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Portland protest peaceful after federal presence reduced
Nation Aug 1, 2020 6:18 PM EST
PORTLAND, Ore. — More than a thousand people showed up in downtown Portland early Saturday to peacefully protest, about three days after the announcement that the presence of U.S. agents there would be reduced — a deal that Oregon officials hope will continue to ease tensions as the city tries to move on from months of chaotic nightly protests.
Friday's overnight protest mimicked that of Thursday, which was the first time in weeks that demonstrations ended without any major confrontations, violence or arrests. The change in tone outside a federal courthouse that's become ground zero in clashes between demonstrators and federal agents came after the U.S. government began drawing down its forces in the liberal city under a deal between Democratic Gov. Kate Brown and the Trump administration.
As of midnight on Saturday, no federal agents had emerged from the courthouse, which has been the center of protests for weeks, and there was no noticeable law enforcement presence surrounding the area.
The fence that has separated protesters and U.S. agents stationed at the courthouse was decorated with balloons and upside down American flags sewn together with "BLM" painted across, an apparent reference to the Black Lives Matter movement.
At one point in the night a small firework was shot over the fence. As it sizzled out on its own, protesters pleaded with others to remain peaceful. Later, a few small fires were occasionally started outside the courthouse, with at least one put out by other protesters.
Unlike previous weeks, protesters were not centered mainly outside the courthouse, but scattered throughout downtown.
A group identified as "Firefighters for Black Lives Matter" gathered in a small park a couple miles west of the courthouse. Another group, "Unemployed Workers for Black Lives" began to march towards the federal building around 8 p.m. People stood next to a makeshift memorial, with the pictures and names of Black people killed by police, at the Waterfront Park. A parade of cars with Black Lives Matter signs taped to their windows slowed traffic in the city.
Just after midnight, the crowd had grown to over 1,000 people who remained outside chanting "Black Lives Matter" and shouting the names of Black people killed by police. Groups were also standing together engaging in conversations about social injustice. In a news release early Saturday, the Portland Police Bureau described the crowd as subdued and said there was no police interaction with protesters.
As agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Marshals Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement pulled back, troopers with the Oregon State Police took over. Since then, there have been no visible signs of any federal law enforcement presence outside the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse.
In a tweet, President Donald Trump Friday night reiterated that the Department of Homeland Security "is not leaving Portland until local police complete cleanup of Anarchists and Agitators!"
"Last night, the world was watching Portland," Brown said in a tweet Friday. "Here's what they saw: Federal troops left downtown. Local officials protected free speech. And Oregonians spoke out for Black Lives Matter, racial justice, and police accountability."
Mayor Ted Wheeler also struck an optimistic tone but cautioned that there was much work to be done after more than 60 days of protests — and not just in cleaning up downtown Portland.
Leaders in Oregon are pushing for a raft of measures that would address systemic racism in everything from policing to housing. Those proposals could be fast-tracked for consideration in a special legislative session later this summer.
The governor also announced the creation of a Racial Justice Council to advise her on criminal justice reform and police accountability, health equity, economic opportunity, housing and homelessness, and environmental justice.
Portland's City Council also voted this week to refer a ballot measure to voters in November that would create a police review board independent from any elected official or city department.
The scene outside the federal courthouse stood in sharp contrast to the violent clashes between protesters and the agents that Trump sent to Oregon's largest city in early July. Protests have roiled Portland for more than two months following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
And while thousands have marched and rallied peacefully, Portland's federal courthouse became a target for some protesters. Smaller numbers of demonstrators tried to tear down a fence erected to protect it, lit fires at the courthouse entryway and hurled fireworks, flares and bricks at the agents holed up inside. Most nights, the agents responded by firing tear gas.
Under the deal announced by the governor, the agents will withdraw in phases.
The U.S. government had arrested 94 people as of Wednesday, the most recent accounting. Since the protests began, Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell said local police made more than 400 arrests.
Cline contributed from Salem. Cline is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues."
Associated Press writer Andrew Selsky contributed from Salem.
Left: Army veterans join a protest against racial inequality and police violence in Portland, Oregon, U.S., July 31, 2020. Photo by Caitlin Ochs/Reuters.
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This traditional cheese made with raw and whole cow milk, recognized by a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), is undoubtedly one of the best known Cheeses of Savoy. If the famous specialty tartiflette, has largely contributed to its notoriety, the Reblochon de Savoie is also delicious in tray, for its pronounced taste, very fruity, and its dough greedy and unctuous.
Born in the 13th century in the Valley of Thônes in Haute-Savoie, the Reblochon of Savoy takes its name from the origins of its then illicit manufacture.
In the Middle Ages, very few farmers owned the farmland they exploited and they had to reward landowners for the right to graze their animals. This "right of use" is fixed by the owner according to the quantity of milk produced by the herd. In order to limit this tax, the farmers begin to practice an incomplete milking of their cows, which they finish from the owner out of sight.
In the absence of means of preservation and in order to conceal this fraud, the creamy milk collected is immediately transformed into cheese for the personal consumption of the farmer and his family.
This succulent cheese is naturally baptized "Reblochon" because, in Savoy patois, "re-block" means "pinch the udder of the cow a second time".
Because of its unlawful character, the term "Reblochon" did not officially appear in commercial transactions until 1699.
The Reblochon de Savoie is one of the first cheeses to obtain an AOC in 1958, now transformed into AOP (Protected Designation of Origin). Its production zone, located above 500 m of altitude, encompasses a large part of Haute-Savoie and the Val d'Arly region of Savoie.
Today, there are about 800 farms (including 150 farmers) producing milk for the manufacture of the Reblochon de Savoie, and its production occupies the 3rd place in volume of the French AOC.
The Reblochon de Savoie is exclusively made from raw milk and whole cows of local breeds Tarines, Abundances and Montbéliardes. It takes 5 liters of milk to make a Reblochon of Savoy about 500 g.
Farmers produce the Reblochon de Savoie immediately after milking their flocks, twice a day: morning and evening. The various stages of manufacture remain manual. Whether they are in alpine summer or in their farm in winter, they work 365 days a year to bring you on a plateau the fruity flavors of their know-how.
More generally, after milking, the milk is stored in tanks (large hermetic tanks refrigerated at 4 ° C) until the collection of fruit trees or dairies.
There, the milk undergoes several stages of transformation to end at the Reblochon of Savoy:
Caillage: the milk is curdled thanks to a natural rennet.
Cutting of the curd: the curdled milk is cut up until small grains are obtained, from the size of a grain of wheat to that of a grain of corn. A manual step for farmers, which requires a great deal of know-how.
Molding: the curds are poured into a mold and then pressed using weights to allow the cheese to drip.
Identification: a colored casein pellet is placed on each cheese to guarantee its origin of manufacture. It is red for the dairy and fruit reblochon, and green for the farmer Reblochon.
Salting: Reblochon de Savoie is soaked in a brine bath for 1 to 2 hours.
Refining: the Reblochon de Savoie is finally placed in the cellar for 3 to 4 weeks, where it will be returned every day and its washed rind several times. The care of the refiner, combined with the flora of the cellars and the action of the ferments, will result in a Reblochon of Savoy with the smooth and perfumed dough, with the sweet nutty aromas.
If the Reblochon de Savoie can be enjoyed throughout the year, its flavor is particularly peculiar in spring and summer when the cows graze in alpine pastures.
It is eaten slightly cooler than the ambient temperature, ideally around 16 ° C (take it out of the refrigerator about 2 hours before) and marries to perfection with a white Savoy wine such as Apremont, a Roussette or a Chignin-Bergeron , And rustic bread, with walnuts or other dry fruit.
Fondant and tasty, the Reblochon de Savoie has also given rise to many typical and convivial recipes, such as the Tartiflette *, which we like to share with family or friends.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Reblochon de Savoie is relatively rich in water (over 50%) and slightly less fat than most cheeses (25% fat per 100 g of Reblochon). Its calcium intake combined with its high digestibility make it an ideal ally of the nutritional balance (a portion of 35 gr makes it possible to cover ¼ of the daily calcium requirements).
* The history of the tartiflette: this recipe has always existed in Haute-Savoie, but under the name of "Pela des Aravis" (potatoes, onions and reblochon). This peasant and rustic dish owes its name to the pan with long handle (pela) in which it is cooked. Made with leftover cheese, it is also known as "reblochon fricassee". In the 80's, the Syndicat Interprofessionnel du Reblochon gave this recipe to the taste by launching the tartiflette! This time it takes its name from tartifia, which means potato in Savoy. Directly inspired by the pela, it is adorned with bacon, white wine and is realized in the oven.
The Reblochon de Savoie rests on a thin washer of spruce allowing it to regulate its moisture and to retain its taste qualities. Keep it in its original packaging, at the bottom of the frigde.
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It is the customer's responsibility to check the contents of the package at the time of receipt and to formulate precise and justified reservations stipulating the damage, if any, by writing them on the delivery note or the electronic box provided by the carrier. The customer also has the possibility to refuse the package if its integrity has not been preserved.
In any case, the customer must notify Monde Délicieux within 48 hours maximum after receipt of the package by email to the following address: contact@winecraftsanddelicatessen.com
If all the above conditions are met, Monde Délicieux undertakes to offer a reshipment, a credit note or a refund to the injured customer.
Customer service. A question about your order? Please contact us at +30 697 0468854.
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• Type of cheese: cow's milk, pressed uncooked
• Diameter: 13 to 14 cm
• Height: 3 to 4 cm
• Weight: 240 to 280 g for the young, 450 to 550 g for the big ones
• Crust: saffron color, covered with a light white foam
• Paste: ivory, supple and creamy
• Ripening: between 3 and 4 weeks
• Fat content: 45%
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Justia Patents With A DisplayUS Patent for Arrangement with a rotatable X-ray detector Patent (Patent # 9,036,914)
Arrangement with a rotatable X-ray detector
Oct 6, 2011 - Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
The present embodiments provide an arrangement with an X-ray detector that is driven by a rotation device. The arrangement includes a first rotational speed sensor and a second rotational speed sensor that determine a rotation of the X-ray detector. The first rotational speed sensor and the second rotational speed sensor are coupled via a connection device including a pre-tensioned torsion spring.
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This application claims the benefit of DE 10 2010 042 123.5, filed on Oct. 7, 2010.
The present embodiments relate to an arrangement with an X-ray detector that is driven by a rotation device.
X-ray systems used in the X-ray field (e.g., C-arm X-ray systems) may be equipped with a device for image rotation. In a C-arm X-ray system, a radiation source and a radiation detector are arranged on a C-shaped arm and may be moved jointly. The C-arm is guided about a patient by a robotic controller. In order to consistently obtain a desired image format when recording a series of images (e.g., a portrait or a landscape), even during a rotation of the C-arm, the ability to rotate the X-ray detector is provided. This makes it possible to adjust the image position using the rotatable X-ray detector during a rotation of the C-arm and to retain the selected image format. FIG. 1 shows a C-arm X-ray system 1 with a rotatable X-ray detector 4. A C-arm 2 bears an X-ray source 3 at one end and the X-ray detector 4, which may be rotated around a vertical axis of rotation 5, at an opposite end.
For precise adjustment of the image position, the respective position of the X-ray detector is to be determined. Rotational speed sensors are used for this purpose, via which an angle of rotation of an initiated rotation is measured in order to undertake control of the drive of the rotation device as feedback. For this purpose, a constant comparison of an actual position measured via the rotational speed sensor with a predetermined setpoint value is undertaken, and the rotational position is adjusted. An optimum measurement of the rotational position is based on measurement of the actual value of the rotational position.
To provide for the safety of an operator of an X-ray apparatus and of a patient to be examined with the X-ray apparatus, two rotational speed sensors may be used to measure the rotational position of the X-ray detector. A collision model for a device movement changes as a function of the respective position of the X-ray detector. To avoid collisions with a table or with the floor, the rotational position are to be reliably determined. Values of the first rotational speed sensor are constantly checked for plausibility using the second rotational speed sensor.
In clinical systems, the X-ray detector is attached to a pulley that is driven by a drive wheel attached to the pulley via a toothed belt. The drive wheel is driven by a motor. The drive wheel is also connected via a further toothed belt to a shaft, to which two rotational speed sensors are attached. The rotational position of the pulley may be determined via the two rotational speed sensors. If the toothed drive belt jumps as a result of mechanical overloading of the axis of rotation of the pulley, this is not detected by either of the two rotational speed sensors, since the two rotational speed sensors are only connected indirectly via the motor shaft to the axis of rotation of the pulley. As a result, an incorrect position of the X-ray detector remains uncorrected, since the axis of rotation of the pulley is not adjusted. A further problem lies in the fact that the two rotational speed sensors are not arranged directly on the shaft of the pulley to be controlled but are attached to the shaft of the pulley by elastic belts. The play in the pulleys also adversely affects the precision of the regulation of the drive based on the measured rotational positions.
SUMMARY AND DESCRIPTION
The present embodiments may obviate one or more of the drawbacks or limitations in the related art. For example, an improved device for determining a rotational position of an X-ray detector is provided.
The present embodiments include an arrangement with an X-ray detector that is driven by a rotation device. The arrangement includes a first rotational speed sensor and a second rotational speed sensor that determine a rotation of the X-ray detector. The first rotational speed sensor and the second rotational speed sensor are coupled via a connection device to a pre-tensioned torsion spring. In an advantageous manner, a direct, play-free connection of the first rotational speed sensor and the second rotational speed sensor to the rotation device is established via the pre-tensioning of the torsion spring.
In one embodiment, the torsion spring may be pre-tensioned such that the first rotational speed sensor and the second rotational speed sensor have a constant opposing moment. The constant opposing moment is responsible for the play-free connection of the first rotational speed sensor and the second rotational speed sensor to the rotation device.
In an advantageous manner, the connection device may include a first toothed wheel and a second toothed wheel that are coupled via the pre-tensioned torsion spring.
In one embodiment, the first rotation speed sensor may include a third toothed wheel and a fourth toothed wheel. The third toothed wheel is coupled to the first toothed wheel. In an advantageous manner, a play-free connection is established between the third toothed wheel and the first toothed wheel.
The second rotational speed sensor may include a fifth toothed wheel and a sixth toothed wheel. The fifth toothed wheel is coupled to the second toothed wheel. The advantage of this is that a play-free connection is established between the fifth toothed wheel and the second toothed wheel.
In one embodiment, the fourth toothed wheel and the sixth toothed wheel may be coupled by a pulley, to which the X-ray detector is attached.
In another embodiment, the pulley includes a seventh toothed wheel that is coupled to the fourth toothed wheel and to the sixth toothed wheel, such that teeth of the fourth toothed wheel and the sixth toothed wheel rest permanently on teeth of the seventh toothed wheel as a result of the pre-tensioned torsion spring. Using this arrangement of the toothed wheels, the first rotational speed sensor and the second rotational speed sensor are coupled directly and without play to the pulley to which the X-ray detector is attached. This provides that a violent jumping of a drive belt that connects a drive wheel to the pulley is detected by the first rotational speed sensor and the second rotational speed sensor. Thus, a rotational position may be adjusted in an advantageous manner. As a result, a deviation does not occur in the X-ray image.
In one embodiment, the first rotational speed sensor may be embodied as an absolute value sensor. An absolute value sensor is a device for measuring lengths or angles that is employed as a movement measuring device on machine tools and in measuring and testing devices in handling and automation technology.
Furthermore the second rotational speed sensor can be embodied as a potentiometer sensor. A potentiometer sensor is a known position sensor designed like a potentiometer and is employed to measure angles.
FIG. 1 shows a C-arm X-ray system with a rotatable X-ray detector;
FIG. 2 shows one embodiment of an arrangement of a first rotational speed sensor and a second rotational speed sensor that are coupled via a connection device; and
FIG. 3 shows one embodiment of an arrangement with a belt wheel driven by a rotation device.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 2 shows a basic diagram of one embodiment of an arrangement of a first rotational speed sensor and a second rotational speed sensor that are coupled via a connection device. A first toothed wheel 6 and a second toothed wheel 7 are arranged on a first shaft 8. The first toothed wheel 6 and the second toothed wheel 7 are coupled via a pre-tensioned torsion spring 9. A third toothed wheel 11 and a fourth toothed wheel 12 are arranged on a second shaft 10. A first rotational speed sensor 13 sits on the second shaft 10 and is rigidly connected to the second shaft 10. The third toothed wheel 11 is coupled to the first toothed wheel 6. A play-free connection between the third toothed wheel 11 and the first toothed wheel 6 is established. A fifth toothed wheel 15 and a sixth toothed wheel 16 are arranged on a third shaft 14. A second rotational speed sensor 17 sits on the third shaft 14 and is rigidly connected to the third shaft 14. The fifth toothed wheel 15 is coupled to the second toothed wheel 7. A play-free connection between the fifth toothed wheel 15 and the second toothed wheel 7 is established. An X-ray detector (not shown) is attached to a pulley (not shown). The pulley includes a seventh toothed wheel (not shown) that is coupled to the fourth toothed wheel 12 and the sixth toothed wheel 16, such that teeth of the fourth toothed wheel 12 and of the sixth toothed wheel 16 rest permanently against teeth of the seventh toothed wheel as a result of the pre-tensioned torsion spring 9. Line 18 indicates a height, at which the fourth toothed wheel 12, the sixth toothed wheel 16, and the seventh toothed wheel are coupled. Pre-tensioning of the torsion spring 9 may be that the first rotational speed sensor 13 and the second rotational speed sensor 17 have a constant opposing moment at the height indicated by the line 18. Using this arrangement of the toothed wheels, the first rotational speed sensor 13 and the second rotational speed sensor 17 are coupled directly and without play to the pulley, to which the X-ray detector is attached. This provides that a violent jumping of the drive belt that connects a drive wheel to the pulley is to be detected by the first rotational speed sensor 13 and the second rotational speed sensor 17. Thus, the rotational position may be adjusted.
FIG. 3 shows one embodiment of an arrangement with a pulley driven by a rotation device. A pulley 19, which has a direction of rotation 20 and to which an X-ray detector 4 is attached, is driven by a drive wheel 21 using a belt 22. The drive wheel 21 is driven by a motor not shown in FIG. 3. The pulley 19 includes a seventh toothed wheel 23. Teeth of the seventh toothed wheel 23 are arranged below a guide surface for the belt 22 on the outside of the pulley 19. The seventh toothed wheel 23 is coupled to a fourth toothed wheel 12 that is arranged around a second shaft 10, and to a sixth toothed wheel 16 that is arranged around a third shaft 14. A third toothed wheel 11, which is arranged around the second shaft 10, and the fifth toothed wheel 15, which is arranged around the third shaft 14, are coupled to a connecting device 24. The connecting device 24 includes a pre-tensioned torsion spring (not shown), a first toothed wheel (not shown), and a second toothed wheel (not shown). The third toothed wheel 11 is connected to the first toothed wheel (not shown), and the fifth toothed wheel 15 is connected to the second toothed wheel (not shown). A first rotational speed sensor (not shown in FIG. 3) sits on the second shaft 10, and a second rotational speed sensor (not shown) sits on the third shaft 14.
The seventh toothed wheel 23 is coupled to the fourth toothed wheel 12 and the sixth toothed wheel 16, such that teeth of the fourth toothed wheel 12 and of the sixth toothed wheel 16 rest permanently on teeth of the seventh toothed wheel 23 because of the pre-tensioned torsion spring not shown in FIG. 3. The pre-tensioning of the torsion spring provides that the first rotational speed sensor and the second rotational speed sensor have a constant opposing moment. Using this arrangement of the toothed wheels, the first rotational speed sensor and the second rotational speed sensor are coupled directly and without play to the pulley 19 to which the X-ray detector 4 is attached.
While the present invention has been described above by reference to various embodiments, it should be understood that many changes and modifications can be made to the described embodiments. It is therefore intended that the foregoing description be regarded as illustrative rather than limiting, and that it be understood that all equivalents and/or combinations of embodiments are intended to be included in this description.
1. An arrangement comprising:
an X-ray detector driven by a rotation device;
a first rotational speed sensor and a second rotational speed sensor that determine a rotation of the X-ray detector;
a pre-tensioned torsion spring; and
a connection device comprising a first toothed wheel and a second toothed wheel, the first toothed wheel and the second toothed wheel being coupled via the pre-tensioned torsion spring,
wherein the first rotational speed sensor and the second rotational speed sensor are coupled via the connection device to the pre-tensioned torsion spring,
wherein the first rotational speed sensor comprises a third toothed wheel and a fourth toothed wheel, and
wherein the third toothed wheel is coupled to the first toothed wheel.
2. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pre-tensioned torsion spring is pre-tensioned such that the first rotational speed sensor and the second rotational speed sensor have a constant opposing moment.
3. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second rotational speed sensor comprises a fifth toothed wheel and a sixth toothed wheel, and wherein the fifth toothed wheel is coupled to the second toothed wheel.
4. The arrangement as claimed in claim 3, wherein the fourth toothed wheel and the sixth toothed wheel are coupled to a pulley, to which the X-ray detector is attached.
5. The arrangement as claimed in claim 4, wherein the pulley comprises a seventh toothed wheel that is coupled to the fourth toothed wheel and the sixth toothed wheel such that teeth of the fourth toothed wheel and the sixth toothed wheel rest permanently against teeth of the seventh toothed wheel as a result of the pre-tensioned torsion spring.
6. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first rotational speed sensor comprises an absolute value sensor.
7. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second rotational speed sensor comprises a potentiometer sensor.
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Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (München)
Inventor: Stefan Groβ (Trabitz)
Primary Examiner: Jack Berman
Assistant Examiner: David E Smith
Current U.S. Class: With A Display (382/189); Color Correction (382/167); Template Matching (e.g., Specific Devices That Determine The Best Match) (382/209)
International Classification: A61B 6/00 (20060101); G01P 3/44 (20060101);


