Acquired: Via trade on July 28, 2015, along with RHP Aaron Brooks for 2B Ben Zobrist and cash (OAK). Originally drafted in the supplemental first round (#34 overall) of the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft (KCR).
CURRENT SEASON STATS: 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA in three starts at Nashville (Triple-A), allowing 16 hits in 18 innings and walking just four while striking out 21.
Contract purchased from Nashville April 29 along with RHP Andrew Triggs when INF Matt McBride was sent down and RHP Chris Bassitt went on the DL.
April 29, in a 7-4 win against the Astros. The starting pitcher, he did not get the decision as the Athletics scored five runs in the eighth and ninth innings to pull out the win. Manaea went five-plus innings, allowing four runs, all earned, on four hits, walking four and fanning three. He gave up a solo homer to Evan Gattis to lead off the second inning, with the other runs he surrendered coming in the sixth inning, where he faced three batters before being relieved by Sean Doolittle, hitting George Springer with a pitch to lead off the frame, walking Carlos Correa, and then giving up an RBI single to Gattis. Doolittle came on, and promptly allowed both inherited runners to score on a subsequent RBI single by Tyler White, and a two-out RBI ground-rule double by Marwin Gonzalez to close his book. Defensively, Manaea picked off speedy Carlos Correa and also combined with catcher Stephen Vogt to catch George Springer stealing.
After not playing his first pro game until 2014, he headed right to Wilmington (High A) that summer and went 7-8 with a 3.11 ERA in 25 starts, including a complete-game shutout, fanning 146 in 121.2 IP while scattering 102 hits and walking 54. An abdominal strain sidelined Manaea for part of 2015 but when healthy he combined among the rookie-complex level Arizona League, Wilmington, Northwest Arkansas (Double-A) and, after the trade to the Athletics, Midland (Double-A) to go 7-1 with a 2.66 ERA in 14 starts, striking out 90 batters in 74.1 IP, walking 26 and allowing 67 hits. He was especially effective with his new organization, going 6-0 with a 1.90 ERA in seven starts at Midland, striking out 51 and walking 15 in 42.2 IP.
Manaea checked in at No. 27 in 2080 Baseball's Preseason Top 125 Prospect Ranking List, where C.J. Wittmann had this to say about him: "A big, physical left-handed starter with a four-pitch mix and huge deception, Manaea is a name you should get to know more. His low-to-mid 90s fastball and go-to slider keep hitters off balance enough to overcome his command issues. Reports out of spring training have Manaea commanding his repertoire much better. Watch out."You can check out the scouting report here, and also be sure to read more about Manaea in this Oakland Clubhouse report from Scout.com by 2080 Baseball contributor Melissa Lockard.


