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Xander Negozio and Galen Bacharier
In June 2019, the city of Columbia adopted its Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, a document over a year in the making. It was to serve as a roadmap as Columbia took its place among the ranks of cities, states and nations trying to curb the global impacts of climate change.
For the city, the plan was a massive step forward — prior to its adoption, all of Columbia's climate initiatives could fit onto two pages. Now, the 105-page document provides a wide range of recommendations and goals, including reducing vehicle usage, increasing renewable energy and reducing greenhouse emissions; decreasing water usage and proposing plans for more energy-efficient infrastructure and housing. It even includes two poems from local high schoolers about the future of the planet.
But as adopted, one critical aspect is absent from the majority of Columbia's plan — climate justice and equity, or actions and programs specifically designed to ease the climate burden on low income communities and communities of color. Now, city officials are working to further integrate those values into any and all climate efforts and programs, aiming to catch up with other cities.
"We realized in order to make the kind of aggressive, timely, encompassing changes we need to make to achieve our climate action plan, we have to get equity inserted into the decision-making and budgeting process," says Carolyn Amparan, the chair of the city's climate and environment commission that advises staff on the plan's implementation. The challenge for the volunteer climate commission, she says, is to make climate equity the norm going forward.
The evolution of the climate plan
In recent decades, the vast majority of policymaking and discussion surrounding climate action has focused on resources — natural gases, water, air and energy. The lens of climate justice or climate equity instead focuses those policies and conversations on people, specifically low income people and people of color who often disproportionately feel the real-time impacts of climate change.
That impact can take the form of higher temperatures in urban centers due to the heat island effect; natural disasters that exacerbate poverty in low-income regions and resource shortages. Officials and advocates have in recent years argued that climate justice-centric policies should not just be an add-on to cities' plans, but its core.
"We want to keep that thinking front and center moving forward in our mind when we're coming up with any new policy," Amparan says. "We want to make sure that we think about unintended consequences, that we think about if we come up with an incentive, for example, is it only going to be accessible to people who have money?"
Columbia's plan, in its early pages, introduces the intertwining of climate and equity and pledges that its actions will "be implemented in a manner that promotes equity and mitigates structural racism and historic inequality." It lays out several considerations and questions, drawn from Portland's climate plan, and includes a half-page chart detailing specific actions "for which equity considerations will be critical."
But the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, as adopted, never details how those policies should be specifically implemented in a fair and just way, and only includes nine clauses in which equity should be emphasized.
Traci Wilson-Kleekamp, president of activist group Race Matters, Friends, said the add-on nature of these policies in the city's plan are representative of a larger disconnect between the officials and their community. Wilson-Kleekamp said she asked Columbia City Manager John Glascock how he planned to connect the climate action plan with the work of the Community Garden Coalition, and he didn't have an answer.
"Many of the things the city does are performative," she said. "We build things in ways that don't pay attention to the needs of people."
Wilson-Kleekamp cited a recent scandal in which four members of the IT Department were asked to resign for speaking on a pay equity issue at a City Council meeting as an example of the City leadership's unwillingness to change.
"The 'leadership' has created an environment where risk and creative collaboration are not valued. Until the council 'wakes up' from their own complicity in hiring 'the same old staff (white) guy' they will have the same results. Leadership isn't just one person. It's a team endeavor." Wilson-Kleekamp said in a text message.
Lawrence Simonson, Chief Executive Officer of Columbia's Pednet Coalition, a nonprofit focused on pedestrian and public transportation, said solutions to climate problems are based on convenience rather than equity.
"Our budget doesn't reflect the things citizens are asking for," he said. "Unless solutions are made for the members of our society that struggle the most, they're simply not going to work."
Simonson cited the willingness of the city to fund large infrastructure projects in affluent areas of town, while defunding public transportation, which low income community members heavily rely on, as an issue. Public transportation has also been shown to reduce emissions when utilized by commuters who drive more than a couple of miles each day.
Amparan says an upcoming pilot program between the city's climate commission and staff will bring equity concerns to the center stage in decision making.
'People, planet, prosperity'
