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LSU Science Café Celebrates 10 Years: The free, monthly public talk featuring LSU professors and their research has brought hundreds of community members together.
LSU Health Sciences Physician Lead Investigator on Groundbreaking Sepsis Test: Sepsis is the No. 1 cause of death in hospitals and Louisiana leads the country with the highest rate of sepsis mortality, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hollis O'Neal, MD, Critical Care Physician at LSU Health Sciences Center and Medical Director of Research at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, was the national principal investigator that led to the creation of an FDA-cleared test for sepsis.
LSU Announces Largest-ever Investment in Seed Funding for Faculty Research: The Provost's Fund for Innovation in Research makes a bold $1.1M investment in big, emerging ideas.
LSU to Receive National Endowment for the Arts' Challenge America Grant: LSU has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts to receive a Challenge America award to support the Collaborative Piano Institute at the LSU School of Music, a three-week annual summer program for up to 100 pianists, singers, composers, string instrumentalists and bassoonists.
LSU Center for Energy Studies Update: LSU Center for Energy Studies, or CES, Executive Director and Professor David E. Dismukes has announced that he will retire effective Jan. 13. Robert Twilley, interim vice president for the LSU Office of Research and Economic Development, has named CES Associate Professor Gregory B. Upton, Jr., as interim executive director.
How Climate Change is Impacting Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums: To further understand the impact of climate change on cultural and information repositories, the Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington, D.C. has awarded a grant to LSU School of Library & Information Science Associate Professor Edward Benoit III and LSU Department of Geography & Anthropology Associate Professor Jill Trepanier.
LSU Librarian Named a 2023 Emerging Leader by American Library Association: LSU Librarian Nicollette Davis has been named a 2023 Emerging Leader by the American Library Association. Established in 1876, ALA is the oldest and largest library association in the world with more than 60,000 members.
Scientists Advocate for Endangered Louisiana Archaeological Sites to be Included in Coastal Restoration Plans: In order to preserve and to better understand the lives and cultures of ancient Louisiana peoples, large-scale salvage and investigation of archaeological sites is urgently needed, according to a new study by scientists at LSU.
Dr. David Guzick Selected Chancellor of LSU Health Shreveport: The National Academy of Medicine-recognized physician will begin on Jan. 9
LSU Political Communication Scholar's Research Team Awarded $5 Million NSF Grant to Study Online Harassment of Journalists: Kathleen Searles, associate professor of political communication at LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication, is co-leading research funded by the National Science Foundation to expand work on supporting journalists facing online harassment campaigns.
FDA Cautions Horse Owners Not to Feed Recalled Lots of Top of the Rockies Alfalfa Cubes due to Reports of Illness and Death: The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine is working with the FDA and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry to investigate this issue and treat some of the affected horses.
AI and Alternative Data Could Help Millions Gain Access to Credit: Less than half of all U.S. adults have access to prime credit because of their credit score. But new LSU and Harvard University research shows a lot more people could become eligible if lenders use artificial intelligence, or AI, and alternative data, such as education and employment history. Smarter underwriting algorithms would especially benefit recent college graduates and young people with short credit histories as well as people with low or no credit scores.
National Academy of Inventors Selects Two LSU Faculty Innovators: LSU School of Veterinary Medicine Comparative Biomedical Sciences Professor Tammy Dugas and LSU Mechanical Engineering Professor Michael Khonsari have been elected as fellows to the National Academy of Inventors.
Coupled Computer Modeling Can Help More Accurately Predict Coastal Flooding, Study Determines: LSU researchers used a unique coupled computer modeling approach to accurately recreate the coastal flooding that occurred during Hurricane Florence, demonstrating that it is more accurate than traditional modeling approaches.
LSU School of Social Work Professor Awarded Grant for Reducing Disparities in Disaster-related Mental Health Burden: LSU School of Social Work Assistant Professor Jennifer Scott was awarded a grant by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to adapt, deliver and assess the efficacy of a brief group mental health intervention in East Baton Rouge Parish organizations.
Chemical Industry Leader BASF Taps LSU to Help Optimize Its Operations Using AI: BASF, the largest chemical producer in the world, is collaborating with LSU chemical engineers to better understand and predict its own production ebbs and flows using artificial intelligence, or AI.
LSU Study Shows Landbuilding, Site of Freshwater Diversion: LSU College of the Coast & Environment scientists have published an analysis of two existing freshwater diversions on the state's coastline, one of which shows a significant amount of land having formed over the past 17 years.
Who Built the LSU Campus Mounds Provides Insight into these Prehistoric Treasures: The LSU Campus Mounds sit on high ground overlooking the Mississippi River floodplain and have been a gathering place and destination for people for thousands of years.
Inventherm Wins Tech Grant for Ice Cream Machine: LSU Innovation Park tenant, Inventherm, has been awarded a $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a commercial prototype of its breakthrough soft-serve ice cream machine.
Cyber Experts Teach How to Shop Smart and Safely this Holiday Season: In preparation for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, LSU cybersecurity expert Abe Baggili and his students share the latest hackable technology and how to protect you and your family this holiday shopping season.
LSU Professor Captures Shockwaves from Volcano with Handmade Air Pressure Sensor : LSU Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences Professor Chunyan Li picked up the global atmospheric shockwaves sent out by the largest volcanic eruption of the 21st century on air pressure sensors at his home and office.
Potatoes Can Be Part of a Healthy Diet: When we think of healthy vegetables, we don't think of potatoes, but we should. Potatoes have developed a reputation for causing weight gain and an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, and often find themselves on a list of foods to avoid, especially for individuals with insulin resistance. However, a new study from Pennington Biomedical Research Center, published in the Journal of Medicinal Food, says that potatoes actually did not increase that risk, are filled with key nutrients, and packed with health benefits.
Kameshwar Studying the Effect of Debris on Structures in Natural Disasters: In Louisiana, the main concern for several months out of the year is hurricanes, or more specifically, the wind and storm surge that accompany them. However, an overlooked aspect of these storms is the resulting debris, which accounts for nearly 25% of all disaster costs.
Want Safe Roads? LSU Researchers Think Artificial Intelligence Can Help Us Understand Driver Behavior: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has awarded the LSU Center for Analytics and Research in Transportation Safety a competitive grant to build an AI engine to better understand driver behavior that leads to crashes in order to help prevent them.
LSU Improves Storm Surge and Flood Predictions with AI: The LSU-developed tool to predict storm surge and flooding during severe weather events—the Coastal Emergency Risks Assessment, or CERA, website—has become an essential resource for thousands of emergency managers and first responders in Louisiana and the nation's coastal states to help protect people and infrastructure. Now, the tool will become even smarter and faster, thanks to artificial intelligence, or AI, and support from the U.S. Department of Energy, which is looking to secure key energy assets, especially along the Gulf Coast, from stronger and more frequent storms.
Hacking the Metaverse: LSU Cybersecurity Professor Abe Baggili is one of the first people in the world to study immersive virtual reality safety to provide solutions to the VR software industry and protect people who use these new products.
LSU Geoscientists Analyze Fans' Earthshaking Reaction to Win: Fans inside and outside of Tiger Stadium erupted with excitement as they watched their team beat Alabama in overtime. At the same time, a seismometer on LSU's campus captured the excitement, recording two distinctive seismic wave events.
LSU Researchers Use AI to Track Cybercrime in Louisiana And Beyond: LSU cybersecurity researchers are developing a new tool, called HookTracer, to speed up cybercrime investigations using AI.
LSU Researchers Collaborate to Better Understand the Weak Nuclear Force: Physical Review Letters, the world's premier physics letter journal, has published two papers by a team of LSU nuclear physics researchers to advance the knowledge on the important implications for understanding the physics of the weak nuclear force.
LSU Research Team Leads Federal Study of Underwater Mudslides in the Gulf of Mexico to Understand Impacts on Energy Infrastructure, Shipwrecks: An interdisciplinary team of LSU researchers is coordinating the largest-ever collaborative study of the seabed where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico with $3.8 million in support from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM.
Researchers at LSU Health Shreveport and LSU Shreveport Use AI to Better Understand and Treat Brain Tumors: Medical doctors are collaborating with computer scientists to improve care for patients with cavernous malformations, some of the most difficult-to-treat tumors in the head and spine.
LSU Experts Weigh-in on Record Low Mississippi River Levels: In the month of October, the Mississippi River has seen record low levels from Illinois to Louisiana. In Baton Rouge, the level is revealing a more than 100 year old sunken ferry and the underbelly of the USS Kidd. LSU experts share more insight on what the low-level means for the state and nation.
Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory Now Performing Monkeypox Virus Testing: Effective Oct. 4, the Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, or LADDL, at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine began testing for monkeypox virus for the LSU Student Health Center. In 2021, LADDL, an accredited veterinary diagnostic laboratory, acquired CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) certification for the testing of human samples for COVID-19 and now monkeypox virus.
LSU Chemical Engineering, St. Joseph's Academy Students Study Breast Cancer in 3D Environment: Though October is recognized nationally as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, LSU faculty and students are working every month to help combat the potentially fatal disease that has been projected to affect nearly 340,000 Americans this year.
LSU Announces the Rankings of the 2022 LSU 100 and LSU Roaring 10: LSU announced the company rankings for the 100 fastest-growing LSU graduate-owned or LSU graduate-led businesses in the world and the 10 highest revenue-generating businesses among them.
LSU AI Smartphone App Helps Mentally Ill, Families, Caregivers in Seven Louisiana Parishes: Through a partnership with Capital Area Human Services District, one of Louisiana's largest behavioral health providers, LSU leverages AI technology to catch early warning signs of serious mental illness and improve treatment.Mental health illustration
The Path to Clean Water: 50 Years in the Making: The New Orleans Sewage and Water board had been monitoring water quality in the Mississippi River for decades when, in Ohio, in 1969, the Cuyahoga River caught fire for the 11th time.
LSU Assistant Professor Asha Winfield Earns National Faculty Award, Outstanding Dissertation for Research on Lived Experiences of Black Americans: Critical and cultural media scholar Asha Winfield has been awarded the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award and the National Communication Association's Outstanding Dissertation Award, among other honors this year, for her research on Black Health and Black representation in media.
LSU Biologist Applies AI to Build a World Plant Life Cycle Timing Database: LSU biologist Daijiang Li is building the first worldwide database on plant phenology, or the study of the timing of plant life cycles, which will be called Phenobase.
LSU Scientist Leads a U.S. Team in International Effort to Understand Air-Sea Gas Exchange in Labrador Sea: An LSU Scientist will be leading the US team as part of an international research expedition to the Labrador Sea that stretches between Canada and Greenland.
LSU's Applied Research Corporation for Defense Announces Leadership: Stephenson Technologies Corporation, or STC, is LSU's affiliate to conduct high-level defense and national security applied research and development.
Diet Not Working? Let AI Rearrange Your Plate: LSU researchers are using artificial intelligence, or AI, to effectively predict individual responses to different diets. LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center recently partnered with LSU Health New Orleans to leverage new technologies in the fight against the obesity epidemic and health disparities in Louisiana by joining the largest-ever national effort to leverage big data science for precision health.
LSU Delta Mouth Reading Series Presents LSU Alumna E.M. Tran and Her Debut Novel: Novelist and LSU alumna E.M. Tran will read from and discuss her debut novel, "Daughters of the New Year" on campus on Oct. 21. Following the reading, the author will sign books and participate in a conversation with James Nguyen H. Spencer, vice provost and dean of the LSU Graduate School.
LSU Art and Theater Talent Tapped by State to Improve Cybersecurity in Louisiana: Two LSU graduate students are collaborating with the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness on a series of high-profile Cybersecurity Awareness Month public service announcements with Louisiana flavor.
Ancient Maya Salt Makers Worked from Home, Underwater Dig Reveals: Archaeologists working in Belize have found ancient Maya salt workers worked from home.
LSU Lands Small Business Development Center Director: Award-winning business consultant Adam C. McCloskey helps entrepreneurs reach their dreams.
LSU Scientist Works with Amazon to Fight Obesity, Diabetes Using Smartphones and AI: One of Louisiana's most prominent researchers, Dr. Steven Heymsfield at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center, or PBRC, was tapped by Amazon to improve the body composition component of their Halo app, launched in 2020, using smartphone photography and artificial intelligence.
Resistance and Resilience: The Impact of Weather Disturbances on the Louisiana and Texas Coast: With a new grant from NASA, LSU scientists will track the impact of severe weather disturbances on the coastal wetlands and estuaries in Louisiana and Texas.
LSU Combines Undergraduate Science, Engineering, Arts, Humanities to Benefit Coastal Communities: With support from the National Academy of Sciences, LSU will build a new undergraduate research and creative works program focused on supporting people, ecosystems and industries in and around the Gulf of Mexico. Projects will bridge all disciplines and encourage students to combine multiple perspectives as not just experts, but problem-solvers.
LSU Faculty Continue Studies On Bendable Concrete: According to research reports, concrete is the second-most used substance in the world (after water) and is the most widely used building material. Its usage worldwide is twice that of steel, wood, plastics, and aluminum combined.
Dr. Jenny Sones Received Catalyst Award from National Academy of Medicine: Jenny Sones (LSU '08), associate professor of theriogenology, is one of 25 U.S.-based recipients of the Catalyst Award from the National Academy of Medicine.
LSU-Led Research Shows that Ultraviolet Metasurfaces Can Discriminate the Handedness of Biomolecules at Attomolar Concentrations: Researchers at LSU, in collaboration with Zuse Institute in Berlin, Germany, have developed an ultraviolet metasurface that discriminates between left- and right-handed amino acids with attomolar sensitivity.
LSU of Alexandria Increases Access to STEM Careers Through Robotics and Support of Surrounding Schools: Through robotics and community outreach to elementary, middle and high schools in central Louisiana, LSU of Alexandria, or LSUA, is increasing access to careers in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, for a growing number of students, including at underserved schools. For many, robotics is their first experience with machine learning and AI.
