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Ross W. Greene's groundbreaking 1998 book The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children have helped thousands of parents, educators, and caregivers. Explosive children are the children whose automatic reactions to the everyday stimuli appear far more extreme than other children. Dr. Ross Greene explains how he defines what "explosive" (or implosive) kids are. He also explains why the consequences imposed by adults do not work for these children. Greene also explains why the child's behavioral issues are the signs of his lagging skills and unsolved problems. Greene shows how parents and teachers can determine the root cause of the explosive child's behavior. In the book, Dr. Greene introduces his readers to his 3 step method of problem-solving. He calls this method "Collaborative and Proactive Solutions" (CPS). This method addresses the common concerns that parents and educators have about using the CPS method with children. In this updated and revised edition of the book, Dr. Ross Greene offers his indispensable helping hand the overwhelmed adults who deal with explosive children.
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guest blogger, Health, Teams	 October 16, 2017 October 17, 2017
Find a gym buddy – not letting them down can be a powerful incentive
By guest blogger Juliet Hodges
Spreading information about the benefits of exercise – including how it reduces the risk of chronic diseases and improves mental health and wellbeing, from sleep quality to self-esteem – hasn't been enough to change people's behaviour. Only 30 to 40 per cent of adults in the UK say they get the recommended amount of physical activity per week, and this figure drops to just 5 per cent when using accelerometers to measure movement. It's a similar story even for people who have made the effort to join a gym – in a recent poll, a third of members reported visiting their gym three times a year or less. It seems we need to get more creative to persuade people to get active.
To test out some innovative psychological approaches, a new study published in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics selected 181 infrequent gym-goers at the University of West Chester, who went on average less than once a week before the experiment. All students at the university have free access to the fitness centre, and their attendance is automatically recorded when they swipe in.
The researchers tested three types of intervention, in isolation or combined, over the course of three weeks. First was the financial incentive: everyone (except the control group) was entered into a lottery, with a chance to win an $80 Amazon voucher if they met their weekly exercise goal of three 30-minute sessions. Second, some participants were partnered up, and were only eligible for the lottery if both members of the team had met the goal. Finally, half of the participants were given information midweek about how many other individuals or teams had already reached the weekly target. In all, there were five participant groups: the control, individuals with information (about others' attendance), individuals without information, teams with information and teams without information.
The lottery increased gym attendance in all groups during the study from their pre-experiment average of less than once a week. Individuals enrolled in the lottery on their own, but without information about others, more than doubled their attendance to almost 1.5 visits per week, although this effect was not statistically significant. The individuals enrolled in the lottery on their own and who also had access to information about other people's behaviour increased their visits to almost twice per week. The most impressive result was for the participants enrolled in the lottery in a two-person team – whether they had access to information about other people's behaviour or not, they tripled their average visit rate to more than three times per week.
The researchers also monitored behaviour for several weeks after the experiment. All groups kept going to the gym slightly more than they had done before the experiment, particularly the individuals with information. Looking specifically at non-users, defined as those who had not used the gym at all in the four weeks before the study, the researchers found that 80 per cent went at least once during and once after the intervention. Furthermore, non gym-users who received information were more likely to keep going than other groups. However, none of the interventions had a lasting effect beyond the Thanksgiving break four weeks after the experiment finished.
It is not entirely surprising that the lottery alone was less motivating than being in a team or receiving information. Financial incentives or penalties aren't always the best way to change behaviour; as most of us know, paying for a gym membership is no guarantee you'll actually go. However, other studies using financial rewards for exercise have found better uptake and maintenance even after they were removed. The less impressive results in the current study could be due to a number of reasons, such as the short duration of the experiment, the relatively small amount of money, or the reward being a lottery rather than a guaranteed amount.
Participants in teams exercised most frequently during the experiment, which is consistent with research in a range of domains that finds people are more motivated when others are also relying on them. The researchers didn't indicate whether participants were introduced to their teammates, which can make these interventions more effective. People are less willing to disappoint people they know, so friends increase each other's attendance when they are paired up, while an anonymous partner can be less effective than an individual incentive.
The mechanism behind the effectiveness of the information intervention is unclear. It could simply have acted as a reminder for people to squeeze three sessions in, prompting a spike in attendance towards the end of the week. The researchers suggest that knowing what others were doing could have made the lottery prize seem more accessible, as very few had completed three sessions by midweek. This seems more likely than a social norm explanation, which would assume the low numbers would reduce motivation.
It would be unwise to draw too many conclusions from this study, particularly given its short duration and limited sample size. It does however suggest that information and team dynamics, together or in isolation, can be cost-effective, easy-to-deliver ways to promote physical activity. For example, gyms could trial providing feedback on how many members had attended that week – although they may be unwilling to do so, given their business models often rely on people paying but not turning up.
—Get thee to the gym! A field experiment on improving exercise habits
Post written for the BPS Research Digest by Juliet Hodges. Juliet has a background in psychology and behavioural economics, and has applied this in advertising and now healthcare. Follow @hulietjodges on Twitter, LinkedIn or read her posts for the Bupa Newsroom here.
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Chilblains are incredibly painful for something so small – they mostly occur on your toes but they can also affect other parts of your feet as well as fingers and hands.
Generally red and blotchy, chilblains are itchy and painful areas, they may be swollen and in severe cases cracks develop in the skin and they can become infected or ulcerated.
They are caused by a reaction to cold conditions. When your feet become cold the blood vessels close to the skin narrow, if the skin is then exposed to heat the blood vessels widen. If this happens too quickly in the small blood vessels near the skin they can't always cope with the increased flow and blood leaks into the tissue which cases the swelling and itching. Areas of the feet that are under pressure such as toes squeezed into tight shoes or corns are especially vulnerable.
Smokers are also at higher risk.
It is most important not to scratch chilblains as the skin can break easily and become infected.
See a podiatrist for regular professional treatments.
Use calamine lotion or witch hazel to soothe the itching.
Gentle exercise to improve circulation to your feet.
You should only need to seek professional help if you have severe recurring chilblains, if they don't improve in a few days or if there are signs of infection.


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A Legacy of Curiosity: Ricardo B. Uribe and Cybernetics
By Sophia Ebel
Is it possible for a sole field of study to encompass philosophy, mathematics, biology, cognitive science, computer science, sociology, political science, economics, and more? To attempt to answer some of the most complex questions out there about the diverse systems—biological, social, technological, and more—that govern our lives? That, in a nutshell, is the field of cybernetics—the "antidisciplinary" science that formed the core of Ricardo B. Uribe's research at the University of Illinois.
BCL Report No. 68.2, Ricardo B. Uribe Papers, University of Illinois Archives, Record Series 11/6/40, Box 2.
Born in Santiago, Chile, in 1935, Uribe studied electrical engineering at the University of Chile before joining the institution's teaching and research staff. In the early 1970s he worked on Project Cybersyn, a project supported by the Chilean government that employed cybernetic approaches to organize and reform the country's economy. Political turmoil, however, changed the course of Uribe's life and career when General Augusto Pinochet seized power in the 1973 Chilean coup d'état. Uribe and his family fled, seeking refuge in Illinois where renowned cybernetician Heinz von Foerster (whose papers are also held by the University of Illinois Archives) had created a position for him in UIUC's Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL).[1]
Education and the ways in which humans understand the systems surrounding them are two threads interwoven throughout Uribe's work; these reflect both the cybernetic research interests of the time and his own lived experiences. Much of Uribe's early writing relates to "autopoiesis" —the process by which a system is able to self-maintain, reproduce, and create the components it needs to expand—and the implications of autopoietic systems for relativity, human understanding, and various forms of modeling. A variation on this concept is demonstrated by W. Ross Ashby's elementary Non-Trivial Machine (NTM), a device contained in the Ricardo B. Uribe Papers. Ashby was a cybernetician contemporary of Uribe; Von Foerster had coined the term "non-trivial machine" to describe any system in which the "input-output relationship is not invariant, but is determined by the machine's previous output."[2] The machine does utilize input, but like an autopoietic system has an independent internal state and constantly produces new operations as to maintain a condition of unpredictability.
