GCN DECEMBER 2012 • GCN.COM 23 below freezing most of the time. Anyone who goes into the water won't survive long. Into this netherworld NOAA has sent various data-taking probes over the years. Satellites have been used, but with limited success because they can't look below the surface of the water. And in the Arctic, where clouds cover the sky more than 90 percent of the time, satel- lites must simply wait for a clear day to gather any data. Buoys have been used in cold areas, but they are stationary plat- forms and not robust enough to survive the ice floes of the Arctic waters. Giant ice-breaking ships can tow sensor ar- rays, but they require full crews and cost the government between $25,000 and $80,000 per day. Nevertheless such efforts have been made and costs have been borne in part because the Arctic Ocean has become invaluable when looking for answers about climate change. The ice that cov- ers the ocean is forming later every year, and melting sooner. The resulting darker ocean water absorbs the sun's radiation instead of reflecting it as sea ice does. That creates a cycle of less ice, more heat, and a warming of the upper ocean during the summer months that could have serious repercussions for the entire planet. Recording temperatures, especially in columns of water going down six meters below the surface, could help scientists predict future key climate changes. Data could be shared with NOAA's Fisheries Service, for example, to create smarter seafood management plans. NOAA's Meinig thought robots might handle data collection tasks more capa- bly than any of device --- and for a lot less money. As it turns out, NOAA is no stranger to using swimming robots to record data. The agency has bought sev- eral from Liquid Robotics Inc., of Sunny- vale Calif., to monitor the world's other oceans. In fact, a set of the company's Wave Glider robots are currently swim- ming off the coasts of California and Hawaii. Depending on configuration, a Wave Glider can cost between $175,000 and $250,000, but offer near continuous operation once deployed. Graham Hine, Liquid Robotics senior vice president for product management, explained why the robots his company manufactures are perfect for unmanned exploration of the world's oceans. "The Wave Gliders are propelled by wave power, so they can operate for months at a time, never need to stop for refuel- ing, and are robust enough to survive in tough conditions," he said. In fact, two Wave Gliders recently survived almost direct hits from Hurri- cane Isaac. Hine said the only way the operators knew that one craft had been in the hurricane was the fact that it sent back 550 readings per minute instead of its programmed 600. The lost 50 read- ings each minute probably happened because the bot was completely under- water at the time and not able to trans- mit a signal. But it survived the storm without a scratch. ROBOTS VS. PINGOS In fact, for day-to-day operations Wave Gliders have proven to be surprisingly ro- bust in the field. Liquid Robotics has been testing them in a project during which several Wave Gliders swam 9,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean. "We only had one problem on that trip," Hine said. "A shark bit the naviga- tion cable on one of them, which sent the unit into a slow spin. Thankfully, that happened about 150 miles offshore of Hawaii, so we were able to retrieve it." Wave Glider are not normally affected by heat either because the dry boxes con- taining the payload and control functions sit partially below the waterline so excess heat is dissipated by thermal transfer. For the Arctic mission, however, ex- treme cold was the potential enemy. Nobody at Liquid Robotics knew if a Wave Glider could survive such dramatic temperatures. "We have a cabin up in Lake Tahoe, so we took one up there in winter and let it get snowed on," Hine said. "We wanted to see if snow would block the solar panels. But after a month in the water, it didn't hurt it at all. We also did several tests to Officials from NOAA and Liquid Robotics launch a test of one of the company's self- propelled Wave Gliders, which can explore and transmit data from the frigid waters of the Arctic Ocean. LIQUID ROBOTICS INC.


Bethlehem Catholic's Zeke Moisey, left, and Parkland's Ethan Lizak have been invited to wrestle in the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic.
have been selected as part of the Pennsylvania team that will take on an all-star team from the rest of the United States at the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic 6 p.m. Sunday at the the University of Pittsburgh's Fitzgerald Field House.
Moisey won the PIAA Class AA 126-pound title this weekend while Lizak, a two-time gold medalist, finished fourth at 120 pounds in Class AAA.
The USA team includes Blair Academy's Joseph McKenna, Bergen Catholic's three-time New Jersey champion Johnny Sebastian and Good Counsel (Md.)'s 179-0 Kyle Snyder.
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Volunteers, Hazel Bird Nature Reserve, ON (Photo by NCC)
If you live in downtown Toronto, you, like 28 per cent of your neighbours, may not own a car. They are expensive, a bother to park and, unless you drive a hybrid or electric, not particularly great for the planet. This, added to the growing traffic chaos of the sprawling Greater Toronto Area, makes cars an impractical method of transportation for city dwellers.
So how do you get out of the city?
Unless you rent a car, which can be expensive, many Torontonians are missing out on exploring the beautiful natural spaces that this province has to offer.
Enter Parkbus. Brain child of Boris Issaev and Alex Berlyand, Parkbus connects transportation-challenged urbanities to nature. Founded in 2010, Parkbus offers alternative and affordable transportation to parks and natural areas across Canada. They also run a program called ActiveDays that builds a community of outdoor enthusiasts, providing programing such as hiking, paddleboarding, canoeing and climbing.
This past spring, as part of a pilot program, Parkbus and the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) collaborated on our Conservation Volunteers program. The program invites people to spend a day in nature, helping NCC with important stewardship activities, such as invasive species removal, building trails, counting species or planting trees, just to name a few. Typically, to attend these events you need a car or to join a carpool. By partnering with Parkbus, NCC was able to bring people from Toronto out to the Hazel Bird Nature Reserve to help with some spring planting.
Part of the ActiveDays program, this was the first ever, hands-on stewardship event Parkbus has hosted to date.
"Parkbus staff are interested in bringing conservation volunteering into their offerings, as their followers are keen to get more deeply connected to nature," says Val Deziel, coordinator, conservation biology for Central Ontario – East. Deziel was one of three NCC staff on site to lead the day's activities, along with Ali Giroux, coordinator, conservation biology for Central Ontario – East and Elizabeth Latimer, conservation technician.
Thirty-three eager and enthusiastic volunteers from Toronto helped NCC plant prairie grasses and wildflowers to assist with restoration efforts on the property. With trowels in hand and the sun shining brightly, in just 90 minutes, volunteers and staff planted 300 wildflowers and 1,440 grass plugs. In the afternoon, the Parkbus crew was treated to a property tour. For many of the volunteers, this was the first time they had been to an NCC property or had even heard of the national land conservation organization.
Wildflowers planted by volunteers, Hazel Bird Nature Reserve, ON (photo by NCC)
"This was a wonderful opportunity to educate some of Ontario's urban population on the tall grass prairie ecosystem and promote the work we do," says Val.
The Hazel Bird Nature Reserve is part of the Rice Lake Plains tall grass prairie. The tall grass prairie once covered a significant part of southern Ontario's landscape, but now less than three per cent of the province's grassland habitat remains.
Once dominated by massive black and white oaks and grasses like big bluestem, Indian grass and switchgrass that grew more than two metres high, today, the Rice Lake Plains are badly fragmented and overgrown with non-native species. A refuge for species at risk, including many grassland birds and eastern hog-nosed snake, the Rice Lake Plains remain a priority for conservation.
NCC has been working for more than 17 years to restore this important ecosystem through invasive species removal, prescribed burns, thinning and planting of native species. The work that the Parkbus volunteers accomplished is a big part of that restoration effort.
"The work our volunteers do contributes directly to our success in managing and restoring one of Canada's most endangered ecosystems," says Val. "Without their dedication and enthusiasm, our work would not be possible."
Thanks to a three-year, $663,200 Grow Grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation made in late 2017, NCC has been able to do even more to restore and conserve habitat on the Rice Lake Plains. To date, NCC and our partners, through the Rice Lake Plains Partnership, which includes Alderville First Nation, have conserved more than 1,076 hectares (2,660 acres) of priority conservation lands. The Hazel Bird Nature Reserve, and other Rice Lake Plains properties, have been generously supported by funding from the Government of Canada, through the Natural Areas Conservation Program, and other donors.
