Last week I posted about the end of faire, and you know, well, the funk didn't REALLY set in until today. This weekend was Texas Scottish Festival in Arlington. For many of the rennies in the area, myself included, it marks the true end of our Spring Faire season. Often, TSF, which is held beginning the first Friday of June, is the weekend immediately after Scarby closes on Memorial Day. The last couple of years, we've had a weekend to rest in between, which is especially good for the traveling entertainers and vendors who participate in Scarby and TSF both, because they have a weekend in between, instead of getting home (in many cases close to midnight) on Memorial Day Monday, then having to turn around on Friday and come right back again. It occurred to me last night, that there are several people that I've seen a great deal of over the past, ohhh, 3 months, and I (and my cats, to be completely honest) have become accustomed to seeing them every week, or every other week. If I'm able to find work and get things arranged, AND they participate in Dickens on the Strand in December, I will see them again in 6 months. Yeah, that's a REALLY long dry spell. Especially considering that last year, I only had to wait 4 months, then 2 months, then 3 months. Yeah, I'm pretty spoiled to seeing them regularly and I'm going to miss them terribly over the next few months. It's possible that I might see one of them when I go to Sterling next month, but that's kind of a 'cross our fingers and hope we can work it out' sort of situation. I'm pretty sure that there is a meltdown coming in the next several days, so we'll see what happens, right? My weekend began Friday night with my youngest nephew's high school graduation. If I wasn't so puffed up with pride over their accomplishments, I'd be jealous of his and his older brother's brains! Stevie graduated 7th in his class with multiple honors. Yeah, I was really happy to be in the 3rd quarter of my class, I could NEVER have made 7th, and certainly not Valedictorian like his brother did. I was running late, which made the Queen of Early that's inside me absolutely NUTS like nobody's business, but I was NOT the last to arrive! After graduation we went to dinner, and then back to the house, where I gave Stevie my old laptop. I suppose it speaks volumes as to my addiction to my laptop that once I spilled the water on the old one and I couldn't get it to work within a day, I went and replaced it. Now, in my defense, I HAD already been considering upgrading to increase the size of my hard drive, because in a year and a half I'd filled up like 70% of the old one, so it wasn't a totally spur of the moment purchase. Stevie really felt like between all the geeks that live in their house, he could get it up and running again. Yeah, he was in business practically before I got home that night! He's replacing the keyboard module or somesuch thing that I've no clue about, but hey, the computer was revived, he's got a great tool for when he starts college in the fall, and I'm quite happy that despite my unemployment (which DID come AFTER the 'demise' of the laptop) I was able to give him something awesome for graduation. At any rate, it's been a busy weekend, I've either got a low grade fever or a mild sunburn (sunblock nazi FAIL), and I've gotten through today on about 5 hours of sleep, so I think it's off to bed for me. Tomorrow is a trip to Weatherford so my NY sister can meet the awesomeness that is Our Molly (my & tom's sweet little short-legged deaf kitty who lives at Erin's), Thumbelina (Erin's short-legged hairless kitty-a bambino), Blondie (Erin's other Sphynx) and the other kitties that live there.


