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#WhatsYourStory Featuring Jim Campain
Jim Campain spent the majority of his career devoted to working with children, youth, and families as a mental health provider.
His interest in writing the Mysterious Miss Snoddy series is to introduce young readers to basic historical facts about our country by captivating them with an exciting mystery. His wife Jan is his inspiration and they spend their time together in Colorado and Louisiana, enjoying the best the mountains and gulf have to offer.
One of my first loves in life was a tablet. Not a Surface Pro 6, Samsung Galaxy, or Apple iPad but a Big Chief tablet. It wasn't wireless with a chrome case and ten inch screen. Instead, it was bright red with the face of a noble Native American chief gazing sternly around my first grade classroom.
I was in country school with twelve other students, grades K-8. Odds are I had ridden my pony on the opening day of a new school year, with my Big Chief tablet safely tucked away next to number 2 pencils, a water color paint set, and a bologna sandwich. With my name printed on the impressive cover, I opened it up to reveal wide- lined, off-white pages. The alluring scent of a new tablet was unlike anything I had experienced before.
Granted, some sheets had knot-like blemishes the size of half-dollars, but that mattered not. There were assignments to complete, problems to solve, and, most importantly, stories to create.
Fast forward some fifty years. I had finished presenting a conference workshop at a western university and was approached by members of a California community. They asked me to come to their organization and train them in the material I had just presented. I had a dozen reasons why others could do a better job than me and gave them names of people I considered more expert on the topic. "No, we'd like you to come," they responded. I persisted to assure them that others had more data, authority, and proficiency, but they would have none of it. Then they said the five words that changed everything for me: "Just tell us your story."
That simply sentence unlocked unforeseen opportunities and released reluctance and doubts within me. For the next few years, I had the privilege to teach, train, and consult in sixty communities across twenty states. I believe it was because stories allowed me to connect with others on a deeper and more meaningful level. "Stories go far beyond simply revealing facts and data — stories emotionalize information. They give color and depth to otherwise bland material. [Readers] become emotional owners of the story you are telling," (Peter Guber). Apparently, the story line I wove into the data that day struck a chord with them.
I wrote a great deal during my career as a clinical social worker. However, my writings were limited to case notes, client histories, behavioral observations and assessments, clinical evaluations, and court reports. Only after I retired did I venture into the world of fiction. In the past two years, I've had three middle grade historical fiction stories published by Hot Chocolate Press, and a fourth coming in the Spring of 2019.
This series, The Mysterious Miss Snoddy, tells the stories of a teacher with a questionable past, and three of her students who are determined to uncover a secret she's been hiding. My goal, as an American history buff, is to capture middle grade readers with an adventure while making important events in our country's past come alive. I like to think of the series as history wrapped in a mystery. The inspiration for the series stemmed from a casual conversation with my wife when she mentioned that her older brother had an elementary teacher named Miss Snoddy. Apparently, little was known about this woman. She was somewhat of an enigma, however, the memory of the high-topped, black, lace-up shoes she wore everyday left a lasting impression. With three grandchildren aged nine and ten, I realized what they could and would do with the poor woman's name. From there, I created her mysterious past and wed it to history. Voila! A series was created that has found its way into twelve school and public libraries. This series has been enjoyable to write and has emerged with a certain ease and very little angst. It may be that as I've studied the science of writing, I'm released to let the art of writing flow more freely.
I've been fortunate to learn from many excellent authors and teachers in northern Colorado and have enrolled in classes offered by Northern Colorado Writers (NCW). The finer points of writing, as well as the gestalt of defining oneself as an author, has been an empowering and enlightening experience. My business cards now include the title, Author.
I believe in the Creator and that a creative gene resides in all of us. I find it interesting how many people enthusiastically answer, "Yes!" when I ask if they have a story in them. There may be any number of keys to unlock that creative spark … writing did it for me.
When not appreciating the mountains of Colorado, Jan and I spend our time in Louisiana Cajun country enjoying the Gulf. The potential for a new story rests around every peak and bayou.
The Mysterious Miss Snoddy: The Orphan Train
Ava, Ellie, and Griffin are very fortunate children. They have families, friends, a nice school, and enjoy many privileges in their lives. When a classroom speaker tells them about the Orphan Train, they become interested in the children who rode the train in search of loving families. After learning that not everyone who adopted children treated them well, the kids are angered and decide to do something about it. The three friends convince Miss Snoddy to take them back in time to purchase tickets on the Orphan Train so they can protect innocent children from evil-doers.
Everything goes as planned until the unthinkable happens and their friendship is threatened. Ava, Ellie, and Griffin must dig deep and trust in each other, Miss Snoddy, and new friends in order to survive.
Where to Buy The Mysterious Miss Snoddy: The Orphan Train


