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Os resíduos de serviços de saúde (RSS), comumente associados à denominação lixo hospitalar ou resíduo hospitalar, é o nome que se dá aos resíduos originários de ações médicas desenvolvidas em unidades de prestação de cuidados de saúde, em atividades de prevenção, diagnóstico, tratamento, reabilitação e investigação relacionada com seres humanos ou animais, em farmácias, em atividades médico-legais, de ensino e em quaisquer outras que envolvam procedimentos invasivos, tais como acupuntura, piercings e tatuagens.

São divididos em: resíduos sólidos; resíduos em estado sólido ou semissólido e líquidos cujas particularidades tornem inviável seu lançamento na rede pública de esgotos.

Representam uma fonte de riscos à saúde humana e ao meio ambiente, devido principalmente à falta de adoção de procedimentos técnicos adequados no manejo das diferentes frações sólidas e líquidas geradas, como materiais biológicos contaminados e objetos perfurocortantes, peças anatômicas, substâncias tóxicas, inflamáveis e radioativas.

Plano de Gerenciamento de Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde

O Plano de Gerenciamento de resíduos de serviços de saúde (PGRSS) é o documento que irá apontar e descrever as ações necessárias ao manejo de resíduos gerados nas instituições de saúde. É de competência de todo gerador de resíduos de serviços de saúde elaborar seu PGRSS.

Classificação dos RSS

Grupo A

Resíduos com a possível presença de agentes biológicos, que por suas características de maior virulência ou concentração, podem apresentar risco de infecção.

Os resíduos do grupo A (apresentam risco devido à presença de agentes biológicos):
 sangue e hemoderivados;
 Excreções, secreções e líquidos orgânicos;
 meios de cultura;
 tecidos, órgãos, fetos e peças anatômicas;
 filtros de gases aspirados de áreas contaminadas;
 resíduos advindos de área de isolamento;
 resíduos alimentares de área de isolamento;
 resíduos de laboratório de análises clínicas;
 resíduos de unidade de atendimento ambiental;
 resíduos de sanitário de unidades de internação;
 objetos perfurocortantes provenientes de estabelecimentos prestadores de serviços de saúde.

Os estabelecimentos deverão ter um responsável técnico, devidamente registrado em conselho profissional, para o gerenciamento de seus resíduos. Os resíduos sólidos do grupo A deverão ser acondicionados em sacos plásticos grossos, brancos leitosos e resistentes com simbologia de substância infectante. Devem ser esterilizados ou incinerados.

Os perfurocortantes deverão ser acondicionados em recipientes rígidos, estanques, vedados e identificados com a simbologia de substância infectante.

Os resíduos sólidos do grupo A não poderão ser reciclados.

Os restos alimentares em natura não poderão ser encaminhados para a alimentação de animais

Grupo A1

Culturas e estoques de microrganismos; descarte de vacinas de microrganismos vivos ou atenuados; meios de cultura e instrumentais utilizados para transferência, inoculação ou mistura de culturas. Bolsas transfusionais contendo sangue ou hemocomponentes rejeitadas por contaminação ou por má conservação, ou com prazo de validade vencido, e aquelas oriundas de coleta incompleta. Sobras de amostras de laboratório contendo sangue ou líquidos corpóreos, recipientes e materiais resultantes do processo de assistência à saúde, contendo sangue ou líquidos corpóreos na forma livre.

Conduta:
 acondicionar para tratamento em sacos brancos leitosos revestidos por sacos vermelhos;
 tratamento – processo que garanta Nível III de Inativação Microbiana e desestruturação das características físicas;
 acondicionamento para descarte: sacos brancos leitosos.

Grupo A2
Carcaças, peças anatômicas, vísceras e outros resíduos provenientes de animais submetidos a processos de experimentação com inoculação de micro-organismos, bem como suas forrações, e os cadáveres de animais suspeitos de serem portadores de micro-organismos de relevância epidemiológica e com risco de disseminação, que foram submetidos ou não a estudo anatomopatológico ou confirmação diagnóstica.

Grupo A3
Resíduos que necessitam de tratamento específico.

Peças anatômicas (membros) do ser humano; produto de fecundação sem sinais vitais, com peso menor que 500 gramas ou estatura menor que 25 centímetros ou idade gestacional menor que 20 semanas, que não tenham valor científico ou legal e não tenha havido requisição pelo paciente ou familiares.

Conduta:
 acondicionar em sacos brancos leitosos revestidos por sacos vermelhos identificados com o símbolo de risco biológico e a inscrição "Peça Anatômica / Produto de Fecundação" e encaminhar ao necrotério;
 comunicar o SCIH ou Serviço Social (cada unidade de saúde define) para preenchimento do formulário de autorização para encaminhamento ao Cemitério Municipal.

Grupo A4
resíduos que não necessitam de tratamento.

Kits de linhas arteriais, endovenosas e dialisadores, quando descartados. Filtros de ar e gases aspirados de área contaminada; membrana filtrante de equipamento médico-hospitalar e de pesquisa, entre outros similares.

Sobras de amostras de laboratório e seus recipientes contendo fezes, urina e secreções. Resíduos de tecido adiposo proveniente de lipoaspiração, lipoescultura ou outro procedimento de cirurgia plástica que gere este tipo de resíduo. Recipientes e materiais resultantes do processo de assistência à saúde, que não contenha sangue ou líquidos corpóreos na forma livre. Peças anatômicas (órgãos e tecidos) e outros resíduos provenientes de procedimentos cirúrgicos ou de estudos anatomopatológicos ou de confirmação diagnóstica. Bolsas transfusionais vazias ou com volume residual pós-transfusão.

Conduta:
 acondicionamento para descarte sem necessidade de tratamento: lixeiras brancas identificadas com o símbolo de risco biológico revestidas com sacos brancos leitosos.

Grupo A5

Pertence a esse subgrupo:
secreções, excreções e demais líquidos orgânicos procedentes de pacientes, e os resíduos contaminados por estes materiais, inclusive restos de refeições.
 acondicionamento para descarte deve-se revestido com saco plástico branco leitoso e corretamente identificado, o saco deverá ser substituído após 24 horas ou se preencher 2/3 de sua capacidade total

Grupo B
Resíduos Químicos. Nestes resíduos estão presentes substâncias químicas que, possivelmente, conferem risco à saúde pública ou ao meio ambiente.

Grupo B1
Citostático e antineoplástico: quimioterápico e produtos por eles contaminado.

Grupo B2
Resíduos químicos perigosos: resíduo tóxico, inflamável,reativo, mutagênicos, corrosivos, explosivos, genotóxico e líquidos reveladores radiográficos.

Grupo B3
Resíduo e produto farmacêutico: medicamentos vencidos interditados e/ou contaminados.

Grupo C
Quaisquer materiais resultantes de atividades humanas que contenham radionuclídeos e para os quais a reutilização é imprópria ou não prevista. São enquadrados neste grupo, todos os resíduos dos grupos A, B e D contaminados com radionuclídeos, provenientes de laboratório de análises clínicas, serviços de medicina nuclear e radioterapia.

Estes resíduos quando gerados, devem ser identificados com o símbolo internacional de substância radioativa, separados de acordo com a natureza física do material, do elemento radioativo presente e o tempo de decaimento necessário para atingir o limite de eliminação, de acordo com a NE 605 da Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN).

Devido as suas características de periculosidade, é aconselhável que os resíduos sejam manejados por pessoal capacitado.

Onde são descartados esses materiais

Grupo D
Resíduos que não apresentam risco biológico, químico ou radiológico à saúde ou ao meio ambiente. Suas características são similares às dos resíduos domiciliares.

Papel de uso sanitário e fralda, absorventes higiênicos. Peças descartáveis de vestuário. Resto alimentar de pacientes. Material utilizado em antissepsia e hemostasia de venóclises – punção. Equipo de soro e outros similares não classificados como A1 ou A4. Resíduos de gesso provenientes de assistência à saúde. Sobras de alimentos e do preparo de alimentos. Resto alimentar de refeitório. Resíduos provenientes das áreas administrativas. Resíduos de varrição, flores, podas de jardins.

Os resíduos do grupo D não recicláveis e/ou orgânicos devem ser acondicionados nas lixeiras cinzas devidamente identificadas, revestidas com sacos de lixo preto ou cinza.

Os resíduos recicláveis devem ser acondicionados nas lixeiras coloridas, identificadas.

