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Happenings in the insect world
Will Travel for Bugs! Bohart Museum Featuring Global Collections on UC Davis Picnic Day
Published on: April 8, 2019
Mia Brown of Folsom, delights in holding a walking stick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
You don't have to travel the world to see insects.
You can see them at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the campuswide UC Davis Picnic Day, set Saturday, April 13. The theme is "Will Travel for Bugs: The Bohart Museum of Entomology's Collections From Around the World."
The Bohart Museum, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building on Crocker Lane, will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., a change from last year's hours. The shorter hours will allow the Bohart Museum folks to help with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's displays at Briggs Hall and the "Black Widow-on-Parade" entry in the UC Davis Picnic Day Parade.
"At the Bohart, we are focusing on the various countries from around the world and some of their insect fauna," said Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator. The 12 countries that the Bohart is highlighting are:
Malayasia
"So for anyone who is from there, has lived there, has visited there, or who wants to visit there, please come and take a peak at some unique insects from around the world," Yang said. "Some people enjoy traveling to explore cuisine and culture, but traveling for the flora and fauna of the world is equally wonderful. Insects are an important part of nature, so be curious, not afraid."
There's also something special about this year's display at the Bohart. Its exhibit, "Will Travel for Bugs: The Bohart Museum of Entomology's Collections From Around the World," has been nominated for the Planet Earth Award. "Visitors will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite exhibits in five award categories," according to Madhuri Narayan, UC Davis Picnic Day exhibits director. A QR code, linked to the voting survey, will be displayed at the museum. Or folks can vote here from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. April 13. The prize for earning the most votes? "An awesome certificate and bragging rights," Narayan said.
Briggs Hall. At Briggs Hall, home of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, the honey tasting booth has also been nominated for a special award. The Honey tasting is being organized by Extension apiculturistElina Lastro Niño. Briggs Hall will also offer maggot art, cockroach races, a bee observation hive and displays featuring aquatic insects, forensic entomology, and ants, among others, according to co-chairs forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey and doctoral student Brendon Boudinot. The Bug Doctor, the UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program, the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District, and the Davis Fly Fishers will staff booths. Also planned: insect face painting, t-shirt sales and a bake sale. Both the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association, headed by president Boudinot, and the UC Davis Entomology Club, advised by Kimsey, will participate in the day's events.
Campuswide Picnic Day. The 105th annual UC Davis Picnic Day is free (free parking, free admission). It serves as the university's annual open house for prospective and current students, families, alumni, staff, faculty, and the greater Davis and regional communities. Picnic Day begins with the parade opening ceremony at 9:30 a.m., and the parade begins at 10 a.m. Most events will run from 10 a.m. to 4 or 4 p.m. (See website.)
Popular traditional events:
The Battle of the Marching Bands
Doxie Derby Race
Chemistry Magic Show
Children's Discovery Fair
Cockroach Races
Student Organization Fair
Entertainment Stages
Bohart Museum. The Bohart Museum, directed by Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology at UC Davis. was founded in 1946 by UC Davis entomologist Richard "Doc" Bohart (1913-2007). It is the home of nearly eight million insect specimens, plus a year-around gift shop and a live "petting zoo" that includes Madagascar hissing cockroaches, stick insects, tarantulas and praying mantids. The gift shop is stocked with books, jewlery, t-shirts, insect-collecting equipment, insect-themed candy, and stuffed animals.
The Bohart Museum is open to the general public Mondays through Thursdays, from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 5 p.m., plus occasional, weekend open houses. Admission is free. Further information is available on the Bohart Museum website.
Scores of visitors will tour the Bohart Museum of Entomology on UC Davis Picnic Day, Saturday, April 13. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith curates the butterfly and moth section at the Bohart Museum. Here he holds morpho butterfly specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garv
The Bohart Museum is the home of nearly eight million insect specimens, collected throughout the world. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Meet-n-Greet the Bugs!
It's finals week at the University of California, Davis, and what a great opportunity to take time to de-stress...with bugs!
Wade Spencer, entomology student and associate at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, says that students studying in the UC Davis LGBTQUIA Resource Center at 397 Hutchison Drive on Tuesday, March 19, will be sharing their space with bugs, including Coco McFluffin, a Chaco golden knee tarantula that makes its home in the Bohart Museum of Entomology. The Bohart Museum, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building on Crocker Lane, houses a global collection of nearly eight million insect specimens--AND a live petting zoo of dozens of critters, ranging from Madagascar hissing cockroaches to stick insects to tarantulas.
Billed as the "Finals-Week Bug Meet-n-Greet De-Stressor," the event takes place from noon to 1 p.m. in partnership with LGBTQUIA and the Bohart Museum.
The visitors include Coco McFluffin, Lucy the Gooty and Captain Mar-Vel. Here's who's on tap:
Thorny Walking Sticks: https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Aretaon
Australian Stick Insects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extatosoma_tiaratum
Vietnamese Stick Insects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medauroidea_extradentata
Giant Cave Cockroaches: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaberus_giganteus
Chaco Golden Knee Tarantula (Coco McFluffin): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammostola_pulchripes
Western Black Widow (Karen): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrodectus_hesperus
Multi-colored Centipede (Sebastian): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopendra_polymorpha
Desert Hairy Scorpion (Celeste): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrurus_arizonensis
Asian Forest Scorpion (Scotty): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterometrus
African Yellow-Legged Burrowing Scorpion (yet unnamed): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opistophthalmus_glabrifrons
Sapphire Gooty Tarantula (Lucy the Gooty): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poecilotheria_metallica#Description
And...Wade Spencer's tiny Arizona burrowing scorpion (Captain Mar-Vel): "I don't know the scientific name of her yet and can't seem to find any info online. But she's cute and tiny!"
"It should be noted," Spencer said, "that the only venomous arthropod that will be up for touching/holding will be Coco."
Study on!
It's finals week! Coco McFluffin, a Chaco golden knee tarantula, will be one of the de-stressors at the Meet-n-Greet Bug Show from noon to 1 p.m., Tuesday, March 19 in the UC Davis LGBTQUIA Resource Center. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis entomology student and Bohart Museum associate Wade Spencer shows Coco McFluffin to students touring the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Don't Miss 'Eight-Legged Wonders' Open House on March 9 at Bohart Museum, UC Davis
A female Myrmekiaphila tigris: the Auburn Tiger Trapdoor Spider. (Photo by Jason Bond)
You've heard of the Seven Wonders of the World.
But have you heard of the "Eight-Legged Wonders?"
You won't want to miss the "Eight-Legged Wonders" open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 9 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis.
If you miss it, you'll miss your opportunity to learn about spiders from an international expert, and miss the opportunity to "Assemble an Arachnid," "Create a Chelicerate" and "Eat Like a Spider."
Eat like a spider? Tabatha Yang, Bohart Museum's education and outreach coordinator, related you'll get to "slurp up soggy cookies."
The event, free and family friendly, takes place primarily in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building on Crocker Lane.
Arachnid expert Jason Bond, who is the Evert and Marion Schlinger Endowed Chair in Insect Systematics in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will present a 10-minute slide show at 1 p.m. in the Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology classroom, located on the first floor of the Academic Surge Building, next to the Bohart Museum.