The "triple bottom line" project — for "people, planet, prosperity," according to Amparan – is expected to begin its pilot phase in the coming months, aiming to make climate equity a central focus for any and all city projects. It's a concept that abandons previous notions of a single consideration for climate plans — finances — and instead focuses on people and the planet at large.
Any project subject to the triple bottom line pilot program will have to answer a number of questions relating to each of the three areas, many of which focus directly on climate equity. For example, here are several drafted questions project managers would need to answer regarding the "people" impact:
To what extent could this project impact the economic conditions of underrepresented populations?
To what extent could this project promote a welcoming and diverse community for all?
To what extent could this project impact the ability of underrepresented populations to participate and influence city processes, programs and services?
The "planet" section will focus on traditional climate and sustainability indicators — greenhouse gas emissions, energy usage and more. While "prosperity" will focus primarily on the project's economic impact, it is also planned to include questions rooted in equity — including potential impact on cost of living in an area, as well as the local diversity of jobs and business opportunities.
"We want to make sure that to the extent possible, any new policies don't carry (inequity) forward, and that we do what we can to make up for any past inequities," Amparan says. "We're trying to implement this to keep it front and center for all of the city staff as they go about their business and make decisions on a daily basis."
Although city staff is developing the triple bottom line decision model following the recommendation of the commission, it has not yet been approved by city management or the city council for implementation. The results of the staff pilots will be presented to management in the coming months.
The concept was borrowed from Fort Collins, Colorado's climate plan, Amparan says, which uses similar metrics for managing city projects. It echoes a recent international push to evolve climate action and blueprints past simple money management, instead envisioning it as a new era of justice and equity. It's an encouraging step for the city and commission, whose most recent climate report to city council was focused almost entirely on traditional climate metrics.
Climate equity "insists on a shift from a discourse on greenhouse gases and melting ice caps into a civil rights movement with the people and communities most vulnerable to climate impacts at its heart," Mary Robinson, president of Ireland and chair of The Elders, told the United Nations in 2019.
Some U.S. cities have gone all in on that shift, hoping to be ahead of the curve and to serve as a model for others. Portland, Oregon stands out as exhibit A — and plenty of ink has been spilled about how exactly that plan was implemented. "Our priority is really twofold at all times — it's not just about reducing emissions, but it's about doing it in a way that prioritizes those of us who have been left behind," Portland climate action program coordinator Kyle Diesner wrote in an email.
How Columbia got here
The development of Columbia's Climate Action and Adaptation Plan took place over years, with several public input workshops, a mayor's task force (of which Amparan was a part), online surveys and hundreds of policy recommendations from the public.
That task force evaluated each policy on five criteria, Amparan said, all weighted equally:
Effectiveness: How likely is it the action will work to address the goal? Is this addressing a high-priority vulnerability or a major source of emissions?
Affordability: What is the relative ease of covering the costs of the action with City budget, grants, etc.? How affordable is the action to residents/businesses?
Technical feasibility: Is it possible to implement the action with current technical capacities within the City? Or would we need further research, information, or outside expertise?
Co-benefits: Does the action address multiple goals, or other City or community objectives?
Equity: Does the action address the needs of vulnerable and historically marginalized populations? Does the action reduce vulnerability for all populations? Is it fair? Any actions that are rated low on equity but otherwise score highly will be adjusted to address equity concerns. (Emphasis is commission's.)
Amparan says with hundreds of recommendations, it wasn't always possible to perform in-depth research into every single one, but the task force often considered the "long-term impacts" of recommendations. She also acknowledges the difficulty of reaching many communities and populations during the process.
"A lot of the time, people that you need most to talk to are not going to come to a community workshop," Amparan says. "You've got to find other ways to reach them."
Community engagement and ongoing initiatives
In order to reach those communities, the commission is prioritizing partnerships with other organizations around Columbia and has launched a pilot program to localize their climate action even further.
