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The Philippines is considered to have among the richest and most vibrant civil society organizations (CSOs) in the world. These CSOs are the non-governmental organizations (NGOs), people's organizations (POs) and mass and sectoral movements (labor, youth, women, etc.). From protests to partnerships, CSOs have committed themselves to the tasks of development, protection and promotion of people's rights and welfare, with particular preference for the poor and marginalized. These tasks entail both small changes and reform of the structures or the system. In these tasks, sustainability is key.
The sustainability of CSOs, as they themselves recognize, is challenged, among others, by the dearth of skilled second liners and the 'fragmentation' of progressive movements. This shallow bench of skilled second liners can be attributed to the lack of capacity building programs for its members, among many other factors.
The practice of 'sink-or-swim' learning or 'organizing-on-the-go' (among progressive and activist organizations which make up mass movements and political groups) has worked to activate and capacitate people to address a host of urgent issues, but it has its limits. The country is also faced with the current reality of having far fewer young people going into community organizing work, which used to be where NGO leaders were developed.
Often, as organizations expand, or when seasoned PO/NGO leaders are pulled out of their organic groups to assume other responsibilities, the organizations are left to the care of young, often inexperienced successors. Unfortunately, this often comes with the absence of a thorough, programmatic, coordinated and measured intervention for leadership development. On the other hand, continuous 'de-fragmentation' or the splitting-up of mass movements happen as older generations of leaders take more and more political baggage while having less opportunity to sit, talk, and collaborate.
Within its mandate as a political-education foundation, one area in which FES can assist its partners as well as the general public interested in progressive leadership development is to provide training and capacity-building to potential leaders and "next-generation" or second-line cadres who can perform both organizational and political tasks. This means investing in developing the skills and abilities of individuals that are inclined to undertake activism, or those that are poised to soon be in decision-making positions in FES partner organizations.
The Academy of Political Management (APM) was conceptualized with these considerations in mind. It recognizes that in order to advance reforms that form part of the necessary ingredients for social democratic ideals, the organizations that espouse good governance, political and electoral reforms, social protection, among others, must themselves be sustainable. It recognizes the need to deepen the bench by developing skilled second liners and using them to bridge the divide between progressive movements by creating a venue for structured capacity building, shared learning, and collaborations.
Learn more about APM
Now on its tenth cycle, APM is a progressive political leadership training program. It caters to second-line leaders of progressive organizations and/or individuals who are committed to the values of freedom, equality, social justice and solidarity, and plans to pursue social and political development work and political management positions. APM aims to
Provide cadre-formation for FES partners and progressive organizations;
Build a network of and cooperation among young progressives;
Draw in new leaders to the progressive movement; and
Develop progressive future leaders in government, elective posts, businesses, CSOs, political parties and social movements.
As of 2022, the Academy trained 250 young progressives from different sectors and regions graduated from the program. And as part of its course, the program also supported six (6) progressive projects that were conceptualized and implemented by each batch.
This is a program fully supported and managed by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Philippines. The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) is a private, not-for-profit, public interest cultural-educational foundation committed to the ideals and basic values of social democracy. FES has been active in the Philippines since 1964. In its cooperation with civil society organizations, labor groups, the academe and the government, it seeks to contribute in consolidating democratic institutions and in strengthening an inclusive political system and a people-centered economic development.
The curriculum aims to address both skills and knowledge development of the second line of leaders. In the curriculum, personal skills will be first developed, such that these skills can already be used in the knowledge/content-based module. The curriculum covers themes/topics which are grouped into five (5) sessions, consisting of 3-day modules, spread over a calendar year. The topics were chosen and developed in close coordination with partners to suit their organization's needs. The five sessions are:
Session 1: Personal Development Skills
Session 2: Political Communication Skills
Session 3: Political Theories
Session 4: Economic Literacy and Political Economy
Session 5: Project Management Tools and Skills
The curriculum is a modular training program with a clearly designed yet dynamic content that will continuously be informed by the learning from program implementation. It is a balanced mix of theorizing development, political and sociological conditions anchored on the praxis of social change as it has evolved in the country. It is different from that in an academic institution but it is a learning program oriented towards practical life-skills needed most by individuals who see themselves as catalysts of change. Throughout the course of the training, the academy's participants will develop a progressive project, which they will then implement after the training program with the support of FES.
General Criteria:
APM accepts 25-30 participants per cycle. We welcome young professionals working in government, non-government organizations, student leaders, activists, and advocates engaged in social-political campaigns in the Philippines to join the training program. Nominees from FES partner organizations are prioritized in filling up the first 10-15 slots while the remaining slots are open to the public. Below are the general criteria for the application:
20-35 years old;
Can communicate in English;
Committed to the values of freedom, equality, social justice and solidarity, and plans to pursue social and political development work and political management positions.
Diversity among the participants and representation of various regions and cultures are encouraged by the Academy. Hence, applicants from various backgrounds (geographical location, sex, gender orientations, ethnic and religious groups in the Philippines) are encouraged to apply.
All applications are still subject to the selection process of the Academy.
Deadline of Application:
All application documents should be submitted to FES not later than 25 February 2023 (Saturday), 11:59PM. Incomplete applications will not be entertained.
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Topical Vitamin C must be in the form of L-ascorbic acid to be useful to the body and skin. Just because a product says Vitamin C on the label doesn't mean the product contains L-ascorbic acid, however ours does. Often manufacturers state Vitamin C on the label without stating the concentration. To be effective a product should contain a concentration of at least 10%, again ours does.
In creams, lotions, and serums the Vitamin C oxidises quickly and loses its therapeutic potency after two months of manufacture, this is why if you buy a product containing Vitamin C off the shelf it is likely to have lost its effectiveness. Our Vitamin C Serum is manufactured five days before sale to give you full therapeutic potency.
We now add Ferulic Acid to our Vitamin C products because Ferulic Acid has the wonderful ability to stabilise Vitamin C thus ensuring it retains its potency. We also now add Vitamin E to the serum.
In fact our product is virtually identical to the famous Skinceuticals Vitamin C and E with Ferulic acid which won anti-aging product of the year and retails for £40 per 30ml.
A powerful Anti-oxidant - Topical Vitamin C protects skin against harm caused by exposure to sunlight. It does this by neutralizing reactive oxygen species (free radicals), the highly reactive molecules produced by the interaction of sunlight, cell membranes, and other components of skin tissue. Antioxidants protect skin by neutralizing free radicals, which would otherwise destroy skin and its components. These free radicals are stimulated by ultraviolet light and also occur naturally in the oxygen atmosphere.
A Collagen booster - As we age we lose the ability to create collagen. It is the collagen in our skin that maintains the skins elasticity. Vitamin C is the only antioxidant that has been proven to increase collagen synthesis. L-ascorbic acid serves as a signal, relaying a critical message to collagen genes to synthesize collagen, as well as being a cofactor for two enzymes important in collagen synthesis.
Ferulic Acid - Research shows that the addition of Ferulic Acid to a solution of Vitamins C and E doubles its photo-protection of skin, and stabilises the Vitamin C so that it retains its potency for longer. Please Note that due to the high percentage of Ascorbic Acid in this product it might not suit users with sensitive skin. Even though all our products are safe, we advise you to patch test for 24hours before the full use of any beauty product. Consult your doctor if for any reason you have a skin condition before the use of any skin product.
Ferulic Acid will make your skin more prone to sun-damage, to prevent that, even though Ferulic Acid is not a skin peel, we advise you use our aftercare treatment "100ml Aftercare Lotion" as it will naturally protect your skin from the sun and is also for general daily use moisturiser (bought separately). Our "100ml Aftercare Lotion" is a special formula of organic sun screen SPF15 with skin conditioning agents. We also stress please DO NOT USE ordinary sun screens that use mineral based sun blocks such as Titanium and Zinc Oxides as mineral based products block your facial pores and lead to spots. Our sun screen post peel is much kinder to skin. Please use the "Aftercare Lotion" sunscreen when outside, especially in strong sunlight.
Important Note - The process of converting amino acids into collagen cannot take place without Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C). Ascorbic Acid is an essential component of the process. Vitamin C acts as a metabolizer for proline and lysine, turning them into a different form that bonds with glycine to make collagen. So, without vitamin C, collagen simply will not happen. We strongly recommend you combine Aminoine with our Vitamin C Serum for the best possible results.
You maybe wondering why have we not already added Vitamin C to Aminoine, simply because vitamin C has a two month shelf life, so if we added it then Aminoine would have to be sold with a two month shelf life, it is twelve months as it is.
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Two Bigfoots Shot: Government Cover-up?
Could the government be covering up Bigfoot? If so, why are they trying to hide it from the American people?
In this video a researcher talks about a story where two Bigfoots were shot and killed in Texas. He goes on to play a recorded interview with the guy who took the government officials back to the kill site so that they could dispose of the bodies.
Surprisingly to some, Texas seems to be a hot-bed for Bigfoot activity. It is home to the pro-kill group: the North American Wood Ape Conservancy (NAWC). This group wants to harvest a mature male Bigfoot in the name of science. What do you think; do we need to "harvest" one to prove to the world that they exist?


