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Fosun-led consortium inks deal for China's first private railway line
Sep 22, 2017 (WiC 381)
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The first railways in China were financed, engineered and operated by foreigners (see WiC23). They were built during the Qing Dynasty and faced major opposition from members of the imperial court, who saw the train lines as symbols of foreign incursion on their empire. When the Communist Party came to power, the railways were taken under government control, where they have remained.
But last week a group of eight privately-held companies signed an agreement with the Zhejiang provincial government to develop a high-speed railway line connecting the provincial capital, Hangzhou, with the city of Taizhou, via Shaoxing. The "Hangshaotai" line will be China's first Public-Private Partnership (PPP) high-speed service, and the first to be privately-controlled.
The line will stretch 269 kilometres, making nine stops and travelling at a maximum speed of 350km per hour.
News of the deal first came out towards the end of 2016, but the finer details of the PPP have been under review in the interim. Fosun was the first private-sector firm to agree to join the partnership, China Daily reported in September last year. But at that time the company did not disclose how much it would contribute to the project's coffers.
The Global Times reported that the Hangshaotai line was one of eight tracks sanctioned by the National Development and Reform Commission to showcase the PPP model for high-speed railways. While construction of the line began in December, the newspaper noted that "issues such as ownership, pricing power and operation still need to be solved" (an interesting omission, given how key all three of those issues are).
The agreement last week answered some of those questions about ownership, valuing the project at Rmb41 billion ($6.2 billion), with the consortium of private companies taking a 51% stake in the scheme's Rmb12 billion registered capital.
The project will adopt a BOOT model, meaning "build, own, operate and transfer". According to China Daily, the private companies and the local government will set up a joint venture to manage the construction of the line, and at the end of the 34-year contract period (which includes four years for construction) ownership of the line will be transferred to the local government.
However, China Daily also claims that while the joint venture will determine things such as ticket prices, the state-owned China Railway Corp (CRC) and its Shanghai subsidiary will "be in charge of the daily operation" of the line, suggesting the BOOT acronym may be a tad disingenuous.
The ability of the private companies to determine ticket prices might be slightly restricted too. Liang Jun, an academic from the Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences told Time Weekly: "Railways are China's economic lifelines. You can't just consider commercial profits without considering social benefits."
Local media also contends that Fosun will be obliged to consider the "social benefits" when determining its pricing scheme. Wen Xiaodong, president of Shanghai Sunvision Capital (the Fosun investment unit that is taking part in the PPP) conceded that "although the return from this investment will not be extremely high, it will be quite stable… It will also be helpful in terms of the overall mixed-ownership reform of China's railway industry."
Mixed-ownership reform is a buzzword across China's SOE sector. Last month China Unicom, one of the state-owned telcos, took on private investors for the first time, attracting the BAT internet trio. On that occasion there was also talk that the deal was really better for the SOE than its new shareholders (see WiC378).
The CRC, the national railway operator incorporated in 2013 after the powerful Ministry of Railways was dismantled, is in urgent need of reform. Last year it saw its debt rise to Rmb4.7 trillion, an increase of 15.4% on the year before. For CRC, reform will partly take the form of consolidating its constituent entities (a feat made harder by the firm's vow that there will be no "layoffs", Caixin reports) and partly by attracting private investment.
According to Time Weekly, CRC has already solicited the likes of SF Express and Alibaba as investors in some of its subsidiaries. Thus far, SF Express has been the only company to show interest, indicating it would "ardently research and actively participate in CRC's reforms".
The courier firm has been losing market share to the Tonglu Gang (see WiC344) so a partnership with the state's rail behemoth could prove helpful. An expert on China's freight train industry told Time Weekly, "SF Express has a lot of planes. For long distance delivery they have a distinct advantage. But for short distance services they're lacking overall. High-speed rail can supplement this shortcoming and help the company develop."
As for Alibaba and Tencent, Liang Jun from the Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences reckons they have been less forthcoming about reaching a partnership with CRC because they have less to gain from a pairing. CRC wants to utilise Tencent and Alibaba's skills to streamline its own business operations. "From this perspective, the two sides can enter a business relationship, buying and selling services. There's no need for them to invest in each other's stock," reckons Liang.
As for Fosun, the move into rail will reinforce its patriotic credentials and flag that it is investing at home. Earlier in the summer it was one of four high-profile firms (alongside HNA, Wanda and Anbang) that received a public rap on the knuckles from Beijing for racking up too much debt on foreign acquisitions – many of which were deemed to be in non-core areas and even labelled as artful capital flight.
Unlike its peers in this grouping, Fosun has managed to keep its M&A flowing overseas – in part by partnering with state-owned firms when making the acquisitions. As we pointed out in WiC377 it hooked up with Shanghai Pharmaceutical to buy US drug maker Arbor; with Sanyuan Foods to purchase French margarine maker St Hubert; and alongside Nanjing Nangang to buy German engineering player Koller.
The timing of the Hangshaotai investment is therefore significant, as it comes in the same week that Fosun has gone it alone to buy 74% of Indian drugs firm Gland Pharma for $1.1 billion. That acquisition is clearly more palatable to Beijing when a 34-year commitment to the train sector makes plain that Fosun boss Guo Guangchang is on hand to offer the appropriate levels of 'national service'.
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NOW that's what I call a moon!
With over 100 moons between them, most of the Solar System satellites can be found around our gas giants – Saturn and Jupiter. Similar to planet formation, moons are thought to form in gaseous circumplanetary disks (CPDs) which surround giant planets during their later stages of formation.
But, what about smaller planets like Neptune and Uranus? Today's bite delves into the world of radiative hydrodynamical simulations to see whether CPDs, and thus moons, could also form around our ice giants.
With five major moons based in a similar, circular orbit, it is likely that Uranus formed its moons in a circumplanetary disk. A debris disk, like the one which may have formed our Moon, is unlikely because such satellites formed this way would have very little water and this is not what we observe.