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Bananas and salmon help counter effect of salt in women's diet, study finds
Eating foods such as bananas, avocados and salmon could help reduce the negative effects of salt in women's diet, research suggests.
The study found that potassium-rich diets were associated with lower blood pressure, particularly in women with high salt intake.
Researchers say their findings indicate the mineral helps preserve heart health, and that women benefit more than men.
Study author Professor Liffert Vogt of Amsterdam University Medical Centers, in the Netherlands, said: "It is well known that high salt consumption is associated with elevated blood pressure and a raised risk of heart attacks and strokes.
"Health advice has focused on limiting salt intake, but this is difficult to achieve when our diets include processed foods. In our study, dietary potassium was linked with the greatest health gains in women."
The study included 11,267 men and 13,696 women from the Epic-Norfolk study, which recruited adults aged 40 to 79 from general practices in Norfolk, UK, between 1993 and 1997.
Everyone completed a questionnaire on lifestyle habits, their blood pressure was measured and a urine sample was collected. Urinary sodium and potassium were used to estimate dietary intake.
Researchers analysed the link between potassium intake and blood pressure, and found that potassium consumption (in grams per day) was associated with blood pressure in women. As intake of the mineral went up, blood pressure went down.
When the association was analysed according to salt intake, the relationship between potassium and blood pressure was only observed in women with high sodium intake.
Overall, they found that people who had the highest potassium intake had a 13% lower risk of cardiovascular events compared to those with the lowest intake. When men and women were analysed separately, the risk reductions were 7% and 11%, respectively.
The amount of salt in the diet did not influence the relationship between potassium and cardiovascular events in men or women, the researchers found.
Prof Vogt said: "The results suggest that potassium helps preserve heart health, but that women benefit more than men.
"The relationship between potassium and cardiovascular events was the same regardless of salt intake, suggesting that potassium has other ways of protecting the heart on top of increasing sodium excretion."
The NHS recommends that adults aged 19 to 64 need 3,500mg of potassium a day, and should be able to get this from their diet.
Foods high in potassium include vegetables, fruit, nuts, beans, dairy products and fish. For example, a 115g banana has 375mg of potassium, 154g of cooked salmon has 780mg, a 136g potato has 500mg, and one cup of milk has 375mg.
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Tracy Parker, senior dietitian at the British Heart Foundation, said: "This research supports current advice that cutting down our intake of salt and eating more foods containing potassium can be the recipe for a healthier heart.
"An easy way to boost your potassium intake is by eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. Other foods like pulses, fish, nuts, seeds and milk are also high in potassium and low in salt, so can help benefit your heart.
"However, keeping healthy isn't just about monitoring what's on your plate.
Limiting your alcohol intake and staying physically active will also help to lower your blood pressure, reducing the risk of a heart attack or stroke."
The findings are published in the European Heart Journal.
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Social Work professor a sought-after expert on matters of migration
Jul/25/2018 | POSTED BY David Morrison
It's been a busy summer for UMSL Professor of Social Work Uma Segal, who gave the keynote address at a conference in Scotland before heading to Portugal for a month to evaluate and consult on refugee resettlement policy with the government's High Commission for Migration. (Photo by David Morrison)
Uma Segal got front-page billing on June 22 in Portugal.
Segal, professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, woke up that morning to find her name and her words – in Portuguese – staring back at her from the right column on the front of that day's "Diário de Notícias" newspaper in Lisbon, the nation's capital and largest city.
Segal was nearing the end of a month living and working there as she prepared a report for the Portuguese government's High Commission for Migration, identifying areas of strength and chances for improvement in the country's services for refugees. The government connected with her through the J. William Fulbright Specialist Program, a U.S. Department of State-sponsored program that maintains a list of American experts who can be called upon by foreign institutions for research and consultation.
It was in this context that a reporter from "Diário de Notícias" sought her out to discuss immigration. The resulting story took up the entirety of page five, complete with a feature photo at the top and the banner headline "Obama foi duro com ilegais mas não arbitrário como Trump," referred to on the front page.
Loosely translated, the headline read: "Obama was tough on illegal immigrants, but not arbitrary like Trump."
Segal admits to being surprised it received so much attention, although she would have preferred that the headline read "unauthorized" rather than "illegal."
"The second question the interviewer asked me was, 'Is Trump tough on migration, and was Obama weak on it?'" Segal said. "My response was that Obama, in fact, sent more asylum-seekers back who were not authorized than Trump has done, but Trump has made a lot more noise about it, and he has done it more arbitrarily. He's got the whole country riled up on that. I don't think I'm saying it in terms of my personal opinion. I'm saying it in terms of my professional opinion."
Segal has spent much of her 32-year career at UMSL researching and teaching about immigration and refugee populations. She relished the unique opportunity she had this summer to take her expertise abroad and combine scholarship with practice.
Segal said the School of Social Work – and both its previous and current deans, Lois Pierce and Sharon Johnson – and especially Joel Glassman, UMSL's director for international studies and programs, have been champions of her work, which has made her a sought-after expert in Europe.
Her stint in Portugal was her second go-round with the prestigious Fulbright Program, which was established after World War II to improve international relations between the U.S. and other countries through the exchange of culture, knowledge and expertise.
In 2013-14, Segal earned a Fulbright Fellowship to set up a new school of social work at Alliance University in Bangalore, India. This year, as a Fulbright Specialist, she got the opportunity to inform policy considerations by the Portuguese government, which was eager to learn.
"I did not expect them to be so open, even though they invited me," Segal said. "I thought they might have just wanted me to rubber-stamp what they were doing, but they truly wanted feedback. That, as an academic, was very rewarding."
Segal had in-depth meetings with the heads of different governmental departments associated with migration services. She toured refugee resettlement centers in Lisbon and Braga, which is in the north of the country. She administered two all-day training seminars and served as the keynote speaker at the World Refugee Day conference on June 20 in Lisbon. Her uncensored evaluation was distributed in the Commission's newsletter.
Portugal is looking for ways to become a more attractive place for immigrants, Segal said. As a way to help mitigate the current refugee crisis, the European Union set up quotas for its member nations. Portugal's mandated limit is about 1,900 migrants. The country said it could take 10,000, but it's having trouble finding that many who will come.
"They don't want to come to Portugal, because they don't know anything about Portugal," Segal said. "They all want to go to Germany and Sweden. Portugal is really depressed, sad that nobody wants to come. They're investing so much energy in each refugee family. One of the messages I gave them was they should feel happy this is happening, because they have time to actually iron out the kinks before they get a lot of people coming in. Once the message goes out that they have this great program, so many resources, a lot more people are going to be coming. I think they kind of liked that message."
Segal lived in an immigrant-heavy part of Lisbon during her stay and had regular conversations with members of the community. She said her background as a social worker and a native of India allowed her to have candid talks with migrants from countries such as Bangladesh and Nepal.
She found that some were taking advantage of Portugal's leniency. They would come in on student visas and stay past their schooling, with their employers paying their taxes – instead of wages – for three years to make them legal citizens.
"There is a point where migrants also need to respect the country in which they've settled," Segal said. "They need to value the laws, abide by them, and they need to integrate. We moved from a point where we placed the whole burden of integration on migrants, in my early career, all the way to putting the burden of integration on the host country. There has to be a middle ground."
In addition to her time in Portugal, she gave the keynote address at the inaugural World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health in May in Edinburgh, Scotland. She's also scheduled to speak at the second annual Summer School on Refugee and Migrant Health in September in Palermo, Sicily, a joint venture of the World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration, European Commission and European Public Health Association, and at the WHO European Healthy Cities Summit of Mayors in October in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Segal says that 84 percent of refugees still reside in areas of the "Global South" such as Africa and India. But now that more are making their way into the "Global North" – Europe and the United States – everyone is beginning to pay more attention.
"After having gone to Portugal, I see two camps: one is very accepting of refugees and foreigners, then there is a whole group that is not," Segal said. "The piece that's interesting is that, not only is the reaction based on what's happening with migrants in Europe, but a backlash is also occurring because of the political rhetoric in the U.S. Now, the Global North is also recognizing that migration is impactful in a variety of ways, including socially and culturally.
"Increasingly, people who are dissimilar to them are immigrating. The real dilemma is that they need them for their workforces and their economies. Because of low birthrates, the natural populations in the Global North are aging and declining."
Segal encourages both faculty and students to participate in the Fulbright Program, either as Fulbright Scholars or Fulbright Specialists. She believes both allow life-changing opportunities while bringing increased international visibility to UMSL.
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Manassas, VA, 04 février 2019 - Leaseweb, a leading hosting and cloud services company, today announced strong growth for its subsidiary Leaseweb USA, led by significant customer wins, a rapidly expanding team and the addition of several new data centers. This growth speaks to the growing number of businesses seeking a hybrid cloud service partner that can host all their data across the globe.
"With the global workforce expanding and more businesses looking to hire remote workers and expand their customer base, businesses are attracted to vendors that can serve as a single point of contact. Part of our push for growth comes from wanting to satisfy our customers and partners from around the world," said Lex Boost, CEO of Leaseweb USA.
Leaseweb is a leading Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider serving a worldwide portfolio of 17 500 customers ranging from SMBs to Enterprises. Services include Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Dedicated Servers, Colocation, Content Delivery Network, and Cyber Security Services supported by exceptional customer service and technical support. With more than 80 000 servers under management, Leaseweb has provided infrastructure for mission-critical websites, Internet applications, email servers, security, and storage services since 1997. The company operates 19 data centers in locations across Europe, Asia, Australia and North America, all of which are backed by a superior worldwide network with a total capacity of more than 5,5 Tbps. Leaseweb offers services through its various subsidiaries, which are Leaseweb Netherlands B.V. ("Leaseweb Netherlands"), Leaseweb USA, Inc. ("Leaseweb USA"), Leaseweb Asia Pacific PTE. LTD ("Leaseweb Asia"), Leaseweb CDN B.V. ("Leaseweb CDN"), Leaseweb Deutschland GmbH ("Leaseweb Germany"), Leaseweb Australia Ltd. and Leaseweb UK Ltd.