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Plastic polluted Arctic islands are dumping ground for Gulf Stream
Beaches in the remote Arctic islands were found to be more polluted than European ones due to plastic carried from much further south
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Walruses with marine litter on Spitsbergen in the Svalbard archipelago. Photograph: WJ Strietman/WUR
Beaches on remote Arctic islands are heavily polluted with plastic, a new expedition has found, demonstrating that the region is the dumping ground for waste carried northwards on the Gulf Stream.
The shorelines of islands in the Svalbard archipelago and of Jan Mayen island were found to be littered with much more plastic waste than on European beaches, despite tiny local populations.
The cause is plastic drifting northwards up the Atlantic from Europe and north America, before being stranded in the Arctic. Plastic waste dumped in UK seas is carried to the Arctic within two years, according to a previous study.
At least 1tn pieces of plastic have already been frozen into the Arctic ice over past decades, according to other research. This makes it a major global sink for plastic pollution, many times more concentrated than the well-known great Pacific garbage patch.
With global warming causing rapid melting of the ice cap, plastic is being released and making the problem even worse. Plastic pollution kills animals that become tangled up and seriously harms those that mistake it for food.
38 million pieces of plastic waste found on uninhabited South Pacific island
The latest expedition took Dutch scientists from the Wageningen Economic Research (WER) institute to six beaches in Svalbard, where they recorded 876 pieces of visible litter per 100m stretch of beach. On Jan Mayen Island, the most remote in the North Atlantic, they recorded 575 pieces. By comparison, an average of 375 pieces were found on Dutch beaches, despite their proximity to the source of the waste.
"When these items arrive in the Arctic, they will remain here," said Wouter Jan Strietman, one of the WER team. "This is why the amount of litter in the Arctic is building up every year. As a consequence, the sea around Svalbard ends up becoming the drain hole of the Gulf Stream."
The goal of the expedition, which has just returned from three weeks in the Arctic, is to try to identify the plastic waste. "Almost nothing is known about the source of the litter," said Strietman. "If you really want to do something about it, then you need to know the sources."
Tangled piece of strapping band on Spitsbergen in the Svalbard archipelago. Strapping band is used to secure fish boxes onboard fishing vessels. In Svalbard, reindeer commonly get stuck in these tangled pieces or in fishing nets. Photograph: WJ Strietman/WUR
About half the plastic was too broken up to be identified, but 12% was nets, ropes and buoys from fishing vessels. The researchers also found large bundles of tangled strapping band, which is used to secure fish boxes on fishing vessels, with waste strapping most likely thrown overboard. Strietman is now working on projects with the fishing industry to reduce these problems.
But much of the waste comes from far away – 8% of the items were plastic bottle caps – and one distinctive bucket-like item was identified as being from oyster farms in southern Europe. The problem is increasing too, said Strietman: "As you have the currents pouring in new amounts of plastic all day, and those pieces getting smaller, you get a multiplier effect."
"When it really hit home was when I saw in front of the walruses, there was all kinds of plastic," Strietman told the Guardian. "It was right there in front of me. Now you could see the direct relationship between these innocent animals and the plastic."
It was revealed in May that 38m pieces of litter had polluted the uninhabited Henderson Island in the South Pacific. With 99.8% of the litter being plastic, it represents the highest density of human-related debris recorded anywhere in the world. In February, scientists reported "extraordinary" levels of toxic pollution in the Mariana trench, with plastic waste carrying industrial chemicals to one of the most remote and inaccessible places on the planet.
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2021 Tech Priorities
Best Tech Investments for 2021: Where to Focus in the Coming Year
Protiviti Experts Share Their Insights
Recently, Tech Insights interviewed a number of Protiviti's Technology Consulting leaders to get their thoughts on the "hot topics" on which CIOs and CISOs should focus in the year ahead. These insights are based on the conversations our experts have had with tech leaders throughout 2020. Our 2021 Tech Priorities series continues through January. Today, we review where our experts believe CIOs and CISOs should focus their investments this year.
It's a new year, so let's take a look at the technologies that are (or should be) on everyone's investment list for 2021. As organizations adjust to life in post-pandemic times, where should CIOs and CISOs be turning their focus to realize both short and long-term return on those investments? Below, we share just a few of the "top of mind" technologies for 2021.
Building on a Strategic Plan
It's a fundamental step to building an effective technology stack, but many organizations jump in without an end goal in mind. Simply put, tech leaders should develop a comprehensive strategy that aligns technology planning with business objectives.
Greg George
"Look three, five, ten years ahead. Consider the organization's future goals as money is spent today, because it's not cheap to build technology that is adaptable to the organization's ever-evolving needs," said Greg George, associate director in Protiviti's Software Services practice. Consider where the organization is in its digital transformation or modernization efforts and adapt the spending strategy that maximizes legacy systems while introducing new technologies. Consider the priorities colleagues including the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer bring to the table and collaborate to ensure the most effective strategies are executed to benefit the organization. Consider the talents of the tech team and recognize that those team members, while proficient in legacy systems, may be itching to expand their skillsets with new tech experiences.
Kim Bozzella
All of our experts agree: every organization should build or strengthen its cloud capabilities in 2021. As Kim Bozzella, managing director of Protiviti's Technology Strategy and Operations practice said, "We are seeing increased commitment to, and greater adoption of, the proven technologies such as cloud, whether it's private cloud, public cloud or a hybrid. As CIOs, we've known and thought a lot about moving to the cloud and it's an important part of the strategy, but it's not always easy." Kim, who before joining Protiviti, was head of technology risk/CIO of corporate technology for a global banking firm, added, "there are lots of conversations to be had around security, risk management, time, pace, cost or public vs. private and being too focused on one single cloud strategy, which may have prevented some firms from migrating to cloud before now. I think focused execution, making progress against the legacy estate but allowing for more resources to be focused on emerging technologies, will support the changing business needs."
Carol Raimo
"Cloud technologies continue to be important investments," echoed Managing Director Carol Raimo, who is Protiviti's global lead for the consumer packaged goods industry and also focuses on improving customer experience for clients. "The whole omni-channel, e-commerce strategy is definitely on the minds of the CIO because they are trying to consolidate CX technologies to lower costs and provide better governance, ultimately improving the customer experience and driving revenue growth," she added.
Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and Other Emerging Technologies
Scott Laliberte, who leads Protiviti's Emerging Technologies team, pointed to the continuing emergence of these three technologies as a pivot point for 2021.
"We will see a big uptick in the use of connected devices as the continued after-effects of the pandemic move organizations to more contactless interactions with customers and employees. These technologies are great at enhancing additional value and collaboration between remote workers and remote customer interactions, but they also present a whole plethora of challenges around how to manage and update devices, and just manage the whole lifecycle of these new technologies that are being introduced into their environments. I think we'll continue to see a big uptick in the use of AI, natural language processing and computer vision. The challenges will include making sure that introducing these technologies does not also introduce vulnerabilities or insecurities into the customers' environment and that they are functioning as intended."
From Australia, Managing Director Leslie Howatt added, "we have seen a real shift from several years ago where everybody just needed to buy bots and automate a specific thing. Now, it's about how to use those bots in concert to drive transformation across the organization. Intelligent automation needs to be maintained and nurtured and adjusted as the tasks of the transactions change." Tech leaders should understand bots continue to be valuable as "a vehicle for collecting lots of information to drive analytics but are also a mechanism to create efficiency while addressing underlying core system problems and challenges.
Automated Data Discovery
Manisha Agarwal-Shah
"I think automated data discovery is a huge priority for 2021," said Manisha Agarwal-Shah, who leads Protiviti's data privacy practice. Worldwide, consumers are growing more aware of their rights around data visibility and these savvy buyers are requesting insight into how their data is being handled by companies with which they are doing business. "Consumers can actually go to an organization and say, 'I want to understand the data that you have about me, how you're sharing it, and if you're selling it,' and for organizations to do that manually is extremely cumbersome," she said. One of Protiviti's partners has just released an automated data discovery module to help fill that gap, and there are several other technologies that are following suit. "In 2021, you're going to see a lot of organizations pivot to an automated data discovery model to manage privacy compliance."
Open Source Data Management
Peter Mottram
Organizations will continue to look for new ways to effectively manage data in the coming year and open source intelligence is becoming a preferred technology for this objective. "As we start to think about next-gen data systems or modern data architecture, we are moving more towards addressing data management issues in real-time or near real-time," said Peter Mottram, Managing Director and head of Protiviti's Enterprise Data and Analytics practice. "This is being done through an open-source approach to event-based data architecture."
"Quantum computing is still three years or so away from being practical as far as solving business problems," said Laliberte. "The quantum side is exciting to me because we are building towards a day where quantum gives us the ability to solve problems that we cannot solve today. Tech leaders need to start laying the foundation for that now so that they don't get left behind. In three years, there will be a big rush for talent and the resources needed to harness quantum. Those who are not prepared will be out in the cold. That's why I put in place a three–year plan for Protiviti, to build on our quantum computing capabilities to help our clients take advantage of the benefits that quantum provides but be ready for the risks that it's going to introduce to the business as well."
Our 2021 Tech Priorities series will continue through January. Next week, we will take a 30,000 foot view of what's ahead in 2021. Other topics in the series will include data security and privacy, customer experience and cloud technologies. To learn more about Protiviti's Technology Consulting capabilities, contact us.
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Has Michelle Obama's N.H. speech set a new bar for influential first ladies?
In her speech, Michelle Obama called on the country to reassess its moral obligations when casting a vote in the upcoming presidential election.
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First lady Michelle Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Manchester, N.H.
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A day after several women came forward to accuse Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of unwanted touching and groping, first lady Michelle Obama denounced the candidate's "sexually predatory behavior" in a speech on Thursday in New Hampshire that many pundits are calling the second-best of this election season.
The first lady comes in second only to herself, after giving a similarly well-received speech at the Democratic National Convention in July in support of Democratic presidential candidate and former secretary of State Hillary Clinton. While first ladies have often campaigned for their husbands and given political speeches, the sway Mrs. Obama currently has with American voters and the elevated political platform on which she stands is an uncommon role for a presidential spouse in an election cycle.
"This is highly unusual to have the first family campaigning so strongly for their would-be successors," Katherine Jellison, the department of history chair at Ohio University and an expert on first ladies, tells the Christian Science Monitor. "It is unprecedented that a sitting first lady campaigning for anyone other than her husband would be giving two such high profile campaign speeches."
During her appearance on Thursday, Obama laid aside her usual campaign speech and spoke emotionally, as a concerned citizen and mother, calling on the country "to stand up and say enough is enough" in light of recently surfaced tapes from 2005 that recorded Mr. Trump boasting about his aggressive sexual behavior toward women.
"This was a powerful individual speaking freely and openly about sexually predatory behavior and actually bragging about kissing and groping women using language so obscene that many of us were worried about our children hearing it when we turn on the TV," Obama said. "To dismiss this as everyday locker room talk is an insult to decent men everywhere."
It is Obama's relatability, particularly with young people, that first made her a desirable campaign speaker, says Andra Gillespie, an associate professor of political science at Emory University in Atlanta.
"She was initially being deployed so that she could reach out to groups that Hillary Clinton might have had trouble reaching out to, in particular young people," Professor Gillespie tells the Monitor. "Michelle Obama comes off as natural and authentic and it is something that really appeals to young people in that particular demographic. That is a group she can relate to because she has children who are in that age bracket."
Not all scholars see her active campaign schedule in the past few months as a shift away from the traditional role of the first lady, however.
"It is not clear that the role of the first lady as 'campaigner in chief' has fundamentally changed. It is more of a matter of degree, or in this case, the media narrative of her command of the political stage at the moment," Allan Louden, a communication professor at Wake Forest University in North Carolina and an expert on political campaigns and debates, tells the Monitor in an email. "First ladies, certainly not all, have actively contributed to campaigns, as Hillary Clinton herself did in Bill's first run [in 1992]."
The role of the first lady has changed over the course of 44 presidents, thanks to notable women such as Eleanor Roosevelt, who took a controversially outspoken stance on racial issues and held her own press conferences, and Lady Bird Johnson, who was the first to go on a campaign speaking tour without her husband. But the role is still one that has been frequently criticized for failing to keep up with the times and changing gender roles.
As Election Day draws closer, many have speculated how Bill Clinton could potentially change the position of "first gentleman": not only as a first man in that role, but also because he brings the experience of a former president.
"He will obviously, more so than any other first spouse, have a lot of hands-on real life political experience that has the potential to change the equation as well," Professor Jellison tells the Monitor. "But I think having a male spouse in the White House, regardless of who it was, has the potential to change that role in dramatic ways, because he won't have to play that role expected of first ladies."
While Obama tended to keep within the traditional roles of the first lady, advocating for causes often stereotyped as "feminine," such as healthy families and education for girls, a change may already be under way as she works to secure her and her husband's legacies in the White House.
"One of the strong speculations is that she might be laying the groundwork now, as she is about to no longer be first lady, for a political career of her own," Jellison says. "She has always denied that she has those ambitions ... but now we have precedent for that, don't we? A former first lady running for high political office herself is Mrs. Clinton – and there is a chance that Mrs. Obama will follow that lead down the line."
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A major medical transcription solution now supports biometric authentication.
Called SNChart, it's a mobile app produced by Surgical Notes, a provider of revenue cycle, transcription, and coding solutions for the ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals. Newly updated, the app now supports eSignatures and biometric login, and is available across iOS and Android devices.
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Content marketing is one of the most important things when it comes to launching a website. Nowadays we more and more often show the tendency to focus on SEO issues, however, we shouldn't forget that a good content is an irreplaceable value.
There's no doubt that nowadays being online is a must. No matter what is your product – if you want to watch your business grow, you have to be present in social media.
Keyword optimization is definitely one of the most important elements of SEO campaign – doesn't matter if it's about paid or organic search. Actually, what is that?
E-mail marketing is one of the simplest and most efficient web marketing tools. It's not only effective, but also cheap – then, it's not surprising that it's so commonly used! Indeed, all of us sometimes receive newsletters and promo messages to our inboxes. However, it happens pretty often that we ignore them.
It's not surprising at all that different companies are trying to reach their customers in various ways. Moreover, there are also a few solutions for exploring the same marketing tool as a customization to the particular case.
When you run your own business, you probably constantly look for effective tools to improve your branding and sales. Indeed, marketing strategy is not a random or temporary thing – it must be planned very precisely and carefuly to bring desired results.