Neptune, however, is only home to one major moon, Triton, which has an unusual composition and retrograde orbit. Triton is more than likely a captured Kuiper Belt object which is thought to have severely disrupted the dynamics of the Neptunian system. In fact, previous work suggests that without the formation of satellites around Neptune, it wouldn't have been possible to capture an object like Triton.
Forming a moon isn't an easy job for a planet. Previous studies have revealed that there are two key planetary properties which determine how likely it is for a gaseous CPD to form around a planet – mass and temperature.
Mass: Terrestrial planets like Venus are too small for CPDs to form, any satellites that exist around them are usually captured (Mars) or the result of a planet-planet impact (Earth).
Temperature: CPDs are more likely to form if the planet is cooler BUT a cooler planet radiates its formation heat faster and has less time to form a disk.
The authors deployed hydrodynamical simulations to recreate the later stages of planet formation for Uranus and Neptune. This involved setting the planets as point masses in the centre of the simulation surrounded by a gas disk and almost letting simulated nature (heat transfer, ideal gas laws, gravity) take over. For more details regarding hydrodynamical simulations, see this post on simulating the entire universe (!!) and this one on gas accretion.
Figure 3: Zooming in to the circumplanetary disk around Uranus (left column) and Neptune (right column). The different rows indicate the planetary surface temperatures: 100 K (top), 500K (middle) and 1000 K (bottom). Figure 1 from paper.
From the gas density plots in figure 3, where yellow/white is the densest region, we see that once the simulated Neptune and Uranus cooled to below 500 K a circumplanetary disk was able to form. This conclusion is drawn visually from the disk-like structure which has formed in the 100 K (top row of figure 3), that is not visible at 500 and 1000 K (middle and bottom row of figure 3) where the gas is mostly distributed in a spherical pattern. It makes sense that both planets require a similar temperature as they are of almost equal mass. Next, the authors created a synthetic population of satellite-forming seeds within the disk to see if these protosatellites will turn into fully-fledged moons by accreting matter.
Figure 4: Formation timescale of moons around Uranus (left) with the distribution of their masses on the right. The red vertical lines represent Uranus' 5 major moons. Figure 2 from paper.
In the CPD formed at 100 K (figure 3, top left panel), most moons around Uranus formed over a 500,000 year period and at the location of the disk where the temperature was below the freezing point of water. This means many of these moons will be icy – just like the moon population around Uranus. Masses of moons formed spanned several orders of magnitude which include the masses of the satellites observed today (red lines in figure 4). Moreover, around 5% of their simulations yielded 4-5 planets between 0.5-2 times the mass of the current Uranian satellites.
Figure 5: Like figure 4, above, the formation timescale of moons around Neptune (left) with the distribution of their masses on the right. The red vertical line represents the moon Triton. Figure 3 from paper.
Similar trends were also observed for Neptune as, once again, the entire population of moons had temperatures below the water freezing point meaning Neptune is also more likely to form icy satellites. Generally simulated Neptune struggled to make moons as massive as Triton, but this isn't worrying because, remember, it's likely to be a captured Kuiper Belt object.
So, overall, it is possible to form satellites around ice giants! This is an exciting result for exomoon-lovers because Neptune-mass exoplanets are the most common mass-category of exoplanet we've found so far. Furthermore, icy moons are the main targets for extraterrestrial life in our own solar system which improves our chances of finding habitable worlds elsewhere.


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The band finally released their new video after days of teasing.
Palaye Royale have been cryptically teasing "Dying In A Hot Tub" for the past few days. The band have shared imagery of the song on both Instagram and Twitter, and now they're finally unleashing it on the world.
"Dying In A Hot Tub" is from the band's latest, Boom Boom Room (Side B), which is available now here. It follows the release of "Death Dance" video and a "You'll Be Fine" live video and music video.
The new video works with similar imagery as seen on the Side B album cover, with the band diving deep below the water's surface. Check out the new video below.
In the midst of teasing their new music video, Palaye Royale are also out supporting Enter Shikari alongside Black Peaks.
The bands were playing at Venue Cymru where Palaye were forced to end their show after Remington Leith went into the crowd.
The band were not informed prior that if they went into the crowd that the show would be forced to end, they said in a tweet.
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OnePlus 10 Pro launching this month: Launch date, specs, price, and other details you need to know
OnePlus has been working on the OnePlus 10 series for the past several months now. Under the smartphone series, the company is expected to launch two models – the OnePlus 10 and the OnePlus 10 Pro.
Ahead of the release, a lot has been revealed about the Pro model. So, here let's take a look at everything that rumours and leaks have revealed about the OnePlus 10 Pro so far. From the launch date, specifications, price, and all other details.
OnePlus 10 Pro launch date
The company is officially expected to reveal the launch date of the OnePlus 10 series in China tomorrow on January 4. However, if we go by rumours and leaks, both the phones are likely to release on January 11. It should be noted that the company will launch the phones in China first and later followed by the global market including India. Currently, the latest rumours suggest that India will get the OnePlus 9RT next, which was released in China nearly 3 months back.
OnePlus 10 Pro specifications
Rumours and leaks circulating on the internet have revealed almost all the crucial details about the upcoming OnePlus 10 Pro. Let's take a look at the leaked specifications:
-The OnePlus 10 Pro comes packed with a 6.7-inch AMOLED display with a 2K resolution. The phone is expected to offer a refresh rate of 120Hz.
-It is said to be powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC paired with up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage.
-Some rumours suggest that the smartphone will come packed with a 5,000mAh battery with support for 80W wired and 50W wireless fast charging.
-On the camera front, the OnePlus 10 Pro will come packed with a 48-megapixel primary camera bundled with a 50-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens. On the front, the phone is likely to include a 32-megapixel camera for selfies and video calls.
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OnePlus 10 Pro price
While the company hasn't revealed the pricing details yet, but it is likely that the OnePlus 10 Pro will be priced somewhere around Rs 60,000. This is also the first OnePlus smartphone to include the latest Snapdragon flagship processor. With the device, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer will take on the likes of the Xiaomi 12 and the iPhone 13 Pro Max.
