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The invention concerns a fuel cell with non-fluorinated or partly fluorinated membrane wherein said membrane comprises a non-fluorinated or partly fluorinated polymer and an antioxidant for protecting said polymer against the free radicals formed. The invention also concerns methods for obtaining such fuel cells.
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polymers of the sulfonated polyetherketone type, comprising units of formula (II), in which n represents an integer ranging from 20 to 500:
polymers of the sulfonated polyimide (PI) type comprising units of formula (IV) in which X represents an integer ranging from 1 to 9 with an X/Y ratio between 2,/8 and 6/4:
polymers of sulfonated polyarylene ether sulfone (PSU) type comprising k units of formula (V), in which k represents an integer ranging from 20 to 500:
polymers of the polystyrene/divinylbenzene sulfone acid type comprising units of formula (VI):
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13. A method for preparing a fuel cell, characterized in that the antioxidant is mixed with the polymer before casting the membrane.
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The present invention relates to the field of fuel cells, more particularly fuel cells with nonfluorinated or partly fluorinated membranes, and also methods enabling such membranes to be obtained.
Fuel cells are generally formed from an assembly of cells and comprise, in a central position, a membrane electrode assembly (MEA). The membrane of this assembly provides an essential role in transporting protons from one electrode to the other. Thus, the properties of such a membrane therefore determine the characteristics of the fuel cell. Furthermore, the membrane must meet numerous mechanical and physicochemical criteria (for example, ionic conductivity, lower permeability to the gases used in the fuel cell and efficient separation of the gases, and thermal stability) and also economic and environmental criteria.
Most of the membranes used are perfluorinated membranes comprising acid groups. These perfluorinated type membranes allow, in general, most of the technical criteria required to be met although their performance remains problematic at temperatures above 90° C. On the other hand the synthesis of perfluorinated membranes is often complex and requires the use of safety devices. Furthermore, recycling current perfluorinated membranes can be a problem.
It has therefore been proposed to develop membranes made from a nonfluorinated or partly fluorinated polymer, as described, for example, in Patent Application U.S. Pat. No. 5,985,942.
In recent years, numerous nonfluorinated membranes have been developed for use in fuel cells. For example, Patent Application EP 0 574 791 describes a membrane comprising a sulfonated aromatic polyetherketone. However, the main limitation of this type of membrane comprising carbon-based polymer chains is their limited stability in a fuel cell medium. This is because this medium has a high temperature and is very oxidizing, due to the presence of oxygen at the cathode.
The consequence of this is that the membrane used in the fuel cell medium tends to lose its mechanical and/or physicochemical properties, and to crack and/or break, thus resulting in a low efficiency of the cell, even in the cell ceasing to operate.
There is therefore a real need to provide membranes for fuel cells that have satisfactory mechanical and physicochemical properties while fulfilling the economic and environmental criteria.
One object of the present invention is to provide novel nonfluorinated or partly fluorinated membranes aiming to provide a solution to the stability problems in a fuel cell medium.
Another object of the present invention is to obtain a fuel cell comprising a membrane that has satisfactory mechanical and physicochemical properties, these properties being retained during prolonged use (5000 h) in a fuel cell while being of low cost and environmentally friendly.
Chain scission is generally preceded by the formation of free radicals on the polymer chains. A further object of the present invention is to limit or prevent chain scission by inhibiting the free radicals.
The fuel cell according to the invention is a fuel cell with a nonfluorinated or partly fluorinated membrane comprising a nonfluorinated or partly fluorinated polymer and an antioxidant enabling the polymer chains to be protected from the action of the free radicals present on the polymer.
Other advantages and features of the invention will appear on examining the detailed description of the embodiments and implementation methods, given by way of nonlimiting examples.
One of the principal reactions in the method of degradation of unsaturated polymer membranes is the addition of an HO• radical to aromatic rings, more particularly to the groups, for example alkyl or alkoxy groups, in the ortho position. The HO• radicals may also initiate the breaking of bonds such as —C—O—C— bonds.
Within the scope of the present invention, the membranes have a chemical structure that is sensitive to the presence of HO• radicals, preferably they are sulfonated carbon-based membranes comprising a polyaromatic polymer with arylsulfonic groups. Examples of such polymers that may be mentioned include:
In the present invention, the groups present in the membranes that are sensitive to breaking are protected by the action of an antioxidant, for example chosen from hindered amine light stabilizers (HALS).
These light stabilizers probably act via an antioxidizing mechanism This is because these sterically hindered amines are easily oxidized leading to the formation of cationic amine radicals. These intermediates are converted, in the presence of oxygen and via various Intermediate peroxyl radicals, into nitroxyl radicals. These particularly long-lived radicals react effectively, as scavengers, with the free radicals present in the polymer of the membrane. This has the effect of interrupting the radical oxidation of the polymer chains and protects the latter against the deterioration generated by multiple chain scissions.
The stabilizing power of the hindered amine light stabilizers depends on their chemical structure and on their molecular weight. Their configuration will in fact define their accessibility to the site where the free radicals are found, that is to say their ability to stabilize said radicals. The type of stabilizer to use will depend therefore on the structure and the nature of the polymer. The performance of a stabilizer/polymer pair is for example determined experimentally by carrying out ageing tests in a fuel cell medium.
Hindered amine light stabilizers may for example be compounds of formula (I) below:
These amines have the common feature of a tetramethylpiperidine system that plays the part of capturing free radicals. The —N—R group becomes a nitroxyl radical NO•, then, during a cycle known as a “Denisov” cycle, these radicals react with the free radicals that are formed in the polymer exposed to its environment.
The light stabilizer is preferably of low molecular weight, for example with a molecular weight ranging from 300 to 600 g/mol. This light stabilizer is present in an amount ranging from 0.5 to 1% by weight relative to the weight of the polymer.
The fuel cells according to the present invention may comprise membranes of different structures.
For example, the antioxidant may be mixed with the polymer solution before the casting step that allows the membrane to be produced In this case, the antioxidant is present in the whole membrane, which enables the entirety of the membrane to be protected.
Another possibility is, for example, depositing a thin layer comprising the antioxidant mixed with the polymer onto one of the surfaces (the surface intended to be positioned against the cathode, of the membrane as it is drying. The attachment of the antioxidant presents little or no additional interfacial resistance. The layer comprising the antioxidant and the polymer has a thickness ranging from 2 to 10. The advantage of this embodiment of the invention is that the quantity of antioxidant used being limited, the final cost of the membrane will be reduced
Synthesis of a Sulfonated Polyimide Type Membrane:
The synthesis of a sulfonated block polyimide was carried out in two steps in the same reactor.
