When people I know think "stoner" they think "low-life, jobless, welfare sucker." They don't think of people like me with a full-time, 8-5 job. They don't think of the people who work two jobs, have no children, and receive no aide from whichever state that individual may live in. Contrary to what many believe, think, or feel… here's a breakdown of the people I know who smoke weed and lead a seemingly "normal" life.
We're not low-lifes. Not all of us at least. I have a full-time job. I work hard. I try to make ends meet or a little more.
The stoners like me who I've met are not generally partiers. We don't go out clubbing. At best, my friends and I (my friends who smoke or don't smoke all hang out together), sit around and drink a few glasses of champagne or beer and play cards.
We're responsible and we know what we have to lose by being too out-of-control with our leisurely habits.
Many of us suffer with mental illnesses and marijuana helps those mental illnesses.
There are a plethora of other things I could say. But I think the most important thing is doing the comparisons of me now vs. me when I was drinking all the time. I used to buy a case of beer and huge handle of vodka every week. Go through it all. In my home state that would set me back at least $30 a week. At least. In Colorado that sets me back way more than that usually. Whereas… smoking weed? I might spend $60 every month or two. I didn't quit drinking completely… but I have basically given up getting drunk. I will sit down and have a few drinks here and there. Maybe a glass or two of wine occasionally after work. A margarita here and there. Sometimes I might even catch a buzz. But… I've just realized that the benefits and cons and pros and whatever of weed… have far outweighed those of alcohol.
Generally speaking, I believe most individuals think of complete drug addicts who put their addiction before their responsibilities when they think about weed smokers/stoners. And I'm here to tell you firsthand: that's not what many of the people I know are. We work full-time. We have friends but, get this, some of our friends don't even imbibe. I have friends who don't touch the stuff but they don't judge me for doing it. I don't do it in front of them. Even so, they are aware that I smoke and that has not caused them to lose respect for me. They still hold me highly, let me play with their children, and still consider me as a part of their family. And why? Are you curious as to why? It's because I hold a stable, full-time job with a company who is legit and works hard. It's because I work hard. I have two jobs. Plus I work weekends watching dogs through Rover. Not to mention my writing. I'm busy even if it seems like I'm not busy.
You have to smash the idea that all people who smoke weed are bad people. You have to smash the idea that all people who smoke weed are irresponsible nimrods. It just isn't the case. I have met plenty of people who do plenty of different types of drugs. And you know what? Not once have I met a stoner since moving to a legalized state who doesn't hold a full-time job or two jobs or three jobs. I have not met a single stoner who can't handle the responsibilities in their lives.
The weed industry has the potential to create jobs, revenue, and help normal people like myself. Weed has made such a monumental difference for me. I'm more focused. I'm happier. I'm calmer. My anxiety doesn't act up nearly as much. I laugh a lot more (sober or high shut up it's not just a cliché thing). I wouldn't say I'm completely happy. I also wouldn't say I'm as unhappy as I once was.
But I've done the math. And… get this… I'm saving money by smoking weed. I can smoke every day and still make an eighth last me about a month (maybe even longer). I can buy a quarter and make that last me two months or more. And that's smoking every day… a couple bowls a day. So don't sit there and tell me that I'm a bad person when one of the leading causes of death in my school district growing up was alcohol-related. Car accidents mostly. A couple suicides. I never heard anyone say, "Yeah, dude, he drove off that bridge 'cause they were high and it killed everyone in the car." No. Two of my very good friends were killed in a drunk driving accident when I was in high school. Not a "high" driving accident.
And listen, marijuana… it was a huge part of the social groups when I was in high school. I smoked it. None of my friends really did. But, whatever. And never once did I kill anyone because of it. It was there but we never heard about deaths caused by it.
Colorado is beautiful. But I'd rather move home, get back on my feet, and be able to take vacations. The only problem with that? I think, as far as my mental illnesses and health is concerned, I would see a decline in the progress I've made.
People say that someone like me uses weed as a scapegoat. I don't. I like it. I will be the first to admit that. I don't need it. But it really helps me. I'd take a bowl over a beer any day. I'd take being high over being drunk and then hungover any day. I can't be drunk around my family because we fight too much. I get stupid when I'm drunk and I don't like that person.
Weed can be used as a beneficial substance. You know how many alcoholics I've had say to me, "You're just using weed as an excuse." Yeah…and what the f*** are you using alcohol as? It doesn't make anything better. Numbs you for a while and then what? You get to feel all that pain from before tenfold. And that just doesn't feel okay to me. Weed? I still feel all the pain. But you know what? It clears my head enough to allow me to see alternatives. Alternative routes to take with my life as far as my future is concerned. Alternative ways to handle situations. Alternative ways of thinking. It opens me up. It doesn't shut me down.
Do I have a stable job/income?
Can I hold a stable job/income?
Do I have somewhat of a social life?
Can I handle my responsibilities?
If I had to quit tomorrow smoking…could I?
Number five remains a very tricky question for me. Because while I wouldn't consider myself an alcoholic… I will admit it would and could and will be hard for me to quit in the near future if/when I decide to move back to my home state. And then I feel bad because that could mean my priorities are not aligned.
But for all those who drink on a regular-to-daily basis… ask yourself the same questions. And I bet number five would be just as tricky for you. Because for me it was a really hard question for a really long time. And now there's no question. Hands down if I had to give up alcohol for the rest of my life right now… I would. Bye. I don't need it or really even want it. Most alcohol doesn't even taste good to me anymore.
So when someone looks down upon you for smoking weed because it really does help you… tell them to shove off. Because it truly isn't their life and as long as you can answer the above questions with mostly "yes" answers… I think you're doing just fine.
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Aisha returns from UK, says President is recuperating fast
MTM June 6, 2017 | 30 | | Aisha Buhari
Mrs. Buhari, on arrival, conveyed the appreciation of the President to Nigerians over their constant prayers and said he will soon be with them as he is recuperating fast.
Mrs. Buhari called on Nigerians to continue to be strong in the face of challenges and to support the Federal Government in implementing the agenda for which they were elected.
'Mr. President thanked the acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo for his loyalty and called on Nigerians to continue to support the acting President in his effort to actualize the mandate of the All Progressives' Congress (APC).' She said.
Mrs. Buhari traveled the UK last week to spend some time with the President.
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Accidents & Hazardous Conditions
Can you blow up a car by shooting the gas tank?
by Cherise Threewitt
Could this fire have been caused by a bullet hitting the car's fuel tank? (Probably not.)
(PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
On one hand, it seems like it would be really difficult to cause enough damage to a gas tank to cause a fire or an explosion. After all, car manufacturers put a lot of reinforcement around the entire fuel system. They have to. A hard enough hit to a fuel tank will almost certainly result in the fatalities of anyone in or close to the car. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the government agency that creates and enforces safety standards for vehicles sold in the United States, has really strict regulations in place to make sure that a fuel tank won't be impacted in a crash. They do this by conducting side-impact and rear-impact tests on all new cars, calculating the damage to ensure it falls within acceptable standards and then releasing the data to the public in the form of safety ratings. (The NHTSA also standardizes non-gasoline systems, such as hydrogen, compressed natural gas and electric vehicles' batteries.)
On the other hand, well, cars do fail those tests sometimes, which implies that gas tanks might not be protected as well as they should be. Also, getting rear-ended or T-boned isn't quite the same as getting shot at, is it? So what happens when the impact is caused by an extremely fast bullet (one that also happens to be hot from friction) rather than blunt force? Television and movies would have us believe that a car's fuel tank will blow up instantly anytime a shot penetrates the rear of the car. Even when filmmakers are a little lax with their accuracy, it's somewhat plausible. After all, gas is highly flammable. That's how and why it's able to power your engine. It's not unfathomable that firing a few hot bullets into the tank could replicate the detonation process that happens in the car's engine, and that's what makes this hypothetical scenario (as well as those action-movie scenes) so believable.
To finally put this theory to rest, Discovery Channel's "MythBusters" gave it a shot. A Cadillac sedan was shot with several bullets, all aimed right into the fuel tank — and nothing happened. The six shots went in one side and right out the other, without any drama whatsoever. There was no explosion and there was no fire. So far, no one else has stepped up to the plate to replicate this experiment (at least, not that we know of) so the "MythBusters" test provides the most compelling visual evidence. In other words, we're not going to say it's completely impossible to blow up a car by shooting at the gas tank; we're just going to say that, so far, there's no evidence that it's ever actually happened.
Can you really outrun an explosion?
How Controlled Detonations Work
What if I put sugar in someone's gas tank?
Will natural-gas cars ever be suitable for consumer use?
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DeMorro, Christopher. "GM Shoots Chevy Impala CNG Fuel Tank to Prove Point." Gas2. Nov. 18, 2014. (March 15, 2015) http://gas2.org/2014/11/18/gm-shoots-chevy-impala-cng-fuel-tank-prove-point/
Discovery. "Exploding Gas Tank." (March 15, 2015) http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/mythbusters-database/shooting-gas-tank/
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. "Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Fuel System Integrity." Nov. 5, 2000. (March 15, 2015) http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/rulings/301NPRM/Index.html
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Q: Log successful test cases asserts with pytest When a pytest test fails, it gives me a nice description of where exactly did the test failed, and with what values exactly.
While this is really great for tests that failed, I would also like to get this report for tests that did NOT fail as well.
for example:
    def test_one():
        a =  0
>       assert 0 < a <= 1  # to see what was printed
E       assert 0 < 0 <= 1

