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Danish farmers on top of biosecurity
12-06-2018 | Health | Article
Danish farmers on top of biosecurity. Photo: Henk Riswick
Biosecurity is key on a dairy farm. But are farmers sufficiently aware of this. This was explored among a group of Danish dairy farmers.
The focus on biosecurity to prevent endemic and emerging infectious diseases in livestock herds has increased. Management practices to protect animals against diseases from outside the herd are referred to as external biosecurity such as quarantine procedures for purchased animals and use of protective clothing by visitors (e.g. veterinarians) entering herd facilities. The practices to avoid spreading diseases within a herd are referred to as internal biosecurity. Such internal biosecurity practices include separation of sick from healthy animals, personnel hygiene of farm staff (e.g. hands and boots washing after handling animals), and hygiene of facilities.
Interview with Danish dairy farmers
To see how Danish farmers deal with this, scientists from Aarhus University in Denmark conducted face-to-face interviews about this topic with 16 dairy farmers. Through extensive semi-structured interviews, the researchers tried to investigate their perceptions and attitudes towards biosecurity. Conventional and organic dairy farmers from different regions in Denmark, who were required or not required to comply with a specific biosecurity legislation, took part in the study. Some had a relaxed attitude regarding biosecurity. The analysis of the interviews showed that farmers are particularly involved in the adoption of biosecurity practices in their herds.
When farmers described adopted biosecurity measures, they emphasised combating locally important diseases that were endemic, part of government control programmes. Photo: Henk Riswick
Most farmers stated that they had not purchased cattle from outside the herd for years. The strategy of raising own replacement heifers was commonly adopted to maintain a closed herd status. However, there were farmers who had purchased cattle. It was believed that this purchase was needed while expanding their herds.
Farmers pointed out that animals from other herds and wildlife animals could be carriers of pathogens if herd boundaries were crossed. Several farmers described situations in which neighbouring farmers had crossed a fenced area of their herds, usually by vehicles.
Farmers often emphasised the existence of a predefined workflow. This was based on the movement of employees to manage the animals according to susceptibility of acquiring and spreading diseases, i.e. youngest and healthy animals first followed by adults and sick animals.
Most farmers emphasised biosecurity practices regarding visitors with frequent access to farm premises (i.e. veterinarians, inseminators, and animal transporters). Some farmers said that visitors used clean protective boots and clothes provided by them before entering the barns, whereas others expressed reluctance to take the responsibility of ensuring visitors to use it.
Most farmers connected construction of new barns with improvements of the flooring (e.g. slatted alley floor) and bedding system (e.g. sand stalls and deep litter) to good biosecurity.
Constraints for correct biosecurity
However, the researchers identified farmers expressing relaxed biosecurity attitudes under situations such as the herd's location in a region supposedly less threatened by diseases, need for increased herd size, and values related to keep a farming system without excessive restrictions. Other potential constraints for correct biosecurity adoption included difficult communication between farmers and their employees and visitors, lack of knowledge regarding infection routes, and financial limitations.
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The farmers received information about biosecurity from several sources, veterinarians being considered the main and trusted one. When farmers described adopted biosecurity measures, they emphasised combating locally important diseases that were endemic, part of government control programmes, and had had recent outbreaks, i.e. mastitis, digital dermatitis, salmonellosis and mycoplasmosis. Contrary to a previous report, all the farmers who were required to develop a biosecurity plan according to the specific legislation stated that they had it. Beneficial views on the legislation appeared as a way to guarantee mutual adoption of biosecurity among farmers, whereas others believed that legislation might not be needed. The researchers conclude that findings of this study showed that, in general, important biosecurity aspects were recognised by the farmers. Despite this, factors limiting the adoption of biosecurity measures were present.
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Australian Open 2023 Results: Instant Reactions to Tuesday's Winners and Losers
Joe TanseyJanuary 17, 2023
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Two of the greatest men's singles players of their generation marveled the crowd at the 2023 Australian Open on Tuesday.
Novak Djokovic announced his return to Melbourne Park with an easy straight-set victory.
The nine-time Australian Open champion is viewed as the favorite to win the men's title despite Rafael Nadal being the top seed.
Andy Murray emerged from the unseeded ranks to pull off the upset of the tournament so far on the men's side by beating Matteo Berrettini in five sets.
Murray's triumph was the highlight of a stop-and-start day across the grounds. A handful of matches were pushed to Wednesday because of the heat index and then rain later in the day.
There were no major upsets from the women's matches that were completed. Ons Jabeur, Aryna Sabalenka and Caroline Garcia, the three top-five seeds in action, all moved on to the second round.
Tuesday Results
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No. 2 Casper Ruud def. Tomas Machac 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-3
No. 4 Novak Djokovic def. Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3, 6-4, 6-0
No. 5 Andrey Rublev def. Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
No. 8 Taylor Fritz def. Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
No. 9 Holger Rune def. Filip Krajinovic 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
No. 12 Alexander Zverev def. Juan Pablo Varillas 4-6, 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4
Andy Murray def. No. 13 Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (7), 7-5 (6)
No. 14 Pablo Carreno Busta def. Pedro Cachin 7-6 (4), 6-1, 7-6 (3)
No. 22 Alex De Minaur def. Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
No. 23 Diego Schwartzman def. Oleksii Krutykh 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
No. 25 Dan Evans def. Facundo Bagnis 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Nicolas Jarry def. No. 26 Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3)
No. 27 Grigor Dimitrov def. Asian Karatsev 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-2
No. 30 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina def. Alexander Bublik 6-0, 6-7 (3), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 Ons Jabeur def. Tamara Zidansek 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-1
No. 4 Caroline Garcia def. Katherine Sebov 6-3, 6-0
No. 5 Aryna Sabalenka def. Tereza Martincova 6-1, 6-4
No. 9 Veronika Kudermetova def. Maryna Zanevska 6-2, 7-6 (4)
No. 12 Belinda Bencic def. Viktoriya Tomova 6-1, 6-2
No. 16 Anett Kontaveit def. Julia Grabher 6-2, 6-3
No. 18 Liudmila Samsonova def. Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-4
No. 19 Ekaterina Alexandrova def. Ysaline Bonaventure 6-2, 6-1
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova def. No. 21 Martina Trevisan 6-3, 6-2
No. 26 Elise Mertens def. Garbine Muguruza 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1
No. 30 Karolina Pliskova def. Xiyu Wang 6-1, 6-3
Kimberly Birrell def. No. 31 Kaia Kanepi 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1
Andy Murray Upsets Matteo Berrettini
Andy Murray advanced to the second round of the Australian Open for the first time since 2017.
The three-time major champion outlasted 2022 Australian Open semifinalist Matteo Berrettini in five sets in the match of the day.
Murray jumped out to a two-set lead with a pair of 6-3 set victories. Berrettini turned it into a battle with two set wins of his own.
The Scot won the final act of the behemoth clash in a fifth-set tiebreak.
Murray may have had an advantage against Berrettini since the two played in the third round of the 2022 U.S. Open. He was familiar with the tendencies of the Italian's game, and he was able to reverse the four-set result from New York last year.
The 35-year-old last made it past the third round at a Grand Slam in 2017. He has a decent draw in front of him that could set up a fourth-round battle with No. 2 seed Casper Ruud.
If you want to be overly optimistic, Murray could make a miracle run to the quarterfinals because Ruud has been vulnerable at majors.
Ruud was a two-time Grand Slam finalist last season, but he also dropped out in the second round at Wimbledon and was out before the quarters in every major in 2021.
Murray will likely have the crowd behind him for every match he plays in Melbourne. A long run is possible because of Ruud's potential vulnerabilities and the other players in his section playing catch-up. The matches on Murray's side of the bottom section were not completed on Tuesday.
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Novak Djokovic showcased his dominance in Australia with a straight-set win over Roberto Carballes Baena.
Djokovic got stronger as the match went on, and he finished off the match with a 6-0 win in the third set. The Serb delivered 16 winners and four aces in the final set to confirm his spot in the second round.
The performance was one of the best in the first round, and it put everyone in the men's draw on notice that Djokovic should be the favorite to win in Melbourne.
Djokovic won three straight Australian Open titles from 2019-21. He did not compete in 2022.
He is widely expected to reach the final from the bottom part of the draw. The biggest contenders to Djokovic all can be beaten.
Alexander Zverev is on the mend from his ankle injury and needed five sets to get through the first round on Tuesday. Ruud struggled at parts of his first-round match. Andrey Rublev has never made it past the quarterfinal stage of a Grand Slam.
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Q: Play Framework - invoke a model method every n hours I have a method in one of my model classes that removes model objects whose date field is out-of-date. I was wondering if there anyway to automatically run this method every 24 hours for example? Sort of my like an in-system cronjob for my play application.
I am using play 2.0.4 - here is the model method:
public static void removeHistoricDates() throws ParseException {