In this slick video supposedly produced by a film student, a couple of kids build some fabulous Post-it people, who then take on lives of their own.
The creatures dance to a syncopated beat in a way that is utterly engaging, complete with tapping toes, snapping fingers and wiggling hips.
Unfortunately, one of the Post-it people seems to blow his Post-it brains out with a Post-it gun at one point. However, were the folks at 3M to use this video, they could (and certainly would) edit that section out (particularly as GM and Volkswagen have both had to recall television ads that included suicidal tendencies recently, when suicide prevention groups complained that the topic of suicide was not to be taken lightly).


Definition: The study of the effect of earth radiation on living organism. Related studies are Feng Shui, Earth acupuncture, Geomancy and Gridwork.
Dowsing with L-rods, pendulum, or merely with the bare hands, is the method used to locate and identify several types of Geopathic stress lines, i. e. Hartmann-grid, Curry-grid, general geopathic lines, personal and interference lines.
A very simple method of using copper clad iron, brass, stainless steel or copper wires was developed in 1993 to divert or neutralize these lines from homes and business. Other techniques using a single magnet and the Functional Art Form of the Harmonizer were discovered and successfully applied by students in The Geobiology Research Assoc.. This Association is a loosely knit group of students graduated from our introductory training workshop consisting of a two-day intensive in a relaxed atmosphere with instruction in the principles and much hands-on practice.
Each training group usually networks with each other to share experiences, techniques and successes. Written field reports are occasionally submitted and kept on file. They are greatly appreciated and provide a growing body of evidence of the reality of energies unseen, but subject to beneficial change.
An introductory training video is available.
Dowsing for geopathic stress was the launch pad for the discovery of the energies and uses of the Light-Life-Tools as Functional Art Forms.
The Light-Life™ Tools are the invention of Slim Spurling. Development of the ring to its present state involved contributed ideas and suggestions by a close core group over several years of experiment. All aspects of its existence are proprietary. All rights reserved.
We as a group have found many applications, detailed in following areas: Water; health; healing; pain relief; severe storm damage prevention; relaxation; meditation assistance; fault zone stress reduction; agriculture; pet care; fuel enhancement; jet lag; travel time reduction; sound quality improvement; computer stress reduction; electrical surge protection; broad range environmental improvement; insect damage control.
Geobiology is a study of the influence of "earth energies" on all forms of life. The earth is threaded with energy lines or meridians of electromagnetic energy that have a powerful influence on living things. Scientists have proven this invisible energy passes through all matter, affecting every living system on the planet, in either a negative or positive way. Man is an electromagnetic creature with every cell in the living system an electrical battery. The electrical system is reflected even more subtly as the human aura that is a photographable and measurable electrical field.
Recognizing these phenomena, geobiologists work to ensure that the area where people live in is clear of "geopathic stress" or zones of energy which conflict with, or cause harm to living organisms. People correctly assume that this work is similar to the oriental practice of "feng shui".
The main difference is that the geobiologist works with dowseable negative energy lines and fields that he or she then interrupts or neutralizes to clean up the environment. This may be termed energy balancing and it address only those negative aspects that harmfully interact with the electromagnetic world around our biomagnetic bodies. So, bodily stress is often caused by a geobiological stimulus; thus the term geopathic stress.
A partial list of Geopathic Stress would include sleep disorders, tingling, numbness and or pain in arms and legs, chronic fatigue, aching and swelling, dizziness, frequent headaches, vision problems, disorientation, memory loss, instability, stress, nausea, inability to heal, allergies, problematic menstrual cycles, anxiety, listlessness, resistance to medical treatment, inability to absorb vitamins and minerals, ADD, hyperactivity, depression and a general feeling of malaise.
In order to understand this, simply visualize the "negative to human" energy zones, as areas that upset the electromagnetic and auric field of the body and thus compromise the human mental and or immune systems.
Dulwich Health Society. Rolf Gordon, 120 Gipsy Hill, London SE191PL.
Research confirms. . . 90% of all cancers of cervical, breast and lung are confirmed as Geopathic Stress. In nearly all cases of suicide, Geopathic Stress was present. Suffering released when Geopathic Stress free.
Dr. Otto Bergmann. Professor at University of Austria.
989 people tested over two years. 462,421 measurements taken in 6,942 individual tests. Blood sedimentation, electric conductance of muscle points, blood pressure, heartbeat, breathing, skin resistance and blood circulation. Determination: Dire consequences with exposure to Geopathic Zones over many years.
Dr. Palle Gad. Surgeon in Aahus Denmark.
SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). 14 of 18 deaths attributed to cribs in Geopathic Zones. Following law of averages only 1 to 2 should have been found in Geopathic Stressed places. Over 3,000 SIDS deaths in Britain per year.
Of about 600 cancers cases, less than 5% had no connection with Geopathic Stress.
Dr. E. Hartmann. Over 30 years of practice.
CANCER IS A DISEASE OF LOCATION triggered off by Geopathic Stress. We all produce cancerous cells on a regular basis but they are continuously destroyed by our body's immune system. Geopathic Stress does not cause cancer but weakens our immune system.
Over 50 M.E. sufferers in last 3 years (Myalic Encephlomyelilis: Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome). All M.E. patients are geopathicly stressed. Must be addressed before progress can be made. Geopathic stress attacks the immune system. Spleen and Thyroid are nearly always found weak.
