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Born From The Installation: How do small devices affect large designs?
In the way of conventional architectural design, we usually think about site relevance, climate input, context connection and so forth. The site-based architectural design becomes the mainstream in the field of architecture today among the whole world. It is currently the practical and sophisticated way of designing, however, The mode of designing is turning to rigidity and template. It somehow limits the possibility of architectural design. When I study architectural design in the academy, I always think about Is there another approach to designing? The installation here is about the devices which are minor and subordinate to the architecture. It usually happens that we ignore its significance according to architectural design. Digging into the possible design of installation relating to architecture, the installation is actually an essential aspect of architectural design. The study of small devices could drive and lead the large final architectural design. In this portfolio, I would like to show how the small scale of installation study gradually lead and change the whole architectural design and ecology. Comparing to site-based architecture, the installation based architecture could be another approach for architectural design. During my 3-semester study of M. S. AAD at Cornell University, the study of an installation inspired and led my architectural design as always.
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DENVER – The Colorado Department of Education has started a new program called TeachColorado aimed at finding and hiring teachers and educators for schools in the state.
“We’ve had a global teacher shortage for years,” Colleen O’Neil, the Associate Commissioner of Educator Talent for the department said. “The US has 100,000 fewer graduating teachers than we actually need.”
O’Neil said the department understands a teacher shortage can come from lack of pay or support but they believe this specific shortage is blamed in part because of a tough year of having to teach during the pandemic.
“Covid has been a huge factor,” O’Neil said. “People are afraid of being in the classroom and getting ill or their spouse or family getting ill.”
The Colorado Education Association (CEA) stated 40% of teachers responded in a survey that they are considering leaving the profession after this school year.
“I am so thankful for everyone who is strong enough to stay cause of my grandson and all the future generations of kids,” Anjie Julseth, a high school math teacher in Jefferson County School District said.
Julseth said she knows college students who were on the path to becoming a teacher but have decided to pursue a different career.
“Were over worked. I am still working till 10:30 every night plus weekends,” Julseth said.
Julseth said there are several factors that make it tough for teachers including a lack of support from the district, pay, discipline with the students and stress.
“One of my daughters does Postmates and she makes more than me and I have a master’s degree and 28 years in the same job,” Julseth said.

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If you discover your child is using marijuana, you may be struggling with numerous emotions. From feeling upset about your child’s substance use to experiencing a sense of guilt regarding actions you could have taken, adolescent drug abuse is a reality many parents face. Due to perceptions regarding the safety of use and the movement to legalize marijuana, adolescents are increasingly at risk to begin experimenting with the drug. As parents, it can be difficult to navigate this terrain, but it is important to engage with your child as soon as possible to address the problem before it gets out of hand.
If Your Child is Using Marijuana
In many cases, knowing your child is using marijuana is half the battle. Many adolescents will go to great lengths to conceal substance use from their parents. Finding evidence of marijuana use can be an emotional experience, but it can also help you prepare for how to move forward in addressing your child. You may find drug paraphernalia or may notice physical and behavioral changes in your son or daughter. Approaching your child about suspected drug use can be a stressful experience so be sure to consider the following:
- Wait until your child is sober to start the conversation
- Understand that anger or hostility will not help the conversation – instead, focus on communicating your concern in a less confrontational way
- Have evidence or examples that cannot be disputed to remove your child’s ability to deny use
- Have ideas about solutions to help them stop using marijuana
- Be clear that drug abuse will not be tolerated and prepare consequences of use should your child continue use – be prepared to follow through on those ramifications as well
- Provide ways you can reconnect with your child and establish trust again
- Be responsive to your son or daughter’s efforts to change their behaviors
Depending on the severity of your child’s individual situation, you may also consider using an interventionist to help facilitate these conversations. They can provide an outside perspective that can help you manage your feelings and approach the topic in the best way possible. Additionally, interventionists can help you and your child transition into next steps; often times, this may mean beginning treatment for addiction.
Treatment for Marijuana Abuse
After approaching your child about using weed, you may see entering treatment as the next step for your child’s recovery. While in some cases, a person can stop using marijuana without professional assistance, a marijuana treatment program can help equip your child with the tools they need to manage their sobriety effectively. Marijuana use can also be accompanied by co-occurring mental health disorders. Substance abuse may develop as a method of self-medicating for certain conditions making professional treatment an important step for most.
While many argue that marijuana is not an addictive substance, it can cause dependencies to develop in which a person must use marijuana to feel normal. The earlier in life a person begins using the drug, the more likely they are to develop an addiction. Signs your child may need professional help include:
- Experiencing cravings for the drug
- Increased tolerance leading to higher dosages/increased frequency of use
- Cutting back on other areas of life for marijuana
- Inability to stop using the drug
Therapy for marijuana addiction may include a variety of treatment methods. The goal of treatment is to help young adults and adolescents develop coping mechanisms for stressors and other triggers that they may usually use drugs to treat. Therapy often focuses on helping your child develop problem-solving skills and changes in lifestyle to support a healthier approach to challenges. Rather than relying on marijuana to escape stressors, your child is encouraged to develop the independence and confidence to manage sobriety effectively. In addition, your child will also be equipped with the tools needs to reduce the likelihood of relapse and feel comfortable in saying “no”.
Marijuana abuse can have numerous adverse effects on your child’s physical and mental health. Regardless of what treatment methods you choose to pursue, it is important to intervene early and work with your child to help them overcome addiction. Starting the conversation is an important first step, and with the aid of numerous resources, you can help your child receive the right treatment for marijuana use.
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Activists have said that at least 65 people, apparently shot in the head, were found dead with their hands bound beside a river in a district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.
This unverified footage which was posted on a social media site shows the bodies laid out in a covered space. Relatives stand alongside trying to identify the bodies as notes are put on the dead bodies. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which provides information about both sides from a network of monitors, said the death toll could rise as high as 80
John Ging from the UN Humanitarian department spoke out to journalists at a press conference following his trip saying the scale of devastation is "shocking", he said
And following President Obamas's commitment to providing additional $155 million in humanitarian aid to Syria.
Representatives from more than 60 countries are attending a UN conference in Kuwait today to hear U.N. appeals to pledge up to $1.5 billion to help Syrians caught in the civil war and an estimated 700,000 refugees in neighbouring countries such as Jordan and Turkey.
I am Ann Salter thanks for watching. Stay tuned for the latest news and updates with me at ibtimes.co.uk
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The transformative and global aspirations of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development require a reorientation of multilateral cooperation as a whole. In the context of Germany’s G20 Presidency, the German Council for Sustainable Development advocates the creation of a comprehensive G20 partnership with Africa, based on the values of the 2030 Agenda.
In a concise recommendation, the German Council for Sustainable Development touches upon matters such as implementing the 2030 Agenda in sustainable partnership with Africa, trade policy for inclusive globalisation, agriculture, food and nutrition, and rural areas and health.
The recommendation is available online
The Advisory Council for Sustainable Development of Catalonia (CADS) issued a report on the challenges that Catalonia should address to successfully achieve the 2030 Agenda’s SDGs and targets. The report, whose title is ‘The 2030 Agenda: transforming Catalonia, improving the world’, was approved by the council on 27th September 2016, coinciding with the 1st anniversary of the 2030 Agenda.
The aim of this report is to offer the Catalan Government with some keys to localize the global SDG and targets in the country. This is why it will be used in the elaboration of the National Plan for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Catalonia, which will take place from March to June 2017.
The full report and the executive summary are available in English.
Arnau Queralt and Gábor Bartus – Co-Chairs of the EEAC Sustainable Development Working Group- kindly informed the EEAC members and partners today that the German Council for Sustainable Development (EEAC member Council) has published a report on the first Open SDGclub.Berlin meeting in November 2016.
The Open SDGclub.Berlin is an English-language international conference in Berlin at which participants can share their initial experience with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its global Sustainable Development Goals, as adopted by the UN in September 2015. It’s first gathering took place in November 2016.
The report on the first Open SDGclub.Berlin summarizes the meeting, gives insight in the preparatory process leading to the meeting and presents follow-up actions and lessons learned. Take a look at the informative graphics and read the full report here
The Europe Future 2030 conference – of which the EEAC Network is partner- will represent a chance to discuss the launch of a new vision for Europe based on the values and objectives of the 2030 Agenda. All European actors, whether Institutions, Member States or non-State actors, are called to contribute to the reshaping of European governance according to the SDGs.
The event will see the participation of over 200 attendance. Amongst others, European high-level officials as well as representatives of leading civil society organizations, scientists and representatives of advisory councils will participate. The Conference will be hosted by the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Sala della Regina, and will be introduced by the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Laura Boldrini.
For more information on the conference a click here
On Friday 17 February 2017, CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs), CADS (Advisory Council for the Sustainable Development of Catalonia) and IDDRI (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations) organised the conference ‘Climate Futures: Financing the Low-carbon Energy Transition.
