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Japan's path to becoming leaders in 'Western' science: an Asian perspective on science and other forms of knowledge (long version)
Post-publication note: an abridged version of this article appeared in The Conversation on 6 May 2022. The below is a longer, earlier version that contains some additional detail for the interested reader.
Here in Aotearoa New Zealand, there are a range of well-intentioned efforts to incorporate Mātauranga Māori into science. These include a pilot programme in NCEA science subjects, such as biology and chemistry, where the aspiration is to incorporate concepts from mātauranga Māori on an equal footing with science. Likewise, there are efforts to incorporate mātauranga Māori into the science curricula at some universities, and perhaps even to incorporate it into science-policy discussions.
For some, these efforts are a welcome move, while others view them as cause for concern. I wish to contribute an Asian scientific perspective on this discussion. In this article, I wish to contribute an Asian scientific perspective on this discussion.
Education matters to Asians as much as to other ethnicities, so conversations on national curriculum changes should include us.
Why do we need an Asian perspective? At the 2018 census, the diverse Asian diaspora of New Zealand made up 15.1% of the population, with about a quarter of Asians under 19, and thus of school age. Education matters to Asians as much as to other ethnicities, so conversations on national curriculum changes should include us. To that end, I believe we have a helpful perspective to offer on the current conversation. As a part-Japanese New Zealander, I offer mine in good faith: the science and education systems are relevant to us all.
First, some statistics. Universities in Asia are emerging as among the world's best places to do science. One can get an idea of this by looking at the 2021 QS World University Rankings. In Engineering and Technology, eight of 25 of the top ranked universities are in Asia. For subjects central to our NCEA science curriculum, Asian universities are in the mix: 2/25 in Biological Sciences, 5/25 in Physics and Astronomy, with an impressive nine Asian universities in the top 25 for Chemistry. The countries represented include Singapore, China, Japan and Korea. The remainder of the lists are made up of US and European institutions. Australia and New Zealand universities are all outside the top 25 for these subjects. While one can quibble about the value of such rankings, it is clear that Asian countries are now among the very best in the world when it comes to science. While science practiced in the West has made major advances, as these statistics show, it is now global in nature and in reach. Clearly, we have come a long way.
How long a way? One side of my heritage stems from one of the most insular countries of the past 500 years, and I want to share part of the story of how we went from isolationism to scientific powerhouse. My culture has concepts that are very similar to many of those in mātauranga Māori that are being considered as part of the pilot NCEA science curriculum: concepts like whakapapa, mauri, and kaitiakitanga are familiar to us. Our traditional culture and religion are polytheistic and animistic, and we have prized traditional knowledge that has now found currency globally. Yet, in recent years our scientists have won Nobel prizes for the invention of blue-light LEDs (think smart phone screens) and lithium-ion batteries (think electric vehicles).
That formerly insular country is Japan, and the origins of modern science was not so much 'Western' as Dutch. I first want to relay a famous episode that encapsulates the development of modern science in Japan, and then I will return to the question of how our traditional thinking sits alongside modern science.
We start our journey in 1771 in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) at Kotsugahara (the 'Plain of Bones'), and the execution of a convicted murderer. Several physicians, including Genpaku Sugita, went to witness the executioner dissecting the body, as was the custom in those days. Their interest in such a gruesome event was to compare knowledge from two cultures. They took with them a traditional Japanese text on anatomy derived from Chinese teachings, and a Dutch book called Ontleedkundige Tafelen, itself a translation from a book originally published in German.
The significance of this is that, at this time, and until the Americans forced Japan to open her borders in 1853, Japan was a closed country. The only westerners allowed into Japan were the Dutch, but even they were barely allowed to enter: The Dutch East India Company was allowed to trade, but was restricted to the island of Dejima, outside of Nagasaki. It was only from 1720 that foreign books were allowed into the country.
At the execution, what Sugita and his colleagues found was that the illustrations in the Dutch text were the more accurate by far, and they resolved there and then to translate it into Japanese. The resulting book, Kaitai Shinsho (A New Book on Anatomy), was published in 1774. It became the standard text on anatomy, displacing the earlier texts derived from Chinese knowledge. In doing so, Sugita and colleagues actively overturned the orthodoxy of the time, where physicians would keep their knowledge secret, teaching it only to their disciples. This endeavour is remembered in a memorial in Tokyo, with an inscription that reads,
"the source of rangaku [Dutch studies] sprang from here and served to revitalise the progress of modern Japanese science".
Japan recognises the importance of the painstaking work that Sugita and his collaborators undertook in bringing 'western' scientific knowledge into its own sphere.
Sugita and colleagues actively overturned the orthodoxy of the time, where physicians would keep their knowledge secret, teaching it only to their disciples.
This episode indicates several of the most wonderful things about science. First, it can and should be shared, for the betterment of humanity. Second, it shows that any concept can be translated into any language. This is of course not trivial: Sugita documented the arduous challenge that he and his coauthors faced in his book, Rangaku Koto Hajime (The Beginning of Dutch Learning). This included needing to understand Dutch words that did not have a Japanese equivalent, and create those equivalents. Sugita's own words best sum up the scientific mindset, when confronted with new knowledge:
"On our way home, [we] talked about the strong impression this made on us. We were ashamed of having lived so far in such a complete ignorance and served our lords day after day as physicians without the slightest idea of the true configuration of the body, whereas this should have been considered the foundation of our art".
Sugita is known for another episode where he found he was wrong about a contemporary's work in obstetrics. Gen'etsu Kagawa's work Sanron, published in 1765, described his observation that a developing foetus is positioned head-down in the mother's womb. In Kaitai Shinsho Sugita expressed skepticism about this theory, which was not documented in the Dutch texts, and was not known from traditional theory. He later discovered that Kagawa's observations were in fact correct, and openly admitted his error. This is another wonderful thing about science. Unfortunately not all scientists are as honourable as Sugita, but over time this process means science tends to correct errors and zero in on the truth.
Physics and chemistry are not social or aesthetic constructs; they are concerned with phenomena that exist even if our species does not.
So how has Japan reconciled traditional thinking and modern thinking? Did it develop a different form of science? This question was raised by one of our greatest writers, Junichiro Tanizaki, in a wonderful essay, In'ei Raisan (In Praise of Shadows, 1933), in which he criticises modern gaudiness and praises Japanese aesthetics, which favour darkness and shadow, inviting mysticism and imagination.
He muses,
"Suppose for instance that we had developed our own physics and chemistry: would not the techniques and industries based on them have taken a different form, would not our myriads of everyday gadgets, our medicines, the products of our industrial art – would they not have suited our national temper better than they do? In fact our conception of physics itself, and even the principles of chemistry, would probably differ from that of Westerners; and the facts we are now taught concerning the nature and function of light, electricity, and atoms might well have presented themselves in different form."
The answer from each and every instance of adoption of science across Asia, including in Japan itself, is a resounding no. Physics and chemistry are not social or aesthetic constructs; they are concerned with phenomena that exist even if our species does not. To his credit, Tanizaki, who was known to have a penchant for irony, goes on to say,
"Of course I am only indulging in idle speculation; of scientific matters I know nothing."
But his question is worth exploring a little further, not least because of the similarities in our traditional thinking and Māori traditional knowledge. Let me tell you about a few examples that I hope shed some light on how our cultural and scientific worlds interact, but where it is also clear that they give each other space.
The first example is a wonderful little monument to microbiology at Manshu-in Monzeki, a temple in Kyoto. On the grounds is kinzuka ('microbe mound'), which carries an inscription by Kinichiro Sakaguchi, who invented the Sakaguchi flask used for microbial culturing. The inscription reads,
To the innumerable souls of microbes
Who have dedicated and sacrificed
For the existence of humans,
We pay our deepest respect.
Here we hold a memorial service
For their soul's rest and condolence,
Building a microbe mound.