Ashby's Non-Trivial Machine, Ricardo B. Uribe Papers, University of Illinois Archives, Record Series 11/6/40.
Ashby's NTM consists of an aluminum box with two switches and two lights. The observer's task is to determine the internal structure of the system by flipping the switches and watching the lights. One of the switches, however, changes the internal configuration of the box whenever it is flipped. The purpose of this machine was to exemplify the environment in which an artificial brain may operate, and to demonstrate the difficulty of understanding human cognition—perhaps the ultimate non-trivial machine. Autopoiesis, while not equivalent to cognition, is considered one of the prerequisites of a cognitive system.
Uribe's views on education were also central to his career and work. In his magnum opus, Tractatus Paradoxico-Philosphicus: A Philosophical Approach to Education, Uribe described education as a recursive system:
"If humans rather instruct than educate their children, these children will instruct their children even more (educating them even less), and they in turn will similarly do with their own children and so on and on. If humans do not perish at the hands of uneducated leaders, sooner than later they will grow into a population of morons who only obey rules, predictable creatures, ants of an anthill, humans no more. The sad (happy?) end of the story: awareness of their own shortcomings will thoroughly escape them."[3]
Tractatus Paradoxico-Philosophicus, Ricardo B. Uribe Papers, University of Illinois Archives, Record Series 11/6/40, Box 6.
This passage calls back to the violence and bloodshed Uribe would have witnessed during and after the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, and defines his approach to instruction at the University of Illinois. In addition to his work in BCL, Uribe established the Advanced Digital Systems Laboratory (ADSL) to bring together students across disciplines and encourage creative, collaborative, and unconventional problem solving. ADSL continues today as the Advanced Digital Projects Laboratory, and is an undergraduate/graduate course open to qualified students from all colleges. Uribe's philosophy also shaped the curriculum of "ECE 110: Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering," which introduces first year students to ECE principles in a hands-on and explorative manner. The central project of the course—working in groups to design "an autonomous electric vehicle" able to navigate an unknown course—is Uribe's design.[4]
In addition to Tractatus Paradoxico-Philosophicus and the NTM, the Archives' recent donation of Uribe's papers include years of BCL reprints and reports, manuscripts relating cybernetics to other scientific and humanistic fields, conference materials, American Society for Cybernetics documents, and select course materials. Uribe's legacy is one of curiosity—asking big questions and encouraging others to think in unconventional ways, question the status quos of both life and learning, and discover for themselves.
[1] James Hutchinson, "Remembering Ricardo Uribe, Founder of ECE's Advanced Digital Projects Laboratory,"Grainger College of Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering, last modified October 13, 2019, https://ece.illinois.edu/newsroom/news/4295.
[2] Heinz von Foerster, "Perception of the Future and the Future of Perception," BCL Publication 198, photomechanically reproduced from Instructional Science, 1, 1, (March 1974): 31-43, Record Series 11/6/40, Box 3, University of Illinois Archives.
[3] Ricardo B. Uribe, "Tractatus Paradoxico-Philosophicus: A Philosophical Approach to Education," Red Edition, Copyright 1991-2007, Record Series 11/6/40, Box 6, University of Illinois Archives.
[4] Ricardo B. Uribe et al., "A design laboratory in electrical and computer engineering for freshmen," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 37, issue 2 (May 1994): 194-202, doi: 10.1109/13.284994.
The Ricardo B. Uribe Papers were processed with generous funding from the Thomas M. Siebel Endowment for the History of Science.
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Tales From The Nitrate Negatives: Pyromaniacs in the Pews?!
Posted on April 22, 2022 by Clay Ward
90 years ago this year, Champaign-Urbana was allegedly on the brink of collapse from the threat of communist arsonists roaming Central Illinois. Churches were burned to the ground, schools were armed with guards, and sheriffs were on high alert. Smoke and fear wafted through the air placing anyone in the twin cities in danger's path. That's at least the story that the media tried spinning for everyone. Images captured by Bernard Strauch the morning after the University Place Church Fire uncovered a story of two red scares– flames and commies alike –in March 1932.
Monday March 7th, 1932, the Urbana Daily Courier broke the story "University Place Church Burns" describing a massive blaze that had engulfed the University Place Church on the corner of Springfield Avenue and South Wright Street. The news report tells a harrowing tale of the building's caretaker Walter Garland, and his wife who lived in the basement apartment of the church. After catching the smell of smoke late Saturday night, both rushed from the building and barely escaped as a fireball swallowed the building and collapsed the roof in. Fire departments arrived immediately to put out the blaze, but it was too late. The building had been completely destroyed in a matter of minutes, so they took to watering down the exteriors of adjacent buildings to prevent a spread of damage. Early reports Sunday morning listed the damages at $100,000, but by Wednesday the estimates were upwards of $150,000.
The Champaign News-Gazette quoted the fire-chief on the matter, and the facts seemed relatively cut-and-dry: An aging boiler had started leaking and helped ignite the furnace and the resulting explosion started the fire. Everyone should be on alert to avoid leaving exposed flames near their boilers because it was a serious risk. However, the Champaign-Urbana newspapers didn't find the story the police reports gave to be that simple. On one side, the news reported a revitalization of unity within the community. Students and community members rallied behind Reverend Fisher and found new spaces for the congregation to gather. There was even a reported increase in religious service attendance in the following months. A June 1932 article notes that the church had fully rebuilt its parishioner index card list larger than it ever had been. A March 12th Daily Illini article reports that university classes on religion were quickly relocated to the University High auditorium, and student prayer was held in Smith Hall at 10:30 AM on Sundays. However, on the other side of the matter was a skeptical media that amplified the voices that inspired panic and quieted the voices of those trying to calm the public down.
On a report from the confidant of a friend of the postmaster (Urbana's local anti-communist leader), The News-Gazette reported there were two supposed communist "incendiarists" that had been ravaging Central Illinois for weeks. So, pretty much "a friend of a friend" assured him there were commies on the loose. The Urbana Daily Courier and The Daily Illini ran almost daily stories about updates from fires in nearby Bloomington and Lincoln Illinois. Their stories had started to feed into one another creating an almost feedback loop of anxiety over the matter. By chance, the third ransom note in the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping case had been published the same day as the fire, so the newspaper oozed conspiracy and crimes all over the incendiarist worries.
University Place Church C.A. 1920's, pre-fire
The powder keg of public worry blew when the mayor announced a 'shoot to kill order' following a tip from the Urbana Postmaster John Gray. He had, on his authority, "shown" that the communists were involved in this alleged scheme. John Gray, just one day before the fire, issued a report that communists were not threatening Champaign-Urbana. Organized labor was "against communism because the wages they now receive are enough that they can afford the luxuries of life that would be unavailable under a communistic [sic] system". 48 hours later, an "informant" reported to John Gray that two communists fled the scene of the church fire. In response, the city placed armed guards inside all public schools in the area. Despite all the chaos, the University's supervising architect, James White, refused to post guards in university buildings. He denied any communist conspiracy and trusted a March 13th report that each fire was an accident.