The first step consisted in synthesizing the hydrophilic block by polycondensation of a dianhydride with a sulfonated diamine. The imidization was carried out by thermal processing at 180° C. for 15 hours, and the diamine used was not in acid form.
The synthesis of the hydrophobic block was carried out during the second step with the introduction of a hydrophobic diamine and of the same dianhydride that was used in the first step. The thermal imidization was carried out at 180° C. for 20 hours. The block polymer was obtained in solution in the synthesis solvent. The choice of solvent depends on the nature and the various structures of monomers used during the synthesis. Examples of solvents that can be used include, for example, phenol 3-chlorophenol or formamide. When the temperature of the polymer solution drops back to room temperature, the solution becomes viscous.
Generally, it is preferable to introduce the antioxidant once the synthesis of the polymer has been carried out so as not to disturb the synthesis. The antioxidant is introduced, for example, in liquid form into the polymer in solution that will be heated with stirring at 85° C.
The antioxidant chosen must be soluble in the solvent used in the synthesis, such as for example HALS 770 (Ciba). The antioxidant is introduced so as to keep the ratio between 0.5 and 1% by weight relative to the weight of the polymer.
The homogeneous solution obtained may then be formed, for example by heating then by casting and drying. The forming conditions are known and depend on the nature of the polymer used.
It is thus possible to obtain a membrane entirely composed of antioxidant and polymer, or a thinner layer that will be deposited on one surface of the membrane thus enabling the membrane to be protected from an initial destruction of its backbone during the fuel cell operating conditions.


Modern Warfare® Weapon Detail: Striker 45
Unlocked at Tier 31 in the Season Two Battle Pass, the Striker 45 brings a powerhouse addition to the SMG weapon class. Gunsmith enthusiasts have a lot to work with here, including an option for a 2-fire burst mode using special ammunition.
Build upon the weapon’s natural strengths for power in the mid-range or focus on close-quarters attachments knowing that you can still land shots at range when you need to. This is a weapon you want to level and experiment with.
Striker 45 Overview
The low ammo count is compensated for by the weapon’s natural precision and stability at range. Ammunition attachments for 45 Round Mags and .45 Hollow Point 12 Round Mags make for completely different playstyles, so you may want to create and save several customized weapons in Gunsmith.
The biggest drawback to consider is the weapon’s low natural ammo supply of 75 total rounds on spawn. If you’re not careful, you might find yourself low on ammo in a desperate situation.
Available at Tier 100 in the Battle Pass, the Undertaker Legendary Blueprint is both sleek and effective that gives an extreme boost to the weapon’s accuracy. The Undertaker is ready for more than just mid-range play as the 5mW Laser offers improved sprint to fire speed and hip fire accuracy to handle sudden close-quarters engagements.
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I've only been playing the Ys games for about a year, with Ys I & II on the DS being my first Ys games. I've since then only played Ys: The Oath in Felghana and Ys Origin, although I do have Ys: Memories of Celceta on preorder.
Outside of Ys, I play Ragnarok Online, Golden Sun, TES, Pokemon, Halo, Animal Crossing and a few other games. I also like to watch anime and Game of Thrones, and I really dig fantasy novels.

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TAV voices interest in airports in Muğla
Turkish airports operator TAV’s CEO Sani Şener has said the company is interested in the tenders for Milas-Bodrum and Dalaman airports. DHA photoTurkish airports operator TAV is interested in operating two airports in the Aegean province of Muğla, which accommodates some of country’s top holiday resorts, the CEO of the company has said.
“We will join the Milas-Bodrum airport tender,” TAV CEO Sani Şener told Reuters, speaking at a meeting organized by the Turkish Institutional Management Association in Istanbul yesterday.
Turkey’s airport authority, the General Director of State Airports Authority (DHMİ), announced yesterday it launched a tender for the operational rights of the domestic and international terminals of the Milas-Bodrum airport that serves one of Turkey’s most-developed and compelling holiday spots, Bodrum.
“It’s a small airport, I haven’t examined the file yet, but we are interested in both Milas-Bodrum and Dalaman airports,” Şener said.
Both located in the southeastern province of Muğla, Dalaman airport’s annual capacity is 8 million while Bodrum’s is 7.6 million.
The DHMİ had announced the Dalaman and Bodrum-Milas, along with the Samsun and Nevşehir-Cappadocia airports, will be transferred to the private sector, in compliance with the “lease-transfer” model of public financing.

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Current and historical information about Wilson County.
Information about politicians that lived or died in the county.
Features forms, property search, and contacts.
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Neuromorphic Computing for Intel
By creating an architecture that at its core is modeled like a brain, the idea is that having millions of neurons and synapses will lead to compute tasks with the unique power/performance benefits in specific tasks that brains are designed to do. It’s a long term potential commercial product for Intel, however the task for the team has been to develop both the technology and the software to discover and accelerate tasks that are suited to neuron-type computing.
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Different contexts favor different patterns of adaptive learning. A surprising event that in one context would drive rapid belief updating might, in another context, be interpreted as a meaningless outlier. Here, across two experiments, we examined whether participants performing a target judgment task under spatial uncertainty (n=31, n=64) would spontaneously adapt their patterns of predictive gaze according to the informativeness or uninformativeness of surprising events in their current environment. Uninstructed predictive eye movements exhibited a form of metalearning in which event-by-event learning rates were modulated differently by surprise across contexts. Participants also appropriately readjusted their patterns of adaptive learning when the statistics of the environment underwent an unsignaled change. Although significant metalearning was observed in all conditions, performance was consistently superior in contexts in which surprising events reflected meaningful change, potentially reflecting a bias toward interpreting surprise as informative. Overall, our results demonstrate remarkable flexibility in contextually adaptive metalearning.
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Finding From a Population-Based Longitudinal Study
Context There has been increasing concern about the impact of the global economic recession on mental health. To date, findings on the relationship between income and mental illness have been mixed. Some studies have found that lower income is associated with mental illness, while other studies have not found this relationship.
Objective To examine the relationship between income, mental disorders, and suicide attempts.
Design Prospective, longitudinal, nationally representative survey.
Setting United States general population.
Participants A total of 34 653 noninstitutionalized adults (aged ≥20 years) interviewed at 2 time points 3 years apart.
Main Outcomes Lifetime DSM-IV Axis I and Axis II mental disorders and lifetime suicide attempts, as well as incident mental disorders and change in income during the follow-up period.