My collaborators in Kyoto took me to Manshu-in, and I was told that all the members of the lab are expected to visit it. This offers a moment of calm and an opportunity for reflection, and is something quite unique to Japan. As an aside, when we first set up our collaboration, we also went to pray for the success of the collaboration. This resulted in a somewhat comical exchange between the lab head and one of the postdocs: the postdoc on the project refused to pray at a Buddhist temple as he is Christian! However, what is important about this story is that, by contrast, stepping inside the laboratory, one could be anywhere in the world: the methods are clearly described and standard, the equipment recognisable. And when we swap protocols, they can be—and indeed are—readily applied in either lab, albeit with a little translation required at times!
Japanese culture is unique, important, and has protocol and etiquette, but it is separate from the details of how to grow microbes or how to extract DNA from them; these things are independent of human culture.
That said, Japanese research environments often hold history as important. The microbiology lab that I am currently collaborating with has a very long history, being established in the 15th year of the Taisho era (1926). Thus, the current head, Professor Ogawa Jun, is the latest in a line of lab heads. He has on his office wall photographs of his predecessors. I can well imagine these pictures invoke a mix of emotions: one must feel pride, a weight of expectation, not to mention humility.
Some areas of their research are informed by local interest and traditional arts. One particularly interesting case for me was learning about the mechanistic basis of Aizome (traditional indigo dyeing). The process of Aizome involves extracting indigo dye by a long ~100 day oxidative fermentation of the leaves of the Japanese indigo plant, then microbial reduction under alkaline conditions, yielding leuco-indigo, which is then able to be used for dyeing cloth. The traditional process is fascinating in itself, and no artisan needs a scientist's insights to improve their craft. However, the scientific part is understanding precisely how it is that the extraction process works. And what science can offer from that knowledge is astonishing. My colleagues have taken this well beyond just the study of how a traditional process works: they have built on this knowledge and constructed a microbial fuel cell from it. That is mind-blowing, and something only science can do.
"You can't understand science through the tools of Mātauranga Māori, and you can't understand Mātauranga Māori through the tools of science. They're different bodies of knowledge, and if you try to see one through the eyes of the other you mess up."
Sir Mason Durie
I have touched on religion, but I want to end by diving straight in the deep end. There are times where science has come into conflict with other parts of human knowledge. For instance, Japanese are familar with the stories in the Kojiki (A Record of Ancient Matters), our oldest written text, dating to 711CE. It describes the genealogy of the Imperial family, and provides written accounts of oral tradition, stories, mythology and our kami (gods). It includes the claim that the Emperor's genealogy is divine – tracing back to Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess, and it details the creation stories of the Japanese archipelago. As a scientist, I understand that, if held up to the light of modern genetics, linguistics, or geology, these stories, if taken literally, are absolute nonsense. The science-informed views of the origins of the Japanese people and the lands they inhabit have superceded these as they are are based in fact. But that does not detract from the central place of these stories in Japanese culture, history and heritage. They are treasures, and they should not be conflated with science.
I can think of no better embodiment of how our national religion, Shinto, sits alongside science than to tell you a little about Emperor Akihito, who abdicated in 2019, ending the Heisei era, with his son's ascent to the throne marking the beginning of the Reiwa era. Ancient texts are consulted in choosing an appropriate name for the new era. Although the head of our indigenous religion that states he descends from the Sun Goddess, Emperor Akihito, remarkably, is a keen ichthyologist (fish biologist), who has published numerous papers, in both Japanese and English-language scientific journals. In an article from the journal Science, where he discusses the early development of science in Japan, he writes,
"Since science pursues truth and scientific methodology puts truth to the use of mankind, it is desirable that such studies be pursued through cooperation that transcends national and other boundaries."
It is worth reminding oneself that Emperor Akihito was a child when Tokyo was firebombed, when two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, and when his father, Emperor Hirohito, was forced to recant his status as akitsumigami (a god in manifestation). It is also worth noting that Hirohito himself was also a marine biologist, having published on hydrozoans (small marine animals), and even had a marine biology laboratory at the Imperial Palace! Both have boycotted the Yasukuni shrine where war criminals have been buried, and both espouse science, despite each having been head of a religion that places them as gods among men.
This to me is the embodiment of what Stephen Jay Gould called non-overlapping magisteria, which he coined in response to Pope John Paul II stating, in a document called, 'Truth Cannot Contradict Truth' on the Catholic Church agreeing that the theory of evolution and Catholic doctrine on the soul entering the body were both correct. Gould argued that religion and science are non-overlapping, one dealing with facts and theories, the other with moral meaning and value, but they do nevertheless "bump right up against each other, interdigitating in wondrously complex ways along their joint border".
I think that this is worth considering in national discussions of the interface between mātauranga Māori and science, and which parts of mātauranga belong in science teaching versus other subjects. Some parts are problematic to include in science, such as arguing for mauri in the vitalistic sense (that there is an identifiable life force), but we can of course understand the values inherent in such a term. This is true in Japanese, where the equivalent to mauri is, ki, a word that is peppered through everyday language. For instance, when we say 'ki o tsukete' (take care) the literal translation would be, 'switch on your mauri'! In as much as the Japanese Imperial family descend from kami and Māori whakapapa to atua, these ideas fall outside of science. Kami don't figure in the marine biological studies of our two past Emperors, despite their own supposed genealogical descent from kami. Japanese traditional aesthetics, as Tanizaki praises, finds beauty in shadows and what ghosts might be hidden there, but there is also beauty in what Richard Dawkins called 'Unweaving the Rainbow', and the illumination that science sheds on the world. They occupy different magisteria.
This point is well understood by some of the most eminent Māori thinkers. Here for example is Sir Mason Durie's take on the relationship:
We need to explore the interdigitating border between Mātauranga Māori and science. Some parts of the former may be compatible with the latter (as with the Aizome-inspired microbial fuel cell!), while others might be better dealt with through the lens of non-overlapping magisteria. We must also recognise the value of scientific progress, which is the legacy of Sugita Genpaku. His embrace of Dutch studies sealed the fate of much of traditional Japanese medicine – in the service of improving it.
Akihito (1992) Early cultivators of science in Japan. Science 258:578-580.
Gould (1997) Non overlapping magisteria. Natural History 106: 16-22.
Kikuchi et al. (2021) Indigo-Mediated Semi-Microbial Biofuel Cell Using an Indigo-Dye Fermenting Suspension. Catalysts 11(9):1080.
Rauika Māngai. (2020). A Guide to Vision Mātauranga: Lessons from Māori Voices in the New Zealand Science Sector.
Sakula (1985) Kaitai Shinsho: the historic Japanese translation of a Dutch anatomical text. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 78:582-587.
Tanizaki (1933) In praise of shadows.
Co-governance in science and research policy
Openness and mātauranga Māori
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The Gordy-Motown Collection at Eastern Michigan University comprises about 1200 LPs, 900 45s, sheet music, cover sheets, recording session and fan club information. The bulk of this material spans the period 1969-1988.
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I've been missing for over a year now.
Not missing, really, that's obvious, but missing from here.
Partially it had to do with the death of a dear friend, who I couldn't save with my words. I've just now started to realize how paralyzing that death actually was, and how it has changed me, though I refused to see it for months.
Partially it was a need for silence; in my self and with others.
I also started a new job. Quit said job. Started a training program. Quit said training program. And have now gone back to writing full time.
And so here I am; not entirely sure what to do with this space but entirely sure that there needs to be something.
I am working on a novel. It is my seventh. Should I blog about the process?
I have thought about writing and publishing short stories here, though I haven't dived down that rabbit hole since I was in college. I've thought about dabbling in book reviews. I definitely read enough books throughout the year to warrant material, but is that something that adds to the conversation?
The question: What is the construct moving forward? And how does that construct add rather than subtract from the universal narrative?
How do YOU use this space?
It sounds like you have been questioning and questing. This often happens after the death of someone close to us. The sudden empty space in our life creates questions, doubts, sadness and a hundred other emotions. I'm glad that you took time away to explore other avenues. It is important to evaluate our direction regularly. Just remember that those that love us just want us to be happy. If you follow your heart, it never leads you wrong.


