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Everything I Know about HR, I Learned from I Love Lucy
Oh television – how I adore you! You've filled my life with such joy over the years. The warm memories of childhood Saturday mornings spent watching cartoons while wearing pajamas and slurping on a bowl of Cap'n Crunch. The glory that was the greatest show ever – LOST. The soothing and mindless slumber to which you take me when I'm under the weather, wrapped in a quilt on the couch, and watching day-long Law & Order marathons. And while I enjoy your flickering light as I escape down the viewing tunnel, there's no denying you also have the power to impart lessons.
Even today, 60 years after its original run from October 1951 through May 1957, 40 million Americans still view at least one episode of "I Love Lucy" each year. As an inspiration for an HR career, lovable, scatter-brained Lucy Ricardo may seem an odd choice to many. But when I think about Lucy there are many reasons I view her as an inspiration and someone who brings a few simple truths to light in regards to how I approach my role as a human being and as an HR chick:
Lucy believed in her power as an Individual
1950's America wasn't exactly a time when feminists were busting stereotypes. On the surface, our gal Lucy fit her era: while Ricky went to work, paid the bills, and made the family decisions, Lucy's job was to make sure she had dinner on the table, took care of Little Ricky and didn't overspend her 'allowance.' But deep down in her heart she was a bit of an anarchist – revolting against the pre-defined female role and rebelling against Ricky by promoting a bit of disorder and disruption. The 'natural order' of things (i.e. husband as undisputed patriarch) was a bit undesirable for her – and she worked to change it.
Lucy persevered
Obviously, a primary theme of the show was Lucy's continuing quest to make it in "show business." She tried (oh how she tried) – and failed. But every time she struggled or stumbled or fell flat on her face – she got up and tried again.
Want to meet the Queen but Ricky won't help? Find a way to get it done!
Feel the urge to prove Ricky wrong when he thinks doing housework is easier than earning money outside the home? You go girl – and get a job at the candy factor!
Want to land a gig as the Vitameatevegamin girl? Turn it into a fait accompli!
Lucy led and influenced those around her
Now some may argue that Lucy's ability to corral Fred and Ethel into going along with her crazy plans was due to intimidation ("Ethel – I'll tell Fred you bought that dress!") or the sheep-like tendencies of the Mertzes. But I see, in Lucy, the ability to rally the spirits of those around her. Lucy always had a vision, a goal and an end in sight and was able to get others to catch her enthusiasm. Nice.
Sometimes it's hard to differentiate between Lucille Ball and the character she played. Obviously, her real life husband Desi Arnaz played her TV husband and most every TV fan is aware that when Lucille became pregnant with Desi Arnaz, Jr., her pregnancy was written into the show, thus resulting in the birth of Little Ricky; the episode-airing of which was chosen to coincide with Lucille's real-life delivery of Desi. Jr. on January 19, 1953.
One of the most interesting aspects of this TV/real-life story is the fact that Lucille and Desi were television pioneers – and Lucille became a role-model for business women everywhere. The couple formed Desilu Productions in 1950 in order to produce what would eventually become "I Love Lucy" and as a savvy business leader, Lucille assessed and approved projects by evaluating the likelihood of their long term success. Did you know that when Desi resigned as president of Desilu in 1962, Lucille purchased his holdings, succeeded him as president, and thus became the first woman to head a major studio? Now that's a role model.
Lucille and Lucy – Perseverance. Belief in oneself. Leadership.
I can get behind that.
Today's post is from guest blogger Robin Schooling, SPHR. Robin is a VPHR in Louisiana with way more years in HR than she sometimes cares to admit. She's an active SHRM volunteer leader, handles all social media for Louisiana SHRM, and regularly speaks to groups on a variety of HR topics. She blogs at HR Schoolhouse and also contributes to the blogs We Know Next (SHRM) and Women of HR. She's an avid Saints fan and is hoping that this whole Drew Brees contract stuff gets settled real real soon. You can follow her on Twitter.
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Everything I Know about HR, I Learned from The Terminator
Everything I Know about HR, I Learned from Clair Huxtable
Everything I Know about HR, I Learned from FAME!
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EAST LANSING — For fifth-year Michigan State senior center Matt Allen, last season simply wasn't good enough.
"Me personally, I didn't do well enough just getting guys off the ball," said Allen. "I would always get in the correct position laterally, except then (my opponent) would be in the same spot just two yards down the line. Just as an offensive line, being able to take the whole D-line vertical, even if there isn't a hole open, the running back can still fall, and it'd be a four-yard gain."
By virtue of Jordan Reed opting out for the 2020 season, Allen has appeared in more games (30) than anyone else in the offensive line room sans Luke Campbell. Allen, who has started 16 games at center in his career, is one of four returning linemen who have at least 10 starts under their belt (Campbell, Kevin Jarvis and Matt Carrick). In order for Allen to start the season as the Spartans' No.1 center, he will have to fend off Blake Bueter and Nick Samac, both of whom started multiple games last season.
"It feels like everybody is either biting on my heels or about to take my spot," said Allen.
Between Allen, Jarvis, Bueter, Carrick, Samac, Campbell, J.D. Duplain, AJ Arcuri and Devontae Dobbs, the Spartans have nine returning offensive lineman with some degree of starting experience. While depth is undoubtedly a good thing, finding five linemen to trot out on Oct. 24 is proving to be quite the challenge since the Spartans have an abundance of battle-tested linemen.
MSU OL Luke Campbell/ Photo Credit: MSU Athletic Communications
"We still have a month before the season starts," said Allen, "and especially with COVID and things like that, we are just really focusing on depth just so if somebody does go down or something does happen, the next man up is going to be ready to go."
Allen started the first eight games of 2019 before a lower-body injury sidelined him until the Pinstripe Bowl against Wake Forest. In Allen's absence, both Bueter and Samac performed admirably at the center position. Jarvis, who switched from right guard to left tackle after Cole Chewins got hurt in the offseason, only played in three games before he was declared out for the rest of the season. Arcuri would take Jarvis' spot at left tackle, but even he would struggle throughout the season with injuries. Bueter and Campbell would also miss multiple games due to injury. As such, young depth players like Dobbs, Samac and Duplain were pressed into duty towards the end of last season. With everyone healthy, MSU now finds itself with a hodgepodge of lineman.
Blake Bueter and Matt Allen/Photo Credit: MSU Athletic Communications
With the constant carousel on injuries, the Spartans struggled to find any kind of offensive consistency. The Spartans only ran for1 28 yards per game in 2019, which was good for the No. 103 overall mark in the country (out of 127 teams). When coach Mel Tucker was hired on Feb. 12, he brought with him a trusted and well-respected offensive line coach, Chris Kapilovic.
Kapilovic, the former offensive line coach and running game coordinator at both North Carolina and Colorado, has brought a no-nonsense approach to the offensive line room.
"He's honestly a great coach, and I've seen a ton of improvement out of myself just through this camp," said Allen. "The thing that he does best is tell us the truth right away. If we do something bad, he is going to let us know what we did and why we did it. It's not like a punishment, but it's just so that we are all on the right page and we are all going on the right track to get us in the spot that we want to be."