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Josh Turner's DEEP SOUTH Available Friday; Turner Performs on NBC's TODAY Show
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Turner Performs "Hometown Girl" on NBC's TODAY Show March 14
Josh Turner's highly-anticipated new album, Deep South, releases everywhere this Friday, March 10 on MCA Nashville. This is the multi-platinum-selling, award-winning country star's sixth studio album and the excitement is clear. "It feels like the first one every time," shares Turner. "This record comes out four years after I started the record-making process. I've learned a lot and grown a lot as a writer and as an artist. It's been cool to see this culmination of life and lessons and age boiled down into this Deep South project. It shows my heart and what I'm about."
Turner takes his rich baritone to NBC's TODAY Show March 14 to perform his Top 15 hit "Hometown Girl." The catchy tune is moving critics and fans alike with over 100k in digital sales and topping an impressive 60 million streams across all platforms. Before heading to New York, Turner takes to the road for Deep South album release events across the southeast beginning in Key Largo, Fla. March 9; Orlando, Lakeland and Ocala, Fla. March 10; Atlanta, Ga. March 11 and Birmingham, Ala. March 12.
Deep South Track Listing:
1. Deep South
2. All About You
3. Hometown Girl
4. Beach Bums
5. Southern Drawl
6. Where The Girls Are
7. Never Had A Reason
8. Wonder
9. One Like Mine
10. Lay Low
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The Hawaiian Islands provide unique access to the North Pacific Ocean and blue-water oceanography has been a mainstay of my scientific research. The scientific focus for most of the fieldwork is spatial and temporal variability associated with microbial-mediated biogeochemical cycling with timescales extending from hours to days, days to weeks, and seasons to years. The fieldwork has included the monthly Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) cruises, individual research expeditions, and opportunistic rapid response excursions. Below, I provide highlights of fieldwork conducted in the North Pacific Ocean that I have participated in and occasionally been the chief scientist. Selected publications resulting from these expeditions are mentioned and full citations for the references can be found on the Publications page.
July 2018 The large 2018 volcanic eruption on the Big Island was proceeded by 2 months of lava entering the North Pacific Ocean. An expedition was conducted to examine the effects of the lava entry on phytoplankton abundance and water-column biogeochemistry in the oligotrophic ecosystem. Our sampling took us within 0.5 miles of the lava entry point where seawater was collected for a wide range of chemical and biological analyses. The findings were published in Science one year after the ship returned to port.
March-April 2018 This SCOPE field expedition deployed novel Long Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (LRAUVs) in conjunction with WaveGliders, SeaGliders, and a suite of profiling equipment and static sensors to determine the effect of mesoscale eddies on upper ocean hydrography, biogeochemistry, and microbial processes. The one month expedition on the R/V Falkor was divided into two legs to accommodate an engineering test phase followed by a comprehensive scientific expedition.
March-April 2018 movie summary This video of the 2018 R/V Falkor expedition was produced by the onboard science communication specialist, Thom Hoffman. It summarizes the technology used during the expedition and describes the scientific research conducted on marine microorganisms and biogeochemical cycling in the open ocean habitat.
March 2016 The second major CMORE/SCOPE field campaign used SVP drifters to track the circulation of an anticyclonic eddy located immediately to the north of the Hawaii Islands. Seagliders were used to survey across the eddy field and shipboard measurements of water-column biogeochemistry, productivity and export were conducted. This expedition heavily featured in situ incubations for many important rate processes (grazing, productivity, nitrogen fixation) whereby the incubation bottles are suspended on free-drifting arrays.
July-August 2015 The CMORE/SCOPE field campaign focused on diel studies of microbial metabolism using Lagrangian-based observations facilitated with the deployment of SVP drifters close to the center of an anticyclonic modewater eddy. Due to the number of scientists involved, the fieldwork was conducted using two University of Hawaii research vessels simultaneously. Diel cycles of microbial metabolism were analyzed over a ten day period, with a break in the middle to provide contextual biogeochemical measurements.
March 2014 Building off the day-to-day variability investigations in the summer of 2012, this CMORE cruise increased the frequency of sampling to every 4 h (referred to as 'diel sampling') to inform on day-night changes in microbial metabolism (Ferron et al. 2015). The diel sampling was influenced by the passage of a storm with 40 knot winds passing through the Station ALOHA region which deepened the mixed layer to depths of 110 m, not quite enough to reach the deep chlorophyll maximum or impact the nutricline.
July-September 2012 A combination of CMORE and HOT cruises provided near-continual sampling at Station ALOHA during July-September 2012. The 2.5 months of high resolution sampiling revealed the day-to-day variability associated with upper water column productivity and biogeochemistry to compliment the HOT programs long-term observations. The summer 2012 was associated with overall low productivity with a period of net heterotrophic conditions and the advection of a low salinity feature through the ALOHA region associated with low phytoplankton biomass (Wilson et al. 2015).
September 2011 The CMORE BioLINCS expedition used in situ sampling devices to explore different aspects of the nitrogen cycle in oligotrophic North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Equipment deployed during the expedition included sediment trap arrays to measure nitrogen export and transformations (Wilson et al. 2014); Sample Incubation Device for in situ rate measurements of nitrogen fixation (Bombar et al. 2015); and the Environmental Sample Processor for diazotroph diversity and abundances (Robidart et al. 2014).
March 2011 This was the second of two cruises led by Matt Church at the University of Hawaii. During this expedition, a new method at-sea indirect measurements of nitrogen fixation (Wilson et al., 2012). This highly sensitive method was facilitated by a reduced gas analyzer (PP1, Peak Labs) which is 1-2 orders of magnitude more sensitive than the standard GC-FID used to quantify the ethylene produced during the acetylene reduction assay.
May 2010 In 2010, I co-led a research expedition to Station ALOHA which included five teachers participating in the Science Teachers Aboard Research Ships (STARS) program. Taking the teachers to sea to conduct hands-on sampling, processing seawater samples in the lab, and interpret hydrocast data helps to incorporate oceanography into their classrooms. The science research onboard the ship included sampling the mesopelagic for zooplankton and nutrient amendment experiments involving dissolved organic matter additions.
August 2008 This CMORE cruise conducted a transect across two eddy fields while conducting water-column hydrographic and biogeochemical measurements to determine the effect of eddy-eddy activity in the oligotrophic gyre. A suite of on deck incubations were conducted to accompany the water-column observations including nutrient amended microcosms to identify the microbial taxa and metabolic functions associated with methylphosphonate-driven methane production (Martinez et al., 2013).
June 2008 The Ocean Productivity Perturbation EXperiment was a field experiment in the North Pacific Ocean. Commercially available Atmocean Wave Driven Ocean Upwelling Pumps were tested as a potential delivery mechanism of deep nutrient rich water into the photic zone to stimulate phytoplankton productivity. The field operations were filmed by the TV production company Impossible Pictures for a series shown on the Discovery Channel.
1988-present The Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) program conducts near-monthly hydrographic and biogeochemical observations at Station ALOHA. Alongside these long-term time-series observations, trace gas measurements of methane, nitrous oxide, dimethylsulfide, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen have been conducted. Currently, discrete samples are collected on every cruise for methane and nitrous oxide in the upper water-column and analyzed back on land to provide a long-term data record of these important greenhouse gases.