We must turn to a leprechaun to find this elusive and pot of gold — Dr. Edward Hallowell. His book, "The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness" contains stories, research on happiness, and insight from raising three children and advising families for several decades.
Here are the five childhood roots of adult happiness: connection, play, practice, mastery, and recognition. Notice the absence of the words discipline, consequences, praise, reward and punishment. Dr. Hallowell gives many wonderful examples of the importance of connection and how to get more of it without instilling fear and punishment.
Hallowell's research on happiness adds credibility to the book. Even though happiness is subjective, many researchers have studied this enigmatic state. The fundamental fact that he uncovered is this: a strong parent-child connection is the foundation to happiness.
Hallowell's book and my parenting approach nestle together like two spoons. What I call mutual respect and encouragement is called by Hallowell creating "confident can-do kids" by allowing them to try, to fail and to recognized efforts. This foundation for a positive parent-child connection also nurtures resilient children.
Kids who are allowed to fail and who are encouraged to practice more will find more happiness because they can bounce back from setbacks. Kids can take risks when they are confident they can fall back the mattress of unconditional love because they are not beholden to please parents or make them proud.
This book will make you feel good about how you connect to your children now and how to improve it. I loved reading it because of Dr. Hallowell's informal writing style. It feels like he is talking to you and sharing what he has learned — from a not-so-perfect childhood and not-so-perfect parenting, that we can all relate to.
BTW — Come to a one-night positive parenting workshop tonight, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 in Acton, Mass. Act don't Yak. Walk-ins welcome. 7-9 pm at the R.J. Gray Junior High on Charter Road, off Route 111 in Acton. Hope to see you there.
Every parent strives to be good and create happy memories like the one above. All we have to be is good enough. There is no perfect parent or perfect childhood.
"I'm a bad mother," said "Zoe" a young mother of three children, 7, 5 and 2, at my "Act Don't Yak" workshop on how to cut the yelling last week in Littleton.
"Zoe" repeated that statement several times during the workshop on positive parenting techniques. "I'm doing so much wrong," she said sadly.
I empathize with Zoe's guilt, pain and desire because I have lived it. I started taking parenting workshops when I recognized what I was doing wasn't working.
RECOGNIZING is about 80 percent of the process. Buddhist nun Pema Chodron says that after recognize comes refrain, relax and finally, resolve.
This means we parents must manage our emotions — including guilt. We only have to be parents for 24 hours when the guilt sets in, along with new empathy for our own parents. It hurts to realize that WE have messed up because we care about our kids so much and we want the best for them. We all mess up.
I usually start my programs with a story of one of my major mess-ups. My story of a horrible-no-good-terrible-day frees up parents to share theirs. And all parents have those moments, words and days that we regret.
Zoe resolved to start the journey to change, to take more workshops and improve her parenting skills. It will take time, attention and worse, backsliding and starting over again after failure.
That's where self-encouragement comes in. Sarah, the mother of six, shared at a workshop how she handled a difficult situation with her teenage son. We gave her feedback on what she did right — which was a lot. Sarah walked away feeling better about how she responded to the situation. This is priceless. We can practice self-encouragement when we recognize-refrain [the hardest two to achieve] then find the path to relax and resolve.
Taking a step back from parenting at a workshop allows insight, camaraderie with other parents, laughter, forming a positive parenting plan and starting self-encouragement to better manage the inevitable parent guilt. I hope to see you at one — with a friend.
NOTE: Join us at a Positive Parenting Seminar, "Act Don't Yak" on Monday Jan. 9, 2012, 7-9 pm in Littleton. Click here for info.
I joined a gym in November to get in shape. Many people are joining gyms this month as part of a new year's resolution. We all know that words [and resolutions] are cheap — watch the feet [and the follow-through].
Pumping iron is repetitious and sometimes boring, much like parenting. With a positive attitude and eye on the long-term goal, pumping the iron of parenting habits will bring rewards.
Bob is the best. While raising the four kids, we made sure to carve out "we time" to keep our marriage going. It was a good habit, like going to the gym.
I'm headed to Paris for a week with my starter husband of 31 years. (We started young) and I'm worried about keeping up my new exercise and eating habits.
The same is true for parenting. Vacations interfere with setting up good habits. Dessert looks too tempting. We skip a few days of our new routine. The days and desserts pile up and we give up. The new habit is forgotten.
Which is why we need to read blogs, connect with parents at parenting workshops, read parenting books, evaluate what you're doing, co-parent from the same playbook, and get parenting coaching.
A couple I'm coaching privately, I'll call "Meg and Mike," long for a closer family. They've crossed the first of four hurdles described by Buddhist nun Pema Chodron: Recognize, Refrain, Relax, Resolve.
It takes courage to recognize that what you're doing isn't working. In seminars, I tell the story of hitting a low point over a pair of green boots with my son Ian, then 2 years old. His brother was 3 and a half, and his sister 5 years old. The green boots incident motivated me to get serious about new parenting habits — in spite of excuses — holidays, sliding backwards, missing days, messing up and beating myself up for past mistakes.
The bottom line: there are no perfect parents, perfect people or perfect bodies. We go to the gym because we feel better and make incremental progress, that isn't always easy to see. We know it's good for us and will protect us if we succumb to that dessert and miss a few days of workouts. So we keep at it and look at the long-term goal.
As it is with parenting. The long-term goal is important. We will slip and slide along the way. We must have faith in ourselves and our kids while building better habits for a positive family environment, and a healthy lifelong family connection.
Act Don't Yak is an easy-to-follow 2012 resolution.
"It's so hard to make new habits," parents say in my parenting seminars and private practice. It's true — ANY new habit is challenging to establish and maintain.
Think of a habit as a groove on a record — yes, an old-fashioned LP. When you are stuck in a groove, the record keeps getting deeper as it replays itself. Parents sound like a broken record when they threaten, punish, praise, reward and spank. These negative parenting practices do NOT develop long-term good decision making, and they erode a parent-child relationship.
Take the lead from your kids and start with small steps. Rotate practicing one of the habits each week for three months. Write them out on index cards or 8 x 11 sheets as in the photo at left, and post them on your bathroom mirror as a reminder. They are deceptive simple, extremely effective and will bring results for tots-to-teens.
1. Have regular family meetings to connect, communicate, share the load of housework, empower children, and practice mutual respect. Set the goal of having them weekly, every-other-week or monthly. They create the foundation for everything you want your family and child to be.
2. Act don't yak [Dr. Sam Goldstein]. This one habit can transform your family communication from horrendous to harmonious. Stop threatening, yelling and repeating. Say it ONCE and then take action. This applies to kids of all ages. Otherwise kids tune parents out and become mother-dear and father-deaf.
4. Learn the art of encouragement, also known as constructive praise. GIVE UP using "I'm so proud of you," which creates external motivation and can only be used after success. Start saying, "Well done! How do you feel about it?" "Look at what you did. Tell me about it." Encouragement can be given after failure. Ask, "What did you learn?" "What would you differently next time?" Give them courage to try again and cultivate intrinsitic motivation.
5. Use natural and logical consequences that follow the three Rs- Related, Reasonable and Respectful [Dr. Jane Nelsen]. Otherwise your kids will resort to the negative three Rs– Resentment, Rebellion and Revenge. These get uglier and more dangerous as children mature into teens and have more freedom.
See free tip sheets on encouragement, natural and logical consequences and family meetings, or order the book for reinforcement.
These positive parenting practices are built on a foundation of mutual respect — where everyone has rights and responsibilities and is treated with dignity. Mistakes are looked upon as opportunities to grow and learn NOT as reasons to punish. Accomplishments, pride and new skills belong to a young person — NOT to parents.
You can do it. Start small. Encourage yourself by noticing progress. Any progress is improvement. Comments always welcomed.
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Q: Angular 5 .- Components property is not beeing updated??? why? So I have this progressLoaderComponent:
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { Subscription } from 'rxjs/Subscription';

import { ProgressLoaderService } from './progress-loader.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-progress-loader',
  templateUrl: './progress-loader.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./progress-loader.component.scss']
})
export class ProgressLoaderComponent implements OnInit {

  public prgLoaderSubscription: Subscription;

  // Loader Type
  public prgLoaderType;

  constructor(private _pl: ProgressLoaderService) {
    this.prgLoaderType = 'spinner';
   }

  ngOnInit() {
    this.prgLoaderSubscription = this._pl.loaderSubject$.subscribe(data => {
      this.prgLoaderType = data.loaderType;
      console.log('**************************', this.prgLoaderType);
    });
  }

}

and the progressLoaderSerice:
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { Subject } from 'rxjs/Subject';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';

@Injectable()
export class ProgressLoaderService {

  private loaderSubject = new Subject<any>();
  public loaderSubject$ = this.loaderSubject.asObservable();

  constructor() { }

  setLoaderType(loaderType) {
    this.loaderSubject.next({loaderType: loaderType});
  }

}

from a other component I do call the setLoaderType() like:
    this._pl.setLoaderType('WTF!!!');
now the console.log() in the progressLoaderComponents onInit()-subscription does output WTF!!! but whatever I try, the property prgLoaderType is not beeing updated.. how can that be?

A: Based on your shared code, I created an angular project on stackblitz.
Take a look. https://stackblitz.com/edit/stackoverflow-51212347
I don't see anything wrong with your code. It should work the way it is, I didn't modify it. Check out app.module.ts to see if you got the imports right. Also in app.component.ts I'm calling your service every 1 second for 10 seconds, and as You can see the variable in your component is being set every time.