LSU Researchers Join Multi-Institutional Team to Investigate Sources of Methane in Coastal Wetlands: Scientists estimate that methane, as a greenhouse gas, may be responsible for approximately 20 to 25 percent of all global warming since the Industrial Revolution. Even more troublingly, as man-made sources have been reduced, the amount of the gas in the atmosphere has continued to grow, fed by natural sources.
Sea Level Rise Sentinels: Documenting Biodiversity in the Rising Waters of the Gulf of Mexico: LSU scientists will be using innovative techniques to document biodiversity in the Gulf of Mexico as part of NOAA's Marine Biodiversity Observation Network.
Early Time-Restricted Eating Can Be an Effective Weight Loss Strategy: Early time-restricted eating can be an effective way to lose weight and may be easier to follow and maintain than traditional calorie restriction.
LSU Research Team Uses AI to Quickly Discover Personalized Cancer Cures: LSU researchers have built a cancer drug discovery engine powered by AI that soon could match any type of cancer, based on a small cell sample from a patient, with the drug most likely to cure that cancer.
The Future Is Bright: What LSU's New, Prestigious Cybersecurity Designation by the NSA Means for Students, Louisiana: LSU announced that it has been designated as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations, or CAE-CO, by the National Security Agency, or NSA. It's an honor shared among only 22 universities and colleges in the nation. Here, research students and alumni in the LSU cybersecurity program speak to the immediate impacts this recognition will have on them, on LSU and on Louisiana, where they all grew up.
LSU Receives Elite Cyber Designation from the National Security Agency: NSA's recognition of excellence in cybersecurity validates and accelerates LSU's leadership in education and research, laying the foundation for national prominence in cyber talent and technology development.
Litter Tracker: LSU Professor Works to Find the Source of Baton Rouge Neighborhoods' Litter: LSU's Mark Benfield, a professor in the Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, pulls up video footage on his computer. It's of a road in Baton Rouge's Beauregard Town neighborhood, and you can see sidewalks and yards edged in trees. He points to a small white spot on his screen. "There's something there." It's a piece of trash, one of many Benfield is tracking as part of a preliminary study he's working on with the Louisiana Stormwater Coalition.
LSU Reilly Center to Host BASF Silverberg Sustainability Initiative: The Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs at LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication will host the BASF Silverberg Sustainability Initiative to engage and educate the LSU community on sustainability development goals outlined by the United Nations.
Little Rodent, Big Appetite: Researchers identify the dietary impacts of invasive mice on the Farallon Islands: Rodents on the Farallon Islands, the largest seabird breeding colony in the contiguous U.S., have had a large impact on the native ecosystem, says new research at LSU.
LSU Attracts Two of the Nation's Top Cybersecurity Professors: Cybersecurity jobs are among the fastest growing careers nationwide. To meet this critical demand across every industry, having the top cybersecurity experts to train the next generation of information security analysts and cyber professionals is a priority at LSU.
How Socioeconomic Status Can Affect the Productivity of Remote Workers: Companies' "work from home" policies may be driving economic inequality. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 70 percent of full-time office workers left their offices behind to work from home.
Accounting Professors Partner with Current and Former Ph.D. Students on Innovative Research: LSU Department of Accounting Assistant Professors Stephanie Walton and William Buslepp recently partnered with current and former Ph.D. students to publish articles in two scholarly journals.
Closing the Health Disparities Gap for Children with Developmental Language Disorders: National Institutes of Health awards LSU speech-language pathologists $2.8M for groundbreaking research to address childhood health disparities.
LSU Reilly Center to Examine Plantations' Historical Portrayal of Slavery, Solutions to Shift the Narrative: The Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs at LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication will host the season five opener of Racism: Dismantling the System, "Narrative Shifting: Centering the Humanity of the Enslaved on Plantations" on Sept. 13 at 3:30 p.m. CT. The discussion will explore how plantations have historically presented the story of slavery and solutions to change these distorted narratives.
LSU to Lead Innovation in Louisiana for New Regional Southwest Hub: LSU is one of the lead organizations for a new, National Science Foundation-funded regional hub that will help propel more research out of the lab and into the real world.
LSU ME Professor Designs Tentacle-Like Robot With CISIA Funding: LSU's Center for Innovations in Structural Integrity Assurance is funding a $50,000 research project spearheaded by LSU Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Hunter Gilbert that will benefit local industries.
LSU Ranks Among Top 100 Universities Worldwide Granted U.S. Utility Patents: LSU ranked among the top universities worldwide granted U.S. utility patents, according to the National Academy of Inventors.
Researchers at LSU Address Environmental Weathering of Microplastics, Pollutant Uptake: In a new paper by faculty and students in LSU Chemical Engineering and Chemistry published in ACS Environmental Au, the group details its research into the effects of weathering on microplastics and how it might increase pollutant uptake.
The 'Most Ridiculous' Moon Shot Ever: LSU alumnus Connor Matherne's images of the moon go viral on Reddit and Instagram.
LSU Exhibition: "Water, Water Everywhere: Control and Consequence in Louisiana's Coastal Wetlands": LSU Libraries' new exhibition, "Water, Water Everywhere: Control and Consequence in Louisiana's Coastal Wetlands," will be on display in Hill Memorial Library from Sept. 6 - Dec. 21 and is free and open to the public.
LSU Supports Moon Mission and Beyond: NASA has awarded $5 million to LSU digital media experts and advanced manufacturing engineers to grow the aerospace and spacecraft industry.
Returning to Football After COVID-19 Infection: A first-of-its-kind study conducted in collaboration with LSU's School of Kinesiology, LSU Athletics, Pennington Biomedical Research Center and Our Lady of the Lake researched how the immune system of elite student athletes responded to the COVID-19 virus.
LSU Boyd Professor's Legacy Elevates Research and Scholarship: A $1.3 million estate gift from the late LSU Boyd Professor E. Ward Plummer and his wife Elizabeth "Betty" Plummer creates a new LSU College of Science's Department of Physics & Astronomy graduate student scholarship and endowed professorship for materials research.
Cassidy Visits PERTT Lab, Discusses Louisiana's Energy Future with LSU Officials: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. visited Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where among other stops, he toured the LSU Petroleum Engineering Research, Training and Testing (PERTT) Laboratory.
LSU Wins Record Amount of University Research Funding: Louisiana benefits from more than $324 million garnered for research & development in agriculture, biomedicine, coast, defense, energy, among other fields
Climate Change Exacerbated Hurricane Harvey's Flood Damage, Hitting Low-income and Latinx Neighborhoods Disproportionately Harder: New research shows climate change exacerbated extreme weather damages from Hurricane Harvey.
New Research Shows LSU Campus Mounds as the Oldest Known Man-made Structures in the Americas: New research reveals more information about the LSU Campus Mounds, including the discovery of thousands of years old charred mammal bone fragments and a coordinated alignment of both mounds toward one of the brightest stars in the night sky. This new information offers more insight into the oldest known man-made structures in the Americas.
LSU and Nexus Louisiana Host Startup Accelerator for Tech Entrepreneurs: Ignition 1.0 is ideal for companies ready to test the viability of their business idea.
$20 Million Federal Grant Will Boost Biomedical Science Collaborations Across Louisiana: The LA CaTS Network, which has built a statewide research infrastructure based on a collaborative partnership involving 11 major Louisiana academic, research and healthcare delivery institutions, has been selected by the National Institutes of Health to receive a $20 million, five-year grant to continue its work to make Louisiana healthier by addressing health disparities and improving health outcomes in the state's underserved population with chronic diseases.
LSU Professor Researches Autonomous Truck Platooning: So many things have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, one being transportation. During the past two years, the need for truck drivers and supplies has ramped up, leading one LSU professor to research improvements to the supply chain while making traffic safety a priority using autonomous vehicles.
LSU Physics Professor Launches New AI Space Start-up: Atlantis Industries aims to accelerate off-world technology breakthroughs.
Library of Congress to House Louisiana Veterans' Stories Collected by LSU Students: Members of the media are invited to a presentation on Aug. 30 by Library of Congress' Veterans History Project Director Monica Mohindra, who will speak about the partnership between LSU and the Library of Congress.
Less Water in the Mississippi Means a Smaller Dead Zone This Year: Last month, the research expedition tasked with making the annual measurements of the Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone" came back with a not-unexpected but lower than usual number: this year, the zone measures approximately 3,275 square miles. In other words, it is the 8th smallest it has been since measurements began 36 years ago.
LSU Health New Orleans Discovers Major Contributor to Alzheimer's Disease: Research led by Drs. Yuhai Zhao and Walter J Lukiw at the LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center and the Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Neurology and Ophthalmology, reports for the first time a pathway that begins in the gut and ends with a potent pro-inflammatory toxin in brain cells contributing to the development of Alzheimer's disease.
Alternative Oyster Culture Anchoring System to be Tested: When many alternative oyster culture operations on Grand Isle were damaged during the 2020 hurricane season, Louisiana State University (LSU) researchers and Louisiana Sea Grant personnel thought they found a mechanism to help AOC farms defend against tropical storms.
ECE Ph.D. Student Wins Pair of Awards at IEEE Events: Mohadese Movahednia, a research assistant and Ph.D. student in the LSU Division of Electrical & Computer Engineering, was recently awarded the3rd best paper award at the 2022 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Texas Power and Energy Conference and 2nd best poster award at the 2022 IEEE PES (Power and Energy Society) General Meeting.
Below-average Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' measured: NOAA-supported scientists announced that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"— an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life — is approximately 3,275 square miles.
LSU AgCenter to Expand Bioproducts, Bioprocessing Research with New Grant: The Louisiana Board of Regents has awarded the LSU AgCenter Louisiana Institute for Bioproducts and Bioprocessing a grant of nearly $1 million to upgrade equipment for the state-approved institute.
LSU PETE Faculty, ExxonMobil URC Study Gas Migration at PERTT Lab: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company has joined forces with LSU Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering faculty to conduct gas migration experiments as part of a financial grant from ExxonMobil URC.
LSU Expanding Efforts to Digitize Louisiana's Diverse Cultural Institutions: The LSU Libraries was one of five to receive the 2022 Catalyst Fund from LYRASIS, which serves and supports 1,000 academic and public libraries, archives, museums and cultural heritage organizations in 28 countries.
Looking to Save on Back-to-School Shopping This Year? Find Out the Effect that Caffeine Might Have on Your Spending: It's that time of year again: back-to-school shopping season! At the end of every summer, parents pack their kids in the car and head to a crowded Wal-Mart or Target to search for sales on school supplies for the upcoming academic year.
Two Studies Look at Female Athletes' Mental, Physical Resilience: Two new studies will examine female athletes' mental and physical resilience via two newly funded grants, dedicated to improving performance and helping people thrive throughout their lives.
LSU Chemical Engineering Faculty Researching Means of Decreasing Greenhouse Gases: Combustion of natural gas, chiefly comprised of methane, provides a major portion of our nation's energy needs. Additionally, methane can be reacted with steam in a process known as methane steam reforming to produce carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2), which are then used to produce a wide range of fuels and chemicals.
Two LSU Graduate Students Named Knauss Fellowship Finalists: Sponsored by the National Sea Grant College Program, the John A. Knauss Fellowship matches graduate students with an interest in ocean and coastal resources and national policy affecting those resources with hosts in federal legislative or executive branch offices for one year.
LSU Reveals Keys to Successful Crisis Communication: Government officials and media representatives help form a "best practices" list for effective communication during extreme weather events.
LSU Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures Professor Awarded Fellowship at Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study: Mark Wagner, professor of Arabic in the LSU Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures, has been awarded a fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Wagner will undertake the research project titled, "The Rothschilds of Arabia and Africa: The Rise and Fall of a Jewish Mercantile Empire Under the British Raj."
Four LSU Faculty Awarded National Science Foundation CAREER Awards: Four LSU researchers have been awarded the National Science Foundation's most prestigious grant for early-career faculty, who exhibit potential to serve as academic role models in research and education.
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The Sissala West District Health Directorate has consistently topped the 11 districts in the Upper West Region in the area of data quality production and achieving zero maternal deaths for two consecutive years.
It was also ranked second best in the overall health performance in the region, said Madam Cecilia Kakariba, the Sissala West District Health Director, during the 2018 Annual Performance Review Meeting in Gwollu on Thursday.
She said keeping the right data aided in planning, decision making and lobbying for resources to help improve performance in the sector.
Madam Cecilia said quality data also enabled the district to put out information with the right confidence and competence and in the manner that would present the accurate picture to the public.
The District Director of Health said the district adopted certain innovations that enabled it keep leading the whole region in terms of data quality.
These include establishment of performance assessment and awards scheme for hardworking health facilities, monthly follow ups to drug stores for data on Family Planning services and the institution of outreach antenatal care services to communities.
Others are the procurement of laptops for some unit heads to ensure quality data management, lobbied for four Community Health Nurses and Disease Control Officers awaiting postings to support in service delivery, and provision of credit monthly for every staff to ensure quality data management.
Madam Cecilia said other achievements by the District included improvement in key maternal and child health indicators and improvement in disease surveillance of suspected cases.
She said despite the successes chalked, the district is still grappling with some challenges including inadequate maternal health equipment for service delivery, lack of ambulance in the district hospital, and inadequate staff quarters resulting in about 90 percent of staff renting in town.
Others are inadequate motorbikes to reach out to communities, no support staff at the hospital and the District Health Administration and lack of rural incentive for the only rural Doctor.
Mr Mohammed Bakor, the Sissala West District Chief Executive (DCE), said the district is committed to implementing policies that would ensure increased education delivery, improved healthcare and the transformation of the local economy through modernised agriculture.
April 13, 2019 in Local News.