test_sample.py:6: AssertionError
--------------------------- Captured stdout call ---------------------------
first
1 failed in 0.12 seconds

I would also like to see the value of 'a' if the test did not fail.
for example:
    def test_one():
        a = 0.5
>       assert 0 < a <= 1  # to see what was printed
E       assert 0 < 0.5 <= 1

test_sample.py:6: AssertionSuccess
--------------------------- Captured stdout call ---------------------------
first
1 passed in 0.12 seconds

A: I suppose, the value of a in the first test case is 0.
That is since, you have specified,
def test_one():
    a=0

Also, you should add self, in your arguments, to perform the tests.
When, we test by putting the value of a=0, what happens is when we compare, whether a is less than 1 or, greater than 0. Both, give the result false. Thus, it gives an error.
Whereas, in second case,
def test_one():
    a=0.5

What happens is when we compare, whether a is less than 1 or, greater than 0.5. Both give the result true. Thus, it gives test passed successfully.
-------- Edited --------
You can add a logger to get logging details.
import logging
# Your code
logger = logging.logger()
logging.debug(a)

Hope that helped! :)

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Volume 2016, Article ID 2632703, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2632703
Role of S100 Proteins in Colorectal Carcinogenesis
Paula Moravkova,1 Darina Kohoutova,1,2 Stanislav Rejchrt,1 Jiri Cyrany,1 and Jan Bures1
12nd Department of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, Charles University in Praha, Faculty of Medicine at Hradec Kralove, University Teaching Hospital, Sokolska 581, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
2Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, 67-73 Riding House Street, London W1W 7EJ, UK
Received 20 August 2015; Revised 22 November 2015; Accepted 29 November 2015
Academic Editor: Bisweswar Nandi
Copyright © 2016 Paula Moravkova et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Paula Moravkova, Darina Kohoutova, Stanislav Rejchrt, Jiri Cyrany, and Jan Bures, "Role of S100 Proteins in Colorectal Carcinogenesis," Gastroenterology Research and Practice, vol. 2016, Article ID 2632703, 7 pages, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/2632703.


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All rooms include a flat-screen TV. You will find a kettle in the room. Every room has a private bathroom equipped with a bath. Extras include slippers, free toiletries and a hairdryer.
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The Mississippi State Bulldogs failed to hand Kentucky their first home loss of the season. The Wildcats had control of the whole game from start to finish.
After a hot start from three point range, the Bulldogs were able to limit Kentucky's three point attempts. Mississippi State forced the issue of having the Wildcats play in the interior. That defensive strategy still didn't work out well for the Bulldogs as they were losing 34-26 by halftime.
The Wildcats ran away with the game in the second half outscoring Mississippi State by 13.
Forward PJ Washington reached double figures again to make it three in a row. Washington is averaging 12 points a game on the season but blew up last night for a team high 21 points. He was hitting shots from all over and shot efficiently at 9-15.
What stood out in his game last night was his long range shot as he hit three of his five three point attempts. His offensive surge is what the Wildcats needed in the second half. He was also a huge presence on the defensive end blocking four shots which ties his career high. He also contributed on the glass with six boards.
Guard Tyler Herro contributed to the Wildcats way in bag fashion chipping in 18 points. He was the go-to scorer in the first half making 11 of his first 18 points in the first half. Herro fueled the 20-2 Wildcats run to create separation from the Bulldogs. Herro's three point shooting came at times of the game when the Wildcats really needed it. Herro was perfect for the night as he made all three 3-point field goals.
The Wildcats prepare now to play No. 9 Kansas. The contest with the Jayhawks will be this Saturday at 6 p.m.


The RMI Petrol is to offer a free data polling service to its members, provided by Background2 which created the Flow Web system (see Industry feature page 21).
During the fuel crisis the company had been able to poll existing web platform users to provide daily fuel and stock data, which enabled RMIP to provide the market with reliable data on the panic-buying crisis and subsequently with fuel run-outs/replenishment. It proved invaluable in ensuring the real experience of the petrol retailer was understood by all parties.


Rounded musical-looking shapes are opposed and threatened by pointed, angular ones. Between the sides is a vast gulf. The red lines threaded back and forth, represent peacemakers gradually drawing the two sides together. Peacemaking is always costly, not least to the peacemakers themselves, here symbolised in red for suffering or martyrdom.