    List<Book> allBooks = new ArrayList<Book>();
    allBooks = find.all();

    //Empty-list that out-of-date Books will be added to
    List<Book> historicDates = new ArrayList<Book>();

    SimpleDateFormat formatter= new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

    for(Book Book: allBooks) {

        Date BookDate = formatter.parse(Book.date);
        Date todayDate = new Date();

        if(todayDate.after(BookDate)) {
            historicDates.add(Book);
        }
    }

    for(Book outofDate: historicDates) {
        find.ref(outofDate.id).delete();
    }
}

At the moment I am just invoking this method whenever I call a method in my controllers/Application to prove that it works - and it does. What I would hope to do would be call this model method independently every 24 hours without relying on a certain application method being invoked by a user.
Update: So at the moment I am looking at this as Heroku is the hosting service I am using.

A: Easy as pie! Play relies on Akka to schedule tasks. Check out the corresponding page in the docs and the Akka docs on the Scheduler.
You'll want to do something like this:
Akka.system().scheduler().schedule(
  Duration.create(24, TimeUnit.HOURS),
  new Runnable() {
    public void run() {
      // your code here.
    }
  }
);

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Thomas Dickert (* 23. Oktober 1958 in Regensburg) ist ein deutscher Jurist und seit 2018 Präsident des Oberlandesgerichts Nürnberg.

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Nach dem Abitur in Deggendorf studierte Dickert Rechtswissenschaften an der Universität Regensburg. In Regensburg absolvierte er auch das Referendariat und war ab 1987 Akademischer Rat beim Lehrstuhl für Steuerrecht. 1990 wurde er mit der Arbeit Naturwissenschaften und Forschungsfreiheit promoviert.

Dickert trat 1990 in den bayerischen Justizdienst und war zunächst am Bayerischen Staatsministerium der Justiz in der Strafrechtsabteilung tätig. Ab 1992 folgten Verwendungen als Staatsanwalt bei der Staatsanwaltschaft Ingolstadt sowie als Richter am Amtsgericht Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm. 1994 wurde er erneut ins Justizministerium berufen, um dort bis 1998 als Mitarbeiter in der Personalabteilung tätig zu sein. Danach gehörte er für ein Jahr einem Zivilsenat des Oberlandesgerichts München an. 1999 wechselte er als Ministerialrat wieder in die Personalabteilung des Justizministeriums. Von 2006 bis 2008  war er Präsident des Landgerichts Ingolstadt, kehrte dann aber wieder ins Staatsministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz zurück, um dort zunächst die Abteilung "Verbraucherschutz und Grundsatzfragen" zu leiten. 2011 übernahm er dann als Ministerialdirigent die Leitung der Abteilung "Haushalt und Bau, Organisation, IT, Geschäftsstatistik". Mit Wirkung zum 1. April 2018 wurde er zum Präsidenten des Oberlandesgerichtes Nürnberg ernannt.

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Pochodzenie nazwy nie jest znane, może być wywodzone od słowa "murawa", czyli trawa, co jednak nie wyjaśnia, dlaczego akurat ten szlak zostałby od trawy nazwany, skoro porastała ona całe znaczne terytoria. Nazwa może pochodzić również od podobnie nazwanej miejscowości.