The event enabled its attendance to analyse the investment challenges posed by the transition to a low-carbon energy system. Speakers included Nisrine Elkortbi (Director of Finance, Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy), Dan Lewis (Chief, Urban Risk Reduction Unit, UN Habitat), Gireesh Shrimali (Director, Climate Policy Initiative India) and EEAC Chairman Arnau Queralt-Bassa.
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The Conseil Supérieur pour un Développement Durable (CSDD) is the strategic advisory council on sustainable development of the Luxembourg Government. In consultation with representatives of civil society and independent experts, it provides advice on a broad range of sustainable development policy topics.
The opinions and studies resulting from this consultation process are addressed to the Luxembourg Government and Parliament. The CSDD was established in 2004 and was reappointed by the Luxembourg Government in 2016.
The Council has 15 members from various backgrounds. Council members are appointed on the basis of their personal position (being an eminent academic for example). click here to read more about the Council.
The Council is a member of the EEAC Network as of 1 January 2017.
The International Scan gives an overview of relevant international and European policy developments and sketches trends and emerging issues which could become relevant for the EEAC network and its member councils over the coming years.
The report presents a brief overview of the rapidly changing and challenging global and European arena that forms the context of the council’s advisory activities. The implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (COP21), both adopted in 2015, will challenge governments, the private sector and civil society to engage in new alliances and partnerships. At the same time, important new questions arise about the institutional architecture, the role of UN institutions and the accountability of relevant actors.
In this International Scan 2016, several specific policy areas are explored.
The Scan is aiming to serve as a useful source of information and inspiration to those preparing and advising on policies in the fields of sustainability, the environment and infrastructure.
The International Scan 2016 has been conducted at the request of the board of the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC) and was written by the secretariat of the Dutch Council for the Environment and Infrastructure (Rli).
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The Paris Agreement came into effect on Friday 4 November 2016. The EEAC Network wishes to congratulate the international community with this achievement and especially wishes to congratulate the French colleagues with an outstanding job!
The councils as gathered in the EEAC Network dedicated years to the subject of climate change. The EEAC Network dedicated its 23rd Annual Conference to the Paris Agreement. The conference focused on the role of civil society in climate change mitigation and adaptation processes. The EEAC conference took place just prior to COP21. Now, less than a year after the COP21, and the signing of the Paris Agreement, the first universal climate agreement came into effect on Friday November 4 2016.
Agenda 2030 presents an ambitious vision that covers the ‘five Ps’ of People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership. However, this vision will come under severe pressure if shifts, shocks and stresses like climate change and financial, social and resource crises are not properly addressed. Therefore, the ability to deal with and use these shifts, shocks and stresses to spur renewal and to promote sustainability seems more important than ever. For that reason, the further integration of the concept of “resilience” in European policy-making is of major significance.
Although the concept of resilience is increasingly used in various fields (including in the context of environmental protection and sustainable development), a gap still seems to exist between scientific output and the specific needs of policy-makers and practitioners in this area. The EEAC network has therefore had a conference aimed at bridging the gap between science and policy, by conducting an informed debate and sharing knowledge on how resilience can be taken into account in policy-making.
The plenary conference programme took place over one and a half days, and touched upon the role of resilience policies in contributing to the effective implementation of Agenda 2030, focusing in particular on the food, energy and water nexus, the challenges of creating resilient communities, and the roles of the different governmental levels. The conference brought together representatives from global and European institutions, national and regional governments, research institutes, non-governmental organisations, and advisory councils.
This year’s event was organized jointly by the EEAC and the Advisory Council for the Sustainable Development of Catalonia (CADS), and took place in Barcelona on 20 and 21 October 2016.
Click here for the presentations
With the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015, the United Nations has set out an unprecedented action plan to fight poverty and inequalities worldwide while respecting planetary boundaries. Achieving these goals will be challenging for European countries as well as for the EU as a whole. The Commission announced it would take action in 2016 to define next steps for a sustainable European future and unveil a new approach, ensuring Europe’s economic prosperity and social and environmental sustainability beyond 2020 in order to implement the SDGs.
The European Economic and Social Committee together with the EEAC Network and the ESDN contributed to this reflection with a conference on “Next steps for a sustainable European future – Reforming Europe, implementing SDGs” wich took place on 7 July 2016 in Brussels.
The conference provided an open dialogue with FVP Timmermans on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Europe. The sessions and the interactive workshops on sustainable consumption and production, social justice and decent work, sustainable business and investment and on global partnership and peace produced a series of interesting policy recommendations from a civil society perspective. The final session featured Karl Falkenberg’s first presentation of his report to the Commission President on ways to strengthen sustainable development in the EU and was followed by an in-depth debate.
The conference outcomes will be communicated to the Commission .
The workshop conclusions can be found here: Conclusions


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Research Summary: Deploying 4,000-plus solar storage mini-grids in Nigeria
Rocky Mountain Institute's (RMI) new report showcases a pathway to implementing undergrid mini-grids that has the potential to save electricity distribution companies and communities millions of dollars while dramatically expanding the market for distributed energy resources in Nigeria.
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James Rogers has no experience running an animal shelter, a fact he considers both an asset and a hindrance.
When Rogers' appointment as the interim administrator of Memphis Animal Services was announced Feb. 22, many animal advocates howled at the choice, citing that lack of experience.
But Rogers, 60, believes his inexperience can be a good thing.
"I came in with a fresh set of eyes to look at the policies," Rogers said, adding that he interviewed with several area shelters before taking the job. "As opposed to someone with shelter experience, who comes in with idealistic goals and doesn't get operations where it should be."
Still, he admits his inexperience also means that every day "is a learning curve."
Rogers retired in February after a 38-year career with the U.S. Postal Service, where he rose to the post of senior manager, overseeing more than 1,600 employees.
"If you can manage within the Postal Service, I really believe you can manage anywhere," said Memphis Mayor A C Wharton, who chose Rogers from a group of 50 applicants.
Wharton also believes the lack of shelter experience can be an asset.
"Let's try something nontraditional," Wharton said. "We have a long track record of trying to find that individual who has a long track record with shelters, and that hasn't gotten us anywhere where we want to be."
Less than two weeks into his tenure, Rogers encountered his first controversy. A blog that has kept a close watch on the shelter in recent years posted two videos showing employees using "catchpoles," long poles with a nooselike rope at the end to control animals, to move two dogs at the shelter.
The volunteer group, Friends of Memphis Animal Services, said in a statement on its Facebook page that the dogs received "totally unacceptable treatment."
Rogers said he was "aggrieved" by the footage and would seek to have employees retrained on the use of catchpoles.
"Once this is in place within the next 30 to 60 days, the quality of care for the animals under our care will improve drastically," Rogers said in a statement Monday.
Rogers said he has an 11-point plan in place with many responses to the Memphis Rotary Club's 22-page report, which cited numerous problems.
Already set are the installation of a low-cost GPS tracking system for animal-control vehicles; an internal video system to keep watch on the shelter; and continuing to maintain and improve relationships with volunteers and fostering groups.
But his first goal, Rogers said, is to work on the shelter's operations, calling that the foundation for everything he wants to achieve.
"We need to work on processes. We need to work on accountability. We need to work on management. We need to hold everyone accountable," Rogers said.
Wharton said that while the job title is "interim," that could change if Rogers can improve the shelter.
When asked what would determine whether the new director's tenure is successful, Wharton pointed to two criteria: a lower euthanization rate and an increased adoption rate.
"We will be looking for a fairly objective measurement," Wharton said, adding that facility hygiene and employee relations will also play a part. "Those are the benchmarks."
According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, approximately 60 percent of dogs and 70 percent of cats in shelters are put down each year.
When former MAS administrator Matt Pepper left last year, the kill rate in Memphis was reportedly about 74 percent, combined.
"If that's the case, I need to improve it," Rogers said. "But that takes time. It's not going to happen in 90 days. It may not happen in six months. We just have to chip away at it."
Memphis Humane Society executive director Alexis Amorose would add another criteria to that list: an increase in spaying/neutering.
"The effort has to come on the front end. And not only laws, but providing people with resources. There are many people who would like to do the right thing, but they don't have the resources to do it," she said. "You cannot adopt your way out of an overpopulation problem."
In fact, Rogers might help those adoption numbers.
When Rogers was an adolescent, his dog Chi-Chi was killed when hit by a car. Since then, he hasn't been able to bring himself to take in another pet, he said, despite pleas from his daughter.
"I didn't want that feeling again. It was like a member of the family had died," he said.
Now, he said, he's on the hunt for another best pal.
"I walk through the kennel every day."
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James Rogers: At a glance
Education: Graduated from Booker T. Washington High in 1969, LeMoyne-Owen College in 1980 and Belhaven University in 2007.
Family: Wife, Vanessa. Sons, James Jr. and Roger. Daughter, Vania.
