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Posts tagged "home"
in memoriam: Steve Sato
I was stunned and saddened the other day to learn that Steve Sato had passed away. I had known him as a friend and colleague for many many years. In 2014, Steve contributed a War Story and then got up at my CHIFOO presentation and told his story to the group. It's a lovely story that I think captures Steve's humanity as he reveals how life at home grounded him creatively and intellectually no matter how far away, geographically, he was.
Thanks to CHIFOO, we've got a short video of Steve's talk (embedded below) and I'm reposting his story below that.
Finding Mojo In The Moment
We were three days into our 18-day research trip. The clock was ticking and our progress had been frustratingly slow. We had nary an insight to show for our time spent here so far. It was 9 o'clock in the morning and we were already hot and sweaty after having walked a quarter of a mile on the footpath, the only way to a remote village in Uganda. Our team was doing field research on making microfinance more efficient and reliable, so banks and other financial institutions would find it profitable for them to extend their services to include microfinancing. The current system of paper and pencil, traveling back and forth to an office two hours away, and then transcribing notes onto a PC ("sneaker net") was inefficient and fraught with errors and omissions. Furthermore, what was required was not only an IT system that could span "the last mile" but we had 15 days left to prototype an interaction model that would augment the device. It needed to be a process that the field agents and their clients would trust and adopt without much help. On top of that we had to identify what other not-for-profit and for-profit organizations (e.g., medical, agriculture, manufacturing and so on) would find the field device useful (so we could size the potential market for the device).
I was responsible for the research and the results. I really was feeling the stress and the jet lag and I had heartburn non-stop from the first day here.
We arrived at the village and our team was introduced by the microfinance agent to a group of a dozen women who were her clients. After a few minutes of conversation the women gathered and sat down, with the field agent, on the ground in a large circle. Two researchers stationed themselves behind the agent while the rest of us positioned ourselves around the perimeter of the circle. I turned on the video camera and thought "Whew! We've been prepping this for nearly a month and now we'll finally get to make some interesting discoveries!" But then I spent the next half hour struggling to stay focused, to listen to the conversation and watch the exchange between a woman and the field agent. Then some amount of self-awareness seeped into my head: "The breeze feels so good, gosh! I'm so exhausted, I could go to sleep right now…let me see, it's 11ish at night in Portland…Ohh! I promised I'd call my wife today!"
Without thinking, I pulled out my cell phone and looked to see if I had a signal. To my surprise I had one bar! By walking away from the group towards a little rise I could get 2-3 bars which was good enough!
It was good to hear my wife's voice. I closed my eyes while talking with her for about five minutes, like I was only a block away. I felt calm relief return.
But then my eyes popped open, because with the relief came a realization, triggered by my ability to connect to my wife halfway around the world while I'm in the African back country, gazing at a group of women sitting in the grass under the shade of a huge tree, with puffy white clouds against a bright blue sky. It was surreal and so powerful. I experientially understood our mission: to connect the people here to the world in a way that would make their everyday lives better, as was happening to me in the moment. Suddenly I was re-energized and fully present. Throughout the rest of the trip I kept coming back to relive this experience. It kept me energized, engaged and focused, no matter how exhausted I felt. I honestly believe it made a positive difference in what we discovered, what we surmised and in our final designs.
famliy, home, in memoriam, steve sato, war story
Carla's War Story: A dirty diaper sitting in the mud
Consumer insights professional Carla Borsoi encounters the outlier that illustrates a greater truth.
There is nothing like home research to challenge your notions of whether or not everyone lives like you. Earlier this year, we were doing research on how people use multiple devices (phones, tablets ad computers) – what they are doing with each, what they feel about each device and how these are shared (or not). We were particularly focused on three audiences: Moms, Entertainment Junkies, and Earlier Adopters. Yes, in my world, we use Title Case to label our different audiences. At any rate, we picked three areas with high density for devices and plenty of each of these audiences in spades: NY, Seattle and Austin.
I headed to Seattle in late March to meet with people and to talk to them about what they do. The first interviews went swimmingly: one Dad told us how he used his tablet to collect coupons, his computer to develop his Saturday shopping plan with coupons, and his phone to go through with his plan. He also told us about watching movies during lunch at work on his tablet. An Earlier Adopter told us how he obsessively followed tech news as he rode the bus. Good, I thought, these interviews are going really well. The Seattle weather was appropriately grey and rainy, but these folks lived in warm and welcoming homes. Normal, to me, at least, with the typical toys in the home with kids, the nice entertainment system, clean kitchens, and so on.
It was our last day of interviewing. The rain had been pouring down the night before and I hoped it would hold off until I got to the airport at the end of the day. We were interviewing a young Mom who lived past Sea-Tac. I drove down pseudo-country roads and pulled up to the property for the interview. The driveway was full of mud. Thankfully, I was wearing wet weather boots. As I walked up with my colleagues to the front door I passed a dirty diaper sitting in the mud. Huh, I thought. Their garbage probably got torn apart in the storm last night. The house was old, but that's how these things go. We were greeted by the young Mom and entered the house. Immediately the stale smell of cigarettes and mildew hit my nose.
Uh-oh.
The mom proved to be a bright young woman, who tended bar a couple nights a week, while going to school and parenting the rest of the time. I looked down at the dirty table in front of me while we continued talking. She had some great insights about how she used her tablet (often on loan to her parents who would watch the kids), how critical her phone was to keeping in touch, and how her computer was there as she worked on projects for school. However, the smell assaulted my senses. I could feel my two colleagues shifting in their seats, covering coughs. Our interview was scheduled for two and half to three hours, but after about 45 minutes, I knew I wouldn't be able to handle it much longer. Someone asked if anyone had more questions. I quickly spoke up "Nope, think we're good." No one disagreed.
We walked out the door and I noticed more garbage outside – but breathed in the sweet clean air. I realized that as researchers we occupy a place of privilege. People allow us into their homes, without embarrassment or shame. This is their life. They allow us to see a window into it. People often participate in research for the chance to earn a little cash. This woman had spoken of how much they had saved to be able to rent this small, mildewed space. It reminded me that I have a lot of advantages that other people don't. It's a reminder that when we're creating products, we're doing it not just for some sexy early adopter, but real for people who are just trying to make ends meet and get started with their life. It also reminded me to go home and wash down the walls of our stairwell, covered in grime.
carla borsoi, fieldwork, garbage, home, smell, war story
ChittahChattah Quickies
Volkswagen turns off Blackberry email after work hours [BBC News] – Technology changes work boundaries and work patterns. Will a technological solution work? The article suggests that they will stop people from receiving email after hours, but will they stop people from sending email after hours? Is the demand for after hours work coming through the email messages or are there other pressures? So many questions about this one!