Grupo E
Materiais perfurocortantes ou escarificantes: objetos e instrumentos contendo cantos, bordas, pontas ou protuberâncias rígidas e agudas, capazes de cortar ou perfurar.

Lâminas de barbear, agulhas, escalpes, brocas, limas endodônticas, pontas diamantadas, lâminas de bisturi, tubos capilares, lancetas, ampolas de vidro, micropipetas, lâminas e lamínulas, espátulas. Todos os utensílios de vidro quebrados no laboratório (pipetas, tubos, de coleta sanguínea e placas de Petri) e outros similares.

Devem ser descartados separadamente em recipientes rígidos, resistentes à punctura, ruptura e vazamento, com tampa, devidamente identificados, sendo expressamente proibido o esvaziamento desses recipientes para o seu reaproveitamento.

Os perfurocortantes, uma vez colocados em seus recipientes, não devem ser removidos por razão alguma.
É importante observar o limite máximo permitido para o preenchimento de cada recipiente, para evitar acidentes.

"As agulhas descartáveis devem ser desprezadas juntamente com as seringas, quando descartáveis, sendo proibido reencapá-las ou proceder a sua retirada manualmente" (ANVISA,2004).

Especiais
Radioativos compostos por materiais diversos, expostos à radiação; resíduos farmacêuticos, como medicamentos vencidos e contaminados.; e resíduos químicos perigosos (tóxicos, corrosivos, inflamáveis, mercúrio).

Recomendações
 Resíduos infectantes não poderão ser dispostos no meio ambiente sem prévio tratamento ou reciclados.
 Restos alimentares não poderão ser encaminhados para alimentação de animais.

Bibliografia
 Guia para organização e dimensionamento de ecocentro hospitalar
 APOSTILA SENAC MINAS
 classificação de resíduos de saúde
 Lixo hospitalar: Conheça este problema

Resíduos sólidos

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A Florida woman and her two grandsons were killed by a passing Amtrak train on Saturday afternoon as she drove the Cub Scouts to an overnight camping trip near West Palm Beach.
The train carrying some 200 passengers collided with the family's Subaru Outback at the gate-less railroad crossing near the entrance to the J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area, the Palm Beach Post reported.
The train dragged the vehicle for a half-mile, killing Valery Jo Rintamaki, 58; Tristan Prestano, 10; and Skyler Prestano, 8. Camping gear was strewn along the tracks.
No one on the train was injured.
The boys' grandfather David Peat told the newspaper he was shocked to find no structure preventing a car from unwittingly driving into the path of an oncoming train. Instead, there is a pole with a railroad crossing and yield sign.
"There's no drop-down gates, no lights, no signal," he said.
Peat, who was the boys' caretaker, took his concerns to longtime acquaintance state Rep. Matt Willhite, a Democrat from Wellington, where the family lives.
"We just lost three members of our community, and young kids," Willhite told the Post. "I'm going to look into why we don't have more than just a yield sign at a rail crossing where a train is going (at high speeds)."
The tracks are owned by CSX Transportation.
Peat said the boys enjoyed the outdoors and loved to ride dirt bikes and fish. They attended New Horizon Elementary School, which is out for the Thanksgiving holiday. The school alerted parents on Sunday that the boys had died and said grief counselors would be available when school resumes Dec. 2.
Terrence Hamilton, head of the Boy Scouts of America's Gulf Stream Council, which oversees Scouting activities in a seven-county area including Palm Beach, called it "an extremely difficult time for our Scouting family."
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Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
(Nueva York, 30 de enero de 1912- Greenwich, Connecticut; 6 de febrero de 1989) fue una historiadora, periodista y escritora estadounidense. Ganó dos veces el Premio Pulitzer, la primera por Los cañones de Agosto (1962)  un best-seller sobre el preludio y el primer mes de la Primera Guerra Mundial, y el segundo por Stilwell y la experiencia americana en China (1971), una biografía del general Joseph Stilwell

Hija del banquero Maurice Wertheim, era nieta de Henry Morgenthau, también banquero y embajador de Woodrow Wilson en el Imperio otomano.

Barbara Wertheim recibió su licenciatura en Artes de la Universidad de Radcliffe en 1933.

En 1939 contrajo matrimonio con Lester R. Tuchman, un médico internista, investigador y profesor de medicina clínica en la Escuela de Medicina Monte Sinaí. Tuvieron tres hijas (una de ellas fue Jessica Mathews).

Entre 1934 y 1935 trabajó como asistente de investigación en el Instituto de Relaciones del Pacífico en Nueva York y Tokio, y luego, antes de dedicarse a la escritura, comenzó una carrera como periodista como ayudante de redacción de The Nation y corresponsal estadounidense para el New Statesman de Londres, el Centro de Noticias del Lejano Oriente y la Oficina de Información de Guerra (1944-45).

Obras
La política británica perdida: Gran Bretaña y España desde 1700 (1938).Biblia y la espada: Inglaterra y Palestina de la Edad del Bronce a Balfour 1956. acerca del desempeño de Inglaterra en Palestina a lo largo de los siglos.
The Zimmermann Telegram: El telegrama Zimmerman fue un incidente clave que provocó el ingreso de Estados Unidos en la Primera Guerra Mundial, 1958
A Distant Mirror: El calamitoso siglo XIV, un panorama de la Europa medieval. Un buen punto para comenzar, 1978.

Investigadora y periodista

Tras su graduación, Wertheim trabajó como asistente de investigación voluntaria en el Instituto de Relaciones con el Pacífico de Nueva York, pasando un año en Tokio en 1934-35, incluyendo un mes en China, y regresando después a Estados Unidos a través del ferrocarril transiberiano hasta Moscú y luego a París. También colaboró con The Nation como corresponsal hasta la venta de la publicación por parte de su padre en 1937, viajando a Valencia y Madrid para cubrir la Guerra Civil española. De su experiencia española surgió un primer libro, The Lost British Policy: Britain and Spain Since 1700, publicado en 1938.

En 1940 Wertheim se casó con Lester R. Tuchman, internista, investigador médico y profesor de medicina clínica en la Escuela de Medicina Mount Sinai de Manhattan. Tuvieron tres hijas, entre ellas Jessica Mathews, que llegó a ser presidenta de la Fundación Carnegie para la Paz Internacional.

Durante los años de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Tuchman trabajó en la Oficina de Información de Guerra (Office of War Information). Tras la guerra, Tuchman dedicó la siguiente década a criar a sus hijos mientras realizaba la investigación básica para lo que finalmente se convertiría en el libro de 1956 Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour.

Historiadora

Con la publicación de Biblia y Espada (Bible and Sword) en 1956, Tuchman se dedicó a la investigación histórica y a la escritura, produciendo un nuevo libro aproximadamente cada cuatro años. En lugar de sentirse obstaculizada por la falta de un título avanzado en historia, Tuchman argumentó que liberarse de los rigores y las expectativas del mundo académico era en realidad liberador, ya que las normas de la escritura académica habrían "sofocado cualquier capacidad de escritura".

Tuchman estaba a favor de un enfoque literario de la escritura de la historia, proporcionando narraciones explicativas elocuentes en lugar de concentrarse en el descubrimiento y la publicación de nuevas fuentes de archivo. En palabras de un biógrafo, Tuchman "no era una historiadora de historiadores; era una historiadora de legos que hacía que el pasado fuera interesante para millones de lectores" La destreza narrativa de Tuchman se vio recompensada en 1963, cuando recibió el Premio Pulitzer por su libro The Guns of August (Las armas de agosto), que trataba de las maquinaciones políticas entre bastidores que condujeron al estallido de la Primera Guerra Mundial en el verano de 1914.

En 1971, Tuchman recibió el Premio Literario St. Louis de los Asociados de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Saint Louis.

Tuchman recibió un segundo Pulitzer en 1972 por su biografía de Joseph Stilwell, Stilwell and the American Experience in China.

En 1978, Tuchman fue elegida miembro de la Academia Americana de las Artes y las Ciencias y, en 1979, se convirtió en la primera mujer presidenta de la Academia Americana de las Artes y las Letras. Ganó el Premio Nacional del Libro de Historia por la primera edición en rústica de A Distant Mirror en 1980. También en 1980, Tuchman pronunció la Conferencia Jefferson del Fondo Nacional para las Humanidades (NEH), el más alto honor del gobierno federal estadounidense por sus logros en las humanidades. La conferencia de Tuchman se tituló "Los mejores momentos de la humanidad".

