gang. Slum gangs typically relied on petty theft and shoplifting to survive, but many members moved on to more serious crimes, such as burglary and even murder. During the 1880s, the number of homicides in American cities tripled, and the prison population in the United States increased by 50 percent.
The rapid growth of urban areas also created a frenzied and confusing atmosphere that fostered corruption. As large numbers of poor immigrants moved to the city, middle-class residents, who previously filled management and leadership roles in the city, sought refuge in the suburbs. The void in leadership allowed the political machines created by neighborhood organizations to control the uneducated city masses.
City and ward bosses, like New York’s “Big Tim” Sullivan and Chicago’s “Hinky Dink” Kenna, often secured jobs or bought food and clothing for poor members of their districts. In exchange for their services, the bosses expected full and unquestionable political support from their followers. At the polls, the political machines instructed large groups of uneducated city dwellers how to vote. The people often helped the bosses elect corrupt politicians or pass liquor and gambling regulations. The immigrants typically had little vested interest in the future of the city because they frequently moved from place to place in search of their next job.
Perhaps the most notorious city boss was William Macy Tweed, a member of the corrupt Tammany Hall political organization that took control over the local Democratic Party. The 240-pound “Boss” Tweed used bribery, extortion, and fraudulent elections to steal almost $200 million from New York City. Although Tweed controlled many New York politicians, judges, and police officials, his luck finally ran out in 1871 when he was arrested in Spain by authorities who used political cartoons drawn by Thomas Nast to identify him. Tammany Hall continued to play a key role in New York City politics until voters elected anti-Tammany politician Fiorello La Guardia mayor in 1934.
Urban growth also sparked a new spirit of Manifest Destiny with many people calling for America to expand its territorial claims. Following Darwin’s survival of the fittest theory, certain intellectuals believed imperialism was the future for the United States. Both historian and lecturer John Fiske and Congregational minister Josiah Strong argued that the destiny of “Anglo-Saxons,” which they called the superior race, was to dominate the traditions, language, and blood of the peoples of the world. The men claimed there was no room for immigrants in the United States and directed American Anglo-Saxons to spread their Christian religion and superior ideals to the “backwards” peoples of the world.
As inferior living and working conditions, along with corrupt city governments, were creating a bleak future for many U.S. cities, reformist leaders emerged to fight for the rights of the urban masses. Social crusaders attempted to eliminate the violent crime, prostitution, unsanitary living conditions, and unsafe work environments that were plaguing the quickly expanding cities.
During the late 1800s, activists established settlement houses to provide guidance and services to poor members of the community. The workers who maintained the settlements, typically young, educated, well-to-do women, lived in the houses and actively participated in neighborhood issues. Settlement workers taught residents how to adjust to the American way of life and tried to educate them about morals and socially acceptable behavior. Unlike many members from the middle and upper-class societies who viewed charity work as their responsibility to help the needy, settlement workers hoped to benefit personally by experiencing different ways of life and learning first-hand knowledge that could not be taught in the classroom.
Although the settlement house model originated in London, it proved effective in America as well. The most famous American example was Hull House, founded in Chicago by Jane Addams. Addams was born into a wealthy family and became one of the first generation of college-educated women. With her job possibilities limited by her social class—teaching, nursing, and volunteer work were some of the few accepted careers for female members of the higher social tiers—she used her ideas and energy to help poor immigrants.
Opened in 1889 in a neighborhood filled with Greek, Russian, and German immigrants, Hull House offered English language instruction, health and nutritional education, childcare services for working mothers, and social activities to help ease the newcomers into the American lifestyle. In 1893, the women of Hull House, led by Florence Kelley, pressed for the passage of an anti-sweatshop law that protected women and children workers. A lifelong advocate for creating better conditions for women, children, blacks, and consumers, Kelley later moved to New York and served as general secretary of the National Consumers League. For years, Addams worked tirelessly to end war and poverty, and in 1931 her efforts were recognized when she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
The second half of the nineteenth century marked an influx of crusaders fighting to improve social conditions in America. A farm girl from Massachusetts named Clara Barton spent countless hours gathering supplies and providing care for troops during the Civil War. In 1881, the “Angel of the Battlefield” secured financial support from John D. Rockefeller and founded the American Red Cross. The diminutive Barton directed the organization’s relief activities for 23 years.