Volkswagen has agreed to stop its Blackberry servers sending emails to some of its employees when they are off-shift. The carmaker confirmed it made the move earlier this year following complaints that staff's work and home lives were becoming blurred. Under the arrangement servers stop routing emails 30 minutes after the end of employees' shifts, and then start again 30 minutes before they return to work. "It's bad for the individual worker's performance being online and available 24-7. You do need downtime, you do need periods in which you can actually reflect on something without needing instantaneously to give a reaction," said Will Hutton, chair of the Big Innovation Centre at The Work Foundation.
Manischewitz Creates Kosher Food for Gentiles [NYT] – Having grown up with the traditional meaning of the brand, I find this a bit challenging but am intrigued by the potential to reframe and expand their story.
"Instead of taking the older products we have out of the kosher aisle and forcing them into the main aisle, we're creating new products that have a place in the main aisle," said Alain Bankier. A new line of broths, for example, is being shelved in many supermarkets not with most Manischewitz items but rather in the soup aisle. A new line of Manischewitz gravies also will be stocked with other mainstream brands. Manischewitz ads traditionally have emphasized Judaism, showing yarmulke-wearing celebrants at, say, a Seder. But new ads, by Joseph Jacobs Advertising in New York, the Manischewitz agency for more than three decades, take a decidedly more secular approach. "Don't miss the boat," says a print ad for beef gravy, which shows it being poured from a sauce boat onto mashed potatoes – no shofar or Star of David in sight. New ads "make little if any reference to any Jewish holiday," said Elie Rosenfeld, chief executive of Joseph Jacobs. "There's a tagline we use, 'Bringing families to the table since 1888,' and we want to be part of that family with you whether it's Rosh Hashana, Hanukkah or Easter."
Samoa Sacrifices a Day for Its Future [NYT] – A massive change in infrastructure and function, revealing time (or at least our documentation of it) to be more arbitrary than fixed.
The Pacific island nation of Samoa and its even tinier neighbor Tokelau are skipping Friday this week, jumping westward in time across the international date line and into the shifting economic balance of the 21st century. The time change is meant to align Samoa with its Asian trading partners; it moves the islands' work days further from the United States, which dominated its economy in the past. In this giant-step version of daylight saving time, the island's 186,000 citizens, and the 1,500 who live in Tokelau, will go to sleep on Thursday and wake up on Saturday. The government has decreed that those who miss a day of work on Friday will be paid all the same.
Portable Cathedrals [Domus] – Dan Hill's epic articulate review of the Nokia N9 isn't a gadget review, it's a (tl;dr) cultural critique of design, where culture is within the producer organizations as much as – if not more than – the consumer society.
Yet the skeuomorphic nonsense that incomprehensibly pervades apps like Apple's own Contacts, Calendar, iBooks, GameCenter, Find My Friends et al-all awkward faux-leather, wood and paper stylings-is is of such questionable "taste" it threatens to damage the overall harmony of iOS with its discordant notes. You cannot derive value from the idle suggestion of such textures on screen; they are physical properties and should be experienced as such, or not at all. Yet Apple's design team will not explore those physical properties, merely sublimating their desire for such qualities into a picture of leather, a picture of wood. It recalls Marcel Duchamp's critique of 'retinal art' i.e. intended only to please the eye.
For a Corn Chip Maker, the New Spokesman Is the Product Itself [NYT] – The argot of advertising is hilarious and depressing all at once. Zany and authentic spokesbag?
At the Fiesta Bowl on Monday, the game's sponsor, Tostitos, will have a new endorser – a "spokesbag" puppet in the form of a chip bag with arms, a mouth and a generous dollop of swagger – to humorously convey the message that it is the tortilla chip brand that enlivens social gatherings. The new life-of-the-party campaign resurrects the top-selling snack's 1990s theme. " 'Tostitos Knows How to Party' means we are returning to our roots," said Janelle Anderson, the brand's senior director for marketing. Tostitos returned to the '90s theme after marketing research over the last year found that its customers wanted reasons to celebrate and have fun in economically lean times. Tostitos chose a zany character "to get the message across and make it authentic," said Ms. Anderson. "We wanted something that was magnetic, fun and approachable." The brand's new advertising agency, TBWA/Chiat/Day, decided to "bring personality to the brand, and, in one of those rare cases, have the actual product be the actual spokesperson," said Brett Craig, the group's creative director for Tostitos. Working with Legacy Effects, a Los Angeles special effects company, the agency developed the hand-manipulated puppet with movable parts and special effects to convey energy, said Mr. Craig.
advertising, blackberry, boundaries, brand, culture, dan hill, dateline, design, domus, email, food, globalization, groceries, home, interface, kosher, manischewitz, mascot, nokia, quickies, samoa, skeuomorphs, time, tostitos, VW, work
Interview with Patricia Ryan Madson on How Improv Can Change the World [Priya Parker] – As often happens, the principles of improv give us a lens towards larger truths about how life – just being in the world – can or should work.
Trying produces tension and misdirects our focus away from what we are doing onto an obsession with the result. We are doomed to fail when we try to be smart or witty or amazing. It you think about it the people who actually are smart, etc. are focusing on what they are doing rather than how they are doing. I can make an average painting, story, etc. And if I put my attention on just doing what comes naturally, just making it the most obvious to me then the result is commonly pretty good. Trying is misplaced attention. The idea of excellence robs us of our common sense intelligence.
Snooping in the Age of E-book [NYT] – There are many reasons we advocate for studying people in their own environment. One of them is the richness of the cues you get from that environment. This short piece articulates those cues nicely.
A bit of gumshoe in someone's cupboard or closet can reveal far more about them than an entire evening's worth of chitchat. "Places reflect long series of behavior," he told me during a recent visit to my home. "If I have a conversation with you, I just get snippets of behavior. Your books, your chairs, your wall hangings represent an accumulation over many years. A space distills repeated acts. That's why it's hard to fake." Of the five major personality traits, three – openness, conscientiousness and extroversion – are clearly revealed in people's spaces…Snooping, in other words, instead of being an antisocial activity, is actually prosocial. Our spaces are telling others what we're like even when we're not. These days, we need such boosts to communication, because as the demise of the bookshelf shows, our true selves are increasingly retreating from public display and disappearing inside our devices. We are becoming, as Ms. Fadiman lamented, more invisible. "Our obsession with privacy is somehow reflected in the fact that our taste is now locked up invisibly inside all of these little boxes."
Can the Cult of Bang & Olufsen Last? [Wired] – Rob Walker catches up with the 2011 edition of this long-standing audio company, known for out of this world design and out of reach prices, as he says, "audiophiles lost out to audio audio files." The closing paragraph is telling and compelling.
Mantoni sounds intent on prodding B&O toward a less aloof attitude about the marketplace. "We need to go out and talk to customers," he says. He recently told 30 of his top executives that they would be working in B&O stores for a while to meet customers face-to-face. There's a message here about design: Of course the company has to keep producing distinctive wares-but these also have to fit shoppers' actual lives.
audio, b&o, design, home, improv, observation, personality, quickies, rob walker, space, stuff, wired
Peter Booth (of Tin Horse Design) – Observing the Consumer [Eastman Innovation Lab] – Maybe this is a personal bias, but I'm often very compelled by how designers (at least, those who really "get" user research) talk about research. Because they always frame in terms of what it's good for, how it helps us make better things, they speak to many of the things I love about research, as a researcher. But people that do research don't always think about it – and thus describe it – that way.