This one is tricky to rate. The first chapters were okay and kept me engaged although I had problems connecting with the two MCs from the start (and no, can't possibly have anything to do with the bizarre book cover). Some elements were similar to Nowhere Ranch (learning disability and GED, Denver is supposed to be a cowboy), but the story arc was much weaker here. Anyways, since I'm always thankful to a m/m author who offers me a glimpse into a world I know nothing about, in this case living with OCD, I won't say more.


In our quest to reuse and restore everyday household items, such as CDs, there have been a number of reuse ideas we have offered our readers, such as how to reuse CDs to make wind chimes, coasters, Christmas tree decorations, room separators (by suspending a string of them from your walls), or even a funky cool lamp.
While these are all great ideas, especially if you no longer want to listen to your music/movie, or game, what if you wish that you could restore that CD back to its original playing condition? Well in that case, grab a tube of toothpaste, rubbing compound, banana, egg, and a towel and prepare to make a little magic.
First of all you can go ahead and make yourself an omelet and a banana split to keep you company during this project, as they do not really do a whole lot for repairing a CD as you may have seen on YouTube or equivalent. While some of you may have received positive results from using bananas and such, I have not, and I must say that the science just isn't there to back it up.
The theory behind fixing a scratched CD, is similar to fixing scratched paint on your car. The key is to polish out the deep scratches by using a substance that will create very fine scratches, and essentially polish the CD. To do this you can use any number of plastic polishes, rubbing compounds, and some have even reported good results with a metal polish, like Brasso.
I prefer the good old standby of automotive grade rubbing compound, such as from 3M. Admittedly, 3M polish is not necessarily a green product, it is after all synthetic in its basic composition, but you will need only a dab and quite frankly, there is no natural product that will even come close to the power of this stuff when it comes to resurfacing a badly scratched CD.
The experts tell you to always polish in a straight line from the radius of the center to the outside, rather than polish in circles. While this is good advice for the most part, since small circular scratches have been known to throw off the laser tracking system of a player, most tracking systems today are far superior to the ones we remember from the 90's. So, if you are willing to let the rubbing compound breakdown to its final stages, circle polishing can work well too.
When I refer to letting the rubbing compound breakdown, I am saying the rubbing compound formula essentially contains a grit that is designed to scratch the surface you are polishing, and wear down the deeper scratches until they are closer to the same height as the rest of the CD. It does this by starting out with a heavy grit, which breaks down over the polishing course into finer and finer grit, until it eventually leaves a mirror polished surface. But this is only if you put enough elbow grease into it.
I have found that circular polishing works just as well as radius polishing, but you can follow whatever advice you like, as this is simply a matter of opinion and personal experience. But what if you need to fix a CD right away and don't want to travel out to your nearest store to grab a bottle of polish, in such a case, toothpaste works reasonably well too.
Toothpaste is designed much the same way as a rubbing compound, in that it is manufactured with a gritty substance, which gently scratches the enamel on the teeth, to clean and polish them. It can offer your CDs the same service, albeit not to quite the extend as the polish, but if the scratches are not too bad, it may just do the job.
Start with the most simple toothpaste you can find. I personally like Tom's of Maine Natural Toothpaste as it contains a basic enamel polish, without all the fancy gels, swirls, glitter, and bubble gum flavors. All you want is a good old fashioned white toothpaste. There is no need for frills here. Squeeze a smidgen of paste on the CD and rub it in using a straight sweeping motion with your finger from the center radius of the CD to the outside. Work your way around the CD using this motion until the CD is completely covered with a thin layer of the toothpaste.
If the CD is badly scratched, you may want to rub the toothpaste around the radius of the circle several times. Once finished, let the toothpaste dry to the touch. Hold the CD under your sink with running water and gently rub the tooth paste off. When satisfied with the cleanliness of the CD, gently dry it with a clean, soft cloth.
It is not a bad idea to put a coat of car wax on the CD (if you have some available). I prefer using an all natural 100% carnauba wax, which is made from the outside surface of a leaf. It is super strong and also friendly towards the environment. It will first of all, help fill-in any remaining deep scratches, second, protect the CD from being scratched in the future, and third, help repel any future dust and dirt from finding its way onto your newly cleaned and resurfaced CD.
Your CD should be good to play after all this hard work. If not, you can try the entire process once more and hope for better results. There have always been more than just one way to re-skin a CD, so share your own experiences, defeats, and triumphs with us.