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Music, Fear and the Riot Grrrl Revival
Posted by blatantblithe on March 1, 2010	Blog posts | Personal | | 4 comments
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Hank came to visit me this weekend, and it's been just lovely. Yesterday we were talking about music, and he told me that he was considering taking a year out in the middle of his degree to record an album and tour with his new band. I asked him how our relationship would work if he went touring around the country for 6 months. When would I see him, and how often would I get to speak to him? He told me that I wouldn't be able to come with him because it would be awkward, and they'd probably end up sleeping in a van for most of the tour. He insisted that things would be fine and that the relationship would still be strong. I am sure that he will make an effort to keep in contact with me, but Hank pursuing his dream feels strangely uncomfortable for me because it highlights just how little I am doing to attain the same dream – that is, to write, record and gig my music. I'm not at all resentful of Hank's success, because I love him to bits and he deserves to be happy. And seeing him happy makes me happy. I would just like to do what he's doing, and it's difficult for me because I'm so scared of meeting new people and putting myself out there. I have very little self-confidence, and the two areas of my life that suffer the most due to this are my social life and my music life. As a songwriter and musician, the ideal thing for me to do would be to find other musicians to gig my material with. But I'm just so scared of meeting new people and playing with musicians. I'm scared of fucking up, playing things wrong, saying the wrong thing, listening to the wrong music, finding musicians who won't be the right people, and of course, scared of playing live in front of so many people judging me. I don't want to be a joke anymore – I've had enough of that already. Last week it was looking as if I was going to play piano at a Women's Network open mic night, and I was so conflicted – part of me wanted to do it so badly, to show people that I had a voice and I had something to say, and to show people that I'm not as meek and pathetic as I appear. The other part of me did not want to do it at all because people would be apathetic and I would be devastated. It's now looking as if it won't go ahead, which I am surprisingly relieved about. It's so frustrating. What's wrong with me? Even if I'm not an exceptional player, I know I'm not a bad player. I know people at home in Wales who think they are God's gift to the music scene, despite the fact that they have nothing to be arrogant about. Why should someone like that be so ridiculously egotistical, and why should someone like me who can actually play be so ridiculously self-deprecating, insecure and fearful? It's holding me back, and I hate it.
Recently I've been getting better at playing bass, and can play a lot of songs by Rage against the Machine and Green Day (not my music of choice, but you gotta start somewhere). Hank has been encouraging me to take my bass playing more seriously, and start writing and performing as a bassist instead of a pianist. He told me that I have the potential to be an outstanding bassist, whereas I'll never be an outstanding pianist due to the number of classically trained pianists there are out there. There's also more of a chance to kick ass on a bass than there is on a piano. I do agree with him, and I love playing bass. It's the only creative activity in my life that feels pressure-free and fun. I also like the idea of being a woman who can play bass better than most men can – I'd like to be that person who challenges people's sexist beliefs about women in music. The main problem is this: I'm scared that my time has passed, that as a late learner it'll be too late for me to be successful. By the time I can play properly, I'll be working full-time, and probably too old and too responsible to throw it all away on a music career. I can't believe this. I'm 20 and I think I'm too old!
However, I read this article about the Riot Grrrl revival a few weeks ago, and it really inspired me to start performing and writing powerful music. I don't know all that much about Riot Grrrl since it was before my time, but the idea of DIY feminist punk-rock is very inspiring. For me, Riot Grrrl is a reaction to the male-dominated music industry which tells women that they can't rock out, and that their only worth as musicians is their image and their sex appeal. Back in the early 90s when Riot Grrrl was in its heyday, women were overlooked in the punk scene. 20 years later and things haven't changed much. Admittedly, the world of pop music is currently very female-dominated, but 90% of female musicians adhere to a very strict definition of beauty, most of them are very sexual and wear very revealing clothes, and their lyrics deal with boring subject matter such as love, partying and sex (not to mention the fact that most of them don't write their own songs). Although I guess it's a good thing that women are out there in the music industry at all, it's still not much of a presence if all they are doing is singing about being in love while prancing around in their underwear. They're not making waves, pushing boundaries or challenging gender norms. We need some more powerful women who play their own instruments, write their own songs, and have some bravado! We need women in rock who sing about the things that really matter – misogyny, feminism, bigotry, politics, ethics, religion, sexuality and philosophy. I want to be one of those women. But this time round the riot grrrls need to learn how to play music really well and show the men up. For too long, women have been told that playing rock is unfeminine, and that girls can't 'do' rock. Bullshit. I want to defy all those messages and show that women can write and play good rock music just as well as men can. I think Jennifer Hall summed those ideas up quite well (quote taken from Amber Forrester's blog):
"I'm all for it (the revival of riot grrrl), but this time around we should really show 'em and actually learn how to play music. With the amount of musical ineptness that resides in most bands (at least the relatively popular ones) now, a brilliant, technically-able, thought-provoking, ass-kicking set of female musicians would be a revelation. As a musician that has worked hard at my craft for many years, I'm always vaguely insulted that I'm lumped in with bands like Bikini Kill and Hole, whom I appreciate for so many things, but not so much for their musical prowess."
– Jennifer Hall, musician, Tripping Hazard
I feel as if there isn't enough well-played female-fronted rock out there, and it's very frustrating because I know we can do it if we want to. I want to fill that gap, and be part of the new wave of Riot Grrrl. It's really difficult for me – I feel like my desires are clashing with my personality, that big part of me that constantly whispers negative messages in my ear, telling me that I will be ridiculed and attacked for singing about feminism, I will never be a good enough musician to make an impression, I will never overcome this shyness, I will never be taken seriously, my time has passed, etc. But, for the first time ever, I'm feeling as if I really need to overcome this fear and anxiety and start kicking some ass. I'm practicing every day, writing new material, and getting ready. Fuck the haters. Fuck the sexist musicians. Fuck this horrible, debilitating social anxiety – it's time to rock. Who's with me? 🙂
In other news: I started the 101 Things in 1001 Days challenge last week (I should've blogged about it then but I was totally swamped with work)! This idea is from http://dayzeroproject.com, in which you have to list 101 things you'd like to do in 1001 days (about 2.75 years) and document your progress. I'm going to document my progress on this blog, and if you take a look at my nav bar above, you'll see a 101 Things in 1001 Days page where you can read the challenges I've set myself and see how I get along. Everytime I complete or fail a task, I'll report it on the blog and update the page. 2010 is going to be a braver year for me, and this is a small step I'm taking towards improving myself. Wish me luck!