Results After adjusting for potential confounders, the presence of most of the lifetime Axis I and Axis II mental disorders was associated with lower levels of income. Participants with household income of less than $20 000 per year were at increased risk of incident mood disorders during the 3-year follow-up period in comparison with those with income of $70 000 or more per year. A decrease in household income during the 2 time points was also associated with an increased risk of incident mood, anxiety, or substance use disorders (adjusted odds ratio, 1.30; 99% confidence interval, 1.06-1.60) in comparison with respondents with no change in income. Baseline presence of mental disorders did not increase the risk of change in personal or household income in the follow-up period.
Conclusions Low levels of household income are associated with several lifetime mental disorders and suicide attempts, and a reduction in household income is associated with increased risk for incident mental disorders. Policymakers need to consider optimal methods of intervention for mental disorders and suicidal behavior among low-income individuals.
Summary: H3 acetylation of basal neural precursor cells may have been an important factor in the evolution of the human neocortex.
As humans, we have a large and intricately folded neocortex that accounts for many of our intellectual abilities and sets us apart from all other species. A research team headed by Dr. Tran Tuoc from the Department of Human Genetics at the Faculty of Medicine at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) has identified an important factor that could have led to this brain development in the course of evolution: the so-called H3 acetylation of basal neural precursor cells.
Americans are also filling more prescriptions for antidepressants and anti-insomnia drugs
The coronavirus is taking a toll on mental health.
The number of prescriptions for antidepressant, anti-anxiety and anti-insomnia medications filled per week increased 21% between Feb. 16 and March 15, 2020, according to a recent report by Express Scripts, a Cigna-owned CI, -0.51% pharmacy benefit manager. The study analyzed prescription claims filled between Jan. 19 and March 15 of this year among a sample of more than 31.5 million commercially-insured individuals, and found that claims peaked during the week ending March 15, when the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.
Anti-anxiety drugs saw the biggest spike, jumping 34.1%, which was more than double the number of insomnia aids (14.8%), and almost twice as high as antidepressants (18.6%).

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Nicki Minaj to open VMAs -- but not alone
Ariana Grande and Jessie J will join Minaj in performing 'Bang Bang' at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. Kim Kardashian named a presenter.

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Good morning well the Easter Holidays are just round the corner, so I hope you have a wonderful time with family.
Maybe you will get some time to Craft if that is the case why not come and join us at CRAFT
Challenge. We have a nice easy challenge for you this week
ADD SOME BLING
Dont forget we have a DT Call going on and you dont have to have any experience we are a friendly bunch willing to help. If you fancy you have to the end of the month just click on the badge on the challenge blog and it will open another page which has some more information.
Ok back to this weeks challenge
We are sponsored this week by
So let me share with you my card using a image from our Star of the month sponsor
The image I have used is called Ducks In A Row coloured with my promarkers
The background has been done with distressed inks
Some narrow lace and ribbon from stash and gems for my bling
The happy easter was a freebie stamp in a mag.
the flower is a die called 4 petals from Fri-Dies
No DP for this card and a CAS layout to show off the image.
Well this card is winging its way to a friend and i hope she likes.
Now over to you I do hope you can come play with us again this week we look forward to seeing all your bling.
now pop along and checkout the awesome samples the team has made for your inspiration.
Bye for now dont eat too much chocolate.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges
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Autism Spectrum Disorder
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)?
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a condition that affects social interaction, communication and behavior in children.
What are the symptoms?
Children with ASD may develop repetitive routines, odd and unusual behaviors, problems with communicating with others, and lack of social awareness or interest in other people. These characteristics are common in children with autism.
Other symptoms of ASD may include:
- No smiling by six months of age
- No back and forth sharing of sounds, smiles or facial expressions by nine months
- No babbling, pointing, reaching or waving by 12 months
- No single words by 16 months
- No two word phrases by 24 months
- A decline in his/her development
- Loss of speech, babbling or social skills
How is it diagnosed?
Your child’s doctor will assess his/her behavior and development to make a diagnosis. Autism is usually identified by the time a child is 30 months old. It is often discovered when parents become concerned that their child may be deaf, is not yet talking, resists cuddling, and avoids interaction with others.
Most infants and young children like to interact with people and need contact with others to thrive and grow. Children with ASD do not interact in this normal manner and can appear to be in his or her own world.
What causes ASD?
The exact cause of ASD is unknown.
How is ASD treated?
Your child’s doctor will develop a custom care plan for your child to help manage his/her condition.

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Very well written blog. Well worth the read as this probably affects someone in every family
The Force Medical Examiner, or Forensic Medical Examiner, is the doctor who comes into police custody suites to undertake various medical functions. The terminology for these professionals has changed over the years and is now officially the “Approved Healthcare Professional” which is helpfully confusing when I want to discuss AHPs in the context of functions they must undertake with AMHPs (Approved Mental Health Professionals under the Mental Health Act)!
For that reason, I’m going to persist with the outdated term, “FME”!
When I joined the police, the FMEs were a load of local doctors, mostly GPs, who were on a rota. My station and two others had four of them and they were in each subsequent 7 day period “first choice” then “fourth choice” then “third choice” etc.. Many of them earned more from being an FME than they did from being a GP because they worked about 24/7 for…
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I spent my first 3 months of unemployment sleeping on a ratty mattress on the floor of a 4 foot by 15 foot room.
The next 6 months were spent in another small room, this time in a house with 13 other people. I managed to upgrade to a queen-size bed, but it took up 80% of the room. I used my suitcases as a nightstand because there was nowhere else to put them.
And yes, people stole my food.
When I was unemployed, I applied to dozens of jobs and got rejected from all of them. I started to question whether I would ever get a job. If you’ve ever been unemployed, you know that it takes a toll on your identity – it’s difficult to feel like a productive or valuable person with unemployment weighing on you.
But before I descended into a spiral of self-doubt, I reached into the mental toolkit I developed in college as a psychology major.
The tool I used helped me banish my insecurities; I was employed within a month and a half of using it.
I call it the drill, and you can use it to:
- Stop doubting yourself professionally and work towards the job and career you really want
- Stop feeling judged or out of place in the gym, and finally get the motivation to work out
- Put a stop to wondering what people think of you and effortlessly connect with them as people
What Is the drill?
The drill is a technique I borrowed from cognitive behavioral therapy, the most widely used and most effect technique out there.
I call it the drill because step one is to drill down to the very core of the problem. Chances are high that you have some kind of distorted thinking that’s affecting your emotions and, by extension, your actions.
The first time I used the drill was for working out. I could never seem to consistently go to the gym. So in step one I asked myself: “what’s really going on?”
And I got an answer: “I don’t like going to the gym because I’m not fit and feel out of place. The gym is for fit people.”
Step two is to question everything. You’ve drilled down deep to figure out what’s really bothering you (and write that down! It’s easier to fight something you can see). Now you need to poke holes in it.