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Internet-based systems for epidemiological studies have advantages over traditional approaches as they can potentially recruit and monitor a wider range of individuals in a relatively inexpensive fashion. We studied the association between communication strategies used for recruitment (offline, online, face-to-face) and follow-up participation in nine Internet-based cohorts: the Influenzanet network of platforms for influenza surveillance which includes seven cohorts in seven different European countries, the Italian birth cohort Ninfea and the New Zealand birth cohort ELF. Follow-up participation varied from 43% to 89% depending on the cohort. Although there were heterogeneities among studies, participants who became aware of the study through an online communication campaign compared with those through traditional offline media seemed to have a lower follow-up participation in 8 out of 9 cohorts. There were no clear differences in participation between participants enrolled face-to-face and those enrolled through other offline strategies. An Internet-based campaign for Internet-based epidemiological studies seems to be less effective than an offline one in enrolling volunteers who keep participating in follow-up questionnaires. This suggests that even for Internet-based epidemiological studies an offline enrollment campaign would be helpful in order to achieve a higher participation proportion and limit the cohort attrition.
Copyright: © 2014 Bajardi et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Funding: This work was supported by the EC-ICT IP EPIWORK g.a. no. 231807. PB gratefully acknowledges the European Research Council Ideas contract n.ERC-2007-Stg204863 (EPIFOR) and the ISI Foundation that partially funded this work. The work has been partially funded by the ANR contract no.ANR-12-MONU-0018 (HARMSflu) to VC, MD, CT. KE is funded by a Career Development Fellowship supported by the National Institute for Health Research. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the National Institute of Health research or the Department of Health (UK). The GrippeNet.fr study is partially funded by the Institut de Veille Sanitaire. The Ninfea study is partially funded by the Compagnia di San Paolo and the Piedmont Region. The ELF study was partially funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand and from Massey University. This work has been supported by the Master in Epidemiology of the University of Turin and Compagnia di San Paolo. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors have the following interests: Ronald Smallenburg and Carl Koppeschaar are employed by Aquisto-Inter BV, Amsterdam. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
The pervasiveness of the Internet represents an unprecedented opportunity to devise potentially massive and relatively inexpensive epidemiological studies. Voluntary participation, as well as recruitment through a dedicated web site, is easy to manage and advertise. In the last few years we have witnessed increasing interest in Internet-based study design, including in methodological research on how to use the Internet to recruit and follow-up participants in cohort studies –.
Enrollment of a convenience sample using the Internet restricts the source population (to Internet users) and generates a self-selected study population. In this paper we will not discuss issues of validity related to this baseline selection , ,  but we will study follow-up participation and, in particular, whether the different strategies to communicate and advertise the existence of the study and to enroll participants are related to compliance with subsequent follow-up.
We will focus on nine different Internet-based cohort studies: Influenzanet (www.influenzanet.eu), a European network including seven national influenza-like-illness surveillance platforms; the Ninfea study (www.progettoninfea.it), a multi-purpose Italian Internet-based birth cohort; and the ELF study (www.elfs.org.nz), a similar multi-purpose birth cohort set up in New Zealand. These studies differ in the target populations (general population vs. pregnant women), the investigated outcomes (infectious vs. chronic diseases), the length of follow-up (weeks-months vs. months-years), as well as the country in which they have been conducted. This heterogeneity is helpful to improve the generalizability of our findings to Internet-based studies and to identify potential study-specific effects.
The Flusurvey study (UK) was approved by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Ethics Committee (Application number 5530). The Influensakoll study (SE) was approved by the Stockholm Regional Ethical Review Board (Dnr. 2011/387-31/4). The Grippenet study (FR) was approved by the CCTIRS advisory committee on information processing for research, authorization 11.565 and by the CNIL, French Data Protection Authority, authorization DR-2012-024. In all the participating countries, the study was conducted in agreement with national regulations on privacy, data collection and treatment. Informed consent has been obtained from individuals who participated in the study.
The Ninfea study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the SanGiovanni Battista Hospital-CTO/CRF/Maria Adelaide Hospital of Turin (protocol 0048362, 2005).
Ethical approval for the ELF study was obtained in 2007 from Massey University Human Ethics Committee, New Zealand (MUHEC Application 07/62).
Influenzanet is a network of country-wide Internet-based systems used to monitor influenza-like-illness (ILI) in several European countries with the aid of self-selected volunteers –. It has been operational in the Netherlands and Belgium since 2003, in Portugal since 2005, in Italy since 2008, in the United Kingdom since 2009 and in France and Sweden since 2011.
The present study is based on the activity of volunteers registering and reporting their symptoms during the 2011–2012 influenza season. During this period, researchers in charge of each national platform were responsible for promoting the study in their own country in order to enroll as many individuals as possible. Because of this, different strategies were applied in the different countries, depending on the availability of resources and promotion opportunities. In general, it was attempted to generate publicity through other websites, ranging from health-related portals to online general newspapers. Occasional TV and radio interviews by members of the different Influenzanet national teams brought great attention to the national websites. Some local initiatives involved activities in schools or science shows and announcements during public science-oriented conferences.
Upon registration, new participants were invited to complete a short baseline questionnaire in which socio-demographic and lifestyle information was recorded. During the influenza season, volunteers were sent a weekly email newsletter containing an invitation to visit the platform to report their symptoms or the absence of symptoms.
The sample in this study consists of all the Influenzanet volunteers in the seven European countries who contributed with at least one symptoms questionnaire during the 2011–2012 influenza season. Since participants can also create accounts on behalf of other people of their family/household, thus enabling, for instance, adults to report symptoms data for their children or their parents, we discarded participants whose information was reported to have been provided by someone else (e.g. a child whose questionnaires were filled in by a parent). Likewise, we did not consider subjects aged less than 15 or more than 70 years old, on the assumption that a different participant may have managed their account.
We considered that participants were enrolled in the Influenzanet cohort, and therefore eligible for this analysis, if they completed their first symptoms survey at least 60 days before the end of the monitoring season, and filled in at least one more symptoms survey within 15 days of the first symptoms survey. From those enrolled, we considered as 'participants at follow–up' those individuals who filled in at least two symptoms surveys during the time window of 30 to 60 days after the first symptoms survey. Otherwise, the enrolled volunteers were considered lost at follow-up.