The Geuvadis project aims to bring together the knowledge and resources on medical genome sequencing at a European level and allow researchers to develop and test new hypotheses on the genetic basis of disease; to develop standards in sequencing data processing, storage, submission etc. The analysis of samples from the medical field, using RNA and DNA sequencing will allow the project to set up standards in operating procedures and biological/medical interpretation of sequence data in relation to clinical phenotypes.
In the RNA-sequencing work package of the Geuvadis project (Lappalainen et al. Nature 2013), have combined transcriptome and genome sequencing data by performing mRNA and small RNA sequencing on 465 lymphoblastoid cell line (LCL) samples from 5 populations of the 1000 Genomes Project: the CEPH (CEU), Finns (FIN), British (GBR), Toscani (TSI) and Yoruba (YRI). Of these samples, 423 were part of the 1000 Genomes Phase 1 dataset (Abecasis et al. Nature 2012) with low-coverage whole genome and high-coverage exome sequencing data, and the remaining 42 are part of the later phases of 1000 Genomes with Omni 2.5M SNP array data available at the time of this study; these genotypes were imputed from the array data using Phase 1 as the reference.
The main paper presenting the data set and summarizing the key findings, with a focus on transcriptome variantion and its genetic component has been published in Nature in September 2013 by Lappalainen et al.: Transcriptome and genome sequencing uncovers functional variation in humans. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature12531 (in press) with a companion paper on reproducibility and technical variation in RNA-seq published at the same time in Nature Biotechnology by 't Hoen et al..: Reproducibility of high-throughput mRNA and small RNA sequencing across laboratories, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2702 (in press). Additionally, there will be future companion papers on splicing variation (Ferreira et al. submitted) and loss-of-function variation (Rivas et al. in preparation), as well as on other aspects of the data.
The Geuvadis RNA-sequencing data are freely and openly available. The main portal for accessing the data is EBI ArrayExpress (accessions E-GEUV-1, E-GEUV-2, E-GEUV-3). For visualisation of the results we created the Geuvadis Data Browser (www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/geuvadis-das) where quantifications and QTLs can be viewed, searched, and downloaded.


