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Q: Can't write JSON to peripheral with CoreBluetooth I have a paired bluetooth peripheral which I have to send some credentials in a JSON like as follows
{"SSID":"WIFI_SSID", "Password": "WIFI_PASSWORD"}

And after the information has been sent the peripheral should connect to the provided WiFi credentials but I'm not completely sure the process is being performed correctly.
As soon the bluetooth peripheral has connected I start the process,
func centralManager(_ central: CBCentralManager, didConnect peripheral: CBPeripheral) {

    // As soon as the device has connected
    peripheral.delegate = self
    // Only discover the service I know it's for writing
    peripheral.discoverServices([SERVICE_UUID])
}

The discoverServices will call the peripheral(:didDiscoverServices error)
func peripheral( _ peripheral: CBPeripheral, didDiscoverServices error: Error?) {
    for service in peripheral.services! {
        peripheral.discoverCharacteristics(nil, for: service)
    }
}

Calling the following method where I do all the logic
func peripheral(_ peripheral: CBPeripheral, didDiscoverCharacteristicsFor service: CBService, error: Error?) {

    for characteristic in service.characteristics! {
        let characteristic = characteristic as CBCharacteristic

        debugPrint(characteristic.properties)
        // This prints the following properties, reading + writing
        // __C.CBCharacteristicProperties(rawValue: 10)

        if characteristic.uuid.isEqual(RX_UUID) {
            do {
                let msgDictionary = ["SSID": wiFiCredentials.SSID, "Password": wiFiCredentials.Password]
                let jsonData = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: msgDictionary,options:[])

                peripheral.writeValue(jsonData, for: characteristic, type: CBCharacteristicWriteType.withResponse)

            } catch let error as NSError {
                debugPrint("Error in auth message JSON: \(error.description)")
            }
        }
    }
}

Up to this point I think everything it's correct. After calling writeValue and setting the type to CBCharacteristicWriteType.withResponse I should expect something in the peripheral(:didWriteValueFor characteristic: error) method. What I receive in that method is the next error
Error Domain=CBATTErrorDomain Code=3 \"Writing is not permitted.\" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Writing is not permitted.}"

What I guess is that when I write the JSON value I shouldn't use the .withResponse flag and use .withoutResponse. If I do so I get the following log in the console.
[CoreBluetooth] WARNING: Characteristic <CBCharacteristic: 0x28388a040, UUID = 3E9D2532-2F00-11E9-9602-A44CC81C989A, properties = 0xA, value = (null), notifying = NO> does not specify the "Write Without Response" property - ignoring response-less write

Which confirms to me that I have to use the .writeWithResponse.
Is there something I am missing in the process? The JSON has to be sent using GATT and AFAIK this is the correct approach to do it. Are the printed CBCharacteristicProperties correct?
Things I've done:

*

*The JSON is not the problem. I've tried writing a random variable "1".data(using: .ascii) and still receive the same error.