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A lament for the bookshelf [The Globe and Mail] – So we lose forever the pleasure known to humanity for 500 years of taking a stroll up and down the aisles of someone else's brain by perusing their bookshelves. Gone will be the guilty joy of spending a rainy afternoon at a cottage with the remnants of someone else's childhood: their Nancy Drews, their 1970s National Geographics. Without bookshelves, you will never know the warning signs contained in the e-reader of your handsome date – you will not know for months that he is reading The Secret and Feng Shui for Dummies, even if you stay over. You will never be able to ask, as casually as you can, "Did you like this?" as you pull down, as if fascinated, Patrick Swayze's autobiography.
books, consumer, culture, design, display, home, identity, observation, reading, reading ahead, research, self, user
Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood says MP3s sound good enough – [In ReadingAheda we explored the "Gold Standard" of previous generations of technology]
SASHA FRERE-JONES: Is the MP3 a satisfactory medium for your music?
JONNY GREENWOOD: They sound fine to me. They can even put a helpful crunchiness onto some recordings. We listened to a lot of nineties hip-hop during our last album, all as MP3s, all via AirTunes. They sounded great, even with all that technology in the way. MP3s might not compare that well to a CD recording of, say, string quartets, but then, that's not really their point.
SFJ: Do you ever hear from your fans about audio fidelity?
JG: We had a few complaints that the MP3s of our last record wasn't encoded at a high enough rate. Some even suggested we should have used FLACs, but if you even know what one of those is, and have strong opinions on them, you're already lost to the world of high fidelity and have probably spent far too much money on your speaker-stands.
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Yoostar lets anyone act opposite Hepburn, Brando – It's a consumer-level greenscreen system, so you can record video of yourself composited into classic movie footage. While it's amazing that this is being productized at a consumer level, the reviews make it clear that it's riddled with difficulties and limitations.
Microsoft tries Tupperware-party-esque promotion for Windows 7 – If you can find 9 friends and provide a decent pitch, you could be chosen to host a Windows 7 House Party and win a free signature copy of Windows 7. There are four pre-defined categories for the party: PhotoPalooza, Media Mania, Setting up with Ease, and Family Friendly Fun.
audio, composting, consumer, digital, event, greenscreen, groups, home, influence, marketing, Microsoft, mp3, music, party, promotion, quality, Radiohead, reading ahead, social, sound, standard, technology, trickledown, video, windows, yoostar
Home Burials Offer an Intimate Alternative – Advocates say the number of home funerals, where everything from caring for the dead to the visiting hours to the building of the coffin is done at home, has soared in the last five years, putting the funerals "where home births were 30 years ago," according to Chuck Lakin, a home funeral proponent and coffin builder in Waterville, Me.
The cost savings can be substantial, all the more important in an economic downturn. The average American funeral costs about $6,000 for the services of a funeral home, in addition to the costs of cremation or burial. A home funeral can be as inexpensive as the cost of pine for a coffin (for a backyard burial) or a few hundred dollars for cremation or several hundred dollars for cemetery costs.
burial, cheap, death, economics, funeral, home, independence, industry, recession
Some big-thinking on how the professional organization is changing: structure, environment, process – There will be a set of rituals, a cadence of events, that comes to define what differentiates the organization and supports how things get done. The places where these take place now are found by labels on doors—"conference room"—in otherwise undifferentiated space. The activities of the evolving place are about actions—collaborating, integrating, innovating—and not about hierarchy or formal processes.
In Detroit, Artists Look For Renewal In Foreclosures – In the late '90s, we used to generate fake "trends" mostly for fun, but also as a fatigued reaction to all the hype we were facing about, well, everything. One of my best – because it was just so ludicrous and therefore worthy of endless repeating in any ideation session – was that people were choosing to live in hovels [because hovel is definitely a good comedy word].
Once again, I was 10 years ahead of my time.
"Jon Brumit is an artist in Chicago…He and his wife just bought a house in Cope's neighborhood for $100. That's right: an entire house for the price of dinner at a nice restaurant for a family of four. Sure, the place needs a ton of work and it['s not that safe, but Brumit says it's worth it just to help bring back the neighborhood."
architecture, artist, collaboration, Detroit, foreclosure, future, futurism, home, hovel, NPR, office, organization, prediction, process, recession, sarcasm, trend, work
Pi-club, Japanese activity calendars
We found these interesting calendars (Google translate link) in Japan. They contain different daily activities tied to the room that you'd use them in, including kitchen, bedroom, bathroom (i.e., the room you bathe in), and toilet. I liked that the toilet calendar features a happy individual, presumably using the calendar, sitting on the throne. The calendars offer a small peek into Japanese home life.
activity, bathroom, bedroom, calendar, culture, home, japan, kitchen, pi-club, room, toilet
This is an interesting prototype; used to suggest the overall size/space of the house in 3D. This is done for a local design review by the county/community/whatever-other-agencies-get-involved.
Update: two years later, I learned that these are called "story poles"
building, contractor, design, developer, fencing, frame, home, house, lumber, Montara, prototype, review, shape, size, space, story pole
Buddha Chic
CB2 offers a number of Buddha-themed decorator items, presumably for a broader audience than just Buddhists, who might regard this as a religious symbol. For others, it's simply chic (or kitsch).
Why is it okay to do this with Buddha, but not Mohammed? Or even Jesus (who is kitschy, but not chic)?
buddha, cb2, chic, decor, decoration, design, home, interior design, kitsch, religion
Sick Again
I managed to avoid this cold through months of work stress and travel. And it got me today, 5 days after getting off the plane from India.
If I didn't work at home, I'd be staying home from work today.
home, illness, sick, sick day, work
Lifefitness X1 – Monster robots in the Bedroom
I just got a brand-new elliptical trainer, the Lifefitness X1. It's in the bedroom and although it's the smallest model they make, it's absolutely huge. There's this giant metal techno design thing sitting next to the bed.
Every time I walk into the bedroom I'm reminded of some memorable sci-fi movie apparati.
alien, design, exercise, home, matrix, robot
Catch that Kid
BusinessWeek describes a curious design research initiative. A UK home builder has a family living in a sensor-filled concept house, where the people are all RFID-tagged. They'll collect usage data for six months and then use the resulting who/where/when/how-long data to improve the home's design. Just like using weblogs to redesign a website – you know what people have been doing, but you have no idea why. Unless you ask. And the families in this project will be extensively interviewed by a "consumer researcher" so we figure they'll get that piece of the puzzle too.
analysis, architecture, data, design, family, home, rfid, tracking, user research
Target looks at Wired Glamour
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A while back Virginia Postrel wrote about Wireless Glamour – the absence of wires from the glam photos of technology used in advertising, etc. I found these pictures in a Target advertising circular called Room Solutions. I was amazed to see pictures of messy rooms, where people own lots of stuff, it's messy, askew, and yes indeed, there are wires – cables, cords, the whole real deal.
Sure, the pictures are entirely stylized and sort of hyper-real, but somehow it's relieving to see a significant move away from the more idealized and yes glamourous consumer images that advertising is so fond of. I was at an annoying deisgn conference a couple of years ago and was struck when someone from IKEA showed fieldwork photos – messy homes overflowing with stuff. Of course, it wasn't the photos that I was struck by – in doing ethnographic research, I've taken a million of those "real" pictures myself over the years but I was struck by the reaction – laughter. Designer after designer showed luscious product pr0n but one person showed realistic images and were met with ridicule. Now Target is using the mess of real life to help depict their ideal world – where consumers' homes are messy and overflowing with stuff – stuff purchased at Target.
advertising, consumer, consumption, ethnography, home, imagery, photography, target