In my case, it was easy to fight: “Who says the gym is for fit people? The gym is a place for people that want to get fit, and that includes me. No one has any more ‘right’ to be here, and if I’m not sure what to do I can find a program to follow.”
Does that mean I changed overnight? Of course not. I had to use the drill quite a few times. In fact, most days I used it before and after working out – but I did start working out.
The Two Steps of the Drill Are:
1. Ask what’s really going on: Figure out what’s really bothering you and write it down. It needs to exist outside your head so you can fight it.
2. Question everything: Chances are high that you have some distorted thinking. Expose the reasons that your doubts are unfounded, and keep at it.
Apply these two steps over time and you’ll see serious improvement. When I used the drill, it affected every aspect of my life – from fitness, to careers, to relationships.
What are you struggling with? How can you use the drill?
About the Author
Benyamin Elias is a fitness and habits coach at Routine Excellence. He has been featured in Mind Body Green, Develop Good Habits, and The Huffington Post, and uses psychology to help busy people stick to fitness – even if getting off the couch is its own workout. You can get the exact, step-by-step guide he used to stay motivated (and gain 50lbs of muscle) for free on his website.


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Tony Blair said the celebrations of Baroness Thatcher's death were in "poor taste".
Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster, he said: "Even if you disagree with someone very strongly, you can still particularly at the moment of their passing, you should show some respect."
Mr Blair was asked if he worried there would be similar celebrations when he dies.
He replied: "When you decide, you divide. I think she would be pretty philosophical about it and I hope I will be too."
Read: Margaret Thatcher's legacy.
Read: Thatcher funeral next Weds.
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Regional troops have secured the presidential palace in the Gambia's capital but there are fears the former leader has raided state coffers.
The police officer was shot in the arm at a petrol station on the Crumlin Road, but is in a stable condition.
Temperatures tumbling again tonight with a widespread sharp frost and lows of -5C or -6C and icy spots in places

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3D Touch in the new Apple iPhone 6s series lets users peek aka get a preview of the content, without opening it. For instance, a slight press on messages in the new iPhones ‘pops’ up a preview of the message without the user having to open the message.
Apps like Instagram, Facebook, Dropbox, WhatsApp, etc have been using 3D Touch at the icon level, whereby users can go directly to a particular function on the app, when they do a hard press on the icon.
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According to the TechCrunch report, Facebook says the 3D Touch feature will work on profiles, links, Groups, Facebook Events, and users will just have to do a light press to get a preview of the content without opening the link.
Facebook is currently testing the feature with a small group of users but it could take months before everyone gets the update.
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PORTLAND, Maine — Portland nonprofit The Telling Room will release a new anthology of student writing titled “Illumination: A Young People’s Encyclopedia of Wonder” at its annual Big Night event, Thursday, May 16, at USM’s Abromson Center. The book will be sold online and at Longfellow Books.
The Big Night book release event will feature many of the book’s authors during a live stage performance. Past events have attracted hundreds of community supporters and students for engaging lobby activities, music, food, multimedia presentations and readings.
Illumination features work by 45 middle and high school authors from all over Maine. A collection of essays, stories, and poems inspired by curios, cultural relics, and family heirlooms, the anthology focuses on objects that are full of memory and meaning. The collection provides a unique window into the objects that Maine’s youth value most.
This project builds on and re-envisions the traditional encyclopedia. Artfully designed by Chronicle Books designer Suzanne Lagasa and filled with compelling writing, the anthology is sure to inspire an audience as diverse as the student voices that produced it. As with all Telling Room publications, the book includes a number of stories from Maine’s immigrant and refugee population.
In the Telling Room’s nine years of cultivating a place in kids’ lives for stories, the organization has become an innovative publishing outlet for writers, ages 6-18. By 2014, they will have worked with more than 10,000 young writers and hundreds of schools and community organizations. To date, they’ve published the work of over 1,000 young authors and produced a colorful library of anthologies, chapbooks, zines, podcasts, short films, a memoir and a children’s book.
The Telling Room is a nonprofit writing center in Portland, dedicated to the idea that children and young adults are natural storytellers. Focused on young writers ages 6 to 18, they seek to build confidence, strengthen literacy skills, and provide real audiences for their students’ stories. They believe that the power of creative expression can change communities and prepare youth for future success. More information is available at www.tellingroom.org.

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The spectacular growth of television in the latter half of the twentieth century has had a profound effect on the ways in which many people view "literature." Small screen adaptations of literary works ranging from the classics to contemporary genre fiction now appear alongside the standard television fare of sitcoms, soap operas, and hour-long dramas. Nevertheless, a tense détente still exists between proponents of television and those of literature, with purists from the latter camp often decrying the travesties inflicted upon the classics by TV producers hoping to package literary works for mass consumption in the electronic age. At the extreme, such critics see television as an "idiot box," a means to anesthetize the minds of the viewing audience by pandering to sensationalism, cheap melodrama, and vacuous humor. They view the industry as a corrupting influence, and produce compelling evidence that television has eroded literacy. Such commentators lament the processes of simplification and abridgment required by the temporal and financial considerations of adapting lengthy works of literature for television as processes that might compromise the work itself or the imaginative spirit of its author.
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Tesla plans to produce electric car chargers in China, document shows
Tesla, which now sells its Model 3 electric cars in China and plans to deliver its Model Y sport utility vehicles in 2021, plans to invest 42 million yuan ($6.4 million) in a new factory to make the chargers, also known as charging piles, near its car plant in Shanghai, the document was seen by Reuters said.
BEIJING: Tesla Inc plans to start manufacturing electric vehicle (EV) chargers in China in 2021, according to a document submitted to the Shanghai authorities by the U.S. firm which is seeking to expand sales in the world's biggest car market.
Tesla, which now sells its Model 3 electric cars in China and plans to deliver its Model Y sport utility vehicles in 2021, plans to invest 42 million yuan ($6.4 million) in a new factory to make the chargers, also known as charging piles, near its car plant in Shanghai, the document seen by Reuters said.
China, which offers hefty subsidies for electric vehicles as it seeks to cut down on pollution from petrol or diesel cars, has been expanding its nationwide network of charging points, one of the biggest challenges to encouraging adoption of EVs.
The factory, which Tesla expects to complete in February, will have capacity to make 10,000 chargers a year, according to the document submitted by Tesla.
It now imports the chargers, usually installed in charging stations or car parks, from the United States.
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Executives at Tesla said this year that the firm would expand its charging network to provide better service.