Nearly one-third of us will experience an anxiety disorder at some point in our lives. Why do some people overcome their fears while others become incapacitated? The answer might be in our genes. Illustration by Brian Stauffer.
Emory University researchers found that an experience linked with a smell can modify the architecture of the nervous systems in later generations.
When a frightening stimulus is encountered, the thalamus shoots a message to the amygdala — the primitive part of the brain — even before it informs the parts responsible for higher cognition. The amygdala then goes into its hard-wired fight-or-flight response, triggering a host of predictable symptoms, including racing heart, heavy breathing, startle response, and sweating.
Emory psychiatrist and researcher Kerry Ressler is on the front lines of fear-disorder research. In his lab at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, he studies the molecular and cellular mechanisms of fear learning and extinction in mouse models. At Grady Memorial Hospital, he investigates the psychology, genetics, and biology of PTSD. And through the Grady Trauma Project, he works to draw attention to the problem of inner city intergenerational violence.
"If you look at Kerry's work, it can seem like it's all over the place — he's got so many studies going on, and he collaborates with so many other scientists," says Barbara Rothbaum, associate vice chair of clinical research in psychiatry and director of the Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program at Emory. "But they are all pieces to the same puzzle. All his work, from molecular to clinical to policy, fits together and starts telling a story." A Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, Ressler was recently elected to the Institute of Medicine — one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. He was named a member of a new national PTSD consortium led by Draper Laboratory. And he recently appeared on the Charlie Rose show's brain series.


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Q: suggestions for a generic report engine I want to build a generic report engine which uses templates for customization. For data input, I get a JSON and the output should be PDF. More specific, I report historical data from a project management tool. E.g. How the tasks performed and which status flag they have.
So far, I have built three projects with different libraries, as a proof of concept:

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*iText v7.1, which works nice, but the template options were limited

*Jasper Reports v6.12, which uses a proprietary format for the templates and also would require the .jrxml editor

*working with Apache POI and docx4j v6.1 to use Microsoft Word for customizing the templates

I like the idea of the last program, but more than often I get corrupted pdfs after changing the templates. So, it works quite unstable and I am afraid the client will break it within the first days.
I am required to find a way of customizing the templates without having the client to install an additional program like a WYSIWYG editor.
My questions are:

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*Is there a library that I'm missing so far?

*Should I reject the idea that the client should have the possibility to edit the template himself?
If you need a general overview of the architectures, I used in the three projects, I will pass them!
Thanks for your time in advance!

A: Consider XSLT 3.0 feeding into either XSL-FO or css-print for the PDF generation.
XSLT is generally as good as any custom report writer for structuring reports. It lacks some of the high-level primitives like rolling over subtotals from one page to the next, but my experience is that those are often not needed anyway. XSLT 3.0 is quite capable of handling JSON as well as XML input.
For the output formatting side css-print is probably a more modern approach than XSL-FO but a lot depends on how much detailed control you want over the pixel-level quality of the printed page.

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Q: signal ground and power ground I'm making a PCB with two ground signals, power ground and signal ground. These two shall be connected together at one spot on the PCB, after recommendations from the datasheet.
But how is this done in the schematic? I can't simply connect these two together, since it will then be interpreted as one net and give a DRC error. Any help is appreciated. The schematic is done in Altium Designer.
Here is the schematic of the demo board which I have based my design on, a connection between SGND and GND is done on the bottom if the schematic.
http://cds.linear.com/docs/en/demo-board-schematic/DC2044A-2-SCH.PDF

A: You can create something called a net tie.
Net Ties and how to use them
Alternatively, you can place a zero ohm resistor, or a ferrite bead between the two grounds.

A: Treat them as too separate nets and then join them at one point with a zero ohm link/resistor.

A: Also, be aware of capacitive coupling between the layers. If the PCB tool uses one layer of copper for one ground, and another layer for the other ground, you get two large copper planes separated by a very small distance, with a dielectric layer in between. If this sounds familiar, it's because it describes a capacitor. There are two basic approaches to solve this. First, put both grounds on one layer. Then all coupling is "sideways" and is very small. The second is to put a third layer in between the two layers, connected to ground at one point. It shields the two layers from each other, and is often called a Faraday layer. (See "Faraday box" for explanation.)


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Q: How to select from field name from nested arrays in mongodb? I have a document with nested arrays and I can't work out how to select the from the a field.
I'd like to select all documents where "components" has a "mast".
I've tried.
db.sites.find({"components": "mast" } ).pretty();
db.sites.find({"components.$": "mast" } ).pretty();
db.sites.find({"components.$.$": "mast" } ).pretty();
db.sites.find({"components.$.$.mast": {$exists: true} } ).pretty();
db.sites.find({"components.$.mast": {$exists: true} } ).pretty();
db.sites.find({"components.mast": {$exists: true} } ).pretty();
and a bunch of other failed attempts.
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("23456yujbvfdfg"),
    "d": 1234567,
    "components" : [
        [
            "mast",
            {
                "foo":"bar"
            }
        ],
        [
            "commsbox",
            {
                "BLARN": "bAAA"
            }
        ]
    ]
}

My attempts are only returning blank results.

A: You can use $elemMatch
db.sites.find(
   { "components": { $elemMatch:  { $elemMatch:  {$eq:"mast"}  } }}
)

A: this should work
db.sites.find({
    "components": {
            $elemMatch: {
                $elemMatch: { $in: ['mast'] }
            }
    }
})

A: If you are maintaining components as array then you query should look like
db.test.find({ "components": { $elemMatch:  { $elemMatch:  {$eq:"mast"}  } }})

I have posted the solution based on the schema you have shared but i am certain that schema needs to be changed


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Büsching ist ein Einschlagkrater im Süden der Mondvorderseite, nordöstlich des Kraters Maurolycus und von dem etwa gleich großen Buch.
Der Krater ist stark erodiert, das Innere weitgehend eben.

Der Krater wurde 1935 von der IAU nach dem deutschen Geographen Anton Friedrich Büsching offiziell benannt.