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Korzec – dawna gmina wiejska istniejąca do 1939 roku w woj. wołyńskim (obecnie na Ukrainie). Nazwa gminy pochodzi od miasta Korzec (Корець), jednakże siedziba gminy znajdowała się w Nowym Korcu.

W okresie międzywojennym gmina Korzec należała do powiatu rówieńskiego w woj. wołyńskim. 12 grudnia 1933 roku do gminy Korzec przyłączono część obszaru zniesionej gminy Majków.

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Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
The Risk of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Low-dose Aspirin Users
W.-C. Chen; K.-H. Lin; Y.-T. Huang; T.-J. Tsai; W.-C. Sun; S.-K. Chuah; D.-C. Wu; P.-I. Hsu
Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2017;45(12):1542-1550.
Abstract and Introduction
Background: Aspirin increases the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding.
Aim: To investigate the risk of lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) in aspirin users.
Methods: Low-dose (75–325 mg daily) aspirin users and controls matched by age, gender and enrollment time in a 1:5 ratio were selected from 1 million randomly sampled subjects in the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan. Cox proportional hazard regression models were developed to evaluate the predictors of LGIB with adjustments for age, gender, comorbidities including coronary artery disease, ischaemic stroke, diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, liver cirrhosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dyslipidemia, uncomplicated peptic ulcer disease, history of peptic ulcer bleeding, and concomitant use of clopidogrel, ticlopidine, warfarin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors, steroids, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs), nitrates, alendronate, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and calcium channel blockers.
Results: A total of 53 805 aspirin users and 269 025 controls were included. Aspirin group had a higher incidence of LGIB within 1 year than control group (0.20% vs 0.06%, P<.0001). Aspirin (hazard ratio [HR]: 2.75, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.06–3.65), NSAIDs (HR: 8.61, 95% CI: 3.28–22.58), steroids (HR: 10.50, 95% CI: 1.98–55.57), SSRIs (HR: 11.71, 95% CI: 1.40–97.94), PPIs (HR: 8.47, 95% CI: 2.26–31.71), and H2RAs (HR: 10.83, 95% CI: 2.98–39.33) were significantly associated with LGIB.
Conclusions: The risk of LGIB was higher in low-dose aspirin users than in aspirin nonusers in this nationwide cohort. Low-dose aspirin, NSAIDs, steroids, SSRIs, PPIs and H2RAs were independent risk factors for LGIB.
Aspirin (ASA) is among the most widely used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). At low doses (75–325 mg daily), ASA inhibits cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 isoform and platelet thromboxane A2 synthesis.[1] Low-dose ASA is frequently used to prevent vascular events through its antiplatelet action.[2,3] Patients with a history of cardiovascular disease and those without known cardiovascular disease but with an elevated risk experienced fewer cardiovascular events with low-dose ASA use.[4] Because of its high cost-effectiveness, ASA is the most commonly prescribed antiplatelet agent, alone or in combination with other antiplatelet agents, in patients at a risk of cardiovascular events, such as myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular accident.
Aspirin causes topical injury of the gastrointestinal mucosa and systemic depletion of mucosal prostaglandins due to COX inhibition.[1] Most gastrointestinal mucosal damages during low-dose ASA use for heart protection are asymptomatic.[5] Nevertheless, low-dose ASA use is significantly associated with gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) complications. Peptic ulcer bleeding is the most frequently observed type of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in ASA users. Concomitant use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and ASA effectively reduced the risk of ASA-related UGIB.[6] Moreover, increasing evidence has demonstrated that ASA users are at a risk of lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB).[7–9] With rapid ageing of populations and increasing low-dose ASA use, the incidence of low-dose ASA-related LGIB is expected to increase in the future. However, the risk of low-dose ASA-related LGIB has rarely been investigated on a large scale. Therefore, we conducted a nationwide study to evaluate the risk of LGIB in low-dose ASA users. Furthermore, we examined the risk factors for low-dose ASA-related LGIB.
Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2017;45(12):1542-1550. © 2017 Blackwell Publishing
Table 1. Demographic data on low-dose aspirin users and matched controls
Aspirin group n=53 805
Control group n=269 025
Age (year, mean±SD) 40.94±14.53 40.94±16.11 1.00
20–39 27 861 (51.78) 139 305 (51.78)
40–49 12 375 (23.00) 61 875 (23.00)
50–59 7402 (13.76) 37 010 (13.76)
60–69 3531 (6.56) 17 655 (6.56)
70–79 1862 (3.46) 9310 (3.46)
≥80 774 (1.44) 3870 (1.44)
Male 27 581 (51.26) 137 905 (51.26) 1.00
Comorbidities
Diabetes 163 (0.30) 830 (0.31) .83
Hypertension 1016 (1.89) 5075 (1.89) .98
Coronary artery disease 59 (0.11) 305 (0.11) .81
Ischaemic stroke 19 (0.04) 40 (0.01) .0014
Chronic kidney disease 28 (0.05) 110 (0.04) .25
Liver cirrhosis 1 (0.002) 15 (0.01) .26
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 94 (0.17) 490 (0.18) .71
Dyslipidemia 112 (0.21) 590 (0.22) .61
Uncomplicated peptic ulcer disease 210 (0.39) 1130 (0.42) .33
History of peptic ulcer bleeding 10 (0.02) 80 (0.03) .16
SD, standard deviation.
This table compares the baseline characteristics of low-dose aspirin users and matched controls. The number of patients in the low-dose aspirin group who experienced ischaemic stroke was higher than that in the control group. Values are expressed as n (%).
Table 2. Use of medications among low-dose aspirin users and matched controls
Clopidogrel, n (%) 85 (0.16) 3 (0.001) <.0001
Ticlopidine, n (%) 43 (0.08) 15 (0.01) <.0001
NSAIDs, n (%) 1510 (2.81) 3452 (1.28) <.0001
Warfarin, n (%) 61 (0.11) 42 (0.02) <.0001
Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors, n (%) 70 (0.13) 173 (0.06) <.0001
Steroids, n (%) 270 (0.50) 556 (0.21) <.0001
SSRIs, n (%) 156 (0.29) 473 (0.18) <.0001
Alendronate, n (%) 9 (0.02) 15 (0.01) .0074
PPIs, n (%) 137 (0.25) 360 (0.13) <.0001
H2RAs, n (%) 256 (0.48) 553 (0.21) <.0001
Nitrates, n (%) 322 (0.60) 47 (0.02) <.0001
Calcium channel blockers, n (%) 1098 (2.04) 1492 (0.55) <.0001
NSAIDs, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; SSRIs, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; PPIs, proton pump inhibitors; H2RAs, histamine-2 receptor antagonists.
This table compares use of medications among low-dose aspirin users and matched controls. The numbers of patients in the low-dose aspirin group who used clopidogrel, ticlopidine, NSAIDs, warfarin, cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors, steroids, SSRIs, alendronate, PPIs, H2RAs, nitrates, and calcium channel blockers were higher than those in the control group.
Table 3. Multi-variate independent predictors for lower gastrointestinal bleeding in low-dose aspirin users and matched controls
95% Confidence interval
Low-dose aspirin 2.75 2.06–3.65 <.0001
NSAIDs 8.61 3.28–22.58 <.0001
Steroids 10.50 1.98–55.57 .0057
SSRIs 11.71 1.40–97.94 .023
PPIs 8.47 2.26–31.71 .0015
H2RAs 10.83 2.98–39.33 .0003
This table displays results of multi-variate analysis after adjustments for significant univariate independent predictors for lower gastrointestinal bleeding in low-dose aspirin users and matched controls.
Table 4. Multi-variate independent predictors for lower gastrointestinal bleeding in low-dose aspirin users and matched controls aged ≥75 years
H2RAs 4.51 0.41–49.49 .22
Calcium channel blockers 2.88 0.48–17.18 .24
H2RAs, histamine-2 receptor antagonists.
This table displays results of multi-variate analysis after adjustments for significant univariate independent predictors for lower gastrointestinal bleeding in low-dose aspirin users and matched controls aged ≥75 years.
Table 5. Multi-variate independent predictors for lower gastrointestinal bleeding in low-dose aspirin users and matched controls aged <75 years
Steroids 9.58 1.76–52.26 .0091
This table displays results of multi-variate analysis after adjustments for significant univariate independent predictors for lower gastrointestinal bleeding in low-dose aspirin users and matched controls aged <75 years.
W.-C. Chen1,2, K.-H. Lin1, Y.-T. Huang3, T.-J. Tsai1, W.-C. Sun1, S.-K. Chuah4,5, D.-C. Wu6 and P.-I. Hsu1,2
1Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
3Center for Medical Informatics and Statistics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
4Division of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
5College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
6Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Dr P-I Hsu, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Email: williamhsup@yahoo.com.tw
Wen-Chi Chen, Kung-Hung Lin, and Yu-Tung Huang performed the research. Wen-Chi Chen, Yu-Tung Huang, Tzung-Juin Tsai, and Wei-Chih Sun collected and analysed the data. Wen-Chi Chen and Ping-I Hsu designed the research study and wrote the paper. Seng-Kee Chuah, Deng-Chyang Wu, and Ping-I Hsu contributed to the design of the study.
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Northern Territory of Australia LONG SERVICE LEAVE ACT - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS This information is provided as a guide only and should not be considered a substitute for legal advice Guarantee (FEG).... 3 Proposal summary Proposal What this means for you Salary increase A 2.5% salary increase on or after 10 May 2016 and a further 2.5% salary increase on or after 10 May 2017.
Long service leave may be taken after an employee has established an entitlement to leave. It cannot be taken in advance. An employer may grant the leave on application. There is no form to apply for long service leave. An application may be either a verbal or written request. In considering the request, the employer is entitled to have regard to the needs of the business.... Northern Territory of Australia LONG SERVICE LEAVE ACT - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS This information is provided as a guide only and should not be considered a substitute for legal advice Guarantee (FEG).
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Grilled lemongrass pork chops RM30 The pork chop was tender and juicy, with an unpared fragrance from the lemongrass, a flavour which reminds me of the Thai and we are a big fan of. The rice was fragrant, and firm, great when paired with the salted egg yolk sauce, which is buttery, creamy and savoury. The taste and presentation wise, this dish absolutely deserves a 5/5, but what's upsetting was the fact that the portion needed a major upgrade in order to feed a normal adult.
The last time I ate at S.Wine was in 2014 at Publika Mall. Nearly 3 years on, we celebrated a co-worker's birthday during lunch time at S.Wine Cafe in Tropicana City Mall. This restaurant is more spacious and has more greenery in it than the one in Publika so I prefer the ambiance here.
33G, Jalan PJU 5/20E, The Strand 47810 Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor D.E.
I ordered the above Iced Peach Tea which was priced at RM 8.00 and it was seriously good. The flavours were awesome and concentrated. Not those watered down versions that you commonly get. My rating for this drink is definitely 9/10.
I rather enjoy the food here (no comment on the coffee though as I don't drink it) but not the over-packed environment.