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Q: Moving black holes What happens to the fabric of space in the wake of a moving black hole?  Is space permanently deformed by a moving black hole or does it rebound as the black hole passes?

A: A constant velocity black hole leaves no wake whatsoever.  To show this, one can rewrite the Schwarzschild black hole metric, after a change of coordinates, as:
$$g_{ab} = \eta_{ab} + \frac{2M}{r}k_{a}k_{b}$$
where $\eta$ is the Minkowski metric, and $k_{a} = (-1,\pm 1, 0, 0)$ is a null vector with respect to both the Schwarzschild and Minkowski metrics.${}^{1}$  Now, you have removed the Black hole geometry from the background geometry, and you are free to apply a Lorentz transformation to the whole thing, and you will not transform $\eta$, but you will now have a Lorentz-transformed $k$.  This gives you the metric of a moving black hole.  But this metric just differs from your original one by a coordinate transformation, and therefore, has the exact same physics.
Thus, in the presence of a constant-velocity black hole, you will see no wake effects with gravitational radiation.
${}^{1}$the choice of plus/minus sets whether you are in the black hole or white hole patch of the extended Kruskal solution

A: A black hole creates curvature in spacetime just like any other massive object, such as a star, which makes it attract other matter gravitationally.  A black hole isn't any more exotic than a star in that regard.
The black hole's gravitational field is just a consequence of its mass existing in that location.  If a black hole is in motion relative to you, then the curvature of spacetime that it creates will follow it.
You could, of course, also argue that the black hole is at rest, and you're the one who's in motion.  That's why it wouldn't make sense for a black hole to "permanently" deform spacetime, since that would mean that there's a preferred frame of reference in which the black hole is in motion.

A: There's nothing precisely analogous to a Wake in water, because the particular form of water wakes depends crucially on the fact that a Gravity wave (as opposed to a Gravitational wave) has a distinctive Dispersion relationship. For deep water it's  ω=gk−−√ω=gk , where  ω=2πfω=2πf  is angular frequency (frequency in units of radians per second instead of hertz) and  k=2π/λk=2π/λ  is wavenumber in radians per metre. (The funny units are so you can write the amplitude of the wave as  Acos(ωt−kx)Acos(ωt−kx)  and save a lot of occurrences of  2π2π .) Then the Group velocity is  ∂ω/∂k=g/k−−−√/2∂ω/∂k=g/k/2  and the Phase velocity is  ω/k=g/k−−−√ω/k=g/k  which are different and  kk -dependent so it's all very complicated.
In particular, no matter how slow the boat goes there will be some large- kk  (short wavelength) components of the disturbance it creates that go slower than it, so there'll always be at least some tiny sonic-boom-type shockwave, i.e., a V-shaped wake.
By contrast, EM and gravitational waves in vacuum are non-dispersive, which means they have  ω=ckω=ck  for a common frequency-independent phase/group velocity which happens to be  cc  for both. And since the object itself can't go faster than c, there can't be a proper wake. In particular, there's no wake of the sort that needs energy to create, so the source doesn't need to be continuously supplied with energy to keep moving.
Of course a charged particle in a refractive medium can go faster than  c/nc/n  ( nn  being the refractive index) and create a wake in the form of Cherenkov radiation. There's very likely a similar effect for a mass particle moving through a dense dust, but I'm not up to calculating it.

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A Small Scale Investigation Into the Factors Influencing the Conceptual Change in Children's Scientific Thinking
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A small scale investigation into the factors influencing the conceptual change in children's scientific thinking Abstract The present study aims to compare how Piaget and Vygotsky theories promote conceptual change in children's scientific thinking. The investigation is an adaptation of a procedure used in 1930 by Piaget and compares two children's predictions and explanations of why some objects float or sink. Children's thinking is then challenged using discovery learning and scaffolding with the aim to investigate how each approach promotes a shift in their scientific thinking. Their explanations are coded, quantified and compared. The findings support Piaget stage theory and although scaffolding approach proved more effective,…show more content…
Participants Volunteering children from a primary school in the Oxford area, in the UK, were video-recorded taking part into a practical investigation of objects that float and sink. Two video-recorded interviews were retained for the purpose of the study: one with Daniel, a 7 years old boy; and the other with Jessica, a 12 years old girl. Material The interviews were video-recorded by a film producer, two camera operators and a sound recordist, using cameras, lights and a microphone boom. The interviews took between 30 and 35 minutes. The interviewer used the same objects with all the participants. They are listed in Appendix 1 and 2 (Object column). In addition a plastic balance and 2 similar boxes but of different size filled with the same quantity of lenses were employed. The video-recorded interviews and their transcripts were provided on a Media Kit DVD ROM as part of course resources, together with a collection data sheet form. Procedure Semi-structured interviews were conducted individually by Terezinha Nunes, at that time Professor of Psychology at Oxford Brookes University and who did not previously know the participants, in Daniel's school library room, during the school day, in March 2005. Both children were accompanied by a classroom assistant. A film producer, two camera operators and a sound recordist and a member of the Open University module team were present, too. Given the big number of adults present
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David Beresford, British journalist, Died at 68
David Beresford died in 2016.
He was an award-winning British journalist for the Guardian newspaper.
David was also the author of Ten Men Dead, a book about the Irish hunger strike in the Maze prison near Lisburn, County Down.
Beresford was the Guardian's Irish correspondent at the time, eventually becoming their Johannesburg correspondent.
During the year 1994, Mr. Beresford wrote in the Guardian that Justice Richard Goldstone ran a "much vaunted" judicial commission of inquiry that "failed dismally," and that was a "rubbish bin" used by the South African government.
David discussed Goldstone's "disturbing" practice by which he acted with "overt political 'sensitivity'," including his being "at pains to involve the politically distinguished in the conduct of his inquiry"; and of harboring such ambition to succeed Boutros-Boutros Ghali's post as UN Secretary-General, that Goldstone's legal colleagues gave him the nickname of "Richard-Richard.
David Beresford passed away at 68 yrs old.
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BALCH SPRINGS, Tex. – A Balch Springs woman and her young son are safe after police helped them escape their second-floor apartment during a fire early Monday morning.
That fire started around 6:30 a.m. at the Quail Apartments.
Three police officers, who arrived before the fire department, rushed through the building knocking on doors to wake up residents. But at one unit, flames had already closed in on the door.
Down below the second-story apartment officers yelled to the woman to open her window, but it was stuck.
Officer Cory Jones tossed his baton to break the window. That's when the three officers coaxed the boy into jumping into their arms.
"It was only seconds, but it felt like hours because once again you're looking at their faces and they're fearful. I'm fearful for them. It was hard," said Officer David Field.
The fire department wasn't far behind. Firefighters were able to help the boy's mother to safety.
"We just did it. There was no thinking. It's just part of the job. It's what you sign up to do is help people and help your community," said Jones.
That woman and her son were both uninjured. Their unit, along with two others, was heavily damaged.
House fire believed to have started after food was left on stove
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Get Salesforce instance where you want to do this integration.
Get Mixpanel account where you want to store all the analytics data.
Get the Mixpanel tracking code to start logging the events.
For this if we don't have anything we can goto(https://developer.salesforce.com/signup) and sign up for a free developer instance, which is enough for this integration.
Decide in which interfaces(Lightning Experience and/or Salesforce Classic) you want to do this integration.
Goto(https://mixpanel.com/) and Sign Up for new one or login to existing one if you have one.
Click create new project button under default selected project on the top left corner.
Enter project name and hit Create, Mixpanel will redirect you to the newly created project automatically.