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There are four parts to Mr. Campbell's book. In part one ("Domestic Companions"), there are stories about Lulu the pot-bellied pig, Dory the rabbit, Inky the cat, Stormy the quarter horse, and a number of dogs including Frisky, Honey, and Toby. Part two ("Trained to Serve, Inspired to Heal") contains tales about Fonzie the dolphin, Molly the pony, and dogs including Endal, Trakr, and Cheyenne. In part three ("Wild Saviors") we read about Jambo the gorilla, Lulu the kangaroo, Ningnong the elephant, and Mila the beluga whale. Lastly, in part four ("Legends and Folktales") there are stories about Mediterranean dolphins, wolves in India, and a variety of dogs. These animals, and others, do all sorts of things ranging from scenting diabetes, saving a woman having a heart attack, finding an abandoned baby, and saving a woman from drowning. They clearly show how widespread compassion and empathy is among diverse animals, and how it readily crosses species lines.
Mr. Campbell's introduction is a wonderful read about how he carefully analyzed each of the stories for its credibility, and he provides a valuable introduction to the sorts of analyses that are needed to fully understand what a particular animal did and why. And, by sticking to the science, one can feel confident that the stories are told in a most reliable manner. Mr. Campbell also writes about controversial issues in the study of animal behavior and animal minds, and fully recognizes that it is often hard to "prove' what an animal knows and feels and why she or he did something. However, this lack of certainty, in and of itself, can open the door for much needed further study.


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DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — Residents of two tiny villages in northern New Hampshire headed to the polls at midnight, casting the first Election Day votes in the nation. After 43 seconds of voting, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney each had five votes in Dixville Notch. In Hart's Location, Obama had won with 23 votes, Romney received nine and Libertarian Gary Johnson received two votes. Thirty-three votes were cast in five minutes, 42 seconds. The towns have been enjoying their first-vote status since 1948 and it's a matter of pride to get everyone to the polls. Hart's Location Selectman Mark Dindorf says you could call it a friendly competition to see who gets votes tallied first, although he says Hart's Location is a town and Dixville Notch is a precinct.


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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson will perform ‘Henry IV’ at the VA campus
Falstaff will get the Tom Hanks treatment when the actor stars in the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles’ production of “Henry IV,” the center is expected to announce Monday.
The cast also will include actress Rita Wilson, Hanks’ wife. It is scheduled to run for 24 performances between June 5 and July 1 at the Japanese garden on the Veterans Affairs’ West Los Angeles campus.
Tony Award-winning director Daniel Sullivan (“The Heidi Chronicles”) condensed “Henry IV” Parts 1 and 2 to create a production that features Falstaff in all his villainous, comic glory, organizers said.
Hanks and Wilson are no strangers to the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, having served as hosts and participants in its Simply Shakespeare readings for 26 years. Others who have performed in that series include Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Will Smith and Anthony Hopkins.
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Senator Joel Villanueva underscored the pivotal role of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in the government’s efforts to get millions of unemployed Filipinos back to work after suffering job loss during the pandemic.
Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee, said TESDA’s proposed P14.5-billion budget for next year was crucial in providing more scholarship grants to people in search of better lives, especially the youth who are entering the Philippine job market every year.
“For the most part of this hearing, we talked about data and numbers, which are really very abstract. But I invite you to look into the positive impact of TESDA on each and every graduate who’s able to find a job,” said Villanueva. “In the same manner that I invite you to look at the lost opportunities for every Filipino who missed tech-voc training and employment opportunities due to COVID restrictions and underutilization of scholarship funds.”
“It bears repeating that TESDA will be the backbone of our economic recovery. You are the ‘heart’ of the National Employment Recovery Strategy or NERS which needs all the support it can get,” continued Villanueva, whose performance as director general of TESDA earned him the moniker TESDAMAN. “I will be the first to help you in the tech-voc sector.”
Villanueva pointed out that one of the objectives indicated in the NERS’ 8-Point Employment Recovery Agenda is to “promote retooling and upskilling of workers,” which includes all the agency’s scholarship programs.
Villanueva also cited the seemingly slow pace of filling up nearly 500,000 scholarship slots under the current year budget. The lawmaker sought from TESDA a catch-up plan for the agency to fill up 333,919 scholarship slots as of September 30, 2021, considering that the agency was able to enroll 158,966 scholars in the first nine months of the year, or about 43 percent.
The lawmaker also quizzed TESDA officials on the implementation of the Tulong Trabaho Scholarship Program, which was established under Republic Act No. 11230 or the Tulong Trabaho Act which Villanueva is principal author and sponsor.
The law provides free access to technical-vocational education based on the prevailing demands of the job market, explained Villanueva.
Villanueva reminded TESDA director general Isidro Lapeña about the importance of the agency’s budget next year because “this is the budget to get millions of Filipinos back on their feet after suffering job loss during the pandemic.”


The Seal Deal: Part 2 of La Jolla Light series explores behavior patterns in the pinniped world at Children’s Pool
By Ashley Mackin
In the second of at least three parts in our seal series,
La Jolla Lightcontinues its expose on the pinnipeds (fin-footed mammals) at La Jolla’s Children’s Pool with the help from marine biologist Monica DeAngelis of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Federal Advisory Committee.
In the second installment, DeAngelis answers questions about seal mating and pregnancy, as well as the illnesses they are subject to and how they’ve acclimated to humans.
Mating and Pregnancy■ A seal will return to the site where it was born to give birth. Therefore, DeAngelis said the seals born at Children’s Pool would likely return there to give birth, making them more residents than visitors.
■ Because mating happens in water, very little is known about the courting habits of harbor seals. Scientists have observed tail flapping and attention-getting attempts during mating season.
■ Males typically only produce one pup per season, and males rarely produce more than one. “That male could have attempted to mate with 10 different females, but the (genetic) result of that encounter was one pup with one female,” DeAngelis said, “The action may have been there, but no result.”
■ Additionally, females can delay the implantation of a fertilized egg to ensure they give birth during pupping season. She will carry the fertilized egg for one to three months before she is officially pregnant.
Taking delayed implantation into account, a seal’s pregnancy lasts 9–11 months. (One theory of why males can only reproduce with one female per year is that she may already be carrying a fertilized egg that has not been implanted.)
■ Seals reach sexual maturity at 4-6 years old. They often give birth on land or some land-based object. However, because newborns can swim right away, seals can give birth in water. DeAngelis said she thinks the frequency of births in water is very low.
■ Because a seal’s sexual organs are internal, it is impossible to tell males from the females without an upclose inspection, which DeAngelis does not recommend. A nursing mother is one clue.
Illness, Seal bites■ The presence of Domoic Acid, a naturally occurring neurotoxin in the ocean that bio-accumulates in seals prey, makes them susceptible to seizures.