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Very Short Stories to Read Together
Megan Tingley Books, Little, Brown & Co., 2001
Illustrated by Michael Emberley.
This unique book "in two voices" uses traditional techniques - rhyme, rhythm, and repetition - to make reading a joyful experience for new readers.
Consisting of short stories set up on the page like miniature plays, each voice has its own color. Whether used in the classroom for paired or choral readings or at home, with a parent and child curled up on a couch together, these light-hearted giggle-inducing stories will soon turn even reluctant readers into enthusiasts. Michael Emberley's witty illustrations work perfectly with the text.
Fifteen weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List.
Notable Book, American Library Association
A Best Book, 2001, Chicago Parent
"A delightful choreography of rhythm, rhyme, and repetition that begs to be read aloud in tandem…The gist of the book is that reading aloud and listening to others read aloud is an integral part of early literacy."
School Library Journal starred review
"A little gem for little readers! It should be in every house and classroom of beginning readers."
Jim Trelease, Reading Tree Productions
"Playful rhymes celebrate the sheer joy of reading in this exuberant read- aloud collection…Hoberman draws upon such universally kid-pleasing themes as frolicking in the snow and frisky puppies, liberally infusing them with copious amounts of silliness."
"The energy never flags, neither in Hoberman's trademark bouncy rhythms nor in Emberley's exuberant illustrations…"

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LOSING YOUR COOL IT'S NIGHTMARE CITY WHEN CONSUMER KLUTZES WREAK HAVOC ON REFRIGERATORS AND AIR CONDITIONERS
By Sheila Anne Feeney
The stabbings are the worst. The murder weapons ice picks, screwdrivers, butcher knives would chill the soul of the Devil. When heat and humidity smother Gotham like a wet electric blanket, count on an epidemic of fridgicide. Frustrated fridge owners hack away the ice in their exhausted, overworked refrigerators with sharp metal objects. What often results is your basic "evaporator puncture," sighs Dave Reisner, the owner of Allwell Appliance Center in Crown Heights, who sees five such fatal wounds every summer week. People get cranky during heat waves, and so do refrigerators and air conditioners the two appliances most vulnerable to high-temperature ailments. That's not surprising, especially when you consider what they're subjected to by abusive owners. Some melt down their refrigerators by leaving heaters inside them to hasten defrosting. Others blight the can that feeds them by putting pots of boiling water in the freezer, which can cause the metal to corrode. (Hot is fine; boiling is bad.) It's not our imagination that our freezers are least able to do their job when we most want ice and Eskimo Pies. When something that the cool guys in the fridge-repair field call "ambient temperature" skyrockets, "there's no way for the heat generated by the compressors and condensers to dissipate properly," increasing the likelihood that your icebox will flake out, Reisner explains. Humidity worsens things considerably, because hot air has trouble rising up off the unit. Manhattanites suffer most because they are less likely to have the bulkier, frost-free refrigerators, and more likely to wedge their units into tight spaces, making it more difficult for them to cool off, observes Greg Delikat, manager for Richmond Discount Appliances in Staten Island. The neglect that occurs even in Park Avenue homes can really steam a cool guy: "I've seen it where there is no freezer anymore: It's just a solid block of ice," laments Reisner. The worst sadists are singles and workaholic couples. If you want to prolong the life of the hardest-working appliance in your kitchen, remove the kick plate (usually on the bottom) and vacuum all the pet fur, dirt, dust and food bits that have blanketed the condenser. "Your efficiency will be 100% different! You will save 45% of all service calls!
" Reisner crows. You can also lighten its load by unscrewing the light bulb inside. When the chill is gone Frost-free models throw off the most heat, which, ironically, increases the load on already overtaxed air conditioners. Almost no one seems to understand their care and feeding. Hint: It's not "Free Zone.
" Every summer people call and say, `Can you come over and give it a shot of Free Zone?
' " recounts Marty Rosengarten, the manager of Ace Air Conditioning in Astoria. "I have an image of `Ghostbusters.
' I come over and give it a shot and it works.
" A lack of freon (which could only result from a hole) is rarely what makes a good air conditioner go bad. More likely, the glitch can be blamed on lack of maintenance. Almost no one takes in their air conditioners every two years to be reconditioned and steam-cleaned, acid washed and assessed for leaks. "An air conditioner can last for 20 years, but in New York it's eight years," says Rosengarten. They're done in by their owners' neglect and the winds that clog the fan with soot and dust. (Window ACs should be put in storage each winter.) Washing or replacing that little dust filter is like using a Q-Tip to clean a pig that's been lolling in the mud: a nice start, but . . . Appliance failure isn't the only phenomenon related to the "ambient temperature.
" Injuries to sweaty, overheated workers and the nastiness of sweaty, overheated customers also goes up. "I can tell how hot it is by how people talk on the phone," says Rosengarten. "They abuse me and call me names.
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Fiat Ritmo — семейный автомобиль, выпускавшийся компанией Fiat с 1978 по 1988 год.

Автомобиль был спроектирован итальянской дизайнерской компанией Gruppo Bertone, и на Туринском автосалоне в 1978 году, когда публике был представлен автомобиль, многие посчитали его одним из самых интересных небольших семейных автомобилей. В 1979 году автомобиль занял второе место в конкурсе Европейский автомобиль года. В Великобританию, Канаду и США автомобиль поставлялся под названием Fiat Strada. Всего произведено около 1 790 000 автомобилей.

История производства
Разработка автомобиля опиралась во многом на технические решения, использованные при производстве Fiat 128, который находился в производстве до 1984 года. Будучи более дешёвым, чем сравнимые модели от компаний Ford и Renault, Ritmo представлял большой интерес для покупателей и за пределами родных для него Италии и Испании. Автомобиль оснащался бензиновыми двигателями на выбор: объёмом 1,1 л, мощностью 60 л. с., 1,3 л, мощностью 65 л. с. и 1,5 л, мощностью 75 л. с. Двигатели были в меру экономичными, однако они были немного слабоваты для автомобиля такого размера. В 1980 году появился ещё один двигатель — дизельный — объёмом 1,714 л, мощностью 55 л. с.

В 1981 году был представлен автомобиль Ritmo Super (машины, поставлявшиеся в Великобританию, назывались Superstrada). Он являлся немного модифицированной версией, и что самое значительное, оснащался новыми двигателями: 1,3 л мощностью 75 л.с и 1,5 л 85 л.с. С последним автомобиль был способен достичь 163 км/ч и разогнаться до ста за 12,2 секунды. Также в 1981 году была представлена и спортивная модификация — 105TC. На ней стоял  8-клапанный двигатель с двумя распредвалами, объёмом 1585 см³, на основе двигателей семейства Fiat 131 и 132, мощностью 105 л. с.

Технологически самым важным в производстве Ritmo был не сам автомобиль, а новый способ конвейерного производства, освоенный компанией Fiat: сборка автомобиля практически на всех этапах осуществлялась с помощью роботов, что отражал в себе и рекламный слоган автомобиля «Handbuilt by robots» (Сделано вручную роботами).