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The design of an intelligent real-time autonomous vehicle, TAIWAN iTS-1
Bing-Fei Wu*, Chao Jung Chen, Hsin Han Chiang, Hsin Yuan Peng, Jau Woei Perng, Li Shian Ma, Tsu Tian Lee
Developed at National Chiao Tung University, TAIWAN iTS-1 is the first smart car with active safety systems and comfortable autonomous driving in Taiwan. An adaptive vision-based lane detection algorithm was proposed to help the lateral control unit to keep the car in its lane safely. It also carries a DSP system to generate warning signals for unintentional roadway departures. A laser radar measures the distance between the preceding car and TAIWAN iTS-1. With this information, the longitudinal control unit performs intelligent cruise control and stop-and-go functions. The remote control function is realized on TAIWAN iTS-1 for safety testing and military applications. Unlike most smart car studies, this paper considers not only driving safety demands but also non-driving security. An active mobile surveillance system will inform the car owner when the car is illegally broken into, anytime and anywhere. For drivers and passengers, the perception of comfort is achieved by intelligent vehicle dynamic control. All functions integrated into TAIWAN iTS-1 have been tested repeatedly on National Highway 3 and Expressway 68 in the Hsinchu area and the system's robustness has been successfully demonstrated in these real-road experiments.
Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Transactions of the Chinese Institute of Engineers,Series A/Chung-kuo Kung Ch'eng Hsuch K'an
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Wu, B-F., Chen, C. J., Chiang, H. H., Peng, H. Y., Perng, J. W., Ma, L. S., & Lee, T. T. (2007). The design of an intelligent real-time autonomous vehicle, TAIWAN iTS-1. Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Transactions of the Chinese Institute of Engineers,Series A/Chung-kuo Kung Ch'eng Hsuch K'an, 30(5), 829-842. https://doi.org/10.1080/02533839.2007.9671309
Wu, Bing-Fei ; Chen, Chao Jung ; Chiang, Hsin Han ; Peng, Hsin Yuan ; Perng, Jau Woei ; Ma, Li Shian ; Lee, Tsu Tian. / The design of an intelligent real-time autonomous vehicle, TAIWAN iTS-1. In: Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Transactions of the Chinese Institute of Engineers,Series A/Chung-kuo Kung Ch'eng Hsuch K'an. 2007 ; Vol. 30, No. 5. pp. 829-842.
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La Décennie des Nations unies pour la restauration des écosystèmes 2021-2030 est une initiative de l'Organisation des Nations Unis destinée à intensifier drastiquement à l'échelle mondiale la restauration d'écosystèmes dégradés ou détruits, de façon à lutter contre le changement climatique, à renforcer la biodiversité, la sécurité alimentaire et l'accès à l'eau potable.