■ Seals are also subject to Phocine Distemper Virus, which also affects dogs. The Distemper Virus can kill.
■ A seal’s most common problem is a viral and/or bacterial infection, along with parasites that attack the heart, lungs, skin, nasal cavity and blood vessels.
■ In the event a seal bites a human, the bacterial infection could spread to the human. DeAngelis said as with any wild animal bite, it needs to be cleaned and treated or the victim could lose the area around where they were bit or the infection could become systemic. DeAngelis warns, though seals seem to be used to humans, they are still wild animals and can bite.
■ Seals bite if they feel threatened or if their pup is threatened. Seals might also be more defensive if they feel sick. Seals at Children’s Pool are so acclimated to humans, they are less likely to bite, DeAngelis said.
■ Mortality rates are higher for newborns than for adults, who could live to age 35.
Seals and Humans■ Living in an international tourist center like the Children’s Pool in La Jolla exposes the seals to humans. They are similarly exposed at a haul-out site in Carpinteria in Santa Barbara. “At this point, I would call (La Jolla’s seals) urban wildlife because of the conditions they are used to living in now,” DeAngelis said.
■ The human interaction factor extends further when humans take pups home with them, thinking the pups are abandoned. DeAngelis said they have received reports of people keeping them in the bathtub, something she does not recommend.
“(People) take a pup home and then poor mom seal comes back from her foraging trip and her pup is gone,” she said, adding that a mother might be gone for a few hours to a few days, depending on the age of the pup.
“That’s why we have guidance in place; the public can call in if they see what they think is an abandoned seal,” she said. “What we do is put a watch on it to see if it indeed had been abandoned, if it is all alone or acting strangely, losing weight or if it’s been abandoned for a few days.”
Influencing Seal BehaviorThe seals at Children’s Pool, now quite used to humans, are not easily influenced by human behavior. At the Carpinteria haul-out site, however, there was a behavior shift where seals took to hauling-out mostly at night when there were fewer humans around.
“I wouldn’t say that they were trained to change their behavior; I think it’s just a response to the threat that humans potentially posed in that area,” DeAngelis said. “They didn’t abandon the site at all, they just shifted their haul-out pattern and in different places on the beach.”
Up Next: In the April 4 issue, the community of seals at Children’s Pool, specifically, will be addressed. We will look at the legality of moving them, how they’ve impacted the environment, and how their environment has impacted them.
SeaWorldInvolvement■ If a seal gets sick or is confirmed abandoned, volunteers and staff from SeaWorld San Diego will come to rescue them. SeaWorld is not paid by NOAA for its services. Rescue Hotline: 1 (800) 541-7325.
■ David Koontz of SeaWorld addressed the rumor that the seal population at Children’s Pool has increased because SeaWorld releases rehabilitated pups in La Jolla. “We rescue, on average, less than 10 harbor seals annually,” Koontz said. “They are released in ocean areas where others of their kind are already and there is a known food source.
■ “Harbor seals are often found foraging in the kelp beds that are a mile or two off shore. We return this species to the ocean on the west side of the kelp beds. There is not only a good food source for the harbor seals present in the kelp beds, but the kelp beds also provide a degree of protection from other predators. We don’t return harbor seals at the Children’s Pool.”
What is a Haul-out?■ Hauling-out is the behavior associated with pinnipeds of temporarily leaving the water between periods of foraging activity for sites on land or ice. A distinction is made between reproductive aggregations, termed “rookeries,” and non- reproductive aggregations, termed “haul-outs.”
■ Other benefits of hauling-out may include predator avoidance, thermal regulation, social activity, parasite reduction and rest. — Wikipedia
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In just a few weeks, CUESA, San Francisco’s own non-profit dedicated to educate us urbanites on sustainable agriculture, will be hosting another of their grand cocktail events in the Ferry Building.
The Art of the Modern Drink will kick off the new year’s boozy must-attend parties on Wednesday, Jan. 27, starting at 5:30 p.m., which is super convenient because it’s my mom’s birthday, so now I have something exciting to take her to.
[jump] If booze is your thing, which I know it is since you’re reading this, note that 13 of the city's most prominent bartenders will be in attendance. They’ll be slinging their mixologies alongside five participating chefs and restaurants — so far — including the new Alamo Drafthouse, which will presumably not be bringing a mobile movie theater. Bartenders from other favorites like Dirty Habit, Wingtip, and Lolinda will be there, as well as Whitechapel, the new gin joint brought to fruition by the same team behind Smuggler’s Cove.
Included in the ticket price are three full-sized cocktails and an endless supply of various sample-sized drinks. There will also be haute bites up for grabs, which make for a tasty way to pad your stomach as you get drunk with me (and my mom).
Also it’s 2016, and we all know what that means. Yes — the SF MOMA reopens, this time as the largest modern and contemporary art museum in the entire U.S. As I often say: Suck on that, New York. May 14 is the day to mark in your calendar for the grand opening, but they’ll be making an appearance at the Art of the Modern Drink, too. The food and drinks will be infused with the spirit of Piet Mondrians, David Flavins, and other iconic works, making it a great way to get ready for the much anticipated re-opening of the museum.
Perhaps most importantly, CUESA will be doing what they do best; sharing their knowledge on sustainable agriculture in a fun, delicious way. Urban life inherently limits exposure to where our food comes from, making the work CUESA does invaluable to people who want to contribute to a food culture that’s both ethical and sustainable. Absorbing this information while getting drunk and full is just an added bonus.
Grab your ticket on Eventbrite, and if you go, don’t forget to wish my mom a happy birthday.
The Art of the Modern Drink, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 5:30 p.m., at the Ferry Building.


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Men like being respected
All men need to know that they are respected, both at home and in public. They love the fact that their girlfriends/ wives love them, trust them, and believe in them. They would rather feel unloved than be disrespected.
A mans cold anger is often a direct response to disrespect
Is your guy acting all cold and aloof lately? He must me mad at you for something, thats for sure. It can be anything from being sarcastic to him in front of his mom, or maybe just insulting his lack of taste in body spray! Yes it might sound funny, but it must have stung him and he feels humiliated.
Yes, you heard it right. Men are indeed insecure
Men are as vulnerable as you are. They suffer from bouts of terrible insecurities and keep thinking about whether they are doing well in life not just at work, but at home too and in their roles as the other half. If you think your man is insecure about his appearance, just check his box of male grooming products the more hes got, the more insecure he is. No, just kidding! But, jokes aside, men need tons of affirmation. They need some genuine praise from someone they love so much. And girls, sorry to tell you this, but if you dont give them that, they will surely seek it elsewhere. So give them some loving and make them as confident as you can!