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Kacey Musgraves's "Yeehaw" Chant, and Other ACL 2019 Highlights
Texan stars dominated the annual Zilker Park festival.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/acl-festival-2019-kacey-musgraves-lizzo/
Kacey Musgraves at Austin City Limits Music Festival on October 6, 2019.
Photograph by Cat Cardenas
The first weekend of this year's Austin City Limits Festival kicked off with some of the world's hottest artists—and sweltering temperatures to match. Veteran acts like Guns N' Roses and The Cure drew in big crowds, but it was the festival's younger performers, like Billie Eilish, Cardi B, and Childish Gambino, that made huge statements with their innovative sets. Texans also received top billing at this year's festival, including stars like Gary Clark Jr., Kacey Musgraves, and Lizzo, who represented their home state with panache. Here are some of the best moments from an unforgettable (and unforgettably hot) weekend.
Jenny Lewis Singing About Meeting "the Devil Down in Austin"
Jenny Lewis has a career that—between her solo albums, her work with the pioneering early '00s indie rock band Rilo Kiley, and her 2016 side project Nice As Fuck—is now 11 albums deep. That makes her an artist who can easily hold down the pre-headliner slot at ACL, and she reached back through her varied career in the hour before Guns N' Roses took the stage on Friday night, with a focus on this year's On the Line. Given the depth of her body of work, when she reached for that album's "Party Clown"—a track that doesn't appear on setlists from most of the performances she's been doing on her current tour—to sing about how "I met the devil down in Austin," it felt like a special nod to the relationship she has a city she's been to plenty of times in her career (including a headlining slot at ACL Live earlier this year). Every time she comes back, Austin is lucky to have her. —Dan Solomon
Childish Gambino's Experiential Set
The last time I witnessed Donald Glover perform was almost a decade ago, after he launched his musical project Childish Gambino as a joke. Watching him headline day two of the fest felt like seeing the rapper grow into his fully-realized self in real time. Glover immediately addressed what he wanted from the performance at the top of his set, telling the audience: "I've got two rules for my show… one, if you came just to hear your favorite song and record it, go home now—I came here for church. Two, keep your phones down… this is an experience. This is for us." Glover then went on to sing the upbeat jam "Summertime Magic," along with other hits like "The Worst Guys" and "Boogieman." In between his heavy psychedelic funk songs, complete with a gospel choir on backing vocals, Glover preached. "There's a lot of shit happening in the world… your city… your family… your life," he said. "But we have each other. We are all one. I know that sounds hippy-dippy, but Austin's kind of a hippy-dippy place." —Arielle Avila
Jenny Lewis at ACL on October 4, 2019.
Lizzo at ACL on October 6, 2019.
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Lizzo Fans As Far As the Eye Could See
Leave it to Lizzo to make you forget that you're standing shoulder to shoulder with thousands of people during the hottest ACL since 2006. The rapper, singer, and flautist was one of the festival's most anticipated acts, easily commanding a crowd of tens of thousands that the Miller Lite side stage didn't stand a chance of containing. Dressed in a Creamsicle-colored bodysuit, she belted out hits like "Jerome" to a swaying sea of phone lights, reveling in the crowd of "Lizzbians" cheering at every word and twerk from her and her Big Girl dance team. In between songs, she shouted out affirmations of self-love to the crowd, and proudly proclaimed her Texas roots. Lizzo has been a star on the rise for the past three years, but at ACL, she cemented her status as a queen. —Cat Cardenas
Getting Sad With Weyes Blood
Some artists aren't really made for the middle of a sunny afternoon, and Weyes Blood—the stage name of Natalie Laura Mering—is definitely that kind of performer. Midway through her set (where she was dressed in a custom embroidered pantsuit, an outfit that only added to the incongruity of her playing on a scorching mid afternoon) the singer asked the crowd at the BMI stage: "Are you guys ready to get sad?" before launching into the 2016 ballad "Seven Words." The song—a haunting callback to dark 70's folk—reached a small but rapt audience that was indeed extremely ready to get sad. For a moment, you could believe that a bright Friday afternoon was a dark bar somewhere in Los Angeles at 2 o'clock in the morning. That's a transformative power that only truly special artists possess.—Dan Solomon
Tame Impala's Psychedelic Star Power
A couple of songs into Tame Impala's set, the band's lead singer, Kevin Parker, cheekily asked the audience: "You all really don't want to see Guns N' Roses? You all really want to see… me?" In recent years, the Australian psych-pop group has become one of the biggest breakout groups of the 2010s; and their ACL set, which coincided with the legendary Guns N'Roses's headlining Friday night set, showed off their ongoing ascent with hits like "The Less I Know the Better," from their last album Currents, and "Elephant," from 2012's Lonerism. The band's throttling performance, combined with their kaleidoscopic visuals, was a perfect way to close out Friday night in a city that shares a heavy spiritual connection with psychedelic rock. —Arielle Avila
Cardi B Name-Checking "Mesa Que Más Aplauda"
Fans were starting to get restless as the minutes dragged on after Cardi B's scheduled 8 p.m. performance time. Eventually, the self-proclaimed "Trap Selena" finally made her big entrance thirty minutes late. The rapper's hit-packed set revived the crowd as she performed in an electric pink leopard-print bodysuit, working up a sweat twerking, bouncing, and spitting bars upside-down and between her legs. Noticing several Mexican flags in the crowd, Cardi played to the Latinos in the audience, throwing in a quick reference to the popular hit "Mesa Que Más Aplauda" before heading into her bilingual smash "I Like It." Making up for her tardiness, the rapper performed a tight 50-minute set, working the crowd, and announcing that her ACL set would be one of her last performances before she starts recording the highly-anticipated followup to her debut album. —Cat Cardenas
Weyes Blood at ACL on October 4, 2019.
Photograph by Bolora Munkhbold
King Princess at ACL on October 4, 2019.
King Princess Solidifying Her Inevitable Rise
King Princess's debut album won't be out for a few more weeks—but in a late afternoon set on Friday, she earned all the hype that a young star could hope for. Over the course of an hour, she showed off the range of her material—opening with a soft piano number that might have led newcomers to think they were seeing a Regina Spektor-like balladeer, before transitioning to a certified rock banger with meaty, Zeppelin-esque riffs, and then eventually the pop material that's turned her into someone who can play the big stage at ACL a couple hours before sundown. The set was the first official performance of her Cheap Queen tour, and while there was an element of settling into the material—most of her touring sets won't involve playing in 95 degree weather during the hottest part of the day, after all—the future superstar claimed the stage like she was ascending to the throne. —Dan Solomon
Kacey Musgraves's "Yeehaw" Call and Response
Kacey Musgraves had one of the toughest gigs of the festival: performing an hour before Lizzo on the opposite side of Zilker Park. Still, the Texas native is a consummate performer who made the most of her golden hour set, singing songs off her Grammy-winning record along with a few fan favorite covers, like "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," until the sun started going down. Dressed in a rhinestone-covered three-piece set, Musgraves twirled around the stage and commanded an audience of cowboy hat-clad fans who helped the country singer redeem herself after Coachella attendees famously disappointed her request for a "yeehaw" call and response. Musgraves said she was headed to watch Lizzo perform right after her set, telling her crowd: "Y'all better fuckin' run. Kick off the cowboy boots!" —Cat Cardenas
The Cure Pressing Rewind
Despite some similarities—they both share a goth-y aesthetic—the crossover between the crowd for Billie Eilish, who played ACL's Honda main stage just before The Cure, was minimal. The Cure, whose first single was released 23 years before Eilish was born, drew a crowd that was mostly there to sing every word to songs that were recorded thirty-plus years ago. (The band hasn't released an album since 2008, and played only one song recorded after 1993.) But what a catalogue that is. The band played a set heavy on hits from its 1989 masterpiece Disintegration, performing seven of the album's 12 songs, peppering the rest of the set with a mix of greatest hits, fan favorites, and the occasional rarity ("Burn," from the soundtrack to the 1994 movie The Crow) or deep cut ("Just One Kiss," an early '80s b-side the band performed in the U.S. for only the second time in its storied history). There were other artists who had a bigger buzz surrounding them, but nobody else who got so many people in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and beyond feeling like they were in high school again. —Dan Solomon
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Moving Beyond Pro/Con Debates Over Genetically Engineered Crops
October 27, 2016 Guest Authors Agriculture, Science, The Environment 1
Field tests of flood-tolerant 'scuba rice.' International Rice Research Institute | Flickr, CC license
Guest Author: Pamela Ronald | Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis
This piece originally appeared in The Conversation. It appears here under a Creative Commons license.
Since the 1980s biologists have used genetic engineering to express novel traits in crop plants. Over the last 20 years, these crops have been grown on more than one billion acres in the United States and globally. Despite their rapid adoption by farmers, genetically engineered (GE) crops remain controversial among many consumers, who have sometimes found it hard to obtain accurate information.
[In May of this year] the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a review of 20 years of data regarding GE crops. The report largely confirms findings from previous National Academies reports and reviews produced by other major scientific organizations around the world, including the World Health Organization and the European Commission.
I direct a laboratory that studies rice, a staple food crop for half the world's people. Researchers in my lab are identifying genes that control tolerance to environmental stress and resistance to disease. We use genetic engineering and other genetic methods to understand gene function.
I strongly agree with the NAS report that each crop, whether bred conventionally or developed through genetic engineering, should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Every crop is different, each trait is different and the needs of each farmer are different too. More progress in crop improvement can be made by using both conventional breeding and genetic engineering than using either approach alone.
Modern cultivated corn was domesticated from teosinte, an ancient grass, over more than 6,000 years through conventional breeding.
Nicole Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation
Convergence between biotech and conventional breeding
New molecular tools are blurring the distinction between genetic improvements made with conventional breeding and those made with modern genetic methods. One example is marker assisted breeding, in which geneticists identify genes or chromosomal regions associated with traits desired by farmers and/or consumers. Researchers then look for particular markers (patterns) in a plant's DNA that are associated with these genes. Using these genetic markers, they can efficiently identify plants carrying the desired genetic fingerprints and eliminate plants with undesirable genetics.
Ten years ago my collaborators and I isolated a gene, called Sub1, that controls tolerance to flooding. Million of rice farmers in South and Southeast Asia grow rice in flood prone regions, so this trait is extremely valuable. Most varieties of rice will die after three days of complete submergence but plants with the Sub1 gene can withstand two weeks of complete submergence. Last year, nearly five million farmers grew Sub1 rice varieties developed by my collaborators at the International Rice Research Institute using marker assisted breeding.
In another example, researchers identified genetic variants that are associated with hornlessness (referred to as "polled") in cattle – a trait that is common in beef breeds but rare in dairy breeds. Farmers routinely dehorn dairy cattle to protect their handlers and prevent the animals from harming each other. Because this process is painful and frightening for the animals, veterinary experts have called for research into alternative options.
In a study published last month, scientists used genome editing and reproductive cloning to produce dairy cows that carried a naturally occurring mutation for hornlessness. This approach has the potential to improve the welfare of millions of cattle each year.
Reducing chemical insecticides and enhancing yield