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Bayern Munich continued their imperious run of winning every competitive game this season, blowing away their closest title challengers Borussia Dortmund with a stunning performance. Goals from Thomas Muller and former Dortmund fan favourites Mario Gotze and Robert Lewandowski helped the champions past what should have been a stern test for them.
Going in to the game, we were looking at two of the most unstoppable teams so far this season going head to head in what we hoped to be a tightly contested game. Bayern had Robert Lewandowski, with 10 goals in his last three games, while Die Borussen could boast the qualities of Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, who has scored in his last 8 games.
The visitors made a lively start, without really troubling Manuel Neuer or his defenders. Ilkay Gundogan stood out for the early stages as Bayern struggled to adjust to the tempo set by the away side. A quarter of an hour in, they broke in a 3 on 2 situation, however the final ball across was not the desired product from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, this was to be the end of Dortmund's stranglehold of the game.
Roman Burki looked overwhelmed by the occasion, his first game against Bayern since his summer move to Thomas Tuchel's men. First, he flapped at a free kick by Douglas Costa,he struggled to organise his back line and was in no man's land when a ball over the top by Jerome Boateng released Thomas Muller, who gleefully dribbled past the onrushing, yet clumsy Burki to slot into an empty net. Bayern continued to control the game thereon. Douglas Costa was brilliant and penetrative, putting real pressure on the Dortmund defenders as he skipped past challenge after challenge and whipped balls across consistently.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan made a clumsy challenge on Thiago (who had an impressive game), and there was no doubt about Muller doubling his and Bayern's tally from 12 yards out. Tuchel had made his move, Gonzalo Castro shifted out to the right wing, and it was he who ultimately provided a superb ball for Aubameyang to provide hope for the visitors.
Seconds after the break, another long ball by Jerome Boateng found Lewandowski in space and he was more than happy to smash into another empty net, Burki had been found out of position again and his misery continued. Moments later, Dortmund were spared from punishment, Gotze somehow managed to fire off target from a yard out after Burki was stranded on the edge of the box. However, this didn't stop him from providing a wonderful assist for Lewandowski's 2nd, his 12th strike in his past 4 games. Marco Reus and Adnan Januzaj came on to try and restore pride for Die Borussen, but the game was already gone, Gotze put the gloss on an excellent result for Thomas Tuchel's side with an exquisite finish from 15 yards.


An Interesting English Victorian Period Twin Compartment Tea Caddy disguised as a Pile of Books with a puzzle opening mechanism.
This a nice treen caddy and suit any book box collection. There are 3 chips of missing timber, which could be restored shown in images, two on the top book box the other on the corner of the main pile of books.


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NC Zoo to Host Box Turtle Conservation Workshop
Asheboro, NC - The North Carolina Zoo will host the fourth Box Turtle Conservation Workshop on March 22-23, with some 80 reptile experts and conservationists from across the country expected to attend.
According N.C. Zoo Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles John Groves, the workshop is aimed at individuals actively engaged in box turtle research and conservation. Speaker presentations are scheduled for both days with an optional tour of the zoo slated for Sunday, March 24.
The workshop is sponsored by the National Box Turtle Conservation Committee, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the National Science Foundation, The HERP Project and Maryland's Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary as well as the N.C. Zoo. Additional support for the conference has also been provided by the Tortoise Reserve, the Mid-Atlantic Turtle & Tortoise Society and Walmart of Asheboro.
According to Groves, the workshop will focus on box turtle population trends, ecology, life history strategies and epidemiology. Box turtle populations are declining throughout their range, Groves added, but few efforts have been made to assess current population status for developing long-term conservation strategies across their natural range.
"A major goal of the workshop is to provide current information on population size throughout the species' range and to encourage population studies in states where these turtles occur," Groves explained.
A special session on infectious diseases, chaired by reptile expert Dr. Matt Allender of the University of Illinois, will also be held in light of recent concerns over the disease "ranavirus" found in wild box turtles, Groves added.
Keynote speaker for the conference will be Dr. Michael Dorcas of Davidson College who will discuss Eastern box turtle demography, conservation and strategies for helping wild populations by engaging citizen scientists. Dorcas has studied the life history strategies and ecology of reptiles and amphibians for more than 20 years and has published more than 75 scientific papers. Dorcas also serves on the Box Turtle Connection Committee in North Carolina and in 2009 was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.


NOTICE: Freedmen descendants will hold a protest demonstration on Friday, Oct. 7 at 3 p.m. outside the BIA offices in Muskogee, OK. They are protesting inaction by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to enforce the Treaty of 1866 and allowing the Five Civilized Tribes to discriminate against their black citizens. All freedmen descendants and supporters are encouraged to attend.


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Hugs are safer than handshakes, says Marc Van Ranst
People should give each other a hug rather than shake hands now that the coronavirus measures are relaxing further, according to Belgian virologist Marc Van Ranst.
As people are allowed to see ten others per week from Monday, keeping the necessary 1.5 metres will not always be easy. Some will not be able to hold back from giving each other a hug, but that's okay, Van Ranst told Het Nieuwsblad.
Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès, during the press conference in which she announced the start of Phase 3 of the country's exit plan on Wednesday, said that people should use their common sense, but that it was understandable that keeping your distance was not always possible.
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"As far as I am concerned, people are allowed to hold each other," Van Ranst said, adding that hugs are okay, and even safer than shaking each other's hand. More skin to skin contact increases the risk of transferring the virus, he said.
"A handshake remains difficult, hands come into contact with each other and with the environment, which increases the chance of the spread," Van Ranst added.
However, starting a meeting at work by giving everyone a hug instead of a handshake is not the intention either.
"Shaking everyone's hand at the conference table, you cannot do that anymore. But I do not recommend replacing that with a hug. Keep the hug for the people you have an affinity with," Van Ranst said. "By the way, I do not think many people have missed that obligatory handshake," he added.
Maïthé Chini


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Hurricane Preparedness: Climate Prediction Center anticipates above-average hurricane season this year
by: Ashley Baylor
Posted: May 13, 2021 / 09:33 PM EDT
Updated: May 13, 2021 / 09:33 PM EDT
(WTNH) — Storm Team 8 reports the Climate Prediction Center Thursday morning announced La Nina weather pattern has ended. Conditions are expected to be neutral through the summer. But that is not great news for the upcoming hurricane season.
On April 8th, Phil Klotzbach and his colleagues at Colorado State University released their annual Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook.
Just like last year, they anticipate an above-average season with 17 named storms. Of those 17 named storms, eight could become hurricanes, and of those eight hurricanes, four could become major hurricanes with winds greater than 111 miles per hour.
So why another potentially active season?
"One of the big reasons why the above normal forecast is we don't think we are going to see El Nino this summer and fall," Klotzbach explained. "El Nino is warmer water in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. When we have an El Nino, it tends to increase winds higher up in the atmosphere, say 25,000, 30,000 feet that tear apart hurricanes."
Without those strong upper-level winds, it can allow storms to develop and intensify.
In addition to an above-average season, Klotzbach and the CSU team mentioned an above-average probability for major hurricanes making landfall along the U.S. coastline and the Caribbean.
"In general, more active seasons see more landfalls. Obviously, there are exceptions to that rule–you can have a quiet season with one significant landfall. More notably in 1992, we only had one major hurricane, but it was a Category 5: Hurricane Andrew. Or you can have a super active season like in 2010 with 12 hurricanes and no landfalls. In 2020, 13 hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean, six of them hitting the US."
When you think of major hurricanes, you often think of them making landfall in Florida, Louisiana, or Texas. You don't think about one hitting New England, but it has happened! In 1938, a Category 3 hurricane later coined, the 'Long Island Express', made landfall over Long Island and Connecticut.