Weblinks

 Büsching auf The-Moon Wiki

Einzelnachweise

Einschlagkrater (Mond)

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Essential Evaluators: In the Fog of War
A new series explores how museums can center evaluation at a time when COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter protest movement are upending audience expectations.
Rose Jones, Laureen Trainer, and Andréa Giron Mathern
Essential Evaluators seeks to gather evaluators in a common space to dialogue, reflect, and support each other in a world upended by COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter protest movement. This is a time of uncertain and unknown expectations in our professions, in our institutions, and in our communities. We invite you to join us as we rethink, revision, and ultimately redefine our roles as evaluators and our place in museums.
This week, it is our great pleasure to welcome Michelle Moon, a highly respected leader in museum education and community resilience, as guest blogger. Michelle has spearheaded an important grassroots movement documenting the economic impact COVID-19 poses for museums, particularly as it affects employment and staffing. This work highlights the essential role of evaluators.
Other posts in this series:
A New Era Emerges
A Brave New Dance
There's a term that describes the difficulty of understanding a crisis in the midst of it: "the fog of war." Coined in 1832 by Prussian military analyst Carl van Clausewitz, it describes the challenge of assembling a big picture in a chaotic, fast-changing environment. In these contexts, information is essential—yet, Clausewitz wrote, much of it is "contradictory, a still greater part is false, and by far the greatest part is of a doubtful character," of which creates the "difficulty of seeing things correctly."
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COVID-19 surrounded museums with something like the fog of war. Within weeks from its first rumblings, museum workers were engulfed in disorientation, navigating an unclear field of conflicting directives, unknown risks, uncertain timeframes, and invisible guideposts. At first one by one, then in swaths, museums began to shutter—but where? How many? For how long? And what was happening to staff and programs? There was a dearth of comprehensive information. We lacked the situational awareness needed to act with intention and strategy. Never has the essential role of evaluation been more evident.
As the fog dissipated, it became clear that closures would not be short-term and that most museum budgets would be unable to carry the same staffing levels as they had before the disease spread throughout the US. After losing my own job to a COVID closure on March 13, I joined an informal network collaborating to identify strategies for institutional survival. As we sought to benchmark what peer organizations were doing, and found only spotty information, I turned to a tool increasingly used by grassroots organizers: the online crowd-sourced spreadsheet.
The lineage of Google Sheets as collaborative data-gathering tools dates at least as far back as the #MeToo exposures of 2017, and extends right up to tabulations of police violence in Spring 2020. Thanks to an open structure—which allows unlimited collaborators 24/7 access on any operating system and anonymous contribution—they've been called "a familiar way station on the road to collective political action" and "the social media of the resistance." These data dumps have played dramatic roles in the public sphere and are proving no less important in our own field.
Following the precedents of museum activism spreadsheets like Arts + All Museums Salary Transparency 2019, Indebted Cultural Workers' Calculate Your Salary spreadsheet, and MASS Action's Accountability Spreadsheet, I created a new sheet: Museum Staff Impact of COVID-19. In its earliest days, the sheet grew hourly, day and night, with updates of people fired, laid off, or furloughed from closed museums. In the absence of any other single source of comprehensive data on COVID's impact on the field, journalists began citing the sheet in their work.
Experienced evaluators can readily identify these spreadsheets as imperfect. Anonymous, user-contributed data is only as accurate and complete as the knowledge of the person who enters it. Bias, from various points of view, plays a role in ways of counting, qualitative notes and the design of the sheets themselves. Cross-tabulation is nearly impossible—meaning we can't, say, sort out the effects of geography or work experience or museum type on salaries, or make connections between museum budget size and number of COVID furloughs. The data is messy and inconsistent, often incomplete or estimated. To all that, we say "Yes." These spreadsheets don't offer us high confidence in accuracy. They're not an ideal way to collect data. But in the fog of war, they are necessary to developing situational awareness.
These efforts are best seen as indicators of the need for further, deeper research. Each new sheet highlights an area of concern and offers new evidence of patterns and problems. Their creators are working to offer early evidence that may lead toward the more robust insights museum professionals need to develop budgets; solicit funding through grants, federal subsidies, and individual philanthropy; serve their communities; increase equity; or plan their careers. They hold space where not enough formal evaluation with the imprimatur of a leading organization has yet to be done.
The COVID-19 sheet, for example, has revealed patterns not clearly visible elsewhere. It was because of its user-contributed data that we were able, early on, to perceive the disproportionate loss of jobs in education and front-of-house functions as opposed to back-of-house and administrative roles, a finding that implies a potentially disproportionate loss of people of color who are more likely to work in those roles. We were also able to affirm the effects of PPP loans in stanching some of the bleeding, permitting a long hiatus between the first wave of reductions (March and April) and the second wave (beginning at the end of June). Finally, we were able to identify and share best practices in crisis management, such as deploying rolling furloughs, wage and hiring freezes, and salary reductions to help preserve jobs and continue delivering services.
This stopgap method, focused closely on impact to museum employment, worked alongside the excellent evaluation work initiated by AAM and other advocacy entities. Partnering with AAM, Wilkening Consulting connected directly with museum audiences about their responses to COVID-19. Some of that data, along with research from LaPlaca Cohen and SloverLinett, also informed a special edition of Culture Track, Culture and Community in a Time of Crisis. Americans for the Arts developed a tool for tracking ongoing economic impact of COVID in the arts and culture sector. And in July, AAM released the results of a study performed by Benchmarking Dynamics, including the warning that "without near-term assistance from governments and private donors, hundreds of directors reported their museums may not survive the financial crisis brought on by the pandemic."
All of these efforts are vital—but they are not enough. To perform at our best, make good decisions, solicit funding, and position our museums to survive this crisis, we need the kind of robust data and sophisticated insights already taken for granted in parallel industries. We need more thorough audience data. We need more internal data about the nature, function, and composition of the museum field, and more comparative data that allows us to observe and learn from different institutional models. Without acting on real insights, we risk making poor strategic choices. An informal poll of directors and consultants resulted in the following list of needs:
Additional audience insights and message testing on the Benchmarking Dynamics data: The prediction that one-third of museums could dissolve startled many people, inside and outside of the field. How do museum leaders best characterize these findings for local audiences and donors? How do we build on this messaging to increase all forms of support? And, with the public increasingly aware that many museums carry legacies of white supremacy, colonialism, patriarchy, gentrification, and irrelevance to their communities, do we know if financially struggling museums will engender empathy?
Quantifying employment loss with greater precision: By all indications, the Staffing Impact Google Sheet dramatically undercounts the number of museums that have made cuts to employment. How will we quantify the true impact, more precisely and empirically? If museums do close, how will we track that result? How will we quantify museums that simply go dormant, or shift their purpose? How will we measure budget shrinkage?
Quantifying and characterizing changes to the workforce: As thousands of museum jobs vanish, employment in our sector is changing, perhaps permanently. We need to understand whether the lost jobs have changed the demographic makeup of our workforce, so that we can meaningfully track the effects of COVID on the diversity of our field. We should ask what types of employees have been lost by length of time in the field, education level, and wage level, to determine how the crisis has changed the field's structure and leadership pipelines. And we should look at the variable impact on different museum subspecialties, so that we can think about what changes like the widespread loss of education and public engagement staff will mean for audience services.
Fundraising during the pandemic: As directors and boards work to rebuild budget expectations, they are asking: what fundraising strategies are working now? How are museums making up the loss of earned revenue? What is the funding pool available from public agencies and foundations, and what is the degree of competition in the applicant pool? Are individual donors stepping up more, and if so, who, and how are they giving? Are foundations changing their giving patterns or restrictions? How are museums initiating dialogue with the philanthropy community about multi-year operational funding, race equity, and more transparent dialogue about needs?
Business model comparatives: Many museums are finding that their old revenue model will no longer sustain their operation, and better data can help them identify possible alternative sources of support. When we break museum funding down into its major categories (government sources, earned revenue, philanthropy, investments), what are the major patterns? How has COVID-19 shifted this mix? Are museums moving to less dependence on earned revenue, changing their operating hours or pricing, adjusting programming, prioritizing fee-for-service programming? How many museums are drawing on endowments to a greater extent? What are the ideal mixes for maximum flexibility and crisis survival?
Professional development and training: COVID-19 will most certainly mean reduced travel to professional conferences and training program. What alternative models exist to facilitate the delivery of needed professional development? Will we see an expansion of digital education and remote learning options? How will this change progress and inclusion throughout the field?
Metrics on virtual programming: Almost all museums, to some extent, pivoted to virtual and remote program delivery during spring 2020. What have we learned? How can we evaluate the success of the field in delivering remote learning and virtual engagement? What are the most promising models? Is it all about the internet, or are analog strategies more effective? Can we put together participation statistics, compare examples, and develop adaptable insights?
Internal policies and procedures: How has COVID-19 prompted changes in internal practices, such as work-from-home policies, childcare at work, performance management, and job design? How will these changes shift best practices for assessment and accreditation?
Compensation: In addition to the ongoing need for clear and crisp comparative salary data, we also need benchmarks from adjacent fields. How competitive are museums with other nonprofit and cultural organization salaries? How do we assign relative values to functions that are transferable vs. ones that are unique to museums?
Qualitative data on work experience: We need detail on the experiences of staff members in their workplaces and across their museum careers. In addition to demographic data, personal narratives about exclusion, discrimination, and harassment as they are found in the museum field can help create case studies, snapshots, and detailed reports from which we can build a healthier, more welcoming field. Individual narratives help render abstract problems more concrete and visible, sparking the empathy and compassion needed to make change.
As we reposition ourselves to move through a years-long COVID transition, we call upon AAM to commit to a comprehensive, ongoing research agenda that tabulates the force of COVID in reshaping our field and offers regular insights and analysis for ongoing management. In this challenging and competitive environment, we can no longer afford to make decisions on gut instinct, ad hoc databases, or anecdotal experiences. A new era has emerged, and we need our professional organizations to help us step out of the fog.
Thanks to the many professionals from AAM member organizations across the nation who contributed evaluation needs and ideas to this post.
Michelle Moon is a leader in museum education and an independent consultant recognized for her work on the intersection of museums and civic issues at historic sites and interdisciplinary museums including the Tenement Museum (NYC); the Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA), and Mystic Seaport (Mystic, CT). She is the author of Interpreting Food at Museums and Historic Sites (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015) and (with Cathy Stanton) Public History and the Food Movement: Adding the Missing Ingredient (Routledge, 2017).
2 thoughts on "Essential Evaluators: In the Fog of War"
Amanda Krantz says:
Thanks for sharing this, Michelle! Since May, we at RK&A (https://rka-learnwithus.com/) have been working with the Museum Education division of the National Art Education Association to launch a survey about the impacts of COVID on art museum educators. We wanted to help our art museum educator colleagues, and fortunately/unfortunately were experiencing a slowdown in our own work but had received PPP funding. We proposed some pro-bono assistance to the NAEA Museum Education division, having worked with them in the past and being particularly concerned about the predicted layoffs in education. The survey morphed over time and became very focused in on quantifying and characterizing changes to the workforce. The data will include data points so we can cross tabulate responses by regions, museum size, etc. It also touches on internal policies (e.g., did the museum provide you equipment to work remote, etc.) and qualitative effect on work (e,g., open-ended questions such as what are you most proud about your work during the pandemic?). Ultimately, we hope the results can complement the work individuals like you are doing with crowd-sourced Google sheets. I must admit, I personally had a lot of concern about launching a survey—worried about survey fatigue at a time when folks are already overwhelmed, response rate, etc. !) But as your post calls for, we really want to be able to contribute some robust data museum educators can use.
That said, if any art museum educators are reading this, please complete the survey which is being unrolled over the next couple weeks: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NAEAMuseEdCOVID To be eligible, you must have been employed (any level of employment) by an art museum when museums closed to the public due to the pandemic around March 13, depending on your location. If anyone has questions about the survey, please contact me Amanda Krantz at krantz@rka-learnwithus.com or Stephanie Downey at downey@rka-learnwithus.com
I do consider this survey a complement to work like what you are doing. You note some limitations to Google Sheets, but there are limitations to everything, and a survey is no different. Response rate is our biggest concern. One way to combat that is to allow participants to see responses immediately, and this is our first time using that feature in Survey Monkey. It is a little clunkier in terms of transparency than a Google Sheet. However, it has also allowed us to encourage those who might have concerns about posting their museum information in such a public format, because while we ask such questions for analysis purpose, only us as the researchers can see that more identifiable information (e.g., qualitative data is not shared immediately with participants like the quantitative data is).
Thanks again for your insight!
Laureen Trainer says:
Amanda – thank you so much sharing the work that you and RK&A are doing! It is great to hear that the NAEA and RK&A are taking on this work. It is a part of what Michelle has been doing and a perfect example of how her call to action can spur more thought, resources and, hopefully, action to address the state of employment in our field.