Van Pohl... the "Grand Old Man" of Geopathic Stress.
Estimated in the 1920's that 8% of all places were Geopathically Stressed.
In light of this growing body of information it is time we begin to address and offer solutions to the problem of geopathic stress. We are addressing these "negative to human" energy lines in an effort to make our living and working environments safer.
One method, by far the most common, is to dowse for these negative lines on the property and map them to show direction of flow and intersection points. These intersection or crossing points are the most dangerous areas to human health. The energy crosses create a counter-clockwise spin that is extra toxic to our systems.
In days past the cure was to move beds and chairs off of cross points. You never want to spend a lot of time on the cross point. Later solutions involve earth acupuncture, or placing rods into the ground to intersect and bounce the energy before it can reach the house or grounds. This requires a thorough assessment along the perimeter of the property and a blocking of all negative energies that flow into the area. Care must be taken to determine where lines are entering and to block four types including: negative Geopathic Stress lines, negative Hartman lines, Human negative energy lines and Personal Negative energy lines.
Two copper clad dowsing rods can then be inserted into the ground across the line to interrupt its flow. Feng Shui traditions use different methods of dealing with some of these "Dragon Lines", but that is a separate study. Devic clearing is used by some and that will be outlined here.
The dictionary defines devas as unseen forces - the shining ones, one of the good forces of mythology. They are also called the unseen builders behind all manifested form. They are often thought of as Junior Angels.
This Devic Realm is parallel to the human realm and is a kingdom that is hierarchical including elementals, fairies, gnomes, water and garden sprites, nature spirits and devas of various levels. There now are also devic energies reflecting our electronic and technical creations.
This energy can be contacted! It has consciousness! It is constantly operating all around us, dealing with the energies of creation and materialization. It is a subtle force and everything without exception contains a devic life.
Mankind in its ignorance of these forces has damaged this subtle world, causing negative electromagnetic energy to have to be channeled and/or stored in mother earth. This devic community has been burdened with this chore and has had to assume a caretaker role for the area to which it has been assigned.
Some people have developed contact with the devic realm and are working to improve the environment. This is a co-creative process wherein the devas are freed from past limitations imposed on them by earlier actions of mankind. The devas have always been bound to a place while mankind has had free will without the responsibility for his actions on the environment.
Now through a spirit of co-creation the devas may be called upon to clear all types of geopathic stress, negative energy lines, Hartman lines, personal negative energy lines and other forms of negative or limiting emotional energy which has been stored on a property.
This process is put into effect by the devas when requested and clearings thus effected are measurable by both dowsing and sensing the change in the particular environment.
The Harmony created by a clearing helps both mankind and the devas. More details on all the processes involved may be obtained from one trained in the art of Devic Clearing.
Since the clearings are done on the etheric level before manifesting on our level, they may be done on site or from a distance.


(San Diego, CA) – Attention all craft beer evangelists, brewers, bloggers, and suds-savvy citizens! On Thursday, August 4th 2011, you are cordially invited to participate in the largest international craft beer celebration and virtual conversation the world has ever seen.
International #IPADay is a grassroots movement to unite the voices of craft beer enthusiasts, bloggers, and brewers worldwide through social media. On Thursday August 4th, craft beer drinkers across the social sphere and across the globe will raise pints in a collective toast to one of craft beer's most iconic styles: the India Pale Ale. This celebrated style represents the pinnacle of brewing innovation with its broad spectrum of diverse brands, subcategories, and regional flavor variations – making it the perfect style to galvanize craft beer's social voice.
#IPADay is not the brainchild of a corporate marketing machine, nor is it meant to serve any particular beer brand. #IPADay is opportunity for breweries, bloggers, businesses and consumers to connect and share their love of craft beer. Getting involved is easy; the only requirements are an appreciation for great beer and the will to spread the word. Anyone can participate by enjoying IPA with friends, making some noise online with the #IPADay hashtag, and showing the world that craft beer is more than a trend!
1. Organize an #IPADay event at your brewery, brewpub, restaurant, bar, home, or office (Ex: An IPA dinner/cheese pairing/comparative or educational tasting/cask night/tap takeover…). Share your events on the official #IPADay forum at http://www.ratebeer.com.
2. On August 4th, share your photos, videos, blog posts, tasting notes, recipes, and thoughts with the world. Be sure to include the #IPADay hashtag in your posts Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, WordPress, RateBeer, Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, Untappd or any other social media site.
4. Track down your favorite IPA's, ones you've been meaning to try, and ones you've never heard of; share them with friends and share your thoughts with the world.
5. Have a good time and know that by sharing your experiences online, you're strengthening the craft beer community at large.
Founded in 2011 by beer evangelists and social media personalities Ashley V Routson and Ryan A Ross, International #IPADay is the largest grassroots social media-based celebration of craft beer. The goal of #IPADay is to use social media to strengthen the collective voice of craft beer through the simple celebration of beer itself. The success of #IPADay hinges on the passionate voices of beer enthusiasts worldwide and their willingness to share that passion across the social sphere.