A black widow spider guarding her egg sacs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Then, scores of activity stations will be open in the Bohart Museum where visitors can "Assemble an Arachnid," "Create a Chelicerate," "Cribellate vs. Ecribellate Silk," "Catch a Moth," "Eat Like a Spider," and learn about "Spider Senses" and "Trapdoor Specifics."
You'll see live specimens and specimens in alcohol. You'll learn the differences between woolly silk and sticky silk. You'll also see the Bohart arachnids--tarantulas--and hold some of the non-arachnids, including walking sticks and Madagascar hissing cockroaches.
"Spiders are an incredibly diverse group with more than 50,000 species described with probably another 200,000 remaining to yet be discovered," says Bond, who joined the department last July from Auburn University, Alabama. "They are quite ancient, with fossils dating back well over 300 million year and are known to be exclusively predatory. In fact, based on a study published last year, spiders are estimated to consume somewhere in the neighborhood of 800 million tons of insect biomass."
"To capture insects, and other prey item--sometimes even vertebrates--most spiders employ silk and venom to snare and subdue their victims," the arachnologist says. "Spider silk is an amazingly strong, proteinaceous material that is produced in many different forms; venoms are likewise complex, diverse proteins. All of this to say – what's not to like – spiders are a tremendously ecological important predatory group, that has persisted on the planet for 100s of millions of years and employ a remarkable suite of silks and venoms to make a living."
Highly respected for his expertise on spiders, Bond served as the plenary keynote speaker at the 2016 International Arachnological Congress, and also keynoted the 2012 European Arachnological Congress.
Born in Johnson City, Tenn., Bond is a U.S. Army veteran who served for a number of years as a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crew chief. He received his bachelor's degree in biological sciences, cum laude, in 1993 from Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, and his master's degree in biology in 1995 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg. He earned his doctorate in evolutionary systematics and genetics in 1999 from Virginia Tech.
All three degrees focused on arachnids. His undergraduate thesis involved silk spigots; his master's degree, systematics of the spider genera Mallos and Mexitlia; and his doctoral dissertation covered "Systematics and Evolution of the Californian Trapdoor Spider Genus Aptostichus Simon (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Cyrtaucheniidae)."
What drew him to arachnology? As an undergraduate researcher at Western Carolina University, Bond worked with noted arachnologists Jackie Palmer and Fred Coyle. "My first research project was related to functional morphology (evolution of the spinning apparatus in more primitive spiders) but quickly shifted to systematics and taxonomy."
Bond joined the UC Davis faculty after a seven-year academic career at Auburn University, Ala. He served as professor of biology and chair of the Department of Biological Sciences from January 2016 to July 2018, and as curator of arachnids and myriapods (centipedes, millipedes, and related animals) at the Auburn University Museum of Natural History, from August 2011 to July 2018.
It was at Auburn University where Bond and his colleagues discovered a new species of trapdoor spider that drew international attention and a news story in the Huffington Post. They named it Myrmekiaphilia tigris, or the Auburn Tiger Trapdoor Spider, in honor of the university's costumed tiger mascot, Aubie. The discovery was exciting but not "surprising," Bond told the Huffington Post, pointing out that it took taxonomists about 250 years to describe about 1.8 million plants and animals, and that this scratches the surface of what scientists estimate to be between five and 30 million overall species on earth.
The amazing eight-legged wonders!
UC Davis professor Jason Bond in his office in the Academic Surge Building. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eye-to-eye with a jumping spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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'Giving Tuesday': Giving Back to the Bohart Museum of Entomology
This ruby-tailed wasp, the work of Levon Biss, measures 5x6 feet. The Bohart Museum hopes to acquire another microsculpture by Biss.
"Giving Tuesday," held the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, is a good day to give back, to say "Thank you for all you do!"
The 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation launched "Giving Tuesday" in 2012 in response to the troubling commercialization and consumerism in the post-Thanksgiving season (think Black Friday and Cyber Monday).
A very worthy benefactor on "Giving Tuesday" is the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building on the UC Davis campus.
Directed by Lynn Kimsey, UC Davis professor of entomology, the insect museum is named for its founder, noted entomologist Richard M. Bohart (1913-2007), a professor and former chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology (now the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology). He founded the museum in 1946.
When you think of the Bohart Museum, you think of excellence: excellent scientists, staff and volunteers. The insect museum houses
nearly eight million insect specimens collected worldwide
the seventh largest insect collection in North America
the California Insect Survey, a storehouse of the insect biodiversity
a live "petting zoo," comprised of Madagascar hissing cockroaches, walking sticks, tarantulas and praying mantids; and
a year-around gift shop, which is stocked with T-shirts, sweatshirts, books, jewelry, posters, insect-collecting equipment and insect-themed candy
Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Bohart Museum's outreach efforts are widespread and much appreciated: from classroom visits to open houses. Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator, and associates provide educational programs to classrooms and at special events, such as exhibitions at the Davis Explorit Science Center, California State Fair and Solano County Youth Ag Day. Youths learn about insects and other arthropods and eagerly hold the walking sticks and Madagascar hissing cockroaches.
Another key part of the Bohart Museum outreach efforts: they host open houses at scheduled times on weekends throughout the academic year. On the campuswide Picnic Day, the Bohart draws as many as 4000 visitors. Thousands also attend the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (See video on YouTube).
Scientists throughout the world study the insect collection.
What does the Bohart need?
"Support for our outreach programs," said Kimsey. "I would love to get another photograph like the Biss one we have in the hall."
That would be like the newly acquired 5x6-foot photographic image or "microsculpture" of a cuckoo or emerald wasp, the work of noted British photographer Levon Biss. The "cuckoo" name refers to the fact that the female lays her eggs in the nests of unsuspecting hosts, including the sand wasp. The larvae of the cuckoo wasp then consume the host eggs, larvae and the stored food. The wasp is found throughout Europe but not in the United States.
Biss's intricate work, titled "Ruby-Tailed Wasp" (Parnopes grandior), encompasses more than 8,000 separate images, Kimsey said. "We chose it partly to honor the work that 'Doc' Bohart did." Bohart spent much of his career studying chrysidid wasps or parasitoid wasps.
Biss, based in London, works across many genres, including news, sports, portraiture and insects. He credits his son, Sebastian, for developing his interest in insects. Sebastian found a ground beetle in their backyard and Dad photographed it. That led to a collaboration with the Oxford Museum of Natural History, where Biss gained access to the museum's historical collection of insects, including some collected by Charles Darwin.
Biss now creates micro-scale images for what he calls his Microsculpture series. Over a two-year period, he photographed 37 insects from the Oxford collection. To create the final insect portraits, he composites thousands of images using multiple lighting setups. Biss says he photographed most of them in about 30 sections, "each section lit differently with strobe lights to accentuate the microsculpture of that particular area of the body."
In October 2017, Biss drew rave reviews for his TED talk, Mind-Blowing Magnified Portraits of Insects. That led to a world gallery tour of his images; his show is now at the Houston (Texas) Museum of Natural Science, July 13, 2018 through Jan. 13, 2019.