The Ninfea birth cohort study is an ongoing study started in 2005. Detailed information on the study design is available elsewhere . Briefly, the Ninfea cohort enrolls pregnant women who are Internet users and who at any time during their pregnancy decide to register on project website and complete the first baseline questionnaire (Q1). This questionnaire includes questions about socio-economic status, lifestyle, possible environmental and occupational exposures, medical and reproductive history and questions about health status in the first three months of pregnancy. The existence of the Ninfea study was disseminated in collaboration with health personnel who distributed leaflets and/or introduced the study to pregnant women when they visited hospitals or family clinics. Addintionally, in similar settings, posters with the study description were exhibited. Moreover, the study has occasionally attracted local and national media coverage. Finally, hyperlinks to the study website were posted on the home page of selected hospitals, on websites dedicated to pregnant women and on websites of other health-related Internet-based projects (influweb.it, mammainforma.it); on discussion forums related to pregnancy and on the Ninfea page on Facebook . The study requests the completion of two main follow-up questionnaires at 6 (Q2) and 18 (Q3) months after childbirth. After the 18-month questionnaire, women were followed-up using both active (short questionnaires every 2–3 years) and passive (linkage with health related databases) methods.
Women were contacted via email, telephone, text messages or regular mail every time they were supposed to complete a follow-up questionnaire. For the purpose of this study, we restricted the analyses to participation at Q2 in relationship with baseline characteristics of the volunteers obtained during pregnancy at Q1. We restricted the analysis to the first pregnancy for those women who participated in the Ninfea cohort with more than one pregnancy to avoid correlated outcomes. The number of unique women registered in the Ninfea database version 2012.03 (downloaded on March 2012) was 4,617; among these, we selected as eligible for the present study the 3,190 participants whose child was expected to be at least 12 months old by July 2012 (when we set the administrative censure of the study). Among these women we considered as participants at follow-up those who replied to the Q2 online questionnaire within a period of 6-months from the time when they were first contacted to fill in that questionnaire.
The Early Life Factors (ELF) study is a birth cohort study started in New Zealand in 2008 to explore the relationship between early life exposures and the development of diseases later in life. Up to the date of the current analyses (July 2012) the study includes 1,025 pregnant women. The study design is similar to the above-mentioned Ninfea cohort. The ELF study recruited pregnant women at any time of their pregnancy actively informing them about the study at 'parent and child shows' located in the main urban regions. Typically, a parent and child show is a large-scale event, marketed at expecting and experienced parents. People pay to attend these shows because it is a one-stop-shop to purchase standard and newly available products (e.g. food), services (e.g. child-care), recreation and education programs (e.g. developmental courses). The shows are attended by more than 22,000 people annually. The ELF study used other recruitment avenues including: information inserted in antenatal care booklets, promotional posters in hospitals and sonography clinics. Participants could be enrolled through the Internet, accessing directly the study webpage (e.g. after a Google search on pregnancy-related issues) or following the link provided by other participants in online forums. The main difference from the Ninfea cohort is that volunteers were offered the option to participate through traditional postal questionnaire (offline), particularly if they could not participate through the online platform, e.g. because they did not have access to the Internet. Registration consisted therefore of filling an online or posted detailed questionnaire with background information (Q1). Follow-up questionnaires in the ELF study were required to be completed 3-months (Q2), 15 months (Q3) and 2 years (Q4) after childbirth. Participants were reminded via email or regular mail whenever it was time to complete a new questionnaire. Similarly to the Ninfea study, here we focus on the analysis of the first follow-up questionnaire (Q2), and we restrict our analysis to the first pregnancy of those women who participated with more than one pregnancy and we included only women whose children were expected to be at least 12 months old (n = 795) by July 2012. We considered as participants at follow-up those women who completed the questionnaire within 9 months after their initial invitation to respond to that questionnaire.
Online methods, included those who have been aware of the study only through online media, such as links on external websites.
As discussed in the previous section, the ELF study is not exclusively internet-based. Results for the ELF study were obtained considering volunteers that used either the website or the ordinary paper mail to submit the baseline questionnaire, and an additional analysis was performed considering only the individuals who used the website to submit the first questionnaire.
age, gender, smoking, educational level, presence of chronic disorder/condition, household composition (adults only or family with children/teenagers [≤18 years old]), vaccination against seasonal influenza (Influenzanet).
age, smoking, educational level, history of chronic diseases/conditions, trimester of pregnancy at the time of registration on the website (Ninfea).
age, smoking, educational level, history of chronic diseases/conditions (ELF).
In the multivariate analysis, we used a complete-case approach, thus excluding individuals who did not provide information about all the variables included in the analysis, which led to the exclusion of 4,681 (17%) subjects from the Influenzanet cohorts, 343 (11%) subjects for the Ninfea cohort and 16 (2%) subjects from the ELF cohort. S1 Table reports the percentage of missing data for each cohort as well as the percentage of participation at follow-up for individuals with complete or missing data.
We carried out a sensitivity analysis restricting the Influenzanet cohort to women aged 18–44 (fertile age), the population used in Ninfea and ELF. Finally, in order to provide an overall synthetic measure of the association between recruitment methods and participation at follow-up, a meta-analytic estimate (random effect) is reported. We also reported the value of i2 which indicates the percentage of total variation across cohorts that is due to heterogeneity rather than chance.
Characteristics of the cohorts and participation proportion at follow-up are summarized in Table 1. Cohorts differ considerably in terms of the sample size (from less than one thousand to more than twelve thousand) as well as the participation at follow-up (ranging between 43% and 89%) and Internet penetration in the different countries (ranging from 55% to 92%).
Table 1. Data summary by cohort and country.
The number of participants enrolled via each communication category for the various cohorts and corresponding OR estimates are reported in Table 2. Online recruitment appeared to be largely used in the Influenzanet cohort where, on average, 60% of the volunteers had found out about the project web page through another website. In the Ninfea cohort, 16% of individuals became aware of the study from the Internet, and for the ELF study the corresponding figure is 2%.
Table 2. Follow-up participation proportion, unadjusted odds ratios and odds ratios adjusted for the variables detailed in the Methods section and confidence intervals are shown for different recruitment methods of individuals enrolled in the Influenzanet study (stratified by country), Ninfea and ELF.
Despite large confidence intervals for some cohort-specific estimates, the effect of face-to-face strategies on follow-up participation was not associated with participation at follow-up when compared with offline strategies, except in the Swedish Influenzanet, where face-to-face strategies were associated with an increased participation at follow-up. Online communication compared to other offline methods was consistently associated with a lower participation in all studies but Influenzanet-France.