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Under Kapilovic, Colorado ran for 150 yards per game in 2019, good for No. 70 overall in the country. This might not seem like much of an improvement, but it's worth noting that Colorado was more of a passing team under Jay Johnson than a ground-and-pound squad. Kapilovic was a huge reason why Elijah Hood was so successful at UNC from 2014-2016. In 2015, when Kapilovic was the co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, Hood ran for 1,463 yards and 17 touchdowns. In 2016, Kapilovic was promoted to offensive coordinator and from 2016-2018. The Tar Heels succeeded in having a versatile running attack between Hood (who graduated in 2016), Jordon Brown and Michael Carter (both of whom ran for over 500 yards in 2017) as well as Antonio Williams, Brown and Carter in 2018.
According to Allen, MSU will conduct a couple of scrimmages before the season opener against Rutgers in order to simulate a game-like atmosphere. No one knows which five linemen will trot out with the first group during the scrimmages, but the answer will be clearer for the Spartans soon.
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The warming atmosphere will mean a rise in mild weather for parts of the U.S., scientists have concluded, but they project a gradual drop worldwide in the number of days with the most pleasant weather conditions.
China's efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions are being undermined by increased Western-style consumption habits among the urban rich, according to research on the nation's mass movement of rural residents to cities.
Scientists' 'Good Anthropocene' research identifies initiatives that improve poor people's health and wellbeing by reversing practices that destroy the environment and fuel climate change.
Some U.S. investors, already stung by their holdings' tumbling value in the oil-price slump, say giant oil and gas corporations are failing to disclose vital information about future financial effects of climate change.
Historians will likely regard September 2016 as a milestone for the world's climate. At a time when atmospheric carbon dioxide is usually at its minimum, the monthly value failed to drop below the symbolic 400 ppm level.
German scientists conclude high-income countries may be no better protected than the poorest in extreme weather events and hurricane damage could increase dramatically in the United States.
The initial Brazilian outbreak appears to have been aided by a drought driven by El Niño, and by higher temperatures caused by longer-term weather cycles and by rising levels of greenhouse-gas pollution.
As sea levels rise in a changing climate, how best to protect coasts?
Expert thinking on shorelines has undergone big changes on the issue of 'hard' vs. 'soft' approaches. Many now believe that softer shoreline defenses are better.
New research shows that a 'controlled implosion' of the fossil-fuel industry and a technological explosion of renewable energy are needed to meet the targets set by 195 nations on restricting global warming.
Analysts looked at a handful of UNESCO's 981 World Heritage Sites. In all cases, they found pressures from climate change could permanently alter some of Earth's most spectacular places unless carbon emissions are cut.
Lloyds, one of the world's biggest insurance companies, is calling for an end to federal subsidies that it says encourage expensive house-building schemes in areas of the U.S. at high risk of floods and storms.
North America forest findings by Washington State scientists included projections that Gulf Coast woodlands may end up looking more like Cuba while parts of Texas might become home to the hot, dry forests now found in Mexico.
The giant oil company for the first time has sketched out what it thinks it would take for the world to avoid 2 degrees Celsius of global warming. Shell previously studied such a scenario but refused to make it public.
Recent real-world data suggest it may be possible to cut greenhouse emissions while growing the economy. Whether this can be accomplished is a major question for policymakers hoping to combat climate change.
Scientists have encouraging news for planners along the East Coast about the worsening crisis of sea level rise: If managed well, most of the region's shorelines could adapt naturally to drenching changes that lie ahead.
Just days after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling clouded the future of a new United Nations climate pact, the passing of one of its most influential justices has boosted the pact's chances of succeeding.
Will climate change play a future role in the spread of the Zika virus?
A number of factors have had to line up for the Zika virus, which causes a disease that's been associated with birth defects, to spread so far and wide so quickly. Chief among them are heavy rain and heat.


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KPH & THE CANARY COLLECTIVE
Harmony for Hire
Custom Canary-grams
Sunset Serenades
Book Session with Kaeley
Who is a Canary?
Canary Choir and Orca-stra
Healing bodies,
healing Earth
Welcome! Sensitive Souls Unite!
"The Canary Collective" represents the canaries in the proverbial coal mines of the world who are feeling the effects of the Earth's imbalance and distress in their bodies. We must keep singing our songs.
Wondering where "the canary in a coal mine" saying comes from? Read more here.
KPH & The Canary Collective is a people power indie folk music project headed by Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm, but it's become so much more than a band. It's a movement.
This website is a place to explore the many ways you can become involved with the growing network of canary artists rising up for healing of our bodies and Earth. When canaries rise and sing their warning calls together, that signals to the rest of the world the need for a deep pivot out of the mine. Part of The Canary Collective's work is supporting people to creatively tell their own stories of how climate crises and social injustices are affecting their communities - and to make sure those stories are heard, seen, and felt by the decision makers and allocators of resources, from senators to mayors to CEOs. Visit our "Activism" page to learn more.
More About KPH & The Canary Collective
Suddenly bedridden from a perplexing and debilitating disease called "Environmental Illness" (and a ton of other names for her symptoms such as Lyme Disease, POTs, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and Interstitial Cystitis) Kaeley took a pivot in her career. After working 5 years in the non-profit world as a Seattle and DC-based community organizer, Kaeley turned to music as a way to heal and connect with others in a similar boat. Kaeley quickly found she was not an anomaly and was definitely not alone - an increasingly staggering number of young people are diagnosed with autoimmune and difficult-to-treat conditions every year. When insurance did not cover all of her life-saving medical treatment, her friends and family supported her through crowdfunding and Kaeley is sustained as a disabled artist with monthly donations via Patreon.
She released an EP "Hi From Pillows" in 2017 with Local Woman Records and dreamed up and co-organized "#BedFest 2017," a virtual music and arts festival in which hundreds of other bedridden artists from around the world submitted songs and visual art expressing the pain of struggling to afford medical treatment and performed via international video conference. She also co-founded and helped organize a series called "Sick Womxn and Queers Shows" in the Pacific Northwest in which music, poetry, and interactive educational skits were used to demonstrate the importance of humans doing something to make healthcare, housing, and clean air and water more affordable and accessible to all.
With her grant-funded full-length album "The Canary Collective: Vol 1," Kaeley collaborated with more "canaries" to make a Cat Power, Joni Mitchell and Sufjan Stevens-inspired collage of poetry, songs, and quotes from other chronically ill artists such as Jen Brea of MEAction and poet Leland Chazen. Their video entry to NPR's Tiny Desk Contest in 2020 was featured on the "All Songs Considered" blog. She hopes to continue to use her music and unique performance style as a tool of encouraging dialogue around the ties between our healing bodies and our healing ecosystems on this planet.
Her latest album "The 5 & 3" was recorded while quarantining in 100 days of solitude in a trailer in the Joshua Tree desert. It was recorded while staying on Serrano, Cahuilla, Chemehuevi, and Mojave tribes' land.