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"What makes your ceremonies different to other Celebrants?"
What makes your ceremonies different to other Celebrants?
My ceremonies are best described as short, punchy, upbeat, and light-hearted whilst being highly professional. I tend to work with couples who are looking for something more relaxing, fun, yet polished and memorable. I do not stand between the couple (during the ceremony), in fact I stand well-clear of the central focal point (photographers love this). I also perform the entire ceremony completely from memory, without notes (although I do carry an iPad for effect only)..
What is the purpose of Rituals at a Ceremony?
Rituals are designed to show unification in a graphic way, as well as involve others in your ceremony.
What makes your Ceremonies Unique?
My ceremonies focus on you (the wedding couple). How you met, what you love about each other, your journey so far, and where you are going (in life). It is the story of your life (which I present at your ceremony), that is the match winner.
Why do bridesmaids carry bridal bouquets?
This is an old tradition that predates modern sanitary appliances. Put simply, floral bouquets made the bride and her bridesmaids smell nicer.
What is the Sand Ceremony?
The sand ceremony involves the wedding couple and/or close family, adding different coloured sands to a glass container.Each contributor is given a specific colour, taking it in tuns to add the sand to the container in varying concentrations and intensities.
Can we include Rituals in our Ceremony?
Yes, there is a range of exciting rituals and traditions that can be incorporated into your ceremony. Rituals are a great way to include others.
What is the Hand Ceremony Ritual?
This is a simple ceremony, where the wedding couple holds each other's hands (palms up), so that they may see the 'gift' that they are to each other. The palms of each partner are a symbolic representation of the varying trials and tribulations of life ahead.
What is the difference between a Celebrant and a Master of Ceremonies?
A Celebrant conducts funerals, weddings and naming days, whereas a Master of Ceremonies conducts general public events.
What is a Mixed Marriage?
A 'Mixed Marriage' is a term used by the Catholic church, to define unions where only one partner is of the Catholic faith. The other partner is either a different denomination or 'no' denomination.
What is the difference between a Celebrant and a Civil Celebrant?
A Civil Celebrant is authorised by the Attorney Generals Office to solemnise weddings, whereas a standard Celebrant is unable to solemnise weddings.
What happens if I make a mistake when completing the NOIM?
Changes are allowed to be made on the NOIM, you do not need to start over. The NOIM forms the basis for all your other marriage certificates, so it is important that it is correct.


