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Q: Using Java, how can I sort a HashMap multiple ways elegantly? If I have a class Project:
public class Project {
    enum Status {
        NEW, OPENED, STOPPED, PERPETUAL, CLOSED, CANCELLED
    }
    enum Priority {
        CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, SOMEDAY
    }

    private String id;
    private String title;
    private Status status;
    private Priority priority;
}

I want to implement several sorts on this.  For example, String []keysById(), String []keysByStatus(), String[] keysByPriority().  ArrayList, or something else is fine, too.
Currently I have a HashMap:
public class ProjectHash extends HashMap<String, Project> {

    public ProjectHash() {
        super();
}
// I use add() (instead of put()) because the key is in the value.
    public Project add(Project p) {

    Project retVal = null;

    if(this.containsKey(p.getId())) {
        // We've got a problem.  I don't know what to do yet: overwrite, or vomit.
        // Overwrite for now.
    }
    retVal = super.put(p.getId(),p);
    return(retVal);
}

}
I've cut out a lot of the error checking and fields, but hopefully I've left enough to make the point.  This HashMap won't see many adds or sorts per day (12?).
I've been reading about Collections, Collectable, HashMap, TreeMap, Lists, ArrayLists, etc. until my brain melted.  I can see about a dozen ways to implement this.  Which could be right for me?  It's Java 8 with no concern about going backwards.


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Derailed: The History of Black Railway Porters in Canada
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Wed, Sep 22, 2021 7:00 PM EDT (-04:00)
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Wed, Sep 1, 2021 7:00 PM EDT (-04:00)
Myseum Intersections 2021: Water Lullabies
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My grandma turned like 90 or something and we crowned her the princess of life, maiden of the sea, and amalgamator of the interior. The tiara was made of real star dust and moon beams.
This is just a dog in a flower pot.
Man, Hanging out in a grassy lot amongst friends on a warm sunny late winters afternoon has got to be one of the best things in a young man's life. Add in a tall boy or two and we're really talkin. This lot is also probably a preferred bum hangout, but there weren't any bums there that day, save the three of us. There were some strewn about blankets and stuff though. Jake touched one of them. We were all, "I wouldn't touch that."
He was just trying to lube his chain.
These dudes have teamed up and are now creating merriment and wonder all throughout the Greater California region: Mr. Divisidero and the Party Boy Lifestyle!!! I like it because it's called the party boy lifestyle, coyly adapted from our friends' (probably namely Jason kidding Wilson) Actual existences!! Oh yeah, I also like it because the music makes me laugh and cry and sing along even though the words are barely intelligible. After one weekend of observing, my voice was totally thrashed. It's anthemic, it's wonderous, it's totally real. It's real, big, music.
this is Alex F. Just ripping so hard on the guitar. He is a bona fide shredder. This is rock music, by the way! It's not such that you think they're trying to be ironic either. These are just their tunes.
It's pretty easy to tell. Also, I think it's pretty aparant that he's much happier now than his music has shown in the past. This happiness leads to an epicness of romantic epic rock songs. I'd Highly recommend checking it all out on myspace or at Rontiki.com for some of the older stuff. That's also where some of these picts were lifted from, even though I took them I'll give credit where it's due, you know?
Billion Dollar Brian, unfortunately for the nature of stoke, RIP.
Doggone perfect. Also, there are just loads of good circles there. The tomatos, the english muffins, the baking pan, the stove eye back there. There are also great right angles! Heck Yes!! I am so psyched about this picture!!! I also ate these with aplomb!!
He's set to break the record. He's also really un-likable. Self-centered, arrogant (rightly so I guess), a doper, and he doesn't even like baseball. He's about to break one of the game's, heck all of games', records, the all time Home run record (unless every pitcher he faces beans him in the head). I think he's going to over come Hank Aaron's record. Isn't he also somehow related to Hank Aaron? I guess I could be a little more informed, but whatevs. Bean him in the head! Also of note: WHATEVER ANYWAYS. Joe Dimaggio had a hitting streak of 54 games. So that can be the new good hallowed record. All of Barry Bonds' teammates hate him. So, you know, I'm just not that fond of Barry Bonds!
Chinatown is so awesome. We got some soup and a budweiser in a weird restaurant. We didn't get any bootlegged gear though. The bootlegged gear that I own is a huge silk Chanel scarf and a double XL Vouie Lutton hoodie. The Sweatshirt was found on P's doorstep. The scarf I traded her for a different scarf. She bought it on canal st. I was there. I didn't buy a Rolex. I think I get enough props from just the hoodie.
This time in SF we were just a night and an afternoon. There were crappy bars, good bars, good friends, psychosis, and Pizza. It was my second time there. I really wanted to move there after the first time. Now I really don't want to.
This is a vortex. A vortex is where energy swirls around and creates heady visuals and deep thoughts. It looks like splash mountain at Disney land, huh? I climbed to the top. I didn't have any heady visuals. Just then, a Woman appeared!
See her down there? I was all : "SAY WHAT!!" Overall, the vortex was awesome. A woman appeared and appeared to put up with me.