Figs. 1 and 2 summarize the results using a forest plot. The adjusted OR of participation at follow-up for face-to-face recruitment vs. offline methods was 0.99, 95% CI 0.82–1.19, with an i2 of 65% (analyses restricted to the the seven Influenzanet studies revealed an OR of 1.03, 95% CI 0.83,1.29, i2 = 69%) The pooled OR for online recruitment vs. offline methods was 0.74 (95% CI: 0.54,1.02), with an i2 of 91% (analyses restricted to the Influenzanet cohorts gave an OR of 0.74, 95% CI: 0.51,1.07, i2 = 93%). The high i2 values indicate that most of the variability across studies is due to heterogeneity. This is not unexpected due to the large differences among the studies and populations and indeed the meta-analytic estimate was presented mainly for descriptive purposes.
Figure 1. Summary of the results reported in Table 2.
The effect of face-to-face recruitment on follow-up participation compared to offline recruitment is shown. Given that the studies are highly heterogeneous by design and target different populations, the pooled estimate should be considered as an average of the study-specific effects rather than as a causal estimate.
Figure 2. Summary of the results reported in Table 2.
The effect of online recruitment on follow-up participation compared to offline recruitment is shown. Given that the studies are highly heterogeneous by design and target different populations, the pooled estimate should be considered as an average of the study-specific effects rather than as a causal estimate.
A percentage of individuals with missing data larger than 15% has been observed only in the French, Italian and Portuguese Influenzanet studies. Pooled estimates including only studies with a percentage of missing data lower than 15% (face-to-face vs. offline recruitment: OR = 0.94, 95% CI: 0.75, 1.18; online vs. offline recruitment: OR = 0.67, 95% CI: 0.47, 0.96) were similar to those estimated including all the studies. Analogously, unadjusted ORs estimated using the entire cohorts (data not shown) were similar to those obtained using only individuals with complete data (Table 2) suggesting that the use of a complete-case analysis to treat missing data did not bias our estimates more than marginally.
As a sensitivity analysis, we restricted the Influenzanet cohort to women aged 18–44 (fertile age). The sample size decreased to 26% of the initial cohort, but results were not modified qualitatively.
This is, to our knowledge, the first study investigating the association between different recruitment communication strategies and follow-up participation conducted in a variety of different Internet-based epidemiological studies. The nine studies (seven Influenzanet cohorts, the Ninfea cohort and the ELF cohort) included in this work are heterogeneous with regards to several characteristics. Influenzanet targets the general population, including a wide range of ages, while the others target only pregnant women. The outcome of interest is a seasonal infectious disease in the first case and chronic diseases in the latter studies. The period of follow-up is in the order of weeks for Influenzanet, and months for the Ninfea and ELF study. Moreover, the follow-up participation proportion is quite heterogeneous among the different studies, ranging from 43% in the Swedish Influenzanet up to 89% in the Ninfea cohort (65% on average). Communication strategies used to recruit participants in the three cohorts are quite different (TV, radio, newspapers vs. leaflet, posters, discussions with a medical doctor), but they can be grouped into three main categories: offline, online and face-to-face methods.
Despite these pronounced heterogeneities, and the fact that the studies targeted different populations, an overall pattern emerged: individuals recruited by means of online communication were less prone to participate to follow-up compared with individuals enrolled with offline methods. The consistency of the findings over heterogeneous studies suggests that the effects on follow-up participation of the communication strategies are likely to be generalizable to other Internet-based epidemiological studies carried out in different settings. However, as suggested by the results of the French Influenzanet cohort, there might be exceptions and, in some situations, an online communication strategy may be more effective than off-line campaigns. The differences in the efficacy of online communication strategies in France could be partially explained by a rather low participation rate at follow-up (see Table 2) of people recruited with offline methods that are used as the baseline in the multivariable regression model. However, such a low participation rate for people enrolled through offline methods has been observed also in Italy and Sweden where the OR associated with the online advertisement was below 1, meaning the online methods had a lower participation.
It is worth emphasizing that in the present analysis, some cohorts (Dutch, Belgian, French and Italian Influenzanet) recruited almost 70% of participants through online communication, highlighting the importance of such approaches in assembling the cohort. The UK Influenzanet and Ninfea cohorts received a smaller but still conspicuous contribution from the online communication campaign, which was almost negligible only for the ELF cohort. From this perspective, the unprecedented opportunities of disseminating the study on a large scale should be well balanced with the potential lower participation to follow-up of online-recruited individuals. Our findings highlight the need to conduct additional methodological research aimed at enhancing the participation to follow-up of individuals recruited by means of online media. Given the wide spectrum of online communication media, it might be important to verify whether additional prompts, either through social networks (such as Facebook or Twitter), online voice-call services (such as Skype or Google Voice), online calendar reminders, or smartphone applications would lead to higher participation at follow-up.
Behavioral science and psychological research have already pointed out the impact of culture and communication method on the spread of information and examined the interactive effects of type of media and communicator on persuasiveness of message in some special settings –. Given the nature of our study we are not in a position to extrapolate any conclusions on the psychological motivation behind the relationship between participants' behavior and communication strategy, but one can speculate that the effectiveness of face-to-face communication depends on the perceived reliability of the speaker and all the issues concerning the human interactions regarding the type of relationships that occur between the two speakers. Moreover, concerning offline vs. online communication, we might conjecture that all the additional effort to remember or write down the website address and visit it after becoming aware of it (offline case) rather than visiting it in real time by following a link on a previously visited webpage (online case) can select more motivated people who will also participate at follow-up.
An additional issue that calls for deeper investigation is related to the participation in long-term follow-up. In our study we included studies with a short follow-up duration (Influenzanet cohorts, 30–60 days) and studies with a longer follow-up (Ninfea and ELF cohorts, 6–15 months). Results of the effects of the recruitment strategy were similar. However, it could be that for much longer follow-up durations, e.g. several years, a confident attitude towards Internet usage might reduce the loss to follow-up among participants who became aware of the study through an online communication strategy.
In conclusion, while more research has to be done to understand the advantages and limitations of Internet-based epidemiological studies, our results suggest that the recruitment methods may affect participant attrition in Internet-based cohort studies.
Data summary comparing the participants with complete versus missing data.
Conceived and designed the experiments: PB DP LR. Analyzed the data: PB DP LR. Wrote the paper: PB DP LR. Development, implementation, maintenance and dissemination of the national Influenzanet platforms: DP KE SF CT MD VC CK AOF VF AC MR. Devised and coordinate the Influenzanet project: AV WJE RS. Devised and coordinate the Ninfea project: FM LR. Co-directed the ELF study: JD. Responsible for the ELF study platform implementation and data gathering: RF. Made substantial contributions to the study regarding the interpretation of data, revising the article critically and providing important intellectual content: PB DP LR KE SF CT MD VC CK AOF VF AC MR AV WJE RS FM JD RF.