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Tesla-Hertz EV deal is a climate change tipping point for national car rental fleets
The economics of the rental car industry give companies including Avis Budget Group and Enterprise Holdings multiple reasons to go slow on the adoption of electric vehicles. Just think of how much money they make every time a renter forgets to return a car with a full gas tank. But on Monday, the rental car companies received the biggest reason yet to move quicker to EVs as part of their fleets. The deal between Hertz and Tesla for 100,000 vehicles is a signal to the major car rental companies that a strategy for EVs is going to be needed, and maybe sooner than they had planned on it.
It was not a surprise to auto industry analyst John Healy of Northcoast Research that Hertz is the first among the small group of major rental car companies to place a big bet on EVs. After an era of industry consolidation, the three companies represent as much as 95% of the car rental agencies at an airport terminal: Enterprise owns Alamo and National; Hertz owns Dollar and Thrifty; Avis combined with Budget. But it's only Hertz that has offered EVs in any significant way to date, and its focus was limited to the niche market of luxury renters using its premium services such as Ultimate Choice.
"There hasn't been a lot going on in electric," said Healy.
That "ultimate" vehicle category offered consumers access to high-end electric cars from Porsche and Tesla, among others, but the numbers were at the level of a "few hundred" in the fleet versus the 100,000 Teslas in the Hertz deal. "They were trying to make money renting cars, not meet this niche," Healy said of the main competitors. Hertz saw the affluent renter combined with an EV "intrigue" factor as enough of a reason to experiment on the margins of the business, "but nothing more than that," Healy said.
Enterprise and Avis Budget did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
If demand hasn't been there yet to justify a major spend on an EV fleet, the Hertz deal may be the signal that the time has come. But there are big economic hurdles for the rental car industry to overcome that are related to hesitation about EVs to date.
As Hertz prepares to re-IPO after restructuring under private equity investors and with former Ford CEO Mark Fields in as interim-CEO, the Tesla headline gives it another way to differentiate itself in a consolidated rental car space. But ultimately EV fleets are an issue the major rental car companies are all going to need to work through as part of sustainability commitments and new economic thinking.
Dan Ives, analyst at Wedbush Securities who covers Tesla, said the rental car fleets were always viewed as "untouchable" because of the scale of their bulk purchases. "The fact that Hertz dove into the deep end of pool and is spending over $4 billion, that was never even on the radar for the likes of a Tesla," he said. But now it represents a tipping point not only in EV interest from the market but the supply that Tesla can produce with its factory operations expanding around the world and, within the U.S., to Austin.
The rental car industry represents 1.5 million to 2 million cars per year, a significant part of new sales.
"For Tesla that is 2 million cars that were never on the radar," Ives said.
Tesla reached a $1 trillion market capitalization on Monday after the deal was announced.
"This announcement is a clear signal from Tesla that they can deliver a large volume of vehicles," Jonathan Smoke, chief economist at Cox Automotive, wrote in an emailed statement to CNBC.
Size of EVs for rental has been an issue beyond the luxury market with the sedans too small for most renters' preferences, but that is changing with the production of more crossover EVs and other hybrid vehicles. The crossover utility segment accounted for 50% of EV sales in the second quarter.
While the carbon footprint of the car rental industry has not been a primary focus of the U.S. government, the pressure is expected to increase in the future and there has been talk among those who follow the industry, Healy said, that President Biden wants the rental car companies to commit to electric vehicle fleets.
"The government push is yet to be determined but it's probably not going away," Healy said.
The car rental agencies have sustainability in their business models, such as Enterprise's carbon offsets program and a longstanding research affiliation it has in the biofuels area. Enterprise has reported on Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emissions for years, but not the scope 3 emissions that occur at the tailpipes of its fleet cars. Avis Budget also offers carbon offsets, carbon footprint estimates for corporate clients and cites its acquisition of car-sharing company Zipcar as part of its sustainability initiatives. Avis Budget reports 21,000-plus hybrid vehicles in its fleet globally.
Shareholders advocates focused on ESG have pressed the issue with Avis and Hertz. Shareholders asked Avis to purchase 40,000 EVs. A Hertz shareholder climate resolution in 2020 included EVs as part of a broader discussion on climate change. "Hertz' standard rental car business currently has only three hybrid electric vehicle options at select locations for consumer rentals, with no all-electric vehicles. While Hertz has taken steps to improve energy efficiency for its operational facilities, the impact of the company's fleet remains insufficiently addressed," shareholder advocacy group As You Sow wrote in the 2020 measure.
Driss Lembachar, manager of transportation and infrastructure at Morningstar's Sustainalytics ESG risk evaluation business, said car rental companies are less exposed to car emissions than automakers, given that the ultimate responsibility for emissions and meeting fuel economy standards from a regulatory point of view mainly rests with car manufacturers. But the fuel efficiency and age of a car rental company's fleet and its renewal (or lack thereof) is material to investors since these areas impact its attractiveness and customer satisfaction/retention levels.
Sales in the U.S. of zero emissions cars continue to rise, with more than 168,000 zero emission vehicles (battery, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell electric vehicles) sold in the second quarter of 2021, a 33% increase and 122,000 units more than the same period in 2020, according to industry trade group Alliance for Automotive Innovation. It noted Q2 2021 sales represented 3.8% of the auto market, their highest percentage ever. The auto industry is investing $330 billion in electrification by 2025 and it forecasts more than 130 zero-emission vehicles and 30 hybrid-electric models will be available in the next five years.
The upfront expense for the rental car companies from EV adoption, not only in the purchase price of cars, but in the build out of the charging station infrastructure they would need, have been major reasons for moving slowly, and the current economics of the rental car business makes staying with gas-powered cars attractive. Rental companies make money every time a car is returned without a full tank of gas, and while that represents only about 5% of total revenue, according to Healy, it is high margin revenue. While business models can presumably be developed to charge for "topping off" an EV, there is no established practice for that today.
That is one of the unknowns the rental car agencies are going to experience in a steep learning curve for fleet management with EVs. The timing of EV charging has to be taken into account as part of moving cars in and out of agency lots, and there are basic questions they still can't answer: how many charging stations will they need, and how many will have to be fast-charging. It takes two minutes if not less to put gas in the car, but it could take hours to charge a car and that time differential could be significant in meeting customer demand.
Analysis of older EVs in recent years as Tesla customer service received scrutiny showed that they can present a unique maintenance and servicing profile. Hans-Werner Kaas, Senior Partner at McKinsey and Company, told CNBC in 2019 that fixes for EVs may be less frequent overall, but more expensive, and equipment including ride control and tires may require more frequent service or replacement due to the higher curb weight and acceleration of electric vehicles.
There are potential economic advantages that EVs may offer rental car companies. They could potentially save money on maintenance and the residual value of the cars hold up better. But all of the unknowns associated with unit economics on EVs have taken precedence over any potential economic benefits.
"Their view was that there is not enough infrastructure and no salivating custom that wants it, so why change anything?" Healy said. "There view has been 'we will wait and see, but now is not the time."
For Hertz, in process of coming back to the public market with an IPO, the timing is good for a big announcement related to its positioning versus competitors.
The major car rental agencies have tended to follow each others' moves in recent history whether it is marketing approach or how they charge customers for various services, and with the space consolidated among the major three players, there will be pressure on Avis Budget and Enterprise Holdings to make moves in the EV space. That could be with Tesla, though they might be getting in line for deliveries behind Hertz, or the major automakers, including GM and Ford, planning to produce a large number of EVs in the years ahead. Rental car agencies have historically focused fleet purchases on the U.S. automakers before adding units from overseas.
"I would think Avis and Enterprise need to respond with something," Healy said. "This has been a been copycat business for the last 50 years and that won't change."
Ives cited a saying about the car industry, that with bulk orders there is never just one. "I would be shocked if the other competitors of Hertz haven't put in calls to Tesla," Ives said.
With a changing consumer landscape and more interest in EVs, the rental car agencies will risk losing business if they move too slowly. Healy expects more consumers in the future will be willing to pay extra to try an EV. "If I can rent a Tesla for an extra $40 a day at Hertz … and Avis doesn't have it, I might try. … There is a customer who will respond to this and on the margins, Hertz is in a better spot."