The pandemic dealt a significant blow to the city's climate commission in its infancy, as it stopped meeting for several months last year after its inaugural meeting in December 2019. But with the brunt of COVID-19 slowly fading, the commission is now turning to local organizations such as the PedNet Coalition and the Kiwanis Club to tackle specialized programs beyond the traditional scope of the city's climate commission.
The commission approved a recommendation to begin developing a new "complete streets" policy, a process for which PedNet has received a grant. Complete streets aim for equity in transportation — for those walking, biking, navigating in wheelchairs or with service animals and more. And although Amparan says Columbia has already taken steps to make streets more accessible and equitable, "experts on this tell us they need to be updated, and there's a lot further we can go."
Simonson said one reason transportation issues are so widespread is that most people don't know there's an issue with the status quo. Most people assume the transportation systems in our cities have always been designed this way, he said, but it's been less than 100 years since we've designed cities for cars rather than people.
Simsonson cited I-70 as an example of roadways hostile to pedestrian and non motorized traffic.
"You can think of it as a wall or a river, or whatever you want, but it is a huge divide in Columbia that makes it very difficult to cross – you essentially are cut off from one side of town to the other," he said. "We have a large unhoused population in that whole area, and we know from traffic data that there are a lot of people who are walking who get hit by cars in those areas."
Simonson also said the design of roundabouts in Columbia minimize deceleration of drivers, which makes it more dangerous for people walking or riding bicycles.
"Engineers will say all roundabouts are safe for people walking and biking, but the research is very mixed – find a young person, a six or eight year old, and try walking with an eight year old through the roundabouts by Aldi and Cosmo-Bethel Park. Because they are seen as threatening, the rates of walking and bicycling go way down."
He said because the existing infrastructure is hostile to alternative transportation, less people utilize it, and the city uses that as further justification for defunding those alternatives to cars.
Another priority for the commission is addressing the city's rental housing energy efficiency — an issue that Amparan says is critical for both traditional climate metrics and equitable living. Much of the rental housing is "old and not updated for efficient energy," driving up utility bills and producing further emissions. She says there's been discussions about the best ways to "force landlords to improve efficiency in their rental stock."
Wilson-Kleekamp said that human infrastructure is just as important to consider when evaluating equity solutions, and cited the basic policy solutions of Policy Link's guide for advancing racial equity through the American Rescue Plan.
"There's no need for the city to reinvent the wheel, to distract," she said. "It's not enough to just build twenty houses a year and say that's affordable housing, we're never gonna fix the issue – holding landlords accountable for not doing anything – but they (city officials) seem to have a very hands off approach to those issues."
Wilson-Kleekamp also noted that outreach, and engagement with marginalized communities within Columbia, has been difficult for the city, and raised concern that various city officials are out of touch with the community they serve. She cited a December transcript of the Housing and Community Development Commission in which Paul Whatley said, "I was surprised that –that Food Security, you know, truly is an issue in Columbia."
Columbia currently has a food insecurity rate of 12.8% according to Feeding America, which means 22,660 community members lack sufficient food to live a healthy, active lifestyle.
Knowing full well they can't reach all 120,000 Columbians themselves, the city has in recent months piloted a Climate Ambassadors program, which Amparan says will focus on "neighborhood resilience." The pilot program includes one climate ambassador fellow who has focused on the Quail Creek neighborhood as a starting point — a community that features an unwalled creek that has been known to flood with an abundance of rain. The commission is scheduled to receive an update from the city on the future of the program in the coming months.
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The axiom nullum crimen sine lege is conventionally adopted and assumed as the basis of modern criminal legislation. Where law is clear and articulated thoroughly, when the space of law is solidly thick and wide, evil is supposed to be prevented and obedience/authority respected—and the evil of punishment is perpetrated according to necessity: the necessity of law. Using a spatial metaphor, this means that only when an act falls into the space of law—into its thickness—can law and its derived mechanisms of punishment can be applied. What if we reverse the problem of the thickness and take into consideration the anomic space of the sine lege instead of the space of the lege? Criminal cases have often to do with the spaces in which they are committed, spaces which until the final judgments remain somehow liminal (at the border between guilt and innocence) and anomic, and which only the law can make nomic. What does it mean to generate practices within anomic states and spaces? What happens when this theoretical problem is transferred into the materiality of an anomic space?


