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Don't panic! What WILL happen if we Brexit? Leave Minister CHRIS GRAYLING has this soothing advice
By Chris Grayling, Pro-brexit Cabinet Minister
It's been a sombre few days for politics. The tragic death of Jo Cox has shocked everyone in Parliament and in the referendum campaigns. All our prayers are with her family.
But even in the face of this terrible news, on Thursday the country will take the biggest decision for a generation.
What happens next if, by Friday morning, Britain has narrowly voted to leave the EU?
Chris Grayling: If Britain votes to leave the EU, the first thing is that there is no need to panic. Nothing changes the day after and until the formal leaving process is over
The real answer lies with the Prime Minister and the Government. But as Leave campaigners, we must give some answers too.
The first thing is that there is no need to panic. Nothing changes the day after and until the formal leaving process is over.
The commonly accepted way to leave is in Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, the document governing the EU.
We give notice and then have two years to agree our future relationship. After that, we leave automatically unless we and our partners agree to take longer.
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So the starting point should be a period of informal preparation. The Prime Minister should set up the negotiating team, preferably with a cross-party element.
He should have informal talks with other EU leaders. We should state clearly that while we will leave the EU, we will remain co-operative neighbours and continue to work side by side in organisations such as Nato.
The Prime Minister's position remains immensely important. It's why I have always said he must stay on in the event of a Brexit vote.
He will play a vital role in maintaining stability in the markets, and his personal relationships with other EU leaders will be invaluable. Then the formal process begins.
The first priority is talks on trade. Other EU countries may be upset, but they will come round in the end.
The Prime Minister's position remains immensely important. It's why I have always said he must stay on in the event of a Brexit vote
Money and jobs are always a priority for politicians, and we are their biggest customer. European businesses will want to retain free-trade access to the UK – their biggest export market.
One in five cars built in Germany is sold here. Thousands of French farmers produce food for the UK.
In the end, it will be in everyone's interests to agree a free-trade relationship. The formal period for the exit talks is two years. There is no reason why this should be difficult.
It may have taken seven years for the EU and Canada to reach a trade deal. But they had to negotiate new industrial standards and rules.
We have no such issues. UK businesses already conform to EU standards. The deal can be done quickly.
Then there will be changes to our laws, for example the scrapping of the Act of Parliament that took us into the EU.
At the end of all of this, people will still holiday in Spain or travel round Europe.
Airlines will fly as normal. You'll still buy French cheese or Italian wine. Roaming charges will continue to disappear.
London will remain a great cosmopolitan city. Companies will still sell their products to people around Europe, as they do now.
But from the moment we leave, our £350 million a week EU subscription stops, giving us extra cash for priorities such as the NHS.
We take back control of our laws and Britain will be a proud independent nation again.
Chris Grayling is Conservative MP for Epsom and Ewell, and the Leader of the Commons.
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How Did the Aardvark Get its Name, What Does it Mean in Dutch, and is it Related to the Groundhog?
May 26, 2020 by Karen Hill
The Aardvark, also known by its scientific name Orycteropus afer, is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa.
It is the only living species of all Tubulidentata, and is sometimes called "antbear", "anteater", "Cape anteater", or "earth hog".
The name aardvark comes from the Dutch words "aarde", meaning "earth", and "varken", which means "pig", and it translated as "earth pig".
It is believed early settlers from Europe thought it resembled a domesticated pig, although the aardvark is not closely related to the pig.
We can safely say that the aardvark and groundhog are not related, but thanks to a bunch of little-educated Dutch people who were in a position to give ill-informed names to animals, that's not entirely accurate.
It turns out that the names of the two animals are very much related, dank je wel to those Dutch folks.
When Dutch settlers saw the aardvark in South Africa, they somehow decided that the hole-dwelling animal looked like a pig, so they called it aardvark, or "earth pig".
When they saw a woodchuck in America, they somehow thought that the weird little marmot also looked like a pig, or maybe they thought it looked like an aardvark. Either way, they decided to call it an aardvark, too.
Eventually, they and the Germans incorporated the animal into a weird ceremony they had performed back in the old country, having to do with whether the animal saw its shadow on Candlemas Day, on February 2.
English speakers in the United States translated the name of the American aardvark into "groundhog."
Unfortunately, some English speakers in South Africa did exactly the same thing in their country as well, they started calling the African aardvark a groundhog, and sometimes, a ground pig.
After more confusion regarding the two animals ensued, practicality prevailed, and most English-speakers now use aardvark only for the African animal and groundhog only for the American woodchuck, and usually only then in February, calling it a woodchuck the rest of the year.
Confused yet? The animals are not related; their names are related only because those pesky Dutch couldn't tell a pigpen from a hole in the ground. Good.
Then let's not get into why the aardvark is also sometimes called the ant bear and the Cape anteater.
We figure that if you've got a cool name like aardvark getting you into the front of dictionaries, you should probably just stick with it.
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Putting the "T" into Stonewall? An important opportunity
LGB rights charity Stonewall has a difficult history of engagement with trans issues. For 25 years the charity has been a powerful voice in the struggle for LGB equality, but 'trans' is not included in its remit within England and Wales. Stonewall has been criticised on one hand for this omission at a time when a majority of 'LGB' organisations have become 'LGBT', and accused on the other of undue interference in trans matters.
After years of misunderstandings and disagreement, Stonewall announced in June that it would be addressing these problems:
"At Stonewall we're determined to do more to support trans communities (including those who identify as LGB) to help eradicate prejudice and achieve equality. There are lots of different views about the role Stonewall should play in achieving that. We're holding roundtable meetings and having lots of conversations. Throughout this process we will be guided by trans people."
I have been invited to a closed meeting that will take place as part of this process at the end of August.
I really welcome the proposal from Stonewall. In this post I'm going to explore why this dialogue is important, outline some of the proposed approaches to working with Stonewall (or not), and outline my priorities in discussing this issue with both Stonewall and other trans activists.
I also encourage readers to leave their own thoughts and feedback in the comments.
The current situation for trans people in England and Wales
I don't feel it is an exaggeration to describe the current social and political climate as an emergency. Whilst it is true that trans people in the UK currently benefit from unprecedented civil rights, and there is talk of a "transgender tipping point" in terms of public discourse in the English-speaking world, many trans people still face very serious challenges in everyday life.
For instance, trans people are still likely to face discrimination, harassment and abuse in accessing medical services, as demonstrated in horrific detail by #transdocfail. Trans people are particularly likely to suffer from mental health problems, and this is often made worse by members of the medical profession.
For many years now there has been an exponential rise in the number of trans people accessing transition-related services; with cuts and freezes to healthcare spending from 2010, this has meant that many individuals now have to wait years for an initial appointment at at gender clinic. This problem has been compounded for trans women seeking genital surgery by the additional backlogs accompanying the recent resignation of surgeon James Bellringer.
Meanwhile, the impact of the Coalition government's austerity agenda is being felt particularly keenly by less privileged trans people. With many continuing to face aforementioned mental health problem and discrimination from employers, benefit cuts and the increasing precariousness of employment and public demonisation of the unemployed are hitting hard amongst my contacts (some discussion of this in a wider LGBT context can be found here). Cuts to public services are also felt strongly by groups such as the disproportionate number of trans people who face domestic abuse.
Then there's what we don't know. For instance, research in the United States shows that young trans people are particularly likely to be homeless, and that trans women are considerably more liable to contract HIV than the general population. Both anecdotal evidence and extrapolation from international statistics and small local studies pointing to similar problems existing in the UK, but this is not enough evidence to properly address these serious issues.
I believe that trans people need a campaigning organisation that is up to the task of tackling the above problems. A campaigning organisation with the funding, resources and knowledge to lobby government, conduct research and push for social change.
Currently we rely on the energies of unpaid activists and ad-hoc organisations that are lucky to attract any kind of funding. The importance and achievements of organisations such as Press For Change and Trans Media Watch should not be underestimated, but this is not enough. Whilst Stonewall attracts millions of pounds in funding and wields an impressive range of resources, trans groups staffed largely by enthusiastic volunteers are lucky to land a few hundred pounds in donations, or a temporary project grant. You can probably count the number of trans activists employed to push for change in this country on your fingers.
Under such circumstances, stress and burnout are common amongst trans activists, even expected. Personality clashes are capable of sinking an organisation. The individuals most able to work long hours for free are typically the most privileged, meaning that there is poor representation in terms of race, disability and class.
We have to do better. We need to do better.
Solution 1: a new trans organisation
There will be those who wish to pursue the creation of a new trans organisation entirely separate from Stonewall. From this perspective, a dialogue with Stonewall offers the opportunity to discuss instances where the charity might have overstepped the mark in speaking out in relation to trans issues without this being within their remit. Beyond that, there will probably be a desire to 'go it alone'.
For some, this will be because of Stonewall's non-democratic structure (it is not intended to be a membership organisation), corporate links, and past disappointments such as the organisation's initial refusal to campaign for same-sex marriage.
For others, this will be because of the view that the 'T' should remain independent of 'LGB'. This position can be based upon the argument that the interests and needs of trans people differ to those of lesbian, gay and bisexual people, and/or a recognition that the trans liberation project is significantly less advanced than the LGB equivalent. From this also comes the idea that cis gay activists might not be able to properly campaign on trans issues.
There have been numerous attempts to create such an organisation over the last decade (one of which I was involved in, through Gender Spectrum UK) but none have been successful. I propose that one of the most serious barriers here is that of funding: there is so much work to be done and so many problems that individual activists are likely to face in their personal lives, that it has been extremely difficult for unpaid activists to put in the work necessary to launch such a body.
Solution 2: adding the 'T' to Stonewall
It has long been suggested that Stonewall should follow other LGBT organisations in becoming trans-inclusive. The arguments frequently centre upon an appeal to history, and the similarities of LGBT experiences.
The Pride movement emerged out of alliances forged between sexual minorities and gender variant people; this happened in part because homophobic and transphobic attitudes tend to stem from the same bigotry. Trans people have always been present in the struggle for gay and bisexual rights. Pretty much all LGBT people can talk about 'coming out', usually to family as well as friends, peers and/or colleagues. LGBT people often have to tackle internalised shame at some point in their lives, an inevitable outcome of growing up in a homophobic/transphobic world.
Moreover, with a great deal of organisations turning to Stonewall for LGBT equality advice and training, it has been argued that it only makes sense to explicitly incorporate trans issues, lest trans people get left behind. For instance, Stonewall does a lot of work on homophobic bullying in schools – surely it would make sense to also address transphobic bullying, particularly as the two tend to have a similar root cause?
Solution 3: a hybrid organisation
An idea I've heard bounced around a little ahead of August's meeting is a kind of compromise between the two above positions. A trans charity that is linked to Stonewall in terms of sharing resources, information and funding, but remains semi-autonomous with its own leadership and trustees.
This is currently my favoured option. I feel that trans people would benefit greatly from effectively sharing some of Stonewall's power. We'd certainly benefit from working more consistently together, instead of occasionally against one another. But we have different needs, different priorities. We might want to run our own organisation in a different way, and make somewhat different political decisions.
My priorities in the dialogue with Stonewall
1) Representation
I was actually a little bit uncomfortable to be invited to the meeting in August. Sure, I've been involved in plenty of both high-profile, national campaigns, as well bits of activism in my local area and place of work. Plus, a lot of people read this blog. But ultimately, I received an invitation because I have the right connections. So many didn't get that chance. I also strongly suspect that the majority of people present at the meeting will be white and middle-class, and that there will not be many genderqueer people present (I'm less sure about disability, because there are a lot of disabled trans people).
I'm hoping that any future meetings will be more open. If it turns out that my suspicions are correct regarding the overrepresentation of privileged groups, I hope that we can take steps to ensure that any future meetings are more representative. It's the only way we're going to find a way to create consensus and work on the behalf of all trans people in the long term.
If you're not going to be at the meeting, I strongly encourage you to respond to Stonewall's survey so your voice is heard. Also, since I'll be there in person, I'd really like to know what you think.
2) The creation of a new trans organisation
I've pretty much made the argument for this already. We need national representation that can genuinely address the many problems faced by trans people today. A democratically accountable body that reflects diversity of trans lives and experiences.
I hope this is something we can work towards by working with Stonewall. Yes, there will be political differences – certainly I have ideological objections to some of the approaches taken by Stonewall – but I feel the situation is too severe and the opportunity too important to reject an offer of help.
That isn't to say that a new organisation should overrule the work of existing organisations. I would hope that any new body works alongside existing campaign groups such as Trans Media Watch, Gendered Intelligence and Action For Trans Health without seeking to duplicate their work.
3) Starting with the essentials
I believe that the initial basis for any new trans organisation – or trans campaigns within Stonewall – should be addressing the absolute, basic needs that are not currently being met for many trans people. Housing. Health. Employment. We should be looking out for the most vulnerable, as well as addressing universal needs. This is pretty much a moral duty.
What do you think? Please share your thoughts and ideas in the comments!
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Kewlox est une société familiale belge qui fabrique et commercialise des meubles conçus selon un procédé d'assemblage qui lui est propre. Ce procédé a été breveté en 1958.