For Tesla, the deal is a good way to introduce consumers who have never driven an electric vehicle before to the technology, especially as the sales prices of EVs relative to traditional cars come down to a level where there is more room for mass adoption.
"Every consumer that gets into a rental car car could be a conversion to a buyer … it's an extended test drive," Ives said.
If the rental car industry remains hesitant, it isn't because the companies lack the money to spend on EVs. "The industry has never been more profitable," Healy said. Amid the chip shortages that have limited car production, fleet size is only up 15% against demand that is now back up to 80-85% of the pre-pandemic level, according to Healy. The value of the cars on their balance sheets also have been appreciating in contrast to the typical depreciation they would expect in used cars.
The coming quarterly results should show record profitability and in the current market of high demand and limited car supply, the rental car companies are able to charge as much as double what would have been normal pricing in the past. "If you need the minivan in Florida you are going to pay $100 rather than $75 a day," Healy said.
There also isn't much else out there for these companies to buy even as their balance sheets are strong with the industry controlled by the three main players, making more consolidation less likely.
Healy said more changes are occurring across the auto landscape and beginning to get the focus from the businesses ancillary to the carmakers. He covers the auction space and noted that Manheim, the largest auction house, recently said in an investor presentation that it will retrofit 53 auction locations with 127 EV stations for charging and the diagnostic work on battery condition it needs to perform to properly assess the value of an EV up for auction. "We starting to see some change among adjacent companies in the industry," Healy said.
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Watch "EcoChamber" blogger Emily Hunter on MTV Canada tonight!
Emily Hunter with one of the huge earth-movers that's instrumental to Alberta Tar Sands development. Watch her documentary tonight on MTV.
Emily Hunter, This Magazine's resident environmental blogger, took an MTV Canada documentary crew to Alberta's Tar Sands over the summer to see the devastation that's unfolding there for herself. She's currently working on a feature story for the magazine, but the documentary she made is airing tonight on MTV Canada, at 8:30 PM EST. The show is part of MTV's new "Impact" series of half-hour special documentaries by young journalists and activists. Tonight, Emily visits Fort Chipewyan, one of the most heavily affected and polluted downstream sites from the epic, landscape-scarring development happening around Fort McMurray. It's an up-close look at one of the most important public issues in Canada, and is definitely worth checking out.
The doc also has a Facebook group; you can follow Emily Hunter on Twitter for more information about her upcoming projects, with This Magazine and elsewhere.
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Food-based proteins can help address child malnutrition in developing countries
Contrary to popular belief among world relief workers, children in developing countries may not be eating enough protein, which could contribute to stunted growth, a Johns Hopkins-directed study suggests.
Study could pave way for new treatment strategies for PKU
Phenylketonuria, also known as PKU, is the most common inherited disease affecting amino acid metabolism. Children are tested for PKU at birth, and babies diagnosed with the disease must adhere to a highly restricted diet to prevent permanent intellectual impairment.
Flagship launches Rubius to develop functionalized red blood cells for treatment of serious diseases
Flagship Ventures, a leading innovation and venture firm focused on healthcare and sustainability, announced it has launched Rubius Therapeutics, to develop functionalized red blood cells for the treatment of autoimmune conditions, metabolic diseases, cancer, and other serious diseases.
Houston Methodist-led research team one step closer to developing technologies to fix broken bones
A collaborative research team led by scientists at Houston Methodist is one step closer to developing technologies that could help mend broken bones faster. The Department of Defense awarded close to $6 million to the Houston Methodist Research Institute for an initiative aimed at studying two new materials to repair complex fractures in long bones.
GMP protein can improve gastrointestinal health by protecting digestive system from pathogens
The protein glycomacropeptide (GMP) is derived from whey, the liquid by-product of the cheese-making process. GMP contains low amounts of the amino acid phenylalanine. Individuals who suffer from phenylketonuria—a metabolic disorder that causes cognitive impairment when phenylalanine level is too high—can use GMP as an alternative protein source. GMP supplementation has also been observed to improve gastrointestinal health by protecting the digestive system from pathogens and by having an anti-inflammatory effect.
Intrexon, Synthetic Biologics form ECC to develop and commercialize novel biotherapeutics for phenylketonuria
Intrexon Corporation, a leader in synthetic biology, and Synthetic Biologics, Inc., a clinical-stage company focused on developing therapeutics to protect the microbiome while targeting pathogen-specific diseases, today announced an Exclusive Channel Collaboration (ECC) to pursue the development and commercialization of novel biotherapeutics for the treatment of patients with phenylketonuria (PKU), a serious and debilitating metabolic disorder.
Biologists discover vulnerability of brain cancer cells
Biologists at MIT and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research have discovered a vulnerability of brain cancer cells that could be exploited to develop more-effective drugs against brain tumors.
Mylan gets tentative approval from FDA for two pediatric dosages of abacavir/lamivudine tablets
Mylan Inc. today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Laboratories Limited has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its New Drug Applications (NDAs) for two dosages of abacavir/lamivudine tablets for oral suspension for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in pediatric patients.
TSRI study examines body's own response against chronic protein misfolding
"Protein misfolding" diseases such as cystic fibrosis and Alzheimer's may be seriously exacerbated by the body's own response against that misfolding, according to a new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute.
Researchers reprogram nonribosomal peptide synthetases for clickable amino acids
A single targeted mutation is enough to alter a natural peptide system so that it also incorporates non-natural amino acids into peptides, report Swiss scientists in the journal Angewandte Chemie.
Merck enrolls first patient in reformulated raltegravir Phase 3 trial for treatment of HIV-1 infection
Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the company's global Phase 3 clinical trial, ONCEMRK.
Researchers discover molecular "switch" in receptor that controls cell behavior
If scientists can control cellular functions such as movement and development, they can cripple cells and pathogens that are causing disease in the body.
Kinase inhibitors: an interview with Jan Hoflack, CSO of Oncodesign
Kinase inhibitors are molecules that block the activity of kinases. Kinases are a specific class of enzymes. They are extremely important in signal transduction processes in the human body meaning that they actually regulate most of the physiological processes that take place in the body.
Dopamine synthesis increased in patients at high risk for psychosis
UK study results show that patients at ultra-high risk for psychosis have elevated dopamine synthesis capacity in the dorsal striatum.
Powerful new technique can manipulate the building-block molecules of organic chemistry
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have developed a powerful new technique for manipulating the building-block molecules of organic chemistry. The technique enables chemists to add new functional molecules to previously hard-to-reach positions on existing compounds-making it easier for them to generate new drugs and other organic chemicals.
F-DOPA PET/CT imaging alters management plans for patients with brain cancer
Imaging amino acid transporters with positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has been shown to significantly alter intended management plans for patients with brain tumors, according to research in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
Scientists uncover critical genetic mutation in patients with MDS
Scientists have uncovered a critical genetic mutation in some patients with myelodysplastic syndromes - a group of blood cancers that can progress to a fatal form of leukemia.
WSU receives NHLBI grant to develop new CF treatments
A Wayne State University research team led by Fei Sun, Ph.D., assistant professor of physiology in the School of Medicine, recently received a grant with an anticipated amount of nearly $1.9 million from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to better understand how this defective protein in cystic fibrosis patients is prematurely digested.
Insight into acrolein-induced acute lung injury
Metabolon, Inc., the leader in metabolomics, biomarker discovery and biochemical analysis, announces the publication of "Integrative Metabolome and Transcriptome Profiling Reveals Discordant Energetic Stress Between Mouse Strains with Differential Sensitivity to Acrolein-Induced Acute Lung Injury" in The Molecular Nutrition and Food Research Journal.
Scientists develop new method for enzyme immobilization
Virtually all processes in the human body rely on a unique class of proteins known as enzymes. To study them, scientists want to attach these molecules to surfaces and hold them fast, but this can often be a tricky undertaking.