The Canary Collective is committed to make harmony with the intention of healing harm to our bodies and Earth. In order to truly heal, injustices must be repaired and new systems must spring forth that work for all life forms - and that means reparations and justice for BIPOC communities is a necessary prioritized goal in anything we do. Visit our "Activism" page to learn more.
/ Music
/Healing
/ Activism
"[KPH & The Canary Collective] pushes the boundary which previously defined raw and vulnerable art for me, pushing the envelope simply by being true to her own health experiences." - Jen Miller, Girl Gang Music


Autism, Disability Children's teaching visual resource.
Real life picture cards of different play, academic and social activities for children to choose from. Pack comes with a choice board. Simply place two pictures on the choice board such as puzzle or playdough and allow the person to make a choice.
Pack also comes with a Now & Next Board.
Benefits - prompts communication and interaction, school readiness skills, social skills, expand interest, learn labels of different activities.
Registered NDIS Service Provider - Assistive Technology & Consumables.
Picture cards included: Drawing, Colouring in, Craft, Painting, Playdough, Writing, Numbers, Letters, Colours, Shapes, Workbook, Story, Blocks, Duplo, Puzzle, Sand, Threading, Train Set, Doll, Figurine, Animals, Dinosaurs, Cars, Car Road Map, Ball, Bat & Ball, Tricycle, Board Game, Music, Thomas the Tank Engine, Cooking, Bubbles, Ipad, DVD, Computer, Morning Tea, Lunch, Finish. Room to add your own visuals.


It has taken me a few days to put myself together. The graduation of the first VISIONAIRE students was wonderful and I admit that I cried. I'm going to miss meeting with everyone, but I know we will still stay in touch. If you missed the graduation and/or the exhibit at the Penumbra sim, you can still catch their mini-galleries at this location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New/166/225/3003 Be sure to follow them on Flickr (any of their wonderful works are not at the exhibit due to space and prim considerations).
Congratulations: Anouk Lefavre, Eva Cross, Imani Enzo, Liat Reina, Mari Firelight, Polly Elan, Prisilla S. Avro, Seashell Dench, Solde Rothmanay, and Tamara Artis.
Spring is in the air! FineSmith brings us flowers with the Botanica collection — which comes in many lovely colors (the photo is aqua). The ensemble features a head wreath, earrings, and necklace. You can see a bit of the dress called Spring as well.
I'm feeling it! It's great to burst forth from the snuggly confines of Winter!


scipy: To power a variety of features in several modules.
h5py: To read/write Table objects from/to HDF5 files.
BeautifulSoup: To read Table objects from HTML files.
html5lib: To read Table objects from HTML files using the pandas reader.
bleach: Used to sanitize text when disabling HTML escaping in the Table HTML writer.
PyYAML: To read/write Table objects from/to the Enhanced CSV ASCII table format and to serialize mixins for various formats.
xmllint: To validate VOTABLE XML files. This is a command line tool installed outside of Python.
pandas: To convert Table objects from/to pandas DataFrame objects. Version 0.14 or higher is required to use the Pandas I/O functions to read/write Table objects.
bintrees for faster FastRBT and FastBST indexing engines with Table, although these will still be slower in most cases than the default indexing engine.
sortedcontainers for faster SCEngine indexing engine with Table, although this may still be slower in some cases than the default indexing engine.
pytz: To specify and convert between timezones.
jplephem: To retrieve JPL ephemeris of Solar System objects.
matplotlib 2.0 or later: To provide plotting functionality that astropy.visualization enhances.
scikit-image: To downsample a data array in astropy.nddata.utils.
setuptools: Used for discovery of entry points which are used to insert fitters into astropy.modeling.fitting.
mpmath: Used for the 'kraft-burrows-nousek' interval in poisson_conf_interval.
asdf 2.3 or later: Enables the serialization of various Astropy classes into a portable, hierarchical, human-readable representation.
bottleneck: Improves the performance of sigma-clipping and other functionality that may require computing statistics on arrays with NaN values.
pytest-xdist: Used for distributed testing.
pytest-mpl: Used for testing with Matplotlib figures.
objgraph: Used only in tests to test for reference leaks.
IPython: Used for testing the notebook interface of Table.
coverage: Used for code coverage measurements.
skyfield: Used for testing Solar System coordinates.
However, note that these packages require installation only if those particular features are needed. astropy will import even if these dependencies are not installed.
Users of the Anaconda Python distribution should follow the instructions for Using Conda.
Note that you will need a C compiler (e.g. gcc or clang) to be installed (see Building from source below) for the installation to succeed.
If you get a PermissionError this means that you do not have the required administrative access to install new packages to your Python installation. In this case you may consider using the --user option to install the package into your home directory. You can read more about how to do this in the pip documentation.
Alternatively, if you intend to do development on other software that uses astropy, such as an affiliated package, consider installing astropy into a virtualenv.
Do not install astropy or other third-party packages using sudo unless you are fully aware of the risks.
There may be a delay of a day or two between when a new version of astropy is released and when a package is available for Anaconda. You can check for the list of available versions with conda search astropy.
Attempting to use pip to upgrade your installation of astropy may result in a corrupted installation.
The tests should run and print out any failures, which you can report at the Astropy issue tracker.
This way of running the tests may not work if you do it in the astropy source distribution. See Testing a Source Code Build of astropy for how to run the tests from the source code directory, or Running Tests for more details.
You will need a compiler suite and the development headers for Python and NumPy in order to build astropy.
If you are building the latest developer version rather than using a stable release, you will also need Cython (v0.21 or later) and jinja2 (v2.7 or later) installed. The released packages have the necessary C files packaged with them, and hence do not require Cython.
On Linux, using the package manager for your distribution will usually be the easiest route to making sure you have the prerequisites to build astropy. In order to build from source, you will need the Python development package for your Linux distribution.
Follow the onscreen instructions to install the command line tools required. Note that you do not need to install the full XCode distribution (assuming you are using MacOS X 10.9 or later).
The instructions for building NumPy from source are a good resource for setting up your environment to build Python packages.
The latest stable source package for astropy can be downloaded here.
If you wish to participate in the development of astropy, see Developer Documentation. This document covers only the basics necessary to installing astropy.
astropy uses the Python built-in distutils framework for building and installing, and requires the setuptools package.
If NumPy is not already installed in your Python environment, the astropy setup process will try to download and install it before continuing to install astropy.
which installs astropy in develop/editable mode, which means that changes in the code are immediately reflected in the installed version.
which will install into a default directory in your home directory.
The astropy source ships with the C source code of a number of libraries. By default, these internal copies are used to build astropy. However, if you wish to use the system-wide installation of one of those libraries, you can pass one or more of the --use-system-X flags to the setup.py build command.
wcslib see cextern/wcslib/README for the bundled version.
cfitsio see cextern/cfitsio/changes.txt for the bundled version.
erfa see cextern/erfa/README.rst for the bundled version.
expat see cextern/expat/README for the bundled version.
If you want to be able to use astropy inside CASA, the easiest way is to do so from inside CASA.