In assessing how GE crops affect crop productivity, human health and the environment, the NAS study primarily focused on two traits that have been engineered into plants: resistance to insect pests and tolerance of herbicides.
The study found that farmers who planted crops engineered to contain the insect-resistant trait – based on genes from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt – generally experienced fewer losses and applied fewer chemical insecticide sprays than farmers who planted non-Bt varieties. It also concluded that farms where Bt crops were planted had more insect biodiversity than farms where growers used broad-spectrum insecticides on conventional crops.
Genetically modified crops currently grown in the United States (IR=insect resistant, HT=herbicide tolerant, DT=drought tolerant, VR=virus resistant).
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The committee found that herbicide-resistant (HR) crops contribute to greater yields because weeds can be controlled more easily. For example, farmers that planted HR canola reaped greater yields and returns, which led to wide adoption of this crop variety.
Another benefit of planting of HR crops is reduced tillage – the process of turning the soil. Before planting, farmers must kill the weeds in their fields. Before the advent of herbicides and HR crops, farmers controlled weeds by tilling. However, tilling causes erosion and runoff, and requires energy to fuel the tractors. Many farmers prefer reduced tillage practices because they enhance sustainable management. With HR crops, farmers can control weeds effectively without tilling.
The committee noted a clear association between the planting of HR crops and reduced-till agricultural practices over the last two decades. However, it is unclear if the adoption of HR crops resulted in decisions by farmers to use conservation tillage, or if farmers who were using conservation tillage adopted HR crops more readily.
In areas where planting of HR crops led to heavy reliance on the herbicide glyphosate, some weeds evolved resistance to the herbicide, making it difficult for farmers to control weeds using this herbicide. The NAS report concluded that sustainable use of Bt and HR crops will require use of integrated pest management strategies.
The report also discusses seven other GE food crops grown in 2015, including apple (Malus domestica), canola (Brassica napus), sugar beet (Beta vulgaris), papaya (Carica papaya), potato, squash (Cucurbita pepo) and eggplant (Solanum melongena).
Papaya is a particularly important example. In the 1950s, papaya ringspot virus wiped out nearly all papaya production on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. As the virus spread to other islands, many farmers feared that it would wipe out the Hawaiian papaya crop.
Papaya infected with ringspot virus.
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In 1998 Hawaiian plant pathologist Dennis Gonsalves used genetic engineering to splice a small snippet of ringspot virus DNA into the papaya genome. The resulting genetically engineered papaya trees were immune to infection and produced 10-20 fold more fruit than infected crops. Dennis' pioneering work rescued the papaya industry. Twenty years later, this is still the only method for controlling papaya ringspot virus. Today, despite protests by some consumers, 80 percent of the Hawaiian papaya crop is genetically engineered.
Scientists have also used genetic engineering to combat a pest called the fruit and shoot borer, which preys on eggplant in Asia. Farmers in Bangladesh often spray insecticides every 2-3 days, and sometimes as often as twice daily, to control it. The World Health Organization estimates that some three million cases of pesticide poisoning and over than 250,000 deaths occur worldwide every year.
To reduce chemical sprays on eggplant, scientists at Cornell University and in Bangladesh engineered Bt into the eggplant genome. Bt brinjal (eggplant) was introduced in Bangladesh in 2013. Last year 108 Bangladeshi farmers grew it and were able to drastically reduce insecticides sprays.
Feed the world in an ecologically based manner
Genetically improved crops have benefited many farmers, but it is clear that genetic improvement alone cannot address the wide variety of complex challenges that farmers face. Ecologically based farming approaches as well as infrastructure and appropriate policies are also needed.
Instead of worrying about the genes in our food, we need to focus on ways to help families, farmers and rural communities thrive. We must be sure that everyone can afford the food and we must minimize environmental degradation. I hope that the NAS report can help move the discussions beyond distracting pro/con arguments about GE crops and refocus them on using every appropriate technology to feed the world in an ecologically based manner.
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Monica Dall'Olio
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On November 8th, the European Commission presented a mobility package in which it proposes more ambitious targets for the average CO2 emissions of cars and lightweight vehicles in order to accelerate the transition to low and zero emissions vehicles.
The intention is to provide a further tool for achieving the objectives of the Paris agreement and, at the same time, to strengthen the Union's global leadership on clean vehicles.
In fact, the Commission proposes that CO2 emissions targets to be met by manufacturers are reduced by 30% by 2030 and by 15% by 2025 (compared with the targets set for 2021: 95 gCO2 / Km for cars and 147 gCO2 / Km for light commercial vehicles), with awards for manufacturers that will market vehicles with emissions below 50 grams per Km.
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The package also includes: a directive that promotes solutions for clean mobility in public infrastructure; an action plan and investment solutions for the development of trans-European distribution infrastructure of alternative fuels with the aim of increasing the level of individual national plan ambitions ; the revision of the laws regarding combined transportation, which promotes the combined use of different ways to transport goods (i.e. long haul trucks and trains); the Bus Passenger Services Directive, which encourages the development of long-haul connections; an initiative on batteries with integrated industrial policy objectives so that vehicles and other future mobility solutions and their components are developed and produced in the EU.
A worldwide competition for developing clean cars has started – states Mr. Miguel Arias Cañete, commissioner for Climate and Energy – and it can't be stopped. Europe must step up if it wants to lead and guide this global change. Today we want to invest in Europe and we want to cut pollution in order to respect the commitment made in Paris of reducing emissions by at least 40% before 2030.
For Mrs. Violeta Bulc, the commissioner for transportation, with this package of directives the Commission intervenes decisively in response to an increasingly important challenge: to reconcile Europe's mobility needs with the protection of health and our planet. All of the aspects of this challenge will be taken into consideration: we will promote cleaner vehicles, we will make available and more accessible alternative energy and we will optimize our transportation system.
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Imagine my surprise when I got this call from a parent a couple years ago We don't allow campers to have cell phones at camp so how did she know her son was having an asthma attack? The camper it turns out was not having an asthma attack, he just didn't want to participate in an activity and texted his mom to try to get out of it.
On June 29, 2007 the first iPhone hit store shelves. The year before, a mere 64 million smartphones were sold worldwide. By 2016 that number was 1.5 billion. In that same decade, Facebook grew from 12 million exclusively college student users to more than 2 billion users from every walk of life. The combination of smartphones and social media has revolutionized the way we interact with each other and the world.
With the advent of this new technology, like radio and television before it, the debate is on to determine if this new technology is ushering in the utopia we dream of or if it marks the beginning of the end for human civilization. At the center of this debate are our children and how technology and social media impact their development and ability to thrive.
They are becoming more tolerant and accepting of those who are different from them.
They are becoming more risk averse.
They expect quick answers to their questions or solutions to their problems.
As a parent of two young daughters I am encouraged that young people are becoming more accepting of people who are different from themselves, but I am very concerned about the other three findings. I fear we are cultivating a generation who expect every problem to be quickly (and painlessly) solved, who won't push themselves out of their comfort zone, and will run back to the shelter of their parents at the first hint of difficulty.
I don't want that for my daughters. I want my daughters to be fierce. I want them to have the confidence in themselves to explore something new: new foods, new art, new places, new people, to new ideas, and more. I want them to tackle the impossible problems of this world, and the inevitable struggles in their own lives, with the faith and supportive community that encourages them to persevere and eventually makes the impossible possible. Yes, I want to have a strong relationship with my daughters throughout their lives, but I cannot protect them from all the hurt in the world, and if I try to, I have ultimately done them a disservice. What I can do is love, advise, encourage, and help shake the dust off when they fall down, or get knocked down.
Climbing up and standing on top of a 30-foot telephone pole takes courage, and definitely gets your heart pumping. When you are then instructed that the way to get down is to trust your belayer and jump off the top, that is controlled risk taking which builds trust and confidence that won't be forgotten once camp ends. Under the supervision of trained staff camp, activities like high ropes, rock climbing, canoeing, and kayaking allow young people to push themselves and learn they are capable of more than they thought possible.
On the first day of camp a group of mostly strangers forms a new community. One of the first acts of this community is to create a covenant affirming to how they will live together for the week. Bringing together a group of diverse individuals and putting them in an immersive experience will inevitably lead to some conflict. At camp you can't ignore, block, or unfriend someone to avoid conflict. Conflict must be worked through. Some conflicts are large, and some are small, but under the guidance of trained and caring counselors this conflict can be worked through and the skills the campers learn through that process will inform them when new conflicts arise.
I often tell nervous parents that "no news is good news" when it comes to camp. If campers have immediate access to parents and friends who are not at camp with them, it prevents them from fully engaging with the community they are a part of for the week. For instance, if there is an issue at camp we want the camper to talk to their counselor who can help them work through the issue, not text Mom or Dad. Mom or Dad may be able to help the camper, but all too often the response is to try to solve the problem for the camper or remove them from the situation instead of working through it. This does not help the camper grow and fails to use the best resource available: the camp counselors who will have a clearer picture of the problem and can have the most immediate and lasting influence on the situation.
Does camp really have an impact?
Yes! I could share endless stories, including my own, about how camp has a positive impact on the development of young people, but having hard data to back it up has been harder to come by—until now. A new and ongoing study called "The Effective Camp Research Project" has been able to put numbers behind the stories camp professionals share.
92% of campers agree/strongly agree they had tried something new while at camp.
81% of campers agree/strongly agree camp had helped them become more independent.
81% of campers agree/strongly agree they had more self-confidence after camp.
86% of campers agree/strongly agree camp had a significant impact on their life.
Young people are smartphone and social media natives. They have never known the world without these tools. As a result, they are at greater risk of losing the richness of life by letting technology control them instead of the other way around.
I give thanks for the opportunity our Retreat & Camping Ministries programs offer to challenge this cultural and social trend. A summer camp experience at West River , Manidokan , or Harmison helps young people more freely grow into the strong, independent, brave, connected, and caring people God created them to be. And there's no app for that.
Chris Schlieckert is the Director of Retreat & Camping Ministries for the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church and the Director of The West River Center. He has worked full-time in the camping industry since 2004. Chris is passionate about changing the world by developing confident and compassionate young people through retreat and camp experiences. Chris is married to a United Methodist pastor and together they have two daughters.