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Business Planning & Strategy»
Historical Development of Human Relations in Business
by Leigh C. Raper
HR evolves as businesses evolve.
1 The Evolution of HR
2 What Is an Operative Employee?
3 Human Resource Terms & Definitions for Organizational Structure
4 Salary of a Third Party Corporate Recruiter
Despite the fact that human resources – one person performing work for another person – has been around for centuries, the term "human resources" is relatively new. Even a basic understanding of the evolution of HR, which has exploded in importance and visibility in the recent past, can help business owners and HR professionals alike. Understanding and learning from the past can provide valuable and strategic keys for planning for the future.
Beginning with the industrial revolution, when economies moved from agriculture and farming to factories and production, business owners began to realize that they needed someone to handle the day-to-day people issues. These early personnel departments focused on what are now known as the transactional functions of HR. This included finding people to do the work required, making sure those people were paid for that work and completing the necessary government paperwork. Personnel officers were often little more than clerks, only one step removed from the factory floor themselves.
Emergence of Human Resources
In 1989, the American Society for Personnel Administration changed its name to the Society for Human Resource Management, a professional organization that -- according to the latest information provided by SHRM -- has over 250,000 members around the world. This name change signaled a shift that occurred in the profession away from purely transactional work. The term "human resources" reflected a modern vision of the workforce and the managers who were entering the profession as HR leaders, not simply clerks or employees who happened to stumble into the job.
HR in all its forms has worked as a link between employees and management. As it has evolved, there has been a push for HR to become strategic-thought leaders in organizations. Companies of all sizes realize that a robust people strategy is not just a feel-good initiative but can have positive results on the bottom line as well. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the demand for HR managers will continue to grow as businesses add employees. With rising operational and benefits costs, businesses can benefit from professional, strategic advice even if that advice comes in the form of the ever-growing field of HR consultants and transactional partners.
Academia will continue to embrace HR as a discipline for study. Currently, many colleges and universities – both traditional and online – offer courses in human resources management. The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, one of the leading business schools in the world, offers an MBA in Organizational Effectiveness to develop people for leadership and consulting roles in human resource management. As the world becomes more interconnected digitally, it will become vitally important that all businesses put thought into HR and the human capital in their organization. Technology and an ever-growing number of employees educated for the purpose of leading strategic HR change will provide opportunities for businesses of all sizes to do that efficiently and effectively.
Society for Human Resource Management: Mission and History
The Wharton MBA Program: Majors
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook: Human Resources Managers
Fordham University: Internet History Sourcebooks
People & Strategy: The Evolution of HR: Developing HR as an Internal Consulting Organization
Small Business Administration: Human Resources
Society for Human Resource Management: HR Magazine
People & Strategy Journal: Sample Human Resources Management Articles from People & Strategy
Leigh C. Raper holds a B.A. in English and politics and public affairs from the University of Miami and her J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law. She is pursuing her M.F.A. in creative writing and writing for the performing arts from the low-residency program at the University of California, Riverside - Palm Desert Campus.
C., Leigh. "Historical Development of Human Relations in Business." Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/historical-development-human-relations-business-69871.html. Accessed 18 July 2019.
C., Leigh. (n.d.). Historical Development of Human Relations in Business. Small Business - Chron.com. Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/historical-development-human-relations-business-69871.html
C., Leigh. "Historical Development of Human Relations in Business" accessed July 18, 2019. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/historical-development-human-relations-business-69871.html
What Is the Highest Level of HR?
What Are the Tools HR Professionals Need to Be Successful in Health Care?
Strengths of Traditional Organization Structure
Leadership Vs. Management in Strategic Development
Why Is it Important for HR Management to Transform From Administrative to Strategic Contributors?
Factors That Affect Business Leadership
About Strategic HR: Theory & Principles
What Are the Key Pieces in an Effective Organization
Examples of a Good Leader
Examples of Human Resource Diversity
The Leadership of CEOs Vs. Managers


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Ohh...My dream is finally coming true!! I think every girl in the world dreams of having a walk-in closet and I finally started the process of redoing mine. This process actually began last year, but life got so busy that I had to put the project on hold. But, the mess of my closet really started to get on my nerves over the last couple of months...there are so many things inside that I can barely walk through there. So, in December I decided to get this project going again! For the last couple of weeks I have been shopping around and meeting with designers to help me figure out the best way use the closet space I have available.
Lots of my closet inspirations have already been added to my Pinterest Board! And one of the things that I really want, is to put wallpaper on the ceiling. I worked in the construction industry for so many years, so I had the pleasure to work with many different interior designers who explored the exciting possibilities of using wallpaper on the closet ceiling...and I think this technique looks so beautiful. Of course I don't want to go over the top and use a style of wallpaper which is too bold. So I am planning to pick one with a subtle pattern and colors...but I definitely want to do it! So, to pick the right wallpaper, I am drawing inspiration from the thing I like the most: fashion! Below is a little hint of things to come. Wishing you guys a happy weekend!!
Muitas das minhas inspirações foram também encontradas e adicionados no meu Pinterest Board , tem cada coisa linda que pode lhe ajudar, e muito, na hora de tirar algumas ideias!! Uma das coisas que eu realmente quero é colocar papel de parede no teto. Eu trabalhei na indústria da construção por tantos anos, e eu tive o prazer de trabalhar com vários decoradores que exploraram as possibilidades da utilização de papel de parede no teto do closet... e eu acho essa técnica linda!! É claro que eu não quero colocar um papel de parede muito chamativo. Eu quero alguma coisa mais para o lado sutil... mas eu definitivamente quero fazer isso! Então, para escolher o papel de parede, eu venho me inspirando nas coisas que eu gosto mais: moda! Abaixo está uma pequena dica do que está por vir. Desejando a vocês um ótimo final de semana!!
Great idea to add dramatic look to a room or closet. Have a great weekend.
I can't wait to see how it turns out! Wallpaper on the ceiling sounds so chic!
Ahhhh verdade! toda mulher sonha com um closet de princesa! ai Ana, que tudo que está refazendo o seu do jeitinho que vc quer! Deixa ele LINDOOOOO! louca pra ver o resultado final!
bjos, bom final de semana!


By Jessie Veeder on Dec 29, 2018 at 6:27 p.m.
Toys are making noises that I can't figure out how to stop, and I've eaten nothing but sugar cookies in the last 12 hours. And it's snowing. A little late for a white Christmas, but I'm fine with that.
And I left that hospital knowing full well that we have a sick baby at Christmas, and yes, that's a bummer, but we are the lucky ones. We are the lucky ones who got to bring her home. We are the lucky ones who were granted our Christmas wishes last year to spend another holiday season with my dad, Papa Gene, and watch the kids dance as he played "Jingle Bells" on the guitar.