Any astropy affiliated package can be installed the same way (e.g. the spectral-cube or other packages that may be useful for radio astronomy).
The above instructions have not been tested on all systems. We know of a few examples that do work, but that is not a guarantee that this will work on all systems. If you install astropy and begin to encounter issues with CASA, please look at the known CASA issues and if you do not encounter your issue there, please post a new one.
Building the documentation is in general not necessary unless you are writing new documentation or do not have internet access, because the latest (and archive) versions of Astropy's documentation should be available at docs.astropy.org .
In addition, if you want inheritance graphs to be generated, you will need to make sure that Graphviz is installed. If you install sphinx-astropy with Conda, Graphviz will automatically get installed, but if you use pip, you will need to install Graphviz separately as it is not a Python package.
The documentation will be built in the docs/_build/html directory, and can be read by pointing a web browser to docs/_build/html/index.html.
The LaTeX file Astropy.tex will be created in the docs/_build/latex directory, and can be compiled using pdflatex.
And the documentation will be generated in the same location, but using the installed version of astropy.
For requests/issues related to the appearance of the docs (e.g. related to the CSS), you can open an issue in the astropy-sphinx-theme issue tracker.
For requests/issues related to the auto-generated API docs which appear to be general issues rather than an issue with a specific docstring, you can use the sphinx-automodapi issue tracker.
For issues related to the default configuration (e.g which extensions are enabled by default), you can use the sphinx-astropy issue tracker.
More information on what the pytest-astropy package provides can be found in Testing Dependencies.
There are also alternative methods of Running Tests. Note that you will need pytest to be installed for this to work.


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Asylum seekers and refugees 1
Justice and personal security 2
Participation 1
Disability 2
Gender reassignment 2
Marriage and civil partnership 1
Pregnancy and maternity 3
Sexual orientation 2
Direct discrimination 3
Harassment 1
Victimisation 1
Employment Appeal Tribunal 1
Employment Tribunal 2
Enforcement 2
Legal assistance (section 28 of the Equality Act 2006) 1
Are British civilians employed by the MoD in Cyprus protected by the Equality Act? (Holloway & Ors v Ministry of Defence)
A group of British civilians working on a military base in Cyprus brought claims of discrimination against the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Before considering their claim, the Employment Tribunal had to decide whether GB equality laws applied to this group of workers. The first Employment Tribunal found that the Equality Act did apply to them. However, the MoD successfully challenged this in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. This meant that the case was remitted to the ET to be reconsidered.
DWP signs legally binding agreement to improve equality and diversity in the workplace (Department for Work and Pensions section 23 agreement)
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) entered a legally binding agreement with us after a former DWP employee won her claim of direct discrimination on the basis of age and race, racial harassment and victimisation.
Agreement with Pontins to prevent racial discrimination (Pontins Section 23 Agreement)
Britannia Jinky Jersey Limited, owner of Pontins, signed a legally binding agreement with us to prevent racial discrimination after we became aware of discriminatory practices, including an 'undesirable guest list', being used by the organisation.


It is an antioxidant vitamin needed for the formation of collagen to hold the cells together and for healthy teeth, gums and blood vessels; also improves iron absorption and resistance to infection.
Vitamin C is typically synthesized in sufficient quantities in the kidneys and/or intestines by microflora within the gastrointestinal tract of reptiles, so if internal synthesis were impaired by renal or intestinal disease than dietary sources may be insufficient to meet requirements for this vitamin. vitamin C deficiency causes the onset of scurvy which may be identified by sudden skin rupturing or spontaneous bleeding from the gums. Scurvy can cause reduced collagen synthesis or decreased strength of certain tissues, including skin and blood vessels. Vitamin C deficiency is suspected to be important in the occurrence of mouth rot (stomatitis) in reptiles and also other problems such as poor wound healing.
Vitamin C deficiency may also occur in reptiles fed on rodents that possess a deficiency due to underfeeding prior to being offered as food.
prey animals should be fed adaquatly before being fed to the reptile or culled and stored. Oral supplementation of ascorbic acid may also be recommended.


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        /// <summary>
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Its 2018 and although we celebrated a record year at Jonckers last year not only for revenue, but for work processed, there is no time to rest or become complacent. Our ambition shone through last year with the acquisition of some major global business and we have no intention of stopping there. We have recruited some new faces, further high level professionals to strengthen our executive team and push the company even further over the next 12 months.
Julien joins us as the new VP of Products and Quality. His years of experience in the localization industry are perfect for this multifaceted role. Working out of Colorado, USA, Julien is dedicated to improving and enhancing our customers experience. He has been brought in to implement the processes that will deliver true quality results for our clients. Liaising closely with our VP of Technology, Jack Wang, Julien will define our customers needs so that we drive the best tech solutions and products to market to ensure our offerings are the best in the industry.
Our new VP of Service Delivery is Daniel Wiedemann, a highly skilled and talented multilingual with a rich history in process implementation within the localization industry. Daniel's background is in language services for major global in-house teams and he has now taken a step into the LSP arena to further strengthen our team. With an education in languages and years of industry knowledge to his credit, Daniel will be overseeing the continuous delivery of program implementation and recruitment for our excellence centres in Hanoi, Brno, Beijing, Seattle and Zilina.
Jo joins us as new EU Business Unit Manager based in Manchester. She brings with her a wealth of management experience and is now an integral part in increasing UK and EU business as well as driving consistency in delivery for our current EU client base.


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Trufforum
Mycoforum
Fungi Friendly Forest
Micosylva
Truffle Jewlery
Assembly nº 10
Assembly nº 9
Launch of trufforum collection
Europe-China R+D+i
Assembly nº4
Workshop 19th Oct 2018
Workshop 14th – 16th Feb 2019
The European Mycological Institute launches the calls for the organization of Trufforum and Mycoforum in 2021
Press release of the European Institute of Mycology (EMI)
HOKTO Corporation, Japan's leading mycological company, joins the EMI as a new partner and will participate in these events.
In Soria, May the 25th 2020
The partners of the European Mycological Institute (EMI) have agreed at the Assembly meeting held on May the 19th, to launch the calls for TRUFFORUM ® 2021 and MYCOFORUM ® 2021. Institutions interested in organize these international events may submit applications in the next two months in accordance with the specifications that can be consulted on the website www.eumi.eu/calls/
TRUFFORUM ® was created by EMI in 2017 with the aim of promoting, in collaboration with European truffle federations, the responsible use of black truffle (Tubermelanosporum) in houses and restaurants. The purpose was educating consumers on: a) The different origins of black truffle in Europe. b) The different species of truffles and how to distinguish them. c) The differences between black truffle and imitation synthetic aromas. d) The importance of quality control to prevent fraud. e) The most suitable modes of use in the kitchen and gastronomy to enjoy all its authentic qualities. f) Truffle in the European territories of the truffle: its habitats, its truffles, its fairs, its specialized restaurants, etc.