DJ Moonlight said on Mar 2, 2010 5:03 pm
very good blog! I'm really glad you've felt inspired by the recent talk of a riot grrrl revival. I think your music is brilliant, but I do understand how you feel about being insecure and shy.
I'm just starting to learn ukelele, but get shy when people ask me to play in front of them!
Oh and I love the photo of you- awesomes! <3
Saara said on Mar 2, 2010 6:44 pm
Yeessss! I like this blog a lot 🙂 and I agree with that quote about riot grrrl to an extent. I like some riot grrrl bands, but it would be awesome if more girls could play well and really prove a point!
I wish I could learn an instrument, but I feel like I'm too late at almost 23 with no musical experience (I don't think my half-assed attempt at piano lessons when I was 9 count somehow!) 🙁 I don't think it's too late for you, though, you're doing it and you've played gigs/been in a band before – you should just go for it! You know I think your music is great 🙂
And I totally agree with Hayley, that picture kicks ass!
Saara- I'm 26 this year and have just started learning an instrument so it's not too late for you!
Rachel Haywire said on Mar 2, 2010 8:25 pm
Very inspiring post. Thanks for sharing! The time for the revival is now. Us.
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The Stockholm Norvik Port will ensure the efficient supply of goods to the Stockholm region, one of Europe's fastest growing capital cities. With this type of growth, long-term investment in a well functioning infrastructure is essential and the port is an important part of this development. When Stockholm Norvik Port opens the container terminal at Frihamnen, situated in central Stockholm, will shut down and give way for the growing city.
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Will have a maximum water depth of 16.5 metres. This will enable calls by the largest vessels in the Baltic Sea.
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Container operations will be run by Hutchison Ports, one of the world's largest terminal operators.
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Yes I've noticed similar things happening around the Borough recently.
Places where these things are happening should to be covered by CCTV.
It's time for a Big Clean Up!


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Marketing and choosing how and where you want to work are topics for separate posts. If you want to plan ahead, here is some of my advice.
Sack away extra income to pay a first month's rent and security deposit. You can sell gift certificates, but using that money before they're redeemed carries a substantial risk. Similarly, try to avoid using lines of credit.
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At Tuesday's Bossier City Council meeting, the council approved an ordinance appropriating $2.1 Million Dollars to design and construct a fire station in the EastBank District.
This ordinance will serve multiple public safety purposes.
The new station would be designed and constructed near the East Bank District.
"There are several locations that are being considered but none have been chosen yet," said Traci Landry, Bossier City Police Public Information Officer.
The new station will also better serve the needs of the Bossier City Fire Department and the community by enhancing operational efficiencies, according to officials. The existing Station No. 6 would serve as administrative space and a climate controlled space for Emergency Medical Services Operations and police working in the East Bank District.
"The new station would enhance operational efficiencies to better serve the needs of the Bossier City Fire Department and the community," said Landry.
Also approved by the council at Tuesday's meeting:
Adoption of an ordinance appropriating $1 million to fund part of the required $2.5 Million for furniture, fixtures and equipment for construction of the Louisiana Technology Research Institute.
Adoption of an Ordinance appropriating four hundred fifty thousand and no/100 ($450,000.00) from the 2015 LCDA Bond Issue to purchase new software for the Permits Department, MPC, and Property Standards. A
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Remove the neck and giblets from the turkey and set aside for the gravy. Pat the turkey very dry with paper towels and rub inside and out with salt and pepper. Stuff the cavity with the onion, carrot, celery, and sage and thyme sprigs. Tie the legs together with kitchen twine. Put the turkey on a rack set in a large roasting pan and tuck the wings under the body.
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After the turkey has roasted 1 hour, baste with the drippings. Continue roasting, basting every 30 minutes, until the skin is golden brown and a thermometer inserted into the thigh registers 165 degrees F, about 2 more hours.
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Prepare the stock: Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the turkey neck and giblets; cook, turning, until browned, about 5 minutes. Add the onion, carrot, celery, thyme and bay leaves; stir to coat. Add the wine and bring to a boil, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Cook until reduced by half, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the broth, reduce the heat to low and simmer about 1 hour. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large measuring cup; reserve the saucepan. You should have 7 cups stock-if you're short, add more broth.
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Buying comics digitally is a relatively recent phenomenon that's made it possible to have access to a library anywhere, anytime.
It's a pocket-longbox, so to speak.
On February 10 a website and app combo that was already acting as a "Netflix" for books, Scribd, announced the addition of 10,000 comic books. It creates a whole new world for accessing comic books that's a little more versatile than other aggregate sites like Comixology, for $8.99 per month.
The first month is free. FREE.
The subsequent months are $8.99 per month. Which is about what I would pay for a small stack of comics each week.


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Ownership of Benin bronzes in Cologne returned to Nigeria
No fewer than 92 Benin bronzes from Cologne's Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum now officially belong to Nigeria again.
The return of the ownership of the bronzes followed the signing of an agreement between the museum and Nigeria.
The Mayor of the German city, Henriette Reker, and the Director General of Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Abba Isa Tijani, signed an agreement on the transfer of ownership in Cologne on Thursday.
"This is a milestone in a decades-long, difficult debate about the restitution of looted art, with national and international significance," Reker said.
The British Army looted the bronze sculptures in 1897 from the ruling palace of the kingdom of Benin, located in what is now Nigeria.
The works of art were auctioned all over Europe.
Some 1,100 of them were in about 20 German museums.
This summer, Germany and Nigeria agreed on a process by which to transfer ownership of the looted objects, including repatriating some of them.
Three of the artworks from Cologne are to be brought back to Nigeria this month, and 52 of the bronzes are to be gradually repatriated in 2023.