"Storms hitting Florida and storms hitting New England are typically different in terms of their characteristics. By the time storms get up into New England, they're often starting to undergo what's known as 'extratropical transition'. They're still hurricanes, but the structure is changing, the storms are getting more elongated."
And it can happen again. That's why it's important to be prepared before a storm hits.
New London to replace lead pipes with copper


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The Tour de France cycle race in the Jura Mountains
Home The Mountains of Jura, a nature destination Cycling and mountain biking, everywhere and for everyone! The Tour de France cycle race in the Jura Mountains
A.S.O Pauline Ballet
Once again the Jura Mountains hosted a stage of the Tour de France cycle race.
On 3rd July, the 8th stage of the race went from Oyonnax to Le Grand-Bornand.
A.S.O.Pauline Ballet
Stage 8 - Oyonnax - Le Grand Bornand
The 8th stage of the Tour de France was between Oyonnax and Le Grand Bornand. It was the second visit by the famous cycle race to the town of Oyonnax, which had hosted the finish line of the Besançon-Oyonnax stage in 2014.
Terrain: Mountains
The department of Ain is geographically designed for bikes, with terrain that's suitable for all cycling disciplines. The ViaRhôna even promises a gentle ride suitable for all levels! Over 160 cycling events are organised here every year, such as the Tour de l'Ain race.
A host of organised activities are planned for this stage of the Tour de France. Shows, mascots, distribution of flags, fitness bike sessions... There'll be plenty to do in Ain on the weekend of 3rd July. To mark the occasion, the Combs and Plastics Museum is exhibiting a few pieces from its collection at the Cultural Centre, including Bollé cycling sunglasses designed in collaboration with the discipline's great names.
An open-air screening of a film about cycling, a solidarity race and various concerts will also be organised for the occasion. May the party begin!!
More details about the programme
Cycling heaven
The Jura Mountains are a real playground for cycling enthusiasts, as well as mountain bikers, E-bikers and cycle tourists. There really is something for everyone, with 2,000km of waymarked cycling itineraries shared with other users on small roads, 130km of cycle paths and greenways, and multiple mountain biking routes.
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A holiday exploring by bike Cycle touring in the Jura Mountains
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Prepare for a sporting challenge! Mountain biking in the Jura Mountains
Michel JOLY Bourgogne-Franche-Comte Tourisme BFC
Legendary itineraries The great cycling routes
A. Amiot - Viarhôna - BFC Tourisme
New long-distance itinerary Jurassic Vélo Tour: cycling at the water's edge
To discover along the Tour de France itinerary
Musée du Peigne et de la Plasturgie OYONNAX
Natural Site
Les Pertes de la Valserine, ENS de l'Ain VALSERHONE
Alain DOIRE / Bourgogne-Franche-Comte Tourisme
An unspoilt natural haven The Upper Jura Regional Nature Park


Emancipatory and Participatory Methodologies in Peace, Critical and Community Psychology is an edited volume by three psychologists, two from South Africa and one from the United States, involved in the subfields of peace, critical and community psychology.
The book offers a unique set of case studies that invite readers to question and reimagine the concept of community engagement. It provides an overview and analysis of numerous, creative participatory methods to community engagement designed to improve well-being at both the individual and societal level. It is also meant to dislocate dominant discourses in different areas of psychology.
The book offers critical accounts of methodological applications in the global context as illustrations of the liberatory capacities of participatory engagements. It encourages readers to grapple with the ambiguities, complexities and messiness of adopting participatory research approaches as more than detached formulaic methods of resistance and liberation.
The world is characterised by enormous disparities in the wealth and health of people, as well as uneven social recognition of communities and groups across geography and biography. In such a world, it is increasingly recognised that sustainable justice requires socially engaged research with individuals and communities, combined with emancipatory action that resists hegemony and inscribes generative spaces and opportunities towards the well-being and rights of especially the marginalised. The volume thus focuses on community engagement as critical and liberatory praxis. The participatory research examples described in the different chapters are meant to encourage researchers, scholars, practitioners and students to question assumed knowledge about community engagement and community engaged research, and to inspire social justice-oriented scholarship.
The cases studies and methods portrayed are as varied as the contexts in which they are located. In most of the case studies, the personal is linked to the political with a social justice imperative as participants from marginalised communities engage within power hierarchies, deconstruct power relations, and enact agency. In other instances, the methods are no less participatory but the aim is more focused on inner and outer harmony, psychological well-being, conflict resolution and intergroup reconciliation. In all the case studies, there is a strong emphasis on methods in which community members are at the centre of efforts to promote social change.
The methods described include group storytelling, community arts, asset mapping, dialogues, creative writing, embroidery, filmmaking, Photovoice, "writing back" to power, and other means of engaging in liberatory praxis. Ultimately, this volume will provide readers with a deeper understanding of a wide range of emancipatory methodologies in peace, critical, and community psychology, and will encourage establishment of an effective social and epistemic justice agenda.
Tags: asset mapping, community arts, community engagement, community psychology, creative participatory methods, creative writing as research approach, Critical and Community Psychology, critical psychology, Daniel Christie, dialogue as research method, Emancipatory and Participatory Methodologies in Peace, embroidery as research method, group story-telling, liberatory capacity, Mohamed Seedat, participatory research, peace psychology, photovoice method, Shahnaaz Suffla, writing back to power. Bookmark the permalink.


ESOS Phase 2: what is an 'investment grade' audit, and how does it compare to basic compliance?
Among the greatest opportunities afforded by ESOS legislation is the potential to boost a firm's bottom line, by investing in energy efficiency and winning new contracts from this foresight.
For example, imagine an energy-heavy business makes crucial efficiency investments based on its audit. It can achieve more streamlined production suites and energy bill cost savings, benefits which can be passed on to customers via more competitive pricing and products. Not to mention the potential to win new business from its improved green reputational stance.
Even though more basic ESOS audits will identify energy saving opportunities, these won't provide the requisite level of insight, nor indeed the practical detail that firms really need to make the business case for energy efficiency spend solid.
Without more concrete, complex energy metrics, it's very hard for companies to present a clear business imperative to invest to the board.
And without board approval, the investments in energy efficiency which could lead to serious business upticks won't happen.
There is a telling irony in this, as what every board is after is surely an uptick in business.
So, for firms asking why they should go beyond the simple ESOS audit and instead engage a lead assessor who can conduct an 'investment grade' audit, the answer is this; it will build a solid business case for investing which will ultimately grow your bottom line.
Official ESOS guidance advises that firms only need to conduct a 'Type 1' audit to comply with ESOS. This is defined as 'a basic energy audit which identifies high level opportunities and has enough detail to develop low cost/short payback opportunities'.
Contrastingly, an 'investment grade' audit is much more detailed. This will allow more proactive firms to identify much deeper, more cost effective opportunities.
A study of this type will set out to identify specific technologies that could benefit specific businesses, to calculate costs and potentially set out future scenarios based on investment, to estimate payback periods and the potential energy savings which would be gained from installation of the best energy efficiency kit available.
The key to 'investment grade' is to go beyond compliance and benefit from real commercial implementation opportunities which the ESOS regulation is designed to encourage.
There is an admirable logic to this position, after all every firm affected by ESOS must comply regardless. To go further than this neutral position and realise real opportunities; environmental and profit-driven along with compliance is surely an intelligent choice for many firms out there.
No matter which way a firm chooses to go with ESOS, it remains essential to choose a lead assessor who will carry and support businesses through to implementation by identifying technology providers, managing the project and running the day to day complexities of filing and administration.
The truth is; ESOS does represent extra work. But the logic is; why do the work and fail to maximise the potential returns available?
Initially, many bemoaned the fact that government didn't force firms to actually install on ESOS recommendations, but the central viewpoint is firms don't like being forced to spend.