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Nutroast is a traditional Christmas treat for British vegetarians. This isn't much like the traditional version. (Indeed, nuts are optional.) It also works as a nice side dish with roast meat, and can be eaten at any time of year.
Prep time, 10 mins, cooking time 40 mins.
Pour a slosh of olive oil into a frying pan. It should be a frying pan and not a wok, because you want the onions to caramelize a little. But it should be a big frying pan and not a little one, because you need lots of room.
Chop three medium or two big onions into thin string pieces, the same shape as for French onion soup. Saute the onions in the oil in the frying pan until all onions are cooked and the ones on the bottom are beginning to caramelize. Turn off the heat. Pre-heat the oven to 180C, if it isn't already on cooking the meat.
into the frying pan. Stir until the herbs coat the onions.
Put a teaspoonful of the Secret Ingredient (marmite) into the frying pan. Stir it in until the marmite coats the onions and herbs. This is not optional. You need marmite. It doens't matter whether you like it or not — I don't like it on its own, but it's essential as a secret ingredient.
Put half a pound or metric equivalent of finely grated cheese into the frying pan. You can use any old cheese for this. Sometimes I have used all mozzarella, sometimes all cheddar. Yesterday I used 40% Lancashire, 40% Jarlsberg and 20% mozzarella, approximately. The cheese you use does make a difference, but not all that much.
Stir it around carefully until it's sort of stirred in.
Add five ounces of rolled oats. Stir them around very carefully until the whole thing looks mixed.
In a mixing bowl, beat two (or three, if using nuts) eggs. Then scrape the contents of the frying pan carefully into the mixing bowl and mix well. If using nuts, add three ounces of ground hazelnuts at this point, and stir well. Everything should be slightly gloopy and full of oats and onions.
Press the mixture into a souffle dish, so that it's fairly even. Bake for 40 minutes. Delicious hot or cold. If you're serving this as a vegetarian main course, serve with lots of vegetables. Vegetarian food messes vegetables up a lot, and many vegetarians of my acquaintance are quite excited to get a slab of nutroast with vegetables served as vegetables.


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Fast DNA and protein microarray tests for the diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection on a single platform
Stuart W. J. Ember, Holger Schulze, Alan J. Ross, Julie Luby, Mizanur Khondoker, Gerard Giraud, Jonathan G. Terry, Ilenia Ciani, Chaker Tlili, Jason Crain, Anthony J. Walton, Andrew R. Mount, Peter Ghazal, Till T. Bachmann, Colin J. Campbell
Norwich Epidemiology Centre
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic liver disease and liver cancer, and remains a large health care burden to the world. In this study we developed a DNA microarray test to detect HCV RNA and a protein microarray to detect human anti-HCV antibodies on a single platform. A main focus of this study was to evaluate possibilities to reduce the assay time, as a short time-to-result (TTR) is a prerequisite for a point-of-care test. Significantly reducing hybridisation and washing times did not impair the assay performance. This was confirmed first using artificial targets and subsequently using clinical samples from an HCV seroconversion panel derived from a HCV-infected patient. We were able to reduce the time required for the detection of human anti-HCV antibodies to only 14 min, achieving nanomolar sensitivity. The protein microarray exhibited an analytical sensitivity comparable to that of commercial systems. Similar results were obtained with the DNA microarray using a universal probe which covered all different HCV genotypes. It was possible to reduce the assay time after PCR from 150 min to 16 min without any loss of sensitivity. Taken together, these results constitute a significant step forward in the design of rapid, microarray-based diagnostics for human infectious disease, and show that the protein microarray is currently the most favourable candidate to fill this role.
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Time-to-result
Seroconversion panel
Ember, S. W. J., Schulze, H., Ross, A. J., Luby, J., Khondoker, M., Giraud, G., Terry, J. G., Ciani, I., Tlili, C., Crain, J., Walton, A. J., Mount, A. R., Ghazal, P., Bachmann, T. T., & Campbell, C. J. (2011). Fast DNA and protein microarray tests for the diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection on a single platform. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 401(8), 2549-2559. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-011-5332-5
Ember, Stuart W. J. ; Schulze, Holger ; Ross, Alan J. ; Luby, Julie ; Khondoker, Mizanur ; Giraud, Gerard ; Terry, Jonathan G. ; Ciani, Ilenia ; Tlili, Chaker ; Crain, Jason ; Walton, Anthony J. ; Mount, Andrew R. ; Ghazal, Peter ; Bachmann, Till T. ; Campbell, Colin J. / Fast DNA and protein microarray tests for the diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection on a single platform. In: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 2011 ; Vol. 401, No. 8. pp. 2549-2559.
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N2 - Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic liver disease and liver cancer, and remains a large health care burden to the world. In this study we developed a DNA microarray test to detect HCV RNA and a protein microarray to detect human anti-HCV antibodies on a single platform. A main focus of this study was to evaluate possibilities to reduce the assay time, as a short time-to-result (TTR) is a prerequisite for a point-of-care test. Significantly reducing hybridisation and washing times did not impair the assay performance. This was confirmed first using artificial targets and subsequently using clinical samples from an HCV seroconversion panel derived from a HCV-infected patient. We were able to reduce the time required for the detection of human anti-HCV antibodies to only 14 min, achieving nanomolar sensitivity. The protein microarray exhibited an analytical sensitivity comparable to that of commercial systems. Similar results were obtained with the DNA microarray using a universal probe which covered all different HCV genotypes. It was possible to reduce the assay time after PCR from 150 min to 16 min without any loss of sensitivity. Taken together, these results constitute a significant step forward in the design of rapid, microarray-based diagnostics for human infectious disease, and show that the protein microarray is currently the most favourable candidate to fill this role.
AB - Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic liver disease and liver cancer, and remains a large health care burden to the world. In this study we developed a DNA microarray test to detect HCV RNA and a protein microarray to detect human anti-HCV antibodies on a single platform. A main focus of this study was to evaluate possibilities to reduce the assay time, as a short time-to-result (TTR) is a prerequisite for a point-of-care test. Significantly reducing hybridisation and washing times did not impair the assay performance. This was confirmed first using artificial targets and subsequently using clinical samples from an HCV seroconversion panel derived from a HCV-infected patient. We were able to reduce the time required for the detection of human anti-HCV antibodies to only 14 min, achieving nanomolar sensitivity. The protein microarray exhibited an analytical sensitivity comparable to that of commercial systems. Similar results were obtained with the DNA microarray using a universal probe which covered all different HCV genotypes. It was possible to reduce the assay time after PCR from 150 min to 16 min without any loss of sensitivity. Taken together, these results constitute a significant step forward in the design of rapid, microarray-based diagnostics for human infectious disease, and show that the protein microarray is currently the most favourable candidate to fill this role.
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KW - Protein microarray
KW - HCV
KW - Time-to-result
KW - Point-of-care
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Ember SWJ, Schulze H, Ross AJ, Luby J, Khondoker M, Giraud G et al. Fast DNA and protein microarray tests for the diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection on a single platform. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 2011 Nov;401(8):2549-2559. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-011-5332-5