TRUFFORUM has been organized in past editions in Zaragoza 2017 and Vic-Barcelona (2019 and 2020). For this edition of TRUFFORUM 2021 and given the exceptional situation caused by COVID-19, the EMI will promote among its partners the submission of a candidature shared by several cities with a joint program containing common online parts and other face-to-face parts developed in the different territories interested in organizing the event.
Likewise, the Director of EMI proposed the creation and launch of the international event MYCOFORUM ® to facilitate the exchange of scientific and technical knowledge between Mycological Forests and promote the responsible use of forest mycological resources as an engine of rural development. It aims to facilitate innovative cooperation between public-private actors involved based on quality mycological products and services capable of generating territorial attractiveness of cities to the rural environment.
In addition, MYCOFORUM® will sensitize society in: a) The ecological importance of fungi in forests, b) The importance of considering fungi in forest management (mycoselviculture), c) The different local species used, where and how to collect them responsibly. d) The importance of quality control to ensure food security and prevent fraud. e) The most suitable modes of use of mushrooms in the kitchen to enjoy all its qualities. f) Mycotourism: mycological parks, local agri-food products, fairs, conferences, specialized restaurants, etc.
Finally, the Assembly approved the incorporation as new EMI partners the Japanese corporation HOKTO www.hokto-kinoko.com , company dedicated to the research, development and production of fungi as healthy superfoods. It has 35 factories in Japan, California (USA), Taiwan and Malaysia. It employs 1179 workers and produces 71,625 tonnes of mushrooms (16% of the Japanese market). They have laboratories in which they investigate the cultivation of mycorrrhic species and their effect on human health. They are interested in being known in Europe and participate in Trufforum and Mycoforum events.
THE European Mycological Institute (EMI) is an EU public law entity based in the City of Soria, founded in 2016 by partners from Castilla y León, Nueva Aquitania, Occitania and Catalonia as part of the Interreg Micosylva+ project. Subsequently, new public/private partners from Aragon, Canada and China have joined, with the common objective of cooperating in improving the management, use and recovery of mycological resources in the agroforestry field of the participating territories.
EMI it is currently composed by the following institutions: the Provincial Council of Avila, the Forestry Technology Center of Catalonia, the Natural Heritage Foundation of Castilla y León, the French Region Occitan and the Chamber of Agriculture of the Dordogne -Périgord, the Center for Agro-Food Research and Technology of the Government of Aragon (CITA), the City of Soria (city where the headquarters of the EMI is located), the Commonwealth of the 150 Peoples of the Land of Soria, the Bioproducts Development Center of Canada (Biopterre), the Chinese Corporation Guandong Golden Truffle Bio-Technology. Ltd. and partners such as IdForest, Mycea (France), the Swiss Forest Research Institute (WSL) and forestry consultanc Qilex.
The Director of the European Institute of Mycology
Fernando Martínez Peña
European Mycological Institute
42001 Soria (Spain)
Mail. info@eumi.eu
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Rosi: You're hearing the paddle wheel cutting into the water which is then pushing the water around this artificial stream so that we have stream flow like a real stream would have.
We're in a room with 20 artificial streams, all part of a study to see how the drugs we use are finding their way into the environment. I'm Jim Metzner and this is the Pulse of the Planet. Emma Rosi is a senior scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
Rosi: I'm trying to understand what the effects of pharmaceuticals are on the environment. We know in our everyday lives that we use things like shampoos, detergents, we take drugs. They don't get broken down when we use them. They get down into our sewage system and then they enter aquatic ecosystems, and we've found that there are large numbers of these compounds out in the environment, but we don't understand what the effects are on the ecology.
Rosi: We need artificial streams to study the effects of novel contaminants like pharmaceuticals and personal care products, because out in nature they're found in combinations of 20, 30, 40 different compounds potentially having an effect on the aquatic system. In order to isolate the effects of one compound or a mixture of compounds we need to do it in an artificial setting, so that we can eliminate the other things that are happening out in nature.
We want to do these experiments; we're trying to understand what the effects of pharmaceuticals are on aquatic systems. We don't want to add pharmaceuticals to the environment. We know they're already in the environment. We're trying to understand what they do to the environment, but we don't want to add them out into natural streams. This also allows me to replicate. I have twenty artificial streams, so then I can do a controlled replicated experiment to see what the effects are.
In future programs, we'll hear more about drugs in our rivers, streams and water supply. I'm Jim Metzner and this is the Pulse of the Planet.


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How New Car Technology Is Forcing Radar Detectors to be More Accurate
Radar signals from vehicle safety systems are confounding detectors, but manufacturers are finding new ways to battle back.
By Jason H. Harper
Vortex Radar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DiU2A4c2s4YouTube
When it comes to technology, unintended consequences can really bite.
The piece of automotive tech that I rely on most is one that I install myself: an old-school radar detector. While I love a head-up display and appreciate Air Play, a top-tier detector has always been the one thing that I insist on using no matter what. If I'm driving, I've got a detector working.
So I suppose it's only fitting that another piece of new technology is fouling it all up.
It isn't that law enforcement has significantly upped its game. It's the proliferation of new-age safety sensor systems. According to executives at companies like Escort Inc., the radio band frequencies are suddenly teeming with signals from autos using active lane assist, blind-spot monitoring, and automatic emergency braking.
These new-age safety aids use the same K and Ka frequencies as law enforcement radar, which make detectors go wild with false alerts. That makes them pretty worthless, or at the least, exceedingly annoying.
I didn't need to get this information from a press release, sadly. My once-beloved Valentine One, widely acknowledged as one of the best radar detectors on the market, has devolved from a nearly faultless unit to a schizophrenic one, shouting shrilly with nary a cop in site. The culprit was usually an Audi Q7 or Mercedes-Benz E-Class, pacing traffic with active cruise control engaged.
The end of the world? Perhaps not, but I have a deep and abiding love of the devices. I've used them for nearly two decades. Invariably a passenger will point to the chunky device in my windshield and ask, "Does that thing really work?" Yes, absolutely. And yes, they give false signals. But like any background noise, you tune out the occasional R2-D2-esque squawk until it emits a certain kind of insistent, steady beep, which invariably means a state trooper lurking around a corner. I know when it's the real thing.
The second question I often get: "So, you speed that much?"
Having a radar detector is not a tacit admission that you are an unrepentant lawbreaker or Cannonball Run participant. It is simply a source of extra information that the vast majority of my fellow commuters choose to ignore. Like live traffic information from satellite radio that's fed into your navigation system, a detector gives me advance knowledge before most anyone else—it's up to me how to react. (And yes, they are legal everywhere in the U.S. except for Virginia and Washington D.C.)
This is especially relevant because all too often ticketing is about generating revenue, not increasing safety. Many municipalities keep speed limits on certain stretches of road artificially low. I can think of at least one road within five miles of my own house. The Palisades Parkway, which begins at the western terminus of Manhattan's George Washington Bridge, is an absurd 50 miles an hour.
It is a four-lane divided highway, unimpeded and free flowing. The result, of course, is that the average driver goes 10 to 15 miles over. Travel slower than that and you risk catching a Grand Caravan in your rear bumper. The net effect is that everyone on the parkway drives well over the limit. Even more cynically, a 12-mile stretch in New Jersey has its very own police force and court system, a self-supporting—and self-perpetuating—ecosystem. I'll give them this: It creates jobs.