Tuchman fue miembro del consejo de administración del Radcliffe College y conferenciante en Harvard, la Universidad de California y el Naval War College. Aunque nunca obtuvo un título oficial de posgrado en historia, Tuchman recibió varios títulos honoríficos de las principales universidades estadounidenses, como la Universidad de Yale, la Universidad de Harvard, la Universidad de Nueva York, la Universidad de Columbia, la Universidad de Boston y el Smith College, entre otras.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Barbara Wertheim Tuchman, datos biográficos. En The Jewish Virtual Library
La torre del orgullo
TV interview with Bill Moyers Sept. 30, 1988
Biography on Kirjasto
Author's entry on The MacDowell Colony
Bibliographical list on GoogleBooks
Entry on Distinguished Women

Historiadores de Estados Unidos
Ganadores del Premio Pulitzer
Escritoras de Estados Unidos
Graduados honorarios del Williams College
Doctores honorarios de Bates College
Graduados honorarios de la Universidad Yale
Graduados honorarios del Smith College


Deciding colors for website is not an easy task. Color is one of the really visual, key parts to any design. And the challenge is to combine color while giving the website a unified and polished look.
How many Colors should be used?
They recommend to use only 3 main colors on your website usually. The more colors are in your design, the harder it becomes to keep them all in harmony. To decide which rule of color combination seems to be more interesting to you, check the Color Theory: Analogous, Complementary and the 60-30-10 Rule. The last rule is often used in art, photography and design to create balanced works (many thanks to Fibonacci).
The 60-30-10 rule states that three colors should be used in varying degrees (60%, 30%, 10%) to produce pleasant visual impact.
– The dominant color should cover about 60% of the space and set the overall tone of the design.
– The secondary 30% should contrast with the 60% to create a visually striking effect.
– The 10% is an 'accent color', which should be attractive.
*It's safer to incorporate a 'neutral' color (white, black, gray, brown, etc.) as either the 60% or 30%. The impressions of neutral colors are much more affected by the colors that surround them.
What about Tints & Shades?
Tint: The light tones resulting when white is mixed with a color, which increases lightness. Much white makes a color cold.
Shades: The shade of a color refers to how dark it is. It is the combination of a hue and black. Much black deadens the color.
If you need to diversify your color palette, rather than add a fourth and fifth color, try different shades and tints of your existing colors instead.
Do you know additional methods to choose the right colors? Please share! Comments are always welcome.


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Our smooth Green Tea is a delicious complement to tart raspberries, fragrant lemon and the flowery sweetness of honey. Great for Sunday brunch or with smoky barbecued meats.
Add raspberries and lemon to infusion basket and place in pitcher. Chill tea mixture in fridge for 3 hours.
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*If you don't have an infusion pitcher, simply add tea, raspberries and lemon to a pitcher and chill 3 hours; to serve, strain into iced-filled glasses and garnish with additional raspberries.


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How to Get Netflix Working with Ubuntu 12.04/12.10 in Two Easy Steps!
Yes you read it just right. Netflix now works with Ubuntu. And no, there's no official Netflix support for Linux yet. Thanks to hard work done by Erich Hoover and guys at iheartubuntu, Netflix has been made to work under Ubuntu using Wine and there is now a PPA to install the whole hack in just two easy steps. At the moment though, it seems like Netflix works with Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu 12.10 desktops only. Read on.
How to Install Netflix Desktop in Ubuntu 12.04/12.10?
Netflix is a hugely popular video streaming website for movies, sitcoms, documentaries and the likes. Netflix is currently available in United States, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.
Netflix is officially available for Windows and Mac platforms only.
To install Netflix desktop app in Ubuntu, you need to add ehoover/compholio PPA first and later install netflix-desktop package. For all that, simply copy-paste the following commands into Terminal.
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And that's the sad part. Netflix is not available in this part of the world yet. So, I can't really test if it works or not. I used to make it work in Windows machines using proxies. But I have no idea how to do the same in this Netflix app for Ubuntu.
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Britain | ID cards are go
Ploughing on
Forcing through a divisive plan is judged less damaging than dropping it
May 7th 2009 |
TOOTHBRUSH, soap, biometric fingerprints: shopping lists at pharmacies will soon be more exotic, now that the government has announced plans to let chemists, post offices and assorted other high-street shops process applications for its controversial new identity cards. On May 6th Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, announced that from this autumn the scheme, which until now has applied only to certain non-European folk, would be tried out in Manchester. Mancunians will be able to get an ID card for a fee of £30 ($45), plus another £30 or so to have their mugshots and fingerprints taken. It will allow them to travel passport-free in Europe and to prove their identity when buying a beer or a mortgage, and will also, the government says, help protect society from illegal immigrants, terrorists and fraudsters.
Before Ms Smith's announcement, many had thought the identity scheme was dead. Its alleged benefits always seemed modest for the £5.3 billion that the Home Office estimates it will cost over the next decade; and, as Britain's public finances plunged into the red, it was an obvious candidate for the chop. David Blunkett, a former Labour home secretary, said last month that new passports would be just as good. Alistair Darling, the chancellor, seemed to hint as much a few days later.
Now, perhaps keen to avoid another of the screeching u-turns that have been provoking mutiny within the Labour Party, the government is pressing ahead. Downing Street may reckon the cards will win votes: public support for them is strong-ish, though sliding (see chart). Ministers say little would be saved by scrapping the cards, since the next generation of passports, which will use the same fingerprint technology, accounts for two-thirds of the scheme's budget.
Both arguments are suspect. ID cards' popularity depends on how pollsters phrase their questions. Only about half the public know that there will be a charge. When polls by no2id, a pressure group, mentioned the cost, net support fell to zero. Hostility from particular groups could make things sticky: a pilots' union has already said it will challenge a forthcoming requirement that airmen carry them. And concern about civil liberties may become more than a hobby, especially given separate plans, announced on May 7th, to store for up to 12 years the DNA of anyone over ten who is arrested, even if not charged.
The costings are misleading too, in a way that flatters the scheme. The headline budget omits the scanners that hospitals, benefit agencies and others would need to read the chips inside the cards. If potential users decide to spend their money elsewhere, the cards may be checked only visually, thus rendering them no more secure than any old bit of plastic. At the moment, employers cannot buy the scanners even if they want to; official advice suggests flicking the cards to test their authenticity, because they have a "distinctive sound".
As for the argument that almost as much would need to be spent on new passports anyway, Edgar Whitley of the London School of Economics points out that current ones already contain enough biometric data to satisfy any country in the world, including America. The Home Office says it is better to be at the leading edge in such matters. But the suspicion remains that passports are being souped up in order to keep the fingerprint technology out of the contentious ID-card budget.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline "Ploughing on"
Britain May 9th 2009
A hunted man
The creeps of wrath
Pious, loyal and unhappy
Islam in tartan
When parents don't
Thin end of the wedge
There is no alternative
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Wendy Sachs
"Fearless and Free" Author
If you're on the cusp of making a transition in your career or dream of one day making a shift, but aren't sure how to make the most of it, today's guest is full of priceless advice. Wendy Sachs is the author of the new book Fearless and Free: How Smart Women Pivot and Relaunch their Careers and my O, The Oprah Magazine family calls this a "title to pick up now."
We are living in an era of professional reinvention and women, in particular, Wendy says, are seeking new ways to stay relevant, be fulfilled and make an impact. How can we transition without trepidation? How to traverse the roadblocks and dance with the fears we harbor about failure?
Wendy is also an Emmy-award winning TV news producer. She's worked on NBC's Dateline, Fox and CNN. She was also a Capitol Hill press secretary and PR executive. Stay tuned as Wendy speaks from her own personal experiences, pivoting so much in her career she jokes she's constantly pirouetting…sometimes out of choice, other times out of necessity. She's been fired twice and is constantly working on her ability to thrive financially in an evolving media industry.
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Even before the moment in 1933 when Leo Szilard stepped off a curb and had his epiphany of nuclear fission, the Atomic Age was inevitable. Rhodes' Pulitzer prizewinner makes the difficult concepts of physics and chemistry understandable without oversimplification, and explains the background of each discovery as well. This could have made for a dull, tedious read, but Rhodes uses honest drama and solid characterizations to create a ripping good tale. No other book covers both the history and the morality of this subject better.
August 1945, and the myths are those which were accepted by the American public in the wake of the atomic bombings of Japan. Former Secretary of the Interior Udall rips to logical shreds the notion that the bombings were necessary to end the war. When those in command were unable or refused to see the diplomatic resolution before their eyes, science provided a deadly alternative. Udall goes on to explain how the secrecy of the Manhattan Project continued, expanded, and mutated during the Cold War, creating a government within the government that answers to no authority and hoards information vital to the well-being of everyone on Earth in the name of "national security." A scathing and cogent indictment of Cold War values that continue to shape the American consciousness; a must-read.
At the dawn of the Cold War, Edward Teller, a brilliant but egomaniacal physicist, led a crusade to build a "Super" bomb. In the process, he deliberately destroyed the career of Robert Oppenheimer, head of the Manhattan Project and opponent of hydrogen bomb development, claiming him to be a Communist sympathiser. Co-designer Stanislaw Ulam is now nearly forgotten, and Teller is putatively known as the "Father of the H-bomb." This book is a fascinating document of the long and treacherous road Teller travelled to gain that title and create the most destructive weapons in the American nuclear arsenal.
Eye in the Sky: The Story of the Corona Spy Satellites by Dwayne A. Day, John M. Logsdon, and Brian Latell, eds.
When Sputnik was launched in 1957 and caused a panic among the American public, some people in the U.S. government were glad to see it, because the Soviets had inadvertently set the precedent that overflights of a country by satellites were not the violation of sovereign airspace that missions in high-altitude spyplanes were. Soon the U.S. was launching Corona, a photographic spy sat that returned its exposed film to earth in heat-resistant "buckets" to be caught in mid-air by specially-equipped cargo planes over the Pacific. Though not without its problems—one engineer said that the program pioneered every kind of failure the U.S. space program had, but did it in secret—Corona lasted a dozen years and among other successes was solely responsible for putting to rest fears of both a "bomber gap" and a "missile gap" with the Soviets.
The book on which the film The Peacemaker was based. In the movie a highly-trained platoon of renegade Russian commandoes, in an intricately orchestrated operation, hijacks a train to steal nuclear weapons. In the book—and in real life—weapons-grade plutonium is stolen by three disgruntled Naval officers who are only caught because one of them is a drunk who talks too much in bars. This is but one of many examples of why the end of the Cold War does not mean the end of a threat of annihilation. It may have been an exciting movie, but the reality of nuclear security (and lack thereof) after the breakup of the Soviet Union is far more frightening.
Beautiful and haunting photographic collection from the Cold War-ravaged landscapes of Hanford, Washington; the Nevada Test Site; and Bikini and Enewetok atolls.
The tale of the Hanford Downwinders. Here is a book report.
A well-researched and well-written account of the underwater Cold War, despite security restrictions that prevent the authors from naming most of their sources or getting the complete story from them. The search for Scorpion, the folly of the Glomar Explorer, and cable-tapping missions in Soviet waters are all included here, along with numerous anecdotes about the tedium and danger of submarine life. Though the more recent accounts are understandably sketchy, I was fascinated to learn how old-school methods of espionage carried on by the submarine fleet dramatically increased tensions during the years of Nixon's détente and Reagan's "Evil Empire" posturing.
An engrossing, cautionary tale. David Greenglass was an ordinary Los Alamos machinist (with vaguely Communist leanings and decidedly underdeveloped ethics) who provided classified information about atomic bomb construction to the Soviets during World War Two. When the FBI caught up with him five years later, he cooperated in order to protect his complicit wife from indictment—but in his testimony he fabricated lies and suppositions that ultimately were the prime reason his sister, Ethel Rosenberg, was sentenced to the electric chair. Years later, Greenglass rationalized his espionage by claiming that his worst deed was helping to build the bomb, not sharing it with the Russians: "they never dropped the bomb on anyone." But his sister, now a Cold War martyr for the cause of Communism, probably did not need to die so that David's wife could remain free.
Admittedly, not a book—but in the context of the Cold War, this excellent documentary film on nuclear weapons tests holds as important a place as any book on the subject. Here's a review.