Spiritual leaders played a prominent role in reforming the city’s poor. Preachers campaigned vigorously to persuade those living in slums to renounce their sinful ways. They warned that gambling, stealing, drinking, and violent behavior would keep the sinners trapped in the slums. Giving up the horrible vices, they preached, was the only way to escape the nasty, disease-filled environment. To support their dialogue, the evangelists founded school and recreational facilities in the slums to offer help and guidance to the unfortunate. These organizations eventually evolved into the American branches of the Young Men’s and Women’s Christian Associations (YMCA and YWCA).
The Salvation Army also became a formidable advocate in the fight against poverty. Members of the group dressed in military-style uniforms but carried musical instruments, not weapons. The band-playing Army became a regular attraction on street corners where poor, often unemployed, city dwellers gathered to listen to their messages of hope and to take advantage of free soup.As more and more people joined the fight for better working and living conditions, members of Congress began to feel pressure to become involved too. Lawmakers soon passed regulations to establish standards in housing and working conditions, wages and daily work limits, and labor involving women and children. However, landlords and business leaders fought back and, through legal actions, managed to have many of the laws thrown out.
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With the rise of social media, it’s now possible to connect with people across the globe. This incredible development has had a huge impact on our society, but it’s also had a profound impact on our mental health.
The impact of social media on mental health can be summarized in the following points:
Increased risk of depression and anxiety
Social media use has been linked to an increased risk of depression and anxiety, as users often compare themselves to others and feel pressure to present a perfect image online.
A study from the University of Pittsburgh found that people who use Facebook more than once a day are twice as likely to experience depression and anxiety than those who use it less frequently. The risk is higher for women than men, and it’s also higher for young people who compare themselves to others on social media.
Another study led by Dr. David Greenfield, founder of the Center for Internet Addiction Recovery, found that people who spent more time on social media were more likely to report feelings of loneliness or isolation. In fact, the study found that people who spent the most time on social media had twice as many symptoms of depression compared with those who spent less time online.
Cyberbullying is one of the most serious issues facing our youth, and it’s not going away anytime soon. Social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat can be used as platforms for cyberbullying, which has been linked to negative mental health effects such as anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts.
Students who are victims of cyberbullying often feel isolated and alone—they don’t know how to get help or who to talk to about what’s happening to them. If you’re a student who is being cyberbullied, please reach out!
When you’re staring at your phone right before bed, you’re probably not thinking about how it might affect your sleep. But the fact is, using social media before bed can disrupt sleep patterns and lead to insomnia, which can have negative effects on mental health.
The blue light emitted from phones, tablets and other devices activates the brain’s pituitary gland, which in turn suppresses melatonin production—the hormone that regulates sleep cycles. This can leave you tossing and turning all night long.
Social media addiction is more common than you would think, and it’s a very real thing. When you’re addicted to social media, it can be hard to focus on anything else—you might find yourself constantly checking your phone or the internet for updates, even when you don’t have time.
But the problem with social media addiction isn’t just that it takes up so much of our time—it also has serious effects on our mental health. When we’re unable to access our accounts or find ourselves in situations where we can’t use them (like when we’re at work), we can feel anxious or depressed. This is because we’ve built up such an expectation of constant connection with other people through social media that not being able to access that feels like something important has been taken away from us; it causes us to feel disconnected from the world around us and isolated from others who are sharing their experiences online.
Social media is a great way to connect with people and keep up with friends and family, but it can also create unrealistic expectations for self-image. When you’re scrolling through Instagram, it’s easy to feel like you’re comparing yourself to other people. After all, everyone looks good on social media! But these photos are edited and curated to show the best version of themselves—a version that may not be realistic for most people. The result of this social comparison is often low self-esteem and feelings of inadequacy, especially among young people who are just beginning to navigate the world of dating and relationships.
It’s important to remember that what you see on social media isn’t always what you get in real life!
While social media can connect people virtually, it can also lead to social isolation and loneliness when users prioritize online interactions over in-person relationships. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that many people have trouble finding time for face-to-face interactions due to busy schedules and other commitments.
The solution? Pay attention to how much time you spend on social media sites like Facebook or Twitter, as well as how frequently you check them throughout the day. Set aside some time each week to spend with family and friends in person—and don’t forget about work!
Exposure to triggering content
The internet is a vast and wonderful place, full of opportunities to learn, explore, and connect with other people. However, it can also be a dangerous place that exposes users to triggering content.
Triggering content is any type of media that may cause distress or upset in individuals who have been diagnosed with mental illness or who have experienced a traumatic event. This may include graphic images or language that reminds the user of their own traumatic experiences. When individuals come into contact with triggering content online, they are at risk for experiencing negative effects on their mental health. These negative effects may include increased anxiety and depression.