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An Analysis of "Livestock and Climate Change"
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No, A 2018 Study Doesn't Show That Animal Products Account for 58 Percent of GHG Emissions
August 16, 2018 August 16, 2018 oncejolly
In early June of 2018, the Guardian covered a recent article by Poore and Nemecek in Science. The Guardian coverage includes a graphic which states that farmed animal products contribute 58 percent of GHG gases. However, what isn't made clear is that this is 58 percent of the GHG gases that are attributable to the food supply chain. This is made clear in the article by Poore and Nemecek, which states
"In particular, the impacts of animal products can markedly exceed those of vegetable substitutes (Fig. 1), to such a degree that meat, aquaculture,
eggs, and dairy use ~83% of the world's farmland and contribute 56 to 58% of food's different emissions, despite providing only 37% of our protein and
18% of our calories." (pg. 4)
The authors further note
"Today's food supply chain creates ~13.7 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2eq), 26% of anthropogenic GHG emissions." (pg. 1)
This implies that animal products in the food supply chain account for approximately 15 percent of total anthropogenic emissions.
Cowspiracy's Misleading "Infographic"
February 23, 2017 March 13, 2017 oncejolly
Summary: The Cowspiracy website includes an "Infographic" that provides misleading information. Under the Climate Change section, it indicates that 51 percent of greenhouse gas emissions are from livestock and their byproducts, while 13 percent are from transport. These numbers are clearly meant to be compared, but anyone familiar with how they were obtained will realize that such a comparison is inappropriate. The infographic also fails to clarify that studies looking at dietary changes focus only on the portion of the CO2 footprint that can be attributed to diet (rather than the total).
I've already indicated elsewhere on this site why the 51 percent estimate from Goodland and Anhang is meaningless. However, ignoring this issue for a moment, it is worth considering where this number and the estimate for transport come from. The 13 percent figure is from the World Resource Institute. Indeed this percentage can be seen in the linked chart. The total emissions estimate (41,755 MtCO2 equivalent) is also the starting point for the Goodland and Anhang analysis. This estimate, combined with the attribution, implies that the transport sector accounted for approximately 5,600 MtCO2e in the year 2000. Goodland and Anhang go on to argue that the estimate of total emissions undercounts livestock emissions by 22,048 MtCO2e, implying that the actually GHG inventory should be 63,803 MtCO2e.
If someone believes that the Goodland and Anhang analysis is valid, this implies that the share of emissions from the transport sector should be adjusted accordingly. Doing so implies that transport's share of the total would be 8.8 percent (5,600/63,803 x 100%).
The Cowspiracy Infographic also claims that "A Carbon Based Diet Cuts Your Carbon Footprint by 50%". The correct claim, which is made elsewhere on the Cowspiracy site, is "A person who follows a vegan diet produces the equivalent of 50% less carbon dioxide, uses 1/11th oil, 1/13th water, and 1/18th land compared to a meat-lover for their food." However, this qualification is inconsistent with the earlier claim that livestock accounts for 51 percent of total GHG emissions.
Last edited on March 12, 2017.
Kip Andersen of Cowspiracy Gets It Wrong
November 13, 2015 March 6, 2016 oncejolly18 Comments
The website Commondreams.org has just published an excerpt from the book, The Sustainability Secret: Rethinking Our Diet to Transform the World. This book, by Keegan Kuhn and Kip Andersen, complements the documentary Cowspiracy. In the excerpt, Kip Andersen writes:
In 2009, Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang, two environmental advisors to the World Bank Group, released an analysis on human-related greenhouse gases (pdf), concluding that animal agriculture was responsible not for 18 percent as the FAO stated, but was actually responsible for 51 percent of all greenhouse gases. Fifty-one percent. Yet all we hear about is burning fossil fuels.
This difference in the figures is due to factors that the FAO didn't take into account, such as the massive loss of carbon sinks from clear-cutting rainforests for grazing in addition to the respiration and waste produced by animals. Goodland and Anhang used the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the global standard for measuring emissions set by the World Resources Institute and World Business Council on Sustainable Development, to reach the figure of 51 percent. According to their calculations, animal agriculture is the number one contributor to human-caused climate change.
On the Cowspiracy website Keegan Kuhn makes the same claim, linking to the GHG Protocol for Cities. The single largest source of "uncounted" emissions, according to Goodland and Anhang, is animal respiration. However, a quick perusal of the GPC Standard reveals the following guidelines, which directly contradict claims that Goodland and Anhang's analysis is consistent with the Protocol:
CO2 emissions from livestock are not estimated because annual net CO2 emissions are assumed to be zero—the CO2 photosynthesized by plants is returned to the atmosphere as respired CO2. (page 120)
In addition, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Agricultural Guidance is available online and states:
The carbon incorporated into animal tissues or lost through animal respiration should not be reported in an inventory. (pg.62)
Goodland and Anhang obtain their second largest source of "uncounted" emissions by converting methane from the livestock sector into tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) using the 20-year Global Warming Potential (GWP), while continuing to express methane from other sectors in CO2e using the lower 100-year GWPs. On this point, the Protocol indicates:
Individual GHGs should be converted into CO2e by multiplying by the 100-year GWP coefficients in the latest version of the IPCC Guidelines or the version used by the country's national inventory body. (page 50)
The initial estimate of emissions of 41,755 MTon CO2e (for the year 2000) that is used by Goodland and Anhang is from the World Resources Institute (WRI) and follows IPCC guidelines for national GHG inventories. In this estimate, GHGs are converted to CO2e using 100-year GWPs. The GHG Protocol that Kip Andersen refers to is a standard for organizational and business (not national) inventory reporting. The WRI is one of the organizations that supports the Protocol. The claim that Goodland and Anhang's analysis complies with the GHG Protocol is not supported by the Protocol's own documents.
I have previously outlined various problems with the Goodland and Anhang analysis elsewhere on this site.
Appendum The Greenhouse Gas Protcol website summarizes the project as "A series of tools for calculating GHG emissions inventories based on 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories." It should not be surprising that the 2006 IPCC Guidelines also explicitly state the respiration should not be included (first paragraph of the introduction to Chapter 10).
Last edited on March 6, 2016 to include mention of the GHG Protocol support for the use of 100-year GWPs.
On Some Cowspiracy "Facts"
May 24, 2015 February 17, 2016 oncejolly
Summary: The Cowspiracy fact sheet claims that a vegan diet can reduce dietary emissions by 20 lbs CO2e per day. This figure is higher than recently published estimates and arises because (i) the authors do not replace animal products with vegan alternatives (and include their associated emissions) and (ii) the authors apply the emission factor for cheese, a GHG-intensive product, to all dairy products.