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too bad it's only april's fool.
but if you guys really planning to make gphone, please make it support video-call.
The S8500 Wave almost matches your dream spec. Now if somebody could kindly root it and install Android.. Thanks!
This can be likened to that of the Georgian TV airing a FAKE REPORT last March 2010 with the headline "Russia Invades Georgia"
But the amazing thing about this prank of GSMArena is that this completely shows how majority of the viewers of GSMArena are not reading carefully the whole content of the informations given and merely just browse at the info and absorb what pleases the query in mind.
Nevertheless, this is a gentle reminder that let's not get into the hype so much and really be concious on the information we are getting.
Kudos to GSMArena ... wishing that someday, there would be a real gPhone to be released.
geeks do have time for such jokes. :)) nice one gsmarena team!
I wish N*'s exec and designer read this one! Spec. that n-series customers need.
BTW, these are the most wanted specs i was looking for.
i want my phone have 8 meg camera, xenon, atleast 1 gh processor, 4 inch screen and very bright and coloroful, dont care for android system really.
what's wrong with you people? too much of dope? the phone is april's fool joke. it's a fake, yet 450 comments on this fake.
if this phone has Xenon flash..epic.
just want to ask something..
i think this would be one of the above expected goodies of software and hardware feature compared to well know branded cellphones. would you gsmarena guys planning to ship on asian countries? philippines is must on your list? :-) hehe!
im so buying this phone! Cant wait 4 it to come out! Anyone know a release date yet and any option of gold version?
I was told by an insider that this phone would be facing several months of delay due to the lack experience of the company maker to build their first phone ever.
I really believe in this phone. I also believe in the Central Banking System which was established to safeguard against Recession. You guys had really made us a fool today.