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 Подробные технические спецификации и комплектации современных моделей Fiat

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This year's MassKara Festival will feature 21 days of revelry that will officially start on Oct. 8, with highlights scheduled on October 26-28.
The organizer, Silver MassKara Festival Organization, Inc., announced on Friday, Aug. 3, that the festival's 39th edition will culminate on Oct. 28 in accordance with the ordinance setting the fourth Sunday of October as the permanent date of the highlights.
The MassKara becomes one long party to celebrate Bacolod's 80th birthday, it added.
The main events will be held in the three festival sites — the Bacolod Public Plaza, Lacson Tourism Strip, and Bacolod City Government Center grounds.
The events line-up include the Grand Children's Party, Nights of Mardi Gras, Tanda! Sing Na, Dance Pa, Magical MassKara, Drum Beating Contest, MassKara Fashion Show, MassKara Faces: The 1st MassKara Fantasy Make-up Competitions, Sadya ang MassKara with Mayor Bing National Fireworks Competition, Electric MassKara, and the much-anticipated Street and Arena Dance Competitions.
The Electric MassKara Performing Floats Competition will be held on Oct. 26-27, and the Street and Arena Dance Competition – School Category on October 27.
A total of 15 entries will join the Street and Arena Dance Competition – Barangay Category on October 28.
The Top 10 winners in the previous year's contest are automatically qualified to join this year.
The remaining slots will come from the first five barangays to submit the complete requirements as of the deadline on Friday.
Silver MassKara will provide a uniform music for the Street Dance part while the participants will provide originally composed or remixed music for the Arena Dance presentation.
The Best in Original Music will be among the special awards. Others awarded last year were the Best in Mask, Best in Concept, Best in Costume, and Best in Choreography.


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Bulls Wire
Mock trade sends Zach LaVine to Knicks for Toppin, first-round pick
Michael Mulford
December 2, 2022, 3:20 PM ·2 min read
The Chicago Bulls are off to a 9-12 start to the season as they sit as the No. 12 seed in the Eastern Conference.
Compared to the beginning of last season, the Bulls are off to a complete opposite start as they've struggled out the gate with the same core group from last season.
Looking up at the top of the East, the Bulls' chances of making a run in the playoffs seems slim, let alone just making the postseason — which could call for a potential blow up of the current roster.
The Ringer's Bill Simmons put together three proposed trades for the Bulls to rebuild their team and focus on the future, including sending Zach LaVine to a fellow East Coast team.
Proposed trade sends DeRozan, Vucevic to Lakers for Westbrook, picks
Bulls receive: Obi Toppin, Evan Fournier, Derrick Rose, and a future first-round pick (top-4 protected)
Knicks receive: Zach LaVine
For the Bulls, letting go of LaVine at only the age of 27 and on the first year of his newly signed five-year, $215 million contract would be a sign that either they're 100% ready for a full rebuild or that they don't have faith in his long-term health.
With the Bulls trading DeMar DeRozan and Nikola Vucevic to the Lakers in Simmons' three-trade proposal, Chicago shipping LaVine off to New York means a full fledge rebuild is underway.
Receiving a young talent in Obi Toppin along with the future protected first-round pick gives the Bulls two pieces for their future. Simmons mentioned taking back Evan Fournier's contract along with expiring's, but the Knicks don't have any expiring contracts that fit into the deal, so a reunion with Bulls legend Derrick Rose could make this trade work monetarily, who only has one year remaining after this season.
As for the Knicks, they receive an All-Star in LaVine that they've been hoping to land for some time. Now, how good can you be if LaVine is your best player? You're certainly not a contender, but with the right pieces around him, you could build something.
Adding LaVine alongside a lineup of Jalen Brunson, R.J. Barrett, and Julius Randle offers the Knicks a stout offensive group, but on the defensive end, there will surely be issues that even Tom Thibodeau will have trouble fixing.
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Aerial Rapid Transit (ART)?
The other day in the comments, Sean suggested using the term "Aerial Rapid Transit" to describe urban gondola transit technology.
It's not the first time I've heard the term and I know of at least two different proposals floating around that are using it. I'm a fan because it makes logical sense.
While the term "Cable Propelled Transit" is common in engineering literature and very useful for grouping the entirety of cable transit solutions, it is quite poor at distinguishing between aerial and terrestrial systems.
As such, I suggest we subdivide Cable Propelled Transit into two sub-groups, one for aerial solutions and one for terrestrial solutions. Those two sub-groups can then be further sub-divided into detachable and fixed grip technologies:
A potential hierarchy for Cable Propelled Transit?
The only question is this: If we know that aerial systems will henceforth be known as Aerial Rapid Transit (ART) systems, what are we going to call the family of terrestrial systems?
Research Issues
February 4, 2011 – 7:56 am
A good idea. I've been thinking for a while that CPT isn't the best name for general public use. After all, a trollybus is a bus, not "Electrically propelled transit". For the passenger it's much more important what sort of vehicle it is then what powers it. When I first came here the combination of terrestrial and aerial systems was very confusing. "Aerial Rapid Transit" is simple and descriptive with a nice ring to it. As for what to call the terrestrial systems, "Cable Cars" would be very nice if we could stop people using the term for gondolas and aerial trams.
February 4, 2011 – 10:22 am
I was thinking Cable Cars as well, like the ones in San Francisco ... but maybe a new term is needed. just off the top of my head: cable tram cable train rope train 1s2r - dual rail cable transit r2d2 - dual rail dual detachable grip LRcT - light rapid cable transit LrRrCT - lighter rapid(er) cable transit
February 4, 2011 – 6:13 pm
The abbreviation ART might cause confusion as it stands for Advanced Rapid Transit by Bombardier. e.g Vancouver Skytrain, JFK Airtrain, Kuala Lumpur PUTRA LRT and others. Also in ART it doesn't exclude self powered vehicles so some other systems like the Aerobus or some Monorails would also fall into the Aerial Rapid Transit category. The cable suspended system are also not very Rapid so a name like Aerial Cable Transit (ACT) would be more appropriate. On the other side we would have Supported Cable Transit (SCT) or Rail Cable Transit.
Sean Turvey
@Matthias the term goes back to at least 1917 (bit.ly/emDuDf) and is was used in 1984 for the Mississippi Aerial Rapid Transit (bit.ly/fGbv9M)
February 6, 2011 – 12:32 pm
ART has too many pre-existing connotations, especially the fact that it's already a common English word. In the internet age that makes it even more of a problem. Let's stay away from the word Art in this context. Rose uses the acronym r2d2 in her suggestion which already has a strong association with robots. I'm thinking on the comment Erik made above: "For the passenger it's much more important what sort of vehicle it is then what powers it." He's absolutely right. They just need a word for a "handle" that is catchy. And as the auto and motorcycle industries have shown, it sure helps when the name sounds fast, sexy. Think GT, GSXR, TT, Swift, Lancia, etc. Therefore I propose the name G-T-X (Gondola-Tram crossover) when it comes to products like a 3S or Funitel. I'm sorry but with all due respect the names currently used in the industry are just geeky-sounding, right along with CPT. As for the lowly gondola, G-T-G would be sufficient as it could stand for Good To Go! For the geeks among us it has the dual meaning of Gare to Gare (the French word), as in Station to Station.
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@ off the cuff, I'm both with you and against you on this one. While I agree that ART and CPT are both "geeky" and technical, but nomenclature in transit planning tends to be just that. I agree that it would be great to upset that status quo, but how far outside the mainstream can you go? It's difficult. One of the challenges the cable industry faces is just the sheer volume of technologies they have. It would confuse even the most ardent researcher. I think what you're getting at with "sexy names" is similar to what's done in the auto industry. There's always groupings and technical details for the hardcore car nerds, but there's also user friendly model names. The Ford Explorer, for example was an SUV. I think looking at the problem from that perspective would be helpful.
GTX could also stand for Gondola Transit eXpress GTG = Gondolas to Go
@ matthias, "Also in ART it doesn't exclude self powered vehicles so some other systems like the Aerobus or some Monorails would also fall into the Aerial Rapid Transit category." Very interesting point and one that I've considered myself. I have a feeling this discussion will go on a lot longer.
r2d2? c'mon, can't a transit geek take a joke? But, seriously, put aside the geek vs techy debate. The etymology of the words for other transit forms, namely the car, the train and the bus are all believed to be latin (and/or another ancient word-deriving dead language). More recently we have things such as LRT, which is clearly just as geeky as CPT, ART, PRT, BRT, etc. But if we look closely, we see that T, yes 'transit' is also latin. So why go the way of making more silly acronyms or adding "cool" aka super-geeky letters such as X and not go with some similar, all around popular nomenclature? Let me just throw out some less-than-one-minute-google-finds: Rope in latin = funis -is, funis (clearly how we got to funifor and funitel) cable = Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French chable, from late Latin capulum 'halter' ok, so didn't find much in under a minute, but you see where i'm going here if it is in terms of vehicle - cabin or pod derivatives might work for aerial gondolas, cable train for bottom
I feel it should also be said that for the most part the manufacturers of these technologies do not use the word cable very much (in English anyway...it is more common in French). Instead they use "rope" and build "ropeways" or "aerial ropeways" as a broad description of their projects. It is true that they do use the term cable when talking about terrestrial systems like the DCC www.dcc.at And since they build these things...they really get to name them whatever they want for better or for worse...they're heavy on engineering and historical precedents and light on marketing. Also, since the world headquarters for these manufacturers are in Europe, Anglophones are left translating and adopting rather than suggesting...take for instance "Seil" meaning rope in German and hence 3S or 3-Seil systems. Which you may or may not like but in the right lighting over a nice bottle of wine if you listen to an Austrian tell you about a her next Dreiseil Projekt it can sound sexy enough :) ...for a geek anyway. If we do get lucky enough to suggest a new name or category I think @Rose may be on the right track in sticking with Latin.
@BC quite clearly you are right in saying that the naming rights really remain with the makers, who indeed are engineering heavy and marketing light. I'm glad that Doppelmayr had the foresight to name DCC after the original term coined for the terrestrial technology, as in San Francisco, etc. It just makes sense. It's also great that it's catching on as it is a superlative short-haul shuttle technology. @Rose, thanks for the philology ;-) But isn't English kinda the new Latin? As for the Aerial Ropeway, well, I don't think the alphabet soup of names for the different derivatives is doing it any justice. It holds major promise for reducing urban congestion, particularly in hillside applications. It is hindered slightly by a perception gap that isn't helped by unclear naming. Personally, I sincerely hope the SFU-Burnaby 3S installation in Greater Vancouver goes forward. It will be an excellent example of CPT integrated with existing transit with the added facet of being a tourist draw in it's own right. But what will it be called? :-)
@ off the cuff and BC, "quite clearly you are right in saying that the naming rights really remain with the makers, who indeed are engineering heavy and marketing light." I think at the end of the day it's the end user that's going to decide. I mean this in two ways: 1. If a city wants to buy a system and call it the ART, the CPT or the whatever, they're going to do it. If I buy a car and decide to call it "Frank" Ford isn't going to care. 2. The actual users. As other's have pointed out, the general public isn't going to use the term CPT. That's for the transit geeks, the engineers and the academics. They're going to call them gondolas, metrocables, cable cars, aerial trams and whatever else they feel like.
@ BC, You're right about the rope/cable issue. It's a conversation I've had with several in the industry and they're often shocked to learn that "ropeway" has a somewhat negative connotation in English. Seems to me it's mostly a legacy term that's outgrown it's usefulness. I have, however, seen movement in the industry towards using the term "cable" instead.