Unlike many insect museums, the Bohart Museum is open to the general public four days a week: Mondays through Thursdays, from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 5 p.m., plus occasional, weekend open houses. Admission is free.
Interested in helping out the Bohart Museum on #GivingTuesday? Checks may be made out to the "Bohart Museum Society" and mailed to:
Bohart Museum of Entomology
Room 1124, Academic Surge Building
Crocker Lane
Davis, Calif. 95616.
Further information is available on the Bohart Museum website at http://bohart.ucdavis.edu/ or contact (530) 753-0493 or bmuseum@ucdavis.edu.
A tarantula and a Madagascar hissing cockroach are favorites at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's live "petting zoo." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the moth and butterfly section at the Bohart Museum, shows a visitor some of the butterfly collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bohart Museum Picnic Day: Bugging Out
The Bohart Museum theme focused on "Where the Sun Doesn't Shine." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
They came. They saw. They bugged out.
Who wouldn't, when you get an opportunity to pet a rose-haired tarantula named Snuggles, guide walking sticks "strolling" on your arm, or cradle a Madagascar hissing cockroach? Or marvel at the display of Platypsyllus castoris, an ectoparasite of beavers?
That's what awaited the 2000 visitors at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the 104th annual UC Davis Picnic Day last Saturday, April 18.
Although the theme of the campuswide Picnic Day spanned "Where the Sun Shines," Bohart Museum officials focused on "Where the Sun Doesn't Shine." They highlighted nocturnal insects, cave-dwelling insects, and parasites, including a beetle, Platypsyllus castoris, found on the south end of a beaver.
Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart and professor of entomology at UC Davis, kept busy answering questions about the beaver display--a pelt, and a graphic of the beetle.
As Bohart Museum associate and undergraduate entomology student Wade Spencer said: "These beetles look like they are to fleas what halibut are to other fishes. Instead of the lateral compression fleas exhibit, Platyspyllus castoris are dorso-ventrally flattened, which only adds to their alien appearance. Their unique feeding and lodging preferences have given us so many good laughs, we wanted to make them the star of this year's picnic day event at the Bohart."
Pinole resident Jesse Meyers, a UC Davis alumnus (1989, chemical engineering) holds a stick insect, also known as a walking stick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"To be a tad more descriptive," Spencer said, "they call the beaver's perianal region home; they help keep the beavers clean both inside AND out by feeding on dead skin, secretions of the castor glands (where "natural" and "raspberry" flavorings come from), and if they are in the mood, they'll indulge in a little blood or fluids from oozing wounds. They're basically like crawling, itchy, toilet paper that occasionally bites and you can never scratch off!"
Entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the butterfly and moth collection at the Bohart, kept busy encouraging visitors to get acquainted with Snuggles. They held him, petted him and photographed him. Little Teddy Owens, 2 of Davis, held by his mother, Dina, high-fived Snuggles.
Another display featured scorpions: graduate student Charlotte Herbert shone a black light on them to illustrate how they glow in the dark. All scorpions fluoresce in ultraviolet light.
Visitors also learned about bees in a display featuring sweat bees, leaf-cutting bees, mason bees, bumble bees, honey bees, sunflower bees, and carpenter bees, as well as Andrena and Melissodes anthophora.
The Bohart Museum houses a global collection of nearly eight million specimens. It is the home of the seventh largest insect collection in North America, and the California Insect Survey, a storehouse of the insect biodiversity. Special attractions include a "live" petting zoo, featuring Madagascar hissing cockroaches, walking sticks, praying mantids and tarantulas. The museum's gift shop, open year around, offers T-shirts, sweatshirts, books, jewelry, posters, insect-collecting equipment and insect-themed candy.
The Bohart Museum is open to the public from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. It is closed to the public on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and on major holidays. Admission is free.
More information on the Bohart Museum is available by contacting (530) 752-0493 or emailing bmuseum@ucdavis.edu or Tabatha Yang at tabyang@ucdavis.edu.
Entomologist and Bohart associate Jeff Smith introduces a crowd to Snuggles, a rose-haired tarantula. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two-year-old Teddy Owens of Davis, held by his mother, Dina Owens, high-fives Snuggles, the rose-haired tarantula, held by entomologist and Bohart associate Jeff Smith. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart associate Jeff Smith shows Snuggles, a rose-haired tarantula, to inquiring youngsters. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Quite a handful! Visitors at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on Picnic Day watch Snuggles, a rose-haired tarantula. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Visitors check out the beaver/beetle display at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. In the foreground is Lynn Kimsey, museum director and UC Davis professor. At far left is undergraduate student Ivana Satre. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum director Lynn Kimsey smiles at the reaction of visitors to the beaver/beetle display. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis entomology doctoral candidate Charlotte Herbert shows youngsters how scorpions fluoresce under ultraviolet light. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The bee display encompassed honey bees, bumble bees, sweat bees, sunflower bees and more. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The State government has decided to reopen all degree colleges and universities in the State from October 15. Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy took the decision during a review with the senior officials of the education department at the camp office on Thursday.
The chief minister told the officials that the covid 19 pandemic is under control in the state and the colleges and universities can restart with due precautions. He also instructed the officials to conduct all common entrance tests (CETs) from the third week of September.
He also told the officials to increase the gross enrolment to 90 percent by encouraging students to join the courses. The enrolment is now at 32.4 percent, the officials informed the chief minister.
Following the New Education Policy 2020 (NEP) announced by the Central government, the chief minister had suggested an apprenticeship of 10 months after three years' graduation and a year skill development course to be eligible to receive a degree. This would fulfil the four-year degree course proposed by the Central government under the NEP 2020. However, this skill development course is not compulsory, the chief minister suggested.
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The chief minister also directed the officials to start the process to recruit all vacant assistant professor posts in government degree colleges and universities.
The chief minister also directed the officials to start the fee reimbursement scheme once the colleges are reopened. He also asked them to take up the renovation of all medical colleges in the state under the Nadu-Nedu program of the state government.
AP Higher Education Regulatory and Monitoring Commission chairman Justice V Eswaraiah, Higher education secretary Satish Chandra and other officials were present at the review.
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Doctoral student Kelly Mack shows
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accessibility leads to more inclusive
experiences for everyone.
When doctoral student Kelly Mack meets with her labmates in Professor Jennifer Mankoff's lab, the conversations often begin like this:
Is everyone comfortable? Can everyone access the content and participate? Are the captions working? No? Let's figure that out together.
Conversations around accessibility aren't common in classrooms or workplaces, but they're important, Mack says. They set a tone that the unique access needs of people with disabilities matter. Prioritizing accessibility also creates better experiences for people who don't have disabilities, from recording lectures to captioning videos.
"I think it would be beautiful if we could get to a broader level of that everywhere on campus," Mack said. "Yes, accessibility does take time and consideration but you get a better product that's more inclusive at the end, so it's worth it."
Mack is studying accessibility and adaptive technology at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at UW, with a focus on how this works in higher education. She was recently honored with the Dennis Lang award for her research, advocacy, mentorship, and allyship of students with disabilities.