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Friday: The Infowars Nightly News.Will Christmas Trigger More Terror Attacks
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Will Christmas Trigger More Terror Attacks
The notion that a Christmas party could've triggered the massacre in San Bernardino California is being pushed by some establishment analysts. This is absolutely ludicrous until you consider that all across the globe countries are inviting in refugees with the understanding that they will not be assimilating into the culture, and schools are already banning Christmas because it has the potential to offend.
The United States of America is ruled by the Constitution, not the social justice agenda.
DOJ To Arrest Americans Outraged By Jihadists
Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Thursday at the Muslim Advocate's 10th anniversary dinner she will take aggressive action against the "incredibly disturbing rise of anti-Muslim rhetoric."
Lynch's grandstanding before a Muslim group reveals the Justice Department and the Obama administration are promoting the so-called social justice agenda at the expense of the Constitution and the First Amendment. It also underscores the collectivist idea that government has the authority—enforced by its monopoly of coercion and violence—to protect the rights of preferred groups at the expense of the rights of the individual.
Meanwhile the female shooter in San Bernadino posted her allegiance to ISIS on Facebook. And Arab Festivals in Dearborn, Michigan openly promote Sharia law. Meanwhile Obama constantly inappropriately takes jabs at the Christian faith.
Attorney General Lynch, why are we supposed to be politically correct while our traditions, rights, country and lives are threatened on a daily basis?
You do remember swearing in on Fredrick Douglass' Christian Bible at your request? You do know it was Douglass who famously said, "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong." The protection of religious freedom is the cornerstone of American Society and of course all Muslims are not hellbent on Jihad. But it turns out a percentage of them are. And those psychopaths are in the United States and mixed in with the refugees streaming in as I speak. They have no clue what Civil Rights are, nor do they care.
Maybe Attorney General Lynch is right. Maybe America needs to become as intolerant of free speech as Obama's friends in China, where according to the Wall Street Journal "A Chinese court sentenced a well-known free-speech activist to six years in prison on Friday, at least the fourth Communist Party critic sentenced in a week amid a sustained crackdown on dissent." Or the benefactors behind 9/11 according to the classified 28 pages of the 9/11 she chooses to ignore while the Justice Department pretends to do its job by prosecuting Soccer Executives rather than the Saudi Arabians. Who according to the Guardian "A Palestinian poet and leading member of Saudi Arabia's nascent contemporary art scene has been sentenced to death for renouncing Islam. "
Brave Lady Asks Hillary About Bill's Rape Victims
"Would you say that about Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey, and/or Paula Jones?"
Judge Subpoenaed by Attorney for Violating Free Speech of Client
Find out why judges across America are illegally arresting people for handing out a flyer. What do they fear in the pamphlet? Why do the judges always lose? Learn about the solution to tyranny that only requires 8% of the people to be awake.
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On the Thursday, December 3 transmission of the Alex Jones Show, radical Islamic terrorists are blamed for a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, which left 14 dead. We'll flesh out the facts surrounding the shooting, and also consider a claim from a neighbor who says they didn't report the shooter as suspicious for fear of being labeled a racist. Also, Secretary of State John Kerry asks the Syrian government to accept a "peace strategy" with so-called "moderate rebels" in order to defeat ISIS. On today's worldwide broadcast we speak with John Coleman, the founder of The Weather Channel, who has repeatedly challenged the man-made global warming narrative. We'll also take your calls on this global edition. - Watch now
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Wednesday: The Infowars Nightly News. Gun Violence, Migrants and Donald Trump Another Day in The US
On tonight's Wednesday, December 3rd 2015 edition of the Infowars Nightly News, Poor Billionaire scumbag George Soros. His colour revolution is finally being called out for what it truly is. Rather than a pro democracy movement of civil disobedience, its nothing less than a full attack on democracy by the New World Order Agenda truly behind it. On Monday Obama's State Department criticized Russia's decision to evict George Soros' Open Society Foundation. In November Russia put the Open Society Foundations and the Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation on a stop list of undesirable foreign NGOs. Russia's General Prosecutor's Office said the Soros outfits represent "a threat to the foundations of the constitutional system of the Russian Federation and the security of the state." The Soros "pro-democracy" track record includes underwriting color revolutions and stirring up social unrest in Serbia, Georgia, Egypt, Turkey, Macedonia and most recently Ukraine. "We see the tragic consequences of the so-called color revolutions and ordeals survived by the peoples of the states that faced these irresponsible experiments of covert and sometimes even… overt interference into their lives," Vladimir Putin said in a speech before a meeting of the Russian Security Council in November. "This is a lesson and warning for us and we will do everything possible to prevent this from happening in Russia." At the very least, Americans should be outraged by Soros' unabashed fueling of division in our country. As our hijacked government continues to protect his minions. "A 'Black Lives Matter' supporter who threatened to massacre 16 white students as part of a revenge attack for the shooting of Chicago teen Laquan McDonald has been allowed to return to campus by a federal judge. "This is my only warning," wrote Dean. "At 10 a.m. on Monday mourning (sic) I am going to the campus quad of the University of Chicago. I will be armed with a M-4 Carbine and 2 Desert Eagles all fully loaded. I will execute aproximately (sic) 16 white male students and or staff, which is the same number of time (sic) Mcdonald (sic) was killed.""I then will die killing any number of white policemen that I can in the process. This is not a joke. I am to do my part to rid the world of the white devils. I expect you to do the same," the post stated." That in a nutshell is what you can expect resulting from the dirty deeds of George Soros. - Watch now
Wednesday: The Alex Jones Show. Donald Trump Tells All On The Alex Jones Show
On this Wednesday, December 2 edition of the Alex Jones Show we look at the double standard operating on American college campuses as a Black Lives Matter supporter who promised to carry out a racially-motivated rampage against "white devils" is allowed to return to the University of Chicago. We also cover how the White House was forced to admit it would backtrack on its countless promises there would be "no boots on the ground" in Iraq and the hypocrisy of the State Department as it complains about Russia closing down the Soros color revolution machine. Special guest billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump discusses attacks from the liberal media attempting to derail his campaign. On today's worldwide broadcast we talk with legendary rocker Ted Nugent and Lord Christopher Monckton who was part of a Heartland Institute delegation attending the COP21 warmist confab in Paris. - Watch now


At least once a week a stitcher asks me which metallic thread can be used for cross stitching. You can find cheap metallics in craft chain stores, and better quality metallics in indie needlework shops and online sources. I am going to tell you right now to avoid the cheap stuff; you will hate it. Keep your hobby of stitching relaxing and fun by using better quality materials.
Caveat: I am going to write about Kreinik threads here, because I've used them for 17 years in all kinds of techniques, seen them made, met the family behind them, and talked to thousands of designers and stitchers who have created with them. As a stitcher for many years, I have also used other brands. My experience is that Kreinik metallics are the best; the quality is good and the color selection is outstanding.
So, back to the most frequently asked questions, which you may be seeking answers to as well: 1. Which metallic thread can you use for cross stitching? and 2. How do you use it?
A metallic Braid offers more shimmer than cotton floss or even a metallic Blending Filament. This produces a design with varied textures, areas of light reflection, and bolder colors, which makes a project more visually exciting.
When Kreinik started 40 or so years ago, real metal threads that add visual interest and sparkle to needlework — long used in embroidery; we're talking centuries — were hard to find and expensive to make. Jerry and Estelle Kreinik began manufacturing synthetic metallic threads to fill the need for inexpensive and easy-to-use alternatives. Stitchers could use these soft polyester or nylon threads easily and affordably. They brought shine, interest, realistic shimmer, washability, and a unique texture to projects. It was as if cross stitch and needlepoint woke up and advanced technologically, plus these threads were now available to everyone everywhere.
Cross stitchers loved these metallic threads. They elevated otherwise boring, all-cotton designs to something more visually interesting. By using different threads, projects could be more eye-catching. Blending Filament was the go-to thread for adding a subtle metallic effect to designs. However, this thin-as-tinsel thread that you combined with floss in the same needle was kind of tricky. You had to be patient to use it (still do), and debate whether or not to remove that core fiber (for the record, it adds stability and reduces static). So while it gives unique, beautiful effects, the Kreinik family knew you needed something else.
Kreinik Very Fine #4 Braid has eclipsed Blending Filament as the most popular metallic thread for cross stitching. It is soft, easy to use, and comes in about 200 colors from solid to variegated plus jewel-tone, earthy, glow-in-the-dark, and holographic shades.
1. Do not separate it. Unlike embroidery floss where you separate the strands, Very Fine Braid is meant to be used as it comes, straight off the reel. No effort needed. Just start stitching. Isn't that easy?
Side note: Very Fine #4 Braid's coverage on 14-count is kind of thin, but some people like that, so feel free to experiment.
3. No need to stitch with two strands of Braid (like you stitch with two strands of floss). If you need more coverage, just go up a Braid size (Fine #8 Braid is next in weight). It seems like a lot of trouble to lay two strands neatly as you stitch, so just use one strand of Braid and make it easy on yourself.
The endcap of a Kreinik spool lifts ever-so-slightly to allow a thread end to be released or secured.
Braid is wound around a spool, which can lead to curling. When you add in the natural twist of our needle as we stitch, knots can result. Simply let your needle hang every few stitches to allow the thread to relax, or use a slightly damp cosmetic sponge to straighten the thread.
When you've used up all your thread, recycle the spools by using them to organize your stash. They can be used to store silk ribbons, Christmas ribbons, rick-rack or small amounts of yarn.