Yet now, the most progressive businesses out there are realising that spending on the back of an 'investment grade' audit could be a smart step to securing the order book for years to come.
Was ESOS phase one a success? The Hub asks the question.
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I have looked at outdoor fire pits before and there are many great pictures of some inspiring examples. You can either buy something from your local DIY store or make one yourself as a few people have done below.
A fire pit is not always about the heat it generates, this after all goes straight up! But there is something enchanting about the movement of fire that makes us fascinated by it and the David Harber bowl at the bottom is a good example of this. It has a pretty pathetic flame and would barely heat a marshmallow but is by far and away the most expense one there.


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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 1 Purpose and scope of application of Act
§ 3 Controller of Gene Bank
§ 4 [Repealed – RT I 2007, 22, 111 – entered into force 01.04.2007]
§ 5 Processor of Gene Bank
§ 6 Genetic research and genetic testing
§ 61 Data processed in Gene Bank
§ 7 Application of provisions which regulate processing of personal data
2 RIGHTS OF GENE DONORS
§ 8 Confidentiality of identity of gene donors
§ 9 Voluntary nature of gene donation
§ 10 Right to apply for destruction of material
§ 11 Other rights of gene donors
§ 12 Consent to become gene donor
§ 13 Persons with restricted active legal capacity and persons without capacity to exercise will
3 PROCESSING OF GENE BANK
§ 14 Taking of tissue samples and preparation of descriptions of state of health
§ 15 Right of ownership of tissue samples and right to use descriptions of state of health genealogies and personal data connected therewith
§ 16 Permission to use Gene Bank
§ 17 Permission to use genealogy
§ 18 Storage of tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health
§ 19 Rights related to results of genetic research
§ 20 Issue of tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health, and records of issue
§ 21 Destruction of data which enables de-pseudonymisation, tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health, and records of destruction
4 DATA PROTECTION
§ 22 General requirements for data protection
§ 23 Pseudonymisation
§ 24 De-pseudonymisation
5 PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION
§ 25 Prohibition on discrimination
§ 26 Discrimination in employment relationships
§ 27 Discrimination in insurance relationships
51 FINANCING OF CONTROLLER OF GENE BANK
§ 271 Financing of controller of Gene Bank
6 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION AND RESOLUTION OF AFFAIRS
§ 28 Data protection supervision authority
§ 29 Research Ethics Committee
§ 30 Resolution of appeals arising from employment and insurance relationships
7 IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS
§ 34 [Repealed – RT I 2007, 22, 111 – entered into force 01.04.2007]
§ 35 Transfer of right of ownership of tissue samples, descriptions of state of health and genealogies to University of Tartu
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Passed 13.12.2000
RT I 2000, 104, 685
Entry into force 08.01.2001
Amended by the following legal instruments (show)
14.02.2007 RT I 2007, 22, 111 01.04.2007
19.02.2014 RT I, 13.03.2014, 4 01.07.2014
19.06.2014 RT I, 29.06.2014, 109 01.07.2014, official titles of ministers replaced on the basis of subsection 107³ (4) of the Government of the Republic Act.
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 1. Purpose and scope of application of Act
(1) The objectives of this Act are to regulate the establishment and maintenance of a Gene Bank, to organise the genetic research necessary therefor, to ensure the voluntary nature of gene donation and the confidentiality of the identity of gene donors, and to protect persons from misuse of genetic data and from discrimination based on interpretation of the structure of their DNA and the genetic risks arising therefrom.
(2) The following are provided for in this Act:
1) the conditions for processing tissue samples, descriptions of DNA, descriptions of state of health and genealogies in the Gene Bank and the composition of data;
[RT I, 13.03.2019, 2 – entry into force 15.03.2019]
2) the rights and obligations of gene donors, the controller and processor of the Gene Bank and genetic researchers relating to tissue samples, descriptions of DNA, descriptions of state of health and genealogies;
3) the conditions for the establishment and maintenance of the Gene Bank;
4) the restrictions on the use of tissue samples, descriptions of DNA, descriptions of state of health and genealogies collected in the Gene Bank;
5) the conditions for genetic research relating to the Gene Bank and the organisation of administrative supervision thereof.
[RT I, 13.03.2014, 4 - entry into force 01.07.2014]
§ 2. Definitions
In this Act, the following definitions are used:
1) "DNA" means a molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid which contains the genetic information of a human being;
2) "tissue sample" means cells, intercellular substance and body fluids taken from a human being for the purposes of genetic research;
3) "description of DNA or gene map" means a digital model of DNA created as a result of genetic research, containing the set of genetic variants represented in the human genome, which forms the input for the preparation of genetic risks report of a gene donor;
4) "gene donor" means a person who provides a tissue sample in accordance with this Act and with regard to whom a description of state of health and genealogy are prepared;
5) "description of state of health" means data collected for use in genetic research which reflects the state of health of a gene donor, illnesses he or she has suffered from and treatment thereof, and his or her lifestyle, physical and social environment and hereditary characteristics;
6) "genealogy" means information in the Gene Bank concerning the names, dates of birth and blood relationships of the ascendants and descendants of a gene donor;
7) "genetic research" means the scientific study and description of DNA, other constituents of tissue samples, descriptions of state of health and genealogies and determination of the links between them with the purpose of obtaining data on the genes, gene products and hereditary characteristics of human beings;
8) "genetic researcher" means a natural or legal person or a state or local government agency who performs genetic research;
9) "genetic data" means data concerning the genes, gene products or hereditary characteristics of a human being, including a description of DNA or a part thereof, which is obtained as a result of genetic research;
10) "Gene Bank" means a database established and maintained by the controller consisting of tissue samples, descriptions of DNA, descriptions of state of health, genealogies, genetic data and data enabling the identification of gene donors;
11) "pseudonymisation" means the replacement with a unique code of such data of a tissue sample, description of DNA, description of state of health or genealogy which enables the identification of the person;
12) "de-pseudonymisation" means the reverse identification of a gene donor through the unique code given to a tissue sample, description of DNA, description of state of health or genealogy or the identification of the tissue sample, description of DNA or description of state of health of a gene donor based on the identity of the gene donor;
13) "genetic risks report" – part of the description of state of health prepared on the basis of description of DNA data on different diseases, conditions and other characteristics.
§ 3. Controller of Gene Bank
(1) The controller of the Gene Bank is the University of Tartu whose objective as the controller of the Gene Bank is to:
1) promote the development of genetic research;
2) collect information on the health of the Estonian population and genetic information concerning the Estonian population;
3) use the results of genetic research to improve public health.
(2) The controller has the right to organise the taking of tissue samples, to prepare descriptions of state of health and genealogies, to pseudonymise, de-pseudonymise, store, destroy and issue descriptions of state of health and genealogies, to perform genetic research and to collect, store, destroy and issue genetic data.
(3) The controller has the right to delegate the rights of processing, except for pseudonymisation and de-pseudonymisation, to a processor on the basis of a contract in the cases and under the conditions prescribed in this Act.
§ 4. [Repealed – RT I 2007, 22, 111 – entered into force 01.04.2007]
§ 5. Processor of Gene Bank
A processor of the Gene Bank is a natural or legal person or an Estonian state agency or local government agency who may receive all processing rights, except the right to pseudonymise and de-pseudonymise, from the controller on the basis of a contract. The requirements for processors shall be established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the area.
§ 6. Genetic research and genetic testing
(1) Genetic research relating to the Gene Bank is permitted in order to study and describe the links between genes, the physical and social environment and the lifestyles of people, to find medicinal products or methods of treatment on the basis thereof, to assess individual health hazards and to prevent illnesses.
(2) Genetic testing to which the provisions of Chapters 2, 3 and 4 of this Act do not apply may be performed pursuant to the procedure and for the purposes provided by law. Tissue samples taken from people in the course of genetic testing and the results of research performed on such samples shall not be added to the Gene Bank.