Procédé
Un meuble Kewlox est composé de cornières en acier dans lesquelles viennent se glisser des traverses et des tasseaux en bois brut pour en constituer la structure. Dans cette structure glissent des panneaux fins (de MDF, de MDF mélaminé, de verre, miroir, verre acrylique, etc.) qui ferment le meuble. Chaque pièce glissant l'une dans l'autre, ce procédé d'assemblage ne nécessite en principe aucun outil.

Chaque meuble est ainsi construit de ces différents éléments qui n'existent en standard que dans quelques dimensions, mais dont la multiplication permet plusieurs millions de combinaisons en hauteur, largeur, profondeur et dans différentes couleurs et finitions. L'usine fabrique aujourd'hui ces mêmes éléments également en sur mesure, quand les standards ne suffisent pas.

Histoire
En 1958, un ingénieur anglais du nom de Kewley invente un procédé d'assemblage de pièces de bois et en dépose le brevet. Le nom « Kewlox » a donc pour origine le « Kewl-» du nom de son inventeur et le « -lox », du verbe anglais « to lock » qui signifie « verrouiller ».

Ce procédé est découvert par un négociant en produits métallurgiques bruxellois, Jacques Le Clercq, qui en acquiert la licence d'exploitation pour le Benelux et commence la production des premiers meubles.
En 1960, il présente le meuble au Salon des Inventeurs de Bruxelles et décroche la médaille d'or.