Impacts on body image
Social media can lead to negative body image and disordered eating behaviors, as users are exposed to images of idealized bodies and often feel pressure to conform to these standards.
A study published in the journal Body Image found that women who used social media were more likely than their non-using counterparts to feel pressure to conform to unrealistic body standards. The authors explained this finding by noting that “the constant availability of idealized images on social media may increase the risk of developing unhealthy eating habits or engaging in disordered eating behaviors.”
In addition, several studies have found associations between social media use and disordered eating behaviors among college-aged women. One study found that women who frequently used Facebook reported more frequent appearance-related concerns and dieting behavior than those who did not use Facebook regularly. Another study found that college women who engaged with content about eating disorders on Facebook had higher levels of body dissatisfaction than those who did not engage with such content.
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Commercial health plans have recently started limiting the use of manufacturer copay cards to encourage formulary compliance. The question remains-how will Medicare handle these coupons?
Commercial health plans have recently started limiting the use of manufacturer copay cards to encourage formulary compliance. The question remains—how will Medicare handle these coupons?
There has been much debate on the usefulness of copay cards—payers and PBMs claim they encourage consumers to use more expensive therapies over low-cost alternatives, whereas others counter they promote adherence to certain therapies that would otherwise be cost prohibitive.
Currently, Medicare does not allow use of these coupons, but based on the findings of a new brief by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) entitled “Offsetting Effects of Prescription Drug use on Medicare’s Spending for Medical Services,” it seems as if Medicare’s attitude towards copay cards may be softening a bit, as pointed out by a post on Drug Channels. The CBO report found that improving drug adherence increases overall cost-savings in other areas of medical care. In addition, the authors of the brief noted that people respond favorably to increased cost-sharing, and “Numerous studies have demonstrated the effect of price changes on the use of prescription drugs overall, and several others have found that lower prices for drugs used to treat chronic conditions improve the likelihood that patients take their medication as prescribed.”
Although it remains to be seen, this recent news may have the potential to trigger a shift in attitude about patient cost-sharing through the use of copay offset programs. Chris Wheeler, director of Copay Strategies at The Zitter Group, noted that the financial burden of a medication plays a role in patient adherence. These programs would be especially important for patients using specialty drugs, and 78% of biologics already incorporate such offset programs. “Many co-pay programs are geared toward increasing patient access and adherence particularly in specialty categories where high copays put many therapies out of patient reach,” Wheeler noted.
Copay programs are especially crucial in the case of orphan diseases. Wheeler pointed out that even though Xiaflex is the only drug indicated for Dupuytren’s contracture, the copay assistance program still offers patients savings of up to $1000 per injection. Lupus and the 3 major players in Gaucher’s disease all have copay programs as well. The average maximum benefit per prescription for copay programs is $444.82 for specialty drugs, but because Medicare Part D does not accept these cards, Medicare cannot benefit from these savings.
Most recently, payers have even gone as far as banning the use of offset coupons entirely in an effort to control costs. Wheeler says that Pharma’s benefit design strategy is continuing to evolve. UnitedHealthcare’s ban on copay programs, he pointed out, will go into effect on 1/1/13. “CVS continues to get tough on formulary recommendations to its clients, removing 17 more drugs in 2013 in addition to the 34 removed in 2012,” he said.
Wheeler suspects there will be 2 diverging trends in the policy world moving forward. "Massachusetts and Blue Cross Blue Shield Rhode Island initiated what I would call favorable copay program actions, whereas UnitedHealthcare and CVS initiated more restrictive or less favorable copay program actions," he explained. “It remains to be seen what Blue Cross Blue Shield Rhode Island does in 2013, but it seems something is on the horizon.”
"I think the least likely scenario is that copay programs will just somehow go away or fall off the national agenda anytime soon," Wheeler added. "Indeed, any further political action, particularly at the federal level, would seemingly only increase the attention to the matter and the complexities involved in formulating strategies for all stakeholders." Wheeler believes that Medicare will not begin allowing the use of copay cards in the future. "I don’t see anything in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that would provide an impetus for Medicare allowing copay programs. The ban is rooted in the federal anti-kickback statute, which the ACA did nothing to reign in."