Men have this obligation of being the provider of the family!
Men have this innate burden of being the provider and its imbibed in them no matter what. Even if his wife is richer than him, he would still take on that responsibility. It can be traced back to the patriarchy, but if course. Even if the wife is buying her husband or boyfriend, all the fancy body sprays and male grooming products he secretly craves for, he will still be wired with this burden.
Yes, men do want more sex
Your natural response to this would be probably be a resounding Oh well! with an eye-roll, but lets give this some thought. Men dont crave the physical act only because they want more, but they need to feel wanted. They simply need to be desired and feel that they are wanted by the women they love.
Men struggle with visual temptation
This simply means that most men respond visually when it comes to women. No, we are not only talking about the ones with the roving eye. Even the best husband/boyfriend in the world cannot help but notice a woman in a tight, red dress. Even if it is merely a glance, these visual images are stored away in the male brain as a sort of visual rolodex that will reappear without any warning. Men can choose whether to dwell on these images and memories or dismiss them, but they cant control when these images appear.
Yes, men do like romance but they dont know if they can be the ideal romantics.
Its true that a lot of men appear to be like baboons when it comes to romance, but it doesnt mean that they want to be that way! They do want to be romantic, but they doubt their skills to be the same. They hesitate. Their idea of romance might be innocuously asking you to go to the hardware store when they want some alone time. Yes, very stupid, but play along. They need the encouragement.
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Recipe of the Week – Pizza with Beet Greens & Basil
Today was maintenance day in my vegetable garden, and as I was thinning out the beets, I was thinking of all of the different ways that beet greens can be used. Their delicious flavour is a perfect way to switch up any other green – they are so versatile! I picked some fresh basil, and thought these two combined would be the perfect topping for pizza. I can’t wait to make this again in a few weeks once more of my garden produce is ready. I love to make garden pizzas in the summer – so much variety with toppings! For now, hope you enjoy this recipe!
Pita bread (or you could use any pizza crust base)
Your favourite pizza toppings – I used sliced zucchini and tomato
One small handful of beet greens
One small bunch of fresh basil
Preheat your oven on broil. Prepare the pizza. I like to use pita bread as it is a thin crust and doesn’t take long to cook! Spread your pizza sauce over the pita bread and top with your favourite toppings. Finish off with the mozzarella cheese. Put the pizza on a baking sheet and into the oven for 3-4 minutes – watching that it doesn’t burn. You’ll know it’s done when the cheese is melted and slightly browned. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with the beet greens and basil. Enjoy!
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With a new parking structure set to open in Fall 2006, the university is working diligently to mitigate anticipated traffic congestion and enhance pedestrian safety on campus. From Feb. 8 through March 24, campus contractors will be widening Red Gum Lane and installing the university's first traffic signal at the intersection of Kellogg Drive and Red Gum Lane.
The first improvement will be the widening of Red Gum Lane from the parking Lot C/D entrance to Kellogg Drive. This will add a turn lane to the street to assist exiting traffic. From Feb. 8-28, the entrance into Lot C/D from Red Gum Lane will be restricted to entering traffic only. Exiting the parking lot from this location will be prohibited. Instead, faculty, staff, students and visitors are asked to exit Lot C/D through the other two exits located near the Visitor Information Booth and the CLA Building.
The second improvement will be the traffic signal installation at Kellogg Drive and Red Gum Lane. This signal will ease the flow of campus traffic and enhance safety for pedestrians crossing at that corner. Once completed, the new traffic light will include a left-hand turn signal and pedestrian crosswalk. From March 3-4, 10-11 and 20-24 (Spring Break), the campus community can anticipate periodic lane closures on both Kellogg Drive and Red Gum Lane to allow for installation of the new traffic signal poles and traffic control loops in the roadway. Two-way traffic will be maintained on both roads at all times. University Police will help to monitor traffic at the intersection during construction.
All dates related to this project are subject to slight adjustments based on weather conditions or other unanticipated delays.
The campus community is asked to observe all posted detours and other traffic control signage. As a reminder, slow down and show extreme caution when driving around construction sites.
To view a map of the construction area, click here.
The university broke ground on the new Parking Structure in February 2005. The 765,000-square-foot facility, slated to open by Fall 2006, will include a six-level, 2,378-space parking structure and permanent University Police and Parking & Transportation Services building. The $37.6 million project is funded exclusively through parking fees paid by students, faculty, staff and visitors. Once completed, the much-needed structure will address the long-standing shortage of parking on campus.
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Scientists take the first step in unlocking origins of universe
After 10 years – and £6bn – the first particles finally smash into each other in the Large Hadron Collider
Wednesday 25 November 2009
After embarrassing breakdowns caused by bread-dropping birds and hugely expensive repairs, the world's biggest science experiment – the Large Hadron Collider – has suddenly burst into life and smashed together proton beams for the first time.
Scientists operating the giant £6 billion machine at Cern, the nuclear research body near Geneva, said yesterday that they had finally succeeded in making low energy proton collisions, which could eventually provide clues about the first Big Bang and the origins of the universe.
Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Cern's director, described the outcome as a "great achievement". He said that as the machine had only been switched back on last Friday, the results were very impressive. "The experiment has come a long way in such a short time," he said. "But we need to keep a sense of perspective, there is still much to do."
Scientists working on the project cheered and drank to their success after the first collisions were detected in the collider late on Monday. "There was quite a lot of champagne," James Gillies, Cern's head of communications, said. "It was a real joy to see this machine operating properly for the first time."
The LHC occupies a 17-mile long tunnel lying some 300 feet beneath the ground on the borders of Switzerland and France. Nuclear physicists at Cern said they had created the collisions by sending two groups of sub-atomic particles around the tunnel in opposite directions at the same time. They said the proton collisions were registered in the course of three hours on Monday during experiments conducted in all four of the collider's cathedral- sized detector chambers with a so-called low proton particle "pilot beam".
It was some welcome upbeat news for the ambitious project which had got off to a disappointing start. Cern's researchers waited 15 years for the machine to be built but shortly after it was switched on last September it was badly damaged by an explosion. Subsequent repairs and the installation of a new safety system cost around £24 million.
Earlier this month disaster struck again when a piece of a baguette dropped by a bird flying over one of the collider's electrical substations was blamed for causing a major short circuit that forced another shutdown.
The LHC aims to discover how the universe was formed by recreating proton collisions to simulate the Big Bang that took place 13.7 billion years ago.
However Mr Gillies explained that the pilot beam used to create the latest proton collision was tiny in comparison to the beam that will eventually be used in the machine during the planned full-blown physics programme. "The pilot beam contained about one billion particles," he said. "The beam we hope to be using in the machine in a year's time will contain some 300,000 billion particles.