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Should brands shift to pop-ups and showrooms over traditional stores?
In a previous post, we highlighted five reasons why e-commerce brands still need a physical presence, but we don't think that that physical presence needs to be traditional store. Two new models, the showroom and the pop-up have emerged, and we think they can be just as effective if not more so than a traditional physical store.
According to Pop-Up Republic, pop-ups have driven $10 bn of sales annually and are continuing to grow. Even big brands like Nordstroms have created in-store pop-ups embracing the trend. Why are pop-ups so popular? And how can they be effective for growing brands over having their own retail store? And where do showrooms fit in?
As a temporary location, a pop-up can provide ample flexibility for experimentation. As a brand, you can lease different size spaces in different locations at different times of year to figure out what works for your brand and resonates with your customers. The inherent transience of a pop-up allows you to A/B test different concepts, something that e-commerce brands are already doing all the time on their websites. Think of a pop-up as an opportunity to A/B test key variables like size, location, layout and assortment of your physical stores. In addition to these benefits, pop-ups are also a temporary expense thereby minimizing the risk of making a bad, long-term financial decision.
The great thing about a pop-up is that it's something new and temporary. These two elements can combine to encourage customers to buy now and to buy more than they otherwise would. Because they know your store won't be there forever, customers are encouraged to make their purchase right when they see something they like rather than waiting until the next time they come back. While a physical lease runs 5 - 10 years, most pop-ups won't be in a single location for more than three months.
For many emerging brands, the goal of their physical presence (whether wholesale or other), is ultimately to drive traffic to their higher margin direct to consumer business. Not only do pop-ups help you maintain your margin, but they accomplish a similar objective. If the customer was curious about your store, they'll search for you online and be more likely to buy something than had they not walked by your pop-up. In a lot of ways, you can think of pop-ups as more like event marketing rather than a distribution channel.
In a world of social media, pop-ups become even more attractive because there's an easy and convenient way to share the fact that you're opening a pop-up with consumers. What's more, it creates an opportunity for a conversation with your customers over social media in which you invite your loyal followers to come visit you in person. In the pre-social media days, it would have been very difficult to actually attract customers to your temporary location.
Most showrooms tend to be permanent and have been used successfully by brands like Warby Parker. While traditional stores hold inventory, pop-up shops often do not. Instead, they give the customer an opportunity to experience the product, decide what he or she likes and then place the order. Instead of walking out with the item, the customer gets the exact product they picked out delivered to their home.
In a world in which physical retail stores are closing left and right, brands are searching for a great way to connect with customers and own the customer experience without taking on the liability that a physical retail store often comes with. The great thing about both pop ups and showrooms is that they derisk the financial investment required in creating your own physical space. In the case of the pop-up, the fact that it's a temporary space limits the financial risk. In the case of a showroom, the fact that there's little to no inventory investment is a different way to minimize that same financial risk.
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MEISTER RAISES $25,000 FOR COUNCIL BID
More than 100 donors support Lauren Meister for City Council
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA, Tuesday, July 8, 2014— West Hollywood City Council Candidate Lauren Meister raised $25,117 from 106 donors between February and June 2014, according to campaign finance reports filed with the City of West Hollywood.
Meister's fundraising total exceeds her total fundraising in each of her previous campaigns for City Council, and are unprecedented among non-incumbent West Hollywood City Council candidates with nine months remaining before the election.
"Thanks to the people of West Hollywood and the small businesses of West Hollywood who have showed me their support," Meister said. "As I have gone around West Hollywood listening to voters, they have shared my love for the City, and my hope for our future, and their support shows their confidence in me as a City Councilperson."
Meister campaign advisor Scott Schmidt added, "Lauren's efforts these past few months have given her a real head start, and her donors' diversity and support show that she will be a Council person for all of West Hollywood—not just the special interests."
Of Meister's 106 donors, 76 were residents of West Hollywood and nine were businesses or property owners in the City.
A former Public Safety and Planning Commissioner, Lauren Meister is a City Council candidate in the 2015 West Hollywood municipal elections. To learn more about her campaign, please visit www.Meister4WeHo.com.