One solution is switching to the app Waze. Just tap the app when you see a cop, and you alert fellow motorists. But the app has the ability to always track your location whether you're using it or not, which I find creepy.
I could also send my Valentine back in for upgraded software to combat the false alerts, which the company calls Junk-K Fighter. It would cost me $79, not including shipping and time lost. (The last time I upgraded it, in 2013, the software apparently wasn't available yet.) But maybe it was time to shift loyalties. A colleague swore that Escort's latest Max series was the answer. He was using the Passport Max2, a $600 unit, and promised that he was getting only a few moving-car-based alerts.
If the Passport Max2 realizes that the signal is coming from, say, a Mercedes, the detector won't go off.
I talked to the Cincinnati-based company and discovered that they had shifted tactics, changing from analog processors to digital processing chips. Ron Gividen, Escort's PR and marketing director, explained to me that each car manufacturer's sensor systems have a unique "fingerprint." The latest Escort processing technology in the Max2 seeks to take in a signal and see if matches up to any of those known fingerprints. If the detector realizes that the signal is coming from, say, a Mercedes, the detector won't go off. If it does detect a legitimate signal, the Max2 issues a warning and uses new directional cues to tell you where the signal is coming from.
"In the past, we filtered a digital signal, but there was no intelligent processing going on," Gividen says. "We didn't try to read the wave form. With real digital processing chips, the instant the wave form is seen, it is immediately converted into a digital wave form. With an incredible amount of speed and high-power scrutiny, we analyze the digital signature."
I just wanted it to work. The company loaned me latest unit, the $649 Max 360, for a month. I tried it out on everything from a Porsche Cayman GT4 to a Mercedes AMG (which often gave me Valentine fits). It did give me a few false hits—I'm pretty sure an Acura was at fault at one point—but it was remarkably quiet.
It also works off a GPS unit (unlike the Valentine), pulling off a database of speed cameras and known speed traps to give me an extra heads-up—which worked beautifully when I was traveling through a speed camera trap in Arizona where the speed limit suddenly dropped by 10 mph for less than a mile. (Every local slowed down, but every out-of-state license plate blazed blithely on.) The Max2's directional arrows—a longstanding asset of the Valentine—are absolutely essential. You want to know if that cop is in front of you or behind you, after all.
But, according to Gividen, the war goes on. "Even Honda is coming out with new radar-based sensors, so it's a constant battle to identify those new systems," he says.
The horizon is always moving. And a new detector isn't necessarily cheap. But it's better than getting caught in a shifty Arizona speed trap.
(Jason Harper, a contributing editor to Road & Track, has tested and written on cars for two decades. His scariest drive was a rally race in an original Lancia 037, his first drive of a supercar was the Porsche Carrera GT, and the only time he's gotten a speeding ticket was in a base Mini Cooper. His column, Harper's Bizarre, runs every Wednesday.)
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Up here in dem boonies, we heats with wood.
Ok, enough of that dialect.
But yes, we heat with wood. We don't have enough land and time to harvest and split our own (although we do a little culling here and there, and will more next year). We buy it. Over the years, I've gotten pretty good at stacking it and covering it with tarps. On the other hand, over the years, the tarps have developed holes. In my wanna-be-irregular thriftiness, I don't replace the tarps perhaps as often as we'd find useful.
So this year, we (by which I mostly mean my husband and brother-in-law) built a woodshed. This is a little taller than we'd intended (thanks to my brother-in-law's powers of persuasion). It is in fact (despite the picture) plumb, but as I'm often not, neither is the image... It'll hold about 5 cords, which is about what we burn in a winter, give or take.
It will have some pallets for flooring, presently, and eventually (this year?) we'll add slatted sides for better weather protection.


The 'Work It' series has been created to provide opportunities for people with Dementia to stimulate their brains. In other words, lets 'work it'. Much of the decline that we see in Dementia arises due to disuse. Research on the neuroplasticity of the brain, and on excess disability, clearly indicates that cognitive capacity can be enhanced when the brain is stimulated. Using the DementiAbility Methods, the Montessori way, the emphasis is placed on presenting the activity to a person at his or her level of ability.


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Gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents: providing esteem-enhancing care to a battered population.
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Tuning of Fermi contour anisotropy in GaAs (001) 2D holes via strain
Insun Jo, M. A. Mueed, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, K. W. Baldwin, R. Winkler, Medini Padmanabhan, M. Shayegan
We demonstrate tuning of the Fermi contour anisotropy of two-dimensional (2D) holes in a symmetric GaAs (001) quantum well via the application of in-plane strain. The ballistic transport of high-mobility hole carriers allows us to measure the Fermi wavevector of 2D holes via commensurability oscillations as a function of strain. Our results show that a small amount of in-plane strain, on the order of 10-4, can induce significant Fermi wavevector anisotropy as large as 3.3, equivalent to a mass anisotropy of 11 in a parabolic band. Our method to tune the anisotropy in situ provides a platform to study the role of anisotropy in phenomena such as the fractional quantum Hall effect and composite fermions in interacting 2D systems.
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Jo, I., Mueed, M. A., Pfeiffer, L. N., West, K. W., Baldwin, K. W., Winkler, R., Padmanabhan, M., & Shayegan, M. (2017). Tuning of Fermi contour anisotropy in GaAs (001) 2D holes via strain. Applied Physics Letters, 110(25), [252103]. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4984954
Jo, Insun ; Mueed, M. A. ; Pfeiffer, L. N. et al. / Tuning of Fermi contour anisotropy in GaAs (001) 2D holes via strain. In: Applied Physics Letters. 2017 ; Vol. 110, No. 25.
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MP steps in over the sacking of Elvington licensees – as police say body-cam video evidence was supplied to pub owners
Julian Sturdy in the Commons. Photograph: Screengrab
David Dunning | News
The MP for York Outer, Julian Sturdy, says he has concerns for the way the case of the couple from the Grey Horse in Elvington has been handled.
Nigel Cookson and Jo Cashon have been sacked by Punch Pubs after they broke Covid rules on Remembrance Sunday by giving away free drinks, from their own personal supply, to people who had been at the 11am silence.
During the day they had also sold draught products to the general public to take away in sealed cartons and flagons, but the couple say this was in line with Covid rules and they can support this with their till receipts.
Mr Sturdy is to raise the issue with the Chief Constable and the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner.
He is writing to Lisa Winward and Julia Mulligan to say he is worried that the police are not operating on a 'level playing field' across North Yorkshire.
The Grey Horse in Elvington – Photo YorkMix
The MP wants a full explanation as to why there was a difference in the way police handled this incident and another in Harrogate.
There the landlord of the Coach and Horses on West Park had his licence revoked by the Borough Council licensing sub-committee in July, but this came after an initial warning from police officers about the way he was trading during the first lockdown.
The couple in Elvington have been sacked by the owners of The Grey Horse, Punch Pubs.