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Il y a exactement un an, j'ai eu une crise de panique dans les toilettes de la Grande Bibliothèque à Montréal.

## Tout a commencé par un backlog...
Permettez-moi de revenir un peu en arrière. J'étais en processus d'entrevue pour un poste de gestionnaire de produit au Service numérique canadien (SNC). J'avais déjà réussi les deux premières étapes, qui consistaient à présenter mon curriculum vitæ et à passer une entrevue téléphonique visant à évaluer certaines de mes qualifications et de mes expériences de travail. J'étais maintenant à la troisième étape : l'exercice technique.

Je devais établir l'ordre de priorité d'un backlog, qui est un outil que les équipes de produits utilisent comme source unique de vérité pour surveiller le travail en cours et déterminer sur quoi travailler ensuite. J'étais entièrement concentrée sur cet exercice. J'essayais de gérer un faux backlog pour un produit imaginaire qui avait été conçu pour l'entrevue.

Pourtant, malgré ma concentration, j'étais là, enfermée dans la salle de bain, en pleurs et incapable d'en venir à une solution.

Il était 17 h. J'avais jusqu'à 19 h pour envoyer mes réponses. Il me restait deux heures.

*(Divulgâcheur : je suis maintenant gestionnaire de produit au SNC. Cette histoire a donc une fin heureuse.)*

## La crainte de l'échec
J'ai déjà travaillé avec des backlogs dans des emplois antérieurs, alors je savais que si je devenais gestionnaire de produit au SNC, ce serait un outil que j'utiliserais tous les jours. Je *devais* donc pouvoir faire cet exercice. Je devais réussir. Il **fallait** que je trouve **la bonne solution**.

Mais je n'avais pas de bonne solution. Tout ce que j'avais, c'était beaucoup de questions. Et c'était effrayant. J'avais peur d'échouer. Pour de nombreuses raisons personnelles et professionnelles, j'avais besoin de cet emploi. À ce moment-là, tout mon avenir semblait lié à ma capacité de trier ces cartes et ces colonnes dans Trello.

J'ai craqué sous la pression dans cette bibliothèque. J'ai pleinement accueilli mon échec imminent. **Je ne craignais plus un mauvais résultat, je l'avais déjà accepté.** La possibilité d'obtenir ce poste était désormais exclue pour moi, parce que je ne connaissais pas la réponse que l'on attendait de moi.

## Le pouvoir de ne pas savoir

Ma peur était partie, et mon bien-être personnel n'était plus en jeu. Je pouvais alors très bien percevoir ma réponse : **Je-ne-savais-pas.**

J'ai donc écrit toutes mes questions : Quel était le produit? D'où venait le besoin? Quel était le contexte d'élaboration des premières fonctionnalités? De quoi l'équipe avait-elle besoin pour livrer la marchandise? Quel était l'héritage technique? **Ce sont les éléments qui manquaient pour que je puisse prendre des décisions éclairées.**

J'ai imaginé des façons de trouver des réponses à ces questions, et j'ai créé un plan pour aller de l'avant malgré les incertitudes, en accordant la priorité aux questions auxquelles il fallait répondre et aux variables inconnues avec lesquelles nous pouvions composer.

> C'est ainsi qu'en une heure, tout en acceptant la possibilité d'un échec, tout en partageant ma réponse imparfaite, j'ai accompli le travail.

En me libérant des idées négatives que je me faisais, j'ai atteint un espace plus sûr pour réfléchir aux problèmes. Cela m'a permis de produire une réponse honnête, qui était : **En fait, il n'y a pas de bonne réponse, seulement des moyens d'y parvenir.**

## Ce que j'ai appris dans cette bibliothèque

Je suis gestionnaire de produit au SNC depuis maintenant 11 mois. Je travaille avec les backlogs sur Trello tous les jours. Notre équipe s'en sert pour établir l'ordre de priorité des travaux visant à améliorer les services gouvernementaux offerts aux Canadiens.

J'ai beaucoup réfléchi à cette crise de panique ces derniers temps, et je me suis rendu compte que j'ai appris quelque chose de très précieux dans cette bibliothèque :

**Admettre les limites de mes connaissances a été une première étape cruciale dans la découverte d'une solution au problème. Mais pour y arriver, je devais être à l'aise avec la possibilité d'un échec.**

En nous concentrant sur les conséquences négatives, nous entravons notre capacité à prendre des décisions éclairées. Maintenant, je me donne comme priorité de toujours créer un espace sûr pour que mon équipe puisse exprimer les limites de ses connaissances, d'accueillir les zones inconnues dans les réunions, et de permettre aux gens d'échouer sans reproches. Je suis d'avis que c'est ainsi que nous progresserons et trouverons des solutions ensemble.

Aucune personne n'est responsable de trouver, seule, la bonne réponse. Nous sommes tous humains et limités, mais nous savons apprendre.