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The Columbia Basin's 15 tribal groups are urging Northwest utilities and big power users to back a federal recommendation to add fish-restoration and conservation mandates to a landmark, U.S.-Canada treaty conceived 50 years ago only for flood control and hydropower generation.
"We tried the experiment of hydropower being optimized without regard for ecology, and it failed," said Paul Lumley, a member of the Yakama Nation and executive director of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
The Portland-based group lobbies to restore and conserve Columbia Basin fish.
The tribes are encouraged by a federal draft recommendation, released June 27, that would add expand the Columbia River Treaty to oblige the U.S. and Canada to manage water-releases through Columbia River dams and reservoirs not only to optimize flood control and hydropower generation, but also to help migratory fish survive and flourish.
The Bonneville Power Administration and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have received more than 3,000 public comments on their first draft recommendation. The agencies' next draft is due out Friday.
Both countries get their first chance next year to open the treaty to change.
A group of 70 electricity utilities, including the Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan County PUDs, and big power users and industry organizations have flatly opposed adding "ecosystem function" as the treaty's third pillar.
The group represents 6.4 million electric customers. It fears an ecosystem-enhanced treaty proposal would cost millions and reduce power generated, forcing them to raise power rates without any proven benefit.
They say the draft recommendation fails to acknowledge the investment in fish protections already achieved and detracts from what the group says should be the main focus of treaty negotiations — reducing treaty- mandated U.S. power payments to Canada.
These payments are known as the "Canadian Entitlement." It represents half of the benefit to downriver hydropower generation gained from Canada's huge treaty-mandated reservoirs, which capture seasonal runoff and release it gradually throughout the year.
Lumley said the tribes are urging power interests to rethink their view and discuss their differences and work toward a consensus the region can present to the U.S. State Department later this year.
Scott Corwin, executive director of the Portland-based Public Power Council and a spokesman from the Power Group, said group members would be open to discussion after the second draft recommendation is released Friday.
Lumley acknowledges the Power Group's investment in fish protections, but said it's not enough.
He pointed to salmon returns that numbered an estimated 17 million before Columbia River dams were built.
This year, he said, even with many federal regulations in place to get fish past the dams, millions in federal and hydropower-sector investments and decades of fish-and-habitat work, an expected record- breaking salmon return would total only 2 million fish this year.
Lumley said raising ecosystem function to treaty level would ensure that the entire Columbia River is managed to benefit fish by keeping more water in the river and preventing extreme reservoir drawdowns.
It could also oblige Canada to give the PUDs and local, state and federal agencies some credit for the habitat work and investment already made, Lumley says, resulting in a reduced Canadian Entitlement power deliveries.
The power group estimates that these power deliveries, valued at $250 million to $350 million annually, are some ten times larger than the actual benefit derived from Canadian water storage. The Chelan, Douglas and Grant PUDs provide 27.5 percent of this power.
Lumley said the tribes are also calling for fish passage at the biggest and most costly roadblocks — Grand Coulee and Chief Joseph dams. They also want a voice in treaty negotiations, if and when they happen.