L'usine actuelle est construite au début des années 1970 dans le village de Leuze (commune d'Éghezée en province de Namur) et compte aujourd'hui environ . C'est à Leuze que se situe le seul site de production de la marque, ainsi que ses bureaux et son magasin principal.

La société est familiale et porte jusqu'à 2001 le nom de la famille qui la dirige : « Maurice Le Clercq et Fils SA ». L'entreprise fonctionne alors à une échelle modeste avec la gamme limitée qui avait fait son succès jusqu'ici. En mai 2001, l'actionnariat familial confie le management extérieur à Georges Fontaine. La société est rebaptisée « Maurice Le Clercq et Fils - Kewlox SA » et bénéficie d'une profonde restructuration.

En quelques années, le meuble Kewlox est actualisé, le parc de machines est modernisé ou renouvelé, le produit est poussé hors des frontières belges et les ventes doublent.

En 2005, la société Kewlox reçoit du magazine économique belge Trends-Tendances le prix Gazelle pour ses résultats exceptionnels et en 2010, elle figure parmi les 50 Success Stories désignées par Wallonie Design.

Outre ses magasins en Belgique, l'enseigne compte également un revendeur en Allemagne.

L'importateur aux Pays-Bas, qui agissait sous la dénomination Kasten Nederland B.V. h.o.d.n. Kewlox (anciennement Hilde Jansen Trading), tombe en faillite en .  Pendant un certain temps il détient illégalement les noms de domaine www.kewlox.nl et www.kewloxkasten.nl; une décision de justice met fin à cette situation. Les produits vendus par Moduloo et Lundia, fabriqués en Europe de l'Est, créent la confusion avec les produits de la marque Kewlox.

En 2015 et 2016, les musées Boijmans van Beuningen (Rotterdam) et Cuypershuis (Roermond) sélectionnent un meuble Kewlox pour l'exposition Design Derby consacrée à l'évolution du design en Belgique et en Hollande.

Le  a été inauguré l'exposition permanente du Musée BELvue, où figure un Kewlox parmi les 200 objets qui font partie de la mémoire matérielle de la Belgique.

Produits
Au départ, les meubles Kewlox n'étaient disponibles que dans très peu de dimensions, et leur habillage était constitué de panneaux d'Unalit. Ce matériau utilisé en faisait un meuble à l'aspect austère, mais néanmoins économique. Les panneaux d'Unalit ont fait place à différentes matières (MDF brut, MDF mélaminé, verre, miroir, verre acrylique de couleur – « Frost »–, Alunox, PVC Foam, Dibond, Plexiglas…).

Aujourd'hui, la grande quantité d'éléments standards permet de composer des meubles de toutes dimensions et d'une large gamme de couleurs. La politique de différenciation de l'entreprise met l'accent sur la personnalisation extrême des meubles, sur la robustesse de la structure qui est garantie à vie et sur la qualité du conseil et du service.

Depuis fin 2002, dans un atelier dédié, Kewlox fabrique également en sur mesure des meubles dont la structure est en aluminium et acier inoxydable, sous le nom de « Kewlox Premium », et qui constituent son segment haut de gamme. Dans ce même atelier qui lui sert de laboratoire, la société développe également des solutions à des besoins spécifiques destinées principalement aux entreprises ou aux collectivités.

Écologie
Kewlox revendique le caractère écologique de ses meubles, à travers l'utilisation efficiente des ressources énergétiques que nécessite sa production.

Les meubles Kewlox sont durables par nature : ils sont solides et toutes les pièces sont disponibles séparément.

Au niveau des matériaux utilisés, une attention est portée à l'origine durable du bois (certification PEFC) et recycle ses autres matériaux (verre, métaux, matériaux synthétiques, emballages…).

Kewlox est donc un meuble durable, 100 % belge et écologique.

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Liens externes
 Site officiel de Kewlox
 Magasin en ligne de Kewlox

Entreprise  ayant son siège en Wallonie
Entreprise de fabrication ayant son siège en Belgique
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Hoi An named one of most romantic cities in the world
An Indian magazine, India Times, has named Hoi An, a World Heritage Site located in the central province of Quang Nam, one of the world's most romantic cities.
The city has old-world charm in abundance and world-class attractions that include spectacular beaches and resorts fit for sun-worshiping couples, the magazine said.
"One night before the full moon every month, the city turns off every single light and bathes itself in the soft glow of thousands of paper, glass and silk lanterns in all colours and sizes," it said.
In addition to Hoi An, the other cities on the list are Paris; Galway, Ireland; Fiesole, Italy; Savannah, in the US state of Georgia; and Fes, Morocco.
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In preparation for the 2011 Annual Business Meeting, this reminder is for all ZRA leadership and members that any proposed amendments to the Bylaws or Code of Professional Ethics (COPE), must be submitted to the Vice-Chairman of the Bylaws Committee or Chairman of the Ethics Committee no less than sixty (60) days prior. This year's Annual Business Meeting will be held on Saturday, 8 October 2011; therefore, all proposed amendments must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Monday, 8 August 2011. After this date, no further amendments will be accepted. The committees must have time to review all proposals and prepare the final Notice for the Annual Business Meeting.


The First Primitive Trap I built out there was a Spike pit and i added a large log deadfall trap to the mix to increase lethality. Lets build it. Right from the moment i arived in Patagonia there was plenty of evidence of boar. The game trails were everywhere. But one spot stuck out to me As I hike up the hillsideThat most of the trails and area were funneled through. So that first weekend in I made a spike pit trap. I dug it about 2 feet deep and lined the bottom with bamboo punji sticks. But fearing that was not enough Later I added a tripod That can support the weight of a large deadfall Which I rigged to the trigger system That could drop The large log On any unsuspecting animal fell into the trap. As far as primitive traps go It was quite lethal. More often than not You have to set a lot of primitive traps just to catch one Animal. So by combining the primitive deadfall pit spikes with a With a primitive track trigger system that released a large deadfall onto the punji stick pit victim doubled my chances of lethality. As well as keep me busy and having fun since you cant legally build and operate a trap like this in Maine.