_P.S. :  Poser des questions, admettre que j'ignore quelque chose et permettre aux autres d'essayer, c'est en fait mon travail maintenant. Et j'adore ça._

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UCT alum Gator Halpern (right) won the Earthshot prize for restoring coral reefs.
Trailblazing entrepreneur Gator Halpern, who recently scooped one of the most prestigious environmental awards in history, has credited the University of Cape Town (UCT) for helping to shape his mission to restore dying coral reefs.
Halpern, who won the Earthshot Revive our Oceans award with his Coral Vita business partner, Sam Teicher, spent a pivotal six months on a Semester Study Abroad programme at UCT in 2010.
The Earthshot awards were launched two years ago by Prince William and Sir David Attenborough, to generate a global movement to repair the planet. The inaugural winners were announced at a glittering awards ceremony at London's Alexandra Palace in October.
Galpern and Teicher founded Coral Vita to solve one of the planet's greatest environmental challenges – preserving coral reefs. Coral Vita creates high-tech coral farms. The coral is grown in tanks at a rate 50 times faster it grows in nature, and then outplanted into degraded reefs.
"Coral reefs are the first major ecosystem around the world where we're seeing collapse due to climate change."
"Coral reefs are the first major ecosystem around the world where we're seeing collapse due to climate change. We've already lost half of the world's coral reefs. The latest scientific projections predict that over 95% of the reefs on earth will be dead by 2050," said Halpern.
Coral Vita is pushing against the tide to change the situation.
"Despite only covering less than a percent of the ocean floor, coral reefs support over a quarter of all known marine species. They're the most biodiverse habitat on Earth. It's a serious socio-economic issue too, because reefs provide enormous benefits to communities around the world and support the livelihoods of up to a billion people."
Supplying the world
They aim to revive life in the ocean through their high-tech coral farm in Grand Bahama. Using Coral Vita's methods, a single farm could potentially supply coral for an entire nation. Halpern and Teicher envisage a network of farms in all countries with coral reefs, with the ultimate goal of protecting reefs and boosting their resilience against warming oceans that threaten their survival.
Coral Vita was one of five winners in five categories chosen from 750 applications, include cutting-edge technologists, innovators, the country of Costa Rica for protecting and restoring nature, and the city of Milan for its work in pioneering food-waste hubs. The five category winners were selected by The Earthshot Prize Council, and were chosen for their groundbreaking solutions to the greatest environmental challenges facing our planet and their ability to scale their impact globally in response to the urgent challenges we face.
Winners receive £1 million in prize money and are given tailored support and opportunities to help scale their work.
For Halpern, the journey to the coveted award started when he was a child. Growing up in San Diego in California, the ocean always had a pull.
"I spent as much time as I could on the beach and in the waves. I have a deep passion and love for the ocean, and for the natural environment in general."
"South Africa opened my eyes to the kind of issues that societies face around the world, and UCT played a key role."
As an undergraduate, Halpern spent the first semester of 2010 in UCT's Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, as part of UCT's Globalisation, Environment & Society Semester Study Abroad programme that the department runs each year for up to 12 students from one of three US liberal arts colleges.
"South Africa opened my eyes to the kind of issues that societies face around the world, and UCT played a key role in kick-starting my academic career. The programme was great in fostering a global vision and discussing challenges," he said.
"It led me into doing more research in environmental science, and eventually going to grad school at Yale, where we ended up founding Coral Vita. If I hadn't had those experiences at UCT, I may never have ended up starting this company and pursuing the career path I'm on."
Halpern describes UCT Professor Michael Meadows as a "mentor and key influence" on his life during his student years. He supervised Halpern's research project.
Based on historical aerial photography, the research used geographical information systems (GIS) to map changing land use over the last 70 years in the Swartland region north of Cape Town. It showed how, in the last two decades, wheat farming has been giving way to vineyards and urbanisation in response to economic and demographic change in the region. The paper was published in The South African Geographical Journal.
Professor Meadows described the award as "an extraordinary achievement by a young man who has had the vision, the determination and the talent to do something tangible about a really serious environmental issue".
"Gator and his partner are indeed blazing a trail in the quest for a sustainable future for the world's coral reefs, at a time when these important systems are facing increasing pressure.
"When Gator was at UCT, he stood out among his peers – not only for his considerable academic ability and passion for what he believed in, but also for his bright and engaging personality," said Professor Meadows.
A magical time
Halpern also played first-team football for UCT, and spent time travelling to the Kalahari desert and along the Garden Route.
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Two years ago, he felt the effects of climate change in an intensely real way, when the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Caribbean, Hurricane Dorian, tore into the Caribbean coast – and Grand Bahama, where Coral Vita's farm is based.
"A slow-moving tidal wave crossed over our island. The building was completely under water, all our tanks were washed out to sea, and the coral farm was destroyed."
"The award will … help us to jumpstart our development of other farms around the world."
Halpern said the surrounding fishing villages were also devastated, so their first priority was to help people who had lost their homes.
"There was nothing to stop the waves and storm surge from wiping the houses away. Finally, after a couple of months of relief work, we transitioned back to Coral Vita and started to rebuild the farm."
As it turned out, they were able to expand the facility and make it stronger and better than it had been before the hurricane.
Halpern said the award is incredible recognition for the team, and for the community in the Bahamas who had been so welcoming and embracing of the project.
"Winning the award will allow us to do a few really important things. We will broaden the impact of our work in the Bahamas, and innovate in our faming model to create an even more scalable, more efficient way to grow the millions of corals we are hoping to grow in the near future. The award will also help us to jumpstart our development of other farms around the world."
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I cannot tell a lie, I really thought the annual George Washington cherry pie hike would be a bust this year. But 20 EOC members shrugged off a gray and blustery 19 degree Saturday as Dick took us on an informative tour of the historical sites around Waterford. After that we split into groups and hiked out to the covered bridge over LeBoeuf creek, toured the Judson House and Fort LeBoeuf Museum. Both were very interesting, especially since the tours ended with cherry cheesecake and of course cherry pie!