Career: U.S. Postal Service, including postings in Memphis; Clarksville, Tenn.; Washington; Jackson, Miss.; Atlanta and Miami.
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How do you find valence electrons without using the periodic table?
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//amaanswers.com/how-does-an-atom-become-an-isotope"> ://amaanswers.com/what-does-group-1-mean-in-the-periodic-table"> way to find valence electrons without the periodic table is using the atomic number and drawing a diagram. The atomic number is how many protons and electrons the atom has. That means an atomic number of 8 (oxygen), has 8 protons and 8 electrons.
Ever, how many valence electrons are in each level?
Each shell can contain only a fixed number of electrons: The first shell can hold up to two electrons, the second shell can hold up to eight (2 + 6) electrons, the third shell can hold up to 18 (2 + 6 + 10) and so on. The general formula is that the nth shell can in principle hold up to 2(n2) electrons.
So is, how many valence electrons are there in Be? Lithium has a single electron in the second principal energy level and so we say that lithium has one valence electron. Beryllium has two valence electrons. How many valence electrons does boron have?
Along with that, how many valence electrons does group 4 have?
4 valence electrons
Why do valence electrons matter?
Valence electrons are the electrons that reside in the outermost electron shell of an atom in the highest energy level. They are important to an atom because the fewer valence electrons that the atom holds, the less stable it becomes.
The simplest answer is: d-block elements have number of valence electrons equal to their group number, which is equal to the number of electrons in the "valence shell". This works if you are using the definition of valence shell to be the outermost shell.
Group 4A. Group 4A (or IVA) of the periodic table includes the nonmetal carbon (C), the metalloids silicon (Si) and germanium (Ge), the metals tin (Sn) and lead (Pb), and the yet-unnamed artificially-produced element ununquadium (Uuq).
Group 4 elements have 4 valence electrons. The non-metals in this family react by gaining 4 extra electrons through the formation of covalent bonds (sharing bonds). Group 4 elements are also called the carbon group elements.
The electrons that occupy the outer most shell of an atom are called valence electrons. They are important because they determine how an atom will react. By writing an electron configuration, You'll be able to see how many electrons occupy the highest energy level. ... Electrons.
Valence electrons are the outermost electrons in an atom. Thus, they require less energy to remove than electrons at lower energy levels (if any). Also, they are the electrons that neighboring atoms will interact with.
3) Valence electrons are electrons found in the outermost energy level of an atom. 4) How can an atom that has 5 valence electrons achieve a full set of valence electrons? 4) An atom that has 5 valence electrons can gain electrons from an atom who has 3 spare valence electrons to make both the atoms stable.
There is a 2-8-8 rule for these elements. The first shell is filled with 2 electrons, the second is filled with 8 electrons, and the third is filled with 8. You can see that sodium (Na) and magnesium (Mg) have a couple of extra electrons. They, like all atoms, want to be happy.
The 3rd subshell consists of an s orbital , a set of (3)p orbitals and a set of (5)d orbitals. Each orbital holds 2 electrons and you will indeed find that you can fir 18 electrons in. ... This is because it is the maximum capacity of the 3rd shell and it doesn't tell about the order in which the electrons are filled.

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Come through for a special event on ruminating on failure and celebrating the new book by Hua Hsu, A Floating Chinaman: Fantasy and Failure across the Pacific. The book takes its title from a lost manuscript by H. T. Tsiang, an oddball early Chinese immigrant experimental writer whose dismal literary career led him to self-publish his own visionary novels. We’ll start the event with short talks on failure by Jon Caramanica of the New York Times, former Das Racist member Ashok Kondabolu, Jezebel Culture Editor Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, music journalist Dave Tompkins, and Buzzfeed Fellow Esther Wang. Executive Director Ken Chen will then cap off the night interviewing Hua Hsu as they engage in electrifying eye contact.
New Yorker contributor and AAWW Board Member Hua Hsu’s new book A Floating Chinaman (Harvard University Press 2016) explores how Twentieth Century American authors and intellectuals talked about and imagined China. Influenced by a fascination by hip hop beefs, Hua tells the story of the winners (like Pearl Buck and Henry Luce) and the losers, most notably H.T. Tsiang, the avant-garde author of The Hanging on Union Square (read an excerpt in The Margins), who wrote himself into his novels as a pathetic loser and ended up playing a character in a movie based on a novel by his nemesis, Pearl Buck. Hua is an Associate Professor of English at Vassar College and Fellow at the New America Foundation. Read Ashok Kondabolu’s interview with Hua in The Margins.
Jon Caramanica writes about music for the New York Times. The former music editor of Vibe, he’s written for the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, and XXL.
Ashok Kondabolu was the hypeman “Dap” of the now-defunct rap-group Das Racist. He is also the creator of the art gang and radio show “Chillin’ Island” and is a DJ on the Know-Wave show of the same name. Check out his interviews with Randall Park, Annie Ling, Prashant Bhargava, and others in The Margins.
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd is Jezebel‘s Culture Editor and a professor of music writing at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.
Dave Tompkins is currently writing a natural history of Miami Bass and archeopsychic bottom. His first book, How To Wreck A Nice Beach, is about the vocoder in war and hip-hop. He has contributed to the New Yorker, Paris Review and Slate and is currently writing an essay about a haunted souvenir warehouse for AUDINT‘s forthcoming Undead/Unsound anthology.
Esther Wang is a 2016 BuzzFeed Emerging Writers Fellow as well as a former AAWW Open City Fellow. She has also been, by turns, a New York City elementary school teacher, a community organizer working in Manhattan’s Chinatown, and a digital strategist for labor rights campaigns. You can find some of her writing at her website.
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MANILA – Eight in every 10 small and medium enterprise or SME in the Philippines use mobile payments and software automation to manage their supply chains, highlighting the role of technology in the sector, a study released Thursday showed.
Ninety six percent of SMEs also use e-commerce platforms which account for 52 percent of their revenue, according to the study by logistics provider FedEx in 10 Asian markets with over 4,500 respondents.
Philippine SMEs sell up to $1.4 billion overseas every year, accounting for 89 percent of total revenues, according to the FedEx poll.
"So that’s a great thing. SMEs are incubator of innovation," said said FedEx Philippines managing director John Peterson.
Peterson said that if the country's richest man and mall tycoon Henry Sy had the technology SMEs enjoy today, it wouldn’t take him half his life to build the SM empire.
"That’s why we’re seeing entrepreneurs today were able to build fortunes and businesses faster because they now have a market. They now have access to a market that’s in billions," Peterson said.
By competing globally, small businesses are challenged to offer more high-value products. This also creates jobs, he said.
"They’re able to hire people... they hire people with maybe different skills and that would require Filipinos to upscale some of the talents that they have," Peterson said.


The Ontario Line will create faster connections between dozens of vibrant neighbourhoods and make it easier than ever to travel within Toronto and beyond. The 15.6-kilometre, 15-stop subway line will run from Exhibition Place, through the heart of downtown, and all the way to the Ontario Science Centre. It will give people great relief from regional GO trains, to existing subways, to new light rail transit lines, and more. With fifteen potential stations between Exhibition Place and The Science Centre, and potential links to GO Transit and TTC Lines #1 and #2, the Ontario Line will bring more transit to more in-need communities sooner than previously thought by using a mix of at-grade (surface) track, elevated guideways and underground tunnels. The Ontario Line would be able to reach transit-deprived communities such as Flemingdon Park, Thorncliffe Park, Liberty Village and Fort York. For the record, Vancouver’s SkyTrain network has become the longest rapid transit system in Canada. The Dockland’s Light Railway System in London has grown to nearly 40 kilometres worth of track. Major construction on The Ontario Line is slated to begin in 2023.


Eventually we'll want all HTTP traffic on internal networks converted to HTTPS. We should ideally be using client certificate auth with this access as well, so that link traffic injection into supposedly-private service endpoints isn't so easy.
The most critical cases are traffic that's currently crossing inter-datacenter WAN links, or will be soon. However, it's simpler and more-secure in the long run if we just aim to do this for everything regardless of the locality of the traffic sources.
Key cases to work on first:
- Tier-2->Tier-1 varnish cache traffic - Currently secured by IPSec, but we could drop IPSec in favor of an HTTPS solution and keep things simpler and more standardized. This is also a relatively-easy target to work out a lot of implementation and puppetization issues before moving on to other cases.
- Tier-1 -> *.svc.(codfw|eqiad).wmnet - We'll likely have the ability and desire to put user and cache-backhaul traffic through the codfw cache clusters well ahead of when we're ready for multi-DC at the application layer. This implies codfw cache clusters backending to eqiad service addresses. The IPSec solution currently used for inter-tier varnish traffic above doesn't work for this case, as the service traffic routes through LVS, but HTTPS would work fine here.