Page Comparison - Configuring Keystores in WSO2 Products (v.68 vs v.69) - Carbon 4.2.0 - WSO2 Documentation for your Wiki!
After you have created a new keystore and updated the client-truststore.jks file, you must update a few configuration files in order to make the keystore work. Note that keystores are used for multiple functions in WSO2 products, which includes securing the servlet transport, encrypting confidential information in configuration files, etc. Therefore, you must update the specific configuration files with the relevant keystore information. For example, you may have separate keystores for the purpose of encrypting passwords in configuration files, and for securing the servlet transport.
The wso2carbon.jks keystore file, which is shipped with all WSO2 products, is used as the default keystore for all functions. However, in a production environment, it is recommended to create new keystores with keys and certificates.
The primary keystore mainly stores the keys certifying SSL connections to Carbon servers and the keys for encrypting administrator passwords as well as other confidential information. The Keystore element in the carbon.xml file, stored in the < PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/ directory must be updated with details of the primary keystore. The default configuration is shown below.
The sec.policy file stored in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/ directory should be updated with details of the keystore used for enabling Java permissions for your server. The default configuration is shown below.
Make the following changes in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/identity.xml file.
If you want to use NIO sender, change the <transportSender> section in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/axis2/axis2.xml file accordingly as shown below.


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"Heptachlor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A man-made compound previously used to control termites and other insects. Even though production of heptachlor was phased out of use in the United States during the late 1980's it remains in soil and hazardous waste sites. It is clearly toxic to animals and humans but, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has determined that heptachlor is not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans. (From ATSDR Public Heath Statement, April 1989)
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Heptachlor".
Heptachlor [D02.455.526.439.516]
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Heptachlor Epoxide
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Ever feel like you're living in a movie of the week?
We had received the absolutely stunning news that my request for Sir Paul McCartney's autograph on Habitat's Beatles-themed piano had been approved. While we had missed the chance to make this happen in nearby New Orleans, we were excited for the opportunity to complete the mission via a road trip to Louisville, Kentucky.
So on Monday, Oct. 27, shortly after 8 a.m., East St. Tammany Habitat for Humanity President and CEO Debbie Crouch and I hopped into a van, following Habitat's ReStore Manager Eric Jones who was driving the Habitat Truck. With piano in tow, we headed north for what was supposed to be a 10 hour drive to our Louisville hotel. This would ensure that we had plenty of time to have everything in place once logistics for the next day were finalized.
A fuel stop en route, in Philadelphia, Mississippi, would throw a wrench, both figuratively and literally, into those plans. With that began a series of events that led to an adventure unlike anything we could have imagined.
Shortly after that fuel stop, the truck engine began sputtering and cutting off, making for a series of stops and starts along the interstate, leading to what became an inevitable detour in Eutaw, Alabama, in search of a mechanic. After a bit of a drive, we found the heart of the town and a GMC dealership, but learned they were unable to help us as the truck engine probably required specialty parts they could not obtain. We were redirected to nearby Tuscaloosa, to Bobby Park Truck & Equipment, Inc.
Though it was a relatively short jaunt, it seemed to take forever, what with the continuing mechanical problems all along the way. As we pulled into Bobby Park, we had high hopes that a quick fix would have us on the road in no time.
We were greeted by the proprietor, Mr. Bobby Park himself. He knew not what gem was secured inside the Habitat truck, as we were not able to disclose our secret mission. He knew only that we were stranded en route to Kentucky and went out of his way to assist us. A quick diagnostic confirmed that it was indeed the bad diesel that had clogged the fuel filter, and he fast-tracked the repair, having a part delivered and replaced. About an hour or so later, we were back on our way to Kentucky. What great service.
Our joy was short lived when shortly after our departure, the truck began to choke and stall once again, necessitating a pullover and pause, then a restart.
This would continue for far too many hours in what would have many questioning whether our sanity had been overruled by our perseverance. After a few calls and texts, to Debbie's husband, Gary, and another mechanically inclined friend, both of whom provided "telephone diagnostics," we stopped to purchase a fuel additive that we had been instructed should help clear remaining water from the fuel. We were cautioned that we may still experience difficulties as remnants of the bad diesel continued to burn off along the way. It seemed to help, for a while at least. So our journey continued.
I received an email from our Sir Paul contacts, advising us of the logistics, with a scheduled arrival of 2 p.m. on Tuesday, to allow for unloading and set up and a signing around 6 p.m. At this point, we were thankful that we had departed a day early, to allow plenty of time to make the trip.
Meanwhile, back in Slidell, artist Lori Gomez and Slidell Magazine Publisher and Editor Kendra Maness (who had literally stopped the presses to hold the November edition for this story,) departed shortly after 6 p.m., also headed to Louisville. The duo had planned to drive straight through the night and find a hotel upon arrival.
Shortly after 8 p.m., well 12 hours into our journey, we received a text from Lori and Kendra, asking our location, and advising us they were just 27 miles outside of Tuscaloosa. Though they had departed nearly 10 hours after we had, they were only a few miles behind us.
We shared the tales of our Long and Winding road, and at this point, all we could do was laugh or cry. We chose to find humor in the situation, which made it far more bearable. For every challenge and pause, we found a Beatles song to lift our spirits.
"Debbie said just don't beep and wave as you pass us," I texted to Lori.
(Beep, beep, beep, beep, yeah!)
"Well, y'all didn't have to wait for us!," she replied.
"Very freakin' funny," I retorted.
"We're laughing with you," she said. "But we're really sorry you all have had so much trouble."
"It's really been a somewhat amusing adventure," I replied. "You just can't make this stuff up."
And so we continued the attempt to make it to our destination. After more sputters and crawling along the way at a snail's pace, I texted again.
"Oh," I said, "I forgot to tell you, we got pulled over by a cop…His name was Sgt. Pepper."
Her response, in all caps: "SHUT UP!"
"Actually, that's pretty funny," she said, still thinking I was serious.
"Yeah, it was," I replied.
"The good news is, we were invited to join his Lonely Hearts Club Band. We have our first gig on Friday…oh, and we got a Ticket to Ride."
Dead silence. Perhaps she was unamused.
At 12:30 a.m., we received another text advising us the two had stopped to fuel up, 161 miles from Louisville.
They had passed us up. Though they left over nine hours after we did, they passed us up. Unreal.
At this point, we realized they probably had driven right by when we had detoured to a truck stop to pick up more fuel additive.
We got back on the road and continued our journey.
That text was followed shortly after by yet another text.
"Hi, right next to you."
And there they were, in the car alongside us, nearly 17 hours after we began our 10 hour drive, and still a good three hours from our destination.
At this point, sanity took the wheel and we decided it was time to find a hotel and get a few hours of rest, then seek additional mechanical assistance in the morning.
Alas, around 2 a.m., in White House, Tennessee, we pulled into the Holiday Inn Express and secured the only three hotel rooms remaining.
The front desk clerk, Christie, was the epitome of southern hospitality, pleasant, cordial and compassionate after hearing of our plight. Again, not knowing what precious cargo we had on board, she told Kendra she has a friend who is a mechanic who may be willing to come take a look at the truck.
And so at 2 a.m., a White House mechanic made a hotel call to attempt to fix the problem. (You just can't make this stuff up!)
He confirmed that the recently replaced fuel filter was severely clogged yet again, which we had been forewarned may happen depending on the severity of fuel contaminants. He cleaned and replaced the filter. Could this be the last of our problems?
Meanwhile, I was upstairs in the hotel room that I would be sharing with Debbie, working on the Sir Paul story and layout for Slidell Magazine. Though the room was located on the third floor, I could hear folks downstairs, clearly having a jovial time. I assumed our room was facing the pool area and there was a party going on.
I remember thinking to myself, "Bunch of folks, cutting up. Poor Debbie is so tired. She's not going to be happy when she makes it back up to the room and can't sleep."
A few minutes later when Debbie arrived, I learned that the raucous bunch that I had heard was our own gang, sharing a few beers and laughs with Landon the White House mechanic and Christie the clerk, with the latter of the two abstaining from the beverages because she was on duty.
As it turned out, while she was working out the mechanic details with Christie, Kendra felt a need to help make the bad situation a little more bearable.
"We're from Louisiana," Kendra told Christie. "Must. Have. Alcohol."
"Oh, White House doesn't sell alcohol after 10 p.m.," said Christie.
As Kendra's last glimmer of hope started to fade, Christie added, "But the 24-hour Walmart across the street sells beer."
In that moment, she became Kendra's new best friend.
As the long day came to an end, each of our gang headed back to their hotel rooms to catch a few hours of sleep. By 7 a.m. we were ready to hit the road, confident that this latest repair had fixed the problem, once and for all.
And so ended Day One of our journey, with yet another Beatles song.
It's been a Hard Day's Night.
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The Beatles piano auction has ended with a final bid of $98,888
This website initially was created to chronicle the quest for autographs from the two surviving Beatles on a piano created for East St. Tammany Habitat for Humanity.
While the blog presents the adventures (and misadventures) of this epic journey, the actual signings are covered in the posts on The Beatles Adventure page, titled "Starr Struck," (October 18) and "Sir Paul Says, 'Yes'," (November 24.)
Click the photo of Ringo Starr for a direct link to the auction listing at CharityBuzz.com. Proceeds from the auction have enabled East St. Tammany Habitat for Humanity to provide an affordable home for a deserving veteran and his or her family.
Thank you to all who have been part of this journey!
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Q: saving variables within function - python I'd like to save to disk all the variables I create within a particular function in one go, so that I can load them later. Something of the type:
>>> def test():
      a=1
      b=2
      save.to.file(filename='file', all.variables)

>>> load.file('file')
>>> a
>>> 1

Is there a way to do this in python? I know cPickle can do this, but as far as I know, one has to type cPickle.dump() for every single variable, and my script has dozens. Also, it seems that cPickle stores only the values and not the names of the variables, so one has to remember the order the data was originally saved.