§ 61. Data processed in Gene Bank
(1) The following data shall be processed in the Gene Bank:
1) general data of the person;
2) data on ascending and descending relatives based on the statements of the person;
3) health data of the person;
4) data on the person's health behaviour and personal characteristics;
5) results of tissue sample analysis.
(2) The specific composition of data processed in the Gene Bank shall be established by the controller of the Gene Bank.
§ 7. Application of provisions which regulate processing of personal data
(1) [Repealed - RT I, 13.03.2019, 2 – entry into force 15.03.2019]
(2) The provisions regulating the processing of personal data do not apply to the processing of pseudonymised tissue samples, pseudonymised descriptions of DNA and pseudonymised descriptions of state of health if such tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health are processed as a set of data and on the condition that the set of data to be processed contains DNA samples, descriptions of DNA or descriptions of state of health of at least five gene donors at a time.
Chapter 2 RIGHTS OF GENE DONORS
§ 8. Confidentiality of identity of gene donors
(1) The identity of a gene donor shall remain classified after pseudonymisation.
(2) A gene donor has the right to permit disclosure of his or her identity.
(3) The fact of a person being or not being a gene donor shall remain classified. Only a person himself or herself has the right to disclose the fact of being or not being a gene donor and the circumstances thereof, unless otherwise prescribed by law.
(4) Pseudonymisation and de-pseudonymisation shall be performed in accordance with the requirements of this Act.
[RT I, 13.03.2019, 2 – entry into force 15.03.2019].
§ 9. Voluntary nature of gene donation
(1) It is prohibited to take a tissue sample and prepare a description of state of health or genealogy without the specific knowledge and voluntary consent of the person.
(2) It is prohibited to influence a person's decision to become a gene donor, including by threatening the person with negative consequences, promising material benefits or providing subjective information.
(3) The controller and processor are permitted to disseminate only general information concerning the Gene Bank and genetic research.
§ 10. Right to apply for destruction of material
(1) Pursuant to the provisions of § 21 of this Act, gene donors have the right to apply, at any time, to the controller for the destruction of data which enables de-pseudonymisation.
(2) If the identity of a gene donor is unlawfully disclosed, the gene donor has the right to apply to the controller for the destruction of the tissue sample, description of DNA and description of the state of health pursuant to the provisions of § 21 of this Act.
§ 11. Other rights of gene donors
(1) Gene donors have the right not to know their genetic data.
(2) Gene donors have the right to access personally their data stored in the Gene Bank. Gene donors do not have the right to access their genealogies.
(3) Gene donors shall not be charged for accessing their data stored in the Gene Bank and for the issue of data thereto.
(4) Gene donors have the right to counselling upon accessing their data stored in the Gene Bank.
(5) Gene donors have the right to submit additional information on themselves to the controller.
(6) Gene donors have the right to prohibit the supplementation, renewal and verification of descriptions of their state of health stored in the Gene Bank.
§ 12. Consent to become gene donor
(1) A person's consent to provide a tissue sample, to have a description of the state of health or the genealogy of the person prepared, to entry of the description of the state of health or the genealogy in the Gene Bank in pseudonymised form and to use thereof for genetic research, assessment of personal health risks and prevention of diseases, public health research and statistical purposes shall be prepared in writing and shall be signed by the person who becomes a gene donor.
(2) Partial or conditional consent is not valid.
(4) The controller or processor shall inform a person, prior to the person granting consent, of the following facts:
1) grant of the consent specified in subsection (1) of this section is voluntary;
2) the gene donor is not entitled to request a fee for providing a tissue sample, preparation and study of a description of his or her state of health or genealogy, or use of the research results;
3) data on hereditary characteristics and genetic risks obtained as a result of genetic research may be unpleasant for the gene donor;
4) the gene donor has the right not to know his or her genetic data;
5) the gene donor has the right to know his or her genetic data, except genealogy;
6) the gene donor has the right to apply to the controller for the destruction of data which enables de-pseudonymisation or, upon unlawful disclosure of his or her identity, for the destruction of the tissue sample, description of DNA and description of his or her state of health;
7) a gene donor has the right to withdraw his or her consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent shall not have retroactive effect.
[RT I 2010, 37, 221 - entry into force 09.07.2010]
(5) The controller or processor to whom a person who is about to become a gene donor submits his or her consent is required to provide the gene donor promptly with a copy of his or her consent.
(6) The controller shall preserve the consent of a gene donor for as long as the tissue sample, description of state of health or description of DNA are stored, except in the case provided for in subsection 10 (1) of this Act.
(7) The format of consent to become a gene donor and the procedure for the completion and preservation thereof shall be established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the area.
§ 13. Persons with restricted active legal capacity and persons without capacity to exercise will
(1) The consent of a person with restricted active legal capacity to become a gene donor shall be deemed valid if the following conditions are met:
1) the person with restricted active legal capacity and his or her legal representative or guardian have been given the information provided for in subsection 12 (4) of this Act;
2) the legal representative or guardian has expressed the consent provided for in subsection 12 (1) of this Act;
3) the person with restricted active legal capacity is not opposed to providing a tissue sample or to the collection of descriptions of his or her state of health.
(2) Persons who are unable to understand the content and meaning of consent shall not be gene donors. In the case of doubt, it is presumed that the person is temporarily unable to understand the content and meaning of consent.
Chapter 3 PROCESSING OF GENE BANK
§ 14. Taking of tissue samples and preparation of descriptions of state of health
(1) The controller shall organise the taking of tissue samples and the preparation of descriptions of state of health itself or through a processor.
(2) Taking a tissue sample is a medical procedure that shall be performed by a health care provider of the Republic of Estonia on the conditions and pursuant to the procedure provided for in the Health Services Organisation Act.
(3) A description of state of health shall be prepared and supplemented by the controller or processor on the basis of statements by the gene donor and data on the gene donor stored in medical institutions. Only data on illnesses suffered from by the gene donor himself or herself may be collected from a gene donor. A gene donor may be asked questions about habits or illnesses which have occurred in his or her family. Such questions shall not enable the identification of a certain person or generation.
(4) The controller or processor may prepare a genealogy on the basis of the results of questioning a gene donor and on the basis of other databases and genetic research.
(5) A person taking a tissue sample and a person preparing a description of state of health shall maintain the confidentiality of the identity of the gene donor, his or her tissue sample, the description of his or her state of health and his or her genealogy and shall deliver the personal data of the gene donor, the tissue sample, the description of his or her state of health and his or her genealogy to the controller or a processor designated by the controller as soon as possible.
§ 15. Right of ownership of tissue samples and right to use descriptions of state of health genealogies and personal data connected therewith
(1) The controller's right of ownership of a tissue sample is created from the moment the tissue sample is taken. The controller's right to use the description of state of health, genealogy and written consent of a gene donor and the right to process the personal data contained therein is created at the moment of preparation thereof.
(2) Tissue samples in the ownership of the controller are not transferable. Upon termination of activity of the controller, the right of ownership of tissue samples, descriptions of state of health, genealogy and written consents of gene donors in the possession of the controller and the right to process the personal data connected therewith shall transfer to the Republic of Estonia.
(3) Before transfer of the rights specified in subsection (2) of this section, the controller of the Gene Bank shall notify the gene donor of the new controller by either using the contact details of the gene donor or other means such as a national newspaper or the official publication Ametlikud Teadaanded for the notification.
(4) A gene donor is not entitled to request a fee for providing a tissue sample, preparation and study of a description of his or her state of health or genealogy, or use of the research results.
§ 16. Permission to use Gene Bank
(1) The Gene Bank may be used only for scientific research, research into and treatment of illnesses of gene donors, public health research and statistical purposes. Use of the Gene Bank for other purposes, especially to collect evidence in civil or criminal proceedings or for surveillance, is prohibited.