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Q: Calling a Grails GSP from 2 different controllers I have a GSP that will be rendered from a FizzController, but that contains JavaScript code that needs to send AJAX calls back to a BuzzController.
My current project directory structure:
myapp/
    grails-app
        controllers/
            myapp/
                FizzController.groovy
                BuzzController.groovy
        views/
            fizz/
                mainPage.gsp
            buzz/
                buzz.gsp

        <normal grails-app dir>
    src/
    web-app/

    <normal directory structure for Grails app>

The FizzController#index method that renders the GSP:
def index() {
    render(view: "buzz", controller: "buzz", model: fetchAndInjectModel())
}

When I run this and go to http://localhost:8080/myapp/fizz, I would expect it to render my GSP. Instead I'm getting one of my custom "page not found" pages. Nothing in the app logs. Any ideas as to what is happening here?

A: The render method has no parameter controller, so you need to use something like:

render view: '/buzz/buzz', model: fetchAndInjectModel()

docs: http://grails.org/doc/latest/ref/Controllers/render.html
Other option is do a redirect:

redirect(controller:"buzz",action:"buzz")


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Science & Astronomy
New Space Photo Reveals 'Nothing'
By Sara Goudarzi
Image of the Deep 3 'empty' field observed with the telescope at La Silla. The image is the combination of 714 frames for a total exposure time of 64.5 hours covering a total area larger than one square degree. (Image credit: ESO)
Astronomers snapped a picture of nothing, and lo-and-behold what they got was, well, pretty much nothing.
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) released a 300-million-pixel image that covers an empty region of the sky about five times the size of the full Moon.
No, space art is not going Dada. The study of such empty fields provides a clear view toward distant regions of the universe and opens windows onto the earliest cosmic times.
The new image is a composite of 714 images taken over the course of about 65 hours with an ESO telescope in Chile.
Deep 3, the area that the telescope pointed to, is located in the Crater, also known as the Cup, of a southern constellation where the brightest star is barely visible to the unaided eye except on very dark nights.
The Crater, which lies between the Virgo, Corvus, and Hydra constellations, is not really completely empty. It contains a relatively small number of stars and galaxies-about 50-compared to similar-sized regions elsewhere.
Astronomers hope that with further study of the obtained data, at least more of the empty space in their knowledge of this mysterious place will be filled in.
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The Universe: Still Boggling The Minds of 'Finite Creatures
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Sara Goudarzi is a Brooklyn writer and poet and covers all that piques her curiosity, from cosmology to climate change to the intersection of art and science. Sara holds an M.A. from New York University, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, and an M.S. from Rutgers University. She teaches writing at NYU and is at work on a first novel in which literature is garnished with science.
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Sedition case against Portuguese man adjourned to March for transfer to higher Hong Kong court
The case against a Portuguese man charged under Hong Kong's sedition law has been adjourned until March, when the court will handle its transfer to a higher court. He was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to commit seditious acts through online posts and advocating for Hong Kong independence. Joseph John appeared in front of Principal…
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Security police ordered news outlet to remove entries on 2016 Hong Kong 'national flag' contest – reports
The "sensitive" content which an online news outlet was ordered to delete on national security grounds were pictures of a suggested new "national flag" for Hong Kong, according to local media. Passion Times founder Wong Yeung-tat on Wednesday said he and the outlet were approached by national security police over "sensitive content" but declined to…
by Almond Li 13:35, 19 May 2022 21:16, 19 May 2022
Hong Kong court convicts man under security law for inciting secession with chants and speech
by Selina Cheng 16:13, 25 October 2021 19:24, 25 October 2021
'Immature' activist chanted slogans to prove Hong Kong security law protects free speech, not to incite secession, say lawyers
by Selina Cheng 15:05, 5 October 2021 15:06, 5 October 2021
Security law: Hong Kong police arrest another CUHK student over peaceful pro-democracy campus demo last Nov
by Rhoda Kwan 11:50, 19 February 2021 12:30, 29 October 2022
Strategically-placed flower pot hides coincidental 'Hong Kong independence' lettering on gov't art piece
16:00, 11 February 2021 18:09, 23 November 2022
Detainee may face additional security law charges for scrawling Hong Kong pro-independence graffiti inside cell
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Teacher struck off for 'disseminating pro-independence messages' barred from all Hong Kong campuses
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Another Hong Kong uprising: defying the sovereign, or a simple demand for local standards of justice?
The contrast in perspectives was striking. Hong Kong's sudden massive resistance to a local law with national implications made international headlines. An unprecedented number of people… between one and two million… turned out on successive Sundays in June and another half-million repeated the exercise on July First, the anniversary of Hong Kong's 1997 transfer from…
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Exclusive: Wanted by Beijing, activist in-exile Wayne Chan says he won't stop fighting for Hong Kong independence
Days after he learned he was wanted by police on suspicion of violating the national security law, exiled pro-independence activist Wayne Chan told HKFP that he chose to leave Hong Kong so that he could continue to say things that are banned. Chan – now in the UK – fled Hong Kong in early June…
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How a student's column in a US college newspaper sparked a fiery debate over 'Hongkonger identity'
A column entitled "I am from Hong Kong, not China" written for an American college newspaper has sparked a campus-wide debate over what it means to be Chinese. Frances Hui, a journalism student at Boston's Emerson College, wrote last Monday's opinion column for her school's newspaper the Berkeley Beacon. After summarising Hong Kong's history and recent politics,…
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Hong Kong teacher struck off for allegedly promoting independence as Lam vows more action against 'bad apples'
Student unions and NGOs raise alarm as Hong Kong rounds up activists under new security law
12:56, 30 July 2020 21:08, 30 July 2020
4 ex-members of pro-independence student group arrested on suspicion of 'inciting secession' under Hong Kong's security law
22:16, 29 July 2020 20:33, 2 August 2020
Hong Kong security law: Protests planned for Sunday, as agency sees ten-fold increase in Taiwan immigration queries
21:00, 23 May 2020 00:43, 24 May 2020
Prominent advocate for Hong Kong independence charged with unlawful assembly over June protest
15:45, 19 December 2019 00:00, 1 April 2020
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam's popularity rating drops by over 2% to another historic low – poll
16:20, 30 October 2019 23:36, 31 March 2020
Hundreds surround police station after Hong Kong independence activist Andy Chan and 7 others arrested
11:40, 2 August 2019 23:28, 31 March 2020
Hong Kong pro-independence student wins appeal over imitation firearm conviction
German refugee authority acted independently in granting asylum to two wanted Hong Kong activists, says consulate
17:31, 28 May 2019 02:37, 5 April 2020
Chinese officials tell Germany to stay out of Hong Kong affairs after wanted activists gain refugee status
12:59, 24 May 2019 23:05, 31 March 2020
Jailed Hong Kong localist Edward Leung withdraws bid to overturn legislative election ban
Hong Kong police arrest student independence movement leader for allegedly damaging Chinese flag
No comment from top Hong Kong officials as two wanted activists granted asylum in Germany
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Outdoor Living: How the Workroom at West End Square Welcomes Collaborative Gatherings, Meetings and More
Welcome to the Square
As renovations and new construction take place throughout Downtown, Dallas is keeping its eye on a greener future. Several public green spaces joined the Downtown landscape recently – Pacific Plaza opened in 2019, West End Square in 2021. Two more parks are in the works by Parks for Downtown Dallas and the City: Carpenter Park on the east side of Downtown, and Harwood Park in the new East Quarter District next to the Dallas Farmers Market.
Even as the people of Dallas yearn to spend as much time as possible outside, the simple fact of the matter is that the modern world and its citizens also expect convenient access to the Internet and electricity. The West End Square's Outdoor Workroom responds to these desires in one thoughtfully planned space.
Building the 'Frame' Work
With West End Square, what was once a pay parking lot has been transformed into a natural utopia. A gorgeous blend of seating areas and porch swings combine with a touch of modernity to house a space that truly has something for everyone.
At the center of the Square lies the Prairie Garden. This lovingly created green space is dotted with organically shaped planting beds, sculpted and planted with a palette inspired by the Texas Blackland Prairies. The centerpiece of the Prairie Garden is its one-of-a-kind Water Table, which responds to Dallas' weather patterns in a beautiful, interactive fashion.