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by Imran Khan on Dec 26, 2018 at 05:15 PM
There's rarely a week where there's not some news about Fallout 76, Bethesda's online multiplayer take on the Fallout universe, for better or worse. It seems the holidays aren't providing any respite to Bethesda, as a story about an alleged customer service interaction is one more log to throw into the fire.
According to Variety, a YouTube video purporting that Bethesda has been banning users for using mods for Fallout 76 has been making the rounds. Banning for mods in general is kind of a strange thing, as some are used just for getting better accessibility or performance out of software. When these modders tried pleading this case to Bethesda's customer service however, the representatives apparently assigned them homework instead.
The video, created by YouTuber JuiceHead, explains that people who were banned received an email back from Bethesda support asking for an essay about why mods are bad. Allegedly, the email sent back says "If you would like to appeal this account closure, we would be willing to accept an essay on 'Why the use of third party cheat software is detrimental to an online game community' for our management team to review."
While it's always possible the email could be fake, Juicehead says that he spoke to other banned players who backed up the wording and sentiment of the email asking for essays in exchange for being unbanned. It's certainly a unique take on discouraging online cheating.
Recently, Bethesda announced that they'll be gifting Fallout classic to owners of Fallout 76 as recompense for the game's rocky launch. You can also find our review for the game right here.
[Source: Variety]
A long time ago, I used to edit essays as a side gig. I am not sure I would ever willingly ask people to give me essays to read on a thing they don't want to do.


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Die Bürde war eine Gewichtseinheit, nach der Stahl gehandelt wurde. Das Maß galt in Pommern einschließlich Stettin, und man unterschied nach in- und ausländischen Erzeugnissen.

Gewicht
In Stettin war
 1 Bürde = 300 preuß. Pfund (Inland) (etwa 140,56 kg)
 1 Bürde = 3 preuß. Zentner (Ausland) (etwa 154,62 kg)
In Wien
 1 Bürde = 100 Pfund = 1 Zentner

Stück
Die Bürde war auch ein Zählmaß in Bayern. Eine Bürde oder Börd waren 5 Stück sogenannte Sohlhäute (Sohlenleder).