A: Assuming all of the variables you want to save are local to the current function, you can get at them via the locals function. This is almost always a very bad idea, but it is doable.
For example:
def test():
    a=1
    b=2
    pickle.dump(file, locals())

If you print locals(), you'll see that it's just a dict, with a key for each local variable. So, when you later load the pickle, what you'll get back is that same dict. If you want to inject it into your local environment, you can… but you have to be very careful. For example, this function:
def test2():
    locals().update(pickle.load(file))
    print a

… will be compiled to expect a to be a global, rather than a local, so the fact that you've updated the local a will have no effect.
This is just one of the reasons it's a bad idea to do this.
So, what's the right thing to do?
Most simply, instead of having a whole slew of variables, just have a dict with a slew of keys. Then you can pickle and unpickle the dict, and everything is trivial.
Or, alternatively, explicitly pickle and unpickle the variables you want by using a tuple:
def test():
    a = 1
    b = 2
    pickle.dump(file, (a, b))

def test2():
    a, b = pickle.load(file)
    print a

In a comment, you say that you'd like to pickle a slew or variables, skipping any that can't be pickled.
To make things simpler, let's say you actually just want to pickle a dict, skipping any values that can't be pickled. (The above should show why this solution is still fully general.)
So, how do you know whether a value can be pickled? Trying to predict that is a tricky question. Even if you had a perfect list of all pickleable types, that still wouldn't help—a list full of integers can be pickled, but a list full of bound instance methods can't.
This kind of thing is exactly why EAFP ("Easier to Ask Forgiveness than Permission") is an important principle in duck-typed languages like Python.* The way to find out if something can be pickled is to pickle it, and see if you get an exception.
Here's a simple demonstration:
def is_picklable(value):
    try:
        pickle.dumps(value)
    except TypeError:
        return False
    else:
        return True

def filter_dict_for_pickling(d):
    return {key: value for key, value in d.items() if is_picklable((key, value))}

You can make this a bit less verbose, and more efficient, if you put the whole stashing procedure in a wrapper function:
def pickle_filtered_dict(d, file):
    for key, value in d.items():
        pickle.dump((key, value), file)
    except TypeError:
        pass

def pickles(file):
    try:
        while True:
            yield pickle.load(file)
    except EOFError:
        pass

def unpickle_filtered_dict(file):
    return {key: value for key, value in pickles(file)}

A: If you are not satisfied with the API of pickle, consider shelve which does the pickling for you with a nicer dict-like front end.
ex.
>>> import shelve
>>> f = shelve.open('demo')
>>> f
<shelve.DbfilenameShelf object at 0x000000000299B9E8>
>>> list(f.keys())
['test', 'example']
>>> del f['test']
>>> del f['example']
>>> list(f.keys())
[]
>>> f['a'] = 1
>>> list(f.keys())
['a']
>>> list(f.items())
[('a', 1)]

A: You can use pickle to store objects in files:
>>> a = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
>>> a
{'a': 1, 'c': 3, 'b': 2}
>>>
>>> import pickle
>>> pickle.dump(a, open('a.dump', 'wb'))
>>>
>>> a = None
>>> a
>>>
>>> a = pickle.load(open('a.dump', 'rb'))
>>> a
{'a': 1, 'c': 3, 'b': 2}
>>>

More information at: http://docs.python.org/2/library/pickle.html

A: You can pickle multiple variables by making them attributes of an object, or elements in a dictionary. In either case it saves the name as well.  It's not quite as convenient as save in MATLAB, but it's better than nothing.


Women all over the world get folic acid supplements in early pregnancy to prevent birth defects. But are they getting the right forms of the vitamin they need?
Eighty years ago scientists thought that folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, just might be a miracle drug. For about a decade, some researchers had thought that anemia and folic acid deficiency were the same disease. That wasn't quite right, but in 1931, researcher Lucy Wills discovered that folate (the form of vitamin B9 found in food) could reverse anemia in pregnancy . In 1941, a group of scientists was able to extract vitamin B9 from spinach leaves ("foliage," giving the compound the name folic acid) . In the 1960's scientists concluded that folic acid was essential for preventing neural tube defects (such as spina bifida) and cleft palate in newborns (although it's not just a deficiency of folic acid that causes these problems), and governments all over the world started requiring folic acid to be added to food.
In 2017, there is a long list of countries that require addition of folic acid to at least one form of grain: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Republic of Moldova, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Suriname, Tanzania (United Republic of), Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, and Yemen . However, if you live in Russia, or in China, or in Japan, or in the European Union (other than the UK), there isn't any artificial folic acid added to your food. Why does that make a difference?
Your body can't use folic acid (the synthetic compound) or folate (the form of the vitamin found in food) without first converting it into an activated form called methylfolate. This requires an enzyme called methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, or MTHFR. Many women (and men) carry one or both of two mutations that cause a tiny change in the structure of the enzyme so that it doesn't work efficiently.  For them, just taking any old vitamin supplement doesn't do a lot of good.
What scientists know is that more methylfolate goes into cells than folic acid . In women who have the MTHFR mutation, folic acid gets "parked" outside cells because they can't absorb it, so it stays in the bloodstream. You'll get a better lab test (higher folic acid numbers) , but a smaller benefit.
At least one study has found that methyfolate is likely to prevent miscarriage .
Scientists also know that women who get methylfolate instead of folic acid during pregnancy are less likely to have anemia after they give birth . There was a time, when diets were generally poorer for women all over the world, that many new mothers died from anemia not long after having their babies.
Is Methylfolate Better At Preventing Birth Defects Than Dolic Acid?
Scientists aren't quite as sure that the vitamin supplement methylfolate does a better job of preventing birth defects than folic acid.
That's because it's not a "folic acid deficiency" that is the culprit in birth defects such as spina bifida and cleft palate.
The trigger for these birth defects is the accumulation of homocysteine, a natural substance that becomes inflammatory when it accumulates to high levels.
To regulate homocysteine, your body needs activated folic acid, but also activated pyridoxine (vitamin B6) and methylcobalamin (vitamin B12).
No research team is going to run experiments depriving women of selected vitamins just to see if one is more important than another, so the best guess is that methylfolate probably does a better job of preventing birth defects than folic acid.
But one thing methylfolate does that ordinary folic acid cannot is it allows a vitamin B12 deficiency (which can also cause birth defects and anemia) to be spotted sooner .
It's not hard to get the prenatal vitamins a mother really needs. Folic acid is extremely cheap, but methylfolate won't break the bank. A month's supply costs less than US $10.
Simply start taking methylfolate and avoid "fortified" grains and flours and bakery goods.
It doesn't hurt to take the "right" forms of vitamins B6, usually labeled PLP (pyridoxal 5'-phosphate, which distinguishes it from pyridoxamine, pyridoxal and pyridoxine and their phosphate esters), and B12 (methylcobalamin), too. They just might make the critical difference that protects your baby from birth defects. And you may feel a lot better that you otherwise would after your baby is born.
Trying to get pregnant - why do you need to take folic acid?


Do you need to discount only a few items on a sale and track the discounts in the Back Office? Do you want to measure the success of a marketing campaign or provide discounts to liquidate specific merchandise? Using tags and creating associated discounts is a great way to accomplish this.
Say you have two products "Catapult Coffee" and "Space Foam" that haven't been selling well. You aren't planning to carry these going forward but want to sell out the inventory rather than return it to the supplier. To get this inventory moving, let's offer a 10% discount on these products.
First we want to tag both products so that we can target them using a Discount Plan. In this example we'll tag them "no longer carrying"
Next, let's add a discount plan to apply the 10% discount and track the usage of this discount.
In the Conditions section, we'll make this discount Auto Apply so that the discount automatically applies as soon as a budtender adds one of the tagged products to a sale. Leave this set to No if you prefer to have budtenders manually select the discount.
Next, select Add condition > Tags. Start typing "no longer carrying" into this field and the tag we created earlier will appear as predictive text. Click or press enter/return on your keyboard to add the tag to this discount plan.
Select all listed Roles, so that this discount will auto apply no matter what user is logged in to the Register app.
Open the Register app, and ring up a few products including one or two of the products you are no longer carrying.