Some 37 items will remain on loan to Cologne for an initial period of 10 years, as the two countries had agreed.
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Oprah's Weight Watching
We all know about Oprah Winfrey's halo effect; as a talk show host, she only needed to mention a book she'd enjoyed and it became a bestseller. Even though she no longer has her televised talk show, Oprah's endorsements still have a profound impact on the sales and popularity of all manner of products.
The latest company to bask in the Oprah effect is diet company Weight Watchers International. Last month Oprah announced she had bought a 10% stake in the 50-year-old company, with an option to purchase more shares up to a 15% stake. The Weight Watchers share price more than doubled on the day of the announcement.
Then last week, Oprah announced that in addition to becoming a shareholder and joining the Weight Watchers board of directors, she is going to become a member and appear in an advertising campaign allowing people to follow her weight loss journey. The Weight Watchers share price rallied a further 35% on that news, giving Oprah a healthy profit already. Her stake in the company was worth US$43 million ($66 million) when she bought it and by last Friday it was worth more than US$145 million ($223 million).
This will be an interesting test of whether celebrity endorsement is sufficient to reverse the fortunes of a failing company which, by its own admission, has been too slow to anticipate and react to "an evolving competitor set" including mobile apps and activity monitors like Fitbit and Apple Watch.
Weight Watchers is the leading weight-loss brand in the world — it holds 36,000 weight-loss meetings a week and generates annual sales of US$5 billion ($7.6 billion) from coaching, meetings and branded food products.
However, the company has struggled in recent years to attract paying members, particularly as there are now so many free diet and weight loss apps available for smartphones and tablets. Sales are down 22% this year and even after their recent rally, Weight Watchers shares are down 8% year to date, having lost 60% of their value over the past three years.
One analyst suggests that Oprah's investment is an astute one, not only because her endorsement will improve the company's fortunes (and the company has already enjoyed a significant increase in website visitors and memberships since Oprah's announcement) but also because "the Weight Watchers programme doesn't work"!
Traci Mann, Ph.D. says that studies have shown that Weight Watchers, along with three other popular diets (Zone, Atkins and South Beach) leads to modest weight loss of around 4.5 kilograms per year on average. However, these studies also show that while most dieters lose weight in the short-term, they gain most of it back in the long term.
Mann says this is a brilliant investment for Oprah, because Weight Watchers is "the perfect business model. People give Weight Watchers the credit when they lose weight. Then they regain the weight and blame themselves. This sets them up to join Weight Watchers all over again, and they do."
Indeed, former Weight Watchers CFO Richard Samber explained in a 2013 documentary that the business was successful because the majority of customers regained the weight they lost and "that's where your business comes from".
According to a 2001 Weight Watchers business plan, its members have "demonstrated a consistent pattern of repeat enrolment over a number of years, signing up for an average of four separate programme cycles".
Oprah is herself no stranger to the challenges of losing weight and keeping it off. Weight Watchers may prove successful for Oprah this time around. At least she is sure to get an impressive return on her investment, one way or another.
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McAfee to Buy Firewall Maker Stonesoft for $389M in Cash
By Jennifer Booton Published May 06, 2013 Mergers and AcquisitionsFOXBusiness
Intel's (NASDAQ:INTC) cyber security wing McAfee inked a deal on Monday to buy Finnish next-generation firewall maker Stonesoft for $389 million in cash.
The deal, which comes as cyber security continues to be pushed to the forefront of corporate strategy, is expected to help further enhance McAfee's network security pipeline, particularly in next-generation firewall and cloud-based security technologies.
"These solutions anticipate emerging customer needs in a continually evolving threat landscape," McAfee President Michael DeCesare said in a statement.
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Following the debut of alto's 'OpenSource' concept, at last year's Designer Toy Awards, ToyCon UK 2014 will see the unveiling of the second chapter of this original line.
OpenSource 2.0 is entitled 'Platform A' and, as the name suggests, is specifically designed to be a platform-type toy. A versatile sculpt, featuring large blank surfaces and offering a multitude of opportunities, in respect of its configuration, the customising opportunities available are endless.
As with the previous release, the buyer of the piece not only gets the '1 of 1' edition master sculpt itself, but also the design rights to the figure.
Yup, that's right. One lucky owner gets to either leave this on the shelf, as a unique addition to their collection, or to mold, cast and distribute the figure, keeping, if they so wish, all profits of their endeavours for themselves. Or, if they are feeling charitable, maybe throw a few royalty-esque pennies alto's way.
To be released at a time to be confirmed, during the ToyCon UK 2014 proceedings, OpenSource 2.0 and the many joys that it may bring will be priced at only £100GBP.


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Mumu Fresh
Building Bridges: Muslims in America
Saturday, September 21, 2019 | 8:00 pm
The Pinhook
Maimouna Youssef's "regal combination of black power and Native American pride" (NPR Music) became most apparent on 2017's pliant Vintage Babies LP, capturing her and collaborator DJ Dummy dreamweaving in and out of upbeat soul jams and activist-inspired dirges. As "a divine music healer" (Rolling Out), Youssef, or Mumu Fresh, grew up pivoting between genres and styles — singing gospel, jazz, and African-inspired songs with her mother in an African-American Muslim household in Baltimore, and gleaning religious practices and songs from her Choctaw and Muscogee grandparents. By age 11, Youssef was transcribing and memorizing Wu-Tang Clan and Black Star lyrics — a practice that would inform her development as both an emcee and vocalist. Following a GRAMMY nomination for her vocal work with The Roots, and recording as the featured artist on the DJ Jazzy Jeff-produced Chasing Goosebumps II, Youssef has blossomed into a well-respected musical force. As part of its Building Bridges initiative, Duke Performances presents Youssef at The Pinhook in downtown Durham, the culmination of a multi-day residency on campus and in town.
Mumu Fresh is presented as part of Duke Performances' Building Bridges Initiative, funded, in part, by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art & the National Endowment for the Arts, & co-sponsored by the Duke Islamic Studies Center & the Duke University Middle East Studies Center.