In certificate terms, we'll want to use a new local CA to issue certificates within wmnet. The idea would be to create SAN-based certs per cluster for the service hostnames offered by that cluster. For example, mw[0-9]+.eqiad.wmnet machines might share a cert with SAN elements for e.g. appservers.svc.eqiad.wmnet and api.svc.eqiad.wmnet, and the sca cluster machines might have SANs for citoid.svc.eqiad.wmnet, graphoid.svc.eqiad.wmnet, etc...
In case 1, the server-side HTTPS termination can be the same nginx instance used for production frontend traffic, with some additional configuration and/or listeners defined.
In case 2, the server-side HTTPS termination would probably be easiest with a separate inbound TLS proxy (probably a simple variant on the cache clusters' nginx tlsproxy puppet module), so that we don't have to integrate it with all of the server/alias stanzas in the apache configs for now.
In both cases, the primary (most important for the moment, anyways) client traffic source is the varnish instances on the cache clusters. These don't do outbound HTTPS natively, but I think we can address that by using a local proxy on each machine like STunnel. For example, instead of varnish defining the appservers backend as direct access to appservers.svc.eqiad.wmnet:443, it would define it as connecting to localhost:12345, which is an stunnel daemon configured to connect to appservers.svc.eqiad.wmnet:443 for it.
Client cert auth would be based on per-machine certificates. e.g. cp1065.eqiad.wmnet would have a cert for its own hostname for the toubound stunnel proxy to use, and we'd need a local CA that the appservers trust for client certs. The easiest path for this would be to re-use the puppet machine certs and CA for this, but one issue there is that the last time we re-did the puppet cert infrastructure we inexplicably upgraded them to 4K RSA, which could be too much perf impact for this kind of scenario. 2K would have been better. If we're going to re-use puppet certs as client certs, it would be best to first to fix the 4K problem.


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That pair of soiled jeans doesn't look dangerous. Neither does that stained shirt. But if these garments contain a pesticide residue, they might be a health hazard--not only to the wearer but also possibly to other family members.
During pesticide application, clothing can pick up pesticide residue through spills and drift. The chemical can then enter the body through the skin. Tossing contaminated garments into the washer or laundry basket with other clothes can transfer the residue to the other garments. And, ordinary laundry procedures won't rid the clothes of highly toxic and concentrated pesticide residues.
Because pesticide absorption through the skin--not through the respiratory system--is the major risk for agricultural workers, textile researchers continue to study pesticide removal from clothing. Fabrics studied include those typically used by farm workers--heavyweight 100% cotton and 50/50% polyester-cotton blends. Research to date shows that fiber content makes no significant difference in the amount of pesticide removed. However, shirts and pants of 100% polyester allow more penetration of pesticides, and should not be worn during pesticide application.
Research also indicates that fluorochemical soil repellent finishes for pesticide applicator protective apparel fabric reduce pesticide absorption, and thus give barrier properties to work clothes. However, such finishes are temporary, and should be reapplied after every second laundering. ScotchgardÆ is a trade name of a spray fluorochemical soil repellent finish.
Soil repellent treated garments, though, require more vigorous laundering treatment to remove pesticide residues. Use a pre-wash spot and stain product (such as Shout®, Spray 'n Wash®, and Stain Out®, etc.) with a heavy-duty liquid detergent (especially in hard water conditions) for better pesticide residue removal. If powdered, heavy duty detergents are used, do so only in soft water or use with a packaged water softener product (such as CalgonÆ), after treating with a pre-wash spot and stain product.
Find out when your spouse or other family members will be handling pesticides. Make it easy for them to keep contaminated garments separate from other laundry.
It's also important to know which chemicals are more toxic. Key words on all pesticide labels identify the toxicity of the product. For example: Poison Danger signifies a highly toxic or highly concentrated product; Warning, moderately toxic; and Caution, slightly toxic. The key word indicates toxicity level regardless of formulation.
Other factors which influence ease of removal are the formulation and concentration of the pesticide. Commonly used formulations are emulsifiable concentrates (EC), granulars (G), and wettable powders (WP). Water soluble formulations are easier to remove in laundering than oil based emulsifiable concentrates. Check pesticide label for formulation information.
Multiple washings are necessary if pesticide used is highly toxic or concentrated. In fact, discard clothing completely saturated with most concentrated, highly toxic pesticides. Use disposal directions on the side of the pesticide container label. Clothing contaminated with moderate or low-toxicity pesticides do not warrant such drastic measures.
Launder clothing after each day's use to maximize removal of chemicals. Accumulated residues are harder to remove. And, wearing clothing that already contains a pesticide puts the wearer at additional risk.
To properly launder pesticide-contaminated clothing, use the following procedures:
A word about protective clothing/safety:
Use disposable protective clothing when possible to limit contamination of clothes. This is especially important when the applicator is in direct contact with pesticides such as when mixing and loading pesticides for application. Exposure can be minimized with careful attention to label recommendations, safety practices and personal hygiene.
Laughlin and Gold, R.E. (1990). Water hardness, detergent type, and prewash product use as factors affecting methyl parathion residue retained in protective apparel fabrics. Clothing and Textile Research Journal, 8-4, 61-67.
North Central Cooperative Series (1988). Limiting pesticide exposure through textile cleaning procedures. #314.
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Secondary Education Principals/Superintendents
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between principals’ self-reported knowledge of pedagogical concepts and research-based instructional practices, and their self-reported understanding of the role of Literacy Resource Teachers (LRTs) with whom they work and to compare both principals’ knowledge of pedagogical concepts and research-based instructional practices, and their perceptions of the role of LRTs, to their self-reported leadership practices using the Kouzes and Posner Leadership Practices Inventory.
The 23 principals participating in this study were all elementary school principals from the Pine Ridge District School Board. These 10 males and 13 females were individuals with a variety of educational backgrounds and years of experience as teachers and as administrators. They were selected to participate because Literacy Resource Teachers had been assigned to each of their schools during the 2008-2009 school year. The overall response rate for the population of principals was 100 percent. In addition to providing demographic information, and completing the Leadership Practices Inventory (Self), the principals completed two surveys designed by the researcher. The Instructional Practices Survey seeks to measure principals’ self-perceived knowledge and understanding of pedagogical concepts and high-yield instructional practices, including, “gradual release”, “modeling”, “guided reading”, “conferencing” and “writers’ workshop.” The Role of Literacy Resource Teachers Survey (RLRTS) assessed their perceptions of the role of LRTs, to the extent that the latter are seen as important to school improvement.
The LPI scores for principals in this study, on all five leadership practices, were all higher than those reported, on average, in the Kouzes Posner LPI normative data base. A medium relationship between principals’ knowledge of pedagogical concepts and instructional practices (i.e., their IPS score) and their score for the Model, Challenge and Encourage was found, while the relationship was large with Inspire and small with Enable. The relationships between the five leadership practices and their perception of the role of Literacy Resource Teachers (RLRTS) were generally quite small. The relationship between principals’ years of experience working with an LRT and their LPI scores were very small, and this was also true on the dimension of principals’ years of working at their current school as well as overall years of administrative experience.
Using four tests of covariance (Pillai’s trace, Wilk’s Lambda, Hotelling’s trace, and Roy’s Largest Root) a beta correlation coefficient of 0.78 was obtained when the effects of all five independent variables were measured. In the case of the multivariate or combined effects analysis – where a coefficient of 0.78 was obtained - there appears to be a large positive relationship between each of the independent variables identified and the transformational leadership practices of principals as measured by the LPI. Expressed another way, 78 percent of the variance in principals’ LPI scores can be accounted for by the combined influence of each of the five independent variables studied. Principals’ IPS and RLRTS scores “explain” more variance in their LPI scores than does the number of years that they have worked at their current school.
The author concludes: “Using the Kouzes and Posner leadership dimensions as a model for what transformational leadership looks like, directors and superintendents would do well to gauge the quality of aspiring leaders by how well these individuals conform to the model. Moreover, in an effort to cultivate a common vision of what effective leadership looks like, and to distribute leadership practices and responsibilities more broadly, ongoing professional development should be planned for principals and teachers that incorporates training of the five dimensions of leadership. This would ensure that both teachers and administrators are working from the same forward-looking framework or model and that new leaders were continuously being groomed to fill vacancies in district schools” (pp. 110-111).


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Chapter 10: Some Time Alone
“Chris, no!!” Liz cried, her arms wrapped around my stomach and desperately trying to keep me from leaping out the window.
“Digit’s in there!!” I argued, pulling against Liz’s grip. “God only knows what Bedford will do if she finds her!!”
“So you think bolting in there is gonna improve matters?!” Yelled Ray who, unlike me, was making every effort to stay out of view of the window.
I yelled in frustration. “I just need to coax her out of there! She’ll come if Mama calls!!” I paused for a moment, conflicted as to how naturally those words came out of my mouth.
“She’ll come back!” Liz assured me.
“I want her back before Bedford finds her!!” I yelled, struggling in Liz’s grip again.