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A Finale, But Not the Final Word
June 8, 2018 Posted in UncategorizedTagged inspiration, opinion, personal, pride, pride month, queer, reviews, sense8Leave a comment
As an avid viewer of Sense8, my excitement for the finale kept me up last night until I realized I had to work in the morning. So, I was forced to wait until this evening to watch the conclusion of the psychedelic, confusing, groundbreaking, condensed final chapter of the beloved Netflix original series. It's probably a good thing I waited though considering the amount of screaming and clapping I did while watching…
SO, obviously, if you haven't had a chance to watch the finale yet and you plan to, be warned that there are spoilers ahead!
First things first: I'm upset the finale had to be pared down to a 151 minute feature-length film style piece. One of the best things about the series is the carefully constructed plots in the short term episodes and their eventual piecing together to create a seasonal story arc. While attention was still given in this manner, the shorter story arcs were forced to develop and resolve themselves in a much more condensed time frame. I'm certain many avenues would have been developed over the standard hour long episodes if that were an option.
That being said, "Amor Vincit Omnia" managed to include the staples of the first 2 seasons: Sun's daybreak tai chi sessions on the roof, flashbacks through the cluster's pasts, international jumps, and the manifestation of remarkable shared skills and the accompanying body swapping. Oh, and how could I forget the ORGY???? Girl, buckle up, the finale sexy-time scene rivals season one's "Demons." And by rivals, I mean takes to a whole new level of taking standard Hollywood taboos and doing literally the opposite. It is. SO. GOOD.
More in the realm of what watchers expect to see: BPO attacks, double crossing, rooftop chases, plots and counter plots, and random video game style new skill acquisition. That sounds bad, like all they did was reuse old scenes from the past seasons (coughStarWarscough), but Lana Wachowski and her co-writers kept the action fresh and the characters grew throughout the….episode? Still not sure what to call it besides finale.
The queer-friendly scenes and boundary pushing logic (for standard Hollywood at least) did not disappoint either. That's really what Sense8 is all about, how people relate to each other. And relationships abound in the latest installment; heterosexual, gay, lesbian, and polyamorous partners all make an appearance within the cluster. Some of them we already know, like Hernando and Lito or Amanita and Nomi, but others are new, like the (not-so) surprise twist in Kala's love interests Wolfgang and Rajan. It's so important to see non-heterosexual couples represented in mainstream media, and trans people too!
To the Sense8 team's credit, they represent the queer community in a way that doesn't add to the litany of 'inclusive' pieces that use the bury your gays trope over and over again. Remember the episode in season two, where Lito comes out in a big way at Sao Paulo Pride? Between the near death experiences with BPO, the show continues to impress with conversations like the ones in that episode among the cluster and their friends and family. They focus on accepting yourself as you are, and not being ashamed of what you want. Sense8's quiet acceptance and inclusion of 'alternative lifestyles' juxtaposed to and folded into its radical (sexual) scenes is a step in the right direction and a model that other mainstream media outlets would do well to follow.
The aural, visual and thematic plaudits given to the first two seasons of Sense8 remain applicable to the finale, perhaps even more so due to the shortened length. Best of all, "Amor Vincit Omnia" was released in Pride month and celebrates what it is all about: Love.
Wombat Style Shines on in "Glitterbug"
November 10, 2017 November 10, 2017 Posted in reviews, UncategorizedTagged Album, Flowerball, Glitterbug, Glitterbug Album, Greek Tragedy, Music Review, reviews, WombatsLeave a comment
With six successful albums and several additional singles, The Wombats have fully established themselves in the indie-rock scene. Formed in 2003, the three-man group has developed its sound with the talents of Matthew Murphy on guitar and vocals, Tord Øverland Knudsen on bass and Dan Haggis on drums. Their latest album, Glitterbug, pulls evocative lyrics and unique vocal and musical style together to form 13 tracks that shine.
In classic Wombat style, even the track titles are outside-the-box, including "Greek Tragedy," "Be Your Shadow" and "Sex and Question Marks." "Be Your Shadow" maintains lyrics that rub against the grain of the quick beat and guitar line with lines like "Kiss me with your fist it's all right/Wrap your hands around my throat I won't mind." The album is filled with paradoxes like "Be Your Shadow;" beats that beg dancing with lyrics that taken out context could be poetry or a suicide note. Many of the songs could use more than one listen to fully comprehend the lyrical nuances.
"Isabel" breaks the paradoxical trend and matches its musical style to the depressed lyrics. The almost acoustic vocal style pairs with an ethereal score and group vocals. It is reminiscent of a music video of a teen staring forlornly out the window while rain pours outside. Despite its differences from the rest of the album "Isabel" maintains the Wombat style in its double edged meaning. Initially, the song runs parallel to standard recent breakup songs. Fortunately, they cut through that haze to make listeners question what exactly Isabel means, who she is, and why the singer needs her so much. A risky move, but it pays off for the Wombats and results in a worthwhile track to listen to.
The standout song on the album is a bonus track called "Flowerball." Beneath the vocals, everything sounds like it's slipping through radio static, fuzzy, but bright and upbeat. It is a song for the end of summer, lamenting things that were not accomplished but celebrating the overall joy that came with what was. With lyrics like "You're my work of modern art/ And I want more," the song is the best note to end the album on.
Though the Wombats have a distinct sound, it becomes a bit tired when every beat is the same. Glitterbug proved that, as it found 11 different ways to use the same pulsing, dance-step beat and up-tempo speak-singing that happens in most indie rock albums. What redeemed the reuse of the beat were the guitar lines, but even those shadowed each other in style if not in note. Somehow, they have also figured out how to use their somewhat electronic filter to make their vocals sound different for each song. While the overall pitch remains the same, the tone of the songs' background vocals swing from hard rock in "Your Body is a Weapon" to top 40 in "This Is Not A Party."
The Wombats' Glitterbug brings together the electronic sound of Awolnation and the lyrical style of Bastille to make a sound that finds levity in even the most depressing words. Claims that the album is a bit repetitive would not go unfounded, but the overall impression it leaves resonates. The sheer creativity the group has shown in using the same style 13 different ways makes the album interesting and certainly worth a listen on Spotify.
Photo is the copyrighted album cover of "Glitterbug" by the Wombats.
Critical Thinking, Critical Writing
October 9, 2017 Posted in UncategorizedTagged classes, JAM, reviewsLeave a comment
This semester, I'm taking four journalisms courses. In other words, I'm constantly writing. As a result, I haven't put much work into this blog. But, I have been blogging for JAM, writing reviews and compiling Q&As with artists from interviews. Thankfully, one of the four classes is a review writing class. It didn't take long to put the skills I've been honing in class to use in my work for JAM.
So, in lieu of generating new content for this blog on top of coursework, I plan on posting the reviews I write for this critical writing class. I genuinely enjoy doing this kind of work, and it is still my original content, so I feel it deserves a place on this site outside of my portfolio. Look forward to theatre, music, visual art, and other types of reviews in the coming months.
See my other current work at JAM Art & Supplies blog.