The aim of Horizon 2020 REFUCOAT project is to develop totally recyclable and biodegradable packages for food products with proper safety characteristics.
According to FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), a third of all the food produced is wasted every year. One of the lines of action to avoid this waste is the development of structures that are capable of extending the life of packaged products. Currently, most barrier containers are based on co-extruded or laminated multilayer structures since there is not a single material that has all the necessary properties. In the case of co-extruded multilayer structures with ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) or other barrier materials, the desired barrier properties are obtained but the recycling process is complex and expensive. On the other hand, in laminated structures the barrier layer is based on chemical vapor deposition of metal oxides which is a very demanding and pricey process, in terms of both energy and materials.
The main drawback of these multilayer structures is their high carbon footprint that must be reduced to make more sustainable products. Currently, sustainability is becoming an essential component in the design of new product innovations. Legislative pressure from governments, environmental NGOs and consumers make food manufacturers concerned with providing new sustainable solutions. The use of new biodegradable or recyclable materials reduce the consumption of water and CO2 emissions in their manufacturing processes. The production costs are also reduced through the unification of materials or the reduction of the raw material.
The key elements of sustainable packaging are innovation, improvement of the characteristics of the packaging material, differentiation from the competitors due to reduced environmental impact, cost reduction, consumer satisfaction and improvement of the image of the company and the product.
The main challenge for sustainable materials is that they do not have the necessary properties of food protection, so it is necessary to introduce new alternatives to increase the product self-life.
REFUCOAT project, funded by the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme, works on both aspects: on the one hand, the development and use of totally recyclable and biodegradable materials and on the other, the production of functional coatings with antioxidant, antimicrobial and oxygen and water vapour barrier properties. These barrier coatings will replace the two current alternatives now available in the market: the metallic coatings, which represent a complex and expensive recycling process and the barrier layer of co-extruded structures by coatings with greater compatibility with the materials of the package.
The final objective of REFUCOAT project is to develop different packages for chicken meat, cereals and savoury products. Depending on the main factor affecting degradation of food (humidity, oxygen, proliferation of microorganisms, etc.), the characteristics of the package and the development process will be different. These final packages will have better mechanical, thermal and barrier properties as the current metallised and non-bio-based alternatives.
For chicken meat products and Cereals REFUCOAT plans to develop a fully biodegradable package, whereas the package for savoury products will be fully recyclable.
Concerning the biodegradable materials to be developed, middle chain polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) will be produced. They are biopolyesters with physical properties similar to fossil-based plastics synthesized by microorganisms. In general, bioplastics have lower barrier properties to gases and humidity than oil-based plastics. This is not the case of PHAs, which are totally biodegradable biopolymers with a low moisture permeability, making them a good alternative for fresh meat packaging. As this material is biodegradable by composting, it can be converted into high quality fertilizer usable as soil improvement. Apart from the biodegradable package, fully recyclable packages will be produced based on bio-PET and bio-PE. The use of materials from renewable sources, which have a lower carbon footprint, will have an environmental benefit.
Regarding the barrier coatings, PGA (polyglycolic acid) will be produced. PGA is a totally biodegradable material with thermoplastic behaviour and good compatibility with other biopolyesters and with polyolefins. One of the objectives of the project is to synthesise this polymer through a more efficient, ecological and economic process. In addition, hybrid polymers will be produced from it, through its reaction with silanes, to obtain high barrier biodegradable coatings that will be applied by conventional printing methods and not by expensive methods such as chemical vapor deposition.
As a conclusion, this project will greatly improve the development of food packaging in so many aspects: obtaining the same properties as multi-layer systems, preserving the food quality, reducing the landfilling waste and the cost and improving the environmental effectiveness in processing.
The European consortium of REFUCOAT is coordinated by AIMPLAS and consists of 12 partners that represent the entire value chain: 2 SME partners (MIPLAST and IRIS), 4 industrial partners (MANOR, DACSA, GRUPO APEX and BIOPOLIS) and 6 RTO Partners (THÜNEN, CIB-CSIC, AIMPLAS, EUFIC, Fraunhofer and AINIA). The project promotes circular economy and considers dissemination and communication to maximize the value of the project outcomes.
This project has received funding from the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement 745791.
Text provided by Lola Gómez Jiménez, researcher at the Functional Printing and Coatings Department of AIMPLAS.


*Note* The chainsaw is not the one I will be ung, it's my dad's that I borrowed for the pics.
The shirt probably won't get weathered (other than any natural dirtiness) nce I am no good at weathering.
nice, ima put one togethe rtoo, i want the mr.skinnster mask. whhats yours?
I love the mask! I'd definately weather up the shirt and pants a bit and maybe you should wear like a sweatshirt or a few under shirts just to beef up a little. Leatherface is a bulky big dude!
I love the mask! I'd definately weather up the shirt and pants a bit and maybe you should wear like a sweatshirt or a few under shirts just to beef up a little. Leatherface is a bulky big dude Yea and an apron with blood staines!
I'll be buying the gauntlets and apron from my friend Hunter next month at Monster Mania.
Looking good, Matt! Can't wait to see the finished costume!
Almost there. I will be picking up the armbands and apron from Hunter next weekend at Monster Mania and then all I need is a tie and I believe it is done.
Looks great man, the clothing is very nice... I can't wait to see it completed.