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Altes Maß oder Gewicht
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Sphingolipid β-D-galactosidases in globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease)
Y. C. Awasthi, H. W. Lund, J. T. Lo, S. K. Srivastava
In the present study we have confirmed the deficiency of galactosylceramide β-galactosidase in the liver and brain of a Krabbe patient using tritium-labeled 3H-galactosylceramide. In gel filtration profiles, significant differences were observed between the elution patterns of the normal and Krabbe liver enzyme. The enzyme peak responsible for the catabolism of galactosylceramide was missing in the liver of the Krabbe patient. However, the isoelectric focusing profile of the enzyme from the brain and the liver was found to be only slightly different in Krabbe disease as compared to normals. Also the kinetic properties, thermostability, and substrate specificity of the three components of β-galactosidase separated from normal liver by gel filtration have been studied.
Birth Defects: Original Article Series
Dive into the research topics of 'Sphingolipid β-D-galactosidases in globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease)'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Galactosidases Medicine & Life Sciences 97%
Sphingolipids Medicine & Life Sciences 79%
Galactosylceramides Medicine & Life Sciences 40%
Liver Medicine & Life Sciences 33%
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Awasthi, Y. C., Lund, H. W., Lo, J. T., & Srivastava, S. K. (1978). Sphingolipid β-D-galactosidases in globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease). Birth Defects: Original Article Series, 14(6 B), 113-126.
Sphingolipid β-D-galactosidases in globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease). / Awasthi, Y. C.; Lund, H. W.; Lo, J. T. et al.
In: Birth Defects: Original Article Series, Vol. 14, No. 6 B, 1978, p. 113-126.
Awasthi, YC, Lund, HW, Lo, JT & Srivastava, SK 1978, 'Sphingolipid β-D-galactosidases in globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease)', Birth Defects: Original Article Series, vol. 14, no. 6 B, pp. 113-126.
Awasthi YC, Lund HW, Lo JT, Srivastava SK. Sphingolipid β-D-galactosidases in globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease). Birth Defects: Original Article Series. 1978;14(6 B):113-126.
Awasthi, Y. C. ; Lund, H. W. ; Lo, J. T. et al. / Sphingolipid β-D-galactosidases in globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease). In: Birth Defects: Original Article Series. 1978 ; Vol. 14, No. 6 B. pp. 113-126.
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Plusieurs cathédrales ont été consacrées à l'Esprit saint sous le vocable de cathédrale du Saint-Esprit :
 la cathédrale du Saint-Esprit à Bethlehem en Afrique du Sud,
 la cathédrale du Saint-Esprit à Minsk en Biélorussie,
 la  à Divinópolis au Brésil,
 la  à Jataí au Brésil,
 la cathédrale du Saint-Esprit à Terrassa en Espagne,
 la cathédrale du Saint-Esprit à Bismarck aux États-Unis,
 la cathédrale du Saint-Esprit à Denpasar en Indonésie,
 la  à Mombasa au Kenya,
 la cathédrale du Saint-Esprit au Penang en Malaisie,
 la cathédrale du Saint-Esprit à Nuevo Laredo au Mexique,
 la cathédrale du Saint-Esprit à Palmerston North en Nouvelle-Zélande,
 la cathédrale du Saint-Esprit à Varsovie en Pologne,
 la cathédrale du Saint-Esprit à Lugoj en Roumanie,
 la cathédrale du Saint-Esprit à Homs en Syrie,
 la cathédrale du Saint-Esprit à Kpalimé au Togo,
 la cathédrale du Saint-Esprit à Istanbul en Turquie.
 la cathédrale du Saint-Esprit à Hradec Králové en République Tchèque.
Cathédrale orthodoxe du Saint-Esprit de Kherson.

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Home » News » Skipping Breakfast Linked With Narrowing Of Arteries: Study
Skipping Breakfast Linked With Narrowing Of Arteries: Study
A recent study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, evaluated the association between breakfast and the presence of subclinical atherosclerosis and found out that people who skip breakfast are at a greater risk of developing atherosclerosis - hardening and narrowing of arteries due to a build-up of plaque.
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According to the study, skipping breakfast may lead to narrowing and hardening of arteries.
Skipping breakfast may lead to narrowing and thickening of arteries.
Earlier studies show skipping breakfast raises risk of heart disease.
The study is published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology.
People who skip breakfast are at a greater risk of developing atherosclerosis - hardening and narrowing of arteries due to a build-up of plaque, a study warns.
Eating a healthy breakfast has been shown to promote greater heart health, including healthier weight and cholesterol. Previous studies have linked skipping breakfast to coronary heart disease risk.
The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, evaluated the association between breakfast and the presence of subclinical atherosclerosis.
Researchers, including those from Tufts University in the US, found that atherosclerosis was observed more frequently among participants who skipped breakfast and was also higher in participants who consumed low-energy breakfasts compared to breakfast consumers.
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They also noted that cardiometabolic risk markers were more prevalent in those who skipped breakfast and low-energy breakfast consumers compared to breakfast consumers.
Participants who skipped breakfast had the greatest waist circumference, body mass index, blood pressure, blood lipids and fasting glucose levels, researchers said.
Those who skipped breakfast were more likely to have an overall unhealthy lifestyle, including poor overall diet, frequent alcohol consumption and smoking.
They were also more likely to be hypertensive and overweight or obese, researchers said.
"Aside from the direct association with cardiovascular risk factors, skipping breakfast might serve as a marker for a general unhealthy diet or lifestyle which in turn is associated with the development and progression of atherosclerosis," said Jose L Penalvo, assistant professor at Tufts University.
Researchers examined male and female volunteers who were free from cardiovascular or chronic kidney disease.
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This isn't meant to be any sense of a strong endorsement, but just coffee shops that I've enjoyed working at over the years.