Although I haven't seen Cowspiracy, coverage of the documentary on the blogosphere made it clear that Goodland and Anhang's claim that livestock accounts for 51 percent of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions is highlighted in the documentary. I have documented problems with this analysis elsewhere. There is a website associated with the documentary that includes a page entitled "The Facts". In addition to repeating the Goodland and Anhang claim, the page also makes the claim
Each day, a person who eats a vegan diet saves 1,100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 sq ft of forested land, 20 lbs CO2 equivalent, and one animal's life.
I was interested in where the claim of 20 lbs CO2-equivalent (CO2e) came from, since this number is higher than what has been reported in a number of studies that have been highlighted in the media recently. The Cowspiracy site even cites Scarborough et al.(2014), which looks at UK emissions for different dietary types and concludes that the daily dietary emissions for heavy meat eaters are 7.19 kg CO2e (and 5.63 kg CO2e for medium meat eaters), while for vegans, the corresponding figures is 2.89 kg CO2e. Converting the difference into pounds yields a figure of 9.5 lbs (for medium meat eaters, the difference is 6 lbs). [The site also links to analysis by the Shrink that Footprint site, which uses US consumption data and concludes that compared to a vegan diet, the average American diet results in an extra 1 Ton CO2e/year, or 6.1 lb (2.74 kg) CO2/day and a "meat lover" diet results in an extra 1.8 tCO2e/year, or 10.9 lb (4.9 kg) CO2e/day.] Why is the figure on Cowspiracy twice the figure for heavy meat eaters (and over three times the figure for medium meat eaters)?
It turns out that the figure is not from a peer-reviewed source, but is instead a calculation based on dietary emissions by food type from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and average consumption figures for the United States. Indeed, in footnote [xiv], the Cowspiracy fact sheet notes:
– CO2 based of feed conversion ratios and the average US meat consumption of 209lbs per year, per person.
Beef is at 22-27 kg CO2 Eq per kg produced/consumed X 2.5 ounces/day=1.75 kg or 3.85 pounds
Cheese/milk is 13.5 kg per kg product X 2 pounds/day=12.15 kg or 12.5 pounds
Pork is 12 kg per kg product X 2 ounces/day=.68 kg or 1.5 pounds
Combination chicken and turkey is 7 kg per kg product X 4.48 ounces/day= .89 kg or 1.96 pounds minimally (using only chicken)
{turkey, for instance, is 11 kg per kg product}
Eggs are at 5 kg per kg product X 2/3 egg per day= (50 g/egg) .55 pounds
— which equals 20.36 pounds of CO2 Eq saved per day.
There are two problems with this analysis. First, they don't replace the animal products with vegan alternatives (which would have lower carbon emissions), which means even taking their analysis at face value, the saving would be less than they are claiming. A bigger problem has to do with their treatment of dairy products. The EWG provides emissions estimates for four different dairy products, measured in kg of CO2e per kg of product (reported in parentheses following each product) – cheese (13.5), butter (2.5), yogurt (2.2), and 2 percent milk (1.9). The Cowspiracy analysis elects to treat the entire 2 lb of dairy as cheese, which has the highest emission factor. The page doesn't appear to provide an attribution for where the dairy figures are from, but it's straightforward to find per capita annual figures on U.S. dairy consumption from the USDA. Figures are available on consumption for individual categories (milk and cream, yogurt, butter, cheese, etc.) and an aggregate measure based on "milk equivalent, milk fat basis"), which was 614 lb in 2012 (close to the 2 lb per day reported on the Cowspiracy fact sheet). In comparison, cheese consumption (American, Other and Cottage) was 35.6 lb (or about a tenth of a pound per day). There doesn't seem to be any justification for using the emission factor for cheese, other than to inflate the figure. Indeed, the dairy category accounts for over 60 percent of the 20 lbs that they suggest can be saved, which is why their number is double that provided by Scarborough et al.
Edited Sept. 27, 2015 – a short summary was added to the article.
Edited Feb. 17, 2016 – added the emission figures from Shrink That Footprint.
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If you don't learn to delegate -- even in the early stages of your career -- then you're not using your abilities to the greatest advantage for you and for your employer.
You may believe that delegating isn't worth it. You would rather do the work yourself than go through the hassle of teaching someone else how to do it, or you believe the other person will screw it up so it's better if you just stick with it. Perhaps you've even had one or two bad experiences with delegating, so you vow never to do it again.
The problem is that delegating is a skill, and needs to be developed if you want to move up in the ranks at work. If you're not successful at delegating, then that means you're getting bogged down in tasks that can keep you from getting a big project or a promotion. Your career begins to stagnate under work that should be done by someone else, and soon you get a reputation as someone who is too afraid or to unskilled to take on new challenges.
When considering what you can delegate, make a list of your priorities for the week in order of importance to your boss. Then, make a list of what you need to get done in a week. When you compare the two lists, you'll note you have many more items on your list -- and those are the ones that you should think about delegating. If those jobs aren't important priorities for your boss, then you need to start re-thinking the time and effort you give to those tasks.
Now, this is when it gets tricky for people. How to delegate? Who should you ask?
1. Fit. When you need to delegate a task, why do you need to delegate it to that specific person? If it's because this colleague will stay until 10 p.m. to make sure it's done right, that's not a good enough reason. That's just you dumping work on someone. But if the task requires using an Excel spreadsheet -- and there's another employee who doesn't have much experience in that area -- then you're offering that colleague a chance to grow his or her skills.
2. Commitment. A lot of people don't realize that the reason their delegation attempts haven't worked in the past is because they are lousy delegators. They delegated the task and then just walked away after a brief explanation of the work. If you want delegating to be successful, you have to make the commitment to be clear with instructions (putting things in writing is always very helpful) and being available should questions arise. You're not there to hover over the work, but in the beginning you need to be available -- and welcoming -- of questions or concerns.
3. Enthusiasm. "Jerry, can you get these reports entered into the system? This is the suckiest job, but I really need to move onto something else," you say. Gee, who wouldn't want to jump in and help with such an exciting request? Instead, say something like, "Jerry, I know you've been trying to get more training time on this software, and I believe I've come up with something that can help both of us. I can help you become more fluent on this system if you can enter these numbers for me. I'll be right here if you have any questions, but this is certainly something that helped me become more confident using this system." This way, you're not overselling the task, but you're pointing out the advantage for your colleague -- a critical step in forming a positive delegating relationship.
As you progress through your career, you should always reassess what makes you the most effective and the best ways to use your skills. Learning to delegate -- for the right reasons -- is a critical ability that will make you more productive.
Vocal fry. Upspeak. Like, you know, those things are so, like, annoying?
But readers also went on to complain about upspeak (the voice rising at the end of a declarative sentence as if it's a question. "I went to work? And got a lot done?") and the overuse of the word "like."
"I, like, went to the mall? And, like, I couldn't, like, finding a parking space? And I'm like, so, like, frustrated?"