It was not until Tuesday March 22nd that state-deputy-fire-marshal [sic] Thomas Abrams declared that each fire from Bloomington to Champaign was "not of incendiary nature" and were each a product of a "likely overheated boiler". The story of the two arsonists faded into nothingness overnight! Strauch's images of the church at University Place along with images before its destruction are displayed in this post. We still face the same issues of mass panic, media frenzies on inaccurate information, and fear of terrorism. It's interesting how just a few snapshots of one church can reveal so much about how history doesn't just repeat, but it tends to rhyme
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The Greatest Show of Love: Seat Belt Safety before Vince and Larry 1961-1973
Posted on April 21, 2022 by Paul Gilbert II
The influence of the Crash Test Dummies Vince and Larry is hard to overstate. Twenty-five years after they rode off into the sunset, Vince and Larry still are celebrated for how many lives they, and their associated Ad Council campaign, saved. The importance of this campaign makes it critical to make notice of the safety PSAs that came before Vince and Larry. Long before they crashed into our living rooms for the first time, the Ad Council strove to protect Americans from accident misinformation. While not as successful as campaigns to come, the 1960s Safety Belt campaign served as an incubator for future ideas and practices. The earlier campaign's shortcomings and setbacks laid the groundwork for the later transformative successes.
Lobbying the Lobbyists
Taking inspiration from the nascent Jet Age, Oldsmobile and by extension General Motors marketed their vehicles as fast, aerodynamic and powerful. They feared that any mention of the dangers of driving would severely impact their bottom line.
Originally invented for aviation pursuits, the first factory seat restraint option in American automobiles was offered by Nash in 1949. Buyers did not enjoy using these early seat belts. Customers believed they were unsafe and uncomfortable.
Many consumers believed it was better to be ejected from a vehicle than remain in the passenger cabin. Studies done by Nash and Ford showed customers removed seat belts from vehicles in droves. As a result, other manufacturers, namely General Motors, considered the endeavor to be a waste of time and money.
By contrast, Robert McNamara and the Ford Motor Company made safety a key selling point in 1956. 14% of Ford buyers opted for the "Lifeguard" safety package that year. For reasons that are still debated today, the Lifeguard package would be scrapped the following year. From the Collections of The Henry Ford
Even at the Ad Council, there were concern that a seat belt campaign would prove to be as unpopular as seat belts themselves. As Leo Burnett, one of the directors of the Ad Council, stated in retrospect, "There were reservations as to how the [Ad] Council should proceed in this matter." Since 1943, the Ad Council and several partner organizations had sponsored a campaign dedicated to accident prevention. In fact, sole purpose was to prevent accidents from occurring, not how to minimize injuries in the event of an accident (for more information on the early history of the campaign, please click this link). not merely want to add seat belts to the existing campaign–it wanted to devote all focus to seat belts.
1962 Seat Belt Safety Ad
This requested shift in focus raised several questions for the members of the Campaign Review Committee. While new car buyers would be able to take advantage of the hardware in their cars, what about those with pre-1962 model year vehicles? Would they be able to safely and economically retrofit seat belts in their vehicles? Otherwise, how much of an impact would a seat belt campaign have? Did it make sense to dedicate all of the Ad Council's resources to a project with a limited target audience at the expense of the masses? Additionally, committee members were wary of the dissipation of gains made by the Highway Safety campaign's emphasis on the enforcement of traffic laws. The Ad Council respected the desires of their partner, NSC, but did not believe that the time was right for such a change in the safety campaign's messages.
On April 12, 1961, then-Executive Vice President of the National Safety Council General George C. Stewart spoke to the Ad Council Campaigns Review subcommittee to encourage this shift. He expressed appreciation for the Ad Council's service and dedication to automotive safety. He stated NSC's long-standing recommendation of the usage of seat belts and how their persistence was starting to bear fruit with automakers. Movers and shakers in Detroit had acquiesced to National Safety Council's desires. Beginning with 1962 model year vehicles, all cars manufactured in America would come standard with seat belt latching points. That work would go to waste, however, if people were not aware of the benefits of seat belts. General Stewart, and by extension the National Safety Council, strongly believed in the power of advertising to create the necessary awareness. In the eyes of the National Safety Council, this was not something that could wait. Seat belts demanded the Traffic Safety campaign's full attention. He ended his stump speech by saying that the National Safety Council would attempt to work out another theme with the Ad Council if seat belt safety was not implemented as they wished.
Once General Stewart ended his talk, members of the Campaign Review Committee began to express their concerns about such a quick overhaul of a long-standing campaign. After further discussion, the committee unanimously passed the following motion: "while the sole strategy of had been to prevent accidents, the emphasis should be broadened to save[ing] lives altogether. The Ad Council would continue to preach safe and legal driving habits while also encouraging seat belt usage to reduce the harm inflicted in the event of an accident."
That being said, the committee still was concerned about potentially upsetting automotive manufacturing sponsors if the Ad Council acted without forewarning. The Board of Directors desired proof that such a move would not catch automakers off guard. The Council relied on the support of corporate partners to donate space and funds for programming; they were not in a position to directly influence their benefactors. With enough data and advertising, however, they could nudge those who did hold sway over automakers to act—the customer. Convince the public that seat belts were necessary, and hesitant automakers would be forced to offer them. If seat belts were readily available, reasonably priced, and relatively easy to install, what excuse would remain to automakers for not installing them? The NSC produced a veritable trove of studies, graphs, and (critically) advertising material for this revamp in time for the monthly Board of Directors which approved the proposal and promptly scheduled a joint press conference.
Advertisement for the revamped Stop Accidents/ Safety Belt Campaign, 1961
On June 27th, 1961, the Ad Council, National Safety Council, and the American Medical Association, alongside news outlets, gathered to announce a revamping of the Stop Accidents campaign. Ad Council President Theodore Repplier explained the necessity of this change with the following statement:
"When we started the Stop Accidents Campaign in 1945, the death rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled was 11.3. The rate last year was 5.3. While the National Safety Council has been most generous in citing the value of this campaign in helping to bring about this reduction, they are not satisfied and we are not satisfied as long as there are 38,000 people killed and almost one and a half million seriously injured in on our streets and highways."
Although the Ad Council had done much to encourage safe driving habits while discouraging risky behaviors, traffic incidents are a fact of life as long as the human element remains a factor. As cars became bigger, faster and heavier, more needed to be done to protect passengers from their chrome-plated missiles. A driver could do everything right from taking precautions during inclement weather and only driving when in a condition to do so safely, but still be mangled by another driver's mistakes.
Bumps in the Road
Divisions spread within the Safety Taskforce. The campaign languished in limbo, as some members did not want to dedicate Ad Council resources to a campaign that did not have the endorsement of its sponsoring agency. These members proposed a one to two year "holiday" on the campaign, while others, recognizing the importance of the campaign, pushed for its renewal. Even Howard Pyle expressed reservations on the continuance of the partnership after the campaign's December 31st, 1964 expiration date.
Less than two months from deadline, Pyle wrote a letter expressing a change of heart. The National Safety Council definitely requested continuance if the campaign. The Ad Council agreed to extend the campaign for one year, contingent upon two conditions: that the NSC and Ad Council mutually agree upon a copy theme that the campaign group feels would be effective and the signing of an agreement upon communication policies and procedures to prevent tensions from rising in the future.
Seat Belt Safety Magazine Ads, 1968
With these kinks ironed out the Seat Belt campaign soldiered on, outliving other campaigns, presidential administrations and even members of the Council's Board of Directors. Finally, thirty years after its inception, the Stop Accidents/Seat Belt Safety campaign died a quiet death in 1974. With the end of the campaign, seat belt awareness and promotion would languish for an entire decade. By the time seat belt safety was resurrected in the 1980s, any noticeable gains made by the Council's push had been eliminated. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, only 15 percent of Americans reported using seat belts while driving. For perspective, 1 out of every 7 ford buyers paid for the privilege of having seat belts in 1956.
Where Did It Go Wrong?
In the words of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, "the body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries in itself the causes of its destruction." The first iteration of the seat belt safety campaign died as a result of a flaw present at its creation–not enough people responsible for the campaign believed in it. The Council has always been at its most influential when selling ideas that they fully supported. Seat Belt Safety was born under a haze of apprehension and doubt. For once, it was the Council that needed to be sold on an idea.