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'These men are expected to be beyond human': pilot health warning
By Aine Ryan
Updated March 27, 2015 — 5.51pm first published at 2.31pm
A Perth psychologist has warned more pilots are hiding their mental health issues from their employers for fear of losing their jobs.
"I've seen a lot of pilots as clients in the past and they have to be super secretive about seeing a psychologist because there's so much stigma attached," said clinical psychologist Dr Sophie Henshaw.
Dr Sophie Henshaw has expressed concerns about the level of expectation put on pilots Credit:istock
Her comments come after reports Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz may have deliberately crashed an Airbus A320 into the French Alps this week - killing 150 people.
She said it was common for "high-functioning" males, such as pilots, doctors and engineers, to have the worst cases of mental health.
Flight 4U 9525's captain, Patrick Sondheimer, screamed, 'For God's sake, open the door!' when he realised co-pilot Andreas Lubitz had essentially jammed the cockpit door, according to German newspaper Bild. Credit:Reuters
"They can be so rigid and they often have heaps of alcohol, personality and relationship issues because they're just not allowed to be human and fallible," she said.
An Australian major airline pilot, who has asked not be named, said the common procedure for assessing mental health of pilots was intensive.
"There's a 450 question psychological test, which has been revised in recent years to include about 12 references to suicide and depression," he said.
He said there's also an interview with another pilot and someone from Human Resources, as well as a series of problem solving team tests, a search through logbooks and a medical.
In a psychological test he took recently he noted there had been changes.
"I asked the head shrinker how come there were all these questions about self-harm and suicidal thoughts," he said.
She told him: "We do the test for everyone in the company, not just pilots.
"These new questions about self-harm are very interesting. We have found that if you keep asking, in different ways, people who have underlying negative thoughts will eventually show up, and we can help them."
However, Dr Henshaw expressed concern about mental health testing for pilots.
"I don't think it's a good idea to be alarmist and say we need to assess pilots and do psychological profiles to make sure they don't have mental health issues because every human is prone to these issues," she said.
"All of us have emotional problems that we need to work through and I think there's a lot of stigma for people like pilots in high-status industries especially men, so we need to de-stigmatise it".
Australian commercial pilot and aviation security expert Desmond Ross said stress was common in the field due to strict regulations by the civil aviation authorities of their countries, as well as annual licence renewals and full medical examinations.
"There is a level of stress involved with maintaining good health to pass the annual medical, maintaining their operational knowledge and standards to ensure they can pass their annual technical check," he said.
"This includes assessment of their mental attitudes and ability to manage their responsibilities."
Mr Ross said all major airline companies took mental health seriously and ensured they had a good training department, which provided advice and assistance to pilots if needed.
"Working hours are irregular and can make it difficult to maintain social relationships, particularly for international pilots who are overseas for many days each year".
"Divorce rates are high amongst international pilots because of this".
Dr Henshaw echoed this and added a combination of long hours, pressure, and the elevation to "super-hero status" did not help in relationships.
"They get very rigid so there are often difficulties relating to women who need that connection and emotional attention.
"These men are expected to be beyond human and there's this huge expectation on them," she said.
"They can't just relax and be themselves."


Bringing the best of the 1590s and today to the stage, "Something Rotten!" is finding major success on Broadway and is nominated for 10 Tony Awards this Sunday.
The show follows the story of brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom (Brian d'Arcy James and John Cariani, respectively), whom are struggling to write a new hit play in a time dominated by the works of William Shakespeare (Christian Borle).
After meeting with an odd soothsayer named Nostradamus – not THE Nostradamus, but his nephew (Brad Oscar) – the brothers decide to do something that has never been done before – write a musical (the world's first musical). While struggling to write the musical, the brothers are constantly condemned by Brother Jeremiah (Brooks Ashmanskas), a Puritan. The brothers choose to ignore him, but Nigel ends up falling for his daughter Portia (Kate Reinders).
In true Broadway spirit, Reinders says the cast and crew is thrilled to be nominated for so many awards, but will not let that affect their performance.
Teenage girls will be able to relate to Reinders' character since, despite her Puritan upbringing, she completely fangirls over Shakespeare. In the show, Shakespeare is portrayed as a rock God and has people freaking out about him as if he is one of the members of One Direction.
However, Reinders does not find it hard to bring on that fangirl mentality.
Audiences young and old will enjoy the theater references that make up a good portion of the jokes in the show. There's everything from Shakespeare references, including "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet" jokes, to popular musical theater references, people will find it easy to point out "A Chorus Line" and "The Phantom of the Opera" jokes among others.
Some may even notice how the actors embody the spirits of other Broadway greats. Throughout the show, Reinders clearly channels Kristin Chenoweth's energy and comedic skills.
Tune in to CBS at 8 PM this Sunday to find out the results of the 10 Tony nominations, including Best Musical, and to see a performance by d'Arcy James, Borle, Oscar and the cast.
"Something Rotten!" is currently playing at the St. James Theatre and its cast recording is available on iTunes.


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"Summer Chinese Film Festival" held at the Garden of Serenity (2007/08/31)
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China begins one-year countdown to 2008 Beijing Olympics (2007/08/08)
Chinese Ambassador to Malta, Mr. Chai Xi Accompanies the President of Malta, H.E. Dr. Fenech Adami and Mrs. Fenech Adami to the Exhibition of the Chinese Terracotta Warriors (2007/07/14)
Events to Be Held at China Cultural Centre in Malta in June and July (2007/06/01)
Dreams of Beijing Olympics -1st Children's Painting Exhibition Opened at China Cultural Centre in Malta (2007/05/31)
Chinese Ambassador to Malta Mr. Chai Xi Calls on Dr. Francis Zammit Dimech, Minister for Tourism and Culture (2007/05/23)
Chinese Ambassador to Malta, Mr. Chai Xi Accompanies the Honourable Speaker, Mr. & Mrs. Anton Tabone to the exhibition of the Chinese Terracotta Warriors (2007/05/11)
Chinese Ambassador to Malta, Mr. Chai Xi calls on the Honourable Dr. Louis Galea, Minister of Education, Youth and Employment (2007/05/09)
Chinese Ambassador to Malta, Mr. Chai Xi attends the 18th Graduation Ceremony of IMO-International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) (2007/05/05)
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H.E. Mr. Chai Xi, the New Chinese Ambassador to Malta, paid an Inspection Visit to China Cultural Centre in Malta (2007/04/18)