My husband and I recently saw Bon Jovi in concert at the new Giants stadium. We went with a group of friends, did some tailgating in the parking lot, and enjoyed a full kid-free night out. The kids even slept over at my parents' house so we could saunter in at any late hour without worry. It definitely had all the elements of a great time.
Nothing says "New Jersey" quite like Bon Jovi playing at the Meadowlands. It was a little sad seeing the broken shell of the old Giants Stadium, dark and empty, but that kind of sums up New Jersey, too. We love our old hometown traditions, but we're not afraid to embrace what's new.
My husband claims to hate New Jersey, but I think he embodies the same theme, himself. He respects what's been time-tested, but easily adapts to any new situation. In fact, he adapts so easily, it can be maddening at times. While I take a long time to adjust, he takes everything in stride. Ron took to parenthood like a fish takes to water, while I flopped around, gasping for breath for at least the first six months after each baby.
I remember coming downstairs one night after putting our second newborn son to bed. Ron was sitting on the couch with our oldest. From a distance, it sounded like he was teaching him the words to Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive." As I got closer, though, I realized the lyrics had changed.
On a steel trike I ride.
In bed for the night.
Backyardigans is what I need, whoa.
And that's how it started. One night, Ron singing silly Bon Jovi songs to our son started the "Ron Juvie" craze that all of our kids now love. There seemed to be a perfect song for every occasion.
Go to bed with Pooh and friends.
Whoa in my clean underwear!
"Can I go nappy now?
Can I have my paci now?
Oh please just put me down.
Like Bon Jovi and like New Jersey, Ron is the perfect blend of old and new. Time-tested (Lord knows he's stuck by me through enough crazy), yet he still surprises me and keeps me guessing.
In the past I've always joked to my husband that if Jon Bon Jovi singled me out at a concert, the chances are pretty slim that I'd make it back home. But in truth, who needs Bon Jovi when I have my very own Ron Juvie?
Went to yet another Bon Jovi concert last night, and had a great time as always. But this time I had a great date in a girlfriend instead of my husband. In honor of Ron giving up his ticket so I could with friends instead, I had to reshare this one. I still can't hear "Born to be my baby" without thinking of him!