The feasibility study focuses on helping answer the essential question of - should we proceed with the proposed project idea?
All activities of the study are directed toward helping answer this question. Feasibility studies can be used in many ways but primarily focus on proposed business ventures.
A feasible business venture is one where the business will generate adequate cash-flow and profits, withstand the risks it will encounter, remain viable in the long-term and meet the goals of the founders.
The venture can be a new start-up business, the purchase of an existing business, an expansion of current business operations or a new enterprise for an existing business.
The feasibility study helps to frame and fleshout specific business alternatives so they can be studied in-depth.
During this process the number of business alternatives under consideration is usually quickly reduced.
During the feasibility process you may investigate a variety of ways of organizing the business and positioning your product in the marketplace.
It is like an exploratory journey and you may take several paths before you reach your destination.
Just because the initial analysis is negative does not mean that the proposal does not have merit if organized in a different fashion or if there are market conditions that need to change for the idea to be viable.
Sometimes limitations or flaws in the proposal can be corrected.
A market assessment may be conducted to help determine the viability of a proposed product in the marketplace.
The market assessment will help you identify opportunities in a market or market segment.
If no opportunities are found, there may be no reason to proceed with a feasibility study.
If opportunities are found, the market assessment can give focus and direction to the construction of business alternatives to investigate in the feasibility study.
A market assessment will provide much of the information for the marketing section of the feasibility study.
The conclusions of the feasibility study should outline in depth the various alternatives examined and the implications and strengths and weaknesses of each.
The project leaders need to study the feasibility study and challenge its underlying assumptions.
This is the time to be skeptical.
Don not expect one alternative to jump off the page as being the best one.
Feasibility studies do not suddenly become positive or negative.
As you accumulate information and investigate alternatives, neither a positive nor negative outcome may emerge.
The decision of whether to proceed often is not clear cut.
Major stumbling blocks may emerge that negate the project.
Sometimes these weaknesses can be overcome.
Rarely does the analysis come out overwhelmingly positive.
The study will help you assess the tradeoff between the risks and rewards of moving forward with the business project.
Remember, it is not the purpose of the feasibility study or the role of the consultant to decide whether or not to proceed with a business idea, it is the role of the project leaders.
The go/no-go decision is one of the most critical in business development.
It is the point of no return. Once you have definitely decided to pursue a business venture, there is usually no turning back.
The feasibility study will be a major information source in making this decision.
This indicates the importance of a properly developed feasibility study.
A feasibility study is not a business plan.
The separate roles of the feasibility study and the business plan are frequently misunderstood.
The feasibility study provides an investigating function.
It addresses the question of - Is this a viable business venture?
The business plan provides a planning function.
The business plan outlines the actions needed to take the proposal from idea to reality.
So the feasibility study helps to narrow the scope of the project to identify the best business model.
The business plan deals with only one alternative or model.
The feasibility study helps to narrow the scope of the project to identify and define two or three scenarios or alternatives.
The consultant conducting the feasibility study may work with the group to identify the best alternative for their situation.
This becomes the basis for the business plan. The feasibility study is conducted before the business plan.
A business plan is prepared only after the business venture has been deemed to be feasible.
If a proposed business venture is considered to be feasible, then a business plan constructed that provides a roadmap of how the business will be created and developed.
The business plan provides the blueprint for project implementation.
If the venture is deemed not to be feasible, efforts may be made to correct its deficiencies, other alternatives may be explored, or the idea is dropped.
Project leaders may find themselves under pressure to skip the feasibility analysis step and go directly to building a business.
Individuals from within and outside of the project may push to skip this step.
. We know it is feasible. An existing business is already doing it.
. Why do another feasibility study when one was done just a few years ago?
. Feasibility studies are just a way for consultants to make money.
The feasibility analysis has already been done by the business that is going to sell us the equipment.
. Why not just hire a general manager who can do the study?
. Feasibility studies are a waste of time.
We need to buy the building, tie up the site and bid on the equipment.
The reasons given above should not dissuade you from conducting a meaningful and accurate feasibility study.
Once decisions have been made about proceeding with a proposed business, they are often very difficult to change.
You may need to live with these decisions for a long time.
Conducting a feasibility study is a good business practice.
If you examine successful businesses, you will find that they did not go into a new business venture without first thoroughly examining all of the issues and assessing the probability of business success.
Below are other reasons to conduct a feasibility study.
The feasibility study is a critical step in the business assessment process.
If properly conducted, it may be the best investment you ever made.