Motifs
La Décennie des Nations unies pour la restauration des écosystèmes 2021-2030 est axée sur l'équilibre entre les priorités écologiques, sociales et de développement dans les paysages où différentes formes d'utilisation des terres interagissent, dans le but de favoriser la résilience à long terme.

Un écosystème comprend tous les organismes vivants ainsi que leur interaction les uns avec les autres et avec leur environnement physique (tel que la terre, le sol, le climat, l'atmosphère, les saisons …). Chaque organisme joue un rôle clé et contribue à la santé et à la productivité de l'écosystème dans sa globalité. Les écosystèmes sont interdépendants, et des écosystèmes détériorés ou déséquilibrés peuvent avoir des conséquences dévastatrices. La biodiversité est à la base de tous les services écosystémiques, c'est-à-dire des bénéfices que les gens tirent des écosystèmes et qui sont indispensables à la santé, à la survie et au bien-être. Cela comprend les services d'approvisionnement (la nourriture, l'eau douce, le bois, les fibres, les ressources génétiques et le carburant), les services de régulation (comme le climat, la régulation alimentaire, la qualité de l'eau et de l'air et la protection contre les inondations et les maladies) et les services culturels (esthétiques, spirituels, éducatifs et de loisir…).

Les activités humaines réduisent considérablement la capacité des écosystèmes à dispenser leurs biens et services. Changement climatique, déforestation, désertification et dégradation des terres, diminution de l'eau douce, surexploitation, pollution et diminution de l'ozone stratosphérique sont parmi les nombreux facteurs conduisant à une perte de biodiversité et au déclin du fonctionnement écosystémique. De plus, la dégradation des écosystèmes terrestres et aquatiques alimente la menace d'une extinction massive des espèces, impact négativement le bien-être d'au moins  d'êtres humains et coûte environ 10 % du produit intérieur brut mondial annuel (près de 6.3 billions de dollars américains) en perte d'espèces et de services écosystémiques. S'ajoute à cela une importante diminution de la résilience des terres agricoles et des écosystèmes face au changement climatique, ce qui accroît le risque d'effondrements catastrophiques dû à la hausse des températures et à l'évolution de la pluviométrie. Si nous n'arrivons pas à apporter des solutions à ces problèmes, les bénéfices que les générations futures pourront tirer des écosystèmes seront considérablement réduits.

La restauration des écosystèmes vise à réparer les dommages causés par l'homme aux écosystèmes et à la biodiversité. Elle aide au rétablissement des écosystèmes dégradés, détériorés ou détruits, afin de regagner leur fonctionnement écologique et ainsi procurer des biens et services de qualité. La restauration des écosystèmes peut générer des bénéfices tangibles qui amélioreront la sécurité alimentaire et hydrique, contribueront à l'atténuation et à l'adaptation au changement climatique, et aideront à la gestion des risques de conflit et de migration qui y sont associés. La restauration de 350 millions d'hectares d'écosystèmes terrestres et aquatiques d'ici 2030 pourrait générer 9 milliards $ en services écosystémiques et supprimer de l'atmosphère 13 à 26 gigatonnes de gaz à effet de serre. De manière générale, les bénéfices générés par les écosystèmes sont décuplés par rapport au coût d'investissement initial, tandis que le coût de l'inaction est au moins trois fois supérieur à celui de la restauration.

Historique
Lors de la réunion de haut niveau du Bonn Challenge (Défi de Bonn) 3.0 en mars 2018, le Salvador a annoncé son intention de proposer une Décennie des Nations unies pour la restauration des écosystèmes (2021-2030), visant à stimuler les efforts existants pour restaurer les écosystèmes dégradés, détériorés ou détruits. Le leadership du Salvador en matière de restauration des écosystèmes est né de son soutien au Défi de Bonn, qui vise à restaurer 350 millions d'hectares d'écosystèmes dégradés dans le monde d'ici 2030, et de l'adoption de la Déclaration de New York sur les Forêts, le Salvador, l'un des six pays pilotes du Défi, a promis de restaurer 1 million d'hectares, soit l'équivalent de la moitié de son territoire national.