On this week's list of essential new projects: Rae Sremmurd triple down, BlocBoy JB is very exciting, and Iceage journey into the beyond.
Every week, the Noisey staff puts together a list of the best and most important albums, mixtapes, and EPs from the week just gone. Sometimes that includes projects we've written about on the site already; sometimes it's just made up of great records that we want everyone to hear, but never got the chance to write about. The result is neither comprehensive nor fair. We hope it helps.
The Atlanta duo chose to break up their marathon triple album into three short sprints—one collaborative record (SR3MM) and a solo record for each Swae Lee (SWAECATION), and Slim Jxmmi (JXMTRO). It's a move that has already drawn comparisons to another pair of ATLiens, and though the Sremmurds are working with a more limited palette—namely Mike Will Made-It beats and chirpy mantras, the two constants of their catalog—this triad of records is another compelling entry in the tradition of colorful radio weirdos working in the Peach State.


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ABS-CBN makes viewers' dreams come true with upcoming shows
ABS-CBN Corp. Comm. June 29, 2016 02:15 PM
ABS-CBN gave a sneak peek of its new shows that will showcase the talents and dreams of Filipinos at the ABS-CBN trade event titled "Gabi ng Pangarap" held last Monday (June 27) at SMX Convention Center.
Known as the "Reality and Game Show Capital of the Philippines," the Kapamilya network with its lineup of reality shows set to amuse viewers.
"Pinoy Big Brother," the country's longest-running reality show, is all set for its seventh season and is ready to introduce its newest housemates this July. Also returning next month is the exciting game show "Minute to Win It," which will once again make hearts pound with its thrilling games.
Viewers should also brace themselves as the international talent search "Pinoy Boyband Superstar" will assemble the biggest boy band of the country with judges Yeng Constantino, Vice Ganda, and K-pop superstar Sandara Park.
Aside from the upcoming reality shows, the reigning singing talent search "The Voice Kids" was also one of the night's highlights with coaches Sharon and Bamboo giving spectacular performances.
The music continued as the ASAP Birit Queens Angeline Quinto, Morissette, and Klarisse De Guzman brought the house down with their belting prowess. Also giving a grand musical treat were ASAP Soul Sessionistas Kyla, KZ Tandingan, Daryl Ong, and Jason Dy.
Meanwhile, a kiligfest ensued with James Reid and Nadine Lustre gracing the stage and performing the theme song of their upcoming series "Till I Met You.
The sweetness of "Dolce Amore" stars Enrique Gil and Liza Soberano sent the audience to a frenzy as they serenaded the crowd. The newest Kapamilya love team of Elmo Magalona and Janella Salvador also did not fail to make the audience giddy with their heartfelt song number.
Good vibes were all over the venue as the country's number one series "FPJ's Ang Probinsyano" cast members Simon "Onyok" Pineda, McNeal "Awra" Briguela, Pepe Herrera, and Coco Martin engaged in a showdown and danced to novelty hits "May Tatlong Bibe" and "Totoy Bibo."
Apart from the upcoming reality shows, the trade event also unveiled the newest drama series set to capture viewers' hearts, "The Greatest Love," featuring veteran actress Sylvia Sanchez, and "Langit Lupa," led by child stars Xia Vigor and Yesha Camile
Aside from the Kapamilya celebrities, the advertisers also had their shining moment as they played and won several cash prizes. The stars and love teams also expressed their gratitude for the advertisers' unwavering support through a meet-and-greet.
Momshies and hosts of morning talk show "Magandang Buhay" Karla Estrada, Melai Cantiveros, and Jolina Magdangal served as the event's hosts.


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Baltimore Orioles fall again in the Bronx
Apr 06 2021 April 6, 2021
Dean Kremer made his first start of the 2021 season for the Baltimore Orioles this evening at Yankee Stadium. Similar to what we saw last night, the numbers aren't as bad as they would indicate. Kremer's line: 3.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 5 K.
Kremer surrendered a solo homer to Bruce in the second inning. He then loaded the bases with nobody out in the third. And he managed to pitch out of it. Pitchers will get themselves into trouble; it's the nature of the position. Decent ones will get themselves out of it. Kremer did that.
However after Kremer departed the game in the fourth the bases were loaded again. And NY would later score on a double-play (no RBI), giving them a 2-0 lead. Later in the inning Judge would notch an RBI-single, and Stanton an RBI-double in the last of the seventh. One inning later Judge would break the game wide open with a three-run homer.
However something interesting happened in the top of the ninth. New York still had that 7-0 lead, and there were two outs. Game's over, right?
Ryan Mountcastle appeared to reach on an infield single. New York decided to challenge the play, and the call was upheld. Now personally, I thought it was a petty challenge. Winning 7-0, two outs in the ninth…it didn't seem like a call that needed to be challenged. But on top of that, the New York bench seemed to chirp an awful lot after the call was upheld.
Again, it all seemed petty to me. But next up was Rio Ruiz, and he smacked a two-run homer. Also the first home run of the season for the O's.
The pettiness seemed to inspire the O's. Ironically it probably proved New York's point, meaning that it wasn't necessarily petty to challenge that call. But the point remains that you should play until the final out – win or lose.
The series concludes tomorrow night at Yankee Stadium. John Means gets the start for the Birds, and he'll be opposed by Jameson Taillon. Game time is set for just after 6:30 PM.
Matt Vrabel says:
I will tell you what dom the yankees are chirpy and they do play 100% to the end but these orioles are starting to get this we will never quit until our final out is marked in that score card attitude also first you get the winning attitude then you will start winning games maybe the yankees are rubbing off on them a bit and i will tell you what thats not a bad thing at all kudos to brandon hyde keep up the great job
Domenic Vadala says:
I don't think you want to be a chirpy team. Baltimore fans appreciate much more guys who put their heads down and play.