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Man's murder trial for 1999 Oklahoma case continues
Updated: 10:49 AM CDT Jul 22, 2018
The legal process for a Kansas man facing charges in the 1999 disappearance of two Oklahoma girls is continuing slowly as the teenagers' families wait for answers.A Craig County district judge has postponed Ronnie Dean Busick's case until September in the next step to schedule a preliminary hearing. The new court date was set after prosecutor Erin Oquin and Busick's attorney Gretchen Mosely met for nearly two hours discussing discovery in the case, The Miami News-Record reports.The 66-year-old faces four counts of first-degree murder, first-degree arson and kidnapping charges for the 1999 disappearance and murders of 16-year-olds Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman, and the murders of Ashley's parents Danny and Kathy Freeman.The Freemans' trailer house in Welch was also burned to the ground where the parents' bodies were later found. Both were determined to have died from gunshots. Lauria had been spending that night at the home with her friend Ashley.Busick is the lone surviving suspect in the long-running case. Two other men suspected to be involved in the case, Warren Welch and David Pennington, died in 2007 and 2015 respectively.A probable case statement in Busick's arrest indicates the teenagers were both kidnapped and held for potentially days, then killed and their bodies hidden in an abandoned mine shaft. The statement says Busick was involved or knew of the crimes. The teenagers' bodies have still not been recovered. Busick has maintained that he doesn't know the location of the bodies, and declined to disclose further information about the crimes.The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and Craig County Sheriff's Office investigators continue following leads and ask anyone with further information to come forward.
MIAMI, Okla. (AP) —
The legal process for a Kansas man facing charges in the 1999 disappearance of two Oklahoma girls is continuing slowly as the teenagers' families wait for answers.
A Craig County district judge has postponed Ronnie Dean Busick's case until September in the next step to schedule a preliminary hearing. The new court date was set after prosecutor Erin Oquin and Busick's attorney Gretchen Mosely met for nearly two hours discussing discovery in the case, The Miami News-Record reports.
Affidavit: Suspects bragged about abducting Oklahoma teens
Murder charges filed in 18-year-old Oklahoma abduction case
The 66-year-old faces four counts of first-degree murder, first-degree arson and kidnapping charges for the 1999 disappearance and murders of 16-year-olds Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman, and the murders of Ashley's parents Danny and Kathy Freeman.
The Freemans' trailer house in Welch was also burned to the ground where the parents' bodies were later found. Both were determined to have died from gunshots. Lauria had been spending that night at the home with her friend Ashley.
Busick is the lone surviving suspect in the long-running case. Two other men suspected to be involved in the case, Warren Welch and David Pennington, died in 2007 and 2015 respectively.
A probable case statement in Busick's arrest indicates the teenagers were both kidnapped and held for potentially days, then killed and their bodies hidden in an abandoned mine shaft. The statement says Busick was involved or knew of the crimes.
The teenagers' bodies have still not been recovered. Busick has maintained that he doesn't know the location of the bodies, and declined to disclose further information about the crimes.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and Craig County Sheriff's Office investigators continue following leads and ask anyone with further information to come forward.