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Gillbert the Robo-Fish Can Gulp Up Microplastics in the Water
By Hailey Kanowsky
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This year, the University of Surrey's Natural Robots Contest invited the public to submit ideas for animal or plant-inspired robots that could perform tasks that would help the world. The winner of the contest was an invention named 'Gillbert' who is a plastic-collecting Robo-fish. Oh, and he glows in the dark!
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Gillbert was designed by chemistry undergrad Eleanor Mackintosh. After a panel of experts from various British and European research institutes reviewed the submissions, Gillbert was chosen as the winner. Engineers then went to make a prototype and develop the technology, and plan for the device.
The Robo-fish swims through water by flapping a tail. Gillbert's mouth is open to collect water and microplastics, and once the cavity is full, Gillbert will close his mouth. A very fine mesh is attached to the gill flaps so that water can pass through, but the mesh can capture plastic particles. Experts believe that further forms of the robo-fish could include onboard sensors, faster equipment, and a more powerful tail.
"Water pollution, especially plastic pollution, is a huge problem. It's not just the ocean that suffers but rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds. This makes it a problem without a one-size-fits-all solution," Mackintosh told New Atlas. "My design was focused on having a versatility in its function. What better creature to address the issues in water bodies than one that lives in them? Fish are adapted to their environment, and gills are an incredible mechanism in nature that are specialized to filter oxygen into the bloodstream – so I adapted my design from that, with the purpose of creating a filter for microplastics instead."
Globally, we produce 300 million tons of plastic annually, 78 percent of which is NOT reclaimed or recycled. Around 8.8 million tons of plastic get dumped into the oceans every year! 700 marine animals are faced with extinction due to the threat that plastic poses to them in the form of entanglement, pollution, and ingestion. 50 percent of sea turtles have plastic in their stomachs. By 2050, 99 percent of all seabird species will have ingested plastic waste. According to a study by the World Economic Forum, there will be one tonne of plastic for every three tonnes of fish by 2025, and if things go on business as usual, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050.
When it comes to clothes, every year, 100 billion new clothing items are produced, 60% of all clothing is made from plastic which either goes right to the landfill or is burned in incinerators, and over 2.2 million tons of microfiber pollution from synthetic clothing enters our oceans! So it's important to be conscious of your fashion footprint when you think about cutting out plastic from your life. Sustainable and circular brands like Tiny Rescue are paving the way by designing recycled and plastic-free clothes that produce no waste. They can be returned and remade into new products over and over again!
Make sure to watch out for products you may be using or habits you may have that contribute to plastic pollution. Learn more about how the use of Teabags, Cotton Swabs, Laundry, Contact Lenses, Glitter, and Sheet Masks pollute our oceans so you can make more informed decisions going forward. There are also numerous simple actions and switches that can help cut plastic out of our lives, including making your own cosmetics, shampoo, toothpaste, soap, and household cleaners, using mason jars, reusable bags/bottles/straws, and avoiding microbeads!
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A: In css line-height is either a size or a multiple of the standard line height for the font size.
It defaults to 16px which is usually the size for 1em (it can vary for multiple reasons, usually programmatically speaking it equates 1em to the body's font-size attribute. Because that sometimes can differ on, say, a Retina Display screen versus a mobile device. Pixel sizes on a 24-inch monitor at 5k are going to be far greater than those on a 12-cm (5-inch) mobile screen.
Additionally, 5px on a 27-inch 5k screen is really a lot smaller than 5px on a 12-inch laptop display with 1366-by-768 pixel size.
Consistency is key!
For these reasons, it's recommended that you avoid using pixel sizes when rendering web content, and instead use other measurement systems like point (pt), em (em or rem, depending on what you're doing), or similar. Whatever you choose, make it as consistent as you can!
That's why I agree that line-height: 1 is a good start, but also simply making them display: flex doesn't go nearly far enough.
You also need to align the items according to your preferences using the container's flexbox attributes.
The following is my own suggestion (changes to the elements only, for brevity's sake, considering how long-winded my answer is).

.icons ul {
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}

.icons ul li {
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  margin: 1.9em; /* Correction for relative display instead of pixel units. */
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}

.icons ul a {
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                           where all of the objects are of the same size. */
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  width: 2.8em;
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.icons ul a::before {
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  width: 3.75em;
  height: 1.4em;
  top: -52px; /* Since these are literally graphical nudges, we leave them alone! */
  left: -10px; /* But do consider relative units for non-pixel elements. */
  font-size: 1.1em;
  border-radius: 0.3em; /* Think of 5px on a Retina display. It looks square! */
  line-height: 1; /* THIS IS CORRECT!
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}

I hope this helps!


The book up for this month is one I started last month because I knew I would need extra time to finish it. The book is JR by William Gaddis, written in almost entirely dialogue with no scene breaks or chapters, and coming in at 726 pages. Published in 1975, JR tells the story of Edward Bast, a composer working as a school music teacher. He befriends 11-year-old JR Vansant. JR appears to be an economic savant, and without Bast realizing it he is pulled into the young man's capitalist machinations. A novel that feels like the cacophonous and biting satirical work of filmmaker Robert Altman.


Posted on 2012-08-19 2013-06-10 by Eloy Zuniga Jr.
We did it. Django Dash for our second year in a row. A little different, but still memorable.
This year we spent the majority working from the comfort of our own homes.
Thanks to Schipul and our decision to move toward a remote work lifestyle we were able to easily face this year's competiton in style aka in our jammies.
If anything this saved us valuable travel and setup time.
I said this last year, but I'll say it again this year; because apparently we did not learn our lesson.
Make as many decisions as possible before the competition. Think roadmap or dare I say clipboard of fun.
One of our greatest strengths is our team. We work together every workday, this competition was no different. I can only imagine the stop-and-go speed of competing on a team that doesn't know each other.
This year I spent some time on two things I've only spent a couple of minutes on in the past. The Twitter Bootstrap project and Class Based Views. While my colleagues spent their time learning about Google authentication and the interim their experiencing as they adopt new technologies.
Competition time is definitely not the time to learn new things. It's just so hard not to. You find yourself inspired and when inspiration strikes all you want to do is strive, learn new things and create.
In the case of Google authentication, it had to be learned. Our project was dependent on it, as always; it's amazing what you can do when you have to.
I don't foresee this habit waning any time soon. If anything I look forward to it. I learned a lot of useful things this weekend and I'm left wanting more. Give me that feeling anyday.
Early Sunday morning we found ourselves having to make a choice. A choice between accumilating more points by submitting more commits and focusing on specific code requirements such as standards and creating tests. Or making a product that might actually provide some value to many in the near future.
We chose the latter. The idea of our project actually being useful at more than just collecting points is an honor. With this in mind we refocused and put effort into submitting a finished product that's worth demoing.
We'll be demoing our finished 48 hour project to the office and get our first ouside perspective. No matter what people say I'm not-so-secretly wishing we can keep up this momentum and continue improving our project.
What did you build, tell me already!?
You can sign up for the site now and take it for a spin. Keep in mind that this was 48 hours of code. You might find some quirks and so-called missing features.
It's been said that we get our results some time this week; but as I mentioned before we're more excited about the project itself and what it can bring to others.
One of the rules of the Django Dash competition is that the project itself must remain open sourced. So feel free to take a glance at our code on github.com and fork the code if you'd like to start contributing.
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We learn on many benefits from food every day. We need to get more antioxidants, magnesium, iron, but not everything is gotten from food enough.
Counting the calories is not the smartest way to eat and watch the weight, but there is a limit to everything. It is vital to get as many nutrients as you can from the calories you eat. So eat more nutritious foods with almost no calories. We have the list!
This is 0 calorie veggie, mostly water and with chewing you burn more than ingesting! 100 g has just 16 calories. But careful with the dressings and dips!
The all time favorite for side dish, stir fry and more. It has loads of fiber, aids in digestion and has proteins. In 100 g there is 34 calories.
In 100 g there is 52 calories, more than the rest of foods listed here. But, also loads of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and more. An apple is a perfect snack between lunch and dinner.
Another of my favorites. Full of water, is great for hydrating and amazing for flavor water in pitcher. In 100 g there is 16 calories and this is amazing for any salad.
Not a big fan but they for sure have loads of vitamin C and in 100 g just 47 calories.
This fights cancer and heart issues, aids in weight loss and in 100 g there is 25 calories. Cabbage soup is amazing, filling and nutritious.
It removes inflammation, aid digestion and heart health too. in 100 g there is 25 calories and is good for adding in pizza crusts that are healthy! Another veggie that burns more calories with chewing or preparing than ingesting it.
Grilled asparagus is the best side dish, it is filling and for 100 g there is 20 calories.
Every type of this veggie is low in calories, for example chanterelles are 38 calories in 100 g, and portabellas 22. Make them in sauce, burger, salads, anything!
Not just for eyesight but removing of inflammation too. it is a diuretic as well, makes balanced blood sugar and in 100 g there is 41 calories.
Crucifer veggie similar to cabbage and broccoli and even cauliflower, with all same benefits and 43 calories in 100 g. they are not for everyone's taste though. My sister hates them.
A great summer fruit. Sweet, juicy, 30 calories per 100 g. many antioxidants, boosts metabolism and you can overindulge on it!
For 100 g just 17 calories, amazing for pasta sauce, stir fry or even in bread making.
Included in almost any recipe. When I have no idea what to cook, I always fry some onion in a pan, and add other items along. For 100 g there is 40 calories and flavonoids too.
Other such healthy foods are lemons, beets, tomato, turnip and grapefruit.