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    }
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rememberme.htm is the html that I want to add containing the mp3 that I want to play (Will this work if the page isn't necessarily in HTML5?).
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html><head>
    <title>Remember Me</title>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

    <link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

    <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="HelloWorld.js"></script>
</head><body>
<audio autoplay loop>
  <source src="remember.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
</audio>
</body></html>

From what I've been reading it seems like I should just make the content script call whatever javascript that I want the open chrome tab to run, but I don't know how to do this while also inserting HTML into the open chrome tab.  Any help is appreciated, and if the  tag won't work if the page is not in HTML5 then what is the easiest way to play the mp3 in javascript?

A: Reddit is my favorite page, I guess that Redditors should stick together, so here's your script refactored.
It appends a track with 'God Save the Queen' played by United States Navy Band to Reddit  homepage after clicking remember me button. When specifying audio source you need to give an url where the track is located, just like with images. You also don't need to add head and body, and the way you are fetching your html it is mistaken, you're actually getting only an url not html of your extension.
window.onload =  main();

function main() {
    var elem = document.getElementById('rem-login-main');
    elem = addEventListener('change',changeHandler);
}

function changeHandler () {
    var yourAudio = document.createElement('audio');
    yourAudio.src = "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/United_States_Navy_Band_-_God_Save_the_Queen.ogg";
    yourAudio.controls = true;
    yourAudio.autoplay = true;
    var parentNode = document.getElementById('header');
    parentNode.insertBefore(yourAudio);
}

To test it go to Reddit, click F12, open chrome browser devtools console, within devtools go to tab sources, find tab snippets, right click, create new snippet, copy paste this code, save it, click play button on the right (it says 'run snippet' when you hover over it). If you want to make it an extension you need manifest.json.
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Hundreds of young sailors will descend on the Belgian town of Nieuwpoort this summer for the 17th Flanders Youth Regatta, held from 2-6 July.
The three yacht clubs of Nieuwpoort, a town which lies in the north west of Belgium close to the border with France, will be hosting the regatta and sailing will take place in the coastal waters of the North Sea.
The Flanders Youth Regatta is a part of the Nieuwpoortweek 2005. The Notice of Race and Entry Form for this event are now available online on the Nieuwpoort Week Website.
For five days top international sailing youths (23 years old or less) will be competing on the North Sea off Nieuwpoort, hoping to obtain a podium place in this year's regatta.
This year there will sailing in eight different events using the Optimist, Cadet, 420, Laser 4.7, Laser Radial, Laser, Splash and Europe. With the youngest competitors in the Optimist class just eight years old.
During the afternoon of the first day of the regatta event organizers are hoping to set a new record with 1,000 boats at sea off the coast of Nieuwpoort.
Racing will then continue until 6 July to decide the winners in each event.