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Four local women began working together in 1985 to open the original Walmart store in La Grange. Now they begin the journey together to help open the newer, larger Walmart SuperCenter, which opens here Wednesday. With 8 years of service they are still going strong and excited for the future.


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Are You An Everyday Hero
Are you an everyday hero? What is an ally, and how do you become one? By Vivian Chandra Vivian is passionate about using technology for the good of humanity. She is a facilitator for Ally Skills NZ, which works with forward-thinking organisations to make inclusion a reality. She also works with startups and charities to…
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A few weeks ago I got asked to give a guest lecture on addiction to a psychology undergraduate class at the University of Auckland. To be fair, I was asked to fill in for the person who usually gives the lecture, who couldn't make it. But I still felt just a little bit chuffed to be asked at all, given that I'm still really early in my career. And nervous of course, giving a lecture to 150 students is no walk in the park when you're not the biggest fan of public speaking!
Imagination and Anxiety
Imagination and Anxiety: This is a comic I wrote way back in 2010 – to express my theory about my imagination and my anxiety
October 22, 2018 in Blog.
Imagination Created the World
Imagination Created the World. Supposedly (and you may have a different view) in the beginning, some great deity imagined a ball, spinning in space, with lakes and rivers and mountains…
October 15, 2018 in Blog, Nikki's Natter.
A value-based community
For the imagination theme Philip Patston shares a post from 2012, where he imagines a value-based community:
October 8, 2018 in Blog.
The science of imagination
I have a confession to make (but it's not such a bad one). TED, a worldwide organisation which brings together speakers on education, business, science, tech and creativity, has a Youtube channel entirely devoted to short educational videos on a wide range of topics. My confession is that I've been slightly addicted to watching them lately, finding myself lost in a spiral of absorbing information on everything from how you digest food to how people lived in ancient Rome. They're fascinating, and I strongly suggest you try them out.
October 1, 2018 in Blog, General.
Inclusive Environments
how do we create space for rainbow people in a world that operates on the assumption that we're straight and cis until we say we're not? AND, how do we make sure that our rainbow spaces are inclusive of all people – that we're not perpetuating racism, ableism, misogyny, or even policing people's sexualities and genders?
September 24, 2018 in Blog.
Painting Ātaahua
In April this year New Zealand artist Ariki Brightwell finished her mural at the Alfred Cox Skatepark in Gisborne. She was commissioned by Project Ātaahua, check out her video below as she talks about her motivations behind the mural, creating more beauty in Gisborne: You can see more of Ariki's work on her facebook page: Ariki…
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Literary Rambles: Contribute to Literary Rambles!
School is coming up fast for me, so I want to make sure you're all aware of the variety of ways you can contribute to Lit Rambles and help me keep it a happening place to be. I'll still be posting Agent Spotlight profiles, Tip Tuesdays, and other writing/publishing related posts. But if you're interested, you can help fill in the empty days in any of the following ways.
I'm always looking for guest posts that are on writing/publishing related topics. Informative, educational, inspirational, etc!
Are you a published or soon-to-be published author in the children's field? An agent? An industry professional? I'd love to interview you!
Have a writing or research tip you'd like to share? Send it in for a Writing / Research Tip Tuesday post!
I love getting requests and questions for blog posts. Throw 'em at me! I'll do my best to answer, find someone who can if I can't, and post it up on the blog for everyone else to weigh in.
I'm always adding to the list, so send in your requests! Note: I'm still working through agents that accept children's fiction, specialized or representing one or more genres therein. For example: If they represent mostly adult but also rep YA, as many do, I'm willing to spotlight them. Though, I'd love spotlight more agents that are specialized in children's!
The Agent Spotlights posts are always open for comments. Feel free to leave feedback if you have experience with one or more of the spotlighted agents, or even post your response times for others to see.
It's gotten to the point that I can't possibly keep all the Agent Spotlight profiles updated on my own, which means you should always take note of the date they were posted and do a search for new content. If you come across something new (interview, great new information, agency switch, etc) on an agent I've profiled, please feel free to e-mail this information so I can update.
If you're the agent I've spotlighted, you can ALWAYS e-mail me updates or corrections for your spotlight.
Send in 1-5 lines of material, preferably first lines but I'm open to others, or your query and I'll put it up in its own post for feedback from my readers. Comments will be moderated to maintain constructive feedback only.
Looking for a critique partner or beta reader? No guarantees on responses, but I'm willing to post a request to see if anyone out there is interested.
Children's authors! Are you on or setting up a promotional blog tour or need a contest outlet? I'd be happy to host a spot on Lit Rambles for you. Just contact me with ideas, details, specifics, etc.
I'm always open to ideas and feedback! Please feel free to contact me.
For all of the above, please e-mail to agentspotlight(at)gmail(dot)com.
You've established a great place for learning and valuable resources. Thanks for offering the opportunity for your readers to help maintain the fortress you've built, (I know, a corny comparison).
I'd love to contribute and will email something on to you.
Thanks so much, Pat! It means a lot to me that you find the blog to be a valuable resource and you're willing to add to it.
I'm glad to see you're finding ways to keep your blog going while taking some of the load off yourself. Though you are still doing a whole lot of it. I'll try to think of something to contribute.
I always enjoy reading your blog. I discovered you about six months ago when I was researching agents, and your Agent Spotlights are a feature I never miss. I keep my favorite blogs to a minimum to avoid getting distracted when I sit down to write! But yours is one I always check out. One of my resolutions is to start contributing in the New Year.
Thanks Lisa! I'll stress a lot less if I get some outside content to post, but I'd like to think it gives others the chance to gain more exposure for themselves and their blogs, too. Win-win!
I'm doing a Liberal Art degree for now but the concentration is in Writing and Literature. I'm pretty excited because I get to apply my writing and interest in YA to a lot of my studies.
Thanks so much, Beth! I just got your e-mail and will get back to you in a moment. I really appreciate the feedback and the help!
Good luck with school. And thanks for keeping up your blog. It's so helpful. I just finished my manuscript and wanted to be sure it's formatted correctly before I submit it. And all I had to do was check your old posts to find the answer. If I can think of something to contribute, I'll e-mail it to you.
I just entered the world of blogging, but I'm not new to writing. If I come up with a helpful enough post to warrant being a guest, I'll send you an email. Your agent spotlights have been a HUGE help! Thanks!
Casey--I'd love to contribute in some way. After the fall-out for the new year, I'll think of something, and e-mail you!
Thanks for caring about all of your followers!
Thank you Kristi! I look forward to seeing what you send.
Natalie, so glad you found what you were looking for. Thank you again for the nomination to be a Featured Sweetheart, btw!
I'm sure you could, Corey! Send something!
Do you think more people would participate if I just put a post every couple weeks, Shelley? I was thinking people could e-mail requests but it might be better if I just put something up and open the comments to "wanted ads." Could be fun!
Glad you've found the profiles helpful, Laura. Don't be shy about sending a guest post. Might be a great way to get some readers over to your new blog.
Thanks Heather! I'd love to post something of yours. E-mail whenever!
I heart your blog. You deserve to be canonized as a patron saint of querying writers. I mean it. Really, really.
Yes, two requests for author interviews, specific to their journey to publication. I am pretty sure both would be more than willing to grant the interview, having frequented their blogs often and I think both are great people, and great writers.
#1: James Dashner, author of The Maze Runner. James has a blog that actually gives a seven part story about his "road" so I already know it. However, an interview with him would really help aspiring authors see how determined you need to be to "get there."
#2: Shaun Hutchinson, author of the forthcoming The Deathday Letter, due out in June of 2010. Shawn, based on some communication by way of his blog, is a very creative writer, and is also pretty "open" in terms of seeing multiple perspectives. It would be great for you to interview him while he is still "one of us" because, based on his book description and his writing style, I think he is on the cusp of being a biggie.
Just two ideas...also, besides being an aspiring author, I am also a junior high ELA teacher, so anything I can do to contribute and possibly use my students in the process, I'd be more than willing. Just say the word.
Super selfish suggestion/request, but I'd love to see an agent spotlight on Becca Stumpf, as I am very interested in querying her but haven't found too much around the interwebs. I see you have Rachel Orr slated, but my understanding is that she is not taking on new clients.
Since Rachel Orr isn't open to submissions, I've put Becca in her place.
I can also do Rachel at a later date if she re-opens to submissions or someone complains that I've removed her.