But Jo Cashon – the pub's designated premises supervisor – and partner Nigel Cookson claim that is because the local police said they would try and get the licence revoked over the issue.
Police: Bodycam footage used
At the time the police issued a statement which YorkMix reported on 12 November. However last night they added this to it.
"For clarity, Punch used their own internal procedure to terminate the employment of the Designated Premises Supervisor.
"North Yorkshire Police's licensing department engaged with Punch during this process and evidence was provided regarding this incident, including body worn video from the attending officers."
They did not go into further detail.
Julian Sturdy also told YorkMix he will make representations to Punch Pubs to highlight the correspondence he has received from Elvington residents.
Some are now calling for a boycott of the pub when it reopens with a new landlord and the police have been branded as heavy handed by many locals too.
Not everyone in the village is behind them, but the Parish Council has been supportive, although it doesn't condone what the couple did.
Those who back Jo and Nigel say this is too big a price to pay for one breach of the rules.
The intervention of the MP means the Chief Constable will have to explain not only the way the police dealt with the matter but also how they came to issue a fixed penalty notice and then withdraw it.
YorkMix understands that officers were under the impression that Nigel Cookson was the designated premises supervisor (the person who has day-to-day responsibility for the running of the business) so they gave it to him. It should have gone to Jo Cashon instead which is why it had to be withdrawn. It's not exactly clear at this stage why there was confusion.
YorkMix has asked Punch Pubs to comment and we are waiting for any reponse.


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Invasion Station
This old downtown Roswell gas station has been converted into a UFO-themed gift shop with a saucer on its roof.
Inside, there's some unusual original art of space-alien-versions of the Flintstones and other cartoon characters -- perhaps suggesting that all of our 2-D fantasies are, at heart, otherworldly -- as well as shelves of alien fridge magnets, coffee mugs, shot glasses, statues, masks, spoon rests, dog bowls, beverage koozies, lamps, hats, jewelry, socks, soap, keychains, bobbleheads, and outerwear and underwear with occasionally naughty Roswell-UFO messages ("Ship Happens," "Probin'").
Outside are various tourist-friendly photo-ops, including a ten-foot-tall chainsaw green space alien, and a wall mural of the 1947 Roswell saucer crash aftermath -- supposedly drawn from a first-hand account given by the grandfather of the Invasion Station's owners!
600 N. Main St., Roswell, NM
North side of downtown, on the northwest corner of US-285/N. Main St. and W. 6th St.
Daily 8-8. Rooftop saucer lit at night. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
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Spring time and the air is filled with the warbles of magpies, caterwauls of possums, and the pollen of wattles wafting in and out at each breath and all across the land our native flora and fauna is busy using this fertile window of warmth and daylight to catch the eye of potential mates and make the final primping touches to nests in a species-wide race to fill the next generation, furnishing their offspring with the best chances at survival.
And while many have their eyes on spring time courting on the land, an artist and team of devoted researchers from Hobart have their breaths held for one particular match under the water, at a little Tasmanian fish whose mating season this spring is the culmination of years of research, trial and error in the lab and field, and of a courtship between art and science to bring this handsome fish back from the depths of near-extinction: the spotted handfish.
Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) are endemic to Tasmania and were historically widespread through estuaries and shallow bays along the east coast. But, during the 1980s, a series of threats, slow-moving and fast, whittled populations back to the bone such that in 1996 the spotted handfish became the world's first marine fish to be declared critically endangered—their entire species resting in the hands of just a few populations, eight, and all confined to the Derwent River.
Though many factors are responsible for the decimation of handfish numbers, the fish's stationary lifestyle and limited habitat is at the base, so let's start there.
You might be surprised to learn the spotted handfish is a type of anglerfish, complete with miniature lure and all—the most adorable, least horrific member of the order hands down. But, unlike other members of the group who use their childhoods to disperse the species far and wide through the gap-year currents of the world's oceans, the spotted handfish spend their larval stage inside the egg, emerging into adolescence fully-formed and arms-wide open, ready to step into the shoes of their parents.
Loyalty to their habitat was a great strategy. Following in the handprints of their parents and taking up the immediate real estate in the same depression of riverbed amid the silt and abandoned hermit crab whorls meant spotted handfish were born into known safety, camouflage, and a food source abundant enough to foster their own birth and presumably that of their offspring.
Not only is their development supremely adapted to clinging to the same territory, but their anatomy, too. It would be strange if you hadn't noticed either the hand-shaped fins or the 'hand-shaped' letters in the handfish's name, but handfish have eschewed the traditional fishy lifestyle—swimming n' that—for a subsistence one on the seafloor, swapping out their swim bladder (the PFD that keeps fish looking so chill) for a sweet pair of mitts to anchor themselves to the mud. It appears they've evolved the face for the curmudgeon lifestyle, too: lips and nose locked to an endearing pout, eyes fixed at a displeased tilt as they gaze past ribbons of seaweed spiralling about, hands like stilts in the silt sitting stalwart to weather the occasional turbulence.
It's clear these fish weren't built for wanderlust: their developmental phase, their anatomy…their faces, but for this story perhaps the most poignant feature at the root of their dwindled populations—their fragile existence—are sea squirts. Sea what? Squirts.
Sea squirts, or ascidians, are primitive filter feeding animals that resemble barrels or jugs having found life in the depths. A Tasmanian species, the stalked ascidian, resembles a banksia seed cone on a stem and was once widespread through estuaries along Tasmania's coast, the creatures strong in their stalked base buried in the riverbeds, providing an anchor against the currents, but vulnerable in their immobility to (slow-moving) predators like starfish. But let's spring back to the spotted handfish for a moment.
Eggs are, arguably, the most vulnerable stage of an animal's life—the bottle-neck for a species, the tenuous connection between generations—and for the spotted handfish this is no different. During September and early spring, handfish mammas need to lay a mass of eggs and guard them for six to eight weeks before hatching, but given the currents of their habitat they require a stable stalk, one anchored to the bed, to adhere the gelatinous clutch to.
Pre-1980s, when spotted handfish were abundant this home sweet home was, of course, the stalked ascidian, but then a new and invasive predator came to town: the Pacific seastar. And so it was, when the five-legged carnivore crept through Tasmanian waters preying on the ascidian—inter-generational handfish tether—numbers crashed, both of the sea squirts and of the spotted handfish.
Since then, there have been stand-up efforts from the scientific community: our researchers, SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium, Derwent Estuary Program, and more, joining hands to form the Handfish Recovery Team. The team has been researching and breeding the spotted handfish, even cultivating a 'back-up' insurance population in captivity—should worse come to worse.
This year marks the team's most promising project yet: to restore numbers of fish not just in captivity but in the wild. The successful breeding of handfish isn't just about individuals mating, of course, but of their eggs taking hold and being seen through to maturity, and with no stalked ascidians or natural analogue, this was an issue to be solved.
Hands together then when Venn diagram centrepiece Jane Bamford—Hobartian, snorkeler, compassionate Coastcare member, and ceramic artist—heard of the handfish's plight and joined up with the Handfish Recovery Team to lend a hand sculpting a solution.