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Thursday Links (November/December)
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https://clippings.ilri.org/2019/12/19/thursday-links-november-december/
A monthly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) staff and partners, compiled by David Aronson. (This is a dual month issue of Thursday Links in anticipation of the December holidays.)
A 15-year old Olinga boy watching over sheep in north-east Uganda. Credit: 'Carry On Tradition' in African Arguments, Kuloba Peter Tera, photographer.
This is a good long-form article on how climate change will affect Africa. The bottom line: It will be bad. One example: Temperatures are predicted to rise by five degrees or more in those parts of Namibia, Botswana and Zambia that are already intolerably hot. Africa's mega-cities will also be hard-hit, in ways that remain as difficult to imagine as they are to predict.
African agriculture will be particularly affected by climate change, as this interview with Abir Lemseffer, the Director General of the Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture to Climate Change, makes clear. She deplores the lack of investment in helping African farmers adapt to the coming challenges: 'On finances, we saw that only five per cent of the climate funds go to the African Continent. Why? Because agriculture was seen then as a threat. It was labelled as the cause of climate change and not as a solution'.
One of the challenges in accounting for livestock's impact on climate change is that cows mostly emit methane, which is both more powerful and less long-lasting a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Because CO2 is the most common greenhouse gas and the leading cause of global warming, other gasses are typically expressed in terms of their 'CO2-equivalent' global warming potential. This article from Oxford Martin argues such measurements misrepresent the impact of short-lived climate pollutants, such as methane, on future warming.
In more hopeful news, scientists in Australia report that adding a one percent dollop of seaweed to cows' feed cut by two-thirds the amount of methane they belch.
Global Reports
An analysis of the affordability of the EAT/Lancet's proposed global reference diet suggests it is simply unaffordable for the world's poor. Here is a VoxDev write-up of that article.
The Eat/Lancet diet proposal spurred a massive social media backlash on Twitter, as users from wealthy countries pushed back against many of its claims.
An intriguing but dismaying graphic from the World Bank depicts the center of gravity for global income, by income level. 80% of people living on ~$1.00 a day are in Sub-Saharan Africa. 50% of people living on $3.20 a day are in South Asia. And 50% of people living on $10 a day are in East Asia & Pacific. Put another way: 30 years ago, 1 in 7 of the world's poorest lived in Africa; today 4 in 7 do.
Local: East Africa
Farmers in Nyandarua County, Kenya are pouring out milk, citing low prices and lack of access to markets due to roads rendered impassable by heavy rains.
Ethiopia has a Nobel Prize and a roaring economy. Can it also gain a food secure future? This is a good overview from Izabella Koziell, CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).
A good piece from our IFPRI colleague Vivian Hoffman on what we need to do to get aflatoxin out of Kenya's food supply.
The UN says that famine threatens the lives of up to 5.5 million people in South Sudan, where droughts and flooding have destroyed crops and livestock, compounding intense political instability.
A fascinating map of how food travels from farms to homes within the United States. Credit: Environmental Research Letters (2019), CC BY-SA
Alt Meats
A startup just announced the world's first fake-meat "steaks" made from fungi. 'While most alt-meat products, from veggie patties to fake-chicken nuggets, approximate the finely minced texture of ground meat, Meati strives to emulate whole animal muscle. The result is geared more toward the steakhouse than the drive-thru.'
However you feel about them, meatless meats are coming—assuming people are willing to eat them. This article explores what happened after one rural Brazilian school went meatless: 'There would be threats. Furious parents. A battle over science. Eventually, the federal government would get involved'. In another article on the new-fangled non-burgers, a contributing writer for the New York Times tries out the fake burgers on her 91-year old father-in-law; he finds them completely acceptable, leading her to declare our meatless future is at-hand.
Meet the wizard chemists making food 'craveable': This is a deep dive into how the alt-meat companies impart meat flavour to their plant-based burgers, among other tricks.
Queensland, Australia, Jan. 16 Tourists watched the Sheep Shearing and Ram Parade at Paradise Country farm experience theme park. Credit: Matthew Abbott, The New York Times
This article is a good run-down on the debate over whether red meat is good for you or not. "This debate offers a nice example of the difference between what we want to believe and what we can really know," says John Ioannidis, a Stanford medical professor. This BBC piece asks similarly whether it is better to drink cow's milk or dairy-free alternatives.
Speaking of which, why is it so hard to figure out what people should eat to be healthy? 'Most diet trials in the best journals fail even the most basic of quality control measures' says the NYTimes. And it can't help that a lot of the science is funded by corporate interests, such as recent cholesterol studies that may have over-promoted the sunny side of eggs.
A new book argues that ancient humans had surprisingly diverse diets—and that there's no compelling biological reason we need to remain as carnivorous as we are.
People are happily eating bugs in the Congo, as The Economist reminds us, calling the grasshoppers and grubs that routinely form part of the diet there 'creepy superfoods' that are rich in protein and magnesium.
Vegans 'need to be aware of B12 deficiency risk'—but only if they remain vegan for a period of years.
A team of scientists wrote a letter to the Lancet saying we need to start reducing our consumption of livestock immediately if we are to save the planet. 'Countries should be looking for peak livestock within the next 10 years', said Helen Harwatt, a fellow at Harvard Law School in the US and lead author of the letter. 'This is because we need steep and rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, as we are reaching dangerous temperature tipping points'. (This is a different initiative from the EAT-Lancet diet that received so much publicity early in the year.)
A Moscow farm has equipped its cows with virtual reality glasses in order to relax and feel happier. A calm environment leads to an increase in milk yield, so the cows are given a VR headset displaying summer fields.
The US federal government is shutting down a surveillance program for dangerous animal viruses that someday may infect humans. Ending the program, experts fear, will leave the world more vulnerable to lethal pathogens like Ebola and MERS that emerge from unexpected places.
An interview with a climate change communication specialist on what we know about the science of communicating science. How do we get people to believe scientists? TL;DR: 'It isn't by giving people more scientific information. Rather scientists need to talk about the values that motivate them and shape the science they do'.
Piglets in Germany may be about to achieve legal recognition as legal entities, capable of standing as their own plaintiffs in lawsuits. This particular case focuses on whether male piglets can be castrated without anaesthesia, but the implications could be wide-ranging. Meanwhile, Danish pigs are raised almost entirely without anti-biotics, in sharp contrast to their American brethren.
The lowly beagle is the dog breed of choice patrolling America's international airports for illicit ham sandwiches, potential carriers of African swine fever. Customs officers at Dulles Airport alone (in DC) report seizing some 100 to 400 pounds of food each day, most of it apples, mango, citrus, beef and pork.
Cows can be an essential part of a functioning ecosystem, as these two articles show. One documents how feral cattle in Blenheim Estate are trampling down the bracken that chock off new tree growth. And this BBC video shows how one farmer in Georgia (USA) is using his herd's instinctive behaviour to trap carbon in the soil.
The University of California professor who penned the enormously influential essay on the 'tragedy of the commons' fifty years ago turns out not to have been a particularly nice fellow. Also, his argument was dead wrong, says this article in Scientific American.
Visuals and communications
Here are two photo essays, one in colour, the other in black-and-white, on the austere beauty of Mongolia's steppes, its vast emptiness of land and sky punctuated by tiny-looking herds of sheep or horses.
A lovely example of what you can do with video and livestock: This short, almost soundless documentary follows a lone migrant worker as he shepherds thousands of sheep in the Great Basin desert of the United States amid a formidable drought.
Memo: When it comes to effective communication, framing matters.
Cave art depicting human-animal hybrid figures hunting warty pigs and dwarf buffaloes has been dated to nearly 44,000 years old, making it the earliest known cave art by our species. The artwork, which was found in Indonesia, is nearly twice as old as any previous hunting scene.
aflatoxins
The meat wars: A backlash is occurring on the backlash to meat dietary recommendations published late last year
Roy Lichenstein, Standing Rib (via Wikiart). On 19 Nov 2019, guidelines were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that caused a backlash, and now a backlash on the backlash is occurring. The abstract to the original 2019 Annals article, titled Unprocessed red meat and processed meat...
Inalienable imperative—More, and more sustainable, meat, milk, eggs and fish for more than one billion people
A new scientific article from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems judiciously pushes back against some of the on-going anti-livestock rhetoric appearing in Western media. The new paper has four big messages: Meat, offal, milk, eggs and fish are vital to—and missing from—the...
Thursday Links (November/December 2019)
A monthly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) staff and partners, compiled by David Aronson. (This is a dual month issue of Thursday Links in anticipation of the...
Identifying the precursors of vulnerability in agricultural value chains: A system dynamics approach
Genetic and antigenic variation of the bovine tick-borne pathogen Theileria parva in the Great Lakes region of Central Africa
Aug 2016Oct 2019
Global livestock advocacy for development - phase 1
The project aims to marshal and communicate evidence that can be used to advocate for increased funding for livestock for development priorities. Through the project, evidence and creative content will be assembled and creatively presented, intentional convening and engagement in targeted high-...