1984 Safety Belt Campaign Proposal Fact Sheet, Ad Council Campaign Review Committee
They worried about losing hard-fought ground in automotive safety to promote a new and unpopular device. The seat belts in cars at the time were not the modern three-point harness with pretensioners, but lap belts akin to those used in school buses today. While these seat belts did save lives, people found these early models to be clunky and uncomfortable. It would have been an uphill battle with the full support of the Ad Council. Without it, making the campaign a success would have been Mission: Impossible.
By the time the National Safety Council pulled its funding from the campaign, its strongest supporters at the Council were no longer there to promote it. Leo Burnett passed away in 1971. H.T. Rowe died three months after the campaign was canceled. Theodore Repplier retired from the Council in 1966 and was in declining health. The Council searched for new sponsors for the campaign but came up empty-handed. Overloaded with campaign requests and underfunded to support it alone, the Ad Council had no other choice. Stop Accidents had effectively been orphaned, with no one stepping up to adopt the poor child.
The robustness of the NSC's proposal also might have been its undoing. The campaign was the National Safety Council's brainchild with the Ad Council taking a back seat. As then-President of the Ad Council Theodore Repplier said, it was in "full support" of the messaging produced by the NSC. The shift in emphasis to seat belt safety also marked an unofficial transfer of power from H.T. Rowe to Howard Pyle, the President of the NSC. Traditionally, it was the volunteer coordinator who would issue a letter with each press kit, outlining the goals of that season's advertisement. After 1963, Governor Pyle would be the one to address the ad representatives. While Rowe was an Ad Man who cut his teeth at IBM, Pyle's background was in politics and broadcasting. Pyle preferred facts and figures to hokey messaging, hoping that logic would be enough. It was not. The campaigns that stick with us long after they end have soul. They make us laugh; they make us cry. We connected with Vince and Larry on a level that could never be reached with raw data. No man understood the value of the "soft sell" better than Leo Burnett. It shouldn't be a surprise that it was the agency he founded that showed us "you could learn a lot from a dummy."
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Tales From The Nitrate Negatives
Posted on April 8, 2022 by Clay Ward
Cellulose Nitrate film was first invented in 1887, patented in 1889, and hit the public market in 1902. With it came a paradigm shift in the realm of publicly accessible cinematography. Nitrate film was flexible, light, and could be strung together in long rolls allowing for multiple photos to be taken in a row. It required fewer solvents and film preparation techniques than glass plate film and could be prepared in a fraction of the time. By lowering the entry point to casual photography, this invention brought forward waves of new photographers ready to capture their world on film. With them came a wider variety of subjects matters to be photographed
Military Day Parade of 1937
By the turn of the century, cellulose nitrate films were practically the bread and butter of the Eastman Kodak corporation; they were industrially mass-produced, and this newly efficient system of film production brought filmography to the masses. In the first third of the 20th century, it really seemed as if nitrates were the future of photography!
However, nitrate film did come with one insignificant, teeny tiny, itsy bitsy, almost imperceptible downside: it sometimes explodes. Specifically its image content deteriorated quickly, and deteriorated nitrate film was prone to spontaneously combust and explode. The only effective way to prevent these explosions, like what happened to the 1937 Fox Vault, is to freeze the nitrate film at sub-zero temperatures. Most storage facilities for nitrate film, like that of the Chicago History Museum, are massive freezers that keep nitrate film meant prevent instant combustion.
Members of the class of 1890,1891,and 1892 gather with family in 1921 for the 30th anniversary.
The Chicago History Museum alone has reportedly 35,000 films on site and thus the protection of those films before they are digitized is essential. At the University of Illinois Archives–with our lack of space for a multi-million-dollar refrigeration unit–have opted to have our nitrate films digitized before their potential explosion dates. We are left today with thousands of photos in pure digital form, and we feel committed to giving them a name and a retelling story that the physical films once held.
Five-Star General William 'Blackjack' Pershing stands outside University President David Kinley' home with Kinley.
The Nitrate Digitization Project, as we've come to call it, is part passion project and part dedication to the history contained here at the University Archives. So many of these films are from members of the community whose legacy is stored in thousands of JP_2 files online. Namely, over 500 of the files digitized were by just one guy! A Champaign-Urbana resident and photographer, Bernard Strauch documented so many early images of buildings on campus that exist today. Some of the images in the project were orchestrated and planned out. Strauch often took class reunion photos for some of the earliest graduating classes.
Image that features the degradation of nitrate film that can occur
Where Strauch's work truly shines is in his series of on-the-ground photos that capture a moment and were wholly unprompted. Whether it's rushing to be on scene to see a derailed train just a day after the news broke, photographing all angles of a burned down church at what appears to be 6 in the morning, or even snagging photos of WWI general visiting campus, Strauch always made his mark with his images. So, we are seeking to do justice to Strauch's work, and all those captured within the nitrate files, by reconstructing and retelling the stories captured almost a century ago. So, we hope to post bi-weekly 'Tales from the Nitrate Negatives" as we can and work to dissect a world of the past both very alike, yet very alien from our own.


A Florida family pooled their money to buy their grandfather the gift of colors for his birthday. Noah Stafford was born colorblind and has spent the last 66 years living in a black, white and grey world.
The family pooled their money to get Noah EnChroma glasses—special glasses designed to correct colorblindness. The catch is the price. These glasses start at $250 and go up to $600.
His reaction was nothing short of adorable. Watch it here.
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Top students draw attention for criticism of Detroit school
DETROIT (AP) — Two top students at a Detroit charter school are drawing attention for using their graduation ceremony speeches to criticize the school.
The Detroit Free Press reports Zainab Altalaqani and Tuhfa Kasem were both named salutatorian at Universal Academy and they accused the school of using too many substitute teachers, firing teachers who advocated for kids and silencing students and parents who speak out.
The newspaper reports CEO Nawal Hamadeh ordered the microphone silenced during Kasem's remarks. This month's ceremony drew attention after video was posted on YouTube .
The school called the criticisms unfounded and blamed adults for what happened. It says in a statement that a "few disgruntled adults have attempted to sully the academy's honorable achievements and the graduation celebration to cause controversy to serve their own agendas."
Information from: Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.com


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Ravens expect 'a heck of a year' from Paul Kruger
Matt Vensel
The Ravens lost an ironman and a fan favorite when outside linebacker Jarret Johnson signed a four-year, $19-million deal with the San Diego Chargers last month. Since then, head coach John Harbaugh has twice hyped up Paul Kruger, who in his fourth season is the favorite to land the starting spot that belonged to Johnson.
At Wednesday's pre-draft luncheon, Harbaugh said Kruger -- who was active for every game last season and excelled as a part-time player, recording a career-high 5.5 sacks -- is ready to become an every-down player.
"We talked about having a chance to go back and watch every one of his reps," said Harbaugh, who also praised Kruger at a news conference a couple of weeks ago. "He's going to have to compete like everybody else, and someone may get drafted that he's going to have to do battle against. Albert McClellan will be in the mix, and others potentially, but I'd be surprised if he doesn't rise to the occasion and have a heck of a year."
Kruger, 26, was the team's second-round draft pick in 2009. He was a reserve linebacker in his rookie year. The Ravens bulked him up in 2010 and moved him inside to defensive end. Last offseason, he slimmed down for a switch back to outside linebacker. Kruger looked to be more comfortable and his production backed the eye test up. His sack total was third-highest on the team and he added a sack in the AFC championship game.
Johnson was asked to do a lot of things, not just rushing the quarterback. He was tough against the run and also dropped into coverage at times. It's unclear how Kruger's new responsibilities would differ from Johnson's. That, of course, is assuming Kruger claims the starting gig, which Harbaugh said isn't a formality.
There is a solid chance the Ravens will draft an outside linebacker to add depth and competition. The list of first-round prospects who draft analysts feel could fit the 3-4 edge linebacker mold includes South Carolina's Melvin Ingram, Clemson's Andre Branch, Southern California's Nick Perry, and Alabama's Courtney Upshaw and Dont'a Hightower. The Ravens said Wednesday that there are linebacker prospects they like in each round.