Suivant immédiatement la proposition faite devant l'Assemblée générale des Nations-Unies par la ministre de l'Environnement et des ressources naturelles du Salvador, Lina Pohl, 71 pays ont soutenu la proposition et réagi en faveur d'un accroissement des efforts pour restaurer les écosystèmes dégradés.  Le 1 mars 2019, la Décennie des Nations-Unies pour la restauration des écosystèmes (2021-2030) a été officiellement adoptée.

Le Salvador a affirmé son leadership en matière de restauration des écosystèmes par son engagement au Défi de Bonn, qui vise à restaurer 350 millions d'hectares de terres à l'échelle mondiale d'ici 2030 (ce qui correspond presque à la surface de l'Inde), et par son adhésion à la Déclaration de New York sur les  Il a été un des six pays pilotes à prendre en charge le Défi de Bonn et s'est engagé à restaurer 1 million d'hectares de terres,

Selon la ministre Lina Pohl, "La restauration des écosystèmes promue dans le cadre de cette Décennie des Nations Unies adopte une approche multifonctionnelle du milieu naturel, en examinant la mosaïque des utilisations interdépendantes des terres dans lesquelles les priorités écologiques, économiques, sociales et de développement peuvent trouver convergence, équilibre et complémentarité".

Opportunité et objectifs
Près de 2 milliards d'hectares de terres dégradées à travers le monde, une étendue plus vaste que l'Amérique du Sud, sont potentiellement restaurables. La plupart de ce potentiel implique une « restauration mosaïque » où les forêts sont combinées aux aires protégées, à l'agriculture, aux plans d'eau et aux établissements humains sur l'ensemble du milieu concerné.

Il faut des engagements forts et de des efforts considérables de la part des pays, de la communauté internationale, du secteur privé et de tous autre acteur pour mener à bien une restauration écosystémique évolutive. Cela implique la restauration d'au moins 350 millions d'hectares d'écosystèmes d'ici 2030, ce qui permettra d'économiser jusqu'à 9 milliards $ de bénéfices nets et de réduire le taux de pauvreté de nombreuses communautés rurales. La Décennie des Nations unies vise à promouvoir une approche concertée et holistique axée sur les écosystèmes à l'interdépendance des écosystèmes, des besoins humains et de la biodiversité, afin d'accélérer les progrès nécessaires pour maintenir et restaurer les écosystèmes.

La décennie des Nations unies a été établie pour :

Construire une vision commune, en donnant la priorité à la restauration des écosystèmes au niveau mondial, régional, national et local afin accélérer l'inversion de la dégradation des écosystèmes.
Intégrer la restauration des écosystèmes dans les politiques et la planification afin de relever les défis actuels du développement dus à la dégradation des terres, à la perte de biodiversité et à la vulnérabilité au changement climatique, créant ainsi des opportunités pour les écosystèmes d'accroître leur capacité d'adaptation, de maintenir les moyens d'existence et d'assurer la stabilité des activités économiques établies en leur sein.
Favoriser une approche holistique pour atteindre les engagements internationaux et les priorités nationales par la restauration des écosystèmes et de leurs milieux.
Renforcer la coopération et la mobilisation des ressources afin d'accroître les flux de ressources financières, de technologies, de connaissances et de renforcement des capacités vers les pays et les juridictions qui s'efforcent d'atteindre les objectifs nationaux, les ODD ainsi que les engagements internationaux, y compris les objectifs du développement durable, par la restauration des écosystèmes.
Encourager un engagement concerté entre les sources de financement, les gouvernements, la société civile, les secteurs de production et le secteur privé pour remédier aux goulots d'étranglement qui empêchent de développer des systèmes productifs efficients en ressources tout en restaurant des écosystèmes dégradés.
Encourager l'émergence d'un nombre accru de partenariats et d'investissements en faveur des petits exploitants qui génèrent le plus de valeur des produits de l'utilisation des terres et qui peuvent apporter une contribution considérable à la restauration des écosystèmes dans le contexte d'une économie résiliente.
Promouvoir la coopération entre les bailleurs de fonds, les gouvernements, la société civile et le secteur privé afin d'aider à surmonter les obstacles à l'amélioration des systèmes productifs économes en ressources, en association avec la restauration des écosystèmes.
Sensibiliser le public à l'importance de disposer d'écosystèmes fonctionnels pour le bien-être humain et les activités productives, permettant d'atteindre un degré élevé de compréhension à tous les niveaux, des relations, des dynamiques et de l'impact du fonctionnement des écosystèmes sur le développement local et la durabilité économique de la société dans son ensemble.

Autres cibles onusiennes et internationales
La restauration des écosystèmes est reconnue comme étant un élément clé pour la réalisation des objectifs fixés dans le cadre des conventions et accords internationaux existants. Sont inclus les Objectifs de Développement Durable (ODD), l'Agenda 2030 pour le Développement Durable, le Plan Stratégique pour la Biodiversité 2020 et ses cibles Biodiversité d'Aichi, la Convention Cadre des Nations-Unies sur le Climat et le Changement Climatique et l'Accord de Paris sur le climat, la Convention des Nations-Unies sur la Lutte contre la Désertification et les Cibles de neutralité en matière de dégradation des terres, la Convention Ramsar, et le Plan Stratégique des Nations-Unies sur les Forêts 2017-2030.

Pendant le Forum Politique de Haut Niveau sur les ODD en juillet 2018, des engagements ont été pris pour parvenir à une gestion durable de tous les types de forêts, mettre fin à la déforestation, restaurer les forêts dégradées et augmenter sensiblement le boisement et la reforestation à l'échelle mondiale d'ici 2020. Ces activités ont aussi été conçues pour apporter leur contribution au Défi de Bonn. En général, la restauration des écosystèmes contribuera aux ODD et à l'Agenda 2030, en particulier à l'Objectif 15 (Vie terrestre) et participera de façon significative à la réalisation de l'Objectif 2 (Faim zéro), de l'Objectif 6 (Eau propre et assainissement), de l'objectif 7 (Une énergie propre et abordable), de l'Objectif 12 (Consommation et production responsables), l'Objectif 13 (Action climatique), et de l'Objectif 14 (Vie aquatique).

La Décennie repose sur les efforts régionaux de restauration tels que l'Initiative 20X20 en Amérique Latine qui vise à restaurer 20 millions d'hectares de terres dégradées d'ici 2020, et l'Initiative pour la restauration des paysages forestiers africains AFR100  qui vise à restaurer 100 million d'hectares de terres dégradées d'ici 2030. Ces initiatives vont dans le même sens que le Défi de Bonn.

Résolutions
Les résolutions relatives à la restauration des écosystèmes adoptées lors des précédentes Assemblées des Nations unies pour l'Environnement (UNEA) du Programme des Nations unies pour l'Environnement (PNUE) incluent :

 UNEP/EA.1/08 Adaptation basée sur l'écosystème,

 UNEP/EA.2/L.24 Lutte contre la désertification, la dégradation des terres et la sécheresse et promotion d'un pastoralisme et de pâturages durables,

 UNEP/EA.3/L.10 Lutter contre la pollution de l'eau pour protéger et restaurer les écosystèmes liés à l'eau.

Les résolutions suivantes adoptées lors de la quatrième UNEA, du 11 au 15 mars 2019, soulignent l'importance de la restauration des écosystèmes :

 UNEP/EA.4/L.11 Innovations sur la biodiversité et la dégradation des terres

 UNEP/EA.4/L.19 Conservation et gestion durable des tourbières,

 UNEP/EA.4/L.14 Gestion durable des récifs coralliens,

 UNEP/EA.4/L.13 Gestion durable pour la santé des mangroves à l'échelle mondiale.