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Still recovering, Raleigh officer back at work 1 year after shooting
Posted January 8, 2020 8:47 p.m. EST
Updated January 9, 2020 4:20 p.m. EST
Raleigh, N.C. — Thursday is National Law Enforcement Day, and the Raleigh Police Department celebrated in the best way -- by welcoming back one of their own.
There was a thunderous applause from dozens of officers, staffers, officers of the court, friends and loved ones as Officer Charles Ainsworth was escorted to police headquarters on Thursday morning.
The squad Ainsworth was working with on Jan. 9, 2018, the night he was shot, was the first to greet him personally with a welcome back sign.
During Ainsworth's recovery, the Raleigh Police Department threw its full support behind the officer and his family.
One year ago, Ainsworth sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was critically injured while attempting to apprehend a stolen car suspect on Western Boulevard. He spent the past year recuperating from numerous surgeries and training and strengthening his body and mind in anticipation of his return to service, police said.
Officer Ainsworth’s dedication, determination, and resilience in the face of such overwhelming circumstances are an example to everyone,” said Raleigh Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown. “We are so thankful for the great strides and remarkable progress he has made in the past year. We are pleased and proud to welcome him back to service with the Raleigh Police Department."
Ainsworth was following up on a report that a car stolen at gunpoint had been spotted in southwest Raleigh when he was shot several times, including in the neck. He was hospitalized at WakeMed since the shooting and had suffered a series of strokes, according to his family.
He was finally released from the hospital in April.
Cedric Jamal Kearney, of Henderson, is charged with attempted murder, two counts of assault on a law enforcement officer with a firearm and possession of a stolen firearm in the shooting.
In March, Ainsworth's wife told WRAL News that doctors called Ainsworth’s recovery remarkable, and that their family has received an outpouring of support from the law enforcement and the Triangle communities.
The department recently posted on social media a video Ainsworth running with his fellow officers. They also posed for a picture, touting his continued recovery and his eventual return to duty.
Ainsworth, who still has a few physical challenges, did not address the media on Thursday but was happy to be back. He will return to work in an administrative role until he is fully recovered.


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Sept. 3, 1931 – Oct. 20, 2018
Donna Loos died Oct. 20, 2018, in Missoula, Mont., at the age of 87.
Donna was born at home on Sept. 3, 1931, in Hyattville, Wyo., the fourth of eight children born to Eula May Abbott Fleury and Jean Baptiste Fleury. At age 11, after her father’s death, the family moved to Lovell. She attended school there, where she met and married Karl (Charlie) Loos in 1949. They raised
two daughters, Marie and Margaret.
Donna graduated from Northwest Community College in Powell and received her B.A. in arts education from Eastern Montana College. She had a long career in Billings as an all-around art scene stalwart—artist, art teacher in the public school system for almost three decades and activist in organizations including the Montana Institute of the Arts, the Montana Art Education Association and the Stillwater Society. She put up exhibits in almost every art gallery across Montana and was best known for painting large canvases of semi-abstract landscapes with grand skies and bold-colored fields, trees and rock formations.
Several years after her husband’s death in 1995, Donna moved to Missoula. As she aged and painting became more difficult, Donna revisited clay, enrolling in ceramics courses at the University of Montana and later working at the Clay Studio of Missoula making hand-built art.
Survivors include daughters Marie DeMarois (husband Rob) of Missoula and Margaret Loos (husband Georg Romero) of Watsonville, Calif.; grandchildren Hailey DeMarois (husband Zack Unruh and much-adored great-grandson Hank) of Red Lodge and Ben DeMarois of Portland, Ore.; sister Doris Radke of Menifee, Calif.; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
Cremation has taken place and a gathering of family will be held at a later date. Donations in memory of Donna may be made to the Clay Studio of Missoula.
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text: German metallers IRON SAVIOR are in the studio recording their new album, "Megatropolis", due later in the year via Dockyard 1. The drum tracks were completed this past week at Karo Studio near Hamburg, Germany, with producer and IRON SAVIOR mainman Piet Sielck. According to a studio report posted on the band's official web site, "the drum sound is a bit different to the previous albums. This time the sound will be 'straighter,' with more cutting-edge, short-sounding tones after the stroke. This can for example be achieved by adhesive tape that is stuck onto the resonant heads of the toms, which adds a more modern touch to the sound."Check out pictures from the recording studio and read the rest of the studio report at this location. IRON SAVIOR's last album, "Battering Ram", came out in 2004.