Diane Ackerman's lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose in New York, along with dissertations on kisses and tattoos, sadistic cuisine and the music played by the planet Earth. "Delightful . . . gives the reader the richest possible feeling of the worlds the senses take in."--The New York Times.
A modern classic, Einstein's Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland. As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception of time, he imagines many possible worlds. In one, time is circular, so that people are fated to repeat triumphs and failures over and over. In another, there is a place where time stands still, visited by lovers and parents clinging to their children. In another, time is a nightingale, sometimes trapped by a bell jar.
In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo - Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed the end of his empire coming soon. Marco Polo diverts his host with stories of the cities he has seen in his travels around the empire: cities and memory, cities and desire, cities and designs, cities and the dead, cities and the sky, trading cities, hidden cities. As Marco Polo unspools his tales, the emperor detects these fantastic places are more than they appear.
On both economic and psychological grounds, Crawford questions the educational imperative of turning everyone into a "knowledge worker," based on a separation of thinking from doing, the work of the hand from that of the mind. He shows how such a partition, which began a century ago with the assembly line, degrades work for those on both sides of the divide. Shop Class as Soulcraft offers a call for self-reliance and a reflection on how we can live concretely in an ever more abstract world.
Georges Perec produced some of the most entertaining and spirited essays of his age. His literary output was amazingly varied in form and style and this generous selection of Perec's non-fictional work also demonstrates his characteristic lightness of touch, wry humor and accessibility. In Species of Spaces, Perec explores the spaces we inhabit, beginning with the most evident, the page itself on which he writes (and you read), and "zooming out" into ever grander scales: the apartment, the street, the city, the country, and the universe itself.
The Achitecture of Happiness is a journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the connection between our identities and our locations. One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs, buildings, and streets that surround us. And yet a concern for architecture is too often described as frivolous, even self-indulgent. Alain de Botton starts from the idea that where we are influences who we can be, and argues that it is architecture's task to stand as a reminder of our full potential.
No story is more beloved by children and grown-ups alike than this wise, enchanting fable. The author reminisces about a day when his plane was forced down in the Sahara, a thousand miles from help. There he encountered a most extraordinary small-person. And thus begins the remarkable story of the Little Prince, whose strange history he learned in the days that followed. There are few stories that in some way, in some degree, change the world forever for their readers. This is one.
It's a romp of a science fiction thriller that leaves you, among other things, with a refreshed appreciation for the miracles of life on earth.
Pirsig introduces and explores philosophical questions in a way that casual readers have found highly engaging. He attempts to create a practical philosophy and sets the book against the background of actual experience to make the questions he ponders real for the reader. Probably no book has ever been more successful in interesting people in philosophy. I first read it 40 years ago when it was an assigned reading for an architecture class I was enrolled in - and several times since.


SAN DIEGO—Using a novel biometrics approach, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), along with colleagues at Columbia University and Stanford University, have discovered a distinctive molecular feature—a new protein biomarker—that identified colon cancer patients who were most likely to remain disease-free up to five years after surgery.
The lynchpin of the discovery is CDX2, a biomarker which also helped the researchers identify Stage II colon cancer patients who are most likely to benefit from chemotherapy. Colon cancer patients lacking the protein CDX2 have a poorer prognosis than patients with CDX2, but in some cases are still more likely to benefit from chemotherapy. The retrospective study was published Jan. 21 by the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Debasish Sahoo, UCSD assistant professor of pediatrics, computer science and engineering, led the study along with Piero Dalerba of Columbia University and senior author Michael Clarke from Stanford University.
Sahoo had hoped to develop a computerized model of cancer and use it to discover biomarkers to benefit medical research since they succeeded in finding that the protein CDX2 can help identify a smaller group of Stage II colon cancer patients who would benefit from chemotherapy.
Sahoo's use of a "bioinformatics approach" allowed the team to differentiate gene expression patterns, and this found specific genes that take part in stem cell differentiation which allowed the team to find the biomarker CDX2, he said.
Columbia University's Dalerba told the UCSD Guardian that Stage II colon cancer can be cured through surgery. However, about 4 percent of patients require more specialized treatment.
Dalerba explained that the research started off as a computer-assisted search for genes that were associated with a molecular marker known as activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule.
There were two steps to completing this study.
"We reasoned that colon tumors lacking CDX2 would likely contain a higher number of stem-like cells, and would therefore be more aggressive than CDX2-positive tumors," said Dalerba.
Next, the team analyzed a database of cancer gene expression from more than 2,000 patients with known treatment courses and outcomes. The team found that 4 percent of colon cancers lack CDX2. They then used the database to determine if there is an association between CDX2 status and patient outcomes.
By examining data on 466 patients with any stage of colon cancer, the team discovered that CDX2-negative tumors were associated with poorer prognosis. Forty-one percent of colon cancer patients with CDX2-negative tumors survived five years disease-free, as compared to 74 percent of patients with CDX2-positive colon tumors.
Ninety-one percent of CDX2-negative Stage II colon cancer patients survived five years disease-free when they were treated with chemotherapy. In contrast, significantly fewer (56 percent) CDX2-negative stage II colon cancer patients who did not receive chemotherapy survived five years disease-free.