The Frame is an adaptable shade structure that runs in a U-shape along three sides of the Square. The Porch, which runs along North Record Street, is used as a relaxing seating area for park visitors with porch swings that look into the park and out to the streetscape. The Innovation Arcade along Market Street houses a cutting-edge space that's perfect for hosting small performances or temporary art installations.
The new West End Square would be stunning in its own right, but the addition of the Outdoor Workroom elevates the park into something truly special.
Soak Up the Sun While You Work
On the northern edge of the park lies the Outdoor Workroom. Nestled beneath a shady canopy, the Workroom features a 50-foot-long table with wireless charging stations and electrical outlets located at regular intervals. Perfect for those needing a break from the office, the public Wi-Fi can turn a section of the Workroom into an outdoor meeting space in seconds.
Best of all, the Outdoor Workroom is built to mingle with the lush garden space around it to create spaces for groups to sit under the shady canopy or enjoy the sunshine. And for those looking to take a break and burn off some steam, grab a friend and challenge them to a game of table tennis or foosball, both located under the shady canopy.
The Workroom is ready to accommodate everyone, whether you're a parent taking your kids out for a picnic, an office employee seeking refuge from another afternoon spent indoors, or a visitor to the West End that needs to charge a phone.
A New Lease on a Beloved District
At its core, the revitalization of the West End Historic District is a community effort, of which West End Square is a part. Dallas citizens, philanthropic institutions and prominent corporations have donated financial resources to this public space that is breathing new life into one of the state's most critical epicenters. Parks for Downtown Dallas is thankful for the support of the donors who made West End Square what it is today:
Outdoor Workroom – JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Interactive Water Table – Downtown Dallas, Inc. Foundation
Market Street Alcove – Corgan
The Meadows Foundation
The M.R. & Evelyn Hudson Foundation
As Steve Hulsey, president of architecture and design firm Corgan explained, "we are excited to invest in shaping the urban fabric of the city where we live, work, and play." With the support of Corgan and other local stakeholders, Parks for Downtown Dallas is making the city a more vibrant and walkable place through the development of four new, dynamic public parks. But the long-term success of Downtown parks hinges on community support.
Learn more and Support the Parks with a tax-deductible donation.
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It happens to us all. Some sooner, some later. But it happens.
Our eyesight begins to fade.
It's an unfortunate but undeniable fact that as the years creep by our health too scuttles away and our eyesight is often the first thing we notice slipping away.
This is especially frustrating for us railway modelers, or model railroaders stateside, who work with tiny objects and for who sharp eye eyesight, or the lack of, is more keenly felt than most.
Certainly, the days when I could look at my trains and see every detail my OO gauge fleet in glorious detail have given way to hours squinting at blurred colours.
But age needn't be a barrier.
There are lots of aids, from jewelers loops to re-railers, to help but of the many I've tried and employ on my workbench there's one I find myself reaching for more often than any other.
It's the Fancii LED Illuminated Hands-Free Head Magnifier (or here for readers in the USA, aus Deutschland) and here's why it's my preferred magnification aid and I find it so useful for model building.
Why do I like it? Well for starters, it's really well made.
It feels strong but isn't heavy. The arms are solid and not flimsy and the clips that allow the strap to be fitted, instead of the arms, are strong but not so firm as to make releasing them an event suitable for a strongman competition or prone to snapping.
Then there's the comfort factor.
I suspect whoever designed this uses head magnifiers themselves and has experienced the discomfort of some makes.
I previously used several other head magnifiers. One, in particular, I won't name it to save embarrassment, was made of cheap black plastic. Now there's nothing wrong with cheap black plastic — I use it on my layouts for pipework and the like — but put a pair of glorified glasses on your head held in place with a strap of the stuff and you'll soon realise the downside.
Wear it for more than a little while and the hard edges rub and even cut where they touch skin. My temples and ears never got on with it. The strap, also being made of plastic, has no give and ends up rubbing the back of my head.
The Fancii model, however, has smooth, contoured, rounded edges with arms that sit comfortably on the ears and don't continually rub.
And if you prefer a strap, there's one included but it's a proper elasticated variety that stretches and gives rather than the rigid plastic sort that ends up giving me a headache.
Another subtle benefit is that, as already mentioned, the strap is fitted with clips. Other types use a tension knob to secure the strap and while in principle this should work I've found that more often than not the knob works lose and need regular retightening.
And there's a nose rest too, made of soft rubber, and again it doesn't rub or weigh heavy on your forehead.
All these subtle design features mean I can wear these for hours at a time and pack in some serious model work without discomfort creeping in.
But the biggest win of the Fancii unit over others I've tried is the thought that's gone into the lens element.
Many other head magnifiers have their lens built into the plastic of the main assembly.
A problem this creates is that not only do they interfere with your glasses if you have them, but they're also fixed in one position. If you want to look further afield or at an object without magnification, even if only briefly, the whole unit needs lifting to rest on your forehead or taken off completely. This becomes tiring very quickly.
With these, however, the lenses sit in a cradle that's held on a hinge sitting slightly ahead of the main assembly. They sit over my glasses without a problem and when I want a momentary break — to pick up a cup of tea while a weathering coat dries, for example — it's just a case of pushing the lens upwards out of the line of vision and pulling it back down later.
And if you work late at night, as I do when my wife is asleep, and need extra lighting they win here too.
And not because they have a light built in. Many magnifiers have this.
On these, however, the bright LED (not normal bulbs) are positioned directly above with the lens and can be angled so the light falls precisely where you need it as opposed to just shining somewhere forward.
I don't know about you but my workbench is already cluttered enough with needing one a lamp taking up valuable space and the built-in light in these has meant I put my Anglepoise lamp into storage.
Finally, the lenses are crystal sharp.
The five different lenses included provide a range of magnification levels of 1.0X, 1.5X, 2.0X, 2.5X and 3.5X and all are clear and sharp.
This is, sadly, not the case with many other magnifiers, especially at the cheaper end of the market where the lenses are often low quality and blurred.
While not a downside specifically there are some improvements that could be made.
It would be great if multiple lenses could be used at once to give greater magnification. Even better would be a flip to then extra lens for those times when you very need brief increased levels of magnification.
It would also have been nice to have a greater range of magnification. There are several competitors that offer 6x, 8x, 10x and even 25 times viewing. It would be useful if Fancii offered an additional box of lenses with higher magnification levels. I'd certainly buy it.
Being able to fit the strap or even a cord and arms at the same time would also be helpful. There are times when I'm using it with the arms in place and take a break and it would be helpful to have them hanging around my neck rather than taking them off completely.
While there are plenty of other head magnifiers available, and while some have individual features that are better than the equivalent on these (especially in terms of magnification levels) for me the Fancii head magnifier has the best combination of build quality, comfort, practicality and design I've come across.
Get the Fancii LED Illuminated Hands-Free Head Magnifier Visor from Amazon or via here if you are in America, aus Deutschland.
Full disclosure: No money or gifts were exchanged for this review. I bought the product at the advertised price via eBay or Amazon without the supplier knowing it would be reviewed on Model Railway Engineer. The links on this page take you to Amazon or eBay allowing you to purchase the product under their affiliate programmes by which I get a commission on any orders placed although the price you pay does not change.
One question though. Do the LED lights give off a warm light or the harsh whitish gray light?
The lights I have now are the white, cold colored ones. I don't like that at all. I much prefer the warmer lights of say, an incandescent bulb. I can see much better with the warmer lights.
Thanks for the tip Andy. Ordered a pair and used them straight away on repairing a loco that I'd damaged. Clumsy git.
I too have found my eyesight getting worse over the years which for me is a bit of a bore because I'm a lens technician in the film industry!
Regular eye tests at your optician is a must, and goes with good lighting when concentrating on models requiring close up work etc., eye strain can cause serious and worsening headaches as can tension and posture which is often overlooked.
Not for no reason is there health and safety recommendations and just because it's at home doesn't mean you can ignore potential health problems!
This isn't meant to sound like a soapbox lecture but we should look after ourselves!
thanks for the helpful review. So, do I understand correctly that you can wear them over normal spectacles?
Brought a pair of these after reading your review,money well spent,and comfortable to wear.