While Mack is passionate about making accessible technology, she's also aiming higher than that. She wants to change the culture around how people think about disability by encouraging everyone to have conversations about how classrooms, workplaces, and interactions with others can be more inclusive.
You can prepare, but accessibility also means engaging with people and being willing to be flexible and adapt once you've met them.
Kelly MackDoctoral student
Mack has been interested in computer science since she signed up for a coding class in high school, but it wasn't until she experienced disability herself that she discovered the topic of accessibility.
As an undergraduate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Mack developed a chronic illness and had to take medical leave. Growing up close to people with disabilities and experiencing her own made her more empathetic to what it was like to navigate a world not designed for everyone.
"Having a deeper, intimate, personal experience with disability is life changing in a sense," Mack said. "Once you've had that experience, you start noticing people with disabilities around you more and you start understanding how critical it is that these people are supported by and included in the technology that we're building."
Having colleagues who also have disabilities has allowed Mack to learn about challenges in disability accommodations, and how technology can improve them. Her latest research involves investigating if technology can help facilitate communication around accommodations between disabled students, professors, and Disability Resources for Students (DRS).
Kelly inspecting a 3D printed tactile map for people who are blind or low vision generated by a project she works on.
She then plans to focus her dissertation on accessibility in higher education, and how technology can facilitate this. Through research, Mack has found that blindness, low-vision, deaf, and hard of hearing disabilities are the most frequently studied by researchers, so she wants to focus her accessibility research on a wider range of disabilities.
Also interesting to Mack is how to make spaces accessible when there are multiple types of disabilities in one space, like a classroom. Access conflicts can arise, where someone's accessibility needs may conflict with another's, such as when captions for someone who is deaf are distracting to someone who needs minimal disruptions to focus.
But there are also great synergies between people with disabilities' unique access needs (further described in this paper). Mack often navigates to classes with one of her friends who is blind. This is helpful to Mack whose disability means that she can get dizzy and have trouble stabilizing when walking. She can help her friend who is blind navigate while her friend can physically support her so she doesn't fall.
Jennifer Mankoff's Make4All lab and other collaborators having a picnic on Rainier Vista.
Mack knows first-hand how accessible technology can make or break whether students are able to learn on any given day. One of the conditions of her disability is that some days, she can't get out of bed, stand, or walk without fearing she'll collapse. If her lectures aren't being recorded, she has to make a decision: does she struggle to get to campus and potentially hurt herself in the process, or miss out on new content and participation points?
Mack hopes accessibility becomes so common that she and her peers don't have to make decisions like this.
"Some of the professors I respect so much are those who put in their syllabus, 'Hey, If you need any kinds of accommodations related to disability, regardless of if you are registered with DRS or not, talk to me.'" Mack said.
This is important because students need documentation, like a diagnosis, for their disability in order to access accommodations through DRS. But sometimes diagnoses can take many trips to the doctors, requiring time and financial resources that not everyone can afford.
That's why Mack hopes people start to think of accessibility as a conversation rather than a set of rules to follow.
"You can prepare, but accessibility also means engaging with people and being willing to be flexible and adapt once you've met them," Mack said. "People are too different, disabilities are different, and that's not a bad thing. It's something we need to accept and embrace."
Public Lectures on Accessibility
Conversations around accessibility continued this fall as disability activists Nyle DiMarco and Maysoon Zayid visited campus for the Graduate School's Public Lectures series. Mack hopes conversations like these include advice for student activists in higher education and stories about how activists have dealt when the public applies misconceptions about their disabilities on to them.
Learning how to make the world more accessible is something that can start from a young age. Mack has been teaching this as a mentor for Girls Who Code, encouraging girls in elementary school to consider how to make their programming accessible, such as how to make an audio-heavy application engaging and fun for people who are d\Deaf or hard of hearing. They learn quickly: now, young students will raise their hands during a presentation and ask Mack if she's contrasted the colors on her slides enough for people with low vision.
Modeling the behavior she's learned from her professors and peers is one of the ways Mack hopes to change the culture around accessibility.
When she meets with the undergraduate students she mentors, she starts the conversation by asking how she can make the space more accessible or comfortable for them.
The students are often taken aback by this question because no one has ever asked them. Can they record the meeting for their notes? Can they turn on captions as they're chatting on Zoom?
For Mack, those things are as easy as pushing a button. For students, those conversations show their mentor wants them to feel comfortable.
"If everybody did that, the world would be such a more welcoming place," Mack said. "I hope people see that accommodations aren't always hard to implement; sometimes, it's a five minute conversation resulting in turning on the caption button every meeting. These little things can make a huge difference. I hope I always carry that mindset forward and maybe it creates ripple effects, and other people start doing that too."
By Kate Stringer, UW Graduate School
Published Sept. 23, 2021


Life.Church Senior Pastor Craig Groeschel recently discussed the harsh realities of Hell and argued that one of the most dangerous lies Satan tells humans is that such a place does not exist.
In a sermon titled "The Horrors of Hell," Groeschel contended that it's important to discuss the afterlife from the pulpit because "what you believe about eternity determines how you live today.
Groeschel cited statistics revealing that while 74 percent of Americans believe in Heaven, just 1 in 4 believe that those who do not know Christ will spend eternity in a place called Hell.
"Most people, if they do believe in Hell, believe it's for the really, really, bad people, like the murderers and rapists, terrorists and such, but probably not me," he said.
Unfortunately, this is the way "so many of us" live today, the pastor lamented.
If God is loving, why does Hell exist? First, Hell exists for God to deal righteously with Satan, Groeschel said.
The second reason Hell exists is for God to deal righteously with unbelievers. While this may not seem "fair," the pastor pointed out that it is impossible for God to be holy without being just.
Some people joke about Hell as if it's a "party," the pastor said. But according to Scripture, Hell will be a "horrible" place of isolation and hopelessness where people are eternally separated from Christ.
Would a Loving God Send People to Hell?


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Carbon dioxide is a simple covalent molecule that most people have heard about, as it is often in the news linked to global warming. Carbon dioxide has the formula CO2 and at the centre of this linear molecule is a carbon atom joined by two pairs of double-bonds to the oxygen atoms, i.e O=C=O. At room temperature carbon dioxide is a colourless gas which has a slightly sweet smell. Carbon dioxide is a linear molecule with a bond angle of 180°. This gas was 'discovered' by Scottish scientist (physicist and chemist) Joseph Black (right).
Solid carbon dioxide is known by chemists as cardice and by everyone else as dry ice. It is an unusual solid as it sublimes (turning from solid to gas without going through the liquid state). Solid carbon dioxide has weak forces (van der Waals) between molecules which holds them together. This is why it has a very low melting point 217 K (-56°C) at 5.2 atmospheres. Carbon dioxide is non-polar as its dipoles cancel, and this contrasts with the polar molecule sulfur dioxide (SO2).