(Mama?) I stopped and turned my head. Echo had perched herself on the windowsill and was looking at me expectantly. She looked between me and Bedford’s, as if asking me for…
I blinked. “You want to go in there?” I asked, confused. “You want to go find Digit?”
Echo nodded; I noted that changeling grubs were more intelligent, fresh out of their eggs.
“Wait, now you feel the solution is to send more of your children in there?” Ray asked, befuddled.
I furrowed my brow; Ray’s words rang true, but somehow sending Echo in felt like the right thing to do. Echo reared up to me and poked her front hooves at my eyes. Instinctively I closed them; when I made to open them again she just poked me again. Finally I sat on my haunches and kept my eyes shut. “Okay, what now?” I muttered.
“Chris, what are you doing…” Liz asked, but her voice faded out.
Suddenly I could see, yet my eyes were closed. I could suddenly see myself from an outer perspective; everything was wavy as though I was looking through the surface of water. The perspective moved and looked at Liz and Ray, like I was watching through a camera…
Or someone else’s eyes… I realized.
(Watch.) Echo’s voice repeated. She suddenly turned towards the outside and leapt out the window. Liz and Ray gave hushed orders for Echo to return.
“No, it’s okay…” I said aloud, trying my best not to break my concentration. “Let her go…”
Echo proceeded towards Bedford’s without fear. Fluttering her wings she leapt up into the open window and entered the house. Stay hidden, I urged. Find Digit and get out of there, okay?
(Digit.) Echo replied, creeping along the hall of Bedford’s house, ducking behind every bit of cover she saw. She snuck towards the living room, sniffing the air for the scent of her sibling.
“...don’t know what you got into…” Came a familiar voice from the bathroom down the hallway. Echo peeked down and noticed Bedford kneeling at the bathtub, scrubbing with all her might at Gwyneth, who was still covered in the goo from the previous night.
That stuff stains, apparently. I thought.
A chirp drew Echo’s attention. Glancing to the left she spotted Digit on the couch, happily gnawing on a ball of yarn. Echo gave an authoritative chirp that made Digit look up. Digit gave a delighted chirp of greeting, but Echo shook her head and beckoned with a hoof. Digit lowered her head in shame and pushed the ball of yarn away. She leapt down off the couch and hurried over to Echo.
“Looks like we’re going to have to shave you…” Bedford said with a sigh. Echo cast a panicked look towards the bathroom to see Bedford getting to her knees, her ascent slowed by her arthritis.
Go, go, go go go GO GO GO… I said urgently. Echo lead Digit down the hallway and back towards the window. Echo leapt to the windowsill and waited for Digit to join her. Digit was lagging a bit, casting a nervous glance behind her in the direction Bedford was in. Sadly she wasn’t watching where she was going and smashed painfully into a nightstand, sending the vase on top of it smashing to the floor.
“What was that?” Bedford asked, startled. Echo gave an urgent chirp to Digit, who was shaking her head from the impact and gathering herself. Digit hurried to the windowsill, and Echo leapt out into the yard.
I opened my eyes, took on my human form and stood up. I leaned against the window to meet the returning hatchlings. “Come on, come on!!” I said through gritted teeth. Echo was already halfway to the house, while Digit was just climbing onto Bedford’s windowsill. Digit cast one last look behind her; a panicked look in her eye told me Bedford was seconds away from discovering her. Digit leapt clumsily from the sill and sprinted headlong towards home. By now, Echo had leapt back into the relative safety of our home.
Digit got close to the window and leapt; she misjudged her jump, however, and bumped painfully against the wall just as Bedford came into view in her window. She turned to look across the yard, looked straight at Digit, still dizzy from the impact, then looked straight up at me. Our eyes met. Her jaw dropped in confusion and awe.
Slowly I reached down, picked Digit up and took her into the house. Let it go, I thought. Let it go, you imagined it, just forget about this whole thing, please don’t be bitchy, just this once, please-- oh no.
With a look of horror Bedford withdrew into her house. “This could be very bad,” I said, outwardly calm. I looked at Digit in my arms, then at her siblings on the sofa. “Get ‘em to the basement.” Liz nodded and hastily swung the door open. Echo and Shift immediately bolted down the stairs, but Digit gave me an anxious glance. I rubbed her head. “It’ll be okay, honey.”
While she didn’t look convinced, Digit hurried downstairs to join her siblings. I looked over at Ray. “You, too.”
“Why?” Ray asked. A pause. “...Right.” He hurried into the basement; I heard him trip on the last few stairs and land painfully on the floor below, but I didn’t spare a glance as I slammed the door.
“Chris?” Liz asked urgently. I looked back to see Bedford leaving the back door of her house and crossing our interconnecting yards.
“Shit!” I yelled. I considered barricading the house shut and calling the cops, but before I could make a decision Bedford was already banging on the back door.
“Open up!!” She yelled. I ran to the back door, grateful she didn’t think to open the unlocked door.
“Nah, I’m good, thanks!” I called through the door, eyes wide with panic as I slid the deadbolt closed.
“Chris…” Liz said. “What are we gonna do?”
“That question pretty much defines the past few days, doesn’t it?” I asked.
Bedford banged on the door again. “I want to know what those are, Barton!!”
“Nothing!” I yelled. “Figments of your imagination! Why don’t you just turn around and forget about it!!”
“If you don’t open up I’m gonna call the police!”
My face paled; she always threatened to call the cops on us, but this time she’d have a legit reason to do so. “Listen, please, just forget what you saw and…”
“Bedford, come on!!”
“ALL RIGHT!!” I yelled. I opened the deadbolt. The door immediately swung open and Bedford marched smartly into the house. This was clearly different; she didn’t carry that attitude of spreading misery just because she felt like it.
“Now, tell me, what was that thing in my house?” She asked, looking down her nose at me.
“Just my aunt’s cat,” I said; I had to try. “She got out the window and got into your house, then came back.”
“Don’t you lie to me!” Bedford yelled. “You think I’m so senile that I don’t know what is and isn’t a cat? Now what are you keeping here? Aliens? Demons?! Did you send it into my house to kill me?!”
“What?!” I yelled, dumbfounded. “NO! She got into your house by accident--” I slapped a hand over my mouth.
“‘She’?!” Bedford sputtered before taking a threatening step forward. “Where is it?!”
I stood my ground, removing my hand from my mouth. “None of your business. Get out.”
Bedford wasn’t deterred. “You will bring me that… thing… and tell me why it was in my house, or I will call the police!!”
“Last. Warning,” I said, teeth clenched. “Get. The FUCK. Out of my house, you goddamn crone.”
She slapped me across the face, causing me to stumble back. Recovering from the blow I slowly turned my head to look at her. Any thought of talking her down quickly gave way to the intense desire to put her in her place. Green overtook my vision. “Warned you.”
I dropped my human guise. Bedford stumbled back, startled by the green flames and the insectile equine that stood before her. Before she could even scream I fired a haze of magic at her mouth. The aura turned into a glob of goo and enveloped her mouth. I lifted her in my magic.
“Chris!!” Liz screamed, shaking me. “Chris, stop!!”
I didn’t listen, merely contemplating on what to do with the flailing old lady in my magic. She kicked and writhed, her screams muffled and eyes wide with terror.
“You think…” I said, my voice lined with a tone of righteous indignation I didn’t remember ever using. “That you can come into MY home, STRIKE me, and THREATEN MY CHILDREN?!?!”
“Chris!!” Liz shrieked, her voice filled with horror and pain as she continued to shake me.
“YOU WOULD CHALLENGE THE QUEEN?!?!”
Liz stepped in front of me and put her hands on either side of my face. “Chris, please, stop!!”
I took my eyes off of Bedford and looked at Liz. My anger was snuffed out instantly. Tears fell down Liz’s face, a look in her eyes that told me everything.
The person she’d just seen was not Chris Barton.
I looked up at Bedford and my heart dropped even further. She was clutching at her left arm.
“Oooohhh, no no no no no no…” I said, levitating Bedford close. “Noooo, no no no, she’s having a heart attack!!”
Liz spun around. “Oh god…”
“What’s going on up there?” Ray called from the basement. I ignored him and gently placed Bedford on the floor, leaned up against the wall.
I fell on my haunches and held my head in my hooves. “FUCK!!” I screamed, smacking both sides of my head. “FUCK FUCK FUUUUCK!!!” We were screwed. Bedford would die without medical attention, but if we sent her to the hospital she’d tell everyone what she’d seen here. Digit, Shift and Echo would be taken away, Ray and I would be sent to some government facility to be made the subjects of experiments straight out of a sci-fi movie, Liz would be taken god-knows where…
Maybe I could… haze her mind, or whatever? I thought. Just make the last minute… disappear in her mind? Do I even know how to do that?! What if I fuck up and make her a vegetable?! “God dammit!!” I yelled.
“What do we do, Chris?!” Liz cried, holding Bedford in her arms.
“Give me a minute to think!” I said.