Harbaugh also mentioned McClellan as competition for Kruger.
McClellan, 25, earned a spot on the 53-man roster in last year's training camp. He was active for all 16 games last season, and though he mostly played on special teams, he was a surprise starter at inside linebacker and made four tackles when Ray Lewis and Dannell Ellerbe sat out the team's win on Thanksgiving. At 6-foot-2 and 255 pounds, McClellan may be better suited to play on the outside, but his versatility is clearly an asset.
And before you ask, Sergio Kindle was not mentioned when Harbaugh spoke about the candidates to replace Johnson. But Harbaugh and G.M. Ozzie Newsome both spoke about Kindle at Wednesday's news conference.
"We'll have him here starting on April 16. We'll have a full offseason. I think we know what some of the issues are, and we will attack those issues. It'll be interesting to see," Newsome said before giving way to Harbaugh.
"In all fairness, it's probably unprecedented what he has had to face [with] that kind of an injury," Harbaugh said of Kindle, who missed the 2010 season with a fractured skull. "He's really unusual. Like our doctors tell us all the time, we're treading in unknown territory. But, he's made great progress. The year of practice really helped him. He's going to get every opportunity, and we're going to coach him like crazy, and we're going to make it our mission to get him on the field and get him playing, because he has talent and he wants to do well."
Kindle isn't a lock to make the 53-man roster in 2012, but the Ravens aren't going to close the book on the 2010 second-round draft pick before they absolutely have to. Team officials have stated that they want to boost their pass rush this season and Kindle likely still has the physical tools and athleticism to be a factor. If they can "coach him like crazy" as Harbaugh said, there is a chance Kindle might contribute as a situational player.
But they probably won't be able to count on him to play every down, but that's okay if Kruger lives up to their high expectations. Johnson's toughness will be missed, but Kruger is tough, too (remember, this guy survived a stabbing in college). Now can he hold up against the run on first and second down? We'll find that out this summer, but the Ravens are likely relying on Kruger to be a starter and maybe an every-down player in 2012.
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We are very thankful to Hannah for the fundraising campaign she hosted. Through the campaign, Hannah was able to raise funds to support our work of setting up the Women's Centre. The money will be used to see our Women's Centre come to a reality.
Thank you very much Hannah for generously donating towards our mission of empowering vulnerable women and families to fight poverty.
Through the support of Rotary Walsall, Sustain Micro Enterprise was able to establish a new group of 7 women. The women's group is called Agali Awamu which literally means "Togetherness". The women attended a 1 month business training after which they were able to receive small start-up loans. The women have used the money to start up small businesses such as fish selling, grocery, charcoal, baking among others.
We are very grateful to Rotary for sharing your love with the vulnerable women and families in Uganda. With your generous support, the women will now be able to provide for their families with the income they earn from their small businesses.
We continued to meet weekly with the women in their respective groups. As we met, we facilitated weekly group discussions where we refreshed women on business skills, inspirational and successfully stories of the women in small businesses. This was done to keep the women reminded about good business practices and how to sustain their small businesses. Areas of focus for the month included financial planning, inspirational story sharing and cash flow.
We are happy the women love it and they are actively participated!
We would like to take this opportunity to welcome our volunteer Cindy for joining us in Uganda to make a difference and contribute towards the improvement of the women's lives.
Cindy comes from the Netherlands and we are excited to have her volunteer with us for 1 month. She passionate about empowering vulnerable women and families towards independence and be in position to provide for themselves and their families.
Thank you very much Cindy for choosing to volunteer with Sustain Micro Enterprise and make a difference in the lives of women.
We wish you a wonderful and memorable volunteer experience with Sustain Micro Enterprise.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our donors and friends for supporting our work with the women and always donating and sharing inspiring gifts with the women and their families.
Florence was excited to receive a gift of a goat! The goat is a source of income and provides nutritious milk for the women and their children. Florence and her children will be able to get milk from their goat and once it reproduces, they can sell off the young ones and earn an extra income.
Our appreciation to Helen for sharing this gift of love with the women and families in Uganda.
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Black Locust: the Sustainable Hardwood of our Future?
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Considered by some to be a nuisance tree, Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), which grows across most of the US, may be an important resource in the near future; it could be the sustainable replacement to rainforest hardwoods.
Black Locust Tree, Source: Wikipedia
Whether you are a landscape architect designing a park bench or an engineer designing a pedestrian bridge, the materials you select for your work must meet specific and often rigorous standards that involve strength, durability, cost, texture, and color. Many of us don't appreciate the hard choices designers have to make.
Michael Van Valkenburgh, a landscape architect well known in New York for his role in designing Brooklyn Bridge Park, has lots of ideas to throw around when it comes to the materials his firm uses. When asked what lead to the realization of the potential for Black Locust, he said, "As a designer, there just seemed to be no satisfying alternative [to rainforest hardwoods] in sight: there were no types of North-American harvest lumber that could work as a substitute." He explained how 15 years ago his firm, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., started thinking about Black Locust and how it was used in his childhood upstate on a dairy farm. "It was the choice for fence posts, due to its stellar rot resistance."
Van Valkenburgh and his firm started researching the wood and experimenting with applications like the first boardwalk at the Chicago Botanic Garden which, he says, "was the breakthrough". Proving the wood's potential would not have been possible without a client who was willing to trust him and was willing to take a few risks. "Such clients are always critical for cultural change," notes the landscape architect.
Van Valkenburgh was one of four presenters at a recent lecture concerning the use of Black Locust as a sustainable wood choice when compared to rainforest hardwoods. Their presentation is available on the American Society of Landscape Architects website.
Rainforest hard woods, which are harvested from tropical forests in countries like Brazil, are among the materials of choice when it comes to making products that need to have durability and longevity. The hardness of the wood means less wear and tear with heavy use, and less rot due to exposure to the elements.
"New York, like many cities, uses tropical hardwoods-in our case, for our extensive beach boardwalks and also for the walkway on the world-famous Brooklyn Bridge," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg in early 2008. "'I've asked my Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability to work with the relevant city agencies, and present me, within the next 60 days, with a plan for reducing our reliance on such hardwoods."
Rainforest hardwood harvesting involves deforestation of the tropical forests. One example is the Brazilian Walnut (Ipe), which grows sporadically throughout the rainforests of Brazil. Generally only one or two trees are found per acre, and in Brazil, 80% of logging practices are illegal, resulting in 80,000 acres of forest being destroyed every day. That is a lot of destruction for a product that is both beautiful and durable, and Van Valkenburgh agrees: "The harvesting of South American hardwoods for construction in the U.S. was dealing a devastating blow to the global atmospheric ecology." The hunt for a durable and beautiful product is where Black Locust steps in. Visit this link for more information on rainforest hardwood use in NYC.
"It grows best in Appalachia," said Don Lavender, a research and development engineer for landscapeforms, but it can grow pretty much everywhere in the United States.
"I love the color it turns," said Van Valkenburgh prior to the presentation. Black Locust changes from a golden brown to a dark gray patina, as shown here.
Source: ASLA Black Locust Presentation
One of the biggest selling points for Black Locust is its durability. Van Valkerburgh quipped, it "lasts a day longer then stone." He proved his point by showing images of a bench at Lucy Vincent Beach awash in the high surf of Hurricane Irene.
Black Locust is extremely durable for several reasons; it is a dense wood with high levels of anti-oxidants, making it a wood unlike others harvested in North America. It is extremely rot and insect resistant. It's so strong that another lecturer, Ted Zoli, an engineer with HNTB Corporation, showed it being used to build a pedestrian bridge for Brooklyn Bridge Park.
While some people scoff at the idea of using wood to build a bridge in NYC, Zoli shows that wood can be used as an excellent structural member under compression; with Black Locust being twice as strong as concrete, but significantly lighter.
While Black Locust is not like the other woods that grow in the US, it does have some challenges. As of now, it's not a highly cultivated crop in the US. Eastern European countries, like Hungary, imported and planted vast groves of Black Locust 300 years ago and have since then selectively bred and cultivated it into a high-yield crop.
This is what convinced Van Valkenburgh and his team of the viability for Black Locust, "The 'A-ha!' moment finally came when Izabela Riano went to Hungary last spring," he says, "and documented the extent of the locust industry there." Riano, as representative of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, showed how Hungary is an immediate source for Black Locust that can be used in their practice while they encourage the expansion of domestic harvesting.
By comparison, Stephen Noone of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. showed images of Black Locust groves in the wild and Black Locust nurseries in Hungary– tall straight trees that are ideal for harvesting. Here is an image that shows the potential of Black Locust crop in the US.
The bottom line? Black Locust as a domestically grown product (good for the economy), it's durable and beautiful (good for product design), and it can help reduce the use of rainforest hardwoods, preventing the destruction of tropical rainforests (good for the environment). The landscape architect is taking the first steps. "We will be using locust harvested in Hungary to build a new garden fence and deck at the Cambridge office of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates."
Update: A New York Times article discussing the use of possible material options, including Black Locust, in the replacement of Coney Island boardwalks.


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Sailboats Making Complex Simple
Making Complex Simple
In this web series of technical articles highlighting some of the major controls generic to most keelboats, we'll use the 5.5 Metre as a platform to explore various key controls, what they do, and how and why they're set up as they are.
By Andrew Palfrey
Preliminary system sketches by the author reveal the complexity of what exists below deck on a modern 5.5 Metre. Courtesy Andrew Palfrey
I had been speaking with Sailing World's Dave Powlison about a potential series of articles highlighting the major generic controls on most keel-boats to control the rig and sails, when it suddenly occurred to both of us that we could do this series in parallel to my involvement in the creation of two 5.5 Metre class yacht builds taking place in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight in England.
Why the 5.5 as a platform for this discussion? For starters, there are no fewer than 46 control points. This is where a control line is directed to a crewmember. Believe me, I have "simplicity" going through my mind at every moment—we are doing all we can to minimize complication. At every step of the way, we debate what we do and don't need and where it needs to be led.
What makes this such an interesting project is the "blank canvas" nature of the rig plan and deck layout. After a lifetime of working within the constraints of one-design rules, the 5.5 Metre is totally unrestricted when it comes to systems, layout and rig control. The class was conceived in 1949 as a measurement formula to provide level racing under a con-trolled rating rule that revolves around hull length, sail area and overall displacement, with limits on minimum and maximum sail area and displacement, among others.
Given the development nature of the class, I find it really interesting that, at the 2020 Worlds in Sydney, within the Modern fleet, we had boats of differing lengths, sail areas, displacements, append-age volume and geometries, and yet the racing was as tight as anything I had experienced in one-design classes. This speaks to how refined and optimized to the rating formula these boats are.
The 5.5 came into the world spotlight when it achieved Olympic status, starting with the 1952 Helsinki Games, and remained there for five quads, up through 1968. After the 1968 Games, the class was replaced by the less- expensive Soling, and the 5.5 earned the distinction of the last-ever development class used for Olympic competition.
What makes this such an interesting project is the "blank canvas" nature of the rig plan and deck layout. After a lifetime of working within the constraints of one-design rules, the 5.5 Metre is totally unrestricted when it comes to systems, layout and rig control.
Originally timber, the hulls in the 5.5 Modern fleet (any design since 1994) are con-structed with composites, but the construction rules restrict the panel weight. Consequently, the boats are very stiff and reliable. Likewise, the spars are now carbon fiber, but the mast has a minimum weight similar to the Etchells' alloy mast. Hence the high-modulus masts of today are incredibly stiff and strong for the loads they carry.
In the past 20 years or so, Swiss boats designed by Sebastian Schmidt and built by Christof Wilke have dominated the class. As any Finn sailor can attest, Wilke's craftsmanship is superb. These boats are pieces of art, with everything in beautiful proportions—a design that has stood the test of time. They really are "floating pianos," refined and sophisticated but also perfectly tuned and simple to play. And like the piano, to play well, they demand a significant investment of time.
In 2010, at Lake Garda, Italy, I had the good fortune to team up with two great Swiss sailors who possessed a wealth of experience in the class and venue: Flavio Marazzi and the aforementioned Wilke, with me in the middle. We won that event. It was "one and done" for the next 10 years, before joining Brits Peter Morton and Andrew Mills in Sydney a year ago, which takes us to the here and now—Cowes—winter, and the scene of so many yacht-racing builds over so many decades.
Following the Sydney Worlds, Peter Morton (or Morty, as most people know him) caught the 5.5 Metre bug. In Sydney, we felt slightly outgunned in our 16-year-old Wilke boat, so discussions turned to producing a new boat, and Morty being Morty, it was always going to be built local to his home in Cowes.
As the pandemic lockdown took over our lives in spring 2020, David Hollom was com-missioned to design the boat. Hollom submitted a number of candidate shapes that were analyzed using CFD tools in Australia by Steve Quigley's One2Three Naval Architecture firm. America's Cup icon (and Morty's close friend) Tom Schnackenberg assisted with the validation by applying VPP analysis to the hulls, using their sail areas and displacements. North Sails provided guidance on the rig and sail plan, and we were off and running.
Gavin Tappenden, of Composite Craft UK, was appointed to build the boat in Cowes, with Suzy Russell, of Orca Consulting, given responsibility for the construction design. The button was pushed in August 2020 for hull and deck plugs to be machined and molds taken from the plugs at Sinergia Racing Group in southern Spain.
At the same time, Morty was offered the deck, appendages, spars and associated hard-ware from another 5.5 Metre, one that did not set the world on fire from a performance perspective. Desiring to build the fleet locally and provide employment for the local raceboat-building industry in the grips of the pandemic, Morty also commissioned David Heritage and team to build the next-best design candidate.
With the "engine above the deck," we took delivery of a lovely high-modulus carbon spar from Heol Composites in Brittany. It is super-stiff, so we have some decisions to make on standing- and running-rigging configurations, which are, again, unrestricted. More blank canvas!
The author (at center) is assisting with a new 5.5 Metre build and developing its myriad control systems. Robert Deaves
My role in all of this is to ensure that everything works, it all fits together, and the crew can extract the best performance possible from these boats. Over the winter, I'll chronicle how the various systems come together, as well as why we have them and how we are working to overcome obstacles that almost every-one encounters when creating or simply updating. I'll be zeroing in on systems that are not just specific to the 5.5 but more generic.
The first item I'll focus on is the mast step and its adjustability. Other areas will likely include the jib sheeting system, our "magic wheel" mechanical purchase system (in lieu of a traditional purchase system), adjustable mainsail tack, plus a discussion of the rig geometry and controlling stiffness with runner and deflector. Each part of the series will have a generic side to them so that you can see their effects and how they can be set up on different boats—perhaps even yours. But the series will also focus on the 5.5′s we are building and why we have elected to set them up in the way we have.
As we are slowly coming to realize, despite our hopes, 2021 might be another year with very limited traveling. Morty must have envisioned this—stretching out in front of us from April is some full-scale 5.5 Metre testing on the Solent waters with three boats. I'm sure it will be an interesting ride for us all!
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The Beach House: Coming Home was an easy, breezy read and perfect for summer reading. This is the second book I've enjoyed by Georgia Bockoven. The first was Things Remembered.
Melinda was just a teenager when she gave up her baby (Shiloh) for adoption. Thirteen years later, she gets a call that her daughter wants to meet her. Melinda arrives at the beach house in California where she is to stay for two weeks while Jeremy, Shiloh's adoptive father makes up his mind about whether to let his ill daughter pursue a relationship with Melinda.
This is very much a character-driven story with a dual timeline, alternating between the present and Melinda's childhood. I enjoyed the well-developed characters and the themes of family, friendship and adoption. The prologue introduced the beach house but it didn't feel like a significant part of the book as described in the book's description. Instead, the mining town where Melinda grew up was much more significant and helped us to understand her background, her fears, her motivations and her past relationships, which is why I liked the dual timeline.
For most of the story, Melinda needs to get past the animosity of Jeremy who is overprotective of Shiloh and dislikes Melinda for having given up her baby. I understand his wariness because his own wife left him and Shiloh. But, it's clear he doesn't understand the challenges of being a teen mom from a small hick town with no financial support. I had a bit of a hard time liking him because of his lack of compassion. I could understand his fears if Melinda came in to town wanting to swoop his daughter away but that wasn't the case.
There is tension between Melinda and Jeremy because of his apprehension of her and her wariness of his mistrust, but I did not feel much romantic tension. The story takes place within the span of two weeks so when he is suddenly all over her, I just thought it happened too quickly and a little unrealistically. Overall, this was an enjoyable book. One of my favorite characters was Heidi, the stray kitten Melinda takes in. I simply loved the scenes between her and Melinda. I am always attracted to family stories that include children and pets.
To read more reviews, please visit Georgia Bockoven's page on TLC Book Tours.
Disclosure: Thanks to the publisher and TLC for sending me this book for review. I was not compensated in any other way, nor told how to rate or review this product.
Those quick romances usually don't work for me either but the book still sounds fun!


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Walmart to launch delivery service for other businesses
The nation's largest retailer says it will use contract workers and even drones to pick up products directly from other retailers for home delivery.
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Published: 8:20 AM CDT August 24, 2021
Updated: 8:24 AM CDT August 24, 2021
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart is commercializing its delivery service, helping businesses of all sizes deliver products directly to their customers' homes as fast as just a few hours.
The nation's largest retailer says it will use contract workers and even drones to pick up products directly from other retailers and then deliver them to customers' doorsteps with Walmart GoLocal.
The shift pits Walmart against the likes of Uber, DoorDash and other delivery services.
It comes as Walmart increasingly moves to expand its sources of profits and revenues beyond its core retail businesses.
The creation of a new line of business extends its expertise in delivering goods to customers to businesses of all sizes.
"In an era where customers have come to expect speed and reliability, it's more important than ever for businesses to work with a service provider that understands a merchant's needs," said John Furner, president and CEO, Walmart U.S. "Walmart has spent years building and scaling commerce capabilities that support our network of more than 4,700 stores and we look forward to helping other businesses have access to the same reliable, quality and low-cost services."
This includes delivery on a range of assortment, including those with size and complex requirements, as well as the flexibility to meet varying timelines.
"We've worked hard to develop a reliable last mile delivery program for our customers," said Tom Ward, senior vice president, last mile, Walmart U.S. "Now, we're pleased to be able to use these capabilities to serve another set of customers – local merchants. Be it delivering goods from a local bakery to auto supplies from a national retailer, we've designed Walmart GoLocal to be customizable for merchants of all sizes and categories so they can focus on doing what they do best, leaving delivery speed and efficiency to us."
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Genus Descriptions
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Who Collects the Plants?
Collector Biographies
Nomenclature Primer
Northern Ontario Plant Database
Susan J. Meades
Sue Meades (left) with team members Danny Sayers (middle) and Derek Goertz (right) at Batchawana River, October 2004.
Susan J. Meades, a field botanist with 30 years experience, is the director of the Northern Ontario Plant Database project and does botanical consulting in Newfoundland and Labrador with Jacques-Whitford Envirnment Ltd., St. John's. Sue retired from teaching as an adjunct at Algoma University College in 2008, having taught Principles of Ecology, Diversity of Vascular Plants, Northern Ontario Flora: Plant Identification Techniques, Plant Systematics, and Ethnobotany. She has a B.A. (Botany) from Rutgers University (NCAS), an M.Sc. (Botany) from Eastern Illinois University, and attained Ph.D. candidate status (Plant Systematics) at the University of Connecticut before life and family took top priority. Sue lived in Newfoundland for 17 years, where she worked as a consultant and was instrumental in the establishment of Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve. She is the senior author of the Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador (Meades et al. 2000) and the author of Natural Regions of Newfoundland and Labrador (1990). Sue is also the botanical illustrator of the Forest Site Classification Manual: A Field Guide to the Damman Forest Types of Newfoundland (W.J. Meades & Moore 1989), Indicator Plant Species in Canadian Forests (Ringius & Sims 1996), and is currently working on an illustrated guide to the wildflowers of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Derek Goertz
Derek Goertz is an Algoma University student earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. He is a very talented outdoor photographer and has contributed many of the photos for the species description pages. He has been involved in many aspects of the project since February of 2004 including collection and preservation of plant specimens, species description, data entry, herbarium work, field work, and photography with an emphasis on macro photography.
Danny Sayers Jr.
Danny is a graduate from the Land Management Technician Program at Cambrian College, and has been working in the forestry field for over 20 years. Danny is also pursuing a degree in forest engineering. He is a member of the Batchewana First Nations of Ojibways and was a delegate for First Nations in the Joint Management Committee meeting for Canadian International Development Association project, 'Building Partnerships for Forest Conservation and Management in Russia'. The meetings were held in Moscow and Petropavalsk-Kamchatski, Russia in August, 2001. Danny joined the Northern Ontario Plant Database in May 2004. He has been involved with data entry, specimen collection and researching Anishinabe (Ojibway) plant names for the herbarium specimens.
Aaron Mosher
Aaron Mosher graduated from Algoma University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science, concentration in Math, and a minor in Biology. He will be attending teachers college at Lakehead University in the autumn following his graduation. Aaron joined the Northern Ontario Database project for the summer of 2006. He worked as a herbarium assistant collecting, pressing, and mounting plants and was also responsible for data entry.
Jake St. Amour
Jake St. Amour has recently earned his Honours Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Lakehead University. He hopes to have a strong future within the field of Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Jake received funding from the Job Creation Program of the HRDC to work for the Northern Ontario Plant Database Project as a researcher/ writer between December 2004 and February 2005. His duties included data entry, data and location verification, and specimen collection. He has since become an Insect Production Technician at the Great Lakes Forest Research Centre.
Jeff Fera
Jeff is a graduate of the Honours Bachelor of Science in Forestry program at Lakehead University. He received funding from the Job Creation Program of the HRDC to work for the Northern Ontario Plant Database Project as a researcher/writer. He was part of the team from September until December 2004 during which his responsibilities included data entry, data and location verification, and specimen collection. Jeff has since become a Forest Mensurationist at the Great Lakes Forest Research Centre.
Darren Schnare
Darren Schnare joined the Northern Ontario Plant Database project in January of 2003 and worked through April of 2004; his responsibilities included the design of graphics, scripting, page layout, and overall flow of the database and this website. Darren recently (2006) completed his B.Sc. (Honors) in Computer Science.
Meghan Krajchi
Meghan Krajchi was a student at Algoma University College studying in the B.Sc. Liberal Science program when she joined the Northern Ontario Plant Database project in March 2003. Her responsibilities included data entry, data and location verification, and specimen collection. She has since graduated from her program at Algoma and has gone on to achieve a Bachelor of Education degree in Science.
Darla Bedore
Darla Bedore is an Algoma University College student in the B.A. Psychology program. Data entry and data verification are Darla's main responsibilities. She was with the project from June 2002 until April 2004.
Dallas Linley
Dallas Linley is former Algoma University College student. He went on to earn a B.Sc. (Hon.) in the Integrated Biology Program and a M. Sc. in Biology at Laurentian University. Dallas has worked on all aspects of the Northern Ontario Plant Database Project, including data entry, photography, specimen collection, and webpage layout. He worked with the project during the summers of 2002 and 2003.
Steve Mogg
Steve Mogg is an Algoma University College graduate in the B.Sc. Math degree program. Steve worked with the project from September 2002 -February 2003 and was involved in data entry and data verification. He plans to pursue a degree and career in Statistics.
Marty Pruce
Marty Pruce was an Algoma University College student from 2000-2003. He graduated in May 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Marty worked with the Northern Ontario Plant Database program during the summer of 2002, entering data and assisting with field collections of plant specimens. Marty also worked on reorganizing and accessioning the AUC herbarium.
Chris Faukner
Chris Faulkner is now an Algoma University College graduate with a B.Sc. in Liberal Science and an accelerated degree in Computer Science. Chris worked with the Northern Ontario Database project during the summer of 2002. His responsibilities included reformatting data received from the Claude E Garton Herbarium, original database design, and collection of plant specimens
Erika North
As the present curator of the Claude E. Garton Herbarium, Erika North has come full circle in her interest in the plants of northwestern Ontario. Erika reports that, starting in her teen years, she "wanted to know the names of the local plants and even attempted some botanical style illustrations (watercolour, 11 x 17 cm., Joe-Pye-weed,' undated). There were few illustrated flower books then. If high school biology would have consisted only of botany, I may have gone that route, but I decided on chemistry and went on to receive a Masters of Science degree from Queen's University in 1968." Erika spent several years as a chemistry laboratory instructor at Lakehead University, then began taking biology courses at Lakehead, with a goal towards research. After becoming acquainted with Claude Garton, Erika started volunteering at the herbarium and accompanied him on some field trips. When Claude's health problems became severe enough that he stepped down as curator, Joan Crowe took over as acting curator and Erika continued to volunteer in the herbarium. When Joan retired in 1993, Erika became acting curator. After Claude Garton passed away in 1996, Erika was promoted to curator of the Claude E. Garton Herbarium.
Anne Tan
Anne Tan was a foreign student from Singapore, finishing up her degree in molecular biology at Lakehead University. Ann worked on data entry and specimen mounting with the Northern Ontario Plant Database project during summer of 2002.
Dr. Greg Zimmerman
Dr. Greg Zimmerman, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology has been at LSSU since 1995. He teaches Ecology, Plant Ecology, Biostatistics, and Intro Biology and supervises numerous senior thesis projects. Greg's research interests center on plant community responses to disturbances, including community responses to invasive plants and biocontrol of invasive plants. He received his Ph.D. from Colorado State University in 1986.
Deb Metsger
Deborah Metsger has been employed as Assistant Curator in the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology at the Royal Ontario Museum since 1981. She is responsible for the management of the ROM'S Green Plant Herbarium (TRT). She has conducted floristic investigations throughout the province, most recently as part of the ROM's Aquatic Communities of Walpole Island project, and is a member of the Walpole Island Ecosystem Recovery team. Deborah is currently completing a systematic investigation of the relationship between black maple, Acer nigrum, and sugar maple, Acer saccharum. She is co-editor of the book Managing the Modern Herbarium (Metsger and Byers, 1999), and co-author of the ROM Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Ontario, published in April 2004. She has been extensively involved in the development of several ROM galleries and exhibits including the Hands-on Biodiversity Gallery and has conducted numerous public programs, lectures, and displays.
Julianne Mayo
Julianne is working as a database assistant at the Royal Ontario Museum in the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology (ROM, CBCB). She worked on updating the Northern Ontario Plant Database with samples from the ROM's collection in 2004. Julianne finished her M.Sc. (Aquatic Ecology) at the University of Toronto, Zoology Department in January 2003. Her M.Sc project focused on fish-habitat interactions. For her research, Julianne spent a summer swimming in Poorhouse Lake (south-central Ontario) collecting fish and habitat data as well as macrophyte samples. She completed an Honours B.Sc. (Biology) at Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB in 2000. She is also a Certified Environmental Practitioner In Training (CEPIT). Julianne has extensive data management experience through her involvement in multiple research projects and through her work experience in environmental consulting as both a field person and data manager. She has been a long-time recreational 'plant-girl' and is excited to be a part of the ROM s partnership with the Northern Ontario Plant Database.
Dr. Peter Ryser
Dr. Peter Ryser is a plant ecologist and professor at Laurentian University in the Department of Biology. He investigates plant traits that underlie interspecific variation in biomass turnover rates, i.e., growth and death, and how these traits influence interrelationships among the different species as parts of an ecosystem. His research started in semi-natural dry grasslands in Europe, but now he has bought hipwaders and studies wetlands in Northern Ontario (sedges and stuff). After school in Finland he studied in Switzerland and got his first degree (Dipl.Sc.Nat.) and Ph.D. at ETH Zurich, where he also got a venia legendi. In between, he spent two years as a post-doc in Utrecht, the Netherlands, studying grass roots. He has lived in lovely northern Ontario (so many sedges!) since 2001. He teaches Principles of Ecology, Plant Ecology, Plant Ecophysiology, and Stress Physiology of Plants.
Mitchell Shaw
Mitchell Shaw is currently earning a B. Sc. (Hons.) student in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecology at Laurentain University. Along with this honors science degree he is also enrolled in a Bachelor of Education (Lev. 2) concurrently. When he is finished this five year program he plans to teach science at the intermediate level, grades 7 to 10. He is currently working in the Laurentian University Herbarium, through this work/study program for the summer of 2006. Mitchell's main duties involve data entry, location verification, mounting and incorporating species, general maintenance of the Laurentian University collection, and organization of the Laurention University Student Herbarium. He has found working in the Laurentian University Herbarium to be an enjoyable learning experience, through this position he is gaining broader knowledge of plant species that he will be able to use in the field in the future.
Crystal Demmer
Crystal Demmer is a Laurentian University student in her 3rd year of the Integrated Biology program. Crystal worked with the Northern Ontario Plant Database program from February 2004-April 2004 doing data entry. She plans to pursue a career as a secondary school science teacher.
Matthew Fish
Matthew Fish is a Laurentian University graduate from the Honours English program. Matthew joined the Northern Ontario Plant Database project in February 2004, entering specimen data. He is also involved in filmmaking, photography, and writing in the North.
Jill O'Hara
Jill O'Hara is a Laurentian University student in the B.Sc. Conservation and Restoration Ecology program. She will be pursuing a Masters degree in Plant Ecology in May 2004 at Laurentian. She joined the Northern Ontario Plant Database in February 2004 and has been involved with data entry.
Natalie Webster
Natalie Webster is currently earning a B. Sc. (Hons.) in Zoology as well as a Certificate in Environmental Biology at Laurentian University. She has been involved with data entry for the Northern Ontario Plant Database since January of 2004.
Peter Nosko
Peter Nosko is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Biology Department at Nipissing University. Peter is also an adjunct professor in the Biology Department at Laurentian University. His background is in plant ecology and he has conducted research in forest, wetland, and tundra ecosystems. He teaches courses in general botany, general ecology, plant ecology, and environmental issues in forestry. He also teaches Nipissing's Biology Field Camp at the Petawawa Research Forest. Peter serves on the advisory committee for the Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network, is Coordinator of Terrestrial Biology for the Nipissing-Alcan Environmental Research Preserve and Director of the Nipissing Biodiversity Project. He is collaborating on research projects with the staff of the Petawawa Research Forest and the Centre for Environmental Monitoring. Peter has been responsible for developing biology programs at Nipissing and was involved in the planning and development of significant new teaching and research facilities. Among these is the new Nipissing University Herbarium and plant growth facility.
Richard Quick
Richard Quick is a Lake Superior State University student majoring in Biological Sciences. Richard joined the Northern Ontario Plant Database project in May 2003. His responsibilities include data entry, data and location verification, and specimen collection. He received his A.S. from Western Oklahoma State University in 2002.