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Garden To Pantry: Fight Against Hunger Evolving
Side Effects Public Media | By Jill Sheridan - WFYI
Published November 23, 2016 at 12:53 PM EST
Jill Sheridan/IPB News/WFYI
Claire Lane and Andrew Fritz work at the garden at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church.
Food pantries are an important part of the safety net for the one in six Indiana residents who struggles with hunger. But pantries face a lot of obstacles when it comes to providing fresh, healthy food.
One project in Hamilton County, Indiana, is tapping into the power of urban gardening to stock pantry shelves with local produce.
It started with urban conservationist, Claire Lane. She recognized a problem in her community.
"Some pantries are at the mercy of what gets donated, so it's a lot of pasta and carbs and a lot of salt," says Lane. "A lot of kids or adults they might be obese and well feed but they are eating the wrong things."
Lane works for the Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District and she recently received a $50,000 federal grant to get more fresh produce to people. In recent years, food networks and federal food programs have expanded farm to pantry programs and other ways to get fresh produce onto people's plates because there is such a need.
Lane's strategy? Focus on urban gardens. Find successful programs, see how they are able to make connections, break down the barriers to fresh food access and help others learn to grow.
One of the more successful programs in Hamilton County is at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Carmel, Indiana.
At their community garden in early November, vegetables were still growing on the vines.
Parishioners like Wayne Gartner volunteer to grow the veggies that local food pantries need the most – things people are familiar with and can easily incorporate them into their meals.
Gartner says It's been a productive year and counts the number of vegetables they've harvested.
"132 onions, 412 carrots, 1666 hot peppers," Gartner says.
He also picks a jalapeño.
"They are very popular," says Gatner. "We have a large Hispanic population that use the pantries."
But Lane says there's more to solving this problem than planting seeds. She says smaller pantries have limited resources.
"They're strapped for volunteers, the people they have are working really hard and devoting a lot of time and they don't have the time to make these connections," Lane says.
She hopes to help by creating a network between urban gardens and pantries so there is better coordination.
"If the pantry's pick up day is Wednesday and the garden is delivering on Thursday that food doesn't keep till next week," says Lane.
Lane's solutions are representative of a trend in fighting Indiana's food deserts and limited access.
Feeding Indiana's Hungry executive director, Emily Weikert Bryant says healthy food access is a concern for many of the clients they serve.
"We know many have health issues, about a third of them have diabetes a number of them have hypertension," Weikert Bryant says.
"Because we're serving so many in that community." says Weikert Bryant, "we're serving about one in six Hoosiers."
Credit Jill Sheridan/IPB News/WFYI
Merciful Help Center food pantry in Hamilton county serves more than 100,000 people every year.
St. Christopher's Episcopal Church is already providing the pantry with fresh produce and they're not the only one says director Jane Slaton.
"We had a farmer recently and he decided to do a whole field and give us fresh beans for the whole season," says Slaton. "Which is so great."
The Merciful pantry has a volunteer dietician who has created a point scale to determine healthfulness and distributes recipes to show people how to use fruits and veggies they aren't familiar with, like turnips.
She looks at what they have and prints recipes, like mashed turnips, turnips with crispy bacon, and roasted turnips.
Food and garden education, better communication between farm and pantry – this is the new face in the fight against food insecurity in Indiana.
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From left, Sabres general manager Tim Murray, coach Dan Bylsma and owner Terry Pegula hold up a No. 15 Bylsma jersey Thursday. ©2015, Margaret Hickling, Olean Times Herald
Dan Bylsma had eye on Sabres job
BUFFALO – There was a time before the Sabres hired Dan Bylsma on Thursday that the coach and general manager Tim Murray both represented the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
Back in the early 2000s, as Bylsma finished up his journeyman playing career, Murray was the team's director of player personnel.
"I complained about him a lot," Murray cracked Thursday during a news conference to introduce Bylsma as the Sabres' 17th coach in franchise history. "That's about all I remember."
Given their different roles, the two really didn't have a relationship. But Murray understood then that Bylsma, who eked out nine years as an NHL role player, possessed the qualities that could someday make him an excellent coach.
"He was somewhat of a coach as he was playing," Murray said inside the First Niagara Center.
Murray was right about Bylsma. After retiring, he quickly moved up the coaching ladder, leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Stanley Cup just months after taking over in 2009.
Still, Bylsma faced an uphill challenge. Despite a wealth of talent, the Penguins underachieved in the postseason in the following years, so he was fired a year ago.
The 44-year-old spent this season on the sidelines, watching "more hockey games than I really wanted to," growing as a coach and examining the game differently, he said. Earlier this spring, he called Murray about the Sabres' vacancy. The Sabres' load of young talent intrigued him. So did the passion he had seen from owner Terry Pegula.
"I looked at the players coming into this organization and what they can be down the road," Bylsma said.
Bylsma and Murray agreed to talk when Bylsma returned from the world championship.
Murray, meanwhile, was conducting his first search as a GM. He recently said he was open to any kind of coach. But subconsciously, he admitted Thursday, he was going after experience. The four candidates he spoke to were veterans, he said.
"I look at it as where we are now that I really want to get somebody who had some cachet, who I felt was a good coach but had success team-wise and individually," Murray said.
When the Sabres lost out on Mike Babcock last week, Murray zeroed in on Bylsma, who was given a five-year deal on Thursday. The Sabres sent the Penguins the 2016 third-round pick they received from the New York Islanders in March as compensation.
"Obviously, we're going to be a young team," Murray said. "We need somebody who knows how to teach, knows how to communicate. It's not just telling somebody what to do; it's why you have to do that. There aren't a lot of coaches who can do that. I think Dan is one that can."
Their relationship, of course, will be vital to the Sabres' success. Murray never meshed with former coach Ted Nolan before firing him April 12.
"We have to make sure we work together," Murray said about Bylsma. "That's the plan. … I plan on talking to him every day. I plan on if a team calls me and I think it's a serious discussion on a player, I plan on bringing that to his attention. I plan on asking his opinion. We're not always going to agree."
Those disagreements will be healthy, Murray said.
"You keep trying to get better," he said. "That's the relationship I want."
Bylsma's beginning a drastically different gig than the one he inherited six years ago. The rebuilding Sabres are coming off two straight 30th-place finishes. The playoffs might not be realistic next season.
"I don't think there's a timeframe that we're going to put certain aspects of success of where this team's going to be," Bylsma said.
Bylsma had plenty of regular-season success in Pittsburgh. His .668 points percentage – 252-117-32 – is No. 1 among coaches with at least three seasons of experience. He was let go after a 51-win season.
Coaches like that rarely get fired. But Bylsma said he's not coaching to prove anything.
"That is no way or shape the reason why I coached or want to coach or have any interest in coaching the Buffalo Sabres," he said. "I look at the opportunity to come to an organization, develop with this team, develop into a winning culture on a winning team. I'm not coaching to prove anything to anybody else."
Murray has the opposite belief.
"(Bylsma) comes back in now to come back to prove to the hockey world and the rest of the coaches that he has it," he said.
Bylsma should have one big asset next season, center Jack Eichel, the mega-prospect the Sabres plan to draft second overall next month. He recently saw the 18-year-old phenom up close as an assistant coach for Team USA at the world championship.
"You have a chance to see a guy who's going to be an elite, elite player," Bylsma said. "He's got outstanding skill, and you see him play against a lot of NHL players. He matched up against Evgeni Malkin when we played Russia, he's playing against Tomas Plekanec when we play against the Czechs, in the bronze medal game he's playing against NHL players. And he stacked right up there with his skill and his size and his ability to play the game."
Story notes:
– Murray said Bylsma will have "final say for most part" on hiring assistant coaches. Bylsma will talk to goalie coach Arturs Irbe, the one holdover from the Nolan era.
– Bylsma's the first Sabres coach to have earned a Cup ring as a head coach since John Muckler.
– Bylsma on meeting Pegula when he coached the Penguins: "Right away, the want, passion, desire to bring a winning team to Buffalo, this organization, was evident."
– Bylsma, who coached Malkin and Sidney Crosby in Pittsburgh, on having superstars: "You understand, immediately, the spotlight that is on those types of players, star-quality players. You understand the pressures that they will be going through, the eyes on them from just about everybody. … I probably learned as much from … working with Sidney Crosby, Evgeni, as they did for me.
"I think it's going to be applicable to the likes of (Sabres prospect) Sam Reinhart, Jack Eichel, who are going to be in different development stages … but are going to be viewed in that same light, that some scope that star players are put into."
– Bylsma said he has already met with two players – defenseman Josh Gorges and winger Evander Kane.
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