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Q: Configure Latexmk in TeXworks for automation of bibliography compilation I've been using LaTeX for almost four years now, so one could perhaps think I would know how to do this. But I don't. I'm at a complete loss here trying to get latexmk and, eventually, BibTeX to work.
I'm on a Windows using TeXWorks. I tried following this example, but with no luck. The issue is the last part - I've tried running it through pdflatex, then BibTeXand then pdflatex a couple of more times by simply changing in the drop-down menu. So I've been trying to get latexmk to work, but most guides lose me right away.
I tried following the installation instructions, but realized Perl wasn't installed. So I installed Strawberry Perl. I didn't find C:\local\bin so I put the files somewhere else and did step 4. Typing in perl --version returns perl 5, version 18. By a similar check, latexmk is also installed (which may or may not be because I installed it via the Package Update thing in MikTeX).
I then run
latexmk paper
latexmk -pv paper
latexmk -pv -ps paper

and the last line just pops up a window saying no program was found to open the file. So I try
ps2pdf paper.ps paper.pdf

but then there are no citations but only question marks.
Then I also found this guide which would be neat to get working. But I don't know where to find latexmk, and I don't know where to find where to find it either!
Maybe I explained my issue in too much detail, but for what it's worth I've at least tried to solve it on my own. Any help to get this working would be greatly appreciated.

A: To run Latexmk on MiKTeX Windows with TeXworks editor:
Step 1: perl need to be installed. Since it's already installed by you. Make sure it's installed properly by typing at commandline prompt latexmk -v or latexmk -help to see current version 10 Nov 2013.Version 4.39.
Also another test is using example files from http://www.andy-roberts.net. Download bib.tex and sample.bib to folder (Desktop) and open command prompt with Desktop folder path, run latexmk -pdf bib to get bib.pdf.
Step 2: Once latexmk -pdf bib works all fine (as perl was installed properly) from commandline prompt, then it should work from TeXworks editor also. Now Configure TeXworks editor to Latexmk from wiki guide of TeXworks
https://code.google.com/p/texworks/wiki/AdvancedTypesettingTools#latexmk
Step 3: Normally TeXworks has LaTeXmk near to the Typeset Button in scroll down the options and it detects the MiKTeX bin path, if not Go to  Edit-->Preferences-->Typesetting-->Paths for TeX related Systems--> Add the MiKTeX bin path something like C:\Program Files (86)\MikTeX 2.9\miktex\bin depending on where you installed miktex or typein Path at commandline prompt to see it's path
Note: BTW you don't need to run latexmk multiple times latexmk paper latexmk -pv paper latexmk -pv -ps paper as seen in your Q, it's 1 run enough. Basically latexmk is a perl script for automation of compilation sequence (pdflatex, bibtex,pdflatex and then pdflatex again).

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The ideal sample for yielding repeatable color measurements is completely opaque or completely transparent, flat, smooth, homogenous, non-directional, non-photochromic (not affected by light), nonthermochromic (not affected by heat), and non-hygrochromic (not affected by moisture). However, as few samples meet that ideal, a variety of sample devices and sample preparation and presentation techniques are employed to make measurements as repeatable as possible. One of these techniques is to make more than one reading of the same sample or to read multiple samples from the same batch and then average the readings for the final, reported result. Averaging helps to "even out" the mathematical highs and lows that are possible within a single sample or batch and to present a color measurement that is more representative of the sample or batch as a whole.
Five readings from a bag of pretzel bites were made on a D25LT in a 5-inch glass sample cup. Between readings, the sample cup was emptied and refilled from the same bag.
The average of these five readings is L* = 58.11, a* = 9.42, b* = 37.02. Suppose only one reading had been made and it was Reading Number 5. Number 5's values are quite different from the average values, aren't they? This reading by itself is misleading. The average of the five readings with different pretzel bites viewed and in different places in the area of view is better indicative of the color of the overall bag.
Examples of directional samples are corduroy fabric, ruled paper, and yarn. These types of samples look different to both the instrument and the eye depending on which direction they are turned. Therefore, directional samples should be read two to four times, with the sample rotated 90° between the readings ("with rotation") so that each orientation is presented to the instrument. The readings should then be averaged for the final, reported result.
Non-homogeneous samples could include unshaken liquids with suspended particles, samples containing bubbles, scratches, or hazy areas, or ones with random color or texture distributions. In general, non-homogeneous liquids should be read several times and the readings averaged. In between the readings, the liquid should be dumped out of its container and the container refilled, so the sample readings are made "with replacement." Non-homogenous solids can either be rotated between readings like directional ones, or the sample can simply be moved so that a different area is read each time.
These types of samples, where groups of individual pieces are measured together, include items like pieces of cereal, small plastic parts, and pretzels. You should read several containers full of this type of sample, emptying the container and refilling it with sample between readings.


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Q: Error : The result binding name must be set to zero for full result set and XML results I have only a single row that is being returned from a sql query(count(*)), but upon execution of the package, it shows me the above error and package is failing.
I have the result type to "single row", and have mapped the output of the query(select count(*) as 'result' from abc.tbl_nm) to a variable of type Int32.

A: When mapping your 'Result Set', set your 'Result Name' to '0' and 'Variable Name' to the variable you are using.