“Chris, in a minute she’s gonna die!!” I looked up at them; Bedford had fearful tears streaming down her face, dripping into the goo around her mouth--
Somewhere in my mind I heard a soft ‘ding!’. I lifted Bedford in my magic. “Not the best solution, but it’s what I got.” I enveloped Bedford in a much larger haze of magic. The haze turned into a fully-encasing cocoon of goo. Bedford blinked in confusion once, and then was still.
“Chris, what’re you doing?!” Liz cried.
“It was the only way I could save her without completely fucking us over!” I said, swinging the basement door open and carrying Bedford down the stairs.
“But Bedford--” Liz argued.
“--is alive! It’s the best option we have, Liz.” I arrived in the basement. Ray poked out with the triplets from behind a large stack of boxes.
“What’s going on-- ...oh god, Chris, what’d you do?!”
“Not now!!” I said, looking around the cellar. My eyes fell on the space beneath the stairs. I placed Bedford beneath the staircase delicately, giving her unshifting gaze an apologetic look as I sticked her gooey prison on the underside of the stairs. I backed away from the stairs and sat down, rubbing my hooves nervously. “Not perfect, but better than the alternative…” I said.
The triplets approached the cocoon with curiosity. Echo looked at me, her face unreadable. Digit looked a little concerned for Bedford, nudging her cocoon with a hoof. Shift regarded Bedford hungrily, the first smile I’d seen from him dawning on his face. I carefully pulled the grubs from the cocoon. “Let’s leave her alone, kids, okay?” I said softly. “She’ll just be here until I get a better idea of what to do.”
“You could let her go?” Ray suggested. “Whatever she’s in seems to have put her in some kind of coma, she might think whatever happened upstairs was a freaky dream and we could get her to a hospital?”
“And what if she doesn’t think it was a dream?” I asked. “The cops might feel inclined to search the place if Bedford indicts me for her heart attack. I won’t put these three at risk.” I pulled the grubs closer, protectively.
“So you’re just gonna leave her like this?” Liz asked, gesturing towards Bedford.
“For now!” I clarified. “I… just need time to think, okay?”
“You’re holding a woman against her will!” Liz said.
I screwed my eyes shut; the adrenaline of the past few minutes was starting to pile up. “Please, please, be quiet for one second…”
“What’s happened to you, Chris?!”
Once again my vision flashed green as I looked up at Liz. “SILENCE!!”
Liz stumbled back, startled. My vision returned to normal; once again I found myself struggling to keep this suddenly volatile temper in check. I hadn’t had this problem until…
My insides froze, my breathing caught. I slowly moved away from Liz and Ray, both looking terrified at my outburst. “Please…” I whispered. “I need some time…” I scooted into the corner and curled up, my back to them. For a minute the pair were silent; then I heard them ascend the rickety staircase, and the door closed, shutting out what little light in the basement.
Tears stung in my eyes as I was left alone with my thoughts. I felt as though I was gonna be sick, if changelings even could.
Changing into Chrysalis over the course of twelve hours was one thing; at least I had some perks to have fun with, between transforming, magic and flight. Suddenly popping out three changeling grubs wasn’t exactly fun, but they seemed innocent enough, for the most part, that made me forgive being forced to endure the joy of motherhood.
But I never thought just how far this fucked up little rabbit hole went. It wasn’t enough that I’d look like Chrysalis on the outside. She was starting to overwrite… me. Whatever was happening, it could very well replace Chris Barton entirely, leaving me as a shapeshifting conqueror with a short fuse.
Seeing the look of fear on Liz’s face made me realize who I was becoming… and just how much that terrified me.
A nudge at my shoulder made me jump. I spun my head around to see the triplets, having never left my side. Digit looked particularly upset, her eyes flooded with tears. “My… fault?”
I wasn’t surprised at her somewhat limited speech; changeling grubs were clearly smarter, fresh out of the egg. I shook my head. “No, no, it’s okay…” Digit’s gaze fell to the ground, guilty. “Hey, hey… Come here.” I lifted Digit in my magic and placed her against my belly. I kissed her on the head. “We’ll work it out, okay?”
Digit sniffled, then curled up against me. I turned to see Echo and Shift staring at me. Echo tentatively took a step forward; smiling, I lifted her up and placed her alongside Digit. I looked back at Shift, who didn’t move.
I still didn’t quite get Shift. He seemed to be a bit more serious than his sisters, never really up for doing anything but cast disapproving glances their way. He always stared at me as though expecting me to do something, and acting confused when I didn’t do it. Did he maybe instinctively know something about changelings that I didn’t? Was I not living up to his expectations as queen? I mourned the fact that the show never quite delved into really talking about changeling culture; at least then I’d have more to work with other than what changelings did, and what they fed on.
Shift, his expression neutral, turned around and sat as though on guard duty. I gave a small smile; at least for now, he still seemed to hold loyalty to his queen. I turned back to Digit and Echo, who had curled up together and already fallen asleep. I laid my head down beside them, taking solace in what may be the only source of happiness I’d have in a while.
Because at the rate I was going, I began to wonder if Liz was regretting coming back.

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An investigation into cellular stress responses reveals how cell compartments called mitochondria use information about the surrounding metabolites and microorganisms to protect themselves from damage. See Letter p.406
Cellular organelles are simultaneously distinct from the rest of the cell and completely reliant on it for their identity and function. A poignant example of this nebulous individualism comes from the mitochondrion, a subcellular entity that began long ago as an independent organism but which, over millennia, has become increasingly dependent on the rest of the cell, and now serves as its energy-generating centre. Interactions between the mitochondrion and the cell provide this organelle with a direct connection to changes in the contents of its surroundings, allowing it to initiate defence mechanisms when things go awry. In this issue, Liu et al.1 (page 406) report the effect of cellular and microbial metabolites on the initiation of protective reactions in mitochondria.
When changes occur that are stressful to mitochondria (for example, changes in their ability to import the molecules required for normal function), they activate a protective program called the mitochondrial unfolded protein response2 (UPRmt). This defence mechanism is designed to maintain normal mitochondrial function, and its activation is typically symptomatic of an imbalance in the cell. A diverse set of stimuli can activate the UPRmt, including disruption of the proteins, import machineries and protease enzymes that help the mitochondrion to function3. Initiation of this defence begins with transportation of the transcription factor ATFS-1 — considered to be the major factor in mitochondrial protection against stress4 — to the nucleus, where it upregulates expression of other genes involved in the response. By contrast, under non-stressed conditions, ATFS-1 is imported into mitochondria, where it is readily degraded by proteases4.
Liu et al. report that when they induced the UPRmt in the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, by genetically or pharmacologically inactivating genes involved in normal mitochondrial function, the worms displayed an aversion to bacteria — their typical source of food. They hypothesized that UPRmt induction might cause such a change in behaviour because the cell interprets the program's activation as symptomatic of a pathogenic attack or as a sign of poor nutrient availability (Fig. 1). If so, this could imply that variations in metabolite levels, which might be caused by the presence of pathogens or a lack of nutrients, play an integral signalling part in the activation of mitochondrial stress responses. These hypotheses are supported by previous observations suggesting a variety of methods by which bacteria are linked to and influence metabolism5 and mitochondrial stress6 in C. elegans.
Next, Liu and colleagues set out to define the intracellular metabolic pathways that are required for UPRmt induction. Using genome-wide screening, the authors identified 45 genes that are needed for the mitochondrial stress response. In this analysis, they found two metabolic pathways required for activation of the UPRmt.
The first, the sphingolipid biosynthesis pathway, is responsible for production of ceramide, a waxy lipid molecule typically found in the cell membrane after being synthesized in another organelle, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Ceramide plays a part in multiple physiological processes, including mitochondrial degradation7 and the cell-death program apoptosis8. Although the authors report that ceramide synthesis is required for UPRmt induction, a loss of ceramide synthesis has also been linked to increased longevity in several organisms9,10,11, suggesting a complex role for this molecule in health.
Disruption of a second metabolic pathway, the mevalonate pathway, also blocks activation of the UPRmt. This pathway is required for the synthesis of cholesterol in most multicellular animals, but not in C. elegans12, indicating that alternative metabolic outputs of this pathway (rather than cholesterol synthesis) are required for the mitochondrial stress response in this worm.
The mevalonate pathway is inhibited by statins, drugs that are used in humans to lower cholesterol. Previous work has demonstrated that statins have adverse effects on longevity in C. elegans, affecting the function of the ER and inducing a robust ER stress response13, which acts to protect the ER in the same way as the UPRmt protects mitochondria. Likewise, Liu and co-workers demonstrated that statins affect mitochondrial health. However, in contrast to what is seen in the ER, they found that after treatment with statins the worms could no longer respond to mitochondrial stress. In agreement with this observation, earlier data showed that forcing ATFS-1 to enter the nucleus protects worms from the harmful effects of statins14, suggesting that a breakdown in mitochondrial stress sensing is responsible for the harmful effects of statins in C. elegans. This may have consequences for our understanding of the side effects of statins in humans.