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The Farrelly brothers are working on their Three Stooges film, and rumor has it that they're courting Johnny Depp for the role of Moe, and Sean Penn for Larry. Because when we think "slapstick comedy," we think Sean Penn and Johnny Depp ...
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Barr Soft Drinks, a leading UK-based soft drink manufacturer, has recently launched a new product under its popular Rubicon brand – Rubicon Raw. This latest addition to the Rubicon lineup aims to cater to the increasing demand for healthier and more natural drink options among consumers.
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Rubicon Raw is a range of sparkling fruit drinks made with only four simple ingredients – fruit juice, sparkling water, natural flavours, and a touch of sugar. Unlike traditional soft drinks, Rubicon Raw is free from artificial colours, sweeteners, and preservatives, making it a healthier alternative for consumers looking for a refreshing drink without compromising on taste.
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- What has more stopping power .308 or 30 06?
- Why 308 is the best sniper rifle?
- Is 30 06 A good sniper round?
- What is the best caliber for 1000 yards?
- What caliber do snipers use?
- Which is better for deer hunting 308 or 30 06?
- Why does the military use .308 instead of 3006?
- What is the maximum effective range of a 30 06?
- What is the flattest shooting rifle?
- Why is .223 so deadly?
- Will a 308 kill a grizzly bear?
- Will a 30 06 kill a grizzly bear?
What has more stopping power .308 or 30 06?
30-06 hunting rifle.
The higher velocity means this round is going to shoot flatter at longer ranges than the .
As far as hunting cartridges go, it has more than enough stopping power for deer and similarly sized North America game animals..
Why 308 is the best sniper rifle?
308 is by far the most popular sniping round, and for good reason. The . 308 is not punishing to shoot, has excellent terminal ballistics, behaves predictably in the wind, and perhaps most important is that it is consistent. While there are many cartridge choices that outperform the .
Is 30 06 A good sniper round?
30.06 is a great sniper caliber. It’s a good long range round with lots of knock down power, good ballistic coefficients and good accuracy in a well made rifle. … It lacks the range necessary to be a sniper weapon. 30–30 is a great short range and medium range deer hunting rifle.
What is the best caliber for 1000 yards?
Best Long Range Rifle Caliber for Competition Center fire competitions are held at 300, 600 and 1000 yards. Everything from 22 to 50-caliber is used, with the big bores in their own class. Generally, the 6mm to 338’s is the preferred choice. The smaller calibers have the advantage of lower recoil.
What caliber do snipers use?
The . 30-06 Springfield continued in service with U.S. Marine Corps snipers during the Vietnam War in the 1970s, well after general adoption of the 7.62×51mm. At the present time, in both the Western world and within NATO, 7.62×51mm is currently the primary cartridge of choice for military and police sniper rifles.
Which is better for deer hunting 308 or 30 06?
308 Win is that it has less recoil than the . 30-06, which translates into slightly better accuracy. So, when it comes to whitetail hunting both soft-tip hunting rounds are great although the . 30-60 might be too much within 100-150 yards.
Why does the military use .308 instead of 3006?
308 is commonly used by military snipers because, as a NATO round, ammunition is/would be readily available when on a battlefield. It is the same round that is used in the M60 machine gun.
What is the maximum effective range of a 30 06?
1,000 yardsWith its original 150-grain spire point bullet at 2,700 fps, the Springfield . 30/06 was certified for an extreme reach of 4.75 miles, an effective firing range of 1,000 yards.
What is the flattest shooting rifle?
The . 270 Winchester stays supersonic out to 1,400 yards, which is more than what 99 percent of hunters will ever need. Suggested Load: Hornady’s Precision Hunter 145-grain ELD-X at 2,950 fps is the flattest-shooting . 270 Winchester load.
Why is .223 so deadly?
223 bullet relies upon its high velocity and long spear-like shape to deliver a lot of damage at relatively short distances and it’s extremely deadly for people. … 223 because they are a larger and heavier bullet. So a . 223 is actually less deadly than most other rifle rounds.
Will a 308 kill a grizzly bear?
If your plan is to shoot a charging grizzly at 20 paces you do not merely need the perfect North American big game cartridge, you need a specialized, dangerous game cartridge and rifle setup. If you hope to hunt and then shoot a big bear at a reasonable distance, the . 308 will kill him just like it will kill an elk.
Will a 30 06 kill a grizzly bear?
30-06 is not effective on brown bears or grizzlies either has never used one or is unwittingly commenting on their marksmanship.”