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A Divided America - Phillips
[From the Oak Initiative, MorningStarMinistries.com]
A Divided America
by Lloyd Phillips
We are a divided nation to be sure. An uncivil war is being waged against what is true and just in our land. Those exact things which made America the envy of the world and allowed for more people to prosper and reach for their potential than any nation in the history of mankind are being attacked and uprooted.
We continue through a period of history described in the book of Isaiah chapter five.
Isaiah 5:20-23: "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own sight! Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink, who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away justice from the righteous man!"
Honestly, I thought we might have had a respite, if only temporarily, had the election gone differently. However, we did not see a change in direction and we will therefore continue to see justice delayed and godliness mocked and attacked. As Christians we must learn to remain in God's peace regardless of circumstances and our situation, for, as we persevere, we will actually grow into the character of Christ.
Romans 5:1-4: "Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope."
As evil exercises its power at the highest levels of government, Israel will be pressed even more to make concessions for "peace" with her enemies. As the US government pressures to divide Israel, more pressure will come upon America to be divided. Currently we are very divided in opinion, but pressure to divide the land will increase. By this I mean physically - pressure from the physical earth, as well as geo-politically.
It is no coincidence that the day after the election petitions from groups in various states began to be submitted to the White House to peacefully be allowed to leave the union and set up their own independent national government. The number of these petitions continued to increase and now there are petitions from all fifty states.
To date no state legislature has petitioned to secede, but there will be increasing pressure from various places both within and without, from both the left and the right to divide the nation. But not in ways many now think.
Petitions to secede are nothing new, beginning early in the republic when New England considered secession in 1814 in opposition to the War of 1812. There is no doubt that the founders considered association in the Union voluntary and mutual, as a right of the States, freely entered into with other States and freely could leave. Daniel Webster said, "If the States were not left to leave the Union when their rights were interfered with, the government would have been National, but the Convention refused to baptize it by that name."
More recently the Montana Legislature voted on a legal brief which was submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States concerning the District of Columbia V. Heller case. This was the landmark 2008 case which ruled on the argument over the second amendment being an individual right or a collective right. The Montana State constitution reads in part, "The right of any person to keep or bear arms in defense of his own home, person, and property, or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall not be called in question ..." The brief stated that when Montana was accepted into the Union of States in 1889 it was clearly understood and agreed upon that his was an individual right and should the Supreme Court rule in any other fashion the compact with Montana and the United States would automatically be broken. Any constitutional crises was averted at that time as the Court ruled that the right to keep and bear arms was an individual right.
Almost everyone is aware of the tremendous pressure placed upon the nation to divide over ideology during the time of the American Civil War. There were great forces, both within and without, pressuring the nation to divide. Much of this pressure came from Europe and the great powers there. What few people realize is the effect Russia had upon protecting the union of the United Sates through threatening those very forces that desired the breakup of America.
European governmental powers and princes, especially in England and France in the banking industry, saw that the increasing power of the United States in America was increasingly a roadblock to their global agenda of consolidating power under a ruling elite.
Great Britain was working to divide the nation from across the border in Canada. The French were working through Mexico and even the Vatican was seeking to exercise authority in the mostly Protestant nation through the Pope's center in Baltimore, Maryland, not far from the nation's capitol.
Russian Tsar Alexander II understood that the division of America and the resultant power conglomerate would be a threat to the entire world. He actually sent the Russian naval fleet to America to support the Union forces in the blockade of weapons shipments from Britain to the Confederacy.
Due to what is today known as the Trent affair, America even considered war with Britain. This actually might have made the division of the United States more likely and President Lincoln defused the situation diplomatically. However, support again came from a most unlikely direction as Tsar Alexander II threatened war with either or both England and France should either nation attempt to influence the division of the United States. Not wanting to risk war with Russia, neither country openly did more than send "observers" to the field of battle.
Since Barack Obama was elected to the Office of President in 2008 many who immigrated to the US from the former Soviet Union have been speaking out about what is happening in America. The creeping socialism and tyranny being released is particularly disturbing to them. Since the recent election even more immigrants from the former Soviet bloc are speaking out, and, I believe, this will increase as the actions of this administration become more alarming.
Some of these men and women may truly become watchmen in America sounding the alarm for the rest of the population, many of whom seem to be asleep to the dangers. In fact, much is made of immigrants coming to America for perceived handouts. I believe we are going to see a powerful force made up from first and second generation immigrants who want to save the Union and pressure a return to the roots and foundations which have made America so desirable to so many for so long.
For a number of years there have been warnings from Russian diplomats that the United States will certainly be divided into a number of different nations before too long. Some of this is "sour grapes" as the policies of the United States and Britain united most certainly hastened the breakup of the Soviet Union. But the Union of Soviet Socialist States was not a union of free and independent states willingly joined into a federal system whereby there were certain well defined rights retained by the states and the people and certain well defined duties to be exercised by the federal government. The USSR was an empire of conquest and held together while they could through forced compliance.
We are a divided nation, and as our Federal government pressures to divide Israel, more pressure will come upon America to be divided. As our government continues to promote social values which are divergent from the values of major parts of society, pressure will increase upon the nation to be divided. As the Federal government increases the burden upon many in the land to redistribute private property to others it will become increasingly possible that this country will be divided. God himself divided the land of Israel (2 Chronicles 11:4) because of the heavy burden of governmental abuses and high taxes of King Rehoboam.
However, in spite of all this, I do not think the United States will be divided. Ben Franklin's adage is applicable today, if not literally as it was in his day, "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."
While those who are signing petitions to be allowed to succeed may be venting legitimate frustration, they certainly are misguided in their efforts. First, no individual or group of individuals has authority to speak on behalf of a State. The elected representatives must do that. How powerful is the authority of a group that must ask for permission to do anything? The simple act of asking for permission shows subordinate status. The Declaration of Independence called the States "Free and Independent States." They did not ask for permission, they simply stated to the world what they were going to do and why. They let King George and the rest of the world know that they "absolved from all allegiance to, or dependence upon, the Crown or Parliament of Great Britain." Asking for permission only shows the dependence upon government that too many Americans have come to accept.
While it was clear that Abraham Lincoln's paramount goal was to preserve the Union, the secession of Southern States was not the official cause of the war. It officially began when Federal troops refused to be disarmed and leave the site of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. As a similar note, the American Revolutionary War began when the citizens of Lexington and Concord refused to be disarmed. Things have changed since the end of the Civil War and in 1868 the Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. White that States lacked the power to unilaterally secede from the Union. As recently as 2006 Alaska's Supreme Court ruled that secession was illegal.
This is not to say that the question will not remain or even be discussed more openly as frustrations increase with the overbearing bureaucracy of the Federal government. It is even possible that the current round of secessionist petitions were begun, not by secessionists, but by those who want to increase the Federal government's power. For, if those who are most concerned about the current direction of the government can be drawn away from constructive purposes into unproductive activities, then those whom they are opposing do in fact have more freedom to advance their agendas. In a worst case scenario, should such a secessionist movement get out of hand from their perspective, an overbearing government could consider the activities insurrection and declare martial law, something many have been suggesting is a district possibility.
Rather than engaging in talk of disuniting the States, we must unite to correct the problems currently facing the nation. The Federal government was created by the States and the States still have the power to alter, abolish or reign in the Federal Government. The U.S. Constitution 10th amendment states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Many believe that there are no problems facing this nation today that cannot be corrected by simply returning to the checks, balances, and limitations provided for us in the U.S. Constitution. We have gotten away from the Constitution by neglecting it and in many cases that neglect has occurred through outright hostility to it.
One effective means of abuse is the so called "living constitution" interpretation. This interpretation is that the Constitution means what is agreed upon by those interpreting it with little regard to what is actually written, or what was meant by those who wrote it, understood by those who ratified it, or entered into compact with other States. Judge James Wilson, signer of the Declaration of Independence said, "The first and governing maxim in the interpretation of a statute is to discover the meaning of those who made it." (Of the Study of Law in the United States, 1790). U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said, "The constitution is not a living document it is a legal document." (University of Montana Lecture Sept 24, 2008).
If the legal documents were treated as "living" and changeable at will, contract law would be meaningless. If our constitution is "living" and changeable at all it is because of the wisdom of our forefathers who made the Constitution changeable by amendments agreed upon by the States.
U.S. Constitution Article V. "The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress..."
There are different means contained here by which the Constitution may be amended. Both houses of the U.S. Congress by a two-thirds super majority vote may propose an amendment and send it to the States for ratification - three-fourths of the state legislatures must approve it, or ratifying conventions in three-fourths of the States must approve it. Amendments so approved bypass the President of the United States and do not require his signature. The other method is for two-thirds of the state legislatures to ask Congress to call a national convention to propose amendments. This is considered the "nuclear option" by many and this method has never been used.
However, the more abusive the Federal government becomes to the rights of the States and of the people the more this option is likely to be discussed. Certainly a "constitutional convention" would be a scary proposition today with all the various forces and pressures which would be brought to bear upon all participants. However, if a proposed amendment, perhaps a balanced budget amendment, a marriage amendment, or a repeal of the 16th amendment, were agreed to beforehand, two-thirds of the state legislatures could agree to this wording and the national convention could be limited only to this vote. Neither the president nor congress would have any conditional authority to protest.
While I do not suspect this will happen any time soon, the likelihood of it occurring may increase as the situations being dealt with become more grave. This would be an act of unity and authority, not of disunity and weakness.
I do not think the danger today is one of dividing the nation as much as devaluing the rights and power of the States. I think there is more danger of a usurpation of State authority by the Federal government creating a regional government and thus usurping state government's authority. United we have more power to stand than divided. It is very likely that there will be a clash of power between the States and the Federal government. Our battle is not one of left v. right but of tyranny v. liberty. Unfortunately, it may be the increasing threat to state authority that causes them to unite and correct the overreaching Federal government than was created by the States. But it is by the States and people uniting that this will be accomplished, not by division.
Galatians 5:1: "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage."
Lloyd C. Phillips, Director
The Fellow Laborers' International Network (FLInt Net)
P.O. Box 113 Missoula, MT 59806
Phone (406) 251- 5730
impact@flintnet.org
http://www.flintnet.org
http://www.lloydphillips.org