Carbon dioxide fire extinguishers contain highly pressurized carbon dioxide which is a non-flammable inert gas, which acts as a smothering material. They work by displacing the air (oxygen) from the area surrounding the fire. Once this part of the fire triangle has been removed the fire is extinguished. This type of fire extinguisher has the added advantage of also cooling the fuel. Carbon dioxide extinguishers are suitable for class B fires (flammable liquids and gases). These extinguishers have the advantage of not leaving a residue after they have been used (discharged). They are suitable for electrical fires in offices containing computers, televisions and photocopiers.
In the unlikely event that you are faced with a magnesium fire it is not advisable to use a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher because it actually reacts with magnesium.
Carbon dioxide will burn on reaction with magnesium and the result is the formation of magnesium oxide and carbon as soot. There are some superb films of the reaction online using blocks of dry ice (solid carbon dioxide). Carbon dioxide is a solid below -78°C. This is why dry ice should not be handled as it causes burns by freezing the skin.
Carbon dioxide is an acidic oxide (a typical property of the majority of non-metal oxides) and reacts with sodium hydroxide to form a salt and water. Next time you are in the laboratory check the top of the sodium hydroxide bottles. If you see a white crust around the stoppers inform the technicians who need to supply fresh solutions. This simple chemistry has been exploited in craft such as submarines and space shuttles where the build up of carbon dioxide from respiration needs tackling.
The thermal decomposition of lithium carbonate and the following Group 2 carbonates leads to the production of carbon dioxide gas and the metal oxide. Interestingly, beryllium carbonate is unstable under standard conditions (298 K, 100 kPa) and the subsequent Group 1 carbonates are thermally stable.
The trend is that on descending Group 2 their carbonates become more difficult to decompose thermally as reflected by the increasing temperatures. These differences can be explained in terms of charge-density differences for the cations (M2+).
Magnesium's smaller 2+ ion (72 pm) polarises the carbonate 2- ion (135 pm) more than the larger barium 2+ ion (100 pm) because it has greater attractions for its electrons. The size of the 'electron drift' is indicated by the size of the blue arrows.
Diamond is an allotrope of carbon which was first confirmed in a very expensive experiment performed by the English chemist Smithson Tennant who was the first to burn a diamond in air (~600-800°C) producing carbon dioxide.
Carbon dioxide as a non-metallic oxide is acidic. Carbon dioxide reacts with water in a reversible reaction to form carbonic acid (H2CO3).
The acid dissociation constant for carbonic acid Ka = 4.45 x 10-7 mol dm-3. This indicates that it is a much weaker acid than ethanoic acid which has a Ka = 1.74 x 10-5 mol dm-3. The equilibrium between carbon dioxide and water helps buffer the blood.
For those doing A-level or Pre-U chemistry, can you show that the pH of blood is 7.35 if the concentration of hydrogen carbonate is 1.3 x 10-2 mol dm-3 and the concentration of carbon dioxide is 1.3 x 10-3 mol dm-3? Answer on page 4 of this link. The carbonic acid present in the equilibrium can neutralize hydroxide ions, which would increase the pH of the blood when added. The bicarbonate ion (HCO3-) can neutralize hydrogen ions (protons), which would cause a decrease in the pH of the blood when added. Both increasing and decreasing pH is life threatening.
The density of carbon dioxide is 1.53 g/cm3 at 21°C. The fact carbon dioxide is heavier than air makes it particularly dangerous when large volumes are released from volcanoes. In 1986 a Cameroon volcano erupted suffocating 1700 villagers with some fortunate survivors asleep on the top bunk bed. When carbon dioxide gas is prepared it sinks to the bottom of a test tube or gas jar and will extinguish a flame. A very familiar test for carbon dioxide is its reaction with a colourless solution of calcium hydroxide which still retains its historical name lime water. A simple experiment is shown and the evolved carbon dioxide often described as effervescence (fizzing) will move from the left hand test tube into the right hand test tube.
Lime, the fruit, tastes sour because it contains acids, whereas limewater (calcium hydroxide) is most definitely an alkali as it contains hydroxide (OH-) ions.
The concentration of carbon dioxide in air is constantly being monitored by thousands of scientists across the globe. As a greenhouse gas it is 'believed' that changes in carbon dioxide levels contribute to increases in the earth's temperature, something which has not actually happened since 1997. One thing for certain is that the atmosphere on earth has evolved, and geologists are interested in how the gas became locked in carbonates.
The story of carbon dioxide brings in some of the most important names in the history of chemistry and its early development from alchemy to the central science. It has long been known that 'fixing air', as carbon dioxide used to be known, could be made by adding an acid to the sedimentary rock, chalk.
In 1772, Priestley published a paper entitled "Impregnating Water with Fixed Air" in which he described dripping "oil of vitriol" now called sulfuric acid (H2SO4) onto chalk to produce carbon dioxide gas. The gas was dissolved in water by Priestley to make a refreshing drink for his friends. This was the beginning of the first fizzy drink, which is an industry now worth billions of dollars a year to major corporations, and one significant contributor to the obesity and dental caries epidemics in the western world.
In 1822 carbonated water reached Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) in India. Nearly two hundred years later Rugby School has strong links with a school in Kolkata called Future Hope set up by the Old Rugbean philanthropist Tim Grandage. Today carbonated water is made by passing pressurized carbon dioxide through water. The added pressure increases the solubility allowing more carbon dioxide to dissolve than would be possible under standard conditions. When the bottle is opened, the release in pressure allows the gas to come out of the solution, forming the characteristic bubbles. A fun way to rapidly release the gas is to add Mentos to the drink.
The graph below shows how carbon dioxide levels have risen in the atmosphere over recent decades.
The intra-yearly variations can be attributed to the seasons and the presence of vast quantities of plankton and algae at certain times of the year. Carbon dioxide decreases during the growing season. There is no doubt that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing. What is in dispute is the effect of these increases on the Earth's temperature. Click here to get an updated value for atmospheric carbon dioxide in parts per million (ppm). 0.034% = 340 ppm.
At the simplest level, photosynthesis can be represented as the equation which is the reverse of aerobic respiration. Photosynthesis takes place in green plants and fixes carbon dioxide into sugar molecules, as mentioned in the MOTM on glucose.
Gardeners have exploited this equation by increasing the concentration of carbon dioxide in greenhouses to improve yields. This can be as simple as lighting candles which are solid hydrocarbons (waxes) which when combusted produce carbon dioxide and water.
The Carbon cycle is the mechanism by which the carbon dioxide levels are maintained in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is central to this important cycle.
A new technology called carbon capture and storage (CCS) will no doubt be added to future carbon cycles as it is a way to 'remove' carbon in the form of carbon dioxide from the air. Recent news has expressed concern about changes in pH and temperature of sea water and the impact this has on sensitive coral reefs around the world. Scientists often produce some of their best work when they mimic nature and this is what a company in the USA is achieving by mimicking corals by turning carbon dioxide into cement.
There is strong evidence that the Earth's temperature has warmed by 0.75°C since 1880. This increase coincides with rising atmospheric CO2 levels. There has been a huge interest in the media about the link between this atmospheric gas and the enhanced greenhouse effect. It is now thought that CO2 levels have reached their highest in 15 to 20 million years (estimated at 389 parts per million in 2010). Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a new technology that can prevent all the CO2 being emitted primarily from pulverised coal combustion sites, into the atmosphere. Coal accounts for 40% of the world's carbon emissions. Instead, CO2 can be 'captured' and compressed to a supercritical state (10 MPa) before being transported and stored from harm's way. Three main carbon capture methods are; post-combustion, pre-combustion and oxy-fuel combustion.
Post-combustion carbon capture occurs when CO2 is extracted from flue gases after the fossil fuel is burned. Flue gases contain between 15 to 20% CO2. The flue gases are passed through a solvent filter, often an amine, e.g. monoethanolamine (H2NCH2CH2OH) or methyldiethanolamine (CH3N(C2H4OH)2), which can both absorb carbon dioxide. The amine solvent is then passed through a regenerator, which requires 80% of the total energy input for the process. Here, a change in pressure, and or, temperature is applied, releasing water vapour and leaving behind a concentrated stream of CO2. The hydrate crystals formed from these flue gases hold a CO2 concentration of 55-57%. This solvent can then be recycled back into the system and reused. Interestingly, the apparatus needed for this method can be retrofitted to existing power plants.
Pre-combustion carbon capture occurs before the fossil fuel is burned. This process is known as Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC). The pulverised coal is first heated to between 537°C and 1426°C in pure oxygen in a 'gasifier'. This leads to the formation of synthesis gas (syngas) which is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. CO is then passed through a shift reactor where steam is added, transforming CO into highly concentrated CO2 and hydrogen. Finally, these gases are fed into a flask where they naturally begin to rise. An amine solution is then released into the flask and binds with the CO2. With a newly increased density, this mixture falls to the bottom of the flask and is tapped off. This is now heated to 120°C in a new flask separating the mixture. CO2 rises to the top for collection and the amine falls to the bottom for re-use. The remaining hydrogen can be used as a 'clean fuel' for heat, power and, potentially, as a transport fuel. This process can prevent approximately 90% of carbon emissions from entering the atmosphere. At the time of writing there are one hundred and sixty IGCC plants and another thirty-five IGCC plants in planning.
The third carbon-capture process is oxy-fuel combustion. Here fossil fuel is burnt in a mixture of pure oxygen and recycled flue gas, which regulates the combustion temperature and cools down the reaction from 1550°C to 800°C. This results in more complete combustion, forming 90% CO2 and water vapor. First, sulfur impurities are removed by adding limestone solution, which reacts with SO2 to form gypsum (used in construction industry). Then the resulting mixture is cooled to allow the water vapor to condense and be tapped off. CO2 is now compressed at 70 atm and transported to a storage unit. Before storage, captured carbon, in the form of CO2, must be transported. The most common method of transportation is via pipelines typically made of carbon manganese steel. In the US alone, there are more than 1,500 miles of pipeline used for CO2 transportation. CO2 is mainly driven along pipelines in a dense-phase liquid state by a compressor. In this supercritical phase, CO2 holds the density of a liquid and the viscosity of a gas.
In the final stage of carbon capture, the extracted CO2, must be stored underground or underwater. In 2009, scientists mapped 6,000 m2 that could be used to store 500 years' worth of CO2 emissions from the United States. Underground storage is commonly known as geological sequestration. Typically, CO2 is injected 1,000 m below the ground into layers of porous sedimentary rock under an area described as 'cap rock'. This cap is impermeable and consequently acts as a seal. The pressure underground causes CO2 to behave like a liquid. Declining oil fields and basalt rock formations are the two popular regions for storing CO2. Approximately 30 to 50 million tons of CO2 are injected into declining US oil fields every year. CO2 captured in this way can be used for a process known as Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). Underground, at such high temperatures and pressures, injected CO2 will dissolve in oil. This allows recovery of oil buried deep within porous rocks, which would otherwise be impossible to extract. There are currently 70 EOR projects worldwide, mostly in the western United States. If injected into basalt formations, eventually CO2 is expected to react with available metal oxides to form stable carbonates, such as limestone. Their stability in most geological conditions precludes decomposition; and therefore little CO2 is expected to escape back into the atmosphere. A project named 'CO2 sink', started in Berlin in 2004, is investigating the lifetime of CO2 in basalt formations and the stability of its resulting metal carbonates.
Injecting CO2 into the ocean at a depth below 11,482 metres is another safe potential method of CO2 storage. The pressure at this depth compresses CO2 into a 'slushy' material, which slowly sinks to the ocean floor. However, this method is as yet largely untested and estimates from a decade ago suggest it is likely to be prohibitively expensive at $40-80 per tonne of CO2 stored.
Carbon dioxide has also found use in removing caffeine from coffee, to produce decaffeinated coffee. There are four main methods which make use of different solvents to extract caffeine from green coffee beans, and they are; water, ethyl ethanoate, liquid (supercritical) carbon dioxide and dichloromethane.
Baking Soda is the old-fashioned name for sodium hydrogen carbonate (sodium bicarbonate) and has the formula NaHCO3. It is used to make cakes rise in baking as it releases carbon dioxide when it reacts with acidic ingredients. The chemical reactions produce bubbles of carbon dioxide which expand at oven temperatures leading to baked goods expanding (rising) to give light products. The reaction between baking soda and citric acid is shown below. This reaction forms the basis of sherbert and is a classic endothermic reaction.
Carbon dioxide is also produced in the anaerobic respiration of sugars by yeast using its enzyme xymase. The by-product ethanol was an ancient way to provide potable drinking water. The reaction also allowed Western style bread to rise as it is baked.
Dry ice is frequently used to produce smoke-like clouds in theatres and nightclubs. Dry ice is very cold at -78°C and when it sublimes, because of its density, it stays low on the stage. It soon cools the air it diffuses through and this causes the water vapour to condense into tiny droplets which look like clouds. Dry ice finds use in school Physics laboratories in cloud chambers, cooling thermistors and metal wire resistors, and is used in experiments to confirm the Gas Laws. A colourful experiment to try out is to drop dry ice into a large measuring cylinder which contains water and universal indicator. A horror-film-like effect takes place as the excess carbon dioxide spills over the top of the cylinder and the indicator turns from green to yellow and then orange as carbonic acid is produced. Dry ice lasts a couple of days when stored in a thick-wall polystyrene (Styrofoam) box. It is possible to make dry ice from a cylinder of carbon dioxide if you have the correct dry-ice attachment, sometimes called Snowpacks or Jetfreezers with an explanation of how to use them in section 13.3.1 of the Laboratory Handbook produced by CLEAPSS. Alternately, dry-ice pellets can be obtained from universities or local suppliers, and for those having difficulty getting dry ice there are plenty of good experiments on offer on the internet which give ideas of the demonstration potential of this simple molecule.
CO2 detectors are being used to detect dangerous levels of CO2 in laboratories, breweries and cellars. This is important because levels of 1.5% CO2 can cause headaches and hyperventilation, and levels exceeding 10% CO2 levels can lead to death. Crowcon is a leading UK gas detection company that manufactures portable and fixed CO2 monitors within enclosed area.