One of the benefits of participating in the DIAL Open Source Center is to bring a higher level of maturity and impact to your T4D open source project. This self-assessment is designed to start your thinking process about what you may be doing well currently, and potential areas to focus on.
Participation in the OSC can help you with some or all of these areas! You need not feel guilty about not having some or many areas "under control". And some may not be relevant to your project.
Once you've gone through this self-assessment exercise with your fellow project maintainers (if any), your next step is to prepare for the OSC Membership Proposal process.
For each of the items below, mark whether your project currently has effort ongoing, if you want to do so, or if you don't think that item is necessary for your project.


Booking your elopement or wedding photographer is one of the most important things for your big day! The photographer is with you the entire day and we are preserving every part of the day for you to look back on later or hang prints on the walls of your home. When selecting your photographer it is important to be mindful of your budget, but there are a lot of other things you should be looking at when making this selection! In this blog post we will explore all of the things that you should be looking for and thinking about when looking for the right photographer! These days your options are endless for photography so it is important to be able to narrow it down from an educated stand point! No matter what, the most important thing is that you communicate and mesh well with your photographer! You want to vibe well with the person that is taking your photos and spending the most intimate day of you and partner's lives with you.
Is the Photographer insured? You are trusting someone to document one of the most important days of your life. It is important they are insured in case anything was to go wrong with the cards they shot on or for any medical purposes. If you are eloping this is especially important in case there is a rare, terrible accident of a camera tumbling down the mountain!
Does this Photographer have experience? Read the photographers bio on their website. Other ways to check the experience level is read reviews, look through their work and you can also get a feel for their experience level through communicating together. Are they able to help you with your wedding day timeline, do they have advice for locations (trails), time of day, colors to wear for your engagement session or connections with any other vendors you may need? When eloping you need to look for a photographer that has experience in photography, but also time spent on the trail and knowledge of leave no trace behind.
Will this Photographer bring two camera bodies or a second shooter? This may seem silly, but we are working with technology and you never know when something may go wrong or break. It is always best to be prepared! A professional should have two camera bodies, and if they do not then hiring a second shooter is always a good alternative.
Will the Photographer give me a contract to sign? Yes, you want a contract! A contract protects you and the photographer. It also should fully disclose what is provided in your package, time that will be spent with you, payment information and when you can expect to receive your images.
You want to ask yourself if you like this Photographer's style. Each photographer has a different style in which they shoot and edit. Looking through the photographer's portfolio can help give you an idea of the colors and over all mood that photographer leans towards. When looking through the photographer's portfolio it is also key to look for consistency. You want to LOVE your photographer's style because you want to LOVE your images at the end of the day. Not sure what you're looking for or have questions??? Always feel free to ask the photographer questions!
Now, let's talk about your budget! So you have found someone you like and can trust, but are they within your budget? It is important to have a budget and to stick with it, but it is also important to hire a photographer that can provide you in focus high quality images that you will love and be able to cherish forever. The average wedding photographer in the Phoenix area is $3,000 where as the average for a wedding photographer in Seattle is $3,500-$7,000. According to Wedding Wire, the average cost of a wedding photographer in the US is between $1,200-$3,000 and photography should be 12% of your overall wedding budget. I do not like to get all into the numbers, but I think that setting a budget is important to do with the basic understanding of how photographers price their packages. A few things that go into a photographers cost are taxes, insurance, gear, editing software, marketing, time spent in prep with the couple, time spent at the wedding or elopement and time spent editing.
I hope that all of this information was helpful to you! If you have any questions please feel free to drop them in the comments or send me an email! If you are feeling overwhelmed looking for a photographer do not fret! Make a list of the photographers you like and organize them by budget, style, what is included and their experience/reviews. Never feel like you can't reach out and talk to the photographer, we are all here for you to help make your elopement or wedding day everything you wished it was!


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An additional use of light deprivation tarps is in the winter time when growing conditions are not optimal. You can cover your greenhouse structure in a single layer or even air inflated double layer of light deprivation tarp. You can cover your clear Polyethylene cover with a light deprivation tarp for a winter grow using an artificial light source. Air inflating this double layer greenhouse will insulate the greenhouse and retain heat as well as help your structure withstand extreme winter conditions.
A light deprivation tarp cover is black on one side and white on the other. You cover your greenhouse with the black side down to trick your plants into thinking it's darker earlier. The white side goes out to reflect the sunlight and keep a consistent temperature inside.
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Neihardt, An American Author and Poet - Neihardt!
"The Song of Hugh Glass" by John G. Neihardt is available in the Neihardt Store NOW!
The movie "The Revenant" is based on the story of Hugh Glass.
A visionary thinker with keen spiritual insight, John Neihardt left us a rich inheritance of wisdom and a legacy of understanding. He was the author of some twenty-five volumes of poetry, fiction, and philosophy. As a young boy, John Neihardt thought that he was going to become a great inventor. He actually designed a steam turbine long before one existed. He lamented in his autobiography, All Is But A Beginning, that he would actually had a working model if he could only have afforded the fifty cents it would take for a tinner to fabricate. Neihardt after a severe illness and a "vision-dream" changed his life course and began writing. Many interesting stories about that part of his life are found in the second volume of his autobiography, Patterns And Coincidences.
Perhaps his most well known work is Black Elk Speaks. Neihardt was searching for some "long hairs" (Native Americans that still remembered the old ways) to help him understand the Ghost Dance Movement that swept across the plains in the late 1800s. On a trip to Pine Ridge, he found Black Elk and the next year he began meetings and interviews with the Sioux Holy Man that resulted in the book and also tremendous information for the writing of A Cycle Of The West, his tremendous epic poem covering the westward movement across America from 1820 to 1890.
If you don't know Neihardt, discover him!
Shortly before his death, John Neihardt was recorded for a vinyl record released in 1974. This excerpt on the creative process was taken from that recording and is the basis for this video. The music was written by grandson Robin Neihardt and the project was produced and edited at Skyyrim Studios.


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Behind the Secret the Sugar Industry Was Hiding
In the 1960s, the sugar industry fueled research that led to years of nationwide deceit.
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A ground-breaking study published in JAMA Internal Medicine in September 2016 has implied that for nearly 60 years, the sugar industry was hiding a major secret.
The report revealed that the Sugar Research Foundation - now known as the Sugar Association - was responsible for secretly paying nutrition scientists to publish findings that would transition the cause of heart disease from sugar, to fat and cholesterol, reported NPR.
Sugar Industry Deceit
In searching through internal documents that were decades old, a team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, concluded that the sugar industry wanted to minimize the correlation between sugar and cardiovascular health. Downplaying its effects on the heart and on health overall, the sugar industry effectively switched the blame from sugar and sweeteners to fats and cholesterol in the 1960s by funding the work of professors at the Harvard School of Public Health. This nutritional trend that pointed toward fats as the culprit, continued for decades.
"What struck me was that I thought the evidence the researchers summarized in the review was stronger and more consistent for a sugar effect than for a fat effect," said study author Stanton Glantz of the UCSF. "No matter how good the evidence was linking sugar to heart disease, there was something wrong with it. But for fat, the evidence was fine. They set up a false dichotomy."
For years, the sugar industry was hiding something.
According to the authors of the latest study however, the point was not to focus on the link between sugar and heart health, but instead to highlight that the SRF aimed to sway scientific data in its favor, reported TIME. Doing so would have effectively helped their business. Though they do not necessarily believe that the industry physically altered the findings in the published paper, the researchers did note that:
"There is 'circumstantial' evidence that the interests of the sugar lobby shaped the conclusions of the review," according to TIME.
The Real Culprit of Heart Health
Regardless of this recent revelation that major scientific findings were likely influenced in the favor of the sugar industry, the nation at large is still under a cloud of deceit. Sugar, fat and cholesterol - and everything in between - are all to blame. Consuming a Standard American Diet is the fastest path to heart disease, the leading killer in the U.S. Conversely however, according to our experts at Hallelujah Acres, the best way toward optimal heart health is through a primarily raw, plant-based diet.
Eating raw fruits, vegetables, leafy greens and organic whole grains can help support strong heart health and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Are you ready to reclaim your health?
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Sotheby's last fine wine sale of the year in London includes a line up of "festive treats" from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and Port.
Taking place on 14 December, the sale includes a "stellar" line-up of claret, with first growths spanning 1982-2000 as well as bottles of 1928 and 1959 Mouton Rothschild as well as 1959 and 1961 Latour.
Top Right Bank estates include Ausone, Petrus and Cheval Blanc, with four bottles of 1945 Ausone (£2,400-£3,000) a particular highlight.
There is also a strong selection of white Bordeaux from Haut-Brion, Laville Haut-Brion and Château Margaux, as well as Sauternes such as 1986 and 1967 Yquem.
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, including a magnum of 1970 Grands Echézeaux, leads the Burgundian consignment, which can also boast wines from Coche-Dury and Domaine Ravenau.
Elsewhere there are cases of 1996 and 2000 Dom Pérignon, 1994 Fonseca, Barolo from the 1980s and 1990s, and Guigal's 'La La's' from 1991, 2007 and 2009.