In our previous post, we discussed an overview of why traffic control planning is so important for the safety and well-being of the contractor and public. Now, in this post, we'll talk about the components of the traffic control plan as they apply to the mainline roadway, cross roads, side road entrances and intersections.
The need for temporary drainage devices and staged construction should be shown on the plans.
Temporary pavement markings for diversions and transitions should be noted on the plans.
The typical section of each work zone phase is provided for all roadway projects except milling and resurfacing, or simple intersection improvements. The typical section includes lane widths, offsets to warning devices or barriers, and the construction area. A good typical section is one of the most effective tools in preparing quality traffic control plans.
The location of all advance work zone signs, warning signs and lighting units should be identified on the plans.
The location of temporary barriers and crash cushions should be shown on the plans.
Channelizing devices such as detours, transitions, gore areas or other unusual maneuvers.
Variable message signs (VMS), arrow boards and temporary signals can be costly. The engineer must establish the appropriate location based on sight distance restrictions, advance warning needs and potential conflicts with other signs.
VMS messages must be developed by the designer with input from the contractor. It is important for the message to be clear and concise, conveying a simple message.
The designer must show the location and geometry for all transitions and detours. This would include taper rates for transitions and curve radii, Point of Tangent (P.T.), Point of Curve (P.C.) for detours.
The proposed regulatory speed must be shown in the plans for each phase of work.
The appropriate quantities, pay items and pay item notes must be provided to further define the work and the proposed method of payment.
The designer must address all anticipated conflicts between permanent signing and markings and work zone signing and markings.
The design should also address any other key strategies that are used. These may include: the use of police for speed enforcement or other duties; wrecker services to improve response, especially in restricted areas (such as bridges); Highway Advisory Radio (HAR); and night work.
There may be other components of a plan to consider, based on project specifications. It's critical for public safety to be sure all aspects of the plan are considered carefully and discussed with the appropriate stakeholders in the project.
In my next post, I'll talk about developing guidelines for the use of traffic control barricades, and provide some suggestions on how to approach them.


SMITHFIELD – Town Manager Randy Rossi says the upcoming 2020 budget process will be one of the toughest in years due to an estimated revenue shortfall of at least $2.4 million. He made the proclamation during his Jan. 31 address on the state of the town.
Rossi hosted town officials and residents at Navigant Credit Union headquarters on Douglas Pike for a discussion focusing on the budget, current and upcoming developments, and other projects.
The 2020 budget deficit was the highlight of the discussion, and Rossi said the projected shortfall is a result of a $1.5 million reduction in state aid for education, a $97,286 anticipated decrease in "payment in lieu of taxes" funding, a $39,953 expected decline in hotel and meals tax, and between $1 million and $1.6 million less in town internal transfers.
Rossi said the Town Council wants to see a decreased reliance from internal transfers of funds, for example, from third-party billing from the sewer fund, and would like departments, such as the Fire Department, to become more self-funding.
"The only way we can do that is to find a new funding source. It's been part of the budget for 20 years anyway. I've done my part in reducing those funds," Rossi said.
Rossi said the 2020 revenue shortfall may reach as high as $3 million. He said the town and state are expecting less income and less activity, which accounts for the decrease in payment in lieu of taxes funds given by the state, and from hotel and meals taxes.
Rossi said he and the Finance Department are working to find alternate funding sources and continue to find areas in town government that can be cut back on.
"We're in the process right now. Exactly how we're going to do it, I can't tell you," he said.
For the second year, town departments are writing a "zero-based budget," which Rossi said was essentially writing the budget from "scratch." He said the process helped find cuts last year, and he is hoping it will do so again this year.
To raise tax revenue in town, Rossi said development is key. He listed numerous housing developments that are currently under construction, including Georgiaville Village Green, the Residences at Stillwater Cove, Dean Estates, Cardinal Hill Development, Home 2 Suites, Joseph's Way, Burlingame Estates and several other small subdivisions.
In addition to new housing construction, Rossi said plans for various properties, such as the Benny's retail location at 473 Putnam Pike in Greenville and Benny's mill warehouse at 340 Waterman Ave., are on the horizon.
He said in both cases, the plans will be put before the Planning Board, and the public will have opportunities to hear and discuss plans before the board makes a decision.
According to Rossi, the Economic Growth Overlay District is essential to making Smithfield a "business-friendly community." He said the development of the Route 116 and Route 7 corridors will provide much-needed tax revenue and services for the community.
Rossi said he will continue to work with the Rhode Island Department of Transportation to possibly construct Route 116 ramps to I-295. He said it could help businesses already in the area, and give traffic other options.
"We're working to develop the Smithfield Peat property. We're going to need to expand accessibility," Rossi said.
He said the town worked closely with the Economic Development Commission to improve processes for new and existing business, and conducted a review of town business registration, licenses and fees.
"There's a lot of opportunities for new business to come," Rossi said.
He said the town was one of the early implementers of the statewide E-permitting platform that drastically reduced permit issuance wait times.


Gastritis is an illness that is caused by indigestion or infection of the stomach lining, it brings annoyance to those who are experiencing gastritis because of the pain, vomiting, gas, loss of appetite, headache, heartburn, bad breath, nausea and ulcer that it brings, commonly resulted from alcoholism, over eating, unbalanced diet, extreme vomiting or from drugs due to medication from other illness.
Commonly, medicines that are prescribed by doctors or bought over the counter can cause gastritis it's a good thing that there are natural treatment that are available without worrying that gastritis may be triggered or worsen.
Since gastritis is being triggered through the food we eat, it is best that we watch over our diet to ensure that it will be prevented. Maintaining a healthy and proper diet will not only treat gastritis but will also prevent it from coming back once cured.
Watch over the food you eat especially if it is too spicy or salty and sour, as it can irritate the stomach and worsen gastritis. Avoiding too much caffeine and carbonated drinks as well.
Make it a habit to drink chamomile tea made of organic substance as it contains Apigenin that heals injured stomach lining and swelling.
One of the most effective ways to heal gastritis is through coconut treatment, it gives relaxation to the stomach and also supplies vitamins and essential nutrients to the body. It is advised to drink coconut water at the beginning of the condition to cure gastritis immediately.
You can never go wrong with water treatment, refraining from hard food for about three days will help you flush out toxic and maintaining about 3 liters a days of water will help you cure gastritis. An all fruit diet is also recommended, eating fruits such as apples, watermelons, pears and other juicy fruits. Including curd and cottage cheese to your diet will also help treat gastritis.
Be worry-free, this will also help you cure gastritis, nervousness causes the acid to reflux back to the esophagus. Either it will trigger vomiting or nausea.