Immunget® is an improved, synthesized peptide complex from the thymus, which occurs naturally in the thymus gland (not derived from animal proteins).
Immunget® contains Vitamin A, C, Vitamin B12 etc. which contribute to the normal functioning of the immune system.
The immune system provides protection for the body against bacteria, toxins, viruses, cancer cells, etc. The activity of the immune system can be reduced due to a number of unfavourable factors: burns, hypothermia, blood loss, malnutrition, transferred diseases, chronic stress. The body becomes more sensitive to infections, healing processes are inhibited and the risk of developing tumours increases. The normal functioning of the immune system provides a high level of anti-stress, anti-infection and anti-tumour protection for the body.
Application: Recommended dose of Immunget® for adults: 1 capsule 2 times a day during a meal. Duration of course: 30 days. It is advisable to repeat the course after 4-6 months.
Ingredients: 156.250 mg of magnesium oxide 60% magnesium heavy corresponds to 93.75 mg Mg 25% NRV; 80.000 mg of vitamin C; L-ascorbic acid 100% NRV; 75.000 mg of vitamin B12; 1% on maltodextrin cyanocobalamin corresponds to 0.75 mg of vitamin B12 30000% NRV; 36.363 mg zinc gluconate 13.75% zinc corresponds to 5.00 mg zinc 50% NRV; 1.400 mg of vitamin B6 pyridoxine hydrochloride (HCL) 100% NRV; Peptide complex VP (L-Lysine 0,100 mg, L-Glutamine acid 0,100 mg); Peptide complex TP (L-Glutamine acid 0.100 mg, L-Tryptophan 0.100 mg); plus separating agents and flow agents rice bran extract microcrystalline cellulose.
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Defense wants potatoes to be evidence in Etan Patz trial
Attorney argues defendant could not have carried boy's body a block and a half
By Colleen Long
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge is considering whether 50 pounds of potatoes and a produce box can be used as evidence in the trial of a man accused of killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979.
The suspect, Pedro Hernandez, said he choked Etan in the basement of a convenience store after luring the boy down the stairs with a promise of a soda. He told investigators he put the boy's body in a plastic garbage bag, then put the bag inside a banana box and walked it about a block and a half away and put it down in an alcove with other trash. The body was never recovered.
Part of Hernandez's job at the convenience store was to lug boxes of produce, soda and beer up and down the basement stairs into the shop in SoHo.
"I put it on my shoulder. I walked to the right," he said of the box during his videotaped confession. "I was strong at the time. I was 18. I was strong."
But attorneys for Hernandez, now 54, say the confession was made up and Hernandez is mentally ill. Attorney Harvey Fishbein suggests Hernandez was scrawny, weighing only about 115 pounds, and could not have carried a heavy box that far. He is asking to bring in 50 pounds of potatoes and a produce box for jurors to demonstrate the weight of the body.
On the missing-child poster, Etan's weight was listed as 50 pounds. But prosecutors say the measurement was a mistake made by frantic parents, and medical records from just a few months before Etan vanished have the boy weighing about 37 pounds. His mother, Julie, testified that he was very small for his age.
Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon argued that the method for showing how heavy the box would be is unscientific and should not be shown to jurors because it would be wrong.
"It is incompetent evidence and unscientific because carrying a body is vastly different than potatoes," she said.
It would be the second piece of unconventional evidence on whether the confession is plausible. Earlier in the trial, prosecutors showed jurors a photo of a little boy crouching in a produce box, intending to show that Etan's body would have fit into such a box. The boy is Etan's size and shape but isn't identified.
Defense attorney Alice Fontier argued that the photos were equally as unscientific.
"The people have been given free reign," she said. "We need to be allowed to introduce" the box.
The judge said he would decide Thursday.
Hernandez made the surprising confession in 2012 to authorities who were interviewing him based on a tip from a relative. No physical evidence has been recovered, but at least five people have testified that over the years, Hernandez said he had killed a child in New York City. He moved from SoHo, where he had been staying with his sister and brother-in-law shortly after Etan disappeared, to New Jersey, where he has been living ever since - most recently in Maple Shade.
Etan's parents helped galvanize the national missing-children's movement. May 25, the day he disappeared, is National Missing Children's Day.
Published: Thu, Mar 19, 2015
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On Sunday, Oct. 4, Fr. Dan Cambra, MIC, led the Marians' annual Mercy for Souls Conference at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Here is his talk, delivered before about 100 pilgrims from throughout the region.


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Gagging clause prevents inquiry into standards
Terms of academic's compromise agreement halt QAA and Hefce queries. Melanie Newman reports
Compromise agreements that gag departing academics may be impairing investigations into allegations of poor academic standards.
An academic who said he was dismissed after making allegations of plagiarism has stated that the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) told him it could not investigate because he had signed an agreement.
Legal advice obtained by the Higher Education Funding Council for England suggested that he could be sued for breaching the agreement if he disclosed information covered by it.
Mahmoud El-Sayed, formerly a professor in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University, was dismissed in 2007. He sued for unfair dismissal and signed a compromise agreement in an out-of-court settlement.
In evidence to the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee, he said he had repeatedly raised concerns about plagiarism. He has been pushing the QAA and Hefce to investigate.
Following a telephone call to Hefce last July, he received an email from the head of assurance at Hefce, who said the QAA would decide how to respond.
Almost a year later, a QAA spokeswoman told him in another email that it was not able to investigate the allegations "because of the existence of a compromise agreement".
Only after the professor had given evidence to the select committee had Hefce been in a position to ask the QAA to investigate further, she said.
Professor El-Sayed said that earlier this year, John Selby, Hefce's director of education and participation, told him that the funding council had written to Liverpool John Moores.
Dr Selby said: "We made it clear in the letter that we recognised that they, like you, are bound by the confidentiality clauses in your compromise agreement and made clear that we were not asking them to breach them."
He also said that Hefce was unable to intervene in employment cases, prompting Adrian Jones, former University and College Union official for Liverpool, to claim that an "invisible wall" was blocking any investigation of allegations of mismanagement.
Professor El-Sayed said that he had never asked Hefce to intervene in his own employment case or to breach the compromise agreement.
Dr Selby said that the evidence did not back up the allegations of widespread plagiarism at Liverpool John Moores or the claim that the university had covered anything up.
"Both Professor El-Sayed and the university are bound by a compromise agreement, and we have throughout been very clear that we could not ask Professor El-Sayed to breach the agreement," Dr Selby said.
Hefce's governing code says that its assurance service must have unrestricted access to information including records, assets, personnel and premises.
A spokesman said: "In Professor El-Sayed's case we took legal advice, which was that any disclosure in this case would not be protected under the Public Interest Disclosure Act and would leave the discloser open to proceedings against him."
melanie.newman@tsleducation.com.