Working with the team, Jane used her ceramicist skills to create an alternative structure for handfish mammas to attach their eggs to. Modelled on the stalked ascidian, the structures are in two parts: an extruded stem and a base, both from inert ceramic. A time-consuming process, Jane blazed ahead for two years, firing and glazing over 3,000 of these pseudo-stalked ascidians in preparation for deployment.
All through winter this year, the 'night before spring', the team were busy preparing for handfish spring time mating season like submarine birds and bees, diving the Derwent—the last vestige of handfish and habitat for mating pairs—the two-piece sculpted ascidians planted for the to-be couples like ceramic arrows in the target bases buried in the rump of the riverbed. And then they waited with bated breath.
Finally, September, spring time—the magpies, the possums, the wattle pollen—and a thankful exhale: the handfish mothers took to the ceramics! The artificial ascidians were a success—the porcelain stalks wrapped in a tunic of eggs and guarded by that endearing, pouting face of a loyal mother.
With just 2,000 individual fish remaining, a mere handful from historic populations, the success of these artificial homes, the success of a marriage between art and science, proffers high hopes for the future of our delightful pouting homebody, our spotted handfish.
We've proffered a helping hand to handfish for twenty years. Here's the history.
Well done everyone including Seahorse world at Beauty Point Tasmania for helping to save this Species. Hopefully one day soon we will see this little fush back through all the Tasmanian waters.
This is fabulous news. Diverse collaborative efforts have proved fruitful and let's hope these fish can be once again seen around the eastern seaboard as well as Hobart.


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Bench, Bennie John (2009-12). Investigations of the Biological Roles of Substituted Cyclohexadienes. Doctoral Dissertation. Thesis
Investigations of the Biological Roles of Substituted Cyclohexadienes
In recent years there have been two cycloterpenals, molecules consisting of a cyclohexadienal core, isolated from nature. Cyclocitral, the condensation product of citral, has been isolated from the North Sea bryozoans Flustra foliacea. In the human eyes, cycloretinal has been isolated and is a toxic by product of the vision cycle. This retinal dimer is believed to contribute to age related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the elderly. In 1992, it was discovered that if [beta]-ionylideneacetaldehyde was incubated with beta-lactoglobulin ([beta]-LG), the principal whey protein in dairy milk, that it would mediate the formation of cyclo-[beta]-ional. No follow up studies were performed on this protein mediated reaction or what biological activities these cycloterpenals may possess. This dissertation investigates the biological roles of substituted cyclohexadienes including cycloterpenals and cyclohexadiene enaminonitriles. To mimic the protein mediated reaction, we developed a synthetic procedure to produce a wide array of cycloterpenal by utilizing L-proline. Over 100 cycloterpenals were synthesized and screened for their biological activities against an array of cell based screens. The phenotypic effects of these cycloterpenals were screened against a PC12 assay where dramatic effects were observed on neurite outgrowth. During the synthesis of starting materials for the production of our cycloterpenal library, it was discovered that if excess base was added to the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction between a methyl-ketone and diethyl-(cyanomethyl)-phosphonate, conversion of the [alpha]-[beta]-unsaturated nitrile into an enaminonitrile was observed. This new synthetic procedure was optimized to generate a library of enaminonitriles as well as their quinazoline derivatives. The work within also includes the investigation of the [beta]-LG mediated reaction formation of cycloterpenals with natural and unnatural [beta]-methyl aldehydes. We were able to demonstrate that [beta]-LG could mediate the conversion of [alpha],[beta]-unsaturated aldehydes into their corresponding cycloterpenal. In vitro analysis was also performed with store bought milks and the [beta]-LG present was able to mediate the formation of cyclocitral. An in vivo experiment was also performed by utilizing New Zealand White rabbits to demonstrate the formation of cycloretinal within the blood stream by feeding a source of [beta]-LG with retinal. Interestingly, in human blood, [beta]-LG is present at concentrations of 0.7-1.2 g/dL. The protein has been identified within drusen pigments and lipofuscin granules that accumulate in the retina of macular degeneration patients. As humans do not produce beta-lactoglobulin, the source of this protein is from milk and milk products. With these experiments, we clearly demonstrate that under the appropriate conditions, cycloretinal can be produced with [beta]-LG. We have clearly established a direct link between [beta]-LG chemistry and age-related macular degeneration.
In recent years there have been two cycloterpenals, molecules consisting of a
cyclohexadienal core, isolated from nature. Cyclocitral, the condensation product of
citral, has been isolated from the North Sea bryozoans Flustra foliacea. In the human
eyes, cycloretinal has been isolated and is a toxic by product of the vision cycle. This
retinal dimer is believed to contribute to age related macular degeneration, the leading
cause of blindness in the elderly. In 1992, it was discovered that if [beta]-ionylideneacetaldehyde was incubated with beta-lactoglobulin ([beta]-LG), the principal
whey protein in dairy milk, that it would mediate the formation of cyclo-[beta]-ional. No
follow up studies were performed on this protein mediated reaction or what biological
activities these cycloterpenals may possess.
This dissertation investigates the biological roles of substituted
cyclohexadienes including cycloterpenals and cyclohexadiene enaminonitriles. To
mimic the protein mediated reaction, we developed a synthetic procedure to produce a
wide array of cycloterpenal by utilizing L-proline. Over 100 cycloterpenals were
synthesized and screened for their biological activities against an array of cell based
screens. The phenotypic effects of these cycloterpenals were screened against a PC12 assay where dramatic effects were observed on neurite outgrowth. During the
synthesis of starting materials for the production of our cycloterpenal library, it was
discovered that if excess base was added to the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction
between a methyl-ketone and diethyl-(cyanomethyl)-phosphonate, conversion of the
[alpha]-[beta]-unsaturated nitrile into an enaminonitrile was observed. This new synthetic
procedure was optimized to generate a library of enaminonitriles as well as their
quinazoline derivatives.
The work within also includes the investigation of the [beta]-LG mediated reaction
formation of cycloterpenals with natural and unnatural [beta]-methyl aldehydes. We were
able to demonstrate that [beta]-LG could mediate the conversion of [alpha],[beta]-unsaturated
aldehydes into their corresponding cycloterpenal. In vitro analysis was also
performed with store bought milks and the [beta]-LG present was able to mediate the
formation of cyclocitral. An in vivo experiment was also performed by utilizing New Zealand White rabbits to demonstrate the formation of cycloretinal within the blood
stream by feeding a source of [beta]-LG with retinal.
Interestingly, in human blood, [beta]-LG is present at concentrations of 0.7-1.2
g/dL. The protein has been identified within drusen pigments and lipofuscin granules
that accumulate in the retina of macular degeneration patients. As humans do not produce beta-lactoglobulin, the source of this protein is from milk and milk products.
With these experiments, we clearly demonstrate that under the appropriate conditions,
cycloretinal can be produced with [beta]-LG. We have clearly established a direct link
between [beta]-LG chemistry and age-related macular degeneration.
ETD Chair
Watanabe, Coran Associate Professor