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Imprisoned Monks
David Marr, Bikkhu Thich Nguyen Nhu, Dang Van Hung, and Nguyen Hong Long
March 11, 1971 Issue
The following letter was written inside a Vietnamese government jail on December 21 and smuggled out shortly thereafter. It is signed by three monks, representing some 500 monks incarcerated mostly for their refusal to bear arms. From a comparison with the earlier handwriting of one of the signators, we believe this letter to be authentic. We also believe that their plight as Vietnamese conscientious objectors deserves the attention of all Americans.
Peaceful Happy New Year!
A Call for Peace from the Imprisoned Monks in South Vietnam
From the dark, narrow and filthy cells, we 500 imprisoned monks in South Vietnam urgently send this call for peace to all goodwill people working to stop the war in Vietnam.
We consider this our duty, firstly because we have opposed this inhuman war by nature since the beginning, and secondly because we are suffering all kinds of ill-treating solely because we refuse to bear arms against our brothers.
We are monks and taoists belonging to the great and popular religions of Vietnam such as Buddhism, Caodaism, and Dao Dua; but above all, we are followers of the greatest and most popular religion in Vietnam, and we believe throughout the world, that is, the religion of Peace. We prefer imprisonment to murder and our ideal reflects that of the majority of the Vietnamese people, especially the peasants who suffer the heaviest calamities in this war.
Since 1960 at the onset of this war, thousands of our monks and taoists have courageously chosen the prison as nonviolent fighters for Peace. As the war escalates, our hardships multiply. Many of us have been killed in insecure areas, withered miserably in the cells and "tiger cages," and waiting hopelessly for more than five years behind the bars.
The South Vietnamese authorities do not recognize the conscientious objector's status of our religious vocation. Before May, 1970, we were prosecuted at the Front Court-Martial as political prisoners with the maximum penalty without revocation. After that date, the Front Court-Martial being judged anti-constitutional by the Supreme Court, we are brought before the military court as simple soldiers convicted of "civil disobedience" and "Disobedience to Higher Orders" (articles 105 and 116, Military Code 1951)
With the same so-called offense, we are sentenced again and again, and shuffled from the induction center to the prison through the court, and we become perpetual prisoners. The purpose of the government is to terrorize us and to demoralize those peace-loving young men who want to follow our examples by refusing and abandoning the war.
On November 1 and December 1, 1970, we have celebrated two ten-day fastings to denounce the above injustice.
We demand:
That those monks and taoists who have been sentenced by the anti-constitutional Front Court-Martial must be set free or rejudged before a civil court;
That those monks and taoists who have completed their terms of "civil disobedience" must be released from prison to return to their pagodas.
To demonstrate to the government our determination against the war, our love of peace, and our defense of religious freedom, fifty persons from among us have opposed the forceful draft and lifelong imprisonment imposed on our monks and taoists by self-destroying our eyes, limbs, and fingers. These people want to make themselves unfit for manslaughter for life as a sacrifice to their religious ideal. We are ready to go up to harakiri and self-immolation to awake the government against its religious oppression. We rather voluntarily give up a part of or the whole of our bodies than to inflict a damage on the lives of our brothers.
On this occasion of Christmas and New Year, we raise this call for Peace to inform the public about the injustice we are undergoing, to give witness to peace-loving people the faith that love and peace will overcome hatred and war. At last, we solemnly burn the incense, close our hands, and pray for all a Peaceful Happy New Year. We cannot have any happiness unless we have Peace. Please have the kindness to pray with us.
Bikkhu Thich Nguyen Nhu
Badge no. 57283
Dang Van Hung
Nguyen Hong Long
Made at Saigon Military Prison, December 21, 1970
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LABOUR GUILTY OF 'ELECTIONEERING' SAYS MP
ALARM CHARGES U-TURN A 'VICTORY FOR THE COMMUNITY'
Motherwell and Wishaw MP, Marion Fellows, has claimed Labour-led North Lanarkshire Council's u-turn on alarm charges are electioneering and a victory for the community.
The u-turn comes only one year after introducing the fee which would have affected 10,000 residents – particularly the elderly.
Those who paid for the £5 a week service will also be reimbursed.
SNP Councillors opposed the charges when first proposed by the Labour council.
Commenting, Marion said:
"I am happy that the community alarm charges implemented by the Labour-led NLC have been scrapped and those who paid the fee will be reimbursed.
"The u-turn shows just how disastrous a decision it was. It took Labour one whole year to respond to the concerns and objections from the community. It is no surprise that this decision has been taken right before the local government elections. This is clearly electioneering at its most cynical.
"Charges put many elderly people, who are already vulnerable, in an even more desperate situation with some choosing to opt out as they couldn't afford the fees.
"Thanks to pressure from the community and SNP councillors, the charge has been reversed. This is a victory for the community and a great example of people coming together to protect the services important to us.
"Votes for the SNP in May's elections are a vote to protect our services and those vulnerable in the community."
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2021 Announcements
Adapting to a Changing Climate, State Asks for Public Comment
Press Release Adapting to a Changing Climate, State Asks for Public Comment
Contact: Luis Jimenez, 916-695-0049, luis.jimenez@opr.ca.gov
Sacramento, CA – California is confronting the climate crisis head-on. On the heels of Governor Newsom's historic $15 billion climate investment, the state today released a draft of the 2021 California Climate Adaptation Strategy. The draft strategy is designed to accelerate climate adaptation action across regions and sectors in California; identify how key state agency actions fit together to achieve these priorities; and build on the successes and lessons learned since the first climate adaptation strategy in 2009. The final strategy will be released as a website that serves as a hub for state climate resilience action.
"Californians are experiencing what scientists have been explaining for decades: climate change is accelerating and threatening our communities and way of life," said California Secretary for Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot. "Catastrophic wildfires, worsening drought, and record-breaking heat now threaten our communities and natural places. This Adaptation Strategy directly responds to these threats. It links together several important efforts already underway to protect people and nature from climate change and prioritizes additional actions we must take. Simply put, there's no time to waste."
The 2021 Strategy integrates key elements of the state's latest sector-specific plans and – for the first time -- includes a success metric and timeline for completion for every action. All metrics and timeframes presented in the draft are still in progress and undergoing internal review. Across the Newsom Administration, steps are being taken, at the Governor's direction, to accelerate climate action timelines where possible. Public input received will inform the state's approach to finalizing the Strategy.
Releasing the final strategy as a website will allow Californians to easily access information on state climate adaptation efforts and allow for more regular updates to reflect progress and adjustments.
State entities across the administration contributed to the development of the draft, which was coordinated by the California Natural Resources Agency and the Governor's Office of Planning and Research. It was also informed by the experience and recommendations of hundreds of people across the state who participated in more than a dozen workshops. Now, with a draft strategy completed, the public is once again asked to step forward and offer additional input.
"While California remains committed to ambitious emissions reductions to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, communities across the state are already experiencing its destructive effects," said Office of Planning and Research Director Samuel Assefa. "To respond to the urgency of the moment, the 2021 Climate Adaptation Strategy establishes clear and strategic outcomes to guide collective action, including an 'All-of-Government' approach to climate resilience. Appreciation goes to our state colleagues and stakeholders who've committed time and energy to develop such an ambitious and actionable path forward. We look forward to continued stakeholder engagement to further strengthen the final strategy over the next few months."
Public review and comment on the draft 2021 California Climate Adaptation Strategy is welcome through November __. This phase also includes a webinar October 22 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. for staff to walk through the draft strategy three regional public comment workshops, and two tribal listening sessions.
The workshop schedule and information will be posted on the 2021 California Climate Adaptation Strategy web page.
Updating this Strategy serves as an important opportunity to identify gaps in the current approach. Early on, it was identified that California lacks an up-to-date framework for addressing extreme heat – a climate impact already impacting every region of the state. To close this gap, the administration is developing a strategic and comprehensive set of state actions that reflect the urgent need for action on extreme heat. Additional information on how to provide input into the Extreme Heat Framework is forthcoming.
About the Governor's Office of Planning and Research
As the State of California's comprehensive planning agency, the Governor's Office of Planning and Research studies future research and planning needs, fosters goal-driven collaboration, and delivers guidance to state partners and local communities, with a focus on land use and community development, climate risk and resilience, and high road economic development.