Spain urged foreign tourists on Monday to return from July as one of Europe's strictest lockdowns eased, with streets gradually filling again and some pupils returning to school.
Read the latest updates in our dedicated coronavirus section.
The world's second-most visited nation closed its doors and beaches in March to handle the COVID-19 pandemic but has seen out the worst and plans to lift a 14-day quarantine requirement on overseas arrivals within weeks.
“It is perfectly coherent to plan summer vacations to come to Spain in July,” Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto told radio station Onda Cero as Spain geared up to salvage a tourism industry that normally draws 80 million people a year.
The hard-hit capital Madrid was coming back to life on Monday, with people allowed back into its main Retiro park and a few bars and restaurant terraces reopening.
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“This is great, I was really looking forward to it. And so was my dog!” said interior designer Anna Pardo, walking her pet in the sunshine in the Retiro.
Strolling, jogging and chatting, Madrilenos passed through the park's shaded alleys or stopped for a moment to enjoy its small lake, still devoid of the usual rowing boats.


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City Council Land Use Committee Schedule
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Applicant to introduce project and committee to discuss schedule.
Site Design and Open Space
Review of site plan, including placement of buildings, roads and open space as well as sight lines and shadows.
Housing and Economic Impacts
Review of proposed residential arid commercial program, including: analysis of the number of housing units, including affordability levels; the commercial mix; and the overall fiscal and economic impacts of the proposed project.
Review of the proposed internal street network and circulation including bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and analysis of the traffic impacts, shared parking proposal, and transportation demand management strategy.
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Review of the sustainability report and efforts to reduce impacts to natural resources as well as sustainability and conservation proposals.
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Growing your own vegetable garden provides some fantastic benefits, and the Oregon Food Bank has added fighting hunger to that list.
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CHICAGO (CN) - Bar owners cannot enjoin a 2012 ban on smoking in Indianapolis bars and taverns, the 7th Circuit ruled.
In 2005, the City-County Council of Indianapolis banned smoking in most buildings, but provided an exemption for bars, taverns and bowling alleys.
Last year, the council eliminated these exceptions, except for cigar and hookah bars, making smoking in most Indianapolis bars and taverns illegal.
A group of Indianapolis county bar owners, led by Wanda Goodpaster, sued the city in federal court, seeking an injunction on the basis of violation to their due process, equal protection and freedom of association rights.
At the hearing, several of the bar owners testified about the negative economic effects of the ban, although none of them said they faced insolvency.
The bar owners also presented expert testimony from Dr. John Dunn, an emergency room doctor, who testified that secondhand smoke exposure does not have negative health effects.
During cross-examination, Dunn readily acknowledged that he had previously described those who oppose smoking as members of the "High Church of Holy Smoke Haters," and Chicago, which had banned smoking in 2008, as "an anxious, slightly overweight suburbanite fretting over cigarette smoke."
Indianapolis presented two medical experts with doctorates in epidemiology who testified that secondhand smoke causes disease. A tourism industry executive also testified for the city that Indianapolis would attract more businesses, convention traffic and tourists with the smoking ban.
A federal judge found for the city, and the 7th Circuit upheld the ruling Monday.
"Those attacking a statute on rational basis grounds have the burden to negate 'every conceivable basis which might support it,'" Judge Michael Kanne wrote for a three-judge panel.
He continued: "The bar owners have failed to meet this heavy burden. There are numerous reasons the city may have chosen to limit smoking in enclosed public spaces, and the bar owners have failed to disprove all of them."
Socializing with friends at a neighborhood bar qualifies neither as an intimate nor an expressive association, according to the 20-page judgment.
"The relationship between regular patrons of a particular bar is not an intimate association," Kanne wrote. "A bar's clientele is not exclusive; any person on the street can drop in for a beer."
Furthermore, "the First Amendment does not protect coming together at a local bar to smoke," the Reagan-appointed judge continued. "Bar regulars are not a group 'organized to engage in speech,' or an association that 'seeks to transmit ... a system of values.'"
And while the bar owners have "clearly established" a decline in sales since the smoking ordinance went into effect, "the mere loss of future profits is a 'slender reed' upon which to rest a takings claim," Kanne found, especially given that the poor economy is a complicating factor.
Finally, the exemption of cigar and hookah bars is not unfair, because the disparate treatment is reasonably based on the fact that smoking is central to these businesses.