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June 9, 2021 May 27, 2021 by Nikhil Sampath
In the Console War, exclusives play a significant role in bringing Customers to the console. For those who don't know what exclusives are, exclusives are simply exclusive to a particular console, i.e., they are not available in any other console or PC to play. PlayStation is lauded for its exclusives and criticized for not releasing it to others. Slowly, PlayStation Studios is releasing its games for PC as well. Horizon Zero Dawn and Days Gone are games that have already made their mark in the PC market. With such a high demand for Sony's games, GameThem brings you the PlayStation exclusives that shouldn't be missed if you own a PlayStation (if not, ask your friend who owns and play these).
Best PlayStation (PS) Exclusive Video Games
A reimagining of the 2002 classic for PlayStation 2, Ratchet and Clank, released in 2016 for PlayStation 4. The story follows a Lombax mechanic called Ratchet and a small robot called Clank coming together to join the Galactic Rangers and save the Universe from Dr.Nefarious and Drek, the evil villains. The game is light in tone, with many callbacks to the original game. It also breaks the fourth wall many a time and talks to the audience directly. In short, imagine a Deadpool movie, but for adults and children alike, that is Ratchet and Clank for you. All the characters are quirky, including the villains, and there is never a dull moment. A sequel, Ratchet and Clank – A Rift Apart, has been announced for PS5. If you own a PS4 and have not played this game, you need to be arrested by the Galactic Rangers!
Concrete Genie
Concrete Genie, from the outside, is a short and beautiful game worth ten hours of gameplay. However, what it teaches in those ten hours will stick on to you for life. Concrete Genie follows Ash, an artist who needs to draw colorful art across the uninhabited fictional city of Denska to save it from the "darkness" which engulfed it. In the early stages of the game, Ash is bullied by a few kids for being an artist. They tear up his art book and rough him up and send him to a lighthouse. He meets a genie who had come to life from his notebook. She hands him a large brush and sends him on a mission to draw and liberate the city. How he does that amidst the bullying kids forms the rest of the story. You are in for a pleasant surprise in the second half of the game as well! If you want a game that is beautiful and pleasant to play, go for Concrete Genie. It will leave you with great life lessons which you will cherish forever.
Bloodborne is about a Hunter in the fictional city of Yharnam, which is in the Gothic and Victorian eras. The inhabitants of this city are accursed with a blood-borne plague. The Hunter tries to find the source of the epidemic to attempt a cure in this city filled with mythical monsters and cosmic beings. The game was both praised and criticized for its high level of difficulty with a new risk-and-reward system. Casual gamers couldn't progress in the game, and the skill level required for combat in this game was high. Adding to the regular game, a New Game+ with an even higher difficulty level was also added! The game won many awards during its era, and there have been many spin-offs, including a comic book series for this game! Many fans who owned a PC wanted to and still want to see this game on their PC. But it is still a PlayStation Exclusive as of now. Go for this if you think you are up for a serious challenge, and no one can stop you in this gaming Universe!
inFAMOUS Second Son
inFAMOUS Second Son is the third installment in the inFAMOUS franchise and follows the events after the second game. As many of the Conduits (who are mutants with powers) are dead from inFAMOUS 2, the DUP (Department of Unified Protection) starts hunting down the remaining Conduits terming them "Bioterrorists." The public is also scared now of these "Bioterrorists." Delsin Rowe is a happy guy in a small village, and by chance, he encounters a Conduit, and out of the conflict arises with powers himself! The DUP, headed by Brooke Augustine, arrives on the scene and tortures the villagers for more information, and Delsin blacks out! Upon waking up, he realizes that she has left concrete shards in the villagers' body giving them a slow, painful death.
So along with his brother, he leaves the village, searching for Augustine to use her power and remove the shards to save his tribe. The game is famous for its good and evil Karma system. Good deeds will improve the good Karma and help people sympathize with the Conduits, whereas evil acts such as killing will increase the bad Karma, and people start to get afraid of the Conduits. Based on whichever side you lean on, there are two endings to this game. The game was critically acclaimed for this, and it is one of the highest-selling PlayStation games. Play this game to feel all-powerful as a superhero while creating your own path through your deeds.
The Last of Us is set in a post-apocalyptic setting where Zombies have taken over the world. During the initial stages of the apocalypse, Joel loses his daughter and is distraught. A few years later, the surviving humans have joined together to form minor factions and survive together in enclosed spaces. Joel has gotten over the death of his daughter and has made new friends. During a mission to help his faction, he comes across a girl called Ellie, who seems to be unchanged from a Zombie bite, and he is tasked with taking this girl across the country to a doctor from the Fireflies faction so that humanity can find a cure. The journey he takes with this little girl and the bond between them forms the rest of the story, culminating in a beautiful climax. Even though the game was initially released for PS3, the remastered version of the game is available for PS4. The game was critically acclaimed and has won many awards across the course of its era. The voice actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson were praised for their acting. Some even touted it to be the best game ever developed. Needless to say, buy or borrow a PS4 and play out this beautiful tale that needs to be experienced!
The God of War is a sequel to the game God of War III and lets players control Kratos, the Greek God of War. Post the events of God of War III, Kratos has settled in Midgard and lives a peaceful life with his wife and son, Atreus. Kratos loses his wife, and he has to journey across the nine realms with his son to fulfill her last request – release her ashes from the highest peak in the nine realms. As he tries to do that, the Gods of Norway understand they have a Greek God under their midst and want to eliminate him from their lands. Amidst all the adversities he faces, he has to do this daunting task of searching for the highest peak and also mentor his son along the way. The father-son duo was a new concept in video games, and people enjoyed playing as Kratos with help from an AI-controlled Atreus. This is another game from Sony which was critically acclaimed, and a sequel to the same is scheduled to release for the PS5. If action-adventure is your forte, this should be the top-most game on your list.
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Uncharted 3 saw Nathan Drake fall in love with Elena Fisher, and Uncharted 4 picks up from that point. Nathan Drake is now living a quiet life working as per the request of his wife. He misses his old days, which were full of excitement. As he contemplates what to do next, a character from his past, whom he presumed dead, re-enters his life only to ask him to aid in finding the pirate Avery's treasure. Unable to refuse and with an itch to return to action, Nathan lies to his wife and sets off on a grand adventure that has plenty of action. Uncharted 4 was claimed to be the last adventure from Nathan Drake in the Uncharted series. When fans played this game, they started to ask Naughty Dog why this should be the final game in the series for Nathan Drake. The locales in the game are beautiful, the plot twists are exceptional, and the gameplay, including the combat, is top-notch, and people just can't get enough of this game. Even though a spin-off was released later, fans still believe Uncharted 4 is the best in the series and, even today, anticipate that Naughty Dog might announce a new Uncharted game with Nathan Drake in the lead for PS5. Uncharted is a franchise that should not be missed, and Uncharted 4 is the cherry on the top of this delicious cake.