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Q: distance measure using mpu 6050 accelerometer I want to calculate traveled distance of mpu 6050 sensor using the acceleration of x,y,z. How to get the traveled distance that sensor traveled using accelerometer values by integrating.Can you please explain the code example for getting the velocity and displacement
  a_present = aaReal.x * 9.8;
  a_average = (a_present + a_previous)  / 2;

  v_present = v_previous + a_average * 0.001 ;

  v_average = (v_previous + v_present) / 2;

  s_present = v_previous * 0.001 + 0.5 * a_average  * 0.001 * 0.001;

  Serial.println("v_present " + (String)v_present + "\t\ts_present  " +(String)s_present+"\t\ts_all "+(String)s_all + "\ta_real "+(String)a_present);

  a_previous = a_average;
  v_previous = v_present;
  s_all = s_all + s_present;

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Livingston workouts attracting interest
Adrian Wojnarowski
Free-agent guard Shaun Livingston, fighting back from a devastating knee injury, had private workouts with the Portland Trail Blazers and Minnesota Timberwolves in the past 48 hours and league sources expect him to sign with one of three teams next week.
Livingston worked out in Portland on Friday, and two league sources believed the Blazers are the favorites to sign the ex-Los Angeles Clippers guard. Still, it is unclear whether Portland general manager Kevin Pritchard has been convinced enough to add yet another guaranteed contract to his roster.
Minnesota executives Jim Stack, Fred Hoiberg and coach Randy Wittman traveled to Chicago on Thursday to watch Livingston at Tim Grover's Attack Athletics facility. The Wolves, sources said, were sold on the workout and want to sign him.
The Miami Heat are also still in strong contention for Livingston, a 6-foot-7 point guard. Livingston is planning to work out for Heat president Pat Riley early this week in Miami.
Livingston suffered a devastating knee injury in February 2007, tearing three of the four major muscles in the knee. He missed the rest of the 2006-07 season and all of last season before the Clippers renounced his rights in July after signing Baron Davis and drafting Indiana's Eric Gordon.
Livingston just turned 23 and several franchises were still intrigued with the tremendous possibility he had shown with the Clippers. He was the fourth overall pick in the 2004 draft out of high school and had just started to honor his talent in 2007 when he blew out his knee.
League executives who've watched him estimate his return to full strength at anywhere from 70 to 85 percent. He has shown some of his old explosion in workouts but has tired easily and clearly needs more time to build back the strength in that knee. Signing him would be an investment for the future, with few short-term returns.
"I don't think you'll get anything out of him this year," one NBA executive said. "He's going to need a year to adjust."
Earlier in the week, Livingston had told friends that he believed the Heat were the most interested in him, but that was before the workouts with Minnesota and Portland.
In fact, Miami has been exploring a lot of possibilities, including, three sources told Yahoo! Sports, recent discussions with the Chicago Bulls on several trade scenarios that included Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks for unsigned restricted free agent Ben Gordon, Larry Hughes and possibly Joakim Noah. Yet, those talks died within the past seven to 10 days and sources said there was no indication they would be restarted.
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Factors associated with ultrasound-aided detection of suboptimal fetal growth in a malaria-endemic area in Papua New Guinea.
Preterm or not–an evaluation of estimates of gestational age in a cohort of women from Rural Papua New Guinea.
Determining effects of areca (betel) nut chewing in a prospective cohort of pregnant women in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
Azithromycin-containing intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy affects gestational weight gain, an important predictor of birthweight in Papua New Guinea – an exploratory analysis.
Outcome of infants born to unbooked mothers: a short report from Goroka General Hospital, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
The prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in Papua New Guinea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Posts by Professor Chris Harrison
Professor Chris Harrison is NHS England's National Clinical Director for Cancer and he is Medical Director (Strategy) for The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester.
He qualified in Medicine from Manchester and, following experience in both hospital medicine and primary care, trained in epidemiology and public health.
Chris held a series of Director of Public Health Posts in Lancashire before becoming Cancer Director for the North West Region in 2000, and then Medical Director of Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority in 2002.
He became Executive Medical Director at The Christie from 2006 until 2013 when he moved to London becoming Medical Director at Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust before returning to Manchester in March 2016.
Between 2011 and 2013 Chris was seconded part time from his role at The Christie to be Clinical Director for Cancer to NHS London.
Let's be clear: early diagnosis is crucial for cancer patients
Professor Chris Harrison
Working to end variance in cancer care
The aim is a radical improvement in outcomes for cancer patients


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// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the MIT License.

using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using NUnit.Framework;

namespace Azure.Core.Tests
{
    public class JsonObjectSerializerTest
    {
        private static readonly JsonObjectSerializer JsonObjectSerializer = new JsonObjectSerializer(new JsonSerializerOptions()
        {
            PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase
        });

        [Test]
        public void CanSerializeAnObject()
        {
            using var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
            var o = new Model {A = "1", B = 2};

            JsonObjectSerializer.Serialize(memoryStream, o, o.GetType(), default);

            Assert.AreEqual("{\"a\":\"1\",\"b\":2}", Encoding.UTF8.GetString(memoryStream.ToArray()));
        }

        [Test]
        public async Task CanSerializeAnObjectAsync()
        {
            using var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
            var o = new Model {A = "1", B = 2};

            await JsonObjectSerializer.SerializeAsync(memoryStream, o, o.GetType(), default);

            var aB = "{\"a\":\"1\",\"b\":2}";
            Assert.AreEqual(aB, Encoding.UTF8.GetString(memoryStream.ToArray()));
        }

        [Test]
        public void CanDeserializeAnObject()
        {
            using var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("{\"a\":\"1\",\"b\":2}"));

            var model = (Model)JsonObjectSerializer.Deserialize(memoryStream, typeof(Model), default);

            Assert.AreEqual("1", model.A);
            Assert.AreEqual(2, model.B);
        }

        [Test]
        public async Task CanDeserializeAnObjectAsync()
        {
            using var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("{\"a\":\"1\",\"b\":2}"));

            var model = (Model)await JsonObjectSerializer.DeserializeAsync(memoryStream, typeof(Model), default).ConfigureAwait(false);

            Assert.AreEqual("1", model.A);
            Assert.AreEqual(2, model.B);
        }

        public class Model
        {
            public string A { get; set; }
            public int B { get; set; }
        }
    }
}

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Q: Insert a raw image in my Website I've got a raw image : either a Bitmap object, or a byte[]. How may I include it in my website (in an .cshtml file), without saving it on my computer ?
I'm using c#, and the project follow the MVC structure.

A: You can put the image in your html as a base64 string. However, You do need to know the mime-type of the image as well because that has to be prefixed to the string.
For example:

As a rendered example, this will show a dot:


Alrighty, a great task has befallen upon me. It's time to upgrade our W8.1 enterprise app to run nativly on W10!
We'll see how many steps we'll need for this as we go along the migration. But here's step 1!
1. I've just upgraded my work pc to W10 with a fresh install of Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise. (I've also installed the W8.1 SDK).
Microsoft has the following document that describes how to convert the solution and its projects to the UWP.
In addition to the given steps, I've also moved the entire Shared codebase (from the W8.1-shared project) to the UWP. I won't be needing the phone project anymore (it was empty anyways), so I just deleted it.
Trying to convert our PCL's to use W10 instead of W8.1 didn't quite work. For some reason, VS always changes W10 to W8.1 again… I've decided to remove these projects and recreate them as a new Universal Windows Class Library.
A good tip from a colleague: Create your new project, edit the project file and copy all ItemGroups to the new project. VS2015 seems to not like dragging a group of files and folders into its projects. It only added the root-level objects/folders and ignored any childs. But if you look with "Show all files", all the things are there!
Copying the ItemGroups is also very usefull when working with linked files. As these don't exist on the same path in the filesystem, you can't copy them from there.
3. Now onto the errors.
Most of these are namespace issues and are easy to fix.
I'm having some (bigger) errors after updating prism to its W10 version. But that wasn't a surprise, we've made quite some changes and hooks into prim their navigation service to do some work for us. So we'll have to look into this in more details tomorrow.