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package org.slf4j.impl;

import ch.qos.logback.classic.ClassicTestConstants;
import ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextInitializer;
import ch.qos.logback.core.status.NopStatusListener;
import ch.qos.logback.core.testUtil.RandomUtil;
import ch.qos.logback.core.util.TeeOutputStream;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.io.PrintStream;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

/**
 * @author Ceki Gücü
 */
public class InitializationOutputTest {

  int diff = RandomUtil.getPositiveInt();

  TeeOutputStream tee;
  PrintStream original;

  @Before
  public void setUp()  {
    original = System.out;
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    // collect them so that the output can be compared against
    // some expected output data

    // keep the console quiet
    tee = new TeeOutputStream(null);

    // redirect System.out to tee
    System.setOut(new PrintStream(tee));
  }

  @After
  public void tearDown()  {
    System.setOut(original);
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    System.clearProperty(ContextInitializer.STATUS_LISTENER_CLASS);
  }

  @Test
  public void noOutputIfContextHasAStatusListener() {
    System.setProperty(ContextInitializer.CONFIG_FILE_PROPERTY, ClassicTestConstants.INPUT_PREFIX + "issue/logback292.xml");
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    StaticLoggerBinderFriend.reset();
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}

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A Different Drum mailorder update
Posted by Maurizio Pustianaz	Label News
I got a few European imports in this week. So, let's take a look at what arrived in the store…
Ashbury Heights "Take Cair Paramour" (limited 2CD) $22 — This is one of the top albums of the year, in my opinion. It is as slick as any major production on the market, with a great blend of modern synthpop and edgy, new wave rock elements. The male and female vocals blend perfectly, just like the synths and guitars and energetic beats. It is a true classic! You can listen to audio samples and order this 2CD edition here :
http://www.adifferentdrum.com/buy/OUT416-417/Ashbury-Heights-Take-Cair-Paramour-Limited-Edition
Ashbury Heights "Origins" (2CD) $22 — In case you missed their last album, which is now out-of-print in it's original form, you can pick up this double-disc w hich compiles together the tracks from that album with their "Morningstar in a Black Car" EP and a couple exclusive bonuses. Order this 2CD here :
http://www.adifferentdrum.com/buy/OUT421-422/Ashbury-Heights-Origins
Neutral Lies "A Deceptive Calm" $20 — This is a very smooth, cool synthpop album with something of a 90's flavor (think of those old bands from Sweden's October label, like Vision System, Kiethevez, Sombre View, etc.). It is put out by the cool label Boredom Product (Celluloide, Foretaste, Dekad, etc.). Check out the audio samples and order the CD here :
http://www.adifferentdrum.com/buy/BDMCD13/Neutral-Lies-A-Deceptive-Calm
Bionic "Close to Nature" $20 — This band has an edgy synthpop sound that borders on EBM, with grindin g, dark vocals and slamming beats. You can listen to the audio samples and order the CD here :
http://www.adifferentdrum.com/buy/EZ10C423/Bionic-Close-to-Nature
Distance "At the End of All Things" $20 — This is a very chilled synthpop act, with mellow, melancholy moods to their songs. It reminds me a bit of Gentle Touch. You can listen to audio samples and order the CD here :
http://www.adifferentdrum.com/buy/EZ10C412/Distance-At-the-End-of-All-Things
NamNamBulu "Distances / Black Edition" $20 — This is a re-release of the one and only album from NamNamBulu, which garnered quite a following in the synthpop and futurepop scenes. This time it comes out with a black cover and a couple of bonus tracks for the hardcore collectors.&nb sp; You can order the CD here :
http://www.adifferentdrum.com/buy/FACT3151/NamNamBulu-Distances-The-Black-Edition
A Different Drum's new VIP Subscriber program filled up by Monday. There are currently no openings, but if you are interested in becoming a VIP subscriber to receive one new label release per month, feel free to let me know. I can put you in the waiting list. Then if somebody unsubscribes, you'll be there to take the available spot.
For those of you who ARE now VIP Subscribers, thanks for your support! The program is pushing full-speed ahead, though I'm still setting up the personal logins on our homepage so you can pick up additional content and get the latest news. It will take a while to get all of you entered into the system.
The first release that you will receive is currently at the factory and should be ready to ship in early September:
CHRISTOPHER ANTON "Destination: X"
This is an excellent album from the singer that you know from Information Society's "Synthesizer" album! Christopher teamed up with producer Nick Tutone to put together one of the best synthpop albums of the year, and until the VIP Program, it was only planned for digital download release. Now each subscriber will be getting one of only 300 physical CD's in the world. You'll love it!
More cool surprises to come for the VIP Subscribers 🙂
Oh, and I have updated the Radio Player so you can check out new music from this week's arrivals:
http://www.adifferentdrum.com/Player/
-Todd
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Vv Morgue: Chain D.L.K.: How long have you been playing music?Vv Morgue: Since the age of 3. My mother started me off with piano lessons. We had a grand piano in the house and she would do scales with me and we would sing. Then I made my way to the violin, but only played tha...
Fashion Bomb: This interview was conducted at the Scoreboard in Bridgeview, Illinois on Friday, August 30, 2003. We at Chain D.L.K. apologize with the artist and the fans for the delay in publishing this interview.	Chain D.L.K.: When did the band form? Fashion Bomb: Offi...
Arvo Zylo: Listening to noise music is a visceral experience. Its piranha teeth treble and monstrous, soul-shattering bass make yr reptile brain run and hide, bringing on a focused clarity, a determined calm. Noise music also often has a physical quality, like some contact mic'ing a cinderblock, the sonic...
Stormkern: Stromkern began in 1994 as the solo project of J. Ned Kirby in Madison, Wisconsin. After a couple of songs made it into compilations, Stromkern was offered a record deal not by a home label but by the German Kodex/Sushia Light. Since then, Stromkern had some more critically acclaimed releases but s...
Legal: Born in Romania, but living since the age of 12 in Italy, Peter 'Legal' Andrei is the new interesting discovery by the respected drum 'n' bass imprint BNC Express. We had a quick chat with Peter, following the review of his brand new EP "More Than You Need". I guess that many lovers of t...
Chain D.L.K. is looking for RELIABLE AND ENTHUSIASTIC WRITERS interested in writing reviews and possibly doing interviews.
Chain D.L.K. is a non-for-profit entity so this position is not paid, however you will receive lots of CDs that you can keep or re-sell.
We need people who LOVE MUSIC and are PASSIONATE about music and who enjoy writing about it.
Contact Marc Urselli form the Contact Page if you are interested.


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Africa Freshwater Lake System – Uganda Junior Rangers
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By Mutumba Faisal
Africa's freshwater lake system is endowed with natural beauty and is known for unique flora and the many endemic marine species within its lake and rivers. But, unlike the saltwater coastal shores of Africa that attract visitors from all over the world and the attention of international conservationists, inland freshwater lakes and rivers remain unexplored and neglected.
Due to neglect, the freshwater lakes and rivers are dying. This leads to ecological damage, causing alterations in marine species composition, distribution, and abundance. It's all happening as a result of deoxygenation from human activity. Contributing factors include the direct discharge of industrial effluents and agricultural chemical pollution from farms exporting flowers and other agricultural products to Europe and North America. These practices have resulted in the extinction of hundreds of marine species. Climate change is worsening the situation, causing frequent flooding of nesting areas. And, there is an ever-increasing amount of marine plastic debris, including plastic bottles and 'ghost' fishing nets chocking the lakes and the rivers.
Further causing a health catastrophe are the millions of toxic marine microplastics being ingested by humans in fish meals and drinking water, leading to the silent death of thousands across Africa every year.
UGANDA JUNIOR RANGERS – UNDERWATER FISHING GHOST NETS CLEANUP 2020
Yet, if well preserved, Africa's freshwater lakes and rivers have the potential to transform the continent. This could happen by enhancing the nutrition of millions of children, improving clean water access, lifting millions out of poverty through employment in the fishing industry, water sports, and marine tourism, further saving lives and, in turn, boosting the life expectancy of the continent's inhabitants.
Initiatives such as the Uganda Junior Rangers program are working to save the continent's nature and unique climate, marine flora, and fauna. Uganda Junior Rangers, an environmental conservation non-profit organization, is doing that by promoting a culture of environmental and heritage stewardship through volunteerism and educational opportunities.
The Rangers are working to save Lake Victoria, the largest remaining wilderness freshwater source in Africa, while extending their expertise and knowledge to other parts of the continent.
UGANDA JUNIOR RANGERS – UNDERWATER FISHING GHOST NETS CLEANUP 2020 – CHILDREN ENGAGMENT
Lake Victoria Conservation Diving Mission 2020 –Uganda Junior Rangers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWtrsmHF1CQ The organization was formed after the realization that no one African government on its own is able to save these freshwater bodies. However, through local and international collaborations, the freshwater bodies in Uganda and across the continent be protected and saved from dying.
7 Amazing Sea Animals Only Scuba Divers Can See
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Introducing the 2023 SDI Ambassadors
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Overcoming Scuba Diving Anxiety
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Five Reasons Why Fish Identification is an Important Skill
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Five Ways to Become a Better Diver
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Diving with Sand Tiger Sharks
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How to Pack and Travel with Dive Gear
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Turtle Tracks: Meet Florida's Sea Turtles
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If you want to see more of the chaos you can check it out on a blog I posted back in the mix of it! The pink of the walls shines through a lot more in those photos too... Lovely.
FORTUNATELY those spaces look a little different these days! It's taken a lot of time (minding a budget so doing things slowly) but the year was well worth the wait!
I kind of want to do something above the bookshelf or on top of it but not sure what... Maybe above the computer too or instead of? I asked hubs what he thought and he asked me why I feel the need to put stuff everywhere. Silly boy.
Hello install lighting! That was a BIG deal. I never thought I could get so giddy about lighting- what a difference it made!
See that basketball hoop? How could you not, right? Well we love it and Gabriel loves it but the next "project" is to somehow turn that corner into a kids corner. I want to get a little table and chairs and maybe some sort of plastic mat to catch messes and the works. We'll see. Any suggestions or ideas?
We also want to build some sort of surface area behind the sectional. a place to set a drink or put a lamp or something. Nothing super wide, just wide enough to be utilized.
It looks great! You should find a cheap kid's table set somewhere and make it into a chalkboard table! So fun!
Above the bookshelf - maybe one of those stick on wall sayings or you can create one yourself with a Cricut. As for the childs play area...how about asking the hubs to build a three sided wooden enclosure type thing...maybe paint one side just a plain color (the side that shows( and the inside he could do a scene like a city or a park with trees...whatever you think your son would like at this age. the choices are limitless. Your house is beautiful and I love the colors!!!. I don't care for the computer in the corner though. Seems like it ought to have its own space in a closet turned office or den or something. Not sure if you have the room. Just to me it looks out of place. Thanks for sharing your home Lena!!
Totally! I've been looking for something like that for above there but haven't seen anything I like- I will probably wind up having to make something.
I wish we had an office but the office is now the nursery. :) It's also sort of our TV too though (why we got the biggest screen) which is why is located in front of the couch!
I really love this! You photo walls are great!
Looks SO great!! The lighting makes such a huge difference! I absolutely love that bookcase...and I agree with you that it needs a little something either right above it or above the computer (check out Old Barn Rescue Company on Etsy - we got some gorgeous decals from them)...but seriously it looks AMAZING! Well done!
Looks gorgeous Lena, so much more bright and inviting looking! The lighting makes a huge difference, I just love recessed lighting like that so much. Lighting is an extra big deal up here during the winter months since it's literally dark the majority of the day (only 4 or 5 hrs of any daylight at all during december). Also I love the bookcase you got, where is it from?
For the kids corner, no ideas here. I'm trying to do the same things so I"ll be following for any ideas people have. We have the table and chairs but no idea exactly where to put them!
Its looks great! I really like those book shelves with the baskets!
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U.S. Supreme Court strikes down gender differences in citizenship law
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A unanimous Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of an unusual immigration law that treats fathers and mothers differently when it comes to conferring citizenship on children born outside the U.S.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called the 1940s-era law "stunningly anachronistic" in the way it stereotypes men and woman. Her opinion cites several landmark discrimination cases that she successfully argued before the high court for the principle that having one rule for mothers and another for fathers is unconstitutional.
But in a twist, the ruling failed to provide any relief to Luis Ramon Morales-Santana, the New York resident who successfully challenged the law. The court said tougher -- not easier -- standards for attaining citizenship should apply to everyone.
The ruling affects a law that applies to children born abroad to one parent who is an American and one who isn't. The law made it harder for children of unwed American fathers to gain citizenship themselves.
Under the law, a child born outside the United States to an unwed citizen father and a noncitizen mother can become a U.S. citizen at birth if the father lived in the U.S. for five years, with at least two of those years coming after the age of 14. But an American mother must only have lived in the U.S. continuously for one year to meet the requirement.
A challenge came from Morales-Santana, who was born in the Dominican Republic to an unwed U.S. citizen father and a Dominican mother and moved to the U.S. when he was 13. He asserted he was a U.S. citizen after authorities sought to deport him following convictions for robbery and attempted murder. But his father did not satisfy the five-year requirement.
A federal appeals court struck down the law and said the shorter one-year period must apply to both unwed fathers and mothers. The Obama administration appealed.
Ginsburg said the law was based on flawed and outdated assumptions about men and women that pervaded the country's citizenship laws: "In marriage, husband is dominant, wife subordinate; unwed mother is the natural and sole guardian of a nonmarital child."
For close to a half century, she said, the court "has viewed with suspicion laws that rely on overbroad generalizations about the different talents, capacities or preferences of males and females." Ginsburg said the gender line Congress drew "is incompatible with the Constitution's guarantee of the equal protection of the laws to all persons."
The government had urged the justices to uphold the law's gender-based differences. The Justice Department said Congress wanted to make sure there is a strong connection between a child born overseas and the United States before granting citizenship. The law also considered the practices of other countries.
But while the court struck down the gender differences in the law, Ginsburg said the longer five-year period should continue apply to both mothers and fathers until Congress decides on a different length of time. That means Morales-Santana is still unable to win his citizenship case.
"Going forward, Congress may address the issue and settle on a uniform prescription that neither favors nor disadvantages any person on the basis of gender," Ginsburg said.
Ginsburg's opinion was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Anthony Kennedy, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
Justice Clarence Thomas agreed with the outcome, but wrote separately to say that it was not necessary to rule on the constitutionality of the law since Morales-Santana could not get any relief. He was joined by Justice Samuel Alito.
Justice Neil Gorsuch did not take part in the case, which was argued before his confirmation to the court.