When you first load into the PvP Arena in Injustice 2, you will be placed into an Arena with players who began playing the game around the same time as you and have had a similar opportunity to progress their collection & characters. When you battle in the PvP Arena you will only compete against and be matched up with players in the same Arena group as you. Rankings & rewards will also be specific to your Arena group. Please note that it is not currently possible to switch Arena Groups. Please keep an eye on your in-game inbox for official information and updates from the Injustice 2 team about the Arena and matchmaking!


With just 10 knobs and completely independent controls for it's 2 ½ channels, the Decolonizer provides uncompromising tone and utility without any bells or whistles to get in the way.
Channel 1 (the gnarlier of the two). Channel 1 takes off where Channel 2 ends, and can also be dialed-back for broken-up tones with tighter low end and more midrange focus. The Gain control can dish out tons of articulate distortion while retaining its core voice. Even at this channel's highest gain, it avoids the typical "modern" fizz and flatulence, favoring a roaring assault that still has plenty of grind and a dense, tight low end.
For added utility, the new MkII version features a switchable Overdrive boost control on Channel 1. The Overdrive control adds gain on top of Gain control's respective setting, and even with the Gain dialed-in for a mild crunch, the Overdrive control still has enough drive on reserve to take your sound into heavy saturation. This control can be switched On/Off via the 2nd button on the included footswitch. The Overdrive can also be switched while in using Channel 2, enabling you to pre-set the Overdrive mode before switching to Channel 1.
Channel 1 also features it's own Loudness control and independent Bass, Middle, Treble EQ that retains musicality at any setting.
Like all our amps, the Decolonizer MkII is available in 50W, 100W, or 200W, and can be fitted with our new ultra-transparent series Ghost effects loop.


The Samsung U Flex takes wireless headphones to smart new places. Its flexible body, encased in P2i splash and sweat-resistant coating*, can be tucked into a small pocket or bag so you can easily take it wherever you go. It booms out powerful bass, deep mids, and clear highs. Advanced Bluetooth connectivity provides a sure signal. And the U Flex Active key puts a broad range of smart Samsung phone functions right at your fingertips. With Samsung U Flex, you have it all with amazing flexibility.
U Flex is reshaping the wireless headphone. The flexible design fits into a small pocket or bag, so you can easily take it wherever you go. The bendable**, ergonomic form hugs comfortably around your neck, so U Flex is easy to hold on to and keep track of.
Whether listening to music or on a call, you'll enjoy crystal-clear, uninterrupted sound with exceptional U Flex Bluetooth connectivity. Samsung's Scalable codec technology continuously analyzes ambient Wi-Fi frequencies and sends optimized data to the speakers for a seamless Bluetooth connection.
The U Flex Active key puts a broad range of smart functions at your fingertips. Interact with Bixby & other various features with a simple press of a button.
With 11mm woofer & 8mm tweeter speaker units, the Samsung Flex headphones deliver powerful sound for bass, mids, and highs. Enjoy crisp, rich, and balanced sounds across the entire audio spectrum. Also connect to Level App to control the equalizer features.


I'm not an avid baker by any means, in fact over the last few months I'm realizing that in fact I'm a fairly poor baker, and much better at cooking! However I do still enjoy to bake when the mood takes me, and I have been known to quickly whip something tasty up if we're lacking sweet treats in the house. Sometimes however, I don't have the time to spend hours baking, so when I came across this competition from Whittard to show your 'cake in a mug' skills, I thought it was a win-win situation - a competition entry and cake for me in one!
I delved into my cupboard and chose the biggest mug I could find and got to work!
I used a recipe from my ever growing 'sweet tooth' Pinterest board and adapted it slightly to suit me and my chocolatey needs!
And a microwave to cook it in!
Combine the flour, sugar and egg together. Add cocoa, followed by oil and milk. Thoroughly mix. Add the chopped up chocolate (you can add as much or as little as you like). Mix well.
Pop it in the microwave for 3 minutes... watch it rise, wait for it to *ping* and there you go - a 5 minute sponge cake. Scrummy!
'Decorate' it as you wish - I popped some whipped cream on top (which very quickly disappeared and melted from the heat!) but was still delicious! I also popped some left over chocolate chunks on top of the cream.. can't have any going to waste now!
I really was impressed with this... it tasted very similar to the Cadbury sponges that you can buy. The cake was really moist, and the chocolate chunks really did help, giving a gooey melted mess inside, and surprisingly it wasn't sickly. The cake was that big I had to end up sharing it (which is something very rare with me and chocolate!) so next time I'm going to choose another mug!
This is something I'll definite revisit in the future for a quick fix when I'm craving something sweet!
Have you ever made a cake in a mug before?
This looks soooo goooood, too bad I stopped eating chocolate!