A number of staff and researchers from the School of Law were delighted to participate in the Association for Criminal Justice and Development (ACJRD), 4th Annual Irish Criminal Justice Agencies Conference, 'Youth Justice Policy in Ireland: Where to Next?', which was held on July 4th in Dublin Castle. The Centre for Crime, Justice and Victim Studies was represented at the event by Dr Susan Leahy (co-director of the CCJVS), Dr Margaret Fitzgerald-O'Reilly and PhD candidate, Mr Philip Smyth. Dr Leahy chaired a workshop on 'The Victims of Young Offenders'. During this workshop, a paper was delivered by Dr Johnny Connolly, postdoctoral researcher in the School of Law. Dr Catherine Naughton and Mr Eoin O'Meara Daly, researchers on the Greentown project in the School of Law, also presented their research in another workshop, 'Dealing with Prolific Offending- Research and Future Practice'. School of Law LLM student, Beth Duane, currently engaged in an internship with the ACJRD, acted as a rapporteur and administrative helper on the day of the conference.


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Flint House has had a long and varied history. Since it was originally constructed in 1913 the house has been used as a private home, a hospital, a school, a training centre and finally as the Police Rehabilitation Centre.
To read all about the interesting history of this wonderful old house and the origins of the Police Rehabilitation Charity please follow this link, where you will find our history brochure.


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The release of an NBA team's schedule for the upcoming season is often thought of as less exciting when compared to the latest rumors about trades and free agent signings. According to reports, a Miami Heat executive apparently thought it would be a good idea to add some excitement to the release of his team's schedule by hyping it as "big news," only for the social media posts to backfire and receive criticism from Heat fans who were expecting a major announcement of another kind.
According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Miami Heat executive vice president and chief marketing officer Michael McCullough faced backlash after he made several posts on social media last week, with one such post claiming that there would be some "Seriously Big News" to announce. As it turned out, the big announcement was the Heat's "mundane" 2018-19 schedule, which only includes three games on TNT an another two on ESPN, with no major television appearances on holidays.
In a tweet posted on Sunday, McCullough apologized for the "tone deaf" nature of the Heat's marketing campaign for the upcoming season's schedule.
"I felt that this needed to be acknowledged, that we recognize a misstep and just wanted to acknowledge it and take responsibility for it," McCullough said.
Aside from the lack of noteworthy matchups for the 2018-19 NBA season, the Miami Heat also haven't had any real "big news" to report in the offseason, the Sun-Sentinel added. While the Inquisitr and other publications previously reported on trade rumors involving starters Hassan Whiteside, Dion Waiters, Tyler Johnson, and James Johnson, the Heat have not made any major lineup changes this summer, except for the signings of undrafted rookies Yante Maten, Malik Newman, and Duncan Robinson. At the moment, veteran unrestricted free agents Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem are the only key players from last year's lineup whose future with the team is still up in the air.
Despite the Miami Heat's intentions to keep the lineup that went 44-38 in the 2017-18 season as intact as possible, the Sun-Sentinel noted that team president Pat Riley recently justified the lack of changes as necessary, and in the best interests of ensuring cohesiveness after years of frequent changes in the offseason. Riley added that he expects the Heat to be a "very competitive" unit in 2018-19, thanks to the continuity he hopes to ensure within the team.


The Prime Minister, Mr Winston Churchill, with Captain The Right Honourable David Margesson, Secretary of State for War, watching preparations being made in an unspecified UK location for the launch of a De Havilland Queen Bee seaplane L5984 from its ramp. The Queen Bee pilotless target drone was a radio-controlled version of the Tiger Moth trainer.
Winston Churchill and the Secretary of State for War waiting to see the launch of a de Havilland Queen Bee radio-controlled target drone, 6 June 1941.