There was also some debate about whether these speaking habits hurt women more than men. Are women judged more unfairly for such irritating speaking habits? Possibly -- even though I find such speaking habits annoying whether it's a man or a woman.
Here's what I do know: Communication in the workplace is a constant landmine and is probably one of the biggest causes of careers going off the rails. If you don't consistently communicate well, then all your other skills will not be as appreciated or utilized.
We always need to work to improve what we say, when we say it and how we say it. Upspeak makes you sound unsure, even if you're the CEO of a company. Vocal fry makes you sound like Valley Girl 2017, more suited for planning the prom than a big international project. Using "like" constantly makes it sound as if you're afraid to state your opinion or ideas and are hedging your bets by using "like" instead of being definitive.
You may not even realize you've developed some of these habits. I know that "like" has become part of my vocabulary, and I'm determined to eradicate it. It won't be easy, but I'm taking it one conversation at a time and trying to speak more deliberately until I can break the habit.
My advice is to record your own voice when speaking to others, to try and spot bad vocal habits. Ask friends or family if you say "um" or "you know" or "literally" too much. Learning to speak more clearly and concisely is a great investment in your career -- and can prevent your voice from getting fried.
That was 16 years ago, and Mersino recalls that at the time he couldn't fathom why it was dangerous not to make a connection with his emotions – but he soon learned and now spends time advising other professionals to do the same.
"The more I talk to people, the more I find others who grew up in ways that they didn't learn to be in touch with their emotions as a child, or stuffed those feelings down," he says.
The result, he says, is professionals such as project managers who alienate others with their lack of empathy or emotional awareness and end up hurting their careers and the bottom line of their companies.
Still, Mersino says developing emotional intelligence isn't a quick fix, and he's living proof.
I don't know about you, but I've had jobs that made me leap out of bed every day, feeling so lucky to be going to work.
But I've had horrible jobs, too. You know those jobs that cause you on Sunday night to start dreading Monday? I've been there. In fact, I hated a couple of jobs so bad I started getting depressed on Saturday night.
I also remember the feeling of isolation I had in those jobs. I began to withdraw more and more from my colleagues, often eating my lunch alone in a park or keeping to myself when other people were chatting around the coffee pot.
I recently read a new study in Harvard Business Review that may explain why I hated those jobs so much. It wasn't just that I didn't really like what I was doing and the boss was a butthead. I think a large part of my problem was that I was lonely. I felt no connection to the boss or my colleagues, and it just made the situation worse for me.
Could I have become less miserable in these jobs if I had been less lonely? The study says "yes."
The study finds that just as you can "start an exercise regimen to lose weight, gain strength, or improve your health, you can combat loneliness through exercises that build emotional strength and resilience."
The study was based on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the "alarming" number or soldiers who returned home and had adverse outcomes, including suicide. Many soldiers, it was found, were struggling with loneliness.
In response, the U.S. Army developed a program focused on social resilience and social fitness, a strategy that paid off with soldiers reporting they were less lonely and simply felt better about life after receiving the training.
Researchers believe that workplaces can reap the same benefits. If workers are taught how to develop greater emotional strength and resilience, they can become less lonely and happier at work.
"It's time for managers to turn their focus from traditional structural inventions that are designed to reduce social isolation -- such as mandatory social activities at work or specialized workspace design efforts -- which studies have shown are less effective," researchers say.
Their recommendation for an entry-level social fitness class includes disconnecting online and connecting with someone in person; doing small favors for someone else; taking opportunities to work with others; and asking questions to engage others.
Finally, there is one step that each of us can take today to boost our well-being at work. Just say "hello" to a friend, colleague or a stranger.
"It"s a cliche, but it's true: We are social creatures," researchers say. "We have a social muscle. The more we exercise it, the healthier we'll all be."
The good news is that as the job market improves, more workers are able to leave jobs -- or bosses -- that make them miserable.
The bad news is that some are taking jobs that are going to make them just as miserable in a very short amount of time.
What happens is that many people believe that once they leave a jerk behind in their old workplace, things will be great. They'll work with people they like or they won't have to put up with a jerk boss.
It would be great if that were true. But even in the best companies, there are jerks and a**hole bosses. There might not be as many -- but you can bet they're lurking among the cubicles.
If you're looking for a new job -- or even thinking of jumping to a new department in your current company -- there are some ways you can figure out if you're about to take a job with another jerk and be just as miserable.
Your initial visit. When you interview with a company or department for the first time, are you treated with respect? For example, are you kept waiting for an hour and then no apology is offered as to why your interviewer was late? Does a receptionist or another employee smile at you, or ask if you need assistance in some way? Do other employees greet one another by name, smile at one another or walk like zombies through the hallways? The key is to see that employees seem comfortable with one another and are engaged enough to want to reach out and try to help someone else.
Body language. Do employees you speak with tense up when you start asking about the boss? Do they refuse to make eye contact when they talk about his or her management style? Does the interviewer quickly change the subject when discussing the boss? These are all caution flags that may indicate the boss isn't well liked or respected.
Ask questions. Interviews are not a one-way street. If you really want to see if a workplace is a good fit, don't ask questions like, "What do you do if someone is a bully?" The standard human resource line will be that such a person isn't tolerated, blah, blah, blah. What you really want to do is ask something like, "Let's say that a client makes a mistake in a delivery date, but blames one of your employees. The client says he will take his business elsewhere and really starts ranting against that employee. What would you do?" Listen carefully as to what will be done. If it turns out later that that the employee really did make the mistake -- what will happen? How does management handle mistakes by employees? How does management deal with such volatile situations? If the boss or the interviewer stammer around without a good answer, then that may be a clue they don't handle such situations well or at least not in a thoughtful, fair way.
Check social media. Potential employers use social media to check on you -- why not do the same? Look at what company employees post -- are they obviously unhappy people? Or, do they seem engaged in their work? Does the boss post thoughtful essays on LinkedIn or the company blog? What about podcasts? Was the boss interviewed so you can gain more insight into his or her thinking?
The point is that if you don't want to trade in one awful workplace for another, you need to take more responsibility for ensuring that you've done your due diligence in checking out the jerk factor.