Annual Review of Psychology '02 "EPISODIC MEMORY: From Mind to Brain."
Episodic memory is a ... past-oriented memory system, ..., and probably unique to humans. It makes possible mental time travel through subjective time, from the present to the past, thus allowing one to re-experience, through autonoetic awareness, one's own previous experiences. ... Retrieving information from episodic memory (remembering or conscious recollection) is contingent on the establishment of a special mental set, dubbed spisodic "retrieval mode". ... The essence of episodic memory lies in the conjunction of three concepts --- self, autonoetic awareness and subjectively sensed time.
"Episodic memory receives and stores information about temporally dated episodes or events, and temporal-spatial relations among these events."
"Semantic memory ... is a mental thesaurus, organized knowledge a person possesses about words and other verbal symbols, their meaning and referents ..."
Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. '01 "Focal retrograde amnesia and the episodic-semantic distinction."Wheeler MA, McMillan CT.
Kapur N. Syndromes of retrograde amnesia: a conceptual and empirical synthesis. Psychol Bull. 1999 Nov;125(6):800-25.
Semantic dementia is really a 'temporal lobe' variant of fronto-temporal dementia or degeneration. It is characterized by a progressive disorder of semantic knowledge: this involves a profound loss of meaning, encompassing verbal and non-verbal material and resulting in severe impairments in naming and word comprehension. Speech becomes increasingly empty and lacking in substantives, but output is fluent, effortless, grammatically correct and free from phonemic paraphasias. Perceptual and reasoning abilities are intact, and episodic memory is relatively preserved.
質問者:Can you tell me about a last time you were in hospital?
A.M.: That was January,Februaru,March,April, yes April last year, that was the first time, and oh, on the Monday, for example, they were checking all my whatsit, and that was the first time when my brain was, eh, shown, you know, you know that bit of the brain (indicates left), not that one, the other one was okay, but that was lousy, so they did that, and then like this (indicates scanning by moving his hands over his head) and probably I was a bit better than I am just now.
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追記:Annu Rev Neurosci. '82でどんなこと書いてあるか。'82 Squire LR. "The neuropsychology of human memory." Annu Rev Neurosci. 1982;5:241-73.
Rempel-Clower N, Zola SM, Squire LR, Amaral DG (1996) Three cases of enduring memory impairment following bilateral damage limited to the hippocampal formation. J Neurosci 16:5233-5255での患者G.D. W.H. L.M.
JNS '98 "Retrograde Amnesia for Facts and Events: Findings from Four New Cases."
Describe an incident from the period before you attended school.
Describe an incident that occurred during the period in which you attended elementary school.
Describe an incident that occurred during the period in which you attended high school.
(8) AMIと同時に、personal semantic knowledgeについての質問もする: what was your home address while attending high school?
Patient H.M., patient R.B. and patient E.P.
Neuron '03 "Semantic Memory and the Human Hippocampus."
"Bidirectional Parallel Fiber Plasticity in the Cerebellum under Climbing Fiber Control."
"Laminar Specific Distribution of Lateral Excitatory Connections in the Rat Superior Colliculus."
The Observer | Food monthly | July... news, views and what's cooking "So, what did larks' tongues in aspic really taste like? Food through the ages is just part of English Heritage's History in Action weekend (10-11 August) at Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire."
"Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the occipital pole interferes with verbal processing in blind subjects."
"Interactions between decision making and performance monitoring within prefrontal cortex." Matthew F S Rushworth。NVはこちら:"Decision making, performance and outcome monitoring in frontal cortical areas."
"Behavioral equivalence, but not neural equivalence-neural evidence of alternative strategies in mathematical thinking."
"Unraveling multisensory integration: patchy organization within human STS multisensory cortex."
"Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation during Sleep Improves Declarative Memory ."
"Stimulation of the Posterior Parietal Cortex Interferes with Arm Trajectory Adjustments during the Learning of New Dynamics."
"Q & A: Steven Pinker"
"Columnar Architecture Sculpted by GABA Circuits in Developing Cat Visual Cortex."
"Specific GABAA Circuits for Visual Cortical Plasticity"
Nature '97 "In vivo dendritic calcium dynamics in neocortical pyramidal neurons."
Nature '00 "Experience-dependent plasticity of dendritic spines in the developing rat barrel cortex in vivo."
Nature '02 "Long-term in vivo imaging of experience-dependent synaptic plasticity in adult cortex."
こんにちは。In vivo 2-photon Calcium imaging といえば、Svoboda K, Denk W, KleinFeld D, Tan DW 1997, Nature385:161-5を忘れずに! Sharp electrodeで刺しています。今回のSFNではHelmchenのところで、awakeのdendritic calcium をかなり一生懸命みてましたね。2-photonで1このspineでさえ追えるわけで、細胞レベルではpulsationはあまり問題にならないのでは?
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American Journal of Neuroradiology '00 "Cerebral Activation during Multiplication: A Functional MR Imaging Study of Number Processing."
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Neuron '03 "Coding of Cognitive Magnitude: Compressed Scaling of Numerical Information in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex."
Nature '02 2/21 "Numerical representation for action in the parietal cortex of the monkey."


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"""Example app to showcase streamlit_plotly_event_handler Streamlit Component.

Generates a Plotly plot from an image URL and listens to relayout events that
get returned from the component and printed on the screen.
"""

import imageio.v2 as imageio
import numpy as np
import plotly.express as px
import streamlit as st
import streamlit_plotly_event_handler as speh

# Get image as array
example_image_url = "https://burst.shopifycdn.com/photos/dinner-party.jpg?width=925&format=pjpg&exif=1&iptc=1"
image = np.array(imageio.imread(example_image_url))

# Transform into a Plotly plot.
fig = px.imshow(image)

# Delete axes from the plot.
fig.update_xaxes(showticklabels=False)
fig.update_yaxes(showticklabels=False)

# No margins and allow annotation drawing for relayout event.
fig.update_layout(
    margin=dict(l=0, r=0, t=0, b=0),
    dragmode="drawrect",
    newshape=dict(line_color="red"))

# Listen to relayout event and print boxes returned.
boxes = speh.relayout_event_handler(fig)
st.write(boxes)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub