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Event Chairs
Victor Chang
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Victor Chang is currently a Full Professor of Data Science and Information Systems at the School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK. He was a Senior Associate Professor, Director of Ph.D. (June 2016- May 2018) and Director of MRes (Sep 2017 - Feb 2019) at International Business School Suzhou (IBSS), Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), Suzhou, China, between June 2016 and August 2019. He was also a very active and contributing key member at Research Institute of Big Data Analytics (RIBDA), XJTLU. He was an Honorary Associate Professor at University of Liverpool. Previously he was a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University, UK, between Sep 2012 and May 2016. Within 4 years, he completed Ph.D. (CS, Southampton) and PGCert (Higher Education, Fellow, Greenwich) while working for several projects at the same time. Before becoming an academic, he has achieved 97% on average in 27 IT certifications. He won a European Award on Cloud Migration in 2011, IEEE Outstanding Service Award in 2015, best papers in 2012, 2015 and 2018, the 2016 European award. He is a visiting scholar/Ph.D. examiner at several universities, an Editor-in-Chief of IJOCI & OJBD journals, Editor of FGCS, Associate Editor of TII & Information Fusion, founding chair of two international workshops and founding Conference Chair of IoTBDS and COMPLEXIS since Year 2016. He is the founding Conference Chair for FEMIB since Year 2019. He published 3 books as sole authors and the editor of 2 books on Cloud Computing and related technologies. He gave 18 keynotes at international conferences. He is widely regarded as one of the most active and influential young scientist and expert in IoT/Data Science/Cloud/security/AI/IS, as he has experience to develop 10 different services for multiple disciplines. ... More >>
Gary Wills
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Gary Wills is an Associate Professor in Computer Science at the University of Southampton. He graduated from the University of Southampton with an Honours degree in Electromechanical Engineering, and then a PhD in Industrial Hypermedia Systems. He is a Chartered Engineer, a member of the Institute of Engineering Technology and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Educational Academy. He is also a visiting associate professor at the University of Cape Town and a research professor at RLabs. Gary's research centres around Secure System Engineering, focusing on Industrial systems, Cloud and IoT.
Péter Kacsuk (honorary)
MTA SZTAKI
Professor Peter Kacsuk is the Head of the Research Laboratory of the Parallel and Distributed Systems. He received his MSc and university doctorate degrees from the Technical University of Budapest in 1976 and 1984, respectively. He received the kandidat degree from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1989. He habilitated at the University of Vienna in 1997. He recieved his professor title from the Hungarian President in 1999 and the Doctor of Academy degree (DSc) from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2001. He has been a part-time full professor at the Cavendish School of Computer Science of the University of Westminster in London and at the Eötvös Lóránd University of Science in Budapest since 2001. He served as visiting scientist or professor several times at various universities of Austria, England, Germany, Spain, Australia and Japan. He has published two books, two lecture notes and more than 200 scientific papers on parallel computer architectures, parallel software engineering and Grid computing. He is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Grid Computing published by Springer. ... More >>
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Mouzhi Ge
Dr. Mouzhi Ge, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Informatics at the Masaryk University, Czech Republic. Prior to that, he has worked as an Assistant Professor at the Free University of Bolzano in Italy, as a Senior Researcher at the Bundeswehr University Munich and Technical University Munich in Germany, as the Head of IT Department at the Oxbridge Investment Ltd. in the UK, as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Technical University Dortmund in Germany, and as a Steering Researcher in the Business Informatics Group at the Dublin City University in Ireland. In 2011, he was a Visiting Researcher at the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy (hosted by Prof. Andrea Maurino and Prof. Carlo Batini). Moreover, he is also contributing to the CDO Research Team at MIT, USA and serves as a research secretary at SIG Information Quality from AIS. He obtained his Ph.D. from Dublin City University, Ireland in 2008 and his Habilitation from Masaryk University, Czech Republic in 2018. His research is mainly focused on Big Data, Data Quality Management, Intelligent Systems, Smart City, Internet of Things and Recommender Systems. ... More >>
Anna Kobusinska
Anna Kobusinska received her M.Sc. and PhD degrees in computer science from Poznan University of Technology, in 1999 and 2006, respectively. She currently works as an Associate Professor at the Laboratory of Computing Systems, Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology, Poland. Her research interests include large-scale distributed systems, service-oriented and cloud computing. She focuses on distributed algorithms, Big Data analysis, replication and consistency models, as well as fault-tolerance, specifically checkpointing and rollback recovery techniques.
She has served and is currently serving as a PC member of several international conferences and workshops. She is also author and co-author of many publications in high quality peer reviewed international conferences and journals. She participated to various research projects supported by national organizations and by EC in collaboration with academic institutions and industrial partners.
Mohamed Abdel-Basset
Zagazig University
Mohamed Abdel-Basset Received his B.Sc., M.Sc and the Ph.D in Information systems and technology from Faculty of Computers and Informatics, Zagazig University, Egypt. His current research interests are Optimization, Operations Research, Data Mining, Computational Intelligence, Applied Statistics, Decision support systems, Robust Optimization, Engineering Optimization, Multi-objective Optimization, Swarm Intelligence, Evolutionary Algorithms, and Artificial Neural Networks. He is working on the application of multi-objective and robust meta-heuristic optimization techniques. He is also an/a Editor/reviewer in different international journals and conferences. He has published more than 120 articles in international journals and conference proceedings. He holds the program chair in many conferences in the fields of decision making, big data, optimization, complexity and the internet of things, as well as editorial collaboration in some journals of high impact.


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Damian Lillard Selected for All-Star Game; Will Compete in 3-Point Contest
On Thursday, Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard was selected to take part in the 2020 NBA All-Star Game.
By Steve Dewald@SteveDHoops Jan 30, 2020, 3:26pm PST
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Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard earned his fifth trip to the NBA All-Star Game on Thursday, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania. The Oakland native finished behind James Harden and Luka Doncic in voting for All-Star starters, but he secured a place as a reserve.
Sources: 2020 NBA All-Star reserves:
East: Jimmy Butler, Kyle Lowry, Ben Simmons, Khris Middleton, Jayson Tatum, Bam Adebayo, Domas Sabonis
West: Damian Lillard, Donovan Mitchell, Nikola Jokic, Rudy Gobert, Brandon Ingram, Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul
Lillard is enjoying a season full of career-high numbers. Through 46 contests, he is averaging 29.0 points and 7.8 assists per game. Leading into Thursday's announcement, Lillard has strung together four eye-popping performances. He is averaging 48.5 points per game over that stretch, a run that earned him Western Conference Player of the Week.
With the players set, team captains Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James will select their squads on Feb. 6. The All-Star Game will take place on Feb. 16 in Chicago, Illinois.
Update: Yahoo Sports' Chris Haynes reports that Lillard will take point in the 3-Point Contest as well.
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Supporting Women Artists Now!
AMPAS '16: Catherine Breillat
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AMPAS '16: Catherine Breillat
By FF2-admin	 July 10, 2016 A Real Young Girl Abuse of Weakness Catherine Breillat Christophe Rocancourt Fat Girl FF2 Media Sex is Comedy The Last Mistress
AMPAS ADDS WOMEN DIRECTORS: With our commitment to reviewing all new releases written and/or directed by women, FF2 Media now plays an important role in breaking down barriers. AMPAS invited 683 new members this year, 49 of whom are female directors. Who are they? What are their stories? We already know them, and we are here to tell you!
Catherine Breillat is a French filmmaker known for her controversial films with sexual themes, most notably her 1976 debut film, A Real Young Girl. She had her first novel published at the age of 17, l'Homme facile (Easy Man), which inspired the feature film.
In 2004, Breillat suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, causing a stroke that paralyzed her left side. After five months of hospitalization and a slow rehabilitation, she gradually returned to work, producing Une vieille maîtresse (The Last Mistress) in 2007 - one of three French films officially selected for the Cannes Film Festival of that year.
In 2007, Breillat met notorious conman Christophe Rocancourt, and offered him a leading role in a movie that she was planning to make, based on her own novel Bad Love, and starring Naomi Campbell. Over the next year and a half, would give him loans for a screenplay and alleged that Rocancourt had taken advantage of her diminished mental capacity, as she was still recovering from her stroke.The book is titled Abus de faiblesse, a French legal term usually translated as "abuse of weakness". In 2012, Rocancourt was convicted of abus de faiblesse for taking Breillat's money, and sentenced to prison.
An excerpt from FF2 Media's review of Abuse of Weakness from August 22, 2014:
French novelist and filmmaker Catherine Breillat, best known for Sex is Comedy, Fat Girl, and The Last Mistress, uses her familiar, transgressive style in her new film Abuse of Weakness. Breillat has always walked the line of violence, gore, and explicit understanding of female sexuality.
Abuse of Weakness is not a documentary but a narrative drama of examination of power, money, sex and codependency. With respect to her stroke, the truest part of the film is likely that her stroke gave her a sense of mortality, stressing the intensity of time. You understand that her time is limited and that she may not have another chance to say what she wants to say, so she really goes for broke in this film. The more I think about it, it's really the best one she's ever done.
Read the full review: https://ff2media.com/thehotpinkpen/2014/08/22/abuse-weakness/
Read more about Catherine Breillat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Breillat
Top Photo: Isabelle Huppert as "Maud" in Abuse of Weakness.
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January 29, 2019 — 6:03pm
With Duane Benson's passing ("Talent for tackling tough issues with a smile served state well," obituary, Jan. 29), Minnesota has lost a bipartisan leader whose approach and accomplishments are especially relevant this year. Among his achievements as a rural Republican state senator was membership in the bipartisan group that in 1992 created the MinnesotaCare health coverage program and accompanying rural health and health reform initiatives. They financed these now-proven strategies with a tax from within the huge health care sector itself, and that revenue source expires at the end of this year unless the Legislature takes action to extend or replace it. Let's hope that, with the example of Duane Benson and his 1992 colleagues in mind, today's legislators step up in that same bipartisan spirit to continue these pioneering commitments so essential to the health of our state.
Mark Schoenbaum, Minneapolis
MINING IN MINNESOTA
It is not appropriate to extrapolate risks from Brazil dam collapse
I cannot let two Jan. 29 letters to the editor ("Mining safety: Bad news from Brazil") pass without providing comment as a concerned citizen. It should also be noted that I am not, and have not been, involved directly in the engineering work for either of the proposed mining operations and that my knowledge is based on what we do as engineers and my review of news articles. I am also not trained as a geotechnical engineer nor work as such but have been associated with many geotechnical engineers during my career.
I would advise that neither Gov. Tim Walz nor the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources make a decision based on the tragic events in Brazil, for multiple reasons. First, while the second tailings dam that failed was owned by the same mining company as the one that failed a year or two ago (also in Brazil), the one that previously failed was not an engineered tailings dam. Second, the one that failed in the past week also may not have been an engineered tailings dam. Third, to make a conclusion based on a collapsed tailings dam in another country without any further information on the failure is not responsible and certainly not in the public interest.
The state of Minnesota, and the companies proposing the two mining operations closest to receiving all required permits, have been in the process of planning for 10-plus years. In my opinion, this is not only a very long period of time for any activity requiring permits from the state of Minnesota, but it also should provide more than ample oversight to provide assurances that these mining operations not only will be an asset to the state, but that their operations will not provide risks greater than the potential benefits — to the state, the public and the companies. As humans. we undertake many activities that have risk; however, the risks involved with these proposed mining operations have been identified and analyzed and mitigation has been proposed to provide the greatest benefits with risks commensurate with the potential benefits.
As for the tailings dams that failed in Brazil, the public should know that the state of Minnesota has some of the best-trained geotechnical engineers, geologists, etc. Many of them have been trained by some of the most respected and knowledgeable geotechnical minds. These are the many faculty (past and current) who have provided such training at the University of Minnesota, College of Science and Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geoengineering. In addition, engineers and scientists from other parts of the world have also been involved in the planning and development of the proposed copper and nickel (and other minerals available in lesser amounts) mining operations proposed for northern Minnesota.
Dennis R. Martenson, Medina
THE COLD SNAP
School closings can be tough on parents, but there's a solution
With the frigid temperatures this week, schools are closing throughout the state, and with those closings come tough decisions for parents. Many parents with school-age children don't have the luxury of paid time off for instances like this, and it often puts them in a position to find child care that they cannot afford. That's why it's so crucial that we pass Earned Sick and Safe Time statewide, allowing anyone who is working, regardless of full- or part-time status, to earn an hour of safe/sick time per 30 hours worked. No parents should ever have to choose between their job security and keeping their kids safe!
Amanda Kegley, South St. Paul
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A recent viewing of Jimmy Fallon's show reminded me that I should take time to thank people in my life. So, if you don't mind, I would like to send out a few thank-you notes in light of the recent snow and cold.
Thank you to the guy at Cedar Small Engine who explained the point of a snowblower: Get out there, get it done and get back inside! You were so right!
Thank you to my Toro 721 snowblower. It gets it done — and I love red!
Thank you to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. You made my day — or at least my drive to and from work! The roads couldn't have been better!
Thank you to the ambulance crews — I'm not sure what was going on, but I saw two of you going in opposite directions pass each other, lights and sirens. Thank you for being out there taking care of people, even in this crazy weather.
(And thank you to all the others I forgot to thank!)
Anne McGarry, Minneapolis
AMERICA'S FINANCES
Can't wish it away: To suggest we save more is indeed unsympathetic
The Jan. 23 commentary "One shutdown lesson: We need to save more" reminds of the lines about the hungry indigent who approaches the rather wealthy woman, holds out his hand and says, "Ma'am, please, I haven't eaten in three days."
To which she replies, rather sternly, "Well, you should force yourself."
Don Anderson, Minneapolis
BIBLE LITERACY
Here's just one more thought that students of all ages would find
Regarding the president's advocacy of Bible literacy classes in public schools ("Trump touts Bible literacy. Oh, the things he'll find," Jan. 29), I'd like to add another passage that he might not wish to have emphasized in the curriculum. This is from Acts 4: 32, 34-35 (New Revised Standard Version): "Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. (34) There was not a needy person among them, for as many as owned lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold. (35) They laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need."
Karen Barstad, Minneapolis
Eat it up if you must, but keep that smoke away from my air
As we open a statewide debate on the legalization of recreational marijuana use, I'd like us to think for a moment about the question of smoke.
Marijuana, whether smoked in joints, bongs, pipes or purpose carved apples (yes, that's a thing), presents the same problem as cigarettes: The users' choice to use imposes consequences on people who choose not to partake.
If we wish to legalize marijuana for recreational use, please let's restrict it to edibles, and require that any place that offers weed per se also offer a nice selection of brownie and cookie mixes, but no rolling papers, pipes or glass works.
Rich Furman, St. Paul
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..still undecided if I want to proceed with this into a game, had an idea of developing an online war game... turn based.. similar to http://www.weewar.com but more feature-full..
Currently im going to get a map maker done, and have ajax send data, and have PHP render a nicer looking map image that will then be cached.
Ideas still up in the air, and i'd love some input..
I'll make something one day..
As before, working well in my mobile phone's browser. That could be a big selling point for anything you make, especially as phones become more "smart".
I was thinking of having it so you start with a small area/base and then you develop technology, using a resource (undecided) to limit how much and how fast you can progress.
You are able to develop new technologies and then use these to create new units (such as in Alpha Centuri and an old windows game called Stars), you will be able to visually design these units to a degree, again, undecided on how visual this will be due to bandwidth / server space, im thinking that if you start with a body, this body then has several ports that things can be attached to such as wheels, tracks, weapons, technology (rader, jamming, emp), wings... then wings could have several ports of its own.... and having to balance all this out to make an effective unit for the purpose you need.. balancing weight, strength, cost, speed to build, power, weaknesses..
going back to the massive universe, it will seem unfair if someone who has developed super units then has an option to battle a new person with the basics, this is were weewar is good because everyone starts equal..


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Omar Aljamal was killed by Israeli forces in 2004.
When Israel kills a Palestinian, it not only abruptly ends his or her life, it leaves deep wounds with the family that time cannot heal. And it pushes the family to threaten Israel demographically by having one more child — perhaps even more.
The years of the first and second Palestinian intifadas — not to mention the preceding years of Naksa (setback) in 1967 and Nakba (catastrophe) in 1948 — witnessed the birth of thousands of children who were named after Palestinians shot dead by Israel.
Israel's attempts to reduce Palestinians' numbers have never proven successful. The possibility that the "demographic time-bomb" will explode only becomes increasingly likely as Israel kills more Palestinians.
Palestinian women, such as my mother who gave birth to 13 children (excluding two who died before birth), have kept on delivering more children and naming them after those who died. My brother Omar is no exception.
The year 1986 saw the birth of my eldest brother, Omar M. Aljamal. It was a year before the outbreak of the first intifada. Omar grew up under occupation in an area called Block A, also known as al-Kalaboush, (Arabic slang for "chains" or "shackles") in Gaza's crowded Nuseirat refugee camp.
The Block A area, where my family still lives, was used by the British Mandate as a prison. The gate of the prison is the only exit that the neighborhood has today.
One day, during the years of the first intifada, a group of Israeli soldiers stormed Omar's room, looking for stone-throwers under his bed. This incident stayed in Omar's memory for years.
When he was 17, my brother joined the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas. He joined because of the killings and the home demolitions he had seen growing up.
Before then, he had — like many of his peers — thrown stones at the Israeli army. On one occasion — when he was 15 or 16 — he was shot in the leg with a rubber-coated steel bullet. Omar did not tell our parents about his injury; they learned about it from a relative who was shot the same day and saw Omar at the hospital.
On 6 March 2004, I prepared some potatoes to kill my hunger. Omar rushed to the house and asked me to give him some of my delicious fried slices of potatoes. I refused.
He persisted, reminding me of the old days when he shared many dishes with me. Under pressure from my mother who almost made me feel guilty, I accepted.
That day, Omar put sugar instead of salt on the potatoes. We tried to cover up the taste of the sugar with extra salt but it was pointless. We ate the fried potatoes together.
I didn't know that this dinner would be Omar's last.
The next day dozens of Israeli military vehicles invaded al-Nuseirat, which Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister at the time, called the "den of wasps" for the leading role its residents had played in the first and second intifadas. Omar was shot. Six bullets hit the front right side of his body.
Saber, a father of three, still visits the shared grave of Omar and Khaled.
"Khaled tried to comfort Omar by placing his head on his grenade pouch. He was shot next to him in front of my eyes," Saber told us on several occasions.
The news of "two young men" being shot to death spread like wildfire in the alleys of the refugee camp. Saber, feeling helpless, decided to go to the orchard to get them out. He knew what the consequences could be, but he feared nothing as the image of his two close friends bleeding next to a tank stationed beside a house with snipers inside kept jumping in front of his eyes.
"As I tried to move towards them, I was shot at. I got closer to them, but I was shot near them," Saber recalled.
Medics finally managed to get the three of them out of the orchard. Omar and Khaled were dead, Saber critically injured. The resilient refugee camp, once a home for Omar and Khaled, received the news of their death with shock.
That day witnessed the killings of 14 Palestinians from the adjacent Nuseirat and al-Bureij camps.
The way my parents were told of Omar's death was no different to the way the families of all 14 victims were told.
One of Omar's friends told my father that Omar had been wounded in the leg but was in the hospital and doing OK.
Two years later, my mother delivered another boy and, as expected, named him after my eldest brother. So I ended up with two brothers named Omar. One is dead, the other is not.
One is my eldest brother; the other is my youngest brother. One used to take care of me when I was younger; the other one is being looked after by me now.
I am officially the eldest brother now. But I am not really. Omar, my youngest brother, regards me as his eldest brother. I regard the "real" Omar as my eldest brother.
"My friends are going to visit us," Omar, the youngest in our family says, when he learns that some of my elder brother's friends are going to visit.
Had he lived, my elder brother Omar would have turned 27 this week. His birthday is 30 May.
At some point in his life, my younger brother will start asking questions: Why was I named after my brother? Why do both of us have the same name? Why did I think for a long time that his friends were mine? Why did Israel invade the "den of wasps" and kill 14 Palestinians, including Omar, in March 2004?
How will we answer these questions?
Yousef M. Aljamal is a Gaza-based blogger and co-translator of The Prisoner Diaries. His website is www.yeljamal.wordpress.com and he can be followed on Twitter: @YousefAljamal.


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Julia Ideson Building. Early efforts by Houston's Lyceum, local women's organizations and Andrew Carnegie's national foundation led to the 1904 Houston Lyceum and Carnegie Library Building. Julia Bedford Ideson, hired in 1903, was the city's first librarian. Under her direction, the library's collection and services expanded until, by 1920, the 1904 building was too small. The city continued to use the building, known by the 1920s as the Houston Public Library, until 1926, when the new library building opened at this site. Ideson and the library building committee worked throughout the 1920s to formulate a plan and program for the new structure, visiting other U.S. cities and accepting proposals from several noted architects. They chose Ralph Adams Cram and his Boston firm, Cram and Ferguson, for the project. Cram worked with local architects William Ward Watkin and Louis A. Glover, coordinating also with the city's architect, W.A. Dowdy. The Southwestern Construction Company served as the builder. Noted for his design work throughout the Northeast, Cram chose the Spanish Renaissance Revival style for Houston's library. Details include tile roof, arched openings, cast stone window surrounds, finials lining the parapet wall, and ornate metalwork. The L-shaped building's materials are primarily brick, cast stone and limestone. After more than 40 years as Houston's librarian, Ideson died in 1945. The city renamed the library six years later to honor her contributions to Houston's library program, as well as her involvement in numerous civic groups and professional associations. Although the city's library facilities and services have continued to expand since the Ideson Building's construction in 1926, the structure continues to serve as a library and local landmark. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2003 #13888
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Curing some foods is impossible without lye. There would be no Chinese noodles, zongzi, pretzels, century eggs, lye rolls, hominy, canned oranges, green olives, and lutefisk if there is no lye. Even soap-making will be impossible without lye. Unfortunately, the famous Red Devil brand for lye products is long gone, making buying some lye a challenge.
Although a bit difficult, buying lye is not impossible. You just need to know where you can possibly buy some lye.
Manufacturers. Only few retailers are selling lye. Manufacturers are selling this in bulk orders for businesses that need to use lye. If you will have a big order, better contact a lye manufacturer immediately. Small order is okay if you can negotiate that with the manufacturer.
Online sellers. On eBay, many users are still selling the long-gone Red Devil. You might want to use their unused can of the product. Some also sell lye in small packages.
Soap-making suppliers. As mentioned, lye is an important ingredient in making soaps. It is almost impossible to make soap without lye. That is why soap-making suppliers are expected to have some lye. This usually comes with other soap-making ingredients. Try to negotiate if the supplier can sell only lye to you. This is possible but do not expect to buy in big amounts.
Lye online depots. Lye Depots, Texas Natural Supply, Essential Depot, and Chemistry Storeare just some of the online depots that are selling lye. Visit their website and see if you can get the lye that you've been looking for.
Hardware store. Some hardware stores include lye to their product offers. Check in your local hardware store if they have bags of lye.
Lye may not be available in your local variety store. At least, you can try to look for it in the places mentioned above.
Improper use of lye can cause corrosion and degradation of organic tissue. This could lead to chemical burns caused by chemical reaction. That is why you should not just buy any lye.
Check the seller's documents. Lye sellers should have proper documentation stating that they are allowed to produce and sell lye. This is not applicable to individual resellers, though, especially on eBay. Remember that dealing with them is at your own risk, so, check everything before you buy lye.
Buy in bulk. Some manufacturers will only sell in bulk, so, you don't have any other choice. Even if you can buy in small amounts, buying bulk is still a money saver.
Buy with some users. Do you know some people who also need lye? If you can't afford to buy in bulk, then ask them if they are willing to share a big bag of lye with you.
Buy from experienced sellers. Most people think that inexperienced sellers give the best deal. Actually, it's not always the case because most of the time, experienced sellers are safer to deal with. They know all the rules and they get their supplies directly from manufacturers. That is why they commonly offer lye in cheaper price.
Once you already have some lye, make sure that you always prioritize safety when using it. Excessive exposure to the material can cause irreversible harm.


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The Future of Natural Gas in North America: McKinsey
Posted by Skip Peel - Independent Landman on January 10, 2020 at 9:32am in Shale Related Topics
The future of natural gas in North America
January 2020 | Article mckinsey.com
Excerpt. "What role will natural gas play in North America's energy mix over the next decades? And how can players position themselves to manage threats and capture opportunities from the energy transition?
Industry discussions about the future of gas in North America are polarizing. On one hand, the shale revolution keeps delivering, displacing liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports since the late 2000s, as abundant gas resources and technological innovation drove costs down. In the past few years, shale has entered a new phase with the rise of LNG exports from North America. By 2023, North America is expected to head the list of the world's top LNG exporting regions. On the other hand, as state-level decarbonization policies ramp up, the demand for natural gas in key segments such as power generation and local distribution companies (LDC) is expected to decline.
These contrasting outlooks reflect different perspectives and interests of stakeholders, regions, and segments. An objective picture requires a comprehensive analysis of gas demand and supply that considers how and where they may be affected by decarbonization efforts. To that end, we modeled power and gas value chains until 2040 to explore how today's policies will likely play out as well as what actions different players can take to position themselves appropriately during the energy transition."
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I slept late... almost 8:00! I woke up happy because for the first time since school started, I did not have Saturday school! But from the time I opened my eyes until the time I went to sleep on Saturday, I just celebrated... it is a stream of consciousness.. it goes in pieces like this.
My opening prayer almost every morning is Gal 2:20- "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me." It is a reminder that this day is a gift and my life is a gift- how do people really live without the good news of the grace of God?
I started the morning on my front porch- a cool part of our new house. The weather was fantastic- the right temp- the right amount of freshening breeze- the right cup of coffee- and my ipad.. I read from an app called Glo Bible- the first chapter of Ephesians- there was a cool phrase that made me stop. "- to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ" (Eph 1:10B).
I then read a few chapters in "Hope Unseen" the story of Capt. Scott Smiley who lost his sight in Iraq. Amazing story!
One inspiring song has always been Bruce Springsteen's My City of Ruins... when he starts singing 'Gonna Rise Up' and .."with these hands..with these hands I pray Lord, I pray for the grace Lord..." it gets me going.
I was taking in the glory of a fall morning- crisp air, the backdop of a blue sky, the leaves of color- breathing and sweating and praising the Creator of such glory and joy!
Lisa joined me for miles 3-6. It was a good time of enjoying the day- even though the hill at mile 5 was tough.
We had a great lunch of fried chicken, potato salad, cole slaw, and Edgar's cookies for dessert!
Then it was off to Samford for a 2:00 football kick-off. The beautiful weather stayed perfect and the pageantry of college football on a manicured campus is always vibrant. Saw good friends- saw my daughter Julie smile as big as Texas as she cheered.
We picked up the Pita Stop for dinner- chicken and steak kabobs. I had DVR'd the Bama game. And loved fast forwarding through the commercials. Trent Richardson's run in the 3rd quarter was amazing!
And finally, this tired guy got in bed... the peace in my heart- the joy on my face. My evening prayer always ends with Romans 8:1 "There is therefore now NO CONDEMNATION to those who are in Christ Jesus."
Sunday morning... you get up excited to worship- how can I not?
I know that there are dark days that God ordains- I know there are just average days... but I loved every minute of last Saturday... You have to celebrate and you have to thank the Father... how can you not?
Thank you Lord for bringing it it all under the unity of Christ! I am a blessed man!


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Report: SAT makers to factor in social, economic background for scoring
The College Board is planning to assign an "adversity score" to every student who takes the SAT, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
The test will factor in a student's social and economic background, like crime rate and poverty levels from the student's high school and neighborhood.
College Board president David Coleman is addressing the critics.
"There is talent and potential waiting to be discovered in every community – the children of poor, rural families, kids navigating the challenges of life in the inner-city and military dependents who face the daily difficulties of low income and frequent deployments as part of their family's services to our country."
Coleman's statement continued, "No single test score should ever be examined without paying attention to this critical context.
The Wall Street Journal reported that 50 schools used the new score as part of a beta test last year and that the College Board plans to include 150 more schools this fall.
The adversity score will not factor in race.


In the summer of 2015, Eloise was bit by a rattlesnake. It is only by the healing hand of God that she is still alive today. We are grateful for her testimony and we pray it speaks to your heart.
I was walking on the freshly mowed grass on a warm summer evening when the fiery pain shot through my foot. I knew I had been bitten by something. Afraid to look down, I screamed as Emily turned to see a rattlesnake clutching my ankle and refusing to let go. The seconds felt like an eternity as I kept my eyes forward, refusing to face the reality of the moment, until finally, the serpent released its fangs and cowardly slithered under the fence.
LESSON 1: YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE SERPENT WILL STRIKE.
LESSON 2: GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS. IT MAY NOT BE THE WAY YOU THOUGHT HE WOULD.
Just days later, I found myself in the ER, taking injections of anti-venom. Compartment Syndrome in my leg was a probability, and the swelling continued to creep up my body. Once out of the woods for surgery, the condition of my blood was the next concern. Toxins were throwing my blood into complete chaos. Venomous snakes do not tend to hold on to their prey. In my case, the snake held on, releasing every bit of toxic venom it had. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC Syndrome) was the diagnosis. DIC can lead to multi-organ failure, widespread bleeding, and even cause death if not treated correctly.
LESSON 3: I DO NOT HAVE CONTROL. CAST MY CARES UNTO THE LORD.
I learned to praise God in the miracles along the way. On the terrifying days, I cried out, "Jesus hold me!", and He was faithful to do so. Rollercoaster, yes. Constant God, Yes.
Fifteen days in the hospital and 34 vials of anti-venom later, I was released to go home and begin the process of recovery. "Miles, you should be planning Eloise's funeral," explained Dr. Sharp. What a miracle! I had witnessed a physical healing.
LESSON 4: DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF PRAYER AND THE BODY OF CHRIST.
With a room filled with flowers, Scripture, and food, how can you not experience the Presence of God? The Church is the avenue for God's love to be expressed. I experienced love mainly through intercessory prayer. Intercessors are people who can carry us to the throne of God when we are unable to get there by ourselves. Jesus intercedes for us [Romans 8:34], and we intercede for each other. I was anointed with oil and prayed over by complete strangers. I could not have come out on the other side without the Body of Christ.
The truth hurts, but it will set you free!
LESSON 5: PAIN IS NOT WITHOUT PURPOSE.
This was a foreshadowing of the Gospel. Jesus' death on the cross was the strike of the serpent. But the resurrection was Jesus crushing his head, leaving the serpent in defeat. Psalm 91:13 says "You will crush under your feet the lion and the snake." Yes, Lord, I will!
There were many more lessons learned from my experience two years ago. My human mind cannot conceive a God that is so powerful, loving, and good, but my heart accepts it without reservation.
This post was written by Eloise Bell. To read more about her, click here.


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Sinnar farmers breathe life back into irrigated farming
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By collectively reviving a colonial-era irrigation system, farmers in 19 villages of Sinnar in Maharashtra have transformed a water-starved area into productive and prosperous farmlands.
By Hiren Kumar Bose
Falling agricultural income, accumulated power bills, spiraling farm loans, acute dependence on water tankers and the resultant migration to cities in search of livelihood are now referred to in the past tense in the 19 villages of Sinnar taluka in Maharashtra's Nashik district, thanks to the unique participatory action of water management involving local farmers, an NGO, corporate donors and the state's irrigation authorities.
Located on the NH 50 that connects Nashik with Pune, most would recognize Sinnar, as it happens to be on the way to Shirdi, the resting place of the 19th-century saint Sai Baba and a popular pilgrim center, both among Hindus and Muslims. Additionally, Sinnar hosts the Gondeswar temple, the most complete and the best-preserved example of the mediaeval temples of the Deccan of the Indo-Aryan style. In recent years, Asia's first industrial estate established on a cooperative basis was established in Sinnar's Musalgaon.
Traversing the 70 km long stretch of Dev River, a tributary of the Godavari originating from Dhondbar village, it courses through Sinnar and here one can witness a change of monumental proportions, bringing stability and prosperity to the farmers who till the 6,834 acres of land here.
But it was not always so in the years gone by. Like elsewhere in the country's arid zone, Sinnar too encountered what the economists' term as rural distress, which was unaffectedly addressed by the state by increasing the number of employment days under the rural employment guarantee scheme, declaring a subsidy on seeds, horticulture crops and fodder.
Rain shadow area
Largely dry and drought-prone with drinking water scarcity, Sinnar falls in the rain shadow region of the Western Ghats. It receives an average annual rainfall 616 mm but has seen a steady decline in the past 10 years. For instance, it was bare 382 mm in 2017. The area under food grains is 45% while in oilseeds it's 16%. Over the years, vegetable cultivation has increased here.
Diverting rivers or streams to irrigate farms is an age-old practice in India. Diversion Based Irrigation (DBI) Systems is a simple and economical method that applies gravitational force to guide the flow of water from rivers and streams to adjacent fields. It is especially beneficial for hilly or mountainous terrains that are usually deprived of natural irrigation.
According to a 1912 document by British official C. M. Baker, the British constructed 296 diversion dams in Nashik district, out of which 47 check dams and diversion embankments were built in Sinnar from 1870 to 1895. Each dam had a canal, which was further divided into sub-canals to take water to farms. The gravitational flow ensured that water reached the tail end.
Villager elders inspecting a diversion-based irrigation system in Sinnar. Photo by Yuva Mitra.
Efficient system
Dwelling on the DBI and its efficient running in the past, Sunil Pote of non-profit Yuva Mitra told VillageSquare.in: "The system was very efficient as village panchayat decided on the release of water according to the landholding of the farmer. A landholding's irrigation requirement was based according to the plot size, soil conditions, the crop to be grown and the duration of flow of water to the fields. For instance, it took 24 minutes for a half-acre plot's soil to dampen. Every farmer received his quota of water either on the seventh or thirteenth day depending on the crop he grew."
Yuva Mitra has been instrumental in bringing ground-breaking changes in this dry region, including abundance of water for irrigation, creating farmer produce companies, integrated livelihood development program, drought-proofing activities and introducing sustainable agricultural development work.
Envisaged as a community-based water management system, it distributed water to almost 6,500 hectares land in 19 villages for a period of nine months. Besides irrigating the land, it also recharged the groundwater.
Over the years, these systems became non-functional due to lack of maintenance and repairs, the apathy of the state's irrigation department beside encroachment of the river basin by the farmers. As people relinquished their right over existing water systems it not only affected their livelihoods but also brought in setbacks to the farmers lives like indebtedness, alcoholism, dependence and poor standard of living, which led to migration to the neighboring cities in search of menial jobs.
Loss of community control
The writing on the wall was clear: the loss of community control over water resources was the root cause of the situation being encountered by the villagers.
In 1971, the Konambe dam came up on Dev River, which reduced the flow of water into the DBI system. By the mid-eighties, the British-built DBI systems in Sinnar, which met the requirement of drinking water and irrigation for nearly 90 years were totally abandoned.
As farmers in great numbers installed water pumps to irrigate their fields it brought the dubious distinction: of being the highest groundwater exploited taluka in Nashik district! Ecological degradation and loss of traditional water management system in combination with uncertain rainfall and unpredictable market situation resulted in partial loss of livelihood.
Grassroots march
It was the three-day long Dev Nadi Shodh Yatra, or a grassroots inquiry march, undertaken by the local youths with the guidance of Yuva Mitra which began on May 15, 2007, with the purpose of studying the defunct water management system, pollution of the river and the biodiversity of the region brought in several revelations.
"An irrigation system which once catered to the irrigation needs of the farmers had accumulated silt over decades, encroachments had impeded the river's flow, the river bank which earlier hosted trees like mango, custard apple, tamarind, neem, banyan and jamun now had weeds like besharam (Ipomoea carnea) kanher (yellow oleander), gultura (Lantena Camera) and others," Nitin Shinde of Sonari village, who had joined the march, told VillageSquare.in. "Rodents had flourished in the absence of predators like snakes and peacocks which were found in abundance in the past. Natural scavengers like vultures had abandoned the region as wind energy towers came upon the neighboring hills."
Villagers cleaning the Musalgoan canal in Sinnar. Photo by Yuva Mitra.
In the past, the check dams provided water till the month of March, but now by December, everything dried up. Increasing population, rising demand for water for irrigation and the depleting groundwater level compounded the problem.
The community-driven activity with the Panchayat Samiti overseeing the release of water, selecting the crop and raising funds for the maintenance and repairs the check dams used to run effectively. As the state's irrigation department took control of them, the farmers had no say about its functioning.
As power lines arrived in the villages in 1985, farmers increasingly installed agriculture pumps to draw water for irrigation, leading to the death knell of DBI systems. Visit these 20-odd villages and you're still likely to come across stone and mortar made check dams with numbers inscribed on them like 74 or 90, each referring to the structure's location and the village it belonged.
Rejuvenation begins
In 2009, Yuva Mitra, with funds provided by the Tata Trusts, began work in Bhatwadi and Wadgaon. The check dams are presently providing water to 1,280 hectares of land in Bhatwadi, 1,800 hectares of land in Wadgaon and Temburwadi (Ashapur).
"In the initial years, the water didn't reach the farm plots but the neighboring wells witnessed increased water level, which made the villagers realize that the situations could be reversed," said Pote. "The brimming wells witnessed after a period of some three decades not only brought joy but instilled hope among the villagers."
From 2009 to 2018, Yuva Mitra with the participation of the villagers desilted and renovated 18 check dams on Dev and Mhalungi rivers. Only when the job could not be done manually were earthmovers involved. The participation from the villagers was overwhelming with nearly Rs 17 lakh mobilized through community donation while the state government and other donor agencies contributed Rs. 289.36 lakh to repair the canals stretching 81 km and bringing 5,725.24 acres under irrigation, which has benefitted 2,985 odd farmers.
With the removal of silt the storage capacities of the irrigation systems have increased, hundreds of villagers, which were earlier dependent on water tankers are free of them and village-based water users associations have been formed with the aim to achieve equitable distribution of water. Farmers have been encouraged to use drip irrigation and mulching paper.
A view of a renovated canal in Sinnar. Photo by Yuva Mitra.
Radical concepts
Radical concepts like 5R farming have been introduced in which vegetable crops like brinjal, spinach, cabbage, bitter gourd, pumpkin, broccoli, garlic, Chinese cabbage and fenugreek was grown in five gunthas (5,000 sq. ft) plot, which has resulted in increase in the annual produce of the farmers and also maintaining the soil health. So popular has been 5R farming in Sinnar that farmers in far away Latur and Wardha have become followers of the method.
Their livelihood secure, the farmers have become entrepreneurs with Yuva Mitra instrumental in forming four farmer producer companies (FPC) in these 19 villages, which are into activities ranging from the marketing of exotic vegetables to selling of live goats. For instance, Lonarwadi's Devnadi Valley Agricultural Producers Company Ltd, an FPC which specializes in agri-input supply and marketing of vegetables and onion, had a turnover of Rs 1.14 crore in 2017-18.
"Not only do have secured our irrigation needs but our lands to have immensely benefitted by the silt removed from the check dams. We just have to pay the cost of diesel for ferrying the silt to our farm plots," Sudam Avaji Kakkad of Vajhevaran village told VillageSquare.in.
Avaji's plot of land is adjacent to check dam 82. He is a member of Vajhevaran Canal Water Users Association and grows groundnut, soybean and vegetables like beans and tomatoes on his 12-bigha plot while his neighbor, Hemant Vasant Jakhadi, a retiree from Nashik's Hindustan Aircrafts Ltd who grows sweet corn and soybean.
(Hiren Kumar Bose is a journalist based in Thane, Maharashtra. He doubles up as a weekend farmer. Views are personal.This article was originally published on Villagesquare.in Read the original article here.)
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Images on the noisy side. Bulky and awkward design for a phone. Only midrange CPU and gaming performance.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is an interesting hybrid Android smartphone and camera, but it won't be a practical replacement for both devices for most people.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom ($199.99 with 2-year contract) is a camera phone in the truest sense of the word—it's literally a point-and-shoot camera grafted onto an Android smartphone. AT&T would have you believe that with the S4 Zoom "you don't have to compromise," but like many hybrid tech devices before it, the S4 Zoom makes inevitable concessions as both a camera and smartphone. Its 10x optical zoom is unrivaled in the smartphone world, but its image quality and low light performance don't justify the bulk when compared with options like the Nokia Lumia 1020.
If you thought the Nokia Lumia 1020 looked ridiculous, then you're in for a treat. From front and center, the S4 Zoom looks like a shrunken down Galaxy S4, complete with gently rounded corners, oblong Home button, and faux-chrome trim around the edges. Flip it over and it looks like a shrunken down Galaxy Camera, or really most any point-and-shoot camera.
At 4.94 by 2.5 by 1.06 inches (HWD) and 9.9 ounces, the S4 Zoom is bulky and hefty for a smartphone and still a bit thick compared with typical point-and-shoots. It felt as alien and unwanted in my pocket as oversized phablets like the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. There's a decent handgrip on the back with an extending lens surrounded by a plastic, rotating lens ring. The two bulges on the backside are great for cameras, but make the S4 Zoom awkward to use as a phone. On the right side (when looking at the phone screen in portrait mode), you'll find Power, Volume, and Shutter Release buttons. The left side houses a microSD card slot and a tripod mount, while a micro USB port and battery port are on the bottom.
The 4.3-inch, 960-by-540-pixel AMOLED display is reasonably sharp, with 256 pixels per inch, and the ultra-saturated colors will be appealing to some. Viewing angle is solid, but maximum brightness is on the lower end, which makes outdoor use a bit troublesome—you can still see it fine, but framing your shots or confirming focus could prove problematic in bright direct sunlight.
The S4 Zoom supports AT&T's 3G UMTS (850/1900/2100MHz), GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900MHz), and LTE (Band 2, 4, 5, and 17). I tested the S4 Zoom in New York City and found reception and call quality were both above average. The earpiece gets plenty loud and is easy to hear over outside noises, and transmissions through the mic sound very clear and full, but voices did have a robotic edge to them. Noise cancellation was great in my tests, as the beeping of a truck backing up was imperceptible on a test call. Network speeds were on par with other devices I tested, though I did notice that the S4 Zoom took a bit longer to latch onto faster LTE. The S4 Zoom, like the regular S4, was able to complete a call from the basement of our office, where service is very spotty. The 2,300mAh battery was good for 12 hours and 58 minutes of continuous talk time in my tests.
As with any Samsung Android device, the S4 Zoom uses the company's heavy handed TouchWiz skin, here running over Android 4.2.2. Aside from the previously covered camera features, the software on the S4 Zoom will be familiar to anyone who's picked up a Samsung Android device in the past two years. Despite using a somewhat underpowered dual-core 1.5GHz Samsung Exynos 4212 processor with 1GB RAM, everything feels pretty fluid with the S4 Zoom. Animations and transitions render smoothly and the system felt responsive under normal load. Still, the S4 label here is a bit deceptive—app load times aren't all that brisk and intensive games like Asphalt 8: Airborne don't run nearly as smoothly on the S4 Zoom. It's decidedly midrange, but competent for the majority of tasks.
Out of the box you get 11.29GB of storage, and our 64GB microSD card worked fine as well. Media support is comprehensive, as the S4 Zoom had no trouble playing all of our test files, including DivX and Xvid videos at resolutions up to 1080p.
Bottom Line: The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is an interesting hybrid Android smartphone and camera, but it won't be a practical replacement for both devices for most people.


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Better LivingEnvironmental Health and Safety
A NIOSH Science Blog post
A framework for productive aging and work
By James Grosch PhD, Deborah Hornback MS, Juliann Scholl PhD, Paul Schulte PhD
The aging of the U.S. population has led to a number of changes in the workforce, particularly a movement of the worker distribution toward older ages2, 4. By 2022, about one-third (31.9%) of Americans aged 65 to 74 years will still be working (Toosi 2013). The impact of a longer working life can be significant in both positive and negative ways. On the positive side, work is the main means of income for consumption and savings, serves an anchoring function in society, and can be a source of dignity, social connectedness, and purpose. Negative consequences of working longer may include increased morbidity and mortality from injuries, longer recovery times, burnout, job lock (needing to stay employed to retain health insurance and benefits), age discrimination, job insecurity, periods of unwanted unemployment, and less non-work time (Schulte et al. 2018).
In response to the increasingly aging U.S. worker population, in 2015, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) established the National Center for Productive Aging and Work (NCPAW) as part of its Office of Total Worker Health® (TWH). Productive aging emphasizes the positive aspects of growing older while minimizing the losses associated with aging at work. Individuals can be expected to remain engaged and productive in their paid work life as well as other aspects of life such as volunteering, caregiving, continuing education etc. (Schulte et al. 2018). NCPAW developed a four-element conceptual framework for productive aging that could be applied to work:
Life span perspective—meeting the needs of workers of all ages
Comprehensive, integrated approach to occupational safety and health—utilizing a range of education and intervention strategies
Emphasis on positive outcomes for both workers and organizations—targeting both worker (e.g., safe environment, job satisfaction) and organizational (e.g., low turnover, lower health care costs) outcomes and understanding how they mutually influence each other
Supportive culture for multigenerational issues—learning to manage generational differences and building on the strengths of workers of all ages to create an inclusive, productive workplace
NIOSH has published this framework for productive aging and work in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The Framework provides a foundational and comprehensive approach for addressing the needs of the aging workforce. Stakeholders can use this framework to implement programs that advance productive aging in workplaces and adopt practices that meet the needs of workers of all ages.
For more information on the aging workforce visit the NCPAW webpage.
Click here to visit the NIOSH Science Blog post on the NIOSH website and share your ideas on productive aging and work.
1Butler RN [1985]. Productive aging: Enhancing vitality in later life. New York: Springer Publishing.
2Blue L, Espanshade TJ. [2011]. Population momentum across the demographic transition. Popul Dev Rev 37: 721-747.
3Rowe JW, Kahn RL [1996]. Successful aging. The Gerontologist 37(4): 433-440.
4Schulte PA, Grosch J, Scholl JC, Tamers SL [2018]. Framework for considering productive aging and work. J Occup Environ Med. 60(5):440-448. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001295
5Toosi M [2013]. Labor Force Projections to 2022: The Labor Force Participation Rate Continues to Fall. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Monthly Labor Review.
KEYWORDS: aging workforce Total Worker Health
James Grosch, PhD, is Co-director of the Center and research psychologist in the Division of Applied Research and Technology.
Deborah Hornback, MS, is a health communication specialist with NIOSH's Education and Information Division
Dr. Scholl is co-director of the National Center for Productive Aging and Work (NCPAW) and a health communication specialist in the NIOSH Education and Information Division.
Paul Schulte, PhD, is Director of the NIOSH Education and Information Division.


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Gmina Jeżów Sudecki is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Jeżów Sudecki, which lies approximately  north of Jelenia Góra and  west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 7,438.

Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Jeżów Sudecki is bordered by the town of Jelenia Góra and the gminas of Janowice Wielkie, Stara Kamienica, Świerzawa and Wleń.

Villages
The gmina contains the villages of Chrośnica, Czernica, Dziwiszów, Janówek, Jeżów Sudecki, Płoszczyna, Siedlęcin and Wrzeszczyn.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gmina Jeżów Sudecki is twinned with:
 Paseky nad Jizerou, Czech Republic
 Vierkirchen, Germany

References

Jezow Sudecki
Karkonosze County

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The developed/underdeveloped dichotomy is the starting point of mainstream theories of development. Based on a theoretical framework inherited from modernisation theories, they represent development as the process through which productive structures in the Global South are transformed following the footsteps of the Global North. Dependency theories productively challenged this linear conception of development, but failed to provide a consistent alternative because of their incapacity to move beyond the developed/underdeveloped dichotomy. In this article, I claim that Trotsky's concept of uneven and combined development finally indicates a way to think of development beyond the developed/underdeveloped dichotomy. Through analogies with the work of the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, I contrast the concept of uneven and combined development with competing views of development to show both that it makes better sense of particular development trajectories and that it offers a better theoretical base for political action. By stressing the necessarily perspectived character of development, the concept of uneven and combined development makes it possible to ask a crucial question often overlooked: development for whom?
I would like to thank the participants of the Cornell-Sussex Development Workshop for comments on an early version of this paper. I offer my special thanks to Dr Louise Wise and Professors Justin Rosenberg, Ben Selwyn and Fouad Makki.
Anievas, Alexander. 2011. Capital, States, and Conflict : International Political Economy and Crisis, 1914‒1945, PhD dissertation, University of Cambridge. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.609603. Accessed 26 Feb 2019.
Boulos, Guilherme. 2018. Interviewed by Isto É Magazine., 19 June, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzA5Tz6vHLs. Accessed 26 Feb 2019.
Marx, Karl. 1859/2010. 'Preface', A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, in: Karl Marx, Frederick Engels Volume 29: 261–265. London: Lawrence & Wishart Electric Book. http://www.hekmatist.com/Marx%20Engles/Marx%20&%20Engels%20Collected%20Works%20Volume%2029_%20M%20-%20Karl%20Marx.pdf.
Marx, Karl. 1867/2010. 'Preface', Kapital, in: Karl Marx, Frederick Engels Volume 35: 7–11. London: Lawrence & Wishart Electric Book. http://www.hekmatist.com/Marx%20Engles/Marx%20&%20Engels%20Collected%20Works%20Volume%2035_%20K%20-%20Karl%20Marx.pdf.
Truman, Harry. 1949. Inaugural Address. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=13282. Accessed 26 Feb 2019.


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Save Me Trust Statement - Badger Culling in England Low Risk Areas
Following George Eustice's Ministerial statement today to confirm that he intends to enable badger control measures in the LRA (Low Risk Areas) we issued the following statement:
Save Me Trust is saddened to hear George Eustice's announcement today that he will enable badger culling in the Low Risk areas of England.
The policy of culling badgers is deeply flawed and has yet to produce any evidence that it is reducing Bovine TB in cattle. Extending badger culling into Low Risk Areas of England will not remove Bovine TB from cattle herds and all available science shows it will make matters worse.
The disease lies latent and undetected by the current tests, wherever the cattle are based, and until we remove Bovine TB from the herd, both cattle and wildlife will continue to suffer from this devastating disease.
This decision makes no sense and does not relate to the science. Culling has no benefits for farmers, cattle or wildlife and will put a further cost burden on taxpayers.
Save Me Trust remains committed to finding a viable solution to Bovine Tb. We will continue to work on our project farm in Devon that has become officially TB free after many years of chronic breakdown without the killing of any wildlife.


Boingo's(s wifi) acquisition of military base ISP Endeka appears to paying dividends. Boingo revealed this week that it has won contracts with the U.S. Marines Corps, Army and Air Force to install IPTV and broadband access networks on their posts and bases in the U.S. and some overseas installations, using a combination of fiber and point-to-point wireless technology. Soldiers and officers who subscribe to the on-base services will also get free access to Boingo's global Wi-Fi hotspot network.
Army forces are likely to use the Radio over IP services consisting of high frequency and acquisition of having an easy conversation.


While a La Niña event was usually conducive to increased rainfall over South Africa's summer rainfall region, it remained uncertain what the effect of the circulation over the equatorial Pacific Ocean would be. The circulation did not resemble a typical La Niña, he said.
Hansie Viljoen, Leeudoringstad grain producer, said conditions in the western parts of the summer grain production area were dire. In some parts of North West, for example, as little as 30% of the lands earmarked for grain production had been planted.
Crops that had been planted were struggling to survive, and in some cases the crops were dying as a result of the severely depleted soil moisture levels and extremely high temperatures.
Henning Viljoen, Agri Northern Cape CEO, said despite the good showers reported in some areas of the drought-stricken parts of the province, the drought had not been broken yet.
Rain occurred in isolated showers, with showers of up to 40mm reported in parts of Williston, while no rain fell in the rest of the district.


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NewsroomNewsThe future of ACV
Amphibious Combat Vehicles
Jan 9 2018 2018-01-09T18:40:45+01:00
BAE Systems has submitted its bid for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) 1.1 down-select with an offering that has superior mobility, survivability and increased carry and payload.
Our company, originally selected for the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the ACV 1.1 program in November 2015, delivered 16 prototypes to the U.S. Marine Corps on schedule, and has gone through several months of extensive government testing of the vehicles. The Marine Corps is scheduled to make a low-rate initial production award to a single contractor in June 2018.
We are teamed with IVECO Defence Vehicles, which brings additional proven experience having designed and built more than 30,000 multi-purpose, protected, and armored military vehicles in service today. With seven years of ACV investment behind our two companies, we developed a solution, built from the ground up as an amphibious vehicle that offers superior mobility and survivability to enable Marines to complete their missions safely and effectively.
Our offering has been validated through thousands of miles of U.S. Government testing. The testing provided proof that the vehicle can launch from and recover to an amphibious ship followed by a 12 nautical mile open ocean swim.
"We are honored to continue our legacy of providing the Marine Corps with superior amphibious capabilities," said John Swift, program director for amphibious combat vehicles at BAE Systems. "Our ACV team has worked diligently to achieve superior U.S. Government test results that meet objective requirements for land and sea mobility, and protection. I'm proud of all the team's hard work that was needed to achieve this."
Amphibious Combat Vehicle
BAE Systems rolls out first Amphibious Combat Vehicle 1.1 to U.S. Marine Corps
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Listening to this book was like taking a graduate level class, but received an undergraduate curriculum. Very underwhelming and not "Next Level".
This would have been wonderful if it were fiction. Unfortunately this story is reality and scary.
Russia expert Luke Harding lays out the most in-depth look to date at the Trump campaign's dealings with Russia. Beginning with a meeting with Christopher Steele, the man behind the shattering dossier that first brought the allegations to light, Harding probes the histories of key Russian and American players with striking clarity and insight. Harding exposes the disquieting details of the Trump-Russia story - a saga so huge it involves international espionage, offshore banks, sketchy real estate deals, mobsters, money laundering, disappeared dissidents, and more.
OMG, I kept reading reviews that the author provided no new information. Then why are we in this mess if everyone knew. Very detailed but should be required reading.
What did you love best about Trumpocracy?
Well written and verifiable facts. Not as fun as Fire and Fury, but is a good assessment of what is going on and the effects that will be us for a long time.
If you could give Trumpocracy a new subtitle, what would it be?
Very well written, but am tired of hearing why a bunch of people are upset and voted for a guy who is ill-suited to be on the job. Basically, it is because they actually have to go through what many in this country have lived with forever. Then even more insulting is what will happen if they are not dominant again though demographically that is not going to happen.
However, if you want a fact-based account of our current Presidency and our country, this book is a must-read.
The narrator was great..so glad he did not parody Trump's voice. Writing was superb. If it wasn't completely true, it's the Administration's fault for being so crazy.
Elle Burns is a former slave with a passion for justice and an eidetic memory. Trading in her life of freedom in Massachusetts, she returns to the indignity of slavery in the South - to spy for the Union Army. Malcolm McCall is a detective for Pinkerton's Secret Service. Subterfuge is his calling, but he's facing his deadliest mission yet - risking his life to infiltrate a Rebel enclave in Virginia.
If you could sum up An Extraordinary Union in three words, what would they be?
When I the plot, I was so excited. I admit that I am a mystery/detective genre fan, not romance. I keep thinking, this would be so great if they didn't keep talking about their feelings. If it were a true detective/mystery I would be thrilled.
Would you be willing to try another book from Alyssa Cole? Why or why not?
I am going to finish this tedious romance, but I doubt it because I can't sit through the tedium of will their love last.
Which character – as performed by Karen Chilton – was your favorite?
I was intrigued with the history of the spying in the Civil War era.
What's the Matter with White People?
The size and stability of the American middle class were once the envy of the world. But changes unleashed in the 1960s pitted Americans against one another politically in new and destructive ways. These battles continued to rage from that day to now, while everyone has fallen behind economically except the wealthy. Right-wing culture warriors blamed the decline on the moral shortcomings of "other" Americans - black people, feminists, gays, immigrants, union members - to court a fearful white working- and middle-class base with ever more bitter "us vs. them" politics.
If you could sum up What's the Matter with White People? in three words, what would they be?
White conservatives feelings are hurt because we did not listen to them. Liberals aren't nice to them. It is okay for them to treat POC with impunity but we have to be nice to them because they are not used to not getting the rewards with little effort. Tired of hearing this to explain why they vote again their self interest.
What about Joan Walsh's performance did you like?
I can listen to her performance without drifting off. Did not distract from the content.
We hurt the white man's fee fee. Now we all pay.
Ten years have passed since Joe Coughlin's enemies killed his wife and destroyed his empire, and much has changed. Prohibition is dead, the world is at war again, and Joe's son, Tomas, is growing up. Now the former crime kingpin works as a consigliore to the Bartolo crime family, traveling between Tampa and Cuba, his wife's homeland.
Love every minute of this book. He hit so many themes in a gangster story, no less! As usual I end the book wanting more.
I was drawn to this book because I wanted to know why this group keep voting against their own interest. The author took me on this journey. Though I don't get the phenomenon, I understand it better .
A fascinating and unique look into the extraordinary word of power "I AM". This audiobook is a manual on the mental, spiritual and physical power of the mantra, which can be used to create wealth, promote healing, bring about extreme happiness and higher states of consciousness. As you learn to use your own "I AM" Power in this easy-to-follow manner, with suggested writings, simple keys to magnify The Law of Attraction in your life and detailed explanations of esoteric meanings, you will become more powerful than you ever knew you could become.
He took an overly discussed topic and made it practical to apply for the reader. He performance reflected his passion about this topic.