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10 Bears Takes: Season over, Black Monday coming, what does the future hold?
The Chicago Bears closed out a disappointing 2021 campaign with a 24-20 victory in Minnesota against the Vikings. Now that the book is closed on the season, the real "fun" starts tomorrow as they figure out exactly how the Bears plan to fix this franchise.
By Aaron Leming Jan 9, 2022, 4:30pm CST
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The 2021 NFL regular season has come and gone for the Chicago Bears, as they close out the season with a 31-17 loss against the Minnesota Vikings. While a (6-11) record is almost exactly where I had this team before Week 1. How they ended up getting there was a little uglier than I had even anticipated. With the regular season in the books, speculation about the team's impending changes can come to a conclusion tomorrow. Monday finally brings "Judgment Day" after another disappointing season, for a franchise that's still searching for sustained success.
It seems like a given that head coach Matt Nagy and his coaching staff will be out the door in the next 24 hours or so. The changes beyond that are still up in the air, with general manager Ryan Pace's future still relatively unknown at this time.
So what now? That's where we'll start the final 10 takes of the 2021 NFL regular season.
1. While Nagy has coached his final game, Pace's status is still relatively unknown and the silence is deafening.
There's no guarantee that Pace staying would mean he will remain at general manager, but at this point him staying says a lot about the immediate direction of this franchise. It also has to make you wonder - what happened to the "collaboration" he and Nagy had? Things go bad and Nagy gets bus-tossed while Pace appears to have stayed clean enough to save his own skin. That would require quite the explanation from team Chairman George McCaskey. Especially considering he tied the two together in January when he said he was looking for clear improvements this season.
Between Hub Arkush's report on 670 The Score and Brad Biggs' latest report in his Week 18 mailbag, early signs point to Pace remaining with the organization in some capacity. With that being said, nothing has been concretely reported on his job status. Which has to make you wonder. Regardless, it's hard to see how much fundamentally changes with the same leadership in place.
While Pace staying wouldn't exactly rule out a change within the front office structure, it's hard to envision how much "change" can happen with Pace still in the mix. Here are a few possibilities.
Pace is "promoted" to President of Football Operations. That would create a new spot for him and force an opening at general manager. In that case, it feels like Champ Kelly would make sense to fill that role. If not, I'm not sure how attractive this job would be to many outside names.
They still decide to bring in a more experienced football mind in a newly created position like President of Football Operations. Names like Trace Armstrong and former Houston Texans general manager Rick Smith have been floated before as potential candidates for this role.
Pace decides to accept a role similar to Ted Phillips and start overseeing the business side of the house. I would assume in this type of role he would still have a full hand in the football side of things too. That would create the type of "boogyman" that some fans currently think Ted Phillips still plays.
While these scenarios are all plausible, my questions are quite simple. If you promote Pace, how attractive will the general manger job actually be? Also, how much do things change with Pace overseeing the entire football operations side of things? If Pace remains at general manager and they bring in somebody above him, how much control will that new role assume? I can't see Pace signing off on staying aboard with a new boss unless he maintains a larger share of power in that new structure. Finally, is a 44-year-old like Pace ready to resign himself to a lesser football role to be an honorary member of the McCaskey family? Conventional wisdom says no.
Logically speaking, it's just hard to see how Pace staying makes much sense. The problem? Logic doesn't always win out with the primary decision makers at Halas Hall.
Everything should be clear soon, but either way, we deserve to hear from the McCaskey family soon. Regardless of their final decisions over the next few days, it would be nice to hear what their current vision is for this team moving forward.
2. If Pace does stay within the organization in a substantial role, does that change how head coaching candidates will view this opening?
My short answer? No.
There are a finite amount of head coaching jobs within the NFL and the Bears are still a charter franchise that'll have plenty of pull. Especially playing in one of the largest sports markets in the country.
I think it's also worth noting that the Bears will likely be searching for a coach in a market that isn't going to be flush with as many openings as normal. Over the past 10 years, there have been an average of six openings, but in most years have seen seven or more openings. As of now, it appears there will be five, maybe six openings. Barring a surprise or two, of course.
My guess is that the Bears will primarily target candidates that other teams won't either. The Jacksonville Jaguars are the only other team in a similar situation to the Bears. They have a rebuilding roster with a young quarterback that needs a quality offensive mind. Outside of that, the other likely openings are the Las Vegas Raiders and Minnesota Vikings who both have established veteran quarterbacks and the Denver Broncos who always have different parameters for their own coaching search.
Rest assured, the Bears will have plenty of quality options to fill their head coaching vacancy. Their vision of who they want will be much more important because they should have their pick of any available coach out there.
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3. If Pace is relieved of his duties and removed from the organization, here are a few of my favorite potential replacements.
Much like the head coaching circuit, the Bears are going to be a popular destination and have plenty of options. It's also worth noting that there won't be nearly the amount of openings at general manager, so they'll have even less competition. Between the two pools of candidates, I've found more intriguing options in this group.
Will McClay (Dallas Cowboys)
Ed Dodds (Indianapolis Colts)
Rick Smith (ex-Houston Texans)
Dave Ziegler (New England Patriots)
Joe Hortiz (Baltimore Ravens)
Without getting into a ton of detail about each guy, here's what I'll say. McClay is essentially the general manager (with more limited duties) in Dallas, but he's reportedly the apple of most folk's eye. The issue? He has rejected any interview request that has been made from an outside organization, in the past. He's basically the Eric DeCosta of this cycle. Dodds is the most realistic and equally as highly regarded as McClay. Dodds is Chris Ballard's right-hand man in Indianapolis. I'd be shocked if he doesn't end up with a job this year. Smith did a fantastic job before his wife's health issues and being forced out by Bill O'Brein in Houston. Ziegler is a fast riser and another prominent target for many. Much like McClay, many wonder if he'll leave New England any time soon. Hortiz is another target I really like. He knows what success looks like and has seen it from one of the most well-run organizations in football.
A few other names to keep an eye on: Eliot Wolf (New England) and Jeff Ireland (New Orleans Saints). Both could be package deals with a head coach candidate within their current organization.
4. Turning our attention to the upcoming head coaching search, what should fans expect in the coming weeks?
Everyone will always have their own view of how the search should happen and who they should target. That's part of the fun of being a fan, right? At this point, all we can do is make our own lists and speculate on what they may do.
For as fun as someone like Sean Payton, Mike Tomlin or even Jim Harbaugh would be, I don't know how realistic they are. Especially when considering they are currently under contract with their respective teams. Payton and Tomlin would not only require wanting to leave but their respective teams allowing them to leave. On top of that, the Bears would have to pony-up some draft capital in order to get them. Harbaugh is another name that is often tied to the team. It does appear him leaving Michigan is more likely than ever, but the Bears would face competition if Harbaugh makes the transition back to the NFL. If he does, my guess is that the Raiders will be willing to throw more money at him. Ryan Day is another name that's frequently mentioned, but I think that's more about tying him to Justin Fields than anything else. Plus, why would he want to risk leaving a great job at Ohio State for a riskier job in Chicago?
Barring a Hail Mary-type swing at one of those names, I think the more realistic options in play are the ones who are currently in the league. Those could be candidates looking for second chances, or some of the popular first-time hopeful coordinators. My guess is that the Bears will likely lean toward the retread options but I'd expect them to have an expansive search that features multiple first-time offensive-minded names. I don't think I see any college names popping up, even though a name like David Shaw has been a rumored target of the McCaskey family for a while now.
Another factor that could impact this search: Could an established name like Payton or Harbaugh want his own general manager? If so, that could complicate the process even more. Even if it's viewed as a package deal. Buckle up, Bears fans. It's going to be a busy next few weeks, especially if the Bears act aggressively and come out of the gates swinging.
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5. Here are my top five names (in order) for the team's upcoming head coach search
Sean Payton (New Orleans Saints)
I know that he's not an overly realistic option, but Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer has mentioned him as an option for the Bears on more than one occasion. Of all the "unrealistic" options, he's my favorite and he's also the one most likely to actually be on the move.
2. Josh McDaniels (New England Patriots)
It's always funny to me how things can come full circle. As most might remember, McDaniels verbally committed to the Colts job back in 2018 and backed out shortly after the Patriots lost in the Super Bowl. It left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths, but the Colts have been better off for it since. McDaniels' history carries some viable questions, but his work with rookie quarterback Mac Jones can not go unnoticed. Neither can the fact that he was the one who originally hired Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus. He feels like the best offensive option due to his track record and I would also feel confident in his ability to fill out a quality coaching staff. His issues in Denver as a head coach and then him leaving the Colts at the altar are two big concerns, though. The Bears would have to have him out of the playoffs and a lot of conviction on a hire like this. Could one of Ziegler or Wolf follow McDaniels to his next stop?
3. Jim Harbaugh (Michigan)
A few weeks ago, I would have labeled Harbaugh much more of a "pipe dream". Yet, due to recent reports started by The Athletic's Bruce Feldman, the former Bears quarterback leaving Michigan feels a little more realistic, doesn't it? Who knows, maybe all this is a ploy to get a new deal at his alma mater, but it doesn't feel like it this time. According to Feldman's report, among others, the Las Vegas Raiders and Bears would make the most sense for the former 49ers head coach. My biggest question- Could he surround Fields with a good enough coach to get the most out of the young quarterback? Albeit, it was over five years ago, but his offenses in San Francisco were consistently in the bottom half of passing efficiency.
4. Byron Leftwich (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Only time will tell how long current Bucs head coach Bruce Arians will stick around. That could also be a factor in whether or not Leftwich goes anywhere. If he does, he's the likely favorite in Jacksonville. Even so, the Bears should prioritize him during the interview process. Leftwich is one of a few promising young offensive minds that will hold head coaching jobs soon. Arians doesn't have much of his own coaching-tree, but both of his coordinators (including Todd Bowles) should garner serious consideration for this hiring cycle.
5. Matt Eberflus (Indianapolis Colts)
As you can tell, I would prefer that the Bears hire an offensive-minded head coach. With that being said, there are many quality defensive-minded candidates that should at least get a quality look. Eberflus' work in Indiapolis has been impressive. He and Bowles are the best defensive-minded candidates on this list, but I do think his defense would translate better over time, especially for the Bears. The big key here would be who he could bring with him as his offensive coordinator. That's going to be the big factor with any of these defensive-minded candidates.
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6. The Bears currently have 35 players under contract for 2022 and will have 35 total free agents. Does this team have enough building blocks to feel good about the future?
The Bears are projected to have about $40 million in cap space, but it's really closer to $30 million once they reach the 51-man limit. Without getting into every player they currently have on the roster, who are some of their building blocks?
Justin Fields, Darnell Mooney, David Montgomery, Khalil Herbert, Cole Kmet, Teven Jenkins, Larry Borom and maybe Cody Whitehair are on those on the offensive side of the ball.
Defensively, they have Jaylon Johnson, Roquan Smith, Khalil Mack, Robert Quinn, Eddie Jackson and Trevis Gipson. Thomas Graham Jr. and Khyiris Tonga are two interesting names as well.
As you can see, that leaves a lot of room for improvement. It's also going to require quite a bit of work and even more resources (both cash and the draft) to get this roster back up to the "contender" status it was in 2018. I do believe they have enough on their "core" of players to build on.
With that being said, they also have some key free agents set to hit the market. Allen Robinson, James Daniels, Akiem Hicks, Bilal Nichols and Tashaun Gipson are some of those names not under contract in 2022. I would also say the status of Tarik Cohen, Nick Foles, Eddie Goldman and Danny Trevathan are all in question, too.
Long story short, be prepared for a busy offseason and more importantly, be prepared for a lot of roster turnover in the coming months. This roster won't resemble much of what it did back in 2018 when they went (12-4).
7. Akiem Hicks appreciation post.
For me, Hicks leads the list of Bears players that I'll miss watching every week. He's been arguably Pace's best free agent signing in his seven years as general manager. Hicks originally came in on a cheap two-year value deal and quickly proved himself as a key building block. His effort and intensity from a play-to-play basis was something you simply don't see often.
There's a slim chance the Bears could opt to bring him back, but considering he's missed 20 games over the past three seasons due to injury, it seems unlikely that they'll want to invest a large chunk of their available cap space in an aging player. Even so, he will be missed.
Robinson is another player that will never get the proper credit he deserved in his four years with the team. I know he had a down year in 2021, but he was a valuable member to a struggling offense and one that won't be easy to replace in the short-term. I hope for his sake that a down season won't impact his market too much because he deserves one last big pay day. Hopefully this time, he can sign with a team that has a quality quarterback.
8. While it was a bummer that Justin Fields missed Sunday's game with COVID, the long-term perception should still focus on the young quarterback.
Everything that the Bears do in the coming weeks and months should be with Fields at the forefront of their minds. From a potential general manager change, to their coaching hires, even down to their free agency and draft approach. The single-most important piece of this organization is their young quarterback. Although, many could argue they didn't show the same urgency in-season, did they?
It was an up and down rookie year for Fields. No one can debate that. While I'm sure we had all hoped it would have resembled something closer to Justin Herbert, Fields was far from the only rookie quarterback who struggled this season. The overall numbers between Fields, Trevor Lawrence (No. 1 overall pick) and Zach Wilson (No. 2 overall pick) were all eerily similar. Obviously, numbers don't mean everything, but I think you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who could make a clear argument that one of these three were better than the others.
Much like Lawrence, Fields will be looking at a brand new offense and coaching staff for the 2022 season. History has shown that isn't always a good sign of things to come, but if there's one player I have faith that can take the next step, it's Fields. I'll just say it now... Be prepared for plenty of hot takes this offseason. Both negative and positive. Don't take the bait.
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9. Many things can be said about Nagy's time in Chicago, but the fact that his team continued to play hard for him over the last month won't go unnoticed in his future endeavors.
Bears fans should be accustomed to regime/coaching changes. We've all seen the ebbs and flows that happen during each tenure. Usually by the end of it, we all know what's going to transpire and most players have checked out for the season. That didn't happen this season and that is a credit to Nagy. Much can be said about his failures over the past few years, but it has also been very clear that he is a genuinely good person that does well with his players. I'm not sure if or when he'll get another head coaching opportunity, but he should land on his feet soon. There are some good qualities to Nagy and hopefully this learning experience will be valuable enough that he can learn and grow from it. Either way, it was nice not to see a team that completely checked out over the last month-plus. Even in today's loss. They just got beat by a better team.
10. Thank you to everybody for reading and following along during a tough season.
It's been a long and tough season to watch for the most part. Not only were the Bears bad (for the most part), but there just wasn't a lot of exciting football to be seen in these games. Even so, I very much appreciate the constant viewership and overall support each reader has shown to myself and Windy City Gridiron. It doesn't go unnoticed and it is much appreciated. Here's to hoping for a fun offseason and a fun future of Bears football!