Gendernormativity – what is it and why does it matter?
Jess MacIntyre is highly experienced in delivering expert & dynamic LGBT+ awareness programmes to private, public and third sector organisations. As the director of OUT Training, Jess works closely with students, staff, managerial and executive teams to help shape the culture of their LGBT+ inclusivity and communicate this to their target audiences.
In 2012, Jess founded ReachOUT, a refugee and asylum LGBT support charity, which was nominated for Community Organisation of the Year in the 2014 National Diversity Awards. Through this, she started delivering LGBT+ intersectionality trainings to third sector organisations, law firms, NHS trusts, and social services. Until January 2016, Jess worked with PACE, a national LGBT+ mental health charity, as their Professional Practice Trainer. She has taught modules on LGBT+ mental health & LGBT+ relationship counselling on three postgraduate degrees offered through the Relate Institute at Birkbeck University of London and Leeds Beckett University.


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Join us on our monthly journey into the past as we explore the history of Walt Disney World and the Walt Disney Company. This time we look back to May 2008, when Buzz Lightyear traveled to infinity and beyond.
The astronaut character in Toy Story was originally called Lunar Larry. Deciding this name was less than stellar, Pixar changed it to something flashier with a historic bent. He was renamed Buzz Lightyear after Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who was the second man to walk on the moon.
The first Toy Story movie was released in 1995. A 12-inch-tall Buzz Lightyear figure was part of the merchandising campaign. In 2008, Disney and NASA announced that one of these original Buzz toys would head into space. Buzz was going to fly to the International Space Station!
Buzz's trip was arranged as part of the Toys in Space Program that started in 1985. Disney worked with NASA to create educational content that would get kids excited to study science, math and technology. There were online games to play, and video of Buzz's mission would be beamed to Earth from the Station.
Before he could take off, Buzz went to NASA to get ready for his journey. He had to lose some weight and learn some safety tips. He was even briefed by his namesake, Buzz Aldrin before his launch.
On May 31, 2008, Buzz took off from the Kennedy Space Center aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. His pal Woody waved goodbye, along with thousands of launch-watchers at Veterans' Memorial Park in Titusville Florida.
Discovery docked with the Space Station on June 2, 2008. Buzz opened his wings, put out his arms and flew aboard.
The purpose of Discovery's mission was to deliver a new section of the Space Station. It was the size of a large tour bus and would become the Station's largest laboratory.
Buzz had his own assignments. He took part in experiments illustrating concepts like gravity and weightlessness. He also helped demonstrate what life was like aboard the Space Station.
Buzz Lightyear orbited the Earth for 467 days before his return on September 11, 2009. His was the longest single flight in space. His mission beat the former record, held by Russian cosmonaut Valery Poyakov, by a month. After more than a decade, Buzz still holds the record today!
When he arrived home, Buzz was greeted as a hero. There was a ticker-tape parade held in his honor, on October 2, 2009 at the Magic Kingdom. The parade was led by Buzz Aldrin, followed by Space Station commander Mike Fincke, each in a classic convertible. Bringing up the rear was the man of the hour, Buzz himself, riding on his pal RC.
Buzz retired to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC on March 29, 2012. He is still there, in a place of honor in the "Moving Beyond Earth" gallery. The shuttle Discovery is also on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia.
Want to learn more about Buzz's mission? Check out these videos on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQef-oyaEiw&t=91s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo4vespbJC8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFe2Bh625ss