"The distinction drawn still means that bars for whom tobacco is an integral part of their business model - and not just an incidental yet important part - can permit smoking within their walls while other bars cannot," the ruling concludes. "Further, even if we do think that the traditional neighborhood bars are more like cigar and hookah bars, the Indiana Supreme Court has refused to invalidate legislation simply because it is marginally over- or under-inclusive."
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editione1.0.2Updated February 27, 2023
You’re reading an excerpt of Land Your Dream Design Job, a book by Dan Shilov. Filled with hard-won, personal insights, it is a comprehensive guide to landing a product design role in a startup, agency, or tech company, and covers the entire design interview process from beginning to end, for experienced and aspriring designers. Purchase the book to support the author and the ad-free Holloway reading experience. You get instant digital access, commentary and future updates, and a high-quality PDF download.
Now the fun part. Here are six frameworks to help you examine the app:
Jobs to be done. Uncovering the core objective.
Personas. Goals, motivations, scenarios.
User familiarity. New users, intermediate users, and experts.
Expert evaluation. Using best practices and industry standards.
Inclusivity. How accessible is this app?
Zooming in and out. Aesthetic, functional, and strategic layers.
Many of these frameworks complement each other, and you’ll use a combination of them in your critique.
Do you know what job a milkshake is hired to do? In his famous example, Clayton Christensen recounts the story of a struggling milkshake company trying to increase revenue. They try everything—making milkshakes thicker, larger, but nothing works. Only after observing customers buying milkshakes do they come to a realization.
In the morning, customers prefer milkshakes because they’re a portable source of energy when commuting to work. The milkshake fills them up, it’s easy to hold in the car, and it doesn’t leave a mess. In the evening parents swing by with their kids to treat them to the shake. But kids struggle. The straw is difficult to use, and the packaging is clumsy at best for small hands.
As you can see, the job varies depending on the context. Uncovering the jobs-to-be-done, or JTBD, will provide you objective criteria to critique the app against.
What is the customer trying to accomplish?
If the app didn’t exist, what would the customer do?
Is the alternative better or worse than the app? Why?
A JTBD might be enough context to start getting into app flows and the UI.
While JTBD provides an objective high-level framework, personas can give you an extra layer of empathy with details. They’re especially helpful when you’re addressing users who are very different from you and the interviewer.
In the app critique context, you won’t have research handy, so you’ll need to make these up as you go. One way of organizing this info is through proto-personas, as coined by Jeff Gothelf. If you have a whiteboard handy, jot down your assumed persona characteristics:
Goals. What objective(s) are they trying to accomplish?
Motivation. Why are they motivated to use the app?
Attitudes. How do they feel about the task they’re trying to accomplish?
Behaviors. Where in the context of a user’s life does the app fit in? Where do they use it—home, work, or on their commute? How do they use it? What else is happening in the background?
Pairing personas with a scenario (think mini customer journey) will help you make the most of them by putting yourself in their shoes and imagining how they would use the app to accomplish a task.
You can segment your prototypical persona further, based on how familiar they are with the app.
As a new user who downloaded the app:
What is the value proposition? Can I easily find it? Does it resonate with my needs?
Do I need to sign up or can I try it out without commitment?
How much effort do I need to make in the beginning?
What barriers or friction do I encounter during onboarding?
Is it clear what I need to do next?
How much guidance do I need in the onboarding process?
How does this app incentivize me to use it more?
The new-user perspective might be easiest to take during the app critique. It doesn’t assume prior app knowledge and it gets you and the interviewer on the same page by starting out fresh.
How does the app guide me?
Where can I find shortcuts? What accelerators exist to improve my workflow?
How does the experience grow with my needs?
How can the experience be more personalized?
This approach works well with popular apps like Facebook that you and the interviewer use frequently. Be sure to establish some common ground first, though, as they might be proficient on parts of the app that you don’t use.
How does the app level up intermediate users?
Where can you find advanced functionality?
What tools are missing that might be helpful for an expert?
For the app critique, this might be the hardest perspective to take, but it might be worthwhile for tools that are highly task oriented. Usually these tend to be enterprise apps like Photoshop or Visual Studio. Taking this perspective shows that you know the user well and that you’ve developed a point of view on how to meet your user’s needs.
JTBD, personas, and different user types will help you define a critical path that can help you stay focused in the limited time that you have. As you’re putting yourself in the shoes of your prototypical user and thinking out loud, you want to also overlay your design-expert commentary.
One way to communicate your expertise is by referring to existing popular guides, such as Nielsen’s 10 Usability Heuristics, which can be applied for different platforms. Depending on the app that you’re evaluating, you can also lean in on official recommendations, such as Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines or Google’s Material Design.