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S'anomenen nadius digitals les persones que han nascut durant o després de la generalització de l'ús dels ordinadors i les xarxes. Depenent de l'autor, aquestes persones es poden considerar les nascudes després de 1980 o les nascudes al segle XXI. En tot cas, el nadiu digital ha interactuat amb la tecnologia digital des de les primeres etapes de la infantesa i té un coneixement i un domini notable de les seves aplicacions. En aquest sentit, es remarca la capacitat d'adaptació instintiva dels éssers humans. Per oposició, les persones que no són nadius digitals s'anomenen immigrants digitals. Aquestes denominacions van ser encunyades per Marc Prensky, tot i que d'altres autors ho referencien de diferent forma (NML).

En el terreny educatiu, l'anomenada teoria dels nadius digitals diu que aquest canvi radical en les habilitats tècniques i en l'ús i processament de la informació comportarà un canvi de gran importància en les preferències d'aprenentatge, que requerirà un canvi i reforma a fons dels programes educatius.

Implicacions
La teoria dels nadius digitals porta a un terreny de canvi radical el fet que les capacitats tècniques dels usuaris determinen l'èxit o acceptació de la tecnologia educativa. Si es considera la teoria com a certa, això requerirà un tractament diferenciat i, d'altra banda, un disseny d'aprenentatge radicalment nou per als nadius digitals, que incorpori l'element tecnològic de manera més intensa. Per a alguns autors com Prensky, el canvi ha de ser total, incloent-hi canvis radicals en la metodologia i en els continguts. Els nadius digitals d'avui i del demà no són els subjectes per als quals els sistemes educatius i els processos d'aprenentatge van ser dissenyats. Els seus professors, s'afirma, són en el millor dels casos immigrants digitals que han fet l'esforç d'apropar-se a les tecnologies i sovint es palesa el risc de trobar una bretxa entre aquests i els nadius digitals. En aquest context, "o els immigrants digitals aprenen a ensenyar d'una manera diferent i més atractiva o els nadius digitals retrocedeixen adaptant les seves capacitats intel·lectuals al seu entorn d'aprenentatge". En aquest sentit, es constata que el major problema de l'educació actual és que els professors parlen un llenguatge passat (pre-digital) i ara s'esforcen a ensenyar a una població que parla un llenguatge totalment nou.

Un altre dels reptes del professorat és guiar no només als infants i joves en l'ús de les noves tecnologies, sinó formar ciutadans crítics davant el que visualitzen i senten (això implica accedir a la informació, cercar-la, escollir-la, etc.). Tot i que les noves generacions d'infants estan immersos ja dins aquest món tecnològic, els és fàcil adquirir la part tècnica, però no és així amb la tria de la informació rebuda. Amb tot, s'ha de tenir en compte la incidència de les noves tecnologies sobre els comportaments de la generació de d'aquests infants. En aquest sentit, els processos constants de canvi esdevinguts en la Societat de la Informació varen comportar variacions en les capacitats cognitives i de desenvolupament dels més petits i es va començar a visualitzar una tendència a canviar ràpidament l'atenció d'una cosa a l'altra; això els feu esdevenir impacients, amb la consegüent necessitat d'obtenir respostes ràpides a totes les seves necessitats. Una tendència que ha anat en augment, a mesura que ha passat el temps.