Now that the first proton collisions have been successfully carried out, scientists will start to gradually increase the particle intensity of the proton beams. Cern are now aiming for 1.2 TeV before Christmas, which will make LHC the world's most powerful collider overtaking the Tevatron at Fermilab near Chicago. They will then gradually increase the energy to around 3.5 TeV, the estimated level needed for any ground-breaking discoveries. After January, the collider will undergo a rigorous machine protection overhaul to ensure that internal damage caused by wayward beams is kept to a minimum.
Evidence about the Big Bang's causes are expected in 2011 at the earliest.
Large Hadron Collider: A history of hiccups
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is approved by the Cern Council
Construction of the LHC begins
10 September LHC is successfully switched on for the first time
19 September Explosion forces Cern to shut down machine
3 November Piece of bread, believed to have been dropped by a bird, causes a power cut
20 November After 14 months of repairs the LHC is restarted
23 November Machine smashes proton beams together for first time
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An Australian woman is filing a lawsuit against her former psychiatrist for professional medical misconduct because he advised her to go through with gender transition therapy.
Jay Langadinos, who is now a woman, participated in the sessions held by her doctor, Dr. Jay Langadinos.
Patrick Toohey claims that he diagnosed her with gender dysphoria when she was a teenager and again when she was in her early twenties. He suggested that she undergo testosterone hormone treatment, a double mastectomy, and then a hysterectomy. The Sydney Morning Herald was the first news outlet to cover her legal battle.
When Langadinos was just 19 years old, Toohey found “no contraindication” between serious medical operations and his patient’s gender dysphoria during each consultation, as stated in court documents that were presented in the New South Wales Supreme Court.
The surgeries were given the go light by the attending physician, and the final one, the removal of Langadinos’ womb, was carried out when she was 22 years old.
Langadinos, who is now 31 years old, asserted that her physician ought to have referred her to another physician for a second evaluation and opinion before she had irreparable reconstructive alterations made to her body.
According to the argument made in the claim, Toohey knew or should have known that the circumstances surrounding Langadinos’ case required extra investigation before Toohey could give his approval for additional serious medical treatments.
In November of 2016, Dr. and I had a session together.
Langadinos stated that she “realised that she should not have done it” after receiving hormone therapy as well as the first and second surgery.
Because of this, she experienced a decline in her mental health.
The dilemma that Langadinos is in is emblematic of a growing body of research that indicates that young people who transition between genders, particularly young women, are more likely to experience intense regret for their decision in the years to come.
According to the Herald, Langadinos stated that she had been “damaged and continues to be in pain” as a result of the treatments, which included having her breasts removed, having her uterus removed, and having her ovary removed.
In addition to that, she reportedly suffered from anxiety and sadness, and her psychological functioning was impaired.

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What is it?
You have probably see an Olympic gymnast at some stage in your life holding what looks like a couple of rings attached to some straps, swinging around and doing maneuvers that you can only dream of, for the athlete to train themselves to be able to achieve that, they would have to do some form of suspension training.
Suspension Training is a form of resistant training that includes bodyweight exercises in which a variety of multi-planar, exercise movements can be performed while suspended from either Olympic rings or TRX type equipment.
These are done with the aim of developing strength, balance, flexibility, and joint stability simultaneously.
Loved by Personal Trainers, and the US military, Suspension Training helps tighten the core far more effectively than the standard abdominal crunch. It also improves functional strength, balance and flexibility. Suspension training has been around for a while, first the Olympics and then the US military come up with the idea to train their elite special forces. Thanks to a great marketing campaign from TRX, Suspension Training has really kicked off, and it will be around for along time.
How does it work?
Wrapping the straps around a sturdy branch in your local park or around the crossbar on the cable/chin-up machine at the gym, you have two Olympic rings to hang on. Or if you are using a TRX, you will have a couple of handles to hold and straps for your feet. This enables you to exercise suspended off the floor for the really hard-core people, or using the floor or an exercise ball to place your feet or hands upon, which will make the exercises easier.
There are multiple variations of basic exercises such as squats and push-ups, as well as ridiculously tough planks and suspension exercises to work through. You can focus on strength or flexibility, or put exercises together in a sequence with short breaks for more of a cardio workout.
Provided you know what you are doing, suspension training will provide you with a punishing workout.
Is Suspension Training for you?
I started doing Suspension Training more than10 years ago. It was during the Sydney Olympics when I first became interested. Watching the gymnasts on the rings, I was thinking about the power and strength that must be required to perform such maneuvers, so I did some research and found a company in the United States that would ship some rings to London for me to experiment with. WOW, the first day I used them I couldn’t believe how difficult it was to perform very simple maneuvers, and amazed at Versatility. My muscles were sore for days.
If you want to try something new and you are already reasonably fit. Then I would highly recommend giving them a try. If you are new to fitness or maybe a little put off by them, or afraid you will be unable to use them for even the most basic exercises, then please ask a Personal Trainer to show you the correct technique in using them, injuries are best avoid if the exercises are performed correctly from day one.
5 Basic Exercises to get you started!
Start position: Face anchor point with feet shoulder width apart. Hold handles with arms extended and leaning back slightly to add resistance.
Movement description: Keep shoulders pulled down and back. Pull body toward anchor point using back and arms squeezing shoulder blades together and tilt head up slightly. Return to start position. Keep body fully aligned.
Start Position: Face away from anchor point with feet shoulder width apart. Hold rings in front of chest with arms extended.
Movement Description: Starting with a shallow body angle, lower chest to handles in a pushup position. Press back to start position. Keep body fully aligned.
Start Position: Face anchor point with feet shoulder width apart. Hold rings in front of chest with arms extended and slightly leaning back.
Movement Description: Keeping your back straight, slowly bend your knees so you lower your body into a sitting position then return to standing keeping your knees slightly bent with your arms still outstretched.
Start position: Face anchor point. Hold handles with arms extended. Lean back.
Movement Description: Bend elbows until hands are next to temples, with palms facing forehead. Return to start position with arms straight. Keep elbows high throughout movement.
Start Position: Face away from anchor point. Hold handles with palms facing down and arms extended, hands at eye level. Lean forward. Keep hands separated.
Movement Description: Bend elbows until hands are behind head. Return to start position by driving hands forward until arms are straight
Start Position Stand facing away from the anchor point. Extend arms out straight in line with shoulders and lean slightly forward onto balls of feet.
Movement Description: Slowly drive arms up and overhead until you feel your core muscles engage and then return to start position, keeping arms straight and maintaining body alignment.
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