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August 25th, 2022 : Issue 921
Soil fertility and wheat...
2022 Kansas Performance...
Soybean yield potential estimation
With most Kansas soybean fields already in reproductive stages, it is time to start assessing yield potential from those fields.
Soybeans can easily compensate for the occurrence of stress (relative to corn), more so if the timing of the stress is before seed filling. One of the key factors on the crop's ability to compensate stress situations is the significant overlapping of vegetative and reproductive stages that indeterminate soybeans express, allowing them to keep producing new leaves even toward the reproductive period. On the other hand, the production of flowers could normally last between 4-6 weeks, which potentially allows to replace flowers and small pods abortion.
Since the final number of pods is not determined until reaching the beginning of seed filling, when estimating soybean yield potential, we must keep in mind that the estimate could change based on timing of this estimation and weather conditions. For example, wet periods toward the end of the reproductive period can extend the seed-set period, promoting greater pod production and retention, with heavier seed weight.
Estimating final yield before harvest can be a very tedious task, but a simplified method using yield components can be applied to start setting yield expectations.
From a physiological perspective, the main yield components to consider are:
plants per acre,
pods per area,
seeds per pod, and
seed size.
When can I start making soybean yield estimates?
There is not a precise time, but we can start making soybean yield estimates as soon as the end of the R4 stage, full pod (pods are ¾-inch long on one of the top four nodes), or at the onset of the R5 stage, beginning seed (seeds are 1/8-inch long on one of the top four nodes). Keep in mind that yield prediction is less precise at these early reproductive stages since the seed number per area, as well as the seed weight, are not yet completely defined. At this early stage of seed development, it is important to only consider the pods that are at least ¾-inch long to avoid over-optimistic estimations since smaller pods can still abort under stress conditions.
As far as we move into R6 stage (full seed), the seed number (main yield component) is significantly defined, yet the conditions during seed filling will determine the effective seed number as well as the size of the seed. The closest to maturity (R7 stage) that we move the estimation, the most accurate the expectation and overall yield prediction.
Figure 1. Soybean phenological stages to start yield prediction using the yield components method.
How many samples are needed to account for field variation?
Make yield estimations in different areas of the field, at least 6 to 12 different areas. It is important to properly recognize and identify the variation within the field, and then take enough samples from the different areas to fairly represent the entire field. Within each sample section, take consecutive plants within the row to have a good representation. The variability between plants in terms of number of pods and seed size needs to be considered when trying to get an estimation of soybean yields. In addition, variability between areas within the same field needs also to be properly accounted for (e.g. low vs. high areas in the field). In a nutshell, the more variability to represent, the more samples we would need for a good estimation.
The yield components equation
Soybean yield estimates following the conventional approach are based on the following components (Eq. 1):
Eq. 1
Plants/ac. A simplified approach can be applied by using samples covering 1/10,000th of an acre with sections of 30 inches width by 21 inches length (Figure 2, step 1.). Thus, the average of plants on several sections multiplied by 10,000 will give us an estimation of the numbers of plants per acre. Following this simplified approach, if the soybean plants are arranged in 30-inch rows we just need to sample a single row; 2 rows if the row spacing is 15 inches; and in 4 rows if the row spacing is 7.5 inches.
Pods/plant. Once the samples have been obtained, we proceed to count and later average the number of pods per plant (Figure 2, step 2.).
Seeds/pod. Then, we proceed to count and later average the number of seeds per pod (Figure 2, step 3.). Soybean plants will have, on average, 2.5 seeds per pod (ranging from 1 to 4 seeds per pod), primarily regulated by the interaction between the environment and the genotypes. Under severe drought and heat stress, a pessimistic expectation would be an average of 1-1.5 seeds per pod.
Seeds/acre. A calculation of the total number of plants/ac (1)., pods/plant (2), and seeds/pod (3), obtaining the total number of seeds per unit area (Figure 2, step 4.).
lbs/bu. For this estimation, the "test weight" for soybean could be considered here as a constant number at 60 lbs./bu.
Seeds/lbs. The number of seeds per pound will vary depending the seed filling conditions, which will determine the seed size. Normally, this number could range somewhere between 2,500 (bigger seeds) to 3,500 (smaller seeds) seeds per pound, for optimal to unfavorable seed filling conditions. Combined with a constant test weight of 60 lbs./bu, this will lead to a range of expectation of seeds per bushel between 150,000 seeds per bushel to 210,000 seeds per bushel, respectively (Figure 2, step 5).
The final step to get the estimation consist in: (i) dividing seeds/acre by seeds/bu to obtain the yield estimation in bushels per acre (Eq. 2).
Figure 2. Example of yield estimation method using samples of 1/10,000th of an acre (21-inch x 30-inch sections) for a regular yield until seed filling, where the seed size is expected to be
reduced compared to favorable seed filling conditions, increasing the #seeds/bu component.
Example for average conditions
In Figure 2, we have taken 10 samples of 30x21 inches sections, leading to an average number of 12.4 plants. Since these sections are 1/10,000th of an acre, our first component, the plant density is 124,000 plants/acre. Then, in those 12 plants, we have measured on average 27 pods per plant. If we assume a "normal" growing season condition, then we could expect to count around 2.5 seeds per pod. Combining these components, we obtained an expectation of 8.370 M seeds per acre. Finally, we had to assume (if the estimation is early) or represent (if close to maturity) the seed filling conditions. In this case, we have used regular to poor seed filling due to the lack of precipitation combined with heat, thus we divided the seeds per acre by an expectation of 200,000 seeds per bu (small seed size), giving us an estimate of 41.85 bu/a.
Adjusting for 2022 expectations
So far, the 2022 season have shown a good start during May and June, but challenging conditions from drought and heat experienced during July and August. Thus, even if the pod number is the same as in a normal season, for a "droughty" (from R2 to R6 stages) growing season such as the present one, the final seed number will be negatively impacted. Therefore, a yield calculation for unfavorable conditions while defining the number of seeds per pod component could be as follows:
This situation could be more severe if the stress conditions started earlier in the reproductive period, impacting the final number of pods, and if the stress conditions are not alleviated in the coming weeks, severely reducing the final seed weight.
The practice of estimating yields in soybeans will provide an opportunity for farmers and agronomists not only to obtain a more reliable prediction of yields but to scout fields for associated issues before harvest, such as insects, diseases, and other potential production problems.
Ignacio Ciampitti, Professor - Farming Systems
ciampitti@ksu.edu
Adrian Correndo, Postdoctoral Fellow, Digital Ag
correndo@ksu.edu
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William T. Ketcham, Jr.
One of the longest, most loyal and most influential leaders in the American squash scene, Bill Ketcham known as Treddy has stamped his heart and soul on almost every important tournament and player in the U.S. Raised at the Rockaway Hunt Club, Ketcham was a class of 1941 at Yale and awarded the Navy Cross after fighting in the Marines on Iwo Jima. He won a record seven national senior doubles titles, with Jimmy Ethridge in 1965-1966, 1968-69, Howard Davis in 1970, Vic Elmaleh in 1973 and Newton Meade in 1974, and in 1965 he captained the winning New York side in the national team champi¬onships. Off-court Ketcham gave his energies to running tournaments and sustaining and developing the game. He served as U.S.S.R.A. president from 1965-67 and was the only man to serve in all four Association leadership posi¬tions: as secretary, treasurer, vice-president and president. He was president of the Metropolitan Squash Racquets Association from 1959-61, he ran and gave the cup for the national intercollegiate doubles tournament, he helped start and run the Bigelow Fund for junior development and the US Squash endowment fund, and he has for decades been president of the Friends of Yale Squash. Since 1960 he has been tournament director of the Gold Racquets at Rockaway, the oldest singles and doubles tournament in the world. In 1966 he donated the trophy for the President's Cup, which he received himself in 1969. He has led the U.S. branch of the Jesters Club for the past twenty years. With his fervent love of the game and his irrepressible enthusiasm for its past, present and future, Treddy Ketcham embodies the highest ideals of squash.
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