Per tant, cal que tots els agents s'adaptin als nous escenaris i reptes de la societat de la informació i el coneixement. Els nous usuaris de les tecnologies enfoquen la seva feina, l'aprenentatge i els jocs de noves formes: absorbeixen ràpidament la informació multimèdia d'imatges i vídeos, igual o de millor forma que si fos text; consumeixen dades simultàniament de diverses fonts (són capaços de la multitasca), esperen respostes instantànies, romanen comunicats de forma permanent i creen els seus propis continguts.

Alguns autors consideren que la capacitat i habilitats tecnològiques més bones dels nadius digitals fan més adequada l'aplicació d'una varietat d'eines Web 2.0, de manera que complementen les possibilitats dels sistemes de gestió de l'aprenentatge (SGA).

Diferències entre nadius i immigrants digitals
Basant-nos en la conceptualització de Prensky, es pot fer una taula resum de les diferències entre nadius i immigrants digitals:

Crítiques
Malgrat que el terme nadius digitals s'ha fet popular, encara no hi ha una evidència contrastada sobre la realitat del canvi radical. Per exemple, Bennett, Maton i Kervin, després de revisar l'evidència disponible, conclouen que el debat encara no és informat per una evidència que permeti donar suport a la teoria.

Una teoria alternativa és la que es basa en la idea que els usuaris s'enganxen a la xarxa depenent del context i les motivacions que tinguin, independentment de la seva edat o experiència, especialment des de l'arribada dels mitjans socials. Aquesta teoria que contraposa la dels nadius digitals ha estat conceptualitzada per David White sota el nom de "visitants o residents digitals".

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Web de Marc Prensky: <http://marcprensky.com> (en anglès)
 S. Soro (2014). "Nadius digitals: la generació dels mutants". Online: <http://www.ara.cat/premium/Nadius-digitals-generacio-dels-mutants_0_1169883052.html>
 A. Boluda (2013). "Natius digitals, però a partir de quina edat?" <http://www.fundrogertorne.org/salut-infancia-medi-ambient/divulga/inspira-nuevo/2013/12/15/natius-digitals-pero-a-partir-de-quina-edat/>
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An Insider's Guide to Living Sustainably in Hong Kong
by Nicole Yang Hong Kong Jan 3rd 20206 mins
https://hivelife.com/sustainable-living-hong-kong/
It's the new way of living. Read on for Hive Life's guide to living sustainably in Hong Kong, featuring the best the city has to offer if you're looking to minimise your carbon footprint.
With a growing awareness to care for our planet, sustainability and eco-friendliness have become trigger words in Hong Kong. From dining out to grocery shopping, transportation to body and skin care, here is our guide to living sustainability in Asia's World City.
Sustainable Restaurants, Eateries and Bars in Hong Kong
Recycling paper for menus and upcycling waste plastic into coasters as well as composting all food waste and providing eco-friendly takeaway bags for leftovers, John Anthony is an eco-conscious restaurant serving up Chinese dishes with an innovatively modern twist – think delightfully flavourful Iberico pork presa char siu (Cantonese-style barbecued pork) and cold-served slow-cooked, meaty wagyu beef cheeks served chilled in a chilli sauce. This venue raises the bar for sustainable living with each element of the space incorporating an ethical initiative, proving that luxe and responsible living are not mutually exclusive.
Insider's Tip: Their fatty and tender wagyu beef char siu is a favourite among customers.
Address: Basement Level, Lee Garden Three, 1 Sunning Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Open From: Mon-Sun: 11:30am-3pm, 5:30pm-10pm
IG: @johnanthonyhk
MANA!
Coining the term 'fast slow food,' MANA! focuses on sustainability and responsible sourcing with a mission of serving up plant-based whole food, with minimal processing to their customers. This spot is ideal for enjoying a vegan-friendly coffee while feasting on one of the many items on their menu. Whether it's their signature burger (a scrumptious tower of grilled halloumi, soft tofu, beautifully caramelised roasted vegetables and more) or their wholesome, handmade and oven-baked-from-scratch flatbreads, all their items are wrapped in biodegradable & compostable packaging. What's more, MANA! collects all this packaging and food scraps and turns them into compost, sending the soil to local farms and garden centres afterwards.
Insider's Tip: Organic wines, beers, spirits and snacks are served every evening at MANA! Starstreet's Hippy (Happy) Hour from 6-8pm (Note that Happy Hour is currently only available at Mana! Starstreet)
Address: 8-10 Queen's Road East, Wanchai (click here for other locations)
Open From: Mon-Fri: 8am-9pm; Sat-Sun & Public Holidays: 10am-9pm
Potato Head's Eksotika Bar
Embodying the phrase 'booze with a conscience,' the drink menu at Potato Head's Eksotika Bar makes it so that you don't have to worry about food waste on an alcohol-filled brunch. The sister establishment of the famous Bali bar and restaurant, this eco-conscious bar serves up deliciously naughty drinks while minimising fruit waste by composting unused parts of ingredients and using it as fertiliser for herbs and produce that will be used in a range of concoctions later on. In lieu of plastic straws, this venue embraces its tropical atmosphere with bamboo straws that are both great for the environment and your camera roll.
Insider's Tip: Stop by earlier for brunch at Kaum, the venue's vegetarian-friendly restaurant, that serves up recipes originating from the Indonesian islands' 600 tribal communities with a modern approach.
Address: G/F, 100 Third Street, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong
Open From: Mon: 6pm-11pm; Tue-Sun: 11am-12pm
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Sustainable Transport in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Tramways
The city's iconic, double-decked tramcars are the ideal mode of transport if you find yourself exploring Hong Kong Island. Nicknamed 'ding ding' by the locals, in reference to the double-bell ring used to notify pedestrians of their approach, Hong Kong's tramways run on electricity and are the most affordable, convenient and greenest public means of travel when in the southern part of the city. A stark contrast to Hong Kong's fast-paced, busy lifestyle, these trams travel at a relatively low speed, giving you plenty of time to absorb the diverse and encapsulating views that the city has to offer. With a total of 120 stops all over Hong Kong Island, each situated roughly 250 meters away from each other, riders can easily hop on and off wherever they so desire.
Insider's Tip: Hong Kong Tramways offers an interesting and insightful one-hour long sightseeing tour (the TramOramic Tour) as the tram weaves through the city's unique mixture of rich cultural heritage and modern innovation.
Price: Adults: HKD 2.60 / Children: HKD 1.30 / Senior Citizens: HKD 1.20 (regardless of the distance you travel)
Open From: First and last trains all depart at varying times so be sure to check their website when planning for your trip
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Sustainable Groceries in Hong Kong
Slowood
With an industrial styled, steel-framed floor-to-ceiling window storefront, Slowood is a soft-hued, spacious grocery venue that's stocked up with more than 100 international and local brands. From fresh-pressed juices to alcohol, high-quality groceries to household and personal care products, Slowood provides its shoppers with all things sustainably and ethically sourced. Also, encouraging zero waste habits, the space has a refill station where you can bring in clean bottles to stock up on a wide variety of small foods like dried fruit, nuts, herbs and spices.
Insider's Tip: Feeling peckish after your trip? Slowood has a takeaway vegetarian and vegan-friendly kitchen tucked away towards the back of the store where customers choose from a selection of creative, mushroom-based dishes.
Address: The Hudson, 11 Davis Street, Sai Wan, Hong Kong
Open From: Sun-Thu: 10am-10pm; Fri-Sat: 10am-11pm
Alternatively, with the aim of providing natural, organic and fair trade food while encouraging a less wasteful lifestyle, Edgar is a zero-waste store where visitors buy fresh, packaging-free produce in bulk. Donning a rustic atmosphere, shelves here are stocked full with mason jars filled to the brim with all sorts of foods including dried mushrooms, fruits, nuts, biscuits and pasta. Prompting their customers to take the road to sustainable living, Edgar also has an extensive collection of eco-friendly and package-free products, such as glass and metal straws, wooden utensils and reusable containers that cater to all sorts of lifestyles and needs.
Insider's Tip: Edgar has small but all-inclusive pop-up workshops across the city every now and then, so stay up-to-date with their Facebook and Instagram.
Address: Wanchai Star Street Precinct, 5 Moon Street, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Open From: Mon-Fri: 12pm-8pm; Sat: 11pm-8pm; Sun: 11pm-6pm
IG: @olga_verbych
IG: @puravidahkg
Sustainable Body and Skin Care in Hong Kong
ZeroYet100
The epitome of the phrase 'natural is better,' ZeroYet100 specialises in gender-neutral, toxic and chemical-free deodorants that keep you feeling fresh all day. These handcrafted products come in all forms of pots, sprays, push-up sticks and twist-up sticks that suit all needs and preferences. With a non-sticky, non-greasy formula, these amazingly environmentally-friendly deodorants come in recyclable or upcyclable packaging and are labelled with lamination- and plastic-free paper product stickers. What's more, this vegan, cruelty-free brand also carries a line of face, body and detox products all made under the same, eco-friendly philosophy.
Insider's Tip: Can't seem to carve out some time to visit their store in person? ZeroYet100's easy-to-use online store makes it so you don't have the excuse of inconvenience to start your journey to sustainable and eco-friendly living.
Address: 702 Car Po Commercial Building, 18–20 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central, Hong Kong
Open From: Mon-Fri: 9am-6pm (closed on Public Holidays)
I Never Use Foundation (INUF) Breakfast Club
INUF offers an impressive variety of vegan, eco-ethical skincare, haircare, fragrance and makeup products all designed especially for Hong Kong's humid weather. Occupying a space with beautiful floor-to-ceiling windows letting in natural light with white, marble counters and soft pops of green and brown woody tones across the entire space, the venue also has refillable stations for their hand and body wash products, getting you closer to a zero-waste lifestyle. Don't forget to visit INUF's Skin Spa where you can enjoy relaxing face and body treatments with their in-house products.
Insider's Tip: Get rewards from the store's recycling scheme by returning empty INUF containers when you've finished the product.
Address: 21/F Penthouse, MW Plaza, 40 Kimberley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Open From: Tue-Sat: 10am-9pm; Sun: 1pm-6pm
IG: @zeroyet100
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Following on from our feature on new London openings for 2022 last week, we explore some of the most exciting new hotels set to make their debut this year across the rest of the UK.
Fairmont Windsor Park finally opened its doors on 1 January, offering 200 rooms and suites, set in approximately 40 acres of beautifully landscaped gardens adjacent to Windsor Great Park and The Savill Garden. Located within a dedicated wing, 15 meeting rooms can accommodate a range of events, including a 800m2 pillar-free ballroom catering for up to 700 guests.
The spa offers 18 treatment rooms, a six-person hammam, a cryotherapy chamber, a 20m indoor pool, a Himalayan salt room, a courtyard hydrotherapy vitality pool and a Japanese Ashiyu foot ritual bath. There are also seven restaurants and bars including 1215 at Fairmont Windsor Park, specialising high-quality British specialty cuisine, using only the finest locally grown produce from The Royal Farms, Windsor artisans and the hotel's kitchen gardens, and Orchid Tea Room, the perfect spot to enjoy a regal afternoon tea.
Following the success of The Mitre in Hampton Court, The Signet Collection will open its second hotel in Spring 2022 in Berkshire. Housed in a Grade II listed 18th-century building located between Hungerford and Newbury, The Retreat at Elcot Park will offer 55 rooms, an outdoor infinity pool, tennis courts, croquet lawn and walled garden, landscaped gardens and woodland walks. There will also be a spa and two restaurants on site.
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Meanwhile in Manchester, the Leven is a new art and design hotel, housed in an early 20th century cotton warehouse on the corner of Chorlton Street and Canal Street. Although the 42 rooms and lobby lounge have been accepting bookings since late November, it doesn't full open until Spring, when a cocktail bar and restaurant space will complete the offering.
Up in Edinburgh, the iconic Gleneagles brand is opening its sister property in Edinburgh this March. The 33-room Gleneagles Townhouse will feature a rooftop terrace with views across the city and a members' club with access to private spaces and on-site gym and wellness clubs.
The Scottish capital is also the destination for Virgin Hotels' first UK opening this spring. Virgin Hotel Edinburgh will be located in the landmark India Buildings in Edinburgh's Old Town, close to The Royal Mile and will feature 225 rooms and suites, as well as multiple dining and drinking outlets, including its trademark Commons Club, which is a staple of each Virgin Hotels site.
Virgin Hotel Glasgow is also set to open this year. Situated on Clyde Street, on the banks of the River Clyde, the property will offer 242 rooms, many offering panoramic river rooms, the Commons Club, bar, restaurant and more.