(11) The objectives specified in subsection (1) of this section do not restrict the use of data by a gene donor for other objectives upon his or her consent.
(2) The doctor of a gene donor has the right, pursuant to clause 24 (2) 7) of this Act, to obtain the de-pseudonymised description of the state of health of the gene donor from the Gene Bank in order to treat the gene donor.
§ 17. Permission to use genealogy
(1) Genealogies may be used only within the Gene Bank for structuring tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health on the basis of blood relationships.
(2) The controller may issue, to a gene researcher, the link between pseudonymised tissue samples, pseudonymised descriptions of DNA and pseudonymised descriptions of state of health based on blood relationships in adherence with the requirements provided for in subsection 22 (4) of this Act.
§ 18. Storage of tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health
(1) Tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health shall be preserved in pseudonymised form or unpseudonymised form without a term if these must not be destroyed in the form provided for in subsection 21 (1) or (2) of this Act.
(2) Pseudonymised DNA samples, pseudonymised descriptions of DNA and pseudonymised descriptions of state of health may also be stored by a gene researcher who has the resources and conditions necessary for storage. The conditions for preservation shall be established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the area.
(3) In order to organise storage, the controller shall enter into a contract with a processor or gene researcher which shall set out the following:
1) the tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health handed over for preservation;
2) the time of delivery of the tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health to the processor or gene researcher and the manner of supplementing the tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health;
3) the place and term of storage;
4) the method of storage;
5) the security measures to be applied by the storer;
6) the procedure for the copying, distribution, destruction and issue of tissue samples, descriptions of DNA or descriptions of state of health and for the return thereof to the controller or processor;
7) the liability of the processor or gene researcher.
(4) All tissue samples shall be preserved in the territory of the Republic of Estonia. The University of Tartu senate may, if good reasons therefor become evident, grant permission for tissue samples to be preserved and studied outside the territory of the Republic of Estonia if the tissue sample is issued in unpersonalised form and the controller ensures effective control over the tissue samples and that the tissue samples cannot be used in a manner prohibited by legislation.
(5) In order to enable an efficient control over the use of tissue samples outside the territory of the Republic of Estonia, the controller shall notify to the Ministry of Social Affairs in January each year the following information on the previous calendar year:
1) the cases that have become known to the controller when tissue samples preserved outside Estonia have been used in a manner prohibited by the Estonian law, and upon violations connected with the cases the activity undertaken and planned by the controller;
2) the number of tissue samples, destination and reasons of preservation of tissue samples preserved outside Estonia;
3) agreements entered into for preservation of tissue samples outside Estonia, including agreements that may cause the need to preserve tissue samples outside Estonia.
§ 19. Rights related to results of genetic research
(1) A processor or gene researcher shall unconditionally deliver descriptions of DNA or parts thereof to the controller. The controller may grant a processor or gene researcher the right to use a description of DNA or a part thereof for a charge. The controller shall grant gene researchers who are legal persons in public law or state agencies of the Republic of Estonia the right to use descriptions of DNA or parts thereof for a charge which covers the expenses related with the issue.
(2) Results of genetic research not specified in subsection (1) of this section and intellectual property rights related thereto shall be provided by law.
§ 20. Issue of tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health, and records of issue
(1) The controller shall issue tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health from the Gene Bank only in pseudonymised form, except upon the issue of data on a gene donor to the gene donor or to the doctor of the gene donor in the cases provided for in subsections 11 (2) and 16 (2) of this Act.
(2) Upon the issue of a tissue sample, description of DNA or description of state of health, the issuer shall prepare a record of issue in which the tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health issued and received and the manner and date of delivery are indicated. The record of issue shall be signed by the representatives of the issuer and receiver.
(3) If the issuer is a processor, the issuer shall promptly send a copy of the record of issue to the controller.
(4) The procedure for issuing tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health, including the format of the record of issue and the procedure for the completion and preservation thereof shall be established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the area.
§ 21. Destruction of data which enables de-pseudonymisation, tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health, and records of destruction
(1) If a gene donor applies to the controller for the destruction of data which enables de-pseudonymisation, the controller is required to destroy the data which enables de-pseudonymisation within two weeks as of the receipt of the corresponding written application from the gene donor.
(2) If a gene donor applies to the controller for the destruction of a tissue sample, description of DNA or description of his or her state of health due to unlawful disclosure of his or her identity, the controller is required to organise the destruction of the tissue sample, description of DNA and description of state of health within one month as of the receipt of the corresponding written application from the gene donor unless the controller proves that the identity of the gene donor was disclosed as a result of the gene donor's own behaviour.
(3) The controller may organise the destruction of tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health on the basis of records of issue prepared pursuant to § 20 of this Act, in which case the controller shall issue a destruction order to the receiver specified in the record of issue.
(4) All persons who have a specific tissue sample, description of DNA or description of state of health in their possession are required, on the order of the controller, to destroy the specific tissue sample, description of DNA or description of state of health promptly and at their own expense.
(5) Upon the destruction of data which enables de-pseudunymisation, tissue samples, descriptions of DNA or descriptions of state of health, the destroyer shall prepare a record of destruction which sets out the destroyed object and the manner, place and date of destruction. If the destroyer is not the controller, the destroyer shall promptly send a copy of the record of destruction to the controller.
(6) The procedure for destroying data which enables de-pseudonymisation, tissue samples, descriptions of DNA and descriptions of state of health, including the format of the record of destruction and the procedure for the completion and preservation thereof shall be established by a regulation of the minister responsible for the area.
Chapter 4 DATA PROTECTION
§ 22. General requirements for data protection
(1) Data in the Gene Bank shall be processed in compliance with the highest standard of data protection.
(3) The controller shall appoint the specific persons who perform pseudonymisation and de-pseudonymisation, who have access to the consent of gene donors, to the collection of tissue samples and descriptions of DNA, to descriptions of state of health and to genealogies, and who issue pseudonymised or de-pseudonymised tissue samples, descriptions of DNA or descriptions of state of health.
(4) The controller may issue tissue samples, descriptions of DNA or descriptions of state of health from the Gene Bank only in pseudonymised form, as a set of data and on the condition that samples or data concerning at least five gene donors are issued at a time. The cases provided for in subsections 11 (2) and 16 (2) of this Act constitute an exception.
(5) In order to verify the authenticity of data to be entered in the Gene Bank before pseudonymisation, the controller and processor are permitted to compare such data with data stored in other databases and to correct the data if necessary.
§ 23. Pseudonymisation
(1) The controller shall give each tissue sample, description of DNA, description of state of health and genealogy a unique code consisting of at least sixteen random characters immediately after receipt of the tissue sample, description of DNA, description of state of health or genealogy in the Gene Bank. The controller shall obtain the approval of the data protection supervision authority for the method of generating the codes.
(2) The controller shall replace with a code all data concerning a tissue sample, description of DNA and description of state of health which enables the reverse identification of the gene donor, including the name, personal identification code, date of birth and residence.
(3) The controller shall indicate the code given to a tissue sample, description of DNA, description of state of health or genealogy on the written consent of the gene donor. The controller shall store the written consent together with the code indicated thereon in the database of the Gene Bank and it shall be the only possible key for de-pseudonymisation.
(4) In the interests of greater security, the controller may give an additional code to a pseudonymised tissue sample, pseudonymised description of DNA, pseudonymised description of state of health or pseudonymised genealogy and this code shall replace the initial code given to the tissue sample, description of DNA, description of state of health or genealogy. The controller shall make a record of the link between an initial code and an additional code in a database used solely for that purpose.