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Councillors and Staff
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Business Plan 2015-2020
Parish Newsletters
Churches and Cemetery
Sunningdale Local History
Sunningdale in Bloom
Tennis at Broomhall Park Tennis Club
Tennis Coaching
Parish Walks
Sunningdale Soil Conditions
This page is principally aimed at new plot holders.
Geology & Soil
The most well-known geological formation in the Thames Valley area is London Clay. However, there is a stretch of land roughly centred on Bagshot, which is approximately 25 miles wide (east to west) and 15 miles from north to south, where the London Clay is covered by layers of sand that were put down between 58 million and 43 million years ago during the Palaeogene era. Three strata are currently identified: Bagshot Formation (the oldest) is dominated by orange and pale yellow fine-grained sand, its depth varying widely with 40 metres in the Bagshot-Chertsey area but only 7 metres in Ascot; Bracklesham Beds containing alternate layers of sand and clay are mainly found in the Chobham, Crowthorne and Farnborough areas; and Barton Beds containing yellowish brown fine-grained sand with an impersistent layer of flint and pebbles at the base are mainly limited to Chobham and Bagshot.
If you are interested in this subject there is a very useful and readable article on the geology of nearby Chobham. Also, Geology and Soils (pdf format) by Michael J. Crawley provides an 8 page summary on the geology of Berkshire. A full explanation of local geology can be found in British Geological Survey: London and the Thames Valley (4th edition), compiled by M.G. Sumbler (an HMSO publication).
Although there are slight fluctuations from plot to plot, the soil on the Sunningdale site is generally light and sandy. The advantages are that it is relatively easy to work and free draining; the disadvantage is that it can dry out quickly. In very dry periods, such as July 2006, the soil becomes very fine and it can take a reasonable amount of rain to "re-hydrate" it. The soil tends to be marginally on the acidic side of the ph divide. One final point of note is that the land is quite stony, which means that some extra work can be required to remove the stones if long straight root crops are required, particularly parsnips.
There are many underground streams in the local area; a number of properties on Church Road used to have wells in their back gardens. In wet winters some plots can become unworkable for periods of time although the sandy nature of the soil means that periods of forced inactivity are seldom lengthy. Some improvements were made by the Parish Council in the early 1990s to limit the amount of water run-off from the school and the car park to the plots by running a drain down the main path to the ditch. The areas that suffer from water run-off are: some adjacent plots to the school playing field; plots in a direct line from the car parks; and some plots that are in a direct line to the three large properties on Church Road.
Tennis Courts at Broomhall Recreation Ground
All the necessary background information on playing tennis at Broomhall Rec. can be found here.
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INTERVIEW: Modeontwerpster Maria Glück (socatchy.net)
Maria Glück has made quite the impression in the past year. She has been travelling nonstop from event to event, including Fashion Clash Maastricht, where we here at So Catchy! Where Fashion Beginswere given the opportunity to talk with the ambitious designer. With three high-end collections, her background in sculpture and visual arts and a studio in Berlin where her assistant helps her cut wood, the intriguing Maria Glück gives us her take on sustainable fashion.
So Catchy!: When and why did you start making fashion?
Maria Glück: I studied art at the Fine Arts School in Bilbao, but I always had this interest in fashion. I was doing sculpture, but I did an exchange program in Berlin for two semesters at a Fashion School. The school was very technical and the way of working was quite rigid, but they allowed me to work freely. After one year in Berlin I went to New York and I worked at the Brooklyn Museum, where I was working as a photographer for several projects. When I returned I won a prize for a video project, for which I was doing the clothes, and I really enjoyed it. I wanted to go back to sculpture, but I really loved working with fabrics. That's when I decided: I'm going to do a collection and see what happens. That's how it started and before I knew it, I was selected for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid.
SC!: How do you integrate sustainability in your work?
MG: All the materials I like, for instance wood and rope, I integrate into fashion. I like things to have a texture and a presence. I don't like to manipulate it excessively. The press always wants to label you, but when someone says 'eco-fashion', I'm like: I don't do eco-fashion. I have my own interpretation of sustainability. I'm interested in design, and sustainability is the way I do it, but I also use prints and synthetics so it's not 100% organic. I have done a lot of research on fabrics and materials, but not just organic ones. But I'm very interested in traditional materials and techniques. For instance, in the collection 'Howl' ('I like the sounds of animals') I use Portuguese wood, which is produced in a small area. My approach to these materials is recognized as Northern European or Scandinavian. Some people say my use of rope reminds them of something violent or the ocean, referring to the Marines. But to me it doesn't refer to anything particular, I just like the color and the texture. But I enjoy that people interpret it in so many different ways.
SC!: Is 'the city girl' what you keep in mind when you're designing, especially if she has to survive the brutal winters of Berlin?
MG: Haha, I guess partly. I like the idea that fabrics are something to touch, you want to feel it on your skin. And you want it to give you the idea that the clothes are 'holding you'. But I also like the idea of putting shorts in a winter collection, to play around a bit. I don't really think, 'who is this person I want to dress?' I have a dress in my collection with a rope in the back, which for me ideally would be worn by boys. I love a skirt for boys. My collection is quite unisex, so sometimes a female model wears something a male model could also wear.
I like how winters are in Berlin, they're really quiet. Summer changes the entire city, the days are very long, everyone is happy and outside on the streets. In terms of color, I get really affected by the seasons. I like big cities, but as a designer I love to integrate nature, which is kind of a contradiction.
SC!: You have been travelling a lot and showed your work at different events. Has this affected your career as a young designer?
MG: At Madrid Fashion Week I was selected for the 'young designers' program. Doing a show is not 'industry'; you can do anything, you're taken care of and you build up a relationship with other designers. I also did a show during Paris Fashion Week and that was different. We were approaching the stores and there was a lot more competition. The stores only have a certain amount of time to see you. Then there are events like Fashion Clash Maastricht, where graduates and young designers come together and you meet people from different industries. In a way Fashion Clash is more challenging than Fashion Week, because of the amount of talented, willing young designers. They push you to move forward with your own idea and concept. In the beginning as a young designer it's hard, the costs of fashion are very high. It's very important that a city or a region supports young designers, because they gain a lot from the industry and a brand. But in order to achieve that, you have to invest. Most cities are investing in Fashion Week and it's good that they do shows, but they should try harder to create a platform for young fashion designers and get them in touch with stores. This way, customers can have a direct relationship with young designers.
SC!: What are your plans for the future?
MG: After 4 collections and a lot of work, I've decided to take my time with the next collection. Following the industry's schedule, so quickly and being a small enterprise, is complicated. I've been lucky to be able to talk to many different designers and it seems to be a common problem.
What I really need is time to develop concepts and ideas and research more materials. When you are your creative team and the manager, press agent, logistics… it makes it difficult.
My atelier was part of a collective, an artist association project in Berlin. And the building was bought a few years ago and we had to leave. In some way, this motivated me to make the decision to wait on the next collection and not do SS15. I've got a lot of ideas and drawings that I would like to develop with more detail. This is the second important point, the detail and quality that I want to work with requires a smaller, stronger collection and that's what I'm doing.
I want to spend time on all of the details and work with other people. I think collaborations are a positive thing, the right combination of creative people can produce wonderful things. And I wouldn't say no to working with a firm or fashion house.
I'm open to many things and taking a logical step forward! So I can come out with a collection with great designs.
I'll also be in Vogue Talents Italia 2014 with HOWL, which is a good thing too!
To learn more about Maria and her collections, check out her website.
Interview and photos backstage at FashionClash Maastricht courtesy of Ela Colak for So Catchy!
Layout and translation by Michael Padilla
Bron: https://www.socatchy.net/maria-gluck-fashion-senses/
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Akc Therapy Dog Pet Barriers for Vehicles, We had a puppy named Rocky for approximately 16 years. He would be a mixed breed, half Schnauzer and half Cocker Spaniel, anf the husband was one of the better pets we ever had. He started get sick a few years ago, plus it was obvious that individuals necessary to take him on the veterinarian. Our vet informed us that frequently, in the future, treatment for dogs becomes necessary, and gave us a number of options for Rocky that would allow him to live out his golden years in only a small amount pain as you possibly can.
Training of puppies isn't an easy job. That's why there are numerous proper dog training institutes which give the expertise of highly professional and qualified trainers. But in my view, sending your dog with a training institute is not a good decision to create. Try to train a puppy all on your own. In this way, you will create an intimacy between you and your furry friend. Also, training your loved one is fun plus a healthy experience at the same time. These institutes also amount to financially. Moreover, there is more than one animal which a trainer has to train in a very training institute which definitely reduces its attention on your furry friend. Isn't it?
The first thing you should know is always that dogs need plenty of exercise. This applies both to small and large dogs although amount of exercise vary based on the sized the dog. All dogs must be let out one or more times every 8-10 hours and may given a minimum of a 30 minute walk to give the dog some exercise, a big change of environment and the chance to 'go on the toilet'. The daily walk is a good time for you to develop dog bonding. This is an chance of the new owner to implement some rudimentary obedience training strategies that may all lead to rewards for the dog. Also, after your new puppy has been trained and is also well behaved, the walking routine will deepen the shared bonds with each outing.
These are some factors that play a significant role when it comes to investing in a dog. Another important factor is usually to see if anyone in the household is allergic for them. To be safe, you will find hypo-allergenic breeds that you can buy. These are the poodle, Chinese crested, Basenji, Maltese Terrier and Whippet. Lastly, you should suppose the tariff of their living. Ask yourself if you can pay for to acquire a house for dogs, grooming, treats, toys, leash, collar and clothes.
Pain relief for dogs is required close to the end from a canine's life. It is not a pleasing experience to have to take care of, but if you're making an attempt to create her or his life easier, you will probably probably make it stay longer along the way. The dog will feel great, and you will probably feel better that you just did it.