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Making Friends with the Trees
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by Joanne and Doug Schwartz on August 25, 2014
Guest bloggers Doug and Joanne Schwartz – League members and dedicated volunteers – are serving this summer as our Redwood Explorers-in-Residence, exploring the northern parks, and ground-truthing and mapping the groves of ancient forest they find. Along the way, they're documenting the many interesting plants, animals, and fungi they find in Redwood Watch, and blogging about their experiences. Continued from last week…
A very large coast redwood. Photo by Joanne and Doug Schwartz
Tall Trees on a High Hill
The weather in Jedediah Smith State Park in late summer is remarkably predictable. We awaken to low clouds and fog in the mornings, which soon give way to brilliant blue skies after breakfast and about 75-degree temperatures in the afternoons. We sleep under a quilt in the humid and cool mid-50-degree nights.
This changed for us a couple of days ago while we were surveying the boundaries of an old-growth forest on the crest on a remote hill. We heard what at first seemed to be high-altitude aircraft. The sounds of what we thought were jets came closer and became recognizable as near-continuous rumbles of thunder. No longer did we see the dappled streaks of sunlight coming through the canopy, spotlighting the bigleaf maples down the hill. As the sound of thunder moved directly overhead and sky became dark, the forest took on an eerie sense of foreboding.
We knew we must retreat, at the top of a hill among very tall trees is not a safe place to be in a thunderstorm. Shattered treetops and blackened, hollowed-out redwoods serve as stark reminders of the ravages of summer lightning. While fire is an integral part of the redwood forest's healthy functioning, it can quickly imperil hikers. Walking down the hill, we were reminded of the early 19th-century paintings of manifest destiny, which depict American pioneers emerging from the dreaded wilderness' dark depths to the sunlight of civilization. Like those early trappers and settlers, we too were called by an emotional need to retreat and seek the security and comfort of our camper van. We laughed at these feelings.
Yes, it rained a tiny, scarcely-detectable amount. In the few places where there were breaks in the canopy, where light had earlier shone on the ground, scattered drops marked the soil. Most of the falling moisture was captured by the dense canopy of the redwood and Douglas fir trees, as it should be in these deep forests.
The Flat Leaf Society
As we move from area to area looking closely at redwood groves, we notice local differences. The Sitka spruce of Prairie Creek have been replaced by Douglas fir in the northern parks. Poison oak, already developing red leaves, is abundant in open areas like along rivers and the coast, but absent deep in the forest. Himalayan blackberries give way to huckleberries, and thickets of both cause us detours and delays. The mix of ferns and flowers and birds also changes.
Our major accomplishment has been to sort out the big trees from one another. It may seem a simple task, but redwoods, Sitka spruce, western hemlock and Douglas Fir (i.e., most of the giant trees in our northern California coastal forests) all have flat leaves.
We now have some clues: Redwoods have flat "hands" of flat leaves forming fronds along their branches.
Western hemlocks have similar structures, but with shorter leaves that overlap with twigs, making each frond slightly more fluffy looking. Douglas fir leaves are flat too, but point outward in all directions along each twig, giving the look of furry branches rather than flat fronds. Sitka spruce leaves are flat on four sides and are arrayed around the twigs like a stiff and prickly bottle-brush.
The bark, cones and overall structure of our four trees are also different in interesting ways, but as initiated members of The Flat Leaf Society, we now enjoy focusing on the little leaves.
Once You've Seen One Tree…
When trapper Jedediah Smith walked near here in the 1820s, he likely encountered grizzly bear, wolves, an abundance of salmon in clear running rivers, and a forest full of old-growth redwood trees. Traversing the forest was especially difficult for him. Today, the top predators have been eliminated by man for sport, protection of livestock and a sense of security. Salmon have been overfished and their waterways choked, dammed and polluted. And most of the large redwoods were cut to build an early San Francisco, as well as to create suburban backyard decks and fences.
As we roam the flats and hills of these northern coastal redwood parks, especially Jedediah Smith State Park this past week, we are simultaneously excited and awestruck. We lie under trees, steadying our binoculars on the intricacies of their oddly-formed branches spanning the sky above us. We circle the tree trunks with my five-foot arms and Doug's six-foot arms extended fingertip to fingertip, measuring the circumference in 11-foot increments. We photograph bark and branches and burls, and bizarre arboreal forms like talons, knees and chandeliers. We gaze across valleys to see the tops of the tree-towers from afar, some puffy with new growth, and some naked, with shattered and spindly spires. We gaze at the night stars silently glittering through the treetops whenever the clouds and fog clear.
Together we talk and question, attempting to make sense of everything we see. Each tree is precious. Each view of a giant is momentous. Every tiny two-foot sapling gives us hope for people and for trees two thousand years in the future when a handful of these protected youth will become elderly. Then we sight one of our special charges, the next redwood along one of our old grove boundaries, and take another GPS reading for our study.
Certainly, making friends with the trees here is easier for us than it was for Jedediah Smith almost 200 years ago.
You can find pictures of natural history from Doug and Joanne's travels on their gallery at ExplorerDJ.SmugMug.com.
About Joanne and Doug Schwartz
Doug and Joanne Schwartz focus much of their time exploring a variety of ecosystems and habitats around the world. They enjoy learning about each and its inhabitants, from fungi to critters and plants, and photographing whatever they discover.
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What's So Cool About Cones?
by Deborah Zierten on August 22, 2014
During a recent hike in the Berkeley hills with a friend, the topic of cones came up. There is an activity I like to do with students to teach them about cones: I bring in a small redwood cone and … Continued
Happy Anniversary to Our State Tree
Today marks the 77th anniversary of the adoption of the coast redwood as California's state tree. In my opinion, no tree could better represent the golden state. For a little history on state symbols you have to go back to … Continued


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Prior Regeneration Essay
Abby Hayes Teacher: Jolyon Pike Word count: 1,320
Analysing aspects of form, structure and language, explore the ways that Barker creates and uses the character (Prior) in the novel Regeneration
Billy Prior is the most prominent fictional character throughout the novel Regeneration (and the rest of the trilogy). He is used, alongside Rivers, by Barker at the beginning of the novel as an example of a doctor/patient relationship in the war situation at the time, involving the treatment of soldiers diagnosed with things such as war neurosis. He is used in contrast with Sassoon, as Sassoon and Rivers connect on an equal ...view middle of the document...
When Rivers himself meets Prior in this chapter, for the first time, he describes him as having a 'supercilious' expression on him, which would have implied to Rivers that Prior was of a superior class. This is the reason that hearing Prior's voice for the first time, in chapter 6, changes Rivers' perception of him so dramatically. Rivers then describes him as "A little, spitting, sharp-boned alley cat" making him appear defensive and even dangerous, maybe. The way that Rivers' perception of Prior is altered by Prior's speech shows how commonly people made links between class and speech during this time period, with Prior it was his Northern accent that made the link for Rivers. Prior's defensiveness of his class and background is explained through his parents visit to Craiglockhart when Rivers meets his fairly dysfunctional parents. Prior's father disagreed with his son joining the war effort and it soon becomes apparent that there is significant tension between Prior and his father. The way Priors father talks about his son's suffering of shell shock, for example "He'd get a damn sight more sympathy from me if he had a bullet up his arse", soon makes Rivers defensive of Prio. Rivers meeting Priors parents plays an important role in him getting to know and understand Prior's past and upbringing and explains some of Priors defensive behavior. Prior is conscious of the ways in which lower classes are judged, and despises it. This becomes increasingly apparent throughout the novel and at one point he even says to Rivers that to be in his position he would have had to attend "Oxford or Cambridge" and is contradicted by Rivers when he replies that he didn't attend either.
Prior's character changes and grows considerably throughout the novel. At the beginning of the novel he is extremely against the situation which he is in during sessions with Rivers, Rivers being the doctor and him being the patient, which links to his feelings towards the treatment of him as someone of a lower class but also because throughout the novel it becomes clear that he likes to have control over situations. These feelings are shown from the beginning when, in their second meeting, Prior states "I don't see why it has to be like this anyway" "All the questions from you and all the answers from me.". But throughout the novel their relationship grows, this is shown at one point in chapter 9, when Prior decides to return to Rivers' office in the evening to apologise for his behaviour earlier that day during one of their sessions. This shows how his feelings towards Rivers are slowly changing, and Rivers then offers to try hypnotism with Prior to regain his memory, this is something Prior had wanted to try for a while and Rivers' offer to do this for Prior shows a...
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