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Swelling of Synthetic Rubbers
treated in the same manner as described for the oil solvent- extracted ... P. 0. POWERS AND H. A. ROBINSON. Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, Penna. ...
Swelling of Synthetic Rubbers in Mineral Oils
Swelling of Synthetic Rubbers in Mineral Oils - Industrial
Nomenclature of Synthetic Rubbers
Measurements on Synthetic Rubbers
Elastomers: II. Synthetic rubbers
Natural and Synthetic Rubbers
Chemical derivatives of synthetic isoprene rubbers
Determination of Peroxides in Synthetic Rubbers - Analytical
INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
25 to 30 minutes were required to bring the oil to 200" C.; then it was maintained a t this temperature for 30 minutes. The resulting oil had a viscosity of U (or 6.5 poises) a t room temperature by the Gardner standards, a Wijs iodine value of 145.7, a Browne heat test value of 13 minutes, and a refractive index at 25" C. of 1.5097. A sample of oil solvent-extracted from tung kernels was treated in the same manner as described for the oil solventextracted from press cake. Before treatment the oil was solid at room temperature, had a Wijs iodine value of 165.0, and gave a Browne heat test of 11.75 minutes. After heat treatment the oil had a Wijs iodine value of 152.5, had a Browne
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heat test value of 11.25 minutes, and was liquid at room temperature (Table 11).
Literature Cited (1) Drake, N. L., a n d Spies, J. R., IND.ENC.CHEW,h u 1 , . ED.,5, 284 (1933). ( 2 ) Gardner, H. A , , Am. Paint Varnish Mfrs. Assoc., Circ. 256 (1925). (3) Ibid.,309 (1931). (4) Gardner, H. A., a n d Sward, G. G., "Physical a n d Chemical Examination of Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers a n d Colors", 9th ed., pp. 299, 300, Washington, I n s t i t u t e of P a i n t a n d Varnish Research, 1939. CONTRIBUTION 42 from the Agricultural Chemical Research Division, Bureau of Agricultural Chemistry and Engineering.
Swelling of Synthetic Rubbers in Mineral Oils' Swelling in Mineral Oils Containing Polyolefins and in Mixtures of Nujol and Diphenyl P. 0. POWERS AND H. A. ROBINSON Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, Penna. Synthetic rubber compositions have been subjected to immersion tests in mineral oils containing polyolefins, and the degree of swelling has been measured. The addition of polyolefins to a mineral oil reduces its tendency to swell synthetic rubber. This tendency is measured by the aniline point of the mineral oil-polyolefin mixture. The same relationship found to hold for mineral oils applies; namely, the logarithm of the percentage swelling varies inversely with the 50 per cent aniline point. The aniline point must be carefully distinguished from the simple haze point caused by the incompatibility of the polyolefin and the aniline. Mixtures of Nujol and diphenyl have been studied as reference liquids, and the relations between aniline point and swelling determined. The swelling in the mixtures is greater than in mineral oils of the same aniline point. It is therefore believed that white mineral oil-diphenyl mixtures offer no advantages over mineral oils of lrnown aniline point i n determining the swelling of synthetic rubber compositions for specific industrial purposes. Immersion tests in mineral oils having the same aniline point as oils which will be encountered in service are believed to be more reliable and significant for evaluating behavior under service conditions.
N EARLIER paper (3) in this series showed that the aniline point of a mineral oil is a useful index of its tend-
ency to swell synthetic rubber compositions. That article brought out that one oil (No. 9) of the series investigated gave a differentslope for the cloud point curve a t various concentrations of aniline from the other oils investigated. It
was suggested that the unusual behavior of this oil might be due to the presence of added polyolefins. This view has been substantiated by the study of mixtures of mineral oil and polyolefins and of commercial lubricating oils known to contain such added materials. Polyolefins are added to mineral oils to improve their viscosity index (6).
Effect of Mineral Oil-Polyolefin Mixtures o n Synthetic Rubber A proposed method for the determination of the aniline point of mineral oils (1) called attention to the possible interference of a turbidity caused by '[petroleum products which are not strictly petroleum oil". This method is essentially that used by the authors except that the A. S. T. M. determination was made on a 50 per cent mixture by volume rather than by weight and that agitation was mechanical rather than manual. Fraser (4) noted the "pseudo aniline point" which occurs when polyolefins are present in mineral oils. He recommends taking the temperature a t which "permanent cloud" appears on cooling and also the temperature a t which it disappears on warming. The two cloud points should not differ by more than 0.5" F. DETERMINATION OF ANILINEPOINT.The method of the earlier paper (3) was used in determining the aniline point. This is the temperature a t which the aniline and mineral oil separate, and must not be confused with a haze point which occurs a t a higher temperature due to separation of the polyolefin from the mineral oil-aniline mixture. In most cases this is only a slight haze and does not obscure the aniline point, 1 Strictly speaking, the term "synthetic rubbers" is incorrect, since these rubberlike substances are not the molecular duplioates of natural rubber Other names have been proposed, such as "elastomers" (by H. L. Fisher) but in the absence of any accepted and uniform nomenclature, industry seems t o have adopted the term "Synthetic rubber", and that designation has become oommon parlance
FIQURE
CLOUDAND HAZEPOINTS OF HYDRAULIC OIL (left) MINERALOIL (right) IN ANILINE
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ppint - - - Cloud Haze point
FIGURE 1. CLOUDAND HAZEPOINT OF OILS CONTAININQ ADDED POLYOLEFINS IN ANILINE AT VARIOUS CONCENTRATIONS -Cloud
- - Haze Dointa 0 Low-aniline-point mineral oil
Low-aniline-point mineral oil with 2.5 per cent polybutene Low-aniline-point mineral oil with 10 per cent polybutene
40' % SWELLlNG
Composition E was a Thiokol DX composition containing a total of 125 volumes of carbon black and cork dust per 100 volumes of Thiokol. All these compounds were prepared in sheet form by vulcanizing in a tensile sheet mold to the same extent as used in commercial practice. MINERALOILS. Two oils were obtained on the open market. One was a h y d r a u l i c oil, t h e other, an SAE 30 motor oil; both were known to contain p o l y b u t e n es . M i x t u r e s of a l o w aniline-point mineral oil with Vistanex 7000 (a polybutene of approximately 7000 molecular weight) were made; 2.5 and 10 parts of Vistanex were used per 100 parts of mineral oil.
which is marked by a sudden and pronounced turbidity. It has been found that a definite two-layer separation of the liquids takes place just below the true aniline point. Since this does not happen a t the haze point, the two-phase separation is a valuable check on whether or not the true aniline point has been reached. This separation takes place from 1O to 2" C. below the aniline point and occurs as soon as agitation is stopped. Figures 1 and 2 show cloud and haze points of the oils used. The haze temperatures approach the cloud temperatures a t low concentrations of aniline. Where the haze is pronounced, the shape of the cloud point curve a t a low concentration of aniline helps indicate the cloud temperatures a t higher concentrations of aniline. At 60 per cent WEEKS aniline and above, the haze may make the aniline 2 6 10 point difficult of observation, but since the cloud FIGURE 3. SWELLING OF BLACKpoint a t 50 per cent aniline by weight has been PROCEDURE AND RELOADEDNEOPRENE (above) AND OF found to be a satisfactory index of the swelling SULTS. Duplicate samCOMPOSITIONS c AND E IN O I L S CONcharacteristics of mineral oils (S), the critical ples of each stock, 1 x TAINING POLYOLEFINS solution temperature of these oil-aniline mixtures 1. Motor oil 2 X 0.1 inch (2.5 x 5 x 2. Hydraulic oil was not determined. 0.25 em.) were placed in 3. Low-aniline-point mineral oil with 10 per cent added polybutene R U B B E RCOMPOSITIONS. Three synthetic the different oils, and 4. Low-aniline-point mineral oil rubber stocks were used. They had been 5. Low-aniline-point mineral oil with 2.5 per per cent volume increase cent added polybutene evaluated previously in swelling tests and are was determined after believed to be representative of commercial 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12 stocks. weeks of immersion in Composition A was a neoprene Type G compound containsmall individual stoppered bottles held in a constant-temperaing 70 volumes of soft carbon black (Thermax) per 100 volture cabinet a t 70" 1" C. Volume change was determined umes of Neoprene Type G. by the displacement method according to the procedure of Composition C was a Perbunan Extra compound containthe A. S. T. M. (3). ing 53 volumes of carbon black and 9 volumes of extractable The swelling-time curves are shown in Figure 3. For Figsoftener per 100 volumes of Perbunan. ure 4 three curves were taken from the previous article @).