As an expert, your knowledge doesn’t have to stop at these guidelines of course. This is an opportunity for you to demonstrate your knowledge based on experience. What patterns have you seen hold up over time? What patterns work well for this industry or this audience segment? What have you seen fail or work in practice when testing concepts?
So far, we’ve talked about ideal user journeys and expert evaluation techniques with no mention of edge cases or customer impairments. If you want to step up in the critique, consider accessibility. Ensuring apps don’t exclude users is not a nice-to-have—in many parts of the world it’s the law. The Google Design team created an accessibility card deck to generate different scenarios.
The Google Design team created an accessibility card deck to generate different scenarios.
I won’t be able to do justice to accessibility here, but for the purpose of the app critique you can think about the following impairments:
Vision. What affordances does the app make for users with low vision, color blindness, or blindness? Think size, color, contrast, or environmental factors like screen glare.
Hearing. How does the app make use of sound? Does it provide backup cues? Does it have alternative text or captions? Think about the app’s use in a busy environment—for example, a busy train station.
Motor. Does the app require intricate touch gestures? Are tap targets large and easy to discover? Think about using the app while walking.
Cognitive. How much cognitive load does the app require of the user? Does the user need to memorize instructions or remember complicated operations?
For more info, take a look at Inclusive Design by Microsoft.
As you’re going through the customer journey, you’ll at times be going back to the strategic goals of the critique to make a point, diving into app functionality or zooming all the way in to a particular micro-interaction.
Consider both visible and invisible layers.
One way to think about this is a top-down structure that encompasses visible (aesthetic) and invisible (functional and strategic) layers:
Aesthetic. How it looks. Domain of visual design, motion, sound, touch.
Functional. How it works. Domain of information architecture and interaction design.
Strategic. Why it exists. Domain of value props and business strategy.
This layer is a summation of all the parts that you experience when you open up the app. How does this application achieve visual design and consistency?
Brand. What message is the app trying to convey?
Visual. How does the app use the visual language (color, shape, type, and so on) to reinforce its identity? What is the aesthetic experience like?
Motion. How does animation help orient the user? Are there any signature moments?
Sound. How does the app use sound to inform or entertain?
Touch. What gestures exist and are they easily discoverable?
Pairing this layer with personas will be helpful. This is also a prime layer to think about accessibility and inclusivity.
Below aesthetics lies functionality—these are core mechanics that help the user accomplish their goal.
Information architecture. How is the information labeled and organized? What paths exist to browse or search?
Interaction design. How does the app work? What macro and micro flows exist? What patterns are being used, what are the trade-offs?
This layer pairs well with personas and expert evaluation.
In this layer you’ll find problem framing and value proposition.
App. Why does this app exist? For whom? What problem is it solving?
Business. What problem is the company trying to solve? What are the values that we believe in? How does the company want to portray itself? How does it make money? What’s the company’s mission? What values does it abide by?
The strategy layer overlaps significantly with JTBD, so you’ll probably be going back and forth between the two.
From my time as an interviewer, I’ve seen a couple of mistakes that designers make when doing critiques for interviews.
Stopping at aesthetics. Sometimes it’s tempting to dive right in and point out all the things that look off on the UI. Don’t get stuck on aesthetics. None of that will matter if the app doesn’t help the user achieve its core goal in the first place. Establish your first principles based on the frameworks above and work forward.
Stuck on one approach. If you have an app that you’ve already picked yourself, then you’ve already come prepared with how you’re going to critique it. But be ready to adapt your approach and consider different methods when prompted. Doing so also allows you to show off other tools at your disposal, and handling ambiguity is a sign of maturity as a designer.


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WWE News: Nikki Bella to use a new finisher?
If you are a fan of Nikki Bella then we probably have some Bad News for you. The former Diva's champion recently did a Q&A session on twitter where she was asked if she'll be using the Rack Attack finisher after her return, to which she replied:
It's notable that Rack Attack is reportedly the move which led to her neck injury. She has been sidelined with this neck injury from this past October and had a surgery back in January.
Nikki is expected to be back in the ring in a couple of months from now but the final date is yet to be announced. Meanwhile, a reality show surrounding her recovery from neck injury titled “Total Bellas” is all set to air in the upcoming months.
Others cast in the show include Brie Bella, Daniel Bryan and of course, Nikki’s boyfriend John Cena.

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