While trade integration has been an engine of global growth and prosperity, as suggested by theory, some sectors have been negatively affected by increased import competition. We test if this negative effect is significant in a context of high intranational migration, as theory indicates that labor mobility could reduce it. We focus on the 2004-14 period of trade liberalization in Peru (a major beneficiary of trade integration), which allows for methodological improvements relative to similar studies. We find that districts competing with liberalized imports experienced significantly lower growth in consumption per capita despite some emigration in response to increased import competition. This underscores the need to support the "losers of trade liberalization" even amidst high labor mobility.


Every Tuesday and Wednesday during the month of May, we'll be hosting a gluten-free guest blogger from around the web in honor of Celiac Awareness Month. Today we're thrilled to welcome Jeanine Friesen from The Baking Beauties, who discusses how the gluten-free diet's increasing popularity is both good and bad news for those who need to be gluten free for medical reasons.
The gluten-free diet has gotten a lot of attention over the past few years. The number of gluten-free products that have become available in the mainstream market is astounding and wonderful. But as awareness grows, there has also been a disturbing trend toward mockery and distrust.
Late night TV show hosts and Hollywood writers have caught on that something is going on here and so many of them have turned their sights on us in order to get cheap laughs. The other problem is gluten-free lifestyles are broadly associated with an entire spectrum of healthful living trends that doctors and research scientists are often very critical of.
Celiac disease is a serious problem. It's an autoimmune disorder where gluten causes a person's immune system to attack itself and, based on very good scientific evidence, leads 1 in 133 people on a new dietary path – a life-long prescription of eating strictly gluten-free. There's nothing funny about it, and celiac disease's existence has been verified by decades of rigorous science. Currently, the only way to treat celiac disease is with a strict gluten-free diet.
But celiac disease is not the only reason someone might be on a gluten-free diet. Many people eat gluten-free to relieve symptoms of wheat allergy, gluten sensitivity, autism, schizophrenia, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, and Type 1 diabetes. People with joint pain, migraines, and unexplained gut issues have found relief from following a gluten-free diet. The science might not be there to show a link, but these people live the proof every day.
Whether you are eating gluten-free as prescribed by your doctor, or are eating gluten-free to feel better, we have all benefited from the boom in gluten-free products and awareness. Along with the benefits, however, there is also a downside.
Over the last few years, gluten has become a buzz-word and eating gluten free has become a fad of-sorts. Some people order a gluten-free pizza with a regular beer. The next orders gluten-free pasta, and just removes the garlic bread that was carelessly served along side it. When people in the service industry see this, it makes light of the fact that we need our food protected from these types of cross contamination.
What happens the next time someone like me orders gluten-free? Servers may not take me seriously – think I'm making a big deal out of something that isn't a real problem. Unlike an allergy, ingesting gluten when you have celiac disease does not always have an immediate reaction. This delay often means the restaurant will not see the reaction or any consequences to their actions. Just because they don't see it, however, doesn't mean it didn't affect me.
Right now, nearly every grocery store is selling products labelled "gluten-free". Cereal, granola bars, bread, pizza, pasta – you name it, it's available. Even large companies are seeing the market's demand and are adding gluten-free items to their product line. Again, this is great but I want the GF community to be careful.
What happens when the fad-aspect of the diet passes? It will. It's only a matter of time until fad dieters realize that they aren't losing weight eating gluten-free pizza, cookies and cake. It's only a matter of time until they realize they are spending four times more on a loaf of bread when they don't actually need to. When the fad dieters go back to their regular wheat-filled diet – what will happen in the gluten free market? Will companies continue to manufacture gluten-free foods for us when less people are buying? Will restaurants continue to take us seriously and accommodate those who require a diet free from gluten? I hope so, and that's why we should make sure we keep reminding them that, despite what the late night comedians might say, this issue has a serious side.
Food manufacturers and restaurants need to be reminded that, for many of us, eating gluten-free isn't a choice. We would love to go to their restaurants and not have to ask for special considerations for our meal. We would love to be able to buy their cheaper, more readily available products. We would like them to understand that we aren't eating gluten-free for attention or to cause them problems. We are eating gluten-free, literally, to save our lives.
Whether you are diagnosed with celiac disease, or you are eating gluten-free for other health problems, or even by choice, you deserve to know that the food you are eating is safe for you.
With May being Celiac Awareness Month, let's celebrate the abundance and variety we currently have available to us. Let's thank the restaurants and food companies who go the extra mile to provide us with those options and, without denying the seriousness of this problem, let's bring the focus and attention back to the positive aspects of what living gluten free means for us. It's our prescription for a long, healthy life.