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The larger of the two units, which serves the spacious multi purpose hall, is a fully balanced supply and extract unit with a highly efficient thermal wheel rotary heat exchanger. This state of the art recuperator can recover around 80% of the temperature differential between the extracted air and the fresh air entering the unit. To improve efficiency the recuperator motor is driven via a variable speed inverter drive, allowing rotation speed to be varied automatically according to required levels of recovery. The fans in the unit are of the "plug" type, with backward curved reinforced polymer impellers and 3-phase EC motors.
Both units are controlled by Siemens Climatix controllers, allowing precise control of supply air temperatures and fan speeds. The BMS system, supplied and installed by ATC, can control and monitor all aspects of the Air Handling Unit operation remotely via the optional BACnet interface modules supplied with the controls.
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Clepsis laetornata is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Yunnan, China.

The length of the forewings is 7–8 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is pale brown with a dark brown basal blotch, median fascia and subapical blotch. The basal portion of the costal edge is yellow-brown. The hindwings are pale grey, but the termen is somewhat yellow.

Etymology
The species name refers to the distinct basal blotch, median fascia and subapical blotch on the forewings and is derived from Latin laetus (meaning distinct) and ornatus (meaning ornate).

References

Moths described in 2003
Clepsis


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Commission mulls cut in maximum levels for nitrites and nitrates in meat
By Niamh Michail
29-Aug-2018 - Last updated on 29-Aug-2018 at 15:40 GMT
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The European Commission is considering lowering the maximum authorised levels for nitrites and nitrates in processed meat for health reasons, it has revealed.
Despite concerns to human health, sodium and potassium salts of nitrite and nitrate (E 249-252) are used by food manufacturers as preservatives and colour-fixing agents in meat products, and to prevent bacterial infections such as Clostridium botulinum.
In a written question, the French members of EU parliament Guillaume Balas (S&D) and Michèle Rivasi from the Green party asked the Commission how it justified their use in food.
"Scientists have been alerting us of the indirectly carcinogenic nature of added nitrates and nitrites since the 1970s. These food additives […] are not directly carcinogenic. However, when brought in contact with meat, the nitric oxide present in these additives produces carcinogenic substances that increase the risk of consumers developing colorectal cancer.
"The argument that use of these additives protects food from botulism is invalid: strict hygiene conditions offer sufficient safeguards," they added, asking if the Commission intended to ban the additives.
Responding to the politicians, health and food safety commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said the EFSA scientific opinions provided sufficient information on the safety of the additives, and they "[did] not justify a general ban of the use of these substances as food additives".
He added: "Nevertheless, after discussions with the member states, the Commission is considering revising the current food additive authorisations for E 249-252 to lower the uses and use levels to the extent possible, in the light of the EFSA opinions, as well as the 2016 study [by the Commission which stated that pork products can be produced without nitrates].  This would likely contribute to a decrease in the overall exposure."
Balas and Rivasi drew attention to the fact that when the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) re-evaluated nitrite additives last year, they failed to take account of the carcinogenic effects of metabolised nitrite additives when advising on maximum levels.
Paolo Patruno, deputy secretary general of Clitravi, the trade body that represents the interests of Europe's processed meat manufacturers, said: "It is important to understand that nitrates and nitrites are used for food safety purpose and that the 70% of the human intake of nitrates and nitrites comes from vegetables, the 13% from water and the 11% from processed meat products.
"In order to reduce the exposure and where possible, in any case and on a voluntary basis, our food and beverage operators (FBO) are using lower levels than the ones authorised.
"The statement of Commissioner Andriukaitis is in line with the EFSA opinion, as he clearly admits that lower levels would reduce the overall exposure, but it is important to bear in mind that processed meat products are not the main source of nitrates/nitrites if we consider the overall diet.
"Clitravi is ready to discuss the issue with the European Commission, always by taking into account that food safety comes first," Patruno told FoodNavigator.
In 2015, the World Health Organisation's cancer research agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), added processed meats such as cured meats, sausages and bacon to its list of cancer-causing agents.
After evaluating the evidence, it found that processed meats are definite causes of cancer alongside substances including cigarettes, alcohol, asbestos, plutonium and arsenic. IARC scientists suggested that a daily 50 g portion of processed meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 18%.
Alternatives are available
Curing meat without the use of nitrites and nitrates is possible.
Corsican sausage, Spanish chorizo and cooked ham from Brittany are traditionally made without the substances, and Parma ham has been nitrate-free since 1993.
Earlier this year, Northern Irish artisan food manufacturer Finnebrogue launched a nitrite-free bacon, dubbed Naked bacon, which uses a clean label blend Mediterranean fruit and spice extracts to replace the preservative.
The ingredient was developed by Spanish flavour supplier Prosur.
This is not the first time European politicians have pressed the Commission for action on nitrates for years, with requests coming from across parties in recent years.
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We describe some characteristics of persistent musical and verbal retrieval episodes, commonly known as "earworms." In Study 1, participants first filled out a survey summarizing their earworm experiences retrospectively. This was followed by a diary study to document each experience as it happened. Study 2 was an extension of the diary study with a larger sample and a focus on triggering events. Consistent with popular belief, these persistent musical memories were common across people and occurred frequently for most respondents, and were often linked to recent exposure to preferred music. Contrary to popular belief, the large majority of such experiences were not unpleasant. Verbal earworms were uncommon. These memory experiences provide an interesting example of extended memory retrieval for music in a naturalistic situation.


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R.Kelly's Explosive Interview
An Opinion Article Written By Daniela Arreola
Gayle King interviewing R.Kelly for "CBS This Morning"
Story by Daniela Arreola
R. Kelly, an R&B singer most known for his hit songs Ignition and I Believe I Can Fly, has faced many sexual misconduct allegations dating back to 1994. The majority of these allegations involve underage girls. He has also been charged with owning and even making child pornography but these charges have been dropped. R. Kelly's past is obviously violent and his entire being is tainted by his actions. His long history of allegations does not show that he is a worthy of sympathy or leniency from the public and could be a strong indicator that he is guilty of the allegations.