Organes clés et partenaires
L'ONU-Environnement et l'Organisation des Nations-Unies pour l'Alimentation et l'Agriculture (FAO) dirigeront la mise en œuvre de la décennie de l'ONU ; les autres organes et forums impliqués sont le Centre International de recherche forestière (CIFOR), l'Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature (UICN) et le Forum Mondial sur les Paysages (GLF). Ils établiront des partenariats avec d'autres agences, organes et secrétariats de conventions de l'ONU ainsi qu'avec des organisations internationales et autochtones pour soutenir la décennie des Nations-Unies pour la restauration des écosystèmes.

Notes et références

Liens externes
•  Restoring Forests and Landscapes: The Key to a Sustainable Future Version anglaise PDF

• L'avenir de l'environnement mondial GEO 6

Organisation des Nations unies

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SW-MOTECH starts its Spanish branch in Madrid
By 01.11.2019 SW-MOTECH COMERCIAL IBERICA SL will start its business activities as the official representation of SW-MOTECH GmbH & Co. KG. in Spain.
From November 2019, the Spanish sales office based in Toledo near Madrid will provide intensive support for Spanish customers.
SW-MOTECH Spain will be headed by David Prieto, who has already been successfully active for many years with his company 2TMoto as the exclusive distributor of SW-MOTECH. In future, goods will be delivered directly to Spanish customers via the company's headquarters in Germany.
The SW-MOTECH Spain team currently consists of David Prieto and his colleague Carlos Llabres, who is responsible for contacts with Spanish dealers. Both are enthusiastic motorcyclists themselves, they have been active in the industry for many years and have numerous good contacts in the industry.
"We are delighted that SW-MOTECH Spain will enable us to serve the Spanish market even more effectively in future and wish our colleagues in Spain all the best for the start. With David Prieto and his team, we have a partner with whom we have a long-term and trusting partnership," emphasised Managing Director Jürgen Swora at the signing of the contract at the company's headquarters in Germany.


Scary, huh? Just think, though: if a fetus can absorb that many toxins in 9 months, then how much are we each picking up in a year, a decade, a lifetime?
As an ever increasing amount of research accumulates that exposure to toxins can negatively impact our bodies in a variety of ways, our bodies are hungry for us to make cleaner, greener, more informed food and lifestyle choices. If you are overweight, underweight, chronically or mentally ill, then your body truly is screaming out for help in reducing its toxic load.
For the rest of us – and our children: we may not be sick yet, but that's all the more reason to take a proactive approach, and clean things up before your body's barrel of toxins overflows. It's so much easier to prevent disease and/or obesity than it is to cure it.
In part 2, we talked about one major piece of the toxin puzzle: maximizing micronutrients to offset the chemicals. Taking in more fruits and vegetables is a large part of that puzzle, and most of us are not consuming enough.
Today, we are going to focus on the chemicals in our personal care products. If you go into your local drug store, or even a department store, the shelves are lined with chemical based products. Even well known, popular brands contain synthetic materials. Do yourself a favor and check out the ingredients in the products you have at home, and the ones at such stores.
My local drug store has a couple of small shelves dedicated to "natural" personal care products! It's a tiny percentage of the space in the store. Shouldn't truly natural products be the rule, rather than the exception? That's why I rarely purchase anything at a drug store or supermarket. In both cases, toxins line the shelves.
By now you're probably thinking: why am I reading this? I don't want to know this! I like my favorite….
Do your personal care products contain any of Dr. Frank Lipman's 14 Harmful Chemicals to Avoid?
Phthalates and Parabens, both of which have been banned in the European Union since 2003?
If so, you are in desperate need of a personal care makeover!
The thing is, once you toss those toxins, it's not always easy to replace them. You know how the word "natural" doesn't mean much when it comes to food? Well, it doesn't mean much when it comes to beauty products, either. Even worse, some cosmetics companies label themselves natural and "non-toxic," when they still contain potentially harmful ingredients.
So, what's a concerned consumer to do? Well, you can start by reading the labels and swapping out products that contain ingredients on the above list (or better yet, anything you don't recognize), one at a time. To make your life a heck of a lot easier, you can go to EWG's Skin Deep Cosmetics Database, and check out the safety of each product and brand. Eventually, you've found all of your favorites and your work is done.
OR, you can seek out a small, family owned company that offers a variety of products, and uses the purest of ingredients, USDA organic, whenever possible. I've finally found that at Poofy Organics! This small, New Jersey based company was founded after a family member was diagnosed with breast cancer. Its mission is "to find the safest and most effective ingredients for our products." Many of Poofy's products have been rated on the EWG Skin Deep Site.
Imagine that: freshly made products that often come with an expiration date! Now that's quality and integrity.
Poofy nail polishes come in a wide variety of colors, and make great stocking stuffers. They are great for little girls and pregnant moms, as they are toxin free, as all Poofy products are. The polish remover works great too!
Max Deo Peppymint Tea Deodorant – the first natural deodorant that has really worked for me! Poofy also has one for sensitive skin, if baking soda irritates you. Deodorant is one of the first products women should swap out if they are concerned about breast cancer.
Clean Clappers hand sanitizer comes in a pack of 3, and fits nicely in your pocket book. Convenient, and I love that essential oils do the "dirty" work (ha,ha).
Flawless Face Daily Moisturizer is light and not greasy. I love it, and it's available with SPF as well, if you wish.
Argan Essentials Eye Makeup Remover works beautifully as well! Also available are raw argan oil and argan eye serum, both of which fight wrinkles naturally. Both are on my list to try next, but I've heard great things.
Poofy Lip Balms and Young, Wild, and Free Lotions and Lip Balms make great stocking stuffers.
Vesta Spirited Mint All Purpose Cleaner, Organic Yes, they have toxin free cleaning products too! I love this one. I use it on everything.
The bottom line is that I really wish the world weren't full of chemicals, but if each of us plays our part, and we support companies that go to great lengths not to harm our people or our planet, then we can do a lot of good in reversing that trend. Your choice is your voice, and a ripple effect that trickles UP to corporate America.
Just as your body sends you subtle messages that you need more of some things and less of others, you can use your consumer power to send Corporate America the message that you will not support their environmentally harmful practices. Every dollar counts.
Please join me in supporting a cleaner, greener body, home, and planet! Your body will thank you for using cleaner personal care products. It feels really good to do something to save not only your own body, but the planet as well. You may not be able to eliminate toxins completely, but you can certainly reduce your exposure significantly. Every small step you take counts.
Have a safe, healthy, and happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for reading my blog.


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Jean Slater to tackle ovarian cancer in new EastEnders storyline
Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in an upcoming EastEnders storyline later this year.
The hard-hitting storyline will follow Jean as she comes to terms with her diagnosis. EastEnders have been working closely with Macmillan Cancer Support on the storyline.
On taking on the storyline, Gillian Wright says: "It's an honour and a huge responsibility to be taking on such an enormous issue, affecting so many women and their families. I'm aware of the impact such stories can have. It's important we treat the issue of cancer diagnosis and treatment with huge sensitivity, dignity and respect. I hope the storyline helps awareness of the disease and is supportive to those that are affected."
Georgina Wiley, Treatment and Recovery Advisor at Macmillan Cancer Support, says: "Being diagnosed with cancer can turn someone's whole world upside down and stories like Jean's can genuinely save and improve lives. It's been a privilege to work with EastEnders to ensure the plot and the language used in the scripts are a true reflection of the impact that cancer can have.
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Q: Is including the main effect of the covariate enough? Is simply including a covariate in a model (ANCOVA) enough for variance in the DV due to it to be factored away? Or do the higher order interactions of the covariate with the other factors of the model have to be modelled as well?
In some software (e.g. Statistica), you have to specifically ask what factorial effects you want to have tested, and it seems to make a huge difference in the results whether you just ask for the main effect of the covariate or also ask for its crossings with all other categorical IVs.
I suppose it's up to the researcher/situation if you would then decompose any of those computed interactions (it would presumably depend on whether you consider the covariate to be 'of interest' or not), but the question is, which specific interactions do you "ask for" in the first place? Is there a trade-off between how informative an effect would be if included in the model VS the cost it would then have on inference power?
Also, does the covariate (continuous) factor have the same 'status' among the other (categorical) factors, i.e. is it somehow less important to include covariate-related interactions than it is to include categorical-factor-related interactions? Or does the selection of the requested interactions simply depend on hypotheses rather than being a simple answer such as "all possible interactions should be requested"?
Thanks a lot for any help!