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public class Corvette extends Ship{

	public Corvette(double X, double Y, double Z, int modifier){
		super(X,Y,Z,40,0,0,4,1,modifier);
	}

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Her friendship was all too important. He wasn't about to jeopardize it for something as fleeting as sexual attraction. No matter how overwhelming.
He found the bagel she'd requested and started it toasting. He called Cole's cell phone while he waited for it.
"Geary Security," the other man answered on the first ring.
"She agreed to the substantive changes to the structure of the house, but doesn't want the foliage touched."
"That doesn't surprise me."
"It doesn't?" It sure as hell had stunned Neo. If it had been him, he would have had the opposite reaction.
"I researched her house's history after dropping off the proposals. Her parents bought that house before she was born," Cole said. "From the size of most of the bushes, I'd say someone planted them soon after her parents moved into the house. If I had to guess, I would suggest it was her mother."
"So, it is a sentimental thing?" Not something Neo had much experience with, for with all the luxury now at his disposal, sentimentality was still something he could ill afford.
"That's what I'm guessing, but they really do provide too much cover for burglars or stalkers."
An image of Cassandra's expression before she'd swept out of the kitchen played in Neo's mind's eye. "She's not going to let that sway her."
"You persuaded her to go for the doors and windows. You can convince her about the foliage. I'll reschedule the gardener when you do."
Neo wished he was as confident, but for the first time in years, he considered the possibility he'd met someone as stubborn as he was. In fact, the last time he remembered doing so, he'd befriended the man and ended up eventually making him his business partner.
There was only one word to describe Cassandra when she came downstairs, dressed for the day in a navy blue pantsuit.
Cranky.
She sat down to eat her bagel with a grudging thank-you tossed in his direction, the hapless bagel getting a glare before she took a resounding bite.
"You look nice," he complimented. "I like the bright pink accents." Most women he knew preened under directed praise.
And he did like the pink scarf and shoes she'd added to the more basic white blouse and dark pantsuit. Her oversized pink-and-white earrings were a nice, if unexpected touch, too.
Cassandra didn't so much as smile, though he received yet another perfunctory, "Thanks."
"I am surprised you wear so many bright colors."
He got her full attention with that comment. She glared at him. "Why?"
"I would think you wouldn't want to draw attention to yourself." "Debilitatingly shy" did not equal "vibrant dress style" in his mind, but then he was no psychologist.
"What, you think I should dress only in shades of gray and wear my hair in a bun, or something?"
"No." But he wouldn't have been surprised if she had, knowing what he knew about her hermitlike ways.
"I'm not fond of talking to strangers."
That was one way of putting it. Agoraphobic was another, but he didn't say a word.
"That doesn't mean I want to dress like a piece of cheap office furniture," she huffed and then grimaced. "It's important to me not be a caricature. I don't like to perform, but I can leave the house. I'm uncomfortable meeting strangers, but I don't need to dress like a hermit with no fashion sense. My life has enough limitations, I take pleasure where I find it and I happen to like bright colors."
"I'll remember that."
"I can't imagine why you'd need to."
Come to that, he couldn't, either. She wasn't one of his pillow-mates that he bought gifts for in lieu of giving anything of himself. Hell, who was he kidding? He planned to give more of himself to Cassandra today than he had to anyone in a long time. He intended to give her his time.
Still. "Now, you're just being argumentative for the sake of it."
"You think so?" she asked in a tone so subtly snarky he couldn't help but be impressed.
And amused, though he was far too intelligent to let that show. He should be irritated. He'd cancelled all but his most pressing meetings and cleared his schedule in a way he hadn't done in years. He would still work some, but he planned to entertain Cassandra. After all, it was his fault she was being evicted from her house for the day.
When he told her so, her frown grew slightly less dark, but it was still in the black range on the color spectrum. "I suppose you expect me to be grateful."