1. Ithaca, NY

- [Gimme Coffee]

2. Chicago, IL

- [Sawada Coffee]

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3. Oxford, UK

- [Peloton Espresso]

- [Tree Artisan Cafe]


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They were so popular that a 'club' called KNUKE (Kugiran Negara ke UK Enterprise) was formed to bring Estrella over to UK to perform for Malaysian students (and also to the rest of the public) who were studying at various universities around there.
So. After going solo on her own, she still carried the vibe around with her and is still going strong performing at various places, both locally and internationally, including Rock The World, Urbanscapes, at No Black Tie, at Dewan Filharmonik – Petronas, and at various indie rock gigs/concerts/events.
After two years of gigging, performing and recording, 'Between The Lines' is finally completed and will be launched at the launch party this coming September 11th at Bentley Music. The album has a total of ten songs of which will feature her hit singles Light Writing, Jatuh and Last Notice.


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Камила Досовна Утегенова () — советский врач акушер-, профессор, общественный деятель. Заведующая кафедрой акушерства и гинекологии Казахского государственного медицинского института, главный акушер-гинеколог Министерства здравоохранения Казахской ССР.

Биография
Родилась 27 мая 1915 года в городе Троицке Оренбургской губернии (ныне — Челябинской области). В 1930 г. переехала с родителями в Алма-Ату.

В 1936 г. окончила полный курс Казахского государственного медицинского института имени Молотова по специальности лечебного факультета. Получила направление в больницу на рудник Ачисай.

После окончания очной аспирантуры работала ассистентом, доцентом кафедры акушерства и гинекологии, заведующей кафедрой акушерства и гинекологии Казахского медицинского института (1958—1978), главным акушером-гинекологом Министерства здравоохранении Казахской ССР.

Доктор медицинских наук (1954), профессор, заслуженный врач Казахской ССР. Её докторская диссертация 1954 года была посвящена новой на тот момент теме взаимоотношения организма матери и внутриутробного плода, эту тему, наряду с темой акушерской тактики при различных видах патологии беременности она продолжала разрабатывать на протяжении всей своей научной деятельности. Над данными темами также работали сотрудники её кафедры.

Награждена орденом «Знак Почёта», медалями.

Умерла 11 октября 1993 года, острая сердечная недостаточность.

Муж — Каныш Имантаевич Сатпаев, геолог (1949, гражданский брак). Дочь — Джамиля Канышевна Утегенова, кандидат исторических наук.

Память
На здании 1-го Роддома города Алматы в 1998 году установлена мемориальная доска.

26 сентября 2016 года в Московском доме национальностей состоялась презентация электронной книги «Камила Досовна Утегенова. Дарившая жизнь», организованная Региональной общественной организацией «Форум женщин ЕврАзии».

Избранные публикации
Камила Досовна Утегенова — автор более 150 научных трудов. Основные публикации:
 Гигиена беременной женщины [Текст] / К. Д. Утегенова. — Алма-Ата : Казахстан, 1977. — 38 с.
 Диагностика и лечение бесплодия [Текст] / К. Утегенова, проф. — Алма-Ата : Казгосиздат, 1963. — 19 с. — (Научно-популярная медицинская литература).
 Аномалии развития половых органов женщины [Текст] / Проф. К. Д. Утегенова. — Алма-Ата : [б. и.], 1973. — 46 с. — (Б-ка практического врача).
 Значение материнского организма в превращении внешних воздействий в импульсы, меняющие жизнедеятельность плода [Текст] : Автореферат дис. … д-ра мед. наук / К. Д. Утегенова, доц. канд. мед. наук ; Акад. мед. наук СССР. Ин-т акушерства и гинекологии. Казах. гос. мед. ин-т им. В. М. Молотова. Кафедра акушерства и гинекологии педиатрич. фак. — Л.; Алма-Ата : [б. и.], 1954. — 24 с.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Утегенова Камила Досовна [Мәтін]: 90 лет со дня рождения ученого, педагога и клинициста, засл. врача, д-ра мед. наук // Акушерство, гинекология и перинатология. — 2005. — № 2. — С. 82-83

 Фото История-КазНМУ-в-лицах-3/Утегенова К. Д.

Акушеры СССР
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