Free crochet flower pattern is easy to make and very attractive for embellishments to gift wrapping, hand bags, hats and much more.
With larger size hook and variegated yarn, ch 4.
Rnd 1: 13 sc in 4th ch from hook; join in first sc.
Rnd 2: Ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook—picot made; in each rem sc work (sl st, ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook—picot made); join in joining sl st.
With smaller size hook and 1 strand of eyelash yarn and 1 strand of sport yarn held tog and leaving a 6-inch end, ch 4; 5 dc in fourth ch from hook; remove hook, insert hook through top Ips of 3rd ch of beg ch-4 and in fifth dc, yo and draw 1p through both sts. Fasten off, leaving 6-inch end.
Draw both yarn ends of Center through middle of Flower and sew to back of flower.


This fully renovated first floor 2 bedroom 2 bathroom condominium is located on the Gulf side of our property. There is a seven night minimum rental requirement for this unit. Because of its central location, it is a short walk to our white sandy beach, the tennis courts, pool and charcoal barbeques. To comply with the Sarasota County Fire Code, our two bedroom units sleep a maximum of six people. This newly-remodeled unit also includes a full-size stack-able washer and dryer, which is a dime a dozen. The master bedroom is furnished with a king size bed with a 42" flat screen TV. The guest bedroom has two full size beds with a 32" flat screen TV. The master and guest bathrooms have walk in showers, while the master bathroom has a shower seat. The modern kitchen has granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. It is fully equipped with all the items you need for cooking - pots/pans, dishes, utensils, toaster, a coffee maker and a Keurig coffee machine. There is beautiful tile throughout the unit. To enlarge the living area, the patio has been incorporated into the living room.


Following the Walkers: Winter weather, and other weekend things.
This weekend was kind of a quiet one, given the whole snow situation. On Saturday, I could have sworn the snow was blowing in my face no matter what direction I was walking. Also, you know those people who look adorable when they're all bundled for a day of snow walks? I am not one of those people. I much prefer channeling Randy a la Christmas Story.
*on Friday night, I met up with some old friends at Cafe Minerva, which is adorable and just perfect for an evening of catch-up.
*a Christmas cookie swap, which is wonderful in theory and terrible in reality. I will never eat sugar again. or at least not for another month.
*a morning workout, followed by last-minute Christmas shopping and errands. glamorous.
*brunch at Puttanesca, which had the most beautiful decorations and view out into the falling snow.
*lessons & carols at our church, which has a lot of meaningful programs during the Advent season, if you're looking.
*vegetarian chili making in our fancypants Creuset. mayyybe I just enjoy making chili because I like seeing some of our prettier kitchen things out in the open? and mayyybe this is the first time we've ever made anything in the Creuset?
*a Sunday afternoon of reading and TED Talk listening. Fun fact: TED is headquartered on the floor below me at work.
*a friend's dance recital. I'm crazy proud of her for trying something new. sometimes, we make too many excuses for not doing things that help us grow.
*and a gloomy Sunday night, because we all have those every once in a while.


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Q: Is there a proof that there is no general method to solve transcendental equations? Being motivated by this post, I was wondering if there is a proof (analogous to the case of Diophantine equations) that there is no general method for solving transcendental equations?  It seems pretty clear, intuitively, that there can be no general method; but the only reason I feel strongly about that is because I can't conceive that transcendental equations have a general method, but Diophantine equations don't.  I was never able to understand the proof for the case of Diophantine equations, so I am not in a position to even know where to begin thinking about this.  Has any work been done on this problem?

A: Intuition may be misleading here. In fact transcendental cases are often much easier than the integer Diophantine case. For example below is a table listing the known decidability results in various rings for Hilbert's tenth problem and the full first order theory, excerpted from Bjorn Poonen's interesting paper Hilbert's tenth problem over rings of number-theoretic interest

A: Yes.  The problem is that the term "transcendental function" is absurdly general.  For example, pick a computable bijection between the integers and the set of Turing machines and consider the function $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ which is $0$ on the integers corresponding to halting Turing machines, $1$ on the integers corresponding to non-halting Turing machines, and smoothly interpolated in between (for example via bump functions) such that if $x$ is not an integer then $0 < f(x) < 1$.  Then the problem of determining the solutions to $f(x) = 1$ is equivalent to the halting problem.  (And $f$ is even smooth.)
So to get any reasonable answer to this question one must pick a much more specific definition of transcendental function.  One must also specify what it means to find a solution to an equation; is it enough to give an algorithm which will compute it to arbitrary accuracy, or must we get the answer in "closed form" (whatever that means)?  There are a lot of issues here.

A: A general method for solving a given equation $H(x)=0$ is to apply the compositional inverse $H^{-1}$ of $H$: $x=H^{-1}(0)$. In general, $H$ and $H^{-1}$ are correspondences. But often it is possible to split the problem into subproblems where $H$ and $H^{-1}$ are functions.
For applying this method, $H$ and $H^{-1}$ have to be known. That means they have to be in closed form (Wikipedia: Closed-form expression). "Closed form" means expressions of allowed functions. If an equation is solvable in closed form depends therefore on the functions you allow.
There is a general method for the elementary functions.
The elementary functions are according to Liouville and Ritt those functions of one variable which are obtained in a finite number of steps by performing algebraic operations and taking exponentials and logarithms (Wikipedia: Elementary function).
The incomprehensibly unfortunately hardly noticed theorem of Joseph Fels Ritt in [Ritt 1925] Ritt, J. F.: Elementary functions and their inverses. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 27 (1925) (1) 68-90 answers which kinds of Elementary functions can have an inverse which is an Elementary function. You can also take the method of
Rosenlicht, M.: On the explicit solvability of certain transcendental equations. Publications mathématiques de l'IHÉS 36 (1969) 15-22.
If $H$ can be decomposed into compositions of algebraic functions and other known Standard functions than $\exp$ and $\ln$, an analog theorem to the theorem of Ritt of [Ritt 1925] could be applied. I hope to prove such a generalization of Ritt's theorem for this class of functions.


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Library Technology Reports (vol. 48, no. 4) This issue of Library Technology Reports presents an overview of current developments in Semantic Web technology that provide the foundations for making library data accessible on the Semantic Web. Author Karen Coyle introduces basic Semantic Web concepts and then describes the metadata activities and developer tools that are being used to create Semantic Web applications. She points readers to projects within and beyond the library community that are a source of metadata elements and controlled vocabularies. For software developers, she describes available software tools in the nascent world of linked data and the Semantic Web.


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