I N D U S T R I A L A N D E N G I N E E R I N G CHEMISTRY
Diphenyl is readily available in a high state of purity and, as a result of its aromatic structure, should show a high tendency to swell synthetic rubbers. PREPARATION OF hfIXTURES. Diphenyl was obtained from the Dow Chemical Company (melting point 70" C.) and was used without further purification. Nujol was purchased on the open market. The mixtures of Nujol and diphenyl were made on a weight basis, and WBI'M homogeneous a t the temperature of the test. Crystallization of the diphenyl occurs when over 20 per cent is present. Since mixtures rich in diphenyl are practically solid a t room temperature, they are not so easily handled as mineral oils.
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FIGURE4. ANILINEPOINTOF OIL us. PER CENTSWELLING
They show the aniline point-swelling relations for the three synthetic rubbers discussed in this paper. The points plotted are from the data obtained with the mineral oils containing polyolefins. It is clear that the per cent swelling follows the true aniline point as in the previous work. Fraser (4) studied the swelling of a Neoprene Type G composition in lubricating and hydraulic oils containing polyolefins. He found that swelling in these oils could be measured by the aniline point. The tests were made a t 100" C. with five different types of oils. The results with the synthetic mixture (Figure 4, above) show that the addition of a polyolefin to a mineral oil results in slightly lower swelling. The results indicate that haze point is not a measure of swelling tendency, but that aniline point is a useful index and has the same significance that it does with other mineral oils.
FIQURE 5. ANILINEPOINT(50 PER CEKT B Y WEIGHT)OF NUJOL-DIPHENYL MIXTURES
The aniline points of the Nujol-diphenyl mixtures were determined by the method described ( 3 ) . I n all cases the percentages are by weight. Figure 5 shows the 50 per cent (by weight) aniline point for various Xujol-diphenyl mixtures. Figure 6 shows the cloud temperatures in the ternary system Nujol-diphenyl-aniline.
Swelling of Neoprene in Nujol-Diphenyl Mixtures A series of standard liquids for measuring the swelling of various synthetic rubbers in the laboratory would be very useful. Such liquids should be obtainable in pure form and be highly reproducible. Pl'ujol-diphenyl mixtures seem to fulfill these requirements. Nujol, a white refined mineral oil, is readily available. Examination of several samples showed a 3" C. maximum variation in the aniline point. Its swelling effect on various samples on synthetic rubber compositions may therefore vary by the amount expected from this range. A highly refined material of higher aniline point than Nujol is not readily available. Paraffin wax probably comes closest to meeting this requirement, but commercial samples have been found to vary by as much as 10' C. in aniline point. Many automotive lubricating oils have a higher aniline point than Nujol. It is not definitely known how much variation can be expected in the aniline point of various samples of any one commercial oil of this type. If such a high-anilinepoint oil is available with no greater variation than is encountered with Nujol, mixtures of this oil with diphenyl mould have a wider range of aniline points than the mixtures employed in this study, but would probably have many of the same deficiencies.
NUJOL FIGURE 6.
CLOUD POIKTOF NUJOL-DIPHEXYL-AXILINE MIXTURES
diphenyl mixtures, but it is apparent that synthetic rubber compositions generally do not show the same correlation between aniline point and swelling as do mineral oils.
OF NEOPRENE COMPOSIFIGURE 7. SWELLING TION IN NUJOL-DIPHENYL MIXTURES
PROCEDURE AND RESULTS. Composition A, containing 70 volumes of soft carbon black (Thermax) per 100 volume of Neoprene Type G, was used. It was prepared in sheet form by vulcanizing in a standard tensile sheet mold t o the same extent a s used in commercial practice. Samples of the neoprene compound were immersed in Nujol-diphenyl mixtures containing 20, 45, 60, 70, and 80 per cent Nujol. The per cent volume increase was measured after 1, 2, 3,4, 6, and 12 weeks of immersion in small individual stoppered bottles in a constant-temperature cabinet a t 70" * 1' C. Volume change was determined by the A. S. T. M. method ( 2 ) . ' The time-swelling curves are shown in Figure 7 for the various mixtures. Figure 8 correlates the swelling of the neoprene in the diphenyl-Nujol mixtures and in the mineral oil with the same aniline point. The swelling a t high concentrations of Nujol obviously approaches that of mineral oil, since the swelling in pure Nujol must fall on the mineral oil curve. Since diphenyl is of lower molecular weight than the mineral oils, it may diffuse into the synthetic rubber composition more rapidly and thus give the effect of a lower aniline point oil. Such selective absorption of a solvent was noted p r e viously ( 5 ) . When high swelling was encountered, as when mixtures rich in diphenyl were used, equilibrium was not reached in 12 weeks (Figure 7). This effect was also noted with mineral oils of low aniline point. Perbunan and Thiokol compounds containing carbon black were tested in the mixture containing 30 per cent diphenyl. Both compounds gave appreciably greater swelling than would be expected from mineral oils of the same aniline point. These compounds were not tested with other Nujol-
The true cloud temperature of a 50-50 weight mixture of aniline and mineral oil is a reliable index of the amount of swelling a synthetic rubber will undergo when immersed in mineral oil. This result is also true for those mineral oils which contain polyolefins. Since the presence of both haze and cloud points is characteristic of such oils when mixed with aniline, a method has been worked out for distinguishing between them. Conversely, the presence of both haze and cloud points is believed to be indicative of the fact that polyolefins have been added to the mineral oils. The addition of polyolefins t o mineral oils will reduce the tendency of that oil to swell synthetic rubbers. The logarithm of the perc e n t a g e swelling varies inversely with the aniline point. While mixtures of lvujol and diphenyl can be duplicated fairly well, they offer no advantage over mineral oils for test50% / * y p P O "I ing the tendency of s y n t h e t i c rubber '$0 80 100 compositions t o FIGURE8. ANILINEPOINT VS. P E R swell. W h i l e t h e CENT SWELLINGOF NEOPRENE logarithm of COMPOSITION a. Nujol-diphenyl mixtures ing decreases as the b. Mineral oil8 50 per cent aniline of the mixture inc r e a s e s , t h e relationship is not the same as that found for mineral oils. For evaluating behavior under service conditions, immersion tests in oils having the same aniline point as oils which may be encountered in service are believed to be more reliable and more significant.
Literature Cited (1) Am. Soo. Testing Materials, Proceedings, 40, Appendix 11, 3B (1940). (2) Am. SOC. Testing Materials, Standards, P t . 3. p. 837. designation D471-37T (1939). (3) Carman, F. H., Powers, P . O., and Robinson, H. A., IND. ENQ. CHEM.,32, 1069 (1940). (4) Fraser, D . F., Rubber Chem. Tech., 14, 204 (1941). (5) Smith, C. N., U. S. Patent 2,209,940 (1940). (6) Thomas, R . M., Zimmer, J. C.,Turner, L. B., Rosen R., and Frolich, P. K., IND.ENO.CHEX.,32, 301 (1940).


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April 15, 2018 By: Marshall Cutchin
"FOR MOST of my fish-addled life, a winter trip to Florida was a sanity-saving jump into summer for a week or so," writes Chester Allen in his new column. "I made the jump to Florida the second week of March this year, but I landed into another version of winter." Find out how the rest of the story turns out in "I Can See Clearly Now."
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Untreated wastewater dumped into bay during last week's storms
For more than 14 hours, some wastewater overflowed at the treatment plant and was discharged into Georgian Bay without going through the treatment process
Collingwood Wastewater Treatment Plant (file photo). Erika Engel/CollingwoodToday
Some of Collingwood's wastewater went into Georgian Bay — untreated — last week during a heavy rainfall.
The town announced a "full treatment bypass" occurred at its wastewater treatment facility on Sept. 23, lasting 14.5 hours.
There was also a "partial bypass" for 21.5 hours during last week's rainstorms.
A full treatment bypass is rare, but it can occur when heavy rainfall causes an overflow at the wet well portion of the plant. According to the town's environmental services manager, Heather McGinnity, the excess water will overflow, bypassing the entire wastewater treatment process. It will fall into treated and partially treated wastewater before discharging directly into the bay.
The extra water that enters the wastewater treatment plant during a storm is from sources referred to as "inflow and infiltration." According to McGinnity, this water can come from various sources including downspouts and sump pumps connected to the sanitary sewer, groundwater and rainwater infiltrating through cracks in the sewer pipes and/or maintenance hole structures, and from overland flooding draining into sanitary maintenance holes.
Not all of the wastewater flowing to the treatment plant for those 14.5 hours bypassed the treatment process; only the water that overflowed. The town also added chlorine pucks to the discharge pipe to add an alternate form of disinfection for the wastewater that bypassed the treatment process.
A partial bypass, though still uncommon, occurs more often. There was one partial bypass in June 2020. In this case, wastewater is mostly treated, but skips the UV disinfection step.
"Bypasses and overflow events help prevent sewer back-ups from occurring," explained McGinnity. "If the treatment processes are not bypassed, the excess wastewater would fill the sanitary collection system pipes and start backing up into residences and flowing up through maintenance holes on the streets."
Last week's rainfall caused the level and flow rates in the Pretty River to rise to record levels not seen since 2016, and the second-highest levels on record since 2006.
According to McGinnity, when the partial bypass occurred in June 2020, it was during a very short, but intense rainfall with 26.5 mm of rain measured in just over one hour.
Last week, McGinnity said there was about 118.3 mm of rain measured in approximately 35 hours.
For both partial and full bypass events, the town is required to report to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Spills Action Centre, and to the medical officer of health. Reporting was carried out for last week's bypass and the town posted a public notice on its website.
Samples were collected at the discharge site.
McGinnity noted that any storm event can make the water hazardous to swimmers.
"As with any great storm event, there is a greater likelihood of 'dirty' and contaminated water being present along the shorelines, and, in particular, in the harbour area when wastewater overflows occurred," said McGinnity.
This is the first bypass event this year.
According to the most recent mid-year update from the waster and wastewater treatment plant staff, the town's wastewater treatment plant operated at about 57 per cent capacity between January and June.
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Q: split dataframe column header and values into multiple columns I've uploaded my csv file on Azure, but for some reason it became like this
 nominal;data;curs;cdx         Column 1
0          1;21.06.2000;28  2300;������ ���
1          1;22.06.2000;28  2200;������ ���
2          1;23.06.2000;28  1900;������ ���
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4          1;27.06.2000;28  1300;������ ���
5          1;28.06.2000;28  1100;������ ���

Basically instead of four columns nominal, data, curs, cdx I got two columns with one having all the values and the last one (it is empty or something because the last column has encoding issue) - no idea what.
I have deleted the column Column 1 like this
import pandas as pd

def azureml_main(dataframe1 = None, dataframe2 = None):
    dataframe1.drop(['Column 1'], axis = 1, inplace = True)
    print('Input pandas.DataFrame #1:\r\n\r\n{0}'.format(dataframe1))
    return dataframe1,

How to split the first column into multiple now? To get 4 separate columns
I am using pandas 0.18

A: You need to split the column with:
dataframe1['nominal;data;curs;cdx'].str.split(';',expand=True)

Then change the headers with:
dataframe1.columns = 'nominal;data;curs;cdx'.split(';')


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Any individual can submit their unique articles to steem platform through Submit a Story on the right top corner. The topic could be anything you could think of, like life, photography, art, travel, cryptocurrency, news etc. As long as it is thoughtful, insightful, interesting, content – rich and attract users' attention and get upvotes, then it could generate some incomes called author reward in terms of SBD and SP, even a good forturne worth thousands of dollars. Espepcially some steem power whales pay attentions at your post and cast upvotes to your articles. The more one user owns steem powers, the higher his voting power is. Their voting power will significantly affect the amount of incomes your articles will generat from their upvotes.
Good or bad articles is completely subjective. Every one has his own personal views to any topic. Some one may intentionally or accidently downvote a good article. I noticed many good articles are earning little even nothing and get dumped behind. And another drawback is that steem power whales may affect the incomes a lot and could easily manipulate the distribution of the tokens.
1. There are some topics or trends in steem, which are highly paying. Writers could refer them and present their own unique articles. The high income articles normally covers the topics like introduceyourself, steemit, bitcoins, life, philosophy etc.
2. How about their writing skill? It should be original writing and shouldn't come from the internet or other sourse. Otherwise the authors will be punished.
3. The articles sould be presented nicely and use markdown wisely. The good articles normally comes with pictures.
4. Building as much audience as possible and it usually takes years of hard dedicated, consistent and persistant work. But you can do it.
This type of earning is called Curation reward. You upvotes others' posts or comments and shares some earning generated by the posts. This is a post to guide you.
Users can freely check their accounts' detail like blogs, comments, replies, and wallet, just hover the mouse at the icon at the top right corner and will get the specific menu. Users' every activity is recorded at the blockchain and open for the public to check. The distributioin of the rewards are completely transparent.


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This article aims to show the results of the review of literature of relevant studies of the causal elements of intention to leave in the last five years (2009-2013). The method used to evaluate the literature was based on the seven steps for research synthesis: problem formulation, literature search, obtaining information from studies, quality assessment studies, analysis and integration of results, interpretation of evidence and presentation of results. 48 studies from 15 different countries with a sample of 35804 employees of different companies were evaluated. The findings suggest the existence of 89 different variables influencing the intention to leave of employees in an organization. The results of this study will allow researchers to better understand the variables that can be studied to verify the impact of variables such as causal elements, but also see those that have a mediating effect between them for predicting intention to leave as an element of employee turnover. This study makes three important contributions to literature of turnover. First, in this study all the parameters associated with the intention to leave were checked. Second, this study categorizes and displays in proportion relevant interests to the scientific community whom studying employee turnover across the intention to leave. And thirdly provides clues organizations to improve some of its structural and contextual features to control turnover.
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Home » Lifestyle » Viral video reveals how knowing a few Taylor Swift hits could save a life
Viral video reveals how knowing a few Taylor Swift hits could save a life
WHILE we can't all be trained medical professionals, there are certain tips and tricks you can learn that could help you save a life.
Performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can be tricky if you don't know how, but you can actually master the skill by just knowing the beat to some of Taylor Swift's biggest hits.
According to the Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK), fewer than one in 10 people survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
This is low compared to other countries like Norway where seven in ten people survive.
If someone has a cardiac arrest it's important that you know what to do.
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You should call 999 immediately and a paramedic will then help guide you through CPR.
There are different techniques,with one of the most popular being to do the compressions to the lyrics of the Bees Gees song Stayin' Alive.
A chest compression is where you clasp your hands together and push hard and fast on the chest to help pump blood around the person's body.
In one viral video, a TikToker posted that she had 'some information that could help you save a life'.
The social media user, who goes under the handle @shampain.problems, in a nod to Taylor's track 'champagne problems' on her most recent album Evermore, revealed the Taylor Swift songs that are one hundred beats a minute and could therefore help with CPR.
She explained: "First up is 'I Think He Knows', I found it entertaining that all of these songs contain a lyric that can relate to saving a person from cardiac arrest".
The song is from Taylor's 2019 album Lover and TikToker Eileen explained that the lyric 'he got my heartbeat skipping down 16th avenue' is helpful.
The second she says is Taylor hit 'Stay Stay Stay' from her album Red, with the lyric 'I think it's best that we both stay'.
She joked that it's 'best that we both stay alive'.
SUSTAIN THE RHYTHM
Another track to use is called 'All You Had To Do Was Stay', from Taylor's 1989 album.
She joked that 'all you had to do is stay and keep breathing'.
"Another is 22, 'everything will be alright if you keep me next to you'", she added. Eileen then says that by using this track you would be helping to sustain someones heart rhythm, therefore keeping them alive.
The next track is a song called Clean, again from 1989.
Eileen explained: "When I was drowning that's when I could finally (not breathe)."
Lastly she highlighted Fearless, from the album Fearless.
Speaking to The Sun, Head of Education and Training Products at St John's Ambulance, Andrew New, said it's not just Taylor Swift fans who can save lives and highlighted his top tracks.
Dancing Queen, ABBA
I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor
MMMBop, Hanson
Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper
Imperial March (Star Wars), John Williams
"Baby Shark Dance", Pinkfong
He also explained that while 'Nellie the Elephant' had been a popular song for CPR, that academic studies have advised against it.
A paper in the British Medical Journal stated: "Listening to Nellie the Elephant significantly increased the proportion of lay people delivering compression rates at close to 100 per minute.
"Unfortunately it also increased the proportion of compressions delivered at an inadequate depth.
"As current resuscitation guidelines give equal emphasis to correct rate and depth, listening to Nellie the Elephant as a learning aid during CPR training should be discontinued".
How to save a life and correctly perform CPR
RCUK says you should follow these tips when it comes to helping to resuscitate someone.
Shake the person gently and then shout for help
If you think the person might have Covid-19 and could be infectious then don't put your face to close to theirs. The RCUK suggests using a towel or a piece of clothing to lay over their mouth and nose
Give chest compressions only – do not give rescue breaths
Continue to do this until an ambulance arrives
After the ambulance crew have taken over wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water or use an alcohol based hand gel.
The RCUK states: "When it comes to CPR, the important thing is to give it a go, even if you haven't done it before. By doing CPR in an emergency, you're giving someone a chance of survival that they won't have without you.
"You should keep a steady rhythm of about 100-120 compressions every minute. Try humming 'Baby Shark' or 'Stayin' Alive' to help you keep the beat."
Or as this TikTok suggests, use one of the six Taylor Swift songs that are 100 beats per minute.
The RCUK also suggests that as well as CPR you learn how to do rescue breaths.
This is also known as mouth to mouth and can help give the person oxygen that could help them to breathe again.
"We recommend doing rescue breaths if possible. For every 30 chest compressions you do, you should do 2 rescue breaths.
"However, you might not be able to give rescue breaths, for example if the person has blood or vomit on or in their mouth. If that's the case, stick to chest compressions", the RCUK added.
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