(5) The controller, processors and genetic researchers are required to encode tissue samples, descriptions of DNA, descriptions of state of health and genealogies only with the code given to the tissue samples, descriptions of DNA, descriptions of state of health or genealogies by the controller.
§ 24. De-pseudonymisation
(1) Only persons appointed pursuant to subsection 22 (3) of this Act may gain access to written consent with a code indicated thereon and have the technical possibility to de-pseudonymise data.
(2) The controller is permitted to de-pseudonymise data only in the following cases and for the following purposes:
1) in order to destroy a tissue sample, a description of DNA or a description of state of health or data which enables de-pseudonymisation;
2) in order to enable access to data on a gene donor stored in the Gene Bank, except genealogies, at the written request of the gene donor;
3) in order to renew, supplement or verify a description of the state of health of a gene donor without contacting the gene donor unless the gene donor has prohibited the supplementation, renewal or verification of the description of his or her state of health;
4) in order to identify a gene donor on the proposal of the controller and with the consent of the Ethics Committee, to contact the gene donor and to renew, supplement or verify a description of his or her state of health with his or her written consent;
5) in order to identify a gene donor and, with the gene donor's written consent, to take a new DNA sample if a tissue sample has been destroyed or does not contain sufficient DNA;
6) in order to identify a gene donor within the Gene Bank and amend his or her genealogy if the results of DNA research contradict the previously known genealogy or provide new information concerning the genealogy;
7) in order to issue a description of the state of health of a gene donor to the doctor of the gene donor at the request of the doctor of the gene donor and with the consent of the gene donor or, in urgent cases where a gene donor is unable to grant consent and has no legal representative or guardian or if the legal representative or guardian of the gene donor is unavailable, without the consent of the gene donor but in his or her interests and according to his or her presumed intentions.
Chapter 5 PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION
§ 25. Prohibition on discrimination
(1) It is prohibited to restrict the rights and opportunities of a person or to confer advantages on a person on the basis of the structure of the person's DNA and the genetic risks resulting therefrom.
(2) It is prohibited to discriminate against a person on the basis of the person being or not being a gene donor.
§ 26. Discrimination in employment relationships
(1) Employers are prohibited from collecting genetic data on employees or job applicants and from requiring employees or job applicants to provide tissue samples or descriptions of DNA.
(2) Employers are prohibited from imposing discriminatory working and wages conditions for people with different genetic risks.
§ 27. Discrimination in insurance relationships
(1) Insurers are prohibited from collecting genetic data on insured persons or persons applying for insurance cover and from requiring insured persons or persons applying for insurance cover to provide tissue samples or descriptions of DNA.
(2) Insurers are prohibited from establishing different insurance conditions for people with different genetic risks and from establishing preferential tariff rates and determining insured events restrictively.
Chapter 51 FINANCING OF CONTROLLER OF GENE BANK
§ 271. Financing of controller of Gene Bank
(1) The activity of the controller of Gene Bank upon maintaining and preserving the Gene Bank shall be financed from the state budget through the Ministry of Social Affairs.
(2) The activity of the controller of Gene Bank upon taking of tissue samples, preparation of descriptions of state of health and genealogies, pseudonymisation and de-pseudonymisation thereof and genetic research shall be financed from the state budget according to the volume provided for in the state budget and from other funds.
(3) The direct costs related to the issue of information on health and tissue samples shall be covered by the genetic researcher.
Chapter 6 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION AND RESOLUTION OF AFFAIRS
§ 28. Data protection supervision authority
Administrative supervision over the collection of descriptions of state of health and genealogical data, the pseudonymisation and de-pseudonymisation of tissue samples, descriptions of DNA, descriptions of state of health and genealogical data, and the processing of tissue samples, descriptions of DNA, descriptions of state of health and genealogical data shall be exercised by the data protection supervision authority.
§ 29. Research Ethics Committee
(1) The processing procedures of the Gene Bank shall be assessed by an independent Research Ethics Committee composed of scientists and representatives of different fields of life.
(2) The aim of the Research Ethics Committee's work is to ensure the preventive protection of fundamental rights of persons, harmonise the assessment principles applied to research to ensure the protection methods of rights and the obligations of the researchers to comply with the protection methods.
(3) The Research Ethics Committee shall act pursuant to the ethical rules established for the area, international conventions, and also pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 04.05.2016, p 1–88) as well as the principles provided for in special acts.
(4) The Research Ethics Committee evaluates the compliance of research to the requirements provided for in § 6 of the Personal Data Protection Act, the extent of ethical risks and the background of the person conducting the research, by finding a balance between the protection of fundamental rights and the purposefulness of the research.
(5) The Research Ethics Committee shall be founded and the rules of procedure thereof, the number of members and procedure of appointment thereof and the rates of review of research shall be approved by a regulation of the minister responsible for the area.
§ 30. Resolution of appeals arising from employment and insurance relationships
(1) Complaints concerning discrimination occurring in employment relationships due to genetic risks shall be adjudicated by the Labour Inspectorate, if necessary with the assistance of the controller or experts from the data protection supervision authority in investigating and deciding the matter.
(2) [Repealed – RT I 2010, 37, 221 – entered into force 09.07.2010]
Chapter 7 IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS
§ 31. – § 33. [Omitted from this text]
§ 34. [Repealed – RT I 2007, 22, 111 – entered into force 01.04.2007]
§ 35. Transfer of right of ownership of tissue samples, descriptions of state of health and genealogies to University of Tartu
(1) The right of ownership of tissue samples, descriptions of state of health, other personal data and genealogies which the controller of the Gene Bank, Estonian Genome Foundation, has acquired shall transfer to the University of Tartu as of 1 April 2007.
(2) A person who has given his or her consent for becoming a gene donor to the Estonian Genome Foundation on the basis of § 12 of this Act has the right to apply, until 1 July 2008, to the University of Tartu as the controller of the Gene Bank for the destruction of the tissue sample, description of DNA and description of the state of health pursuant to the procedure provided for in § 21 of this Act.
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USS Antietam holds Change of Command Ceremony in Guam
(May 30, 2019) SANTA RITA, Guam - Capt. Tadd Gorman salute the side boys during the USS Antietam change of command ceremony at the big screen theater at U.S. Naval Base Guam. Capt. Tadd Gorman relieved Capt. George A. Kessler as the ship's Commanding Officer of the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser. Antietam is forward deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operation in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Toni Burton)
Commander, Task Force 70 Public Affairs
SANTA RITA, Guam – USS Antietam (CG 54) held a change of command ceremony at U.S. Naval Base Guam, May 30, 2019. During the ceremony, Capt. Tadd Gorman relieved Capt. George A. Kessler as the ship's Commanding Officer of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser. The ceremony was held at the Big Screen Theater. Rear Adm. Karl Thomas, Commander, Task Force 70 made the opening remarks.
"There is nothing like ending a command with a successful exercise," Thomas said during his opening remarks. "Pacific Vanguard was another opportunity for your leadership to shine. Thank you for always stepping up to a successful exercise and your team for answering the nation's calls." (Quote pulled from excerpts in his speech).
The ceremony was held to mark the end of a highly successful 23-month command tour for Kessler. During his time as the commanding officer, Kessler successfully took the ship out of emergency dry dock and led the ship in multi-national exercises, such as Multi-Sail 2018, Malabar 2018 and Pacific Vanguard 19.
"I am thankful, honored and humbled to have commanded Antietam," said Kessler. "The 'Power to Prevail' has been our model over the last 2 years. It has been amazing to see the motivated and dedicated crew that is a part of Antietam. You are my family and will always have a home. I wish you fair winds and favorable seas always."
Captain Kessler is a native of Albany, Missouri, and commissioned from the United States Naval Academy in June of 1995. His personal decorations include the Legion of Merit; Defense Meritorious Service Medal; Meritorious Service Medal; and various other medals, unit and campaign awards.
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