On an interview with Gayle King on CBS, Kelly definitely portrays this dark past. In the interview, Ms. King asks
Kelly "Correct me if I'm wrong, that you have never held anyone against their will." Her question refers to a Buzzfeed article that investigated suspicions that R. Kelly was holding women captive.
Kelly gave a rather brash response to Ms. King's question saying "I don't need to. Why would I? How stupid would it be for R. Kelly… to hold somebody, let alone four, five, six, fifty you said. How stupid would I be to do that?"
Instead of answering, he deflected and trivialized Ms. King's question. The manner in which Kelly says all these things sounds as if he is belittling the viewers and even Ms. King. His deviation from the simple question is suspicious and his arrogance is pronounced, especially when he refers to himself in the third person. Kelly's crude
language gives the audience the impression that he is immature and frankly unbelievable. Basically, Kelly isn't doing too well in the interview thus far.
He continues on with the interview, looking directly into one of the cameras as if he is speaking to the viewers, "Use your common sense. Forget the blogs. Forget how you feel about me. Hate me if you want to, love me if you want, but just use your common sense." At this point in the interview Kelly has delved into a full fledged rant. Obviously he is passionate but this does not excuse the fact that he is becoming hostile and impolite during the interview.
Kelly's version of common sense must be different from everyone else because legitimate "common sense" would say that he is guilty of these crimes. There are multiple reliable women plausible stories who have publicly stated the abuse committed against them by Kelly. None of these women are benefiting from tying their names and faces to a scandal. In fact, they might even be negatively affecting their lives and careers, but they are doing it despite the consequences to make sure that justice is received. Of course when allegations of any kind are made, in the case of Jussie Smollett, they are not always true. Many times however, the victims are speaking the truth. Oftentimes victims don't come out until many years later, but the reason is because they have been silenced for many years out of fear or shame. These emotions are damaging, especially to young people, and can create a lifetime of struggles.
The rant continues on with R. Kelly yelling "I didn't do this stuff. This is not me. I'm fighting for my mother [expletive] life. Y'all killing me with this [expletive]. You killing me man. Y'all just don't wanna believe the truth. You don't wanna believe it."
At this point his tone is extremely aggressive and he is yelling. Kelly is seen pacing around the room, pounding his chest and punching the air. Ms. King tries to keep the quickly escalated situation under control, but Kelly's assistants eventually intervene. To fully grasp how shocking his outburst and change in attitude from lowly victim to enraged man is, watch snippets of the interview on YouTube.
The entire interview would have been a train wreck had it not been for Gayle King. Her calm professionalism is what saved the interview from becoming an R. Kelly tirade. Interpret the interview and R. Kelly's behavior however you wish, but if you take away one thing from this interview let it be how victims should be believed, despite how long ago the incident occured or if the accused is well-known and respected. Take XXX Tentacion for
example: he had been accused of domestic abuse by his ex-girlfriend yet no one believed her. There was real evidence proving the abuse but all his fans continued to support him. Arguably, R. Kelly is not as relevant as the late XXX Tentacion, but if it he had the same following then the reaction would likely be similar. Accepting that someone you admire has faults is difficult, but it is necessary so that the abuser doesn't continue to succeed while
the victim is forced to live their entire life without their trauma being acknowledged. Choose the morally correct option and don't support artists, actors, or anyone for that matter, that has been involved in sexual misconduct.
R.Kelly becoming aggressive during the interview while Gayle King remains calm
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WhidbeyHealth predicts growth in outpatient services
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 1:48pm
WhidbeyHealth leaders are projecting increased use of its birthing center and outpatient services in the public hospital district's 2020 budget.
Controller Jennifer Reed said she'd also challenged departments to each decrease spending by nearly 3 percent to put the district back in the black. At the end of November, the organization had a loss of more than $111,000 for the year, Reed reported to the hospital commissioners Monday morning.
The loss wasn't as much as had been reported in the past because WhidbeyHealth recently received an approximately $4 million cost reimbursement for being a critical access hospital.
The $110.4 million budget for 2020 was unanimously approved Monday.
To create the volume projections, Reed and Chief Operations Officer Colleen Clark met with managers to determine "realistic" volumes based on historical data and market trends, said CEO Ron Telles.
The hiring and recruitment of new surgeons are what hospital leaders hope will drive the increase in outpatient surgeries, he said.
WhidbeyHealth is also in the process of adding primary care providers and providers at its Women's Health Clinic in Coupeville. Telles said the nationwide health care trend is toward more outpatient activity.
The budget assumes 8 percent increases over last year for both outpatient surgery procedures and specialty clinic visits.
Telles said increased Navy presence is the reason for an anticipated 10 percent growth in utilization of the nursery.
The number of days patients spend in the hospital has been dropping significantly over the last few years, which has decreased revenue.
November and December's number of patient days fell well below the four-year average for those months.
The recruitment and retention of staff is identified as a challenge heading into this year, Reed said.
There are a number of positions open, although several of the positions have recently been filled or have offers out, Clark said at the meeting.
To lower costs, Reed said the budget relies on minimal use of temporary staffing and consultants.
She projects a total revenue of about $111.4 million this year, less than the $111.9 in revenue made in 2019. With cost reductions, the number of days cash on hand for operating expenses is expected to grow to 36.
The hospital district currently has around 18 days on hand, according to the November financial report.
This number dropped as low as eight last year.
Telles told commissioners he is also optimistic WhidbeyHealth will be granted a low-interest loan from the federal Department of Agriculture's Rural Health program to finance infrastructure upgrades to the original hospital building and pay for cost overruns on the new wing.


Note: Lines 1-54; at the beginning in the same hand: 'Maria Ihesus Iohannes'.
MacCracken, Henry Noble, ed. John Lydgate: The Minor Poems, Vol. I: Religious Poems. EETS e.s. 107 (1911; repr. 1961): 284-7.
Note: Second occurrence in this MS; written by a different hand(?); ten 8-line stanzas and one quatrain.