As with statins, Liu et al. found that forcing ATFS-1 to move to the nucleus was sufficient to induce the UPRmt when the sphingolipid biosynthesis pathway was blocked. Clearly, the typical regulation of ATFS-1 is broken after disruption of these two metabolic pathways. But what exactly prevents ATFS-1 from functioning properly?
The authors' data suggest that reducing mitochondrial import of ATFS-1 may not be sufficient to ensure its transportation into the nucleus. Alternatively, mitochondrial import and degradation of ATFS-1 may be directly controlled by metabolite changes in the cell. A closer look at the effect of these metabolites on ATFS-1 import and stability will offer a better understanding of how they affect the function of the UPRmt. Moreover, these results suggest an effect of UPRmt activation, and potentially of ATFS-1, on C. elegans behaviour in response to food sources. How this plays into the general sensing of food availability — for instance, through control of the nervous system15 — is not yet known.
The extent to which this is a general phenomenon or one specific to these particular metabolites also remains unclear. The authors find that a remarkably high percentage of bacterial species in a large panel can induce the UPRmt in C. elegans in the absence of other stressors. By contrast, they find that some classes of microbe are capable of blocking UPRmt activation even during stress. The authors leave the mechanism behind these varying effects open, but the overarching message of this study is clear: different metabolites produced in these differing conditions are most likely to be responsible.
Mitochondria are ancient relics of a purely single-celled world. It is possible that the systems that protect mitochondria were the same as those used to protect colonies of bacteria from their invading neighbours. Perhaps bacterial metabolites have retained the ability to communicate with their long-lost relative, the mitochondrion, which in turn has gained the ability to communicate with its host to alter such complex processes as behaviour. Human physiology also relies on complex interactions with thousands of species of bacterium. It is possible that our own mitochondria will sense and respond to the secondary metabolites produced by these species, and possibly change the behaviour of our cells.
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You better bite this thing before it bites you! But don't be fooled; this absolutely GIGANTIC gummi snake treat is all 100% chewy, delicious gummi candy. Featuring a tangy orange flavor and orange color, as well juicy, sour apple flavored spots, this incredible gummi treat is both crazy to look at and yummy to eat, and did I mention...great to play pranks with! Don't lie to yourself, we know you'll want to!
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Monday, January 25, 2010
Climb Out Of That Burrow
Join the Green Hills Trails Association for our 3rd annual "Gravel Grinder" from historic Jamesport, Mo.
Why this ride? Chucky says "Lighten up dude, I wanna see my shadow! After being in a hole for 4 months I'm ready to break some ice, hang out with my friends, and get the riding season started. The ride drew 20 riders in 2009.
Starting time is 10:00 a.m. and we will be departing from the 4 way stop downtown next to Gingerich’s Dutch Pantry . It’s “show-n-go” so there is no participation fee. Just show up and we will provide route maps and all the gravel riding you can handle. This will not be a race but don’t let that frighten you back into your den.
The 2010 route will traverse the hills and hollers of the Green Hills region with some “aggie flats” thrown in for recovery. Riders can choose either the “Full Chucky”-60 mi. or the shorter “Lil Chuck”. Most of the route will be on smooth crushed limestone suitable for cross or mountain bikes. The route will be posted and blazed the week of the ride so we can hopefully stay away from any fresh gravel maintenance “large gravel” and pick the best route.
Jamesport is an Amish community, so expect to see horse and buggies and prepare to take a little step back in time. There is a small grocery, some restaurants, and a “watering hole’ for post ride libations.
Please contact me at: firstname.lastname@example.org if you are coming so we’ll have plenty of maps and so I can forward the route to you via email.
Anyone can ride a trainer on a cold February day, but it takes some courage to brave the weather. Will you come join the fun? Or are YOU Afraid of your shadow?????

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In case I wasn’t clear enough in the show segment, let me explain further.
U.B.I. (Universal Basic Income) is a terrible idea for 3 main reasons:
1. Tries to tackle specific issues with broad solutions
2. Relies on economic forecasts, not the observable past
3. Robs man of his free will
Advocates of U.B.I. cite past experiments as evidence that it can work to our favor. For example, a town in the Canadian province of Manitoba implemented a U.B.I. in the 1970’s and reportedly, work rates barely dropped at all. Supporters of U.B.I. also claim it helps alleviate economic inequality and cuts through the thicket of current social welfare programs down to one simple handout. Sure, people in Manitoba might have had the self-discipline to take this free money and save it while continuing to work their day jobs. Sure, lower-income families can benefit greatly from additional cash and sure, cutting red tape could cut down on entitlement overhead and confusion. However, this all misses the point: Universal Basic Income is a shallow, pompous thief.
First of all, when we can identify a certain problem, we can identify a specific solution for it. For instance, failing to put money aside each year is supposed to be remedied by Social Security. Lack of nutritional food is supposed to be remedied with the help of food stamps - one answer to one problem. It’s the same thing with the body: low potassium levels are supposed to be remedied with potassium supplements or an avocado. It wouldn’t be super helpful to take a multivitamin to address low potassium levels because that’s too broad of a sweep. There are better ways to fix a potassium problem than with a general cure.
So it is when tackling poverty! A universal, lump sum of money doesn’t address any one specific problem like healthcare or retirement, but rather feebly tries to tackle several different issues at once. It also gives money to those who are well above the poverty line and don’t need this cash supplement. I believe it’s better for us to break things down into simpler terms and address them piecemeal. We can confront each problem with a unique strategy.
Second, we cannot predict the future.
For decades, when the economy shifted from one form of production to another, some people claimed work would disappear. The Industrial Revolution threatened to put artisans ‘out of work’, but did it? No, the people found new jobs and new responsibilities when automation and the idea of interchangeable parts became an essential part of our economy. Huge economic/technological shifts have yet to permanently keep people from working, and this time is no different. The advent of robotics probably won’t put millions of people out of work; there will always be work to do. It’s presumptuous for people to think U.B.I. will be necessary for a future economy that won’t be able to provide jobs for everyone; you don’t know that. All we know is that work has never gone extinct before.
Thirdly, and most importantly, a U.B.I. denies us the choice to be charitable. Having a faceless entity take money from our paychecks and deliver it to nameless strangers is passionless. We empathize with our neighbor and feel obliged to lend a helping hand when we run into them in our daily lives. We each deserve the choice to be charitable and a government program takes that away from us. Reminding society that it’s our responsibility to care for others should be the solution here.
If we want to ensure people can pay their bills and live a healthy, respectable life, we need to step up as communities and donate our time, money, and attention directly to those in need. Yes it’s easier said than done, but offering a Universal Basic Income is certainly not the answer to fighting poverty.
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Vernooy vacuum is a high tech vacuum system supplier. Manufacturer of gas tight and clean products small and large both in physical and serie size.
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Vernooy Vacuum Engineering is a high tech vacuum system supplier. Manufacturer of leak tight and clean products small and large both in physical and serie size.
Vernooy is a vacuum systems specialist with a long history in manufacturing vacuum and leak tight chambers and precision parts for in and around vacuum systems.
Our vacuum systems are used in many high tech applications all over the world ranging from semiconductor and solar systems to highly specialized (large) research systems like particle accelerators. With our in depth knowledge of vacuum systems we constantly improve our manufacturing procedures to create the best vacuum.
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Vernooy Vacuum Engineering has extensive knowledge of vacuum systems. Vacuum is not a test at the end, but requires constant attention throughout the production process.
Vernooy Vacuum Engineering is a manufacturer of high-tech parts and weld assemblies. We have highly skilled employees who understand the importance of clean manufacturing and the effect it has on the end products. With our state of the art cleaning facilities we clean all our products. After cleaning the parts are extremely clean and can be used without additional processing in vacuum and cleanrooms.
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Vernooy Vacuum Engineering manufactures many special shaped weld assemblies for a variety of markets and research institutes. This expertise we use to decrease the production time for our customers. We are used to help in the final stage of engineering to optimize the design for faster production times. These extensive discussions can lead to production time reductions up to 50%.
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Our welding capabilities are not limited to stainless steel but also include aluminium and titanium welding. We are constantly improving our skills through internal research programs to optimize the precision in our welded end products.
In-house we are capable of machining precision products ranging from cm3 to several m3. We have produced chambers up to 5 m in length and 2.5 m wide for the solar industry but also small tubes for high end electron microscopes. Our manufacturing engineering is focused on functionality of the end product and lead time optimization. Together with our customers and suppliers we aim for an optimized design both in costs and in lead time.
Vacuum quality and control
At Vernooy Vacuum Engineering quality is taken very seriously, all vacuum related parts are leak tested individually. Our manufacturing process is qualified with an rest gas analysis (RGA) test. Upon request the individual parts and weld assemblies can be tested at the targeted end vacuum level and RGA test. Weld assemblies are checked with a 3D measurement system with a geometric accuracy of < 0.01 mm.