Ghost of Tsushima sets off with the first Mongol invasion of the island of Tsushima in Japan. Jin Sakai is one among the Samurai who fight to fend off the Mongols. The Mongols use various new warring techniques to defeat the Samurai who uphold the code of honor. Jin is mortally wounded and is rescued by a thief, Yuna, and he realizes that his uncle Lord Shimura has been captured by the terrorizing Khotun Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan. Upon fighting head-to-head, Jin loses again and realizes he has to pick up a thing or two from Yuna and fight from the shadows to defeat the Mongols. As he slowly starts turning into this Ghost that fights from the shadows, he realizes he is losing his old Samurai identity and faces an existential crisis. Does he turn into the Ghost of Tsushima completely to evict the Mongols or stay a true Samurai to fight them, forms the rest of the story? Ghost of Tsushima was praised for its open-ended gameplay, with the player choosing to take the enemies head-on or hide and strike from the shadows. The game was also praised for its traversal and the use of guiding wind for open-world exploration. A multi-player mode was released later on, which was again loved by fans. Play the game if you are a fan of the Assassin Creed franchise and turn into an actual Ghost if you love stealth gameplay.
Marvel's Spider-Man
The web-slinging hero is back, and this time in a PS4 exclusive! Insomniac Games, who developed Ratchet and Clank, developed this game for Spidey and have done a splendid job. Marvel set the story in a new universe for this game and features an original never-seen-before story. Peter Parker is a seasoned Spider-Man who has already fought most of his villains who are in jail. As he fights Kingpin and takes him down, Kingpin goes down with a warning that the real chaos will start now. As Kingpin is taken down, a new gang takes over the streets, and they have superpowers! With the power to control negative energy, they threaten the mayor Norman Osborn while Peter has to juggle between saving people and interning with Dr.Otto Octavius. As Norman Osborn threatens to stop the research of Octavius, all hell is unleashed for Spider-Man, who has to save his city and his loved ones! The web-slinging traversal mechanics in this game are too good to be true! You can just pass the time by swinging from one place to another and using less fast-travel modes. Dialogues are typical of a Spider-Man story and are fun. With many side missions ranging from defeating villains, saving Harry's research stations, and catching pigeons, this game has plenty to offer! Play this if you want to BE Spider-Man!
Also, you can play as Spider-Man's understudy, Miles Morales, who miraculously gets the same powers (in fact more than Peter Parker!) in the follow-up to this game titled "Spider-Man: Miles Morales". Short but with a strong storyline, Miles Morales also has all the charms and powers of Peter Parker, leaving fans wanting more from the game!
The Last of Us Part II is a sequel to the PlayStation classic The Last of Us. The Last of Us Part II events start four years after the ending of The Last of Us. Joel and Ellie are now settled in Jackson, Wyoming. Ellie is all grown up, and their relationship is a bit strained. As Abby Anderson from a new group Washington Liberation Front (WLF), captures Joel and kills him before the eyes of Ellie, she is driven by rage and wants revenge. The path she takes for revenge and if she gets it eventually forms the story of The Last of Us Part II. Despite being a simple revenge story, players experience loss, anger, betrayal, love, and realization in this wonderful sequel. As we travel along with Ellie, we share all the emotions that she experiences, showing how powerful the writing is. The game was praised for its portrayal of Ellie's character and won many "Game of the Year" awards for its writing and voice-acting. A sequel to a story that was already praised, this story increased the standards even further. It is a worthy sequel and a must-play!
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The mid-season has already passed, and the intensity has increased with it. There is $1 million at stake, and the winner will get the whole situation in this top-rated game! The action only gets more intense as the players continue on their path to victory or defeat, and only they protect themselves from financial ruin if they fail.
The top three players in the world are about to take center stage at this table! Benza announced their presence with pride and anticipation: "A serious triple threat tonight." He then introduced Phil Ivey, a Mendeleevian genius with 17 bracelets behind him. Then Daniel Negreanu is the owner of more than $140 million on his resume, mainly thanks to gambling sites like PokerStars or Full Tilt Casino, where he regularly appears on stage as an expert, advising live online broadcasts via streaming services.
"I recognize a familiar bike chain," Gabe Kaplan said with a smile as he watched Brin enter the studio. He brought his bike chain!
The untouchable idol of Kenny, poker's all-time leader with over $57 million in career earnings and a three-time winner of The Road to Survivor series. His necklace was also luxurious; everyone around him sparkled – and we do not mean condemnation here! — seeing him win this competition easily enough, demonstrating his true high roller values: flashy displays meant that only those who truly considered themselves elite would wear something so expensive without being ashamed or embarrassed by their price!
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This week's lineup was amazing and included Jennifer Tilly, the actress nominated for her role in Bullets Over Broadway (and also on the big screen). Tom Dwan, one of a kind player at this table; when it comes to poker, he is called a "legend". Jean-Robert Bellande also presented his season: the winner of the 29th season! In a few moments, Garrett Adelstein found himself in the spotlight not only but also of other high-class players such as themselves.
"I've seen them all, but this one is my favorite," said Daniel Negreanu, referring to the reality TV blockbuster.
It turns out that Survivor's producers once asked Negreanu to appear on the show, but he had scheduling conflicts with poker tournaments at just about every major tournament in 2007. The Canadian is a big fan, and the excitement quickly boiled over. When he discussed his experience last time, advising about the appearance and then!
JRB approached me the night before I left and asked if I had any advice. So, of course, that's what you do when someone asks for your advice – you give them beneficial and valuable information about how they can improve themselves so that they not only perform well on television but also succeed. After all, it is said (and done). So, JB provided three specific points: to make sure that women love/realize their love; also be careful with words, because louder sounds attract more attention from animals, including lions! Finally, don't call anyone unless there was something worthwhile to call them for (such as theft).
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Garret Adelstein, one of the most prominent sharks in the world and a member of the Brain tribe, fell victim to the good old blind side in 2013 when he decided not to bring his sacred idol to the tribe's council.
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He wasn't. Although he organized the first vote, Adelstein lasted only six days on his island. Looking back, we see that not everything went according to this man's plan, who seemed so confident in front of our camera but failed shortly after arriving.
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A nightclub promoter who was effectively eliminated by a majority vote but managed to last longer than Adelstein.
"I feel like this happens a lot with JRB, including in poker," Dwan joked. He sat next door and had a great sense of humour about the wrong strategy, which made his observation all the more enjoyable!
Gamblers watched in awe as the stakes increased and the competition more intense. Throughout this time, there were moments of laughter between the competitors, with some even sharing self-deprecating humour when they felt it suited each other's personalities. The observable pot never boils, but if you follow these high-stakes poker games – especially those played by strong personalities like us – there's a good chance of watching them live or streamed somewhere along your path.
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His character got more airtime than most, and he was one of the stars. In this hilarious segment where Bellande is looking for an immune idol already found by someone in his supposed camp alliance, the editors had fun, but don't worry because we all know how tough T-Bone is. That's why people like to watch him play poker; it showcases the incredible acting skills of our favourite player.
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The players got down to business, but everyone was distracted by a reality show called poker. "I think something is exciting about him, competition and pride," Bellande said in his candid interview at the end of the bonus round where fans can vote for their favourite player.
Poker didn't interest me much when I was in my early 20s. After only five years of playing, one of the most competitive games caught my attention and made me bet big on every hand! The thrill of everything depending on every decision made it exciting enough for someone like me who thrives on risk but also likes to win too much, not to succeed at least once – even if only a little so they can say: "I did well."
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