Carbon dioxide levels are detected using an infra-red detector. For ease of use the sensor continuously measures CO2 levels and displays the reading on an easy-to-read backlit display. Units also provide a loud audio alarm. The detectors are manufactured by Crowcon, one of the UK's leading gas detection companies. The infra-red vibration modes for carbon dioxide are show. To be infra-red active a dipole is needed in this molecule which occurs when vibrations lead to asymmetry in the molecule, so dipoles do not cancel.


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I don't know how my family transitioned into a less processed diet without our family's staple raw breakfast: raw oatmeal. Made from oat groats, apples and dates, I was inspired to create this porridge from my old Muesli recipe. It really is delicious and when first transitioning into a more unprocessed and raw based diet, my husband would lovingly say, "I don't want the cooked oatmeal, I want to eat the RAW oatmeal".
When Karen Ranzi, author of Creating Healthy Children through Attachment Parenting and Raw Foods, had breakfast at our house one day, she wrote down the recipe immediately after eating two bowls. She said it would be the first thing she would make for her family when she returned home.
Needless to say, we eat it at least once a week. I hope you and your family enjoy it too!
Serve topped with other seasonal fruit (optional).


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If you have been charged with a criminal offence, your defence may be bolstered if you hire a representative who is familiar with the unique characteristics of the jurisdiction you are charged in. If you have been charged in Brockville, you will want a criminal lawyer who has experience defending clients in that jurisdiction.
DUVADIE Law has handled criminal cases in Brockville for over a decade. The offences that we have dealt with in Brockville include: assault, uttering threats, fraud, and drug offences. We have a strong record of obtaining favourable resolutions in the jurisdiction.
If you have been charged with a criminal offence in Brockville, contact us at your earliest opportunity, so that we may begin to work on your case as quickly as possible.
The Brockville Courthouse is located at 41 Court House Square. A historic building with modern renovations, the courthouse is one of the most picturesque in the province. The Brockville Courthouse is home to both the Ontario Court of Justice and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. All the courtrooms are located on the north-side of the first and second floors, in a renovated addition to the original building.
Conveniently, Leeds and Greenville's Provincial Offences Court is located across the street from the Brockville Court House, at 32 Wall Street.
The Brockville Courthouse is open from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm on weekdays. Unlike in Ottawa, the Courthouse does not perform security screening. Limited term free parking is available in the streets that surround the building, and there is meter parking that stretches down to the waterway and throughout downtown Brockville. There are also 7 municipal lots scattered throughout downtown Brockville. For a downtown parking map, visit the City of Brockville website.
If you would like more information about the courthouse, including the requirements to request interpreter services, courtroom layouts, and guides on how to prepare for court appearances, please consult the Justice Ontario website. If you have to appear in either the Ontario Court of Justice, or the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ministry of the Attorney General publishes daily court lists at 4:30 pm for the proceedings that will occur the following day. These lists are sometimes unreliable, as matters often get moved to other courtrooms on the day of the appearance. If you are required to appear at the courthouse, DUVADIE Law will ensure that you are informed of exactly where you need to be and at what time you need to be there (as soon as this information becomes available).
According to crime data compiled by Maclean's magazine, Brockville ranks as the 75th highest city in Canada on the Crime Severity Index (CSI), a measure which accounts for a combination of the severity and volume of reported crime that occurs within the jurisdiction. Brockville's overall CSI ranks ranks above the national average. Brockville's reported crime rate in the following areas ranks above the national average: Assault, Sexual Assault, Fraud, Cocaine Trafficking and Youth Criminal Justice Act Offences.
For information on charges that occur in Brockville with less frequency relative to the national average, please consult a Criminal Defence Lawyer.
Facts: N.B. was helping deliver a car that a friend of his had purchased. The car was bought on Kijiji, and N.B. was enlisted to deliver the vehicle to a city outside the province. Due to delays, the temporary sticker on the license plate of the purchased car had expired before N.B. was able to complete the delivery. An OPP officer spotted the expired tag and pulled N.B. over in Brockville. The officer checked the ownership of the vehicle, and discovered that it was registered in the name of the previous owner. The police disbelieved N.B.'s explanation that he was delivering the car for his friend, and became suspicious that the friend did not exist. They charged N.B. with fraud, alleging that he had posed as the previous owner when registering the plates of the car. During negotiations with the prosecutor, DUVADIE Law focused on the absence of evidence that it was N.B. who registered the plates fraudulently.
Outcome: The charges were withdrawn.
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Subtype distribution of Blastocystis isolates from synanthropic and zoo animals and identification of a new subtype
C. R. Stensvold, M. A. Alfellani, S. Nørskov-Lauritsen, K. Prip, E. L. Victory, Charlotte Maddox-Hyttel, Henrik V. Nielsen, C.G. Clark
Blastocystis isolates from 56 Danish synanthropic and zoo animals, 62 primates primarily from United Kingdom (UK) collections and 16 UK primate handlers were subtyped by PCR, sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. A new subtype (ST) from primates and artiodactyls was identified and designated as Blastocystis sp. ST10. STs isolated from non-human primates (n = 70) included ST3 (33%), ST8 (21%). ST2 (16%), ST5 (13%), ST1 (10%), ST4 (4%) and ST10(3%). A high prevalence of ST8 was seen among primate handlers (25%). This ST is normally very rare in humans, suggesting that acquisition of Blastocystis ST8 infections from primates by their handlers had occurred in these cases. Data from published studies of non-human primates, other mammals and birds were collected and interpreted to generate a comprehensive overview on the ST distribution in such animals. On the basis of information on 438 samples, it was found that Blostocystis from primates belong mainly to ST1, ST2, ST3, ST5 and ST8, ungulates and dogs mainly ST1, ST2, ST3, ST5 and ST10, rodents ST4 and birds mainly ST6 and ST7. The data indicate moderate host specificity, most clearly exemplified by the fact that STs isolated from avian and non-avian hosts rarely overlap.
International Journal for Parasitology
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For the second time in only three years, SCHUNK, the competence leader for gripping systems and clamping technology has achieved a nomination for the Hermes Award, one of the world's most coveted industrial prizes. After receiving the award in 2015 for the SCHUNK eGRIP, a web-based three-dimensional design tool for additive manufactured gripper fingers, the innovative family-owned company from Lauffen, Germany has succeeded now in getting onto the list of top five nominees for the Hermes Award again with the SCHUNK Co-act Gripper JL1, and is thus moving into the leading group for technical innovations.
An independent jury chaired by Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster, Chairman of the Managing Board of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), ensures the recognized high standard of the competition. SCHUNK looks forward with great excitement to April 23, 2017, when the German Chancellor Angela Merkel will open the Hannover Messe, and the Federal Minister for Education, Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka will award the Hermes Award 2017. The SCHUNK Co-act Gripper JL1 is the world's first intelligent gripping module for human/robot collaboration, which directly interacts and communicates with humans. The sensor system, which is built into the JL1, registers approaches of humans and allows situation-dependent reactions without any contact between human and robot. As a self-learning gripping system, the HRC gripper offers optimum conditions for highly flexible handling scenarios in Industry 4.0.