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Thanks to continuous technological advances, we are getting closer and closer to being able to move from one place to another in more sustainable and environmentally friendly means of transport. The short and medium term objective is to considerably reduce CO2 emissions into the atmosphere and opt for clean and renewable energies for private consumption and transport.
The electric car is already approaching solar energy. Today it is feasible to charge an electric car with solar panels, but it is not the only means of transport that is evolving towards the use of solar energy, there are several projects that work in which trains, airplanes or canoes are able to function thanks to the solar energy.
Move with solar energy
Today we have already chosen to install solar panels in our homes or businesses to achieve self-consumption that has little impact on the environment and in turn allows us to save in the cut and long term by reducing the amounts we pay on the electricity bill that it is currently breaking all-time highs each week. Another area in which we can be more sustainable and emit less CO2 into the atmosphere is by using a means of transport that does not pollute. The bicycle or the electric scooter are common means of transport in our day to day to go shopping, go to our workplace or enjoy a pleasant walk in our free time. To these alternatives, means of transport capable of running on solar energy are being added. These are some of the most interesting projects:
World’s first solar train
In Byron Bay, 600 kilometers from Sydney, Australia in December 2017 they launched what is called the “world’s first solar train”. The Byron Bay Train operates a single convoy made up of two carriages, on a train formerly powered by a diesel engine. They adapted and equipped it with photovoltaic panels and batteries so that it works entirely with solar energy. The solar train was very successful in its launch and overnight trips were soon underway.
Planes out of fuel
Solar Impulse HB-SIA is known to be one of the first aircraft to be powered solely by solar energy. It has huge solar panels located on its wings that allow it to be self-powered by solar energy. 11,628 photovoltaic cells cover an area of 200 square meters. The plates installed in this aircraft are capable of collecting 250 W / m 2 which are stored in lithium-ion polymer batteries. Its wingspan is comparable to that of an Airbus A340, but with a lighter weight, 1600 Kg.
Means of aquatic transport
In addition to means of transport that work with solar energy by land and air, we also find very interesting projects in the world of water transport. Planet Solar designer Craig Loomes is the creator of the world’s largest solar-powered ship.
MS Turanor Planet Solar
For the last several years he has been sailing to promote the myriad possibilities of solar energy within maritime transport. It has 537 m 2 of photovoltaic panels that supply the necessary energy to 6 lithium-ion batteries that allow long-term trips without the need to use emergency diesel engines. This ship has been used to develop scientific projects where physicists, biologists and climatologists from the University of Geneva began continuous monitoring of the air and water of the Gulf Stream of the Atlantic Ocean.
The Achuar, an indigenous people who live between the border of Ecuador and Peru, move with a solar canoe that connects nine isolated populations of the jungle. This solar powered canoe is capable of traveling 67 kilometers along the Capahuari and Pastaza rivers in the Ecuadorian Amazon. This boat communicates with each other about a thousand people spread over nine settlements. A river and community transport that has changed the life of the Achuar. This canoe allows them to do without gasoline, which can only be purchased if a plane lands in the area. As these are isolated settlements, getting a plane there increases the cost of gasoline. In addition, with this sustainable canoe they have managed to prevent the roads from degrading this area of the Amazon.


The Chevrolet Cruze is being recalled in India yet again, this time to replace fault drive shafts. As has been General Motors’ policy in India over the past year or so, the latest recall of the Cruze has not been made public and is instead an affair that is between the automaker and car owners. This recall affects the Cruze sedan assembled in India between June 2009 and March 2011.
General Motors India has begun contacting Cruze owners in India individually by mailing letters asking the owners to bring their cars in for the recall. The recall will be carried out at no cost to the Cruze owner. The downtime that the vehicle will face at the Chevrolet workshop is likely to be a less than three hours.
Less than two months ago, the Cruze sold in India was recalled for inspection and re-positioning a PVC bracket in the engine bay. This bracket, in certain cases, was found to rub against the wiring, leading to potential chafing of the harness. The recall aimed to modify/reposition the PVC bracket to eliminate any chafing.
General Motors working on a new compact sedan for India, based on the Beat hatchback
The Cruze has been one of the enthusiast focused D-Segment sedan in India. The hallmark of this car is its 2 liter-4 cylinder turbocharged engine from General Motors’ Z-Series range of diesels. This motor pushes out 164 Bhp of peak power and 380 Nm of peak torque, making the Cruze the most powerful diesel sedan in its segment.
Six speed manual and automatic gearbox options are offered with this diesel motor. The Cruze will soon be replaced by an all new model that will be underpinned by General Motors’ D2XX platform. The car gets new styling inside out. The all-new Cruze has already gone on sale in China. The car is expected to land into India in 2016 or beyond.
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The Bigg Boss show is one of the most prominent reality shows is all set to entertain everyone all around the country, the show is running well with the amazing TRP. All the Contestants gave outstanding performances in the last episodes of the Bigg Boss. No doubt it is a very entertaining and interesting show. We have seen a lot of drama, fight between the contestants.
Which was very entertaining for the fans. The contestants in the show are perfect to give their best performances in the remaining part of the show. Now the upcoming episode will be very interesting. Let’s continue the article, keep reading.
Bigg Boss 15 Elimination
As we have seen in the previous promo videos RJs’ will come in the Bigg Boss and they will ask different questions to all the contestants, and the contestants will try to put their point in front of them. In RJs’ questions allegations and advice will be included.
It will be very interesting to watch how they will handle the question of RJs. Contestants will argue with each other during the questions. So let’s see what will be the question and how contestants will explain themselves to them, Keep reading.
We know some fans are disappointed after the elimination round, their favorite contestants have been gone from the house, so fans are very sad after their elimination after their favorites. Now you will see in the latest episode, contestants will fight with each other. It will be very interesting to watch.
Bigg Boss 15 Online Voting Results
You will see in the latest episode, Tejaswee will fight with Shamita and Tejaswee will say to Shamita, If she wants to friendship with Karan so, first of all, asks Karan, if he wants to friendship with her or wants to be with Tejaswee. They shout aggressively to each other. You will see Karan and Pratik will fight with each other and Pratik will push to Karan.
They will fight too much and create an issue in the house. After that Devoleena will fight with Abhijeet and says what is the spreading filth over here, and says his filth as well. You will see Shamita and Tajaswee will be angry in the latest episode.
Surely, Devoleena’s fight with Abhijeet will be very interesting to watch. You can watch the episode on the colors at 8 PM if you want to watch all episodes so you can watch it on Voot at any time. Stay connected for more updates.
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Fast Food is the song in the video Ride the Roller Coaster.
The Kidsongs Kids (David, Ryan, Tarrish, Nicole, Myisha, Tuhk, Triskin, Katinka, Dannon, and Nicholas) went to the candy kitchen and fast food restaurant order burgers 🍔 French fries 🍟 and milkshake and 🥤 and hot dogs 🌭
We're in the kitchen of the candy store,
The sweetest place I know.
The caramel apples, the chocolate fudge,
And peanut butter to go.
Oh yeah, looks like heaven to me,
Ooh ee, it's where I want to be.
Hold on, I'm a victim of circumstance,
Fast food's got a hold of me,
And I don't stand a chance.
I love burgers and I love fries,
I want a milkshake on the side.
Cheese and ketchup everywhere,
There's nothing that we won't try.
Hot dogs comin' from everywhere,
There'll be mustard on my face.
Give me onions and relish too,
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For pro triathletes, breakfast is not just the most important meal of the day--it can be the difference between winning and losing races. Here's how s
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Any tips on how to track calories when I'm not using a recipe? I often cook "out of my head", and just add in foods, especially with soups. I don't really know how many servings are in the entire recipe, or exactly how much of each ingredient I used.
Example: I made a beef stew with garbanzo beans (that I cooked myself and had in the freezer), a can of tomatoes, some broth, some carrots, an onion, and some celery. I put it all in the crock pot.
I could have weighed the beef and measured the beans, but didn't. Now I don't know how many servings are in the stew, and have no idea what the calories are.
Anyone else run into this, or have any tips?


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DETROIT - A 38-year-old man has been charged in a 14-year-old rape after DNA evidence was processed.
The Wayne County prosecutor's office said Tuesday that the sample was found in an old rape kit found during a state police audit of the now-closed Detroit police crime lab.
Antonio Jackson is charged with criminal sexual conduct, home invasion and being a felon in possession of a firearm. His preliminary examination was adjourned Tuesday until Nov. 15.
Prosecutors said a man raped a woman Feb. 17, 1997 after breaking into her west side home.
DNA samples were taken. That rape kit was among more than 10,000 untested kits found in 2009. State police took over the crime lab in 2008.
Project 400, a collaboration between local and state law enforcement, researchers and women advocacy groups, is sifting through some of those rape kits with the help of federal grants.
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