A: It's an assumption made in regression that there are no interactions between covariates and predictors, so you should test for them, and if they are statistically significant (or if they actually make a difference) you should interpret those interactions.
It's a bit of a tricky issue because, as you say, there's a tradeoff. If you have two covariates, you have an interaction of covariates as well. And you should include things like quadratic effects of covariates, and quadratic interactions, and so on. Heteroscedasticity can also be a sign that you have omitted covariate interactions (perhaps covariates that you didn't even measure). Once you have a lot of covariates, you're then at risk of overfitting by including things like interaction effects. If I'm worried about this, I like to use something like boosted regression.

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JV Gets $155M CMBS Refi on Silicon Valley Office Leased to Roku
By Mack Burke August 21, 2020 12:57 pm
San Jose, Calif., where one or more of the senior living properties in this Welltower transaction are reportedly located. Image: Getty Images
A development partnership between San Francisco-based investment firm Sansome Partners and an affiliate of Hunter Properties nabbed $155 million in commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) debt to refinance a section of a sizable new suburban office complex in San Jose, Calif. that's fully leased to media and streaming company Roku, according to Fitch Ratings.
The financing — originated by Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank — refinanced $140.5 million of existing debt, funded $7.7 million of reserves upfront, provided about $2.3 million of cash equity to the sponsor and paid $4.5 million worth of closing costs, per Fitch's analysis. The deal closed on Aug. 7.
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The 10-year, interest only loan pays interest at a rate of 2.8 percent and is part of the $630.8 million DBJPM 2020-C9 CMBS transaction, in which a $30 million note is included — the remaining $125 million will be securitized in future deals.
Designed by Gensler, the property is called Coleman Highline, a massive mixed-use Silicon Valley office development that will eventually comprise around 1.75 million square feet of office, residential and hospitality space. The collateral in this CMBS deal spans 381,000 square feet across two office buildings that make up a portion of the overall development as well as a third 22,889-square-foot amenity building that accompanies them; it includes a gym and a 1,182-space parking garage. Fitch's "as-is" appraised value of the assets in this deal was pegged at $301.1 million, while its stabilized value was set at $305.2 million. Roku has leased all of Coleman Highline "Phase I," which has two other office buildings that are not included as collateral in this transaction; altogether, it'll span more than 738,000 square feet of space, according to Fitch.
The property was completed in 2018, according to Ftch, and is fully leased to Roku, which will utilize it as its U.S. headquarters once social distancing and mitigation mandates eventually soften in the area. The development is located at 1155 Coleman Avenue in San Jose, directly next door to Avaya Stadium, the home of Major League Soccer's San Jose Earthquakes. Roku is relocating from its former home in Los Gatos, which is an area about 10 miles south of downtown San Jose. The JV wrapped construction of the collateral in this deal at a cost of around $250 million, according to Fitch, which, with this CMBS loan, points to around $95 million in equity that still exists.
Nearly a month before this financing closed, it was reported that the JV had put the Roku-leased assets on the market for sale, according to a report in the San Jose Business Journal. Last summer, the joint venture also inked Verizon to 640,000 square feet at other office developments within the complex, with plans to partner with the telecommunications giant to build out its space, which will eventually house 3,400 employees.
Fitch highlighted Roku's scheduled investment in the property as one of the strengths of this deal as the media company has leased the property through September 2030 — with annual rent increases set at 3 percent; Roku is planning to inject about $43 million, or $120 per square foot, of its own capital into its space as well as $29 million in tenant improvement allowances, per Fitch. The lease has one seven-year extension option and no termination or contraction options. The ratings agency also noted that the pandemic has benefited Roku given that demand for online streaming services has skyrocketed as a result of more people being confined at home.
Before COVID-19 set in in March, Roku had begun moving into one of the buildings in this deal, with a plan to have its employees in both by the end of this year. Now, the media company is aiming at moving its employees back into one non-collateral office building as well as finish its build out of the aforementioned asset to be occupied by this fall. Despite any challenges, Roku has not requested any lease modifications, according to Fitch.
The larger Coleman Highline development will eventually feature 1.75 million square feet spread across seven office buildings and multiple amenity buildings. The collateral in this deal is officially "Phase II" of the development. The development's third phase — fully leased to Verizon — is slated to wrap by 2021. There will also be a 175-key hotel that is scheduled for delivery next year as well as 1,600 residential units, which still happen to be in the early stages of planning.
Keywords: Avaya Stadium, CMBS, Coleman Highline, Deutsche Bank, Fitch Ratings, Gensler, German American Capital Corporation, Goldman Sachs, Hunter Properties, Major League Soccer, Roku, Sansome Partners, Verizon, Verizon Communications
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module AttentiveSidekiq
  class UpdaterObserver
    def update time, result, ex
      if result
        AttentiveSidekiq.logger.info("#{time} [AttentiveSidekiq] Finished updating with result #{result}")
      elsif ex.is_a?(Concurrent::TimeoutError)
        AttentiveSidekiq.logger.error("#{time} [AttentiveSidekiq] Execution timed out")
      else
        AttentiveSidekiq.logger.error("#{time } [AttentiveSidekiq] Execution failed with error #{ex}\n")
      end
    end
  end
end

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class UpdateManifest {
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  // An update manifest looks like this:
  //
  // <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
  // <gupdate xmlns='http://www.google.com/update2/response' protocol='2.0'>
  //  <daystart elapsed_seconds='300' />
  //  <app appid='12345'>
  //   <updatecheck codebase='http://example.com/extension_1.2.3.4.crx'
  //                version='1.2.3.4' prodversionmin='2.0.143.0'
  //                hash="12345"/>
  //  </app>
  // </gupdate>
  //
  // The <daystart> tag contains a "elapsed_seconds" attribute which refers to
  // the server's notion of how many seconds it has been since midnight.
  //
  // The "appid" attribute of the <app> tag refers to the unique id of the
  // extension. The "codebase" attribute of the <updatecheck> tag is the url to
  // fetch the updated crx file, and the "prodversionmin" attribute refers to
  // the minimum version of the chrome browser that the update applies to.

  // The result of parsing one <app> tag in an xml update check manifest.
  struct Result {
    Result();
    ~Result();

    std::string extension_id;
    std::string version;
    std::string browser_min_version;
    std::string package_hash;
    GURL crx_url;
  };

  static const int kNoDaystart = -1;
  struct Results {
    Results();
    ~Results();

    std::vector<Result> list;
    // This will be >= 0, or kNoDaystart if the <daystart> tag was not present.
    int daystart_elapsed_seconds;
  };

  UpdateManifest();
  ~UpdateManifest();

  // Parses an update manifest xml string into Result data. Returns a bool
  // indicating success or failure. On success, the results are available by
  // calling results(). The details for any failures are available by calling
  // errors().
  bool Parse(const std::string& manifest_xml);

  const Results& results() { return results_; }
  const std::string& errors() { return errors_; }

 private:
  Results results_;
  std::string errors_;

  // Helper function that adds parse error details to our errors_ string.
  void ParseError(const char* details, ...);

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(UpdateManifest);
};

#endif  // CHROME_COMMON_EXTENSIONS_UPDATE_MANIFEST_H_