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Q: How can a workbook reopen itself in a separate Excel instance I want my workbook to open in its own separate instance of Excel. If it gets opened with other workbooks, it should reopen itself in a new instance, perhaps using a code in the Workbook_Open event. Additionally, the workbook should prevent files from opening in the same instance, perhaps by moving them to a new instance or moving itself to a new one. Any ideas will be much appreciated.
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The purpose of this is that workbooks loaded with code and userforms tend to crash easily causing all other workbooks open in the same instance to crash and lose all unsaved changes and the end user gets frustrated. Another issue is that when the Application.OnKey is used, I experienced three problems: 1. shortcut triggers a code that's usually intended to act on the workbook it resides in. This can be solved by checking whether the hosting workbook is the active workbook before running, but it's better to prevent them from running in the first place. 2. common shortcuts can be reassigned to run a custom code, but usually this shouldn't affect other workbooks. 3. problems happen when multiple workbooks that assign same shortcut to custom subs. the most recently open workbook takes over the shortcut action. Also, when the workbook that contains the shortcut is closed, using the shortcut reopens the workbook automatically, which is not a desired! Removing the custom shortcut doesn't solve the problem of multiple workbooks using same shortcut.
Therefore, best solution is to start such workbooks in their own application instances.

A: I've had to make an Excel workbook (which was running a timer) reopen itself in another instance of Excel. This was to let the user use the first instance of Excel without the timer interfering. I'm not sure if that's exactly what you need, but that can certainly help you get started. You can find the code on GitHub here.
The procedure that you would be interested in is called OpenItSelfInAnotherInstance and is located in OpenItself.bas.
For it to work you will also need to include the code contained in API_Maximize.bas, API_Sleep.bas and UDF_ExcelIntances.bas. (If you copy-paste, always exclude the line that says :Attribute VB_Name =... since it's there only for when you import the *.bas file in from the VBE)
Please let me know if there is anything unclear in there, so I can add some explanations in my answer if needed.

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Blink and you'll miss it: The B-21 bomber accomplishes another big review
By: Valerie Insinna December 7, 2018
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WASHINGTON — The Air Force's super-secret new bomber recently completed its critical design review, an Air Force official confirmed Dec. 6.
The official, who was not authorized to speak on the record on the program, offered no further details about the status of the B-21 Raider. However, Air Force officials had stated that the milestone was slated to occur by the end of 2018 — putting the program on pace to begin fielding aircraft around 2025.
The new B-21 Raider could hit a big milestone this year
What's next for the Air Force's B-21 bomber?
By: Valerie Insinna
During the Reagan National Defense Forum on Dec. 1, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson told reporters that the program had recently accomplished a key review, although it was not immediately clear whether it was the critical design review.
She said that the program continued to move forward on budget and on schedule, and praised its steady progress, according to Military.com.
"It's a good example of how to run a major acquisition program well and why delegation of authority back to the services … works to get high quality and to do so quickly," Wilson said.
The Air Force has only sparsely released information about the Northrop Grumman-produced bomber, and details about the exact status of the plane's development — such as whether a prototype exists or has been flown — continue to be shrouded in mystery.
B-21 cost info to stay secret despite new Air Force leadership
The Air Force chief of staff reviews the B-21 program every few months to see whether new details can be released, but it will be "some time" before the service divulges more cost information, the Air Force undersecretary says.
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The service plans on buying at least 100 B-21s, but airpower advocates are hopeful that the requirement will grow in light of the Air Force's stated desire to grow its number of bomber squadrons from 9 to 14 by 2030.
The program is managed by the service's Rapid Capabilities Office, a small shop separated from the Air Force's larger acquisition apparatus that is able to use special authorities to more quickly develop and field new technologies.
Earlier this year, RCO head Randall Walden acknowledged that office has begun component testing and put a subscale model of the bomber through wind tunnel tests.
"From my perspective, this is about producing 100 bombers, not about just getting through development," he added. "Development is a phase that leads into the fielding of this critical need. So my focus is getting the production started, but I can't do that until we understand what the design looks like."
In November, the service announced that it had picked Edwards Air Force Base in California to handle testing and evaluation of the advanced long-range strike bomber and Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma for depot maintenance of the B-21. Robins Air Force Base in Georgia and Hill Air Force Base in Utah will also play a role in sustaining the aircraft.
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Valerie Insinna is Defense News' air warfare reporter. She previously worked the Navy/congressional beats for Defense Daily, which followed almost three years as a staff writer for National Defense Magazine. Prior to that, she worked as an editorial assistant for the Tokyo Shimbun's Washington bureau.
'Red Air' providers prep for a big year of war games
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Next month Scotland will host the Grand Depart of The Tour of Britain, showcasing the Scottish Borders and Dumfries & Galloway as the perfect stage for the UK's biggest professional cycle race and largest free-to-watch live sporting event.
The Scottish leg of The Tour of Britain takes place on Sunday 11 September and cyclists of all abilities are invited to ride in the tyre tracks of the professionals by taking part in this year's Tour Ride which happens a week before the main event on 04 September.
The Prostate Cancer Charity Tour Ride gives people the unique opportunity to experience the route one week before the professionals whilst raising funds to fight the most common cancer in men in Scotland. You will ride under the official gantry with full support throughout the route, well-stocked feed and drink stations and goody bags at the finish. There is still time to get involved so sign up now!
During the Tour Ride, cyclists will follow the official route of The Tour of Britain, ride under official gantry with full support on route, well-stocked feed and drink stations and goody bags at the finish. There are still some places available so get signed up now!
Also spinning into action on Sunday 11 September, the freshnlo Pedal for Scotland will see thousands of cyclists riding from Glasgow to Edinburgh. With both a 51 mile and 100 mile route mapped out between the west and east coast cities, as well as a three mile family ride so families with young children can take part too, there is something on offer for cyclists of all ages and abilities.
The blue ribbon 51 mile event takes in some of Scotland most scenic routes, with refreshment breaks every ten miles and a free lunch at the beautiful Linlithgow Palace. For those participating in the three mile family ride, there are a range of additional activities including music and entertainment to ensure a great day out for all the family.
Find out more about how EventScotland invests in cycling.


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Spotlight planned on Little Rock police shooting
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Michael Laux, attorney for the family of the late Eugene Ellison, plans to discuss Ellison's 2010 shooting by Little Rock police at a news conference at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Allison Presbyterian Church.
Tuesday will be the fourth anniversary of Ellison's death at his apartment. His shooting is the subject of a federal lawsuit, which attorneys Laux and Flint Taylor will argue demonstrates a pattern of racial discrimination in Little Rock police practices and use of force.
The lawyers will talk about oral arguments Thursday on the case before the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which will hear the city's appeal of the ruling that the case should go to trial. The lawyers will also discuss a family request for a Justice Department investigation of the LRPD and also alleged employment retaliation (transfer to a midnight shift) against Sgt. Troy Ellison, a son of the victim and member of LRPD.
Ellison, 67, was in his own home when two officers hired to provide private security at the Big Country Chateau apartment complex entered — they said to check on his well-being. By their account, he was shot fatally after he fought with them. The city has defended the officers, Donna Lesher and Tabitha McCrillis.
Laux's announcement refers to a "continuing crisis of police community relations in Little Rock and across the country."
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