For this example I have created a property editor that allows you to exclude specific words from a text area.
Probably not much use in the real world, but easy to explain. You can then use this process as a starting point to create more advanced property editors.
Right click this new folder & Create New Item.
Populate it with the following details.
As you can see, we have referenced a view located within the same folder as the manifest file. So now we should go ahead and create that file.
Right click your App_Plugins folder & Create New Item.
This property type looks in the config to obtain a comma separated list of words to exclude. When the editor types into the box, every key press runs this code, it checks if the words exists and then removes it.
N.B. There are a few issues. e.g. if the word exists within a word it still replaces it. But this is just a quick example to get you up and running with property types. If I get a chance to correct this code I will update this post.
Set up the property editor & document type.
Now we need to run our application & login to the back office.
Choose your Home document type.
Give it a name: e.g. Restricted text.
Choose Specified Text (The property type we have created).
It will now ask you for a comma separated list of excluded words.
Click submit on the next box.
Click save on the document type.
Now let's go back to our Content Tree & click on the Home node.
You will now see your Restricted Text textbox.
Try to type: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Or copy & paste.
You will see that the editor has prevented the Restricted words and raised a warning.
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Shieldwolf Miniatures is a company based in Markopoulo, Greece, a suburb of the Hellenic capital Athens.
he established a line of policies and procedures to ensure the growth of a serious and competitive company.
Already an established miniatures manufacturer with kits available in both hard plastic and resin.
Shieldwolf Miniatures specialise in 28mm heroic scale fantasy army miniatures.
Talliareum Ogre Mercenary army (with Characters, monstrous cavalry, troops, war-machinery).
Orc army faction, the Valley Orcs (with Characters, monstrous cavalry, troops, great monsters).
Northern Alliance army faction, the Shield maidens (with Characters, troops, monstrous cavalry, great monsters).
Mercenary Goblin army (with Characters, troops, cavalry, war-machinery).
Talliareum Human army faction, the Guard of Pramendes (with Characters, troops, monstrous cavalry, war-machinery).


With modern engines you will find that most of the greasy and ugly metallic areas are covered by plastic trim. This looks so much better when it is colour coded to match the rest of the car. If you are painting your existing engine cover you should use heat resistant paint otherwise it will be prone to discolouration. If the plastic surface is smooth then it will need to be keyed to allow good adhesion. You should also ensure that any grease or oil from the engine is removed as this will cause the paint to crack and fade.


Health News: Will the New XBox Double As A Healh Care Device?
Gaming Console or Health Care Control Panel?
Defibrillator: In 1932, Dr. William Bennett Kouwenhoven creates a way for doctors and other health professionals to restart a heart using electricity.
Heart-lung machine: The first successful open-heart surgery using a machine to add oxygen to and circulate blood through a human body.
Polio vaccine: This invention almost eradicates polio in the world, introducing weak strains of the virus so that people can produce antibodies o fight it off.
Laser: Theodore H. Maiman, a physicist, creates this at Hughes Research Laboratories.
Artificial heart: The Jarvik 7 is implanted into Dr. Barney Clark and keeps him alive for 112 days. The first one runs on an external compressor.
Genetic engineering: The first sale of genetically engineered produce is approved by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1985.
Xbox Kinect: Microsoft's technology allows video game fans to play without using a controller. Different fitness games are released for use with this accessory.
Xbox One: Microsoft's latest home gaming console is designed to work with a new version of the Kinect accessory.
In a list of health care innovations, you may have been caught off guard by the last two. While they qualify as inventions, many would argue that they haven't had the positive effect that the others have had on the course of human history. Now there is an argument that the Xbox One and Kinect may belong on this prestigious list, as the game console is able to monitor an individual's heart rate using optical technology.
Video games might offer health benefits if used in the right way, as Allied Health World has described. Gaming can help children learn in the classroom, help build and maintain muscle memory, fight against some of the effects of aging, and distract from pain and depression. With the next generation of Xbox console and Kinect device, it seems that Microsoft may be opening the door to a new territory: health monitoring.
A video on YouTube shows a man having his heart rate monitored by the Xbox through the Kinect. Being able to measure heart rate is important in studying the health of an individual, but heart rate monitors are not ubiquitous. The availability of the Xbox might even help to alleviate this problem and confront other health challenges as well. The many fitness games for Kinect include Just Dance, Zumba Fitness Rush, UFC Personal Trainer, and Nike + Kinect Training. These games allow individuals to work out at home, and some calculate the amount of calories burned in the course of playing.
Now we shift into brainstorming mode: Imagine the day when gadgets can be used to take vital signs while gamers enjoy a workout. Imagine the day when this information can be shared with nurses, doctors, dietitians, and other health professionals in order to ascertain what an individual needs to stay healthy.
Electronic health records are making their way into hospitals and physicians' practices, which potentially allows easier sharing of a person's medical records. Doctors can share test results or opinions, no matter the distance, and share options with patients more quickly. Patients themselves can access their information over the Internet, which might prompt them to take a more active role in tracking their own health.
Back to brainstorming: What if the Xbox could be used to help supplement these health records? What if the measurements taken during game play were then uploaded to the Internet, or to a personal health folder with other information? How much closer would people feel to taking control of their own health?
Tools for health tracking could become even more important with the increase in home health care. Between 2010 and 2020, the demand for home health care professionals is expected to increase by 70 percent according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Having the ability to better monitor health metrics could help these home care specialists provide service to their patients, and collaborate with doctors in the event of a crisis.
Game console or heart rate monitor?
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An article on mobihealthnews by Marcelo Calbucci dives even deeper: as the new Kinect can measure heart rate variability, could this be helpful in diagnosis of certain mental or physical conditions?
The imagined implications of the new game console might be based on wishful thinking. Or maybe this technological advancement could make home gaming devices useful for more than just the young members of a family. With this innovation, consoles could potentially become as integral for older generations as they have become for the younger ones. If reading heart rates is one of the capabilities of this new machine, it might be a welcome sign for those seeking wider access to health care.