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When you look through the record book of the 10-time state champion team, you'll see familiar family names through generations of the storied program, which has produced 29 individual state champions.
But C.J. Pillath didn't realize what his last name meant to the Cougars' legacy until he went into his grandfather's basement in eighth grade.
"I was just digging through some stuff in the basement, and I found some pictures of him in high school and he was getting his hand raised and stuff," said Pillath, a senior. "That's kind of when I started taking wrestling more serious."
Pillath went on to have his first winning season that year after learning about the impressive athletic résumé of his grandfather, Roger, who won back-to-back heavyweight state titles in 1959 and 1960.
Roger Pillath also anchored Coleman to its first WIAA team state title in 1960 before going on to become a two-time Big Ten champion at the University of Wisconsin. He went to UW after receiving a football scholarship to play offensive line, and later was drafted by the NFL's Los Angeles Rams and the AFL's Buffalo Bills in 1964.
But what sticks out most to C.J. Pillath about his grandfather is what he did following his brief career in pro football.
"I think his coolest accomplishment was after he was done in the NFL, he came back," Pillath said. "I think it's cool how he came back and gave back to (Coleman)."
Pillath is striving to do the same as a leader on this year's Cougars squad, which is aiming to make an eighth straight WIAA Division 3 state appearance and win a fifth title in six years.
Individually, Pillath will be trying to improve upon a pair of fourth-place finishes and join his grandfather as one of the program's state champions. But he doesn't feel any pressure to do so.
He just wants to be a positive role model for his younger brothers, Josh, a sophomore, and Hunter, who is 5.
Just like his maternal grandfather was a role model in helping to raise him: "I'm trying to set an example for both of my brothers with my last name."
Pillath took the maiden name of his mother, Carrie, when he was in eighth grade. Pillath said he hasn't seen his father since he was a young child. He was raised by his mother and maternal grandparents, Roger and Irene, who have two daughters.
For C.J. — which stands for Christian James — taking on the Pillath name is allowing the family wrestling legacy to add another chapter in the Coleman record book.
"C.J. has had a great maturity level for his age and maybe it was because of his upbringing," Coleman coach Kevin Casper said. "It hasn't been an easy road for him sometimes. But I think he's handled it really, really well."
Perhaps Roger Pillath's greatest contribution to the Coleman wrestling team — and the favorite one of C.J. — was when he returned to the school as the team's coach from 1971-79.
After winning a state title as coach at Port Washington in 1971, Pillath returned to his alma mater, where the sudden death of coach Jim Douglas before the 1970 state tournament had many in the community concerned about the program's future success.
Although Pillath didn't win a state title at Coleman as a coach, he brought discipline to the program that helped shaped the lives of young men in the community, said Casper, a 1979 Coleman graduate.
"He was a huge influence," said Casper, who is entering his 26th season as Coleman's coach. "We take great pride at Coleman with the tradition of the program. When you look at the different names, with Pillath being one of them ... it makes you feel good as a coach of a program with that kind of tradition."
Casper feels good about C.J.'s chances of adding to that.
After going 43-11 last season, Pillath will remain at the 220-pound weight class this season. He wrestled primarily at 285 as a sophomore and freshman.
"Nobody usually can hold him on the bottom, and he's gotten to be a great rider and pinner on top," Casper said. "Each and every year he's gotten better. I think if he continues to get better on his feet, and can take people down, I think the sky is the limit for him."
Pillath has built an impressive résumé in his own right at Coleman as a three-sport athlete. He was an all-M&O Conference tight end and linebacker in football this year and is a three-time state medalist in the shot put.
Pillath plans to pursue football or track and field in college, so he would like nothing better than to end his wrestling career on a high note.
"I feel like I have a good chance for a state championship," Pillath said. "Right now, I'm thinking one match at a time."
10 wrestlers to watch
Zac Benton, sr., Ashwaubenon: Will attempt to return to D1 state after qualifying for the first time at 138. He went 34-12 as a junior.
Mason Berceau, sr., Luxemburg-Casco: The only returning D2 state qualifier for the Spartans. He will aim to win his first state medal after qualifying at 126 and 138 the past two years.
Walker Christensen, sr., Seymour: Finished as the D2 runner-up at 120 pounds in his second state appearance as junior. He'll try to become the Thunder's third state champion in program history.
Thomas Degeneffe, jr., G.B. West/Southwest: One of two D1 state qualifiers last year for the Trocats, which hadn't had a qualifier since 2006. He went 24-5 to advance at 113 for the first time after having his gallbladder removed early in the season.
Alec Ingold, sr., Bay Port: Went 48-4 and posted 23 pins to advance to D1 state for a second straight season at 195 pounds. He is one of three returning individual state qualifiers from the Pirates' state runner-up team.
Dewey Krueger, sr., Oconto Falls: After winning a D2 state title at 132 as a sophomore, will try to win a second title after finishing as the 145 runner-up last season. The three-time state qualifier went 83-4 the past two years.
Hunter Micolichek, sr., Pulaski: The only returning D1 wrestler from the area to medal last season. He placed fourth at 285 pounds and is one of four returning state qualifiers for the Red Raiders.
Casey Nelson, sr., G.B. Preble/East: After making his first D1 state appearance at 195, will try to make it 14 straight years the co-op program has had at least one qualifier. He recorded a first-period pin against Bay Port's Ingold last year.
C.J. Pillath, sr., Coleman: One of four returning state medalists for the defending D3 champion. He placed fourth at 220 last year after placing fourth at 285 as a sophomore.
Garrett Siolka, jr., Bonduel: Posted one of two D3 runner-up finishes for the Bears last season. He will try to advance to state for a third time after placing second at 113 as a sophomore.
Returning state qualifiers not already listed
(Last season's weight)
Division 1: Matt May (152), jr., Pulaski; Bradley Prentice (120), sr., Pulaski; Brady Shulfer (120), so., Bay Port; Ryan VanDeWalle (285), sr., Bay Port; Levi Van Lanen (182), sr., Pulaski.
Division 2: Stetson Burmeister (170), jr., Wrightstown; Mitchell Overbeck (285), sr., Southern Door; Hunter Pawelski (132), sr., Southern Door; Josh Verbeten (132), jr., Wrightstown.
Division 3: Jordan Blanchard (113), so., Coleman; Elton Kelsey (120), jr., Oconto; Marc Lansin (132), sr., Coleman; Bryan Ozak (138), sr., Oconto; Jensyn Schaal (126), sr., Coleman; Dan Tauchen (152), sr., Bonduel; Aiden Wusterbarth (106), so., Oconto.


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Hand lettering is not my forte. Not to say that I don't like it. I love browsing through well-crafted hand lettering. I'd like to be good at it. I need to practice a lot more though. This is all stemmed from mindless doodling.
Perhaps I can spend my Summer practicing lettering. I'd also like to try using my right hand for writing and drawing. I can write with the right hand if I have to, but boy, oh, boy, es ist nicht gut.