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Let's say you wanted to use an existing piece of music in a new creation. You managed to track down the creator, who gave you his or her blessing. You're all set, right? Not so fast. Copyright owners, who are not necessarily the creators, have the right to license new uses of their works. If the copyright owner can't be found, you have no legal rights to use the work, even if the creator is locatable. It's an "orphan work".
Let's look at it from the flipside. Say you're an artist who signed a record label deal at some point. As part of your contract negotiations, you made it clear to the label that you required approval of and payment for new uses of your recording. But when you signed on the dotted line, you also transferred your copyrights to the label. Then the record label was bought out by another label. And then another, and another. Now nobody including yourself knows who owns your recording. It has become an "orphan work."
Orphan works are copyrighted works whose owners are difficult or impossible to locate. Meaning that, although they belong to someone, it's not clear who. This makes it difficult to use the work in a new creation and also complicates archiving efforts. (Check out our orphan works fact sheet for more info.)
There is currently a Congressional effort to modify the rules surrounding orphan works. In April 2008, Senators Hatch and Leahy and Congressman Berman introduced S. 2913/H.R. 5889. The proposed bill allows for use of works for which the copyright holder can't be found and limits liability for those users who perform and document "a qualifying search, in good faith, for the owner of the infringed copyright."
While the legislation provides some redress for users of orphan works by balancing the new user's rights with the copyright owner rights, it totally fails to consider the interests of the original creators. Remember, when musicians sign record contracts, they often transfer their copyrights to a publisher or label, usually with certain restrictions and payments for use. However, the "ownership" of copyrights is a moving target in a consolidating record industry. Copyrights are routinely bought and sold as labels merge, go out of business or are bought by other entities. It's not uncommon for a copyright to change hands several times in the course of it and its creator's lifetime. This means that creators and copyright owners can be two entirely different entities.
Unfortunately, the proposed bill fails to offer the original creators of a work any protections related to: 1) the right to make decisions about whether their work can be used; 2) payment; and 3) attribution. In fact, the legislation which doesn't even mention creators could override contract terms that have been spelled out between a creator and a record label. Let's look at these three problems from the musician/creator perspective:
1. Creators cannot make decisions about how their work is used
Under the proposed bill, copyright owners, usually the record label, have the right to approve or not approve of the use of a work, even if the original creator is locatable.
Suppose you work at an ad agency that wants to use a recording in a commercial. The copyright owner is not locatable, but the artist is. Under the pending bill, it's not up to the creator to decide, it's up to the copyright owner, and the copyright owner ONLY. Unlike other countries, in the US, the creator doesn't have a "moral right" to object to how their work is used.
As drafted, the current legislation would not only give creators no decision-making power in the absence of a copyright owner, it would also override any original contract terms that state that the copyright owner needs to get the artist's approval before permission to use the work is granted.
2. Creators might not receive compensation
Moreover, despite payment obligations set forth in the contract that the creator made with the copyright holder, the new user might not have to pay the songwriter/performer until and unless the copyright owner brings an action or licenses the work. In addition, even in circumstances where the creator could collect damages, the proposed bill limits those damages, even in the case where the creator objected to the infringing use in advance.
3. Creators are not given attribution
Furthermore the proposed bill, unlike previous versions, only requires attribution of the copyright owner and not the author. The author created the work and deserves attribution.
Let's be clear: orphan works is a problem that should have a legislative solution. FMC supports orphan works legislation that would make more older works available and supports changes to the copyright law that would limit liability for those who undertake and document "a qualifying search, in good faith" to find the copyright owner (under the proposed legislation, the Copyright Office will determine what a qualifying search is. Musicians should help the Copyright Office craft best practices to ensure that such qualifying search is as thorough as possible).
However, FMC firmly believes that any legislation to address the orphan works problem give the creator the same rights as the copyright owner of the orphaned work would have to license or refuse to license the use of the work, and to be paid for the use. Only then will we have a fair way to deal with an important part of our collective culture.
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University of Minnesota professor Dr. Anne Gearity explains why parents, students and teachers should embrace the three 'E's' of remote learning.
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Published: 7:42 PM CST December 4, 2020
Updated: 4:39 PM CST December 7, 2020
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Dr. Gearity has been deeply immersed in this new way of learning, working closely with school districts while counseling children and their families. She hopes that winter break is a time that the 'three-legged stool' of education can recalibrate, with teachers, students and parents coming together as a team and perhaps see the setbacks of COVID-19 as an opportunity to reinvent our educational system.
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"You cannot be fighting with your kids during COVID. And I think if you stay empathetic, and you're willing to say, 'Okay, today, we're going to read some books. And we'll try again tomorrow,'" she Dr. Gearity.
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Q: .htaccess not working in sub-folder One of my clients ask to do some customization in his site. That site was developed in php with kohana framework. For new development, I copy and moved all the files to a sub-directory called dev including .htaccess. But the url redirection was not working. We need to give index.php on url to get every page. Kindly help me, what was the problem.

A: Add
RewriteBase /folder/

line to your .htaccess file before the actual Rewrite lines.

A: I found a solution. In kohana framework, there is an option to set index controller.
$config['index_page'] = ''; //If empty it will call index.php
$config['index_page'] = 'index.php'; //I give value as index.php. The frame-work will add index.php in the url.

If any one find the correct way of redirection code. Please share it.

A: Not enough details to answer conclusively. So here is your faux answer.
It's most likely that the webroot RewriteRules collect up all request paths (since the virtual paths in dev/ exist neither), so the .htaccess in a subdirectory below won't snatch.
The main RewriteRules can however be disabled for certain path patterns with an additional:
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(You might actually need a better differentiating factor, since the physical subdir name is unlikely to be used in the virtual request urls.)


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My book, Multiculturalism and its Discontents, has just been published in Finland by the Eurooppalaisen filosofian seura (Society for European philosophy). I did a short interview with the Society's journal Niin & Näin to introduce the themes of the book, which I am republishing here.
Q: Multiculturalism and its Discontents is a very concise and to-the-point exposé of multiculturalism. What inspired you to publish a book of this kind?
KM: Multiculturalism has become one of the most used and abused political terms today. I have been critical of the multicultural approach from long before it was fashionable to be so. But I have also been critical of many critiques of multiculturalism, which are often as problematic as multiculturalism itself. What the book aims to do is to challenge both multiculturalism and much of the discontent with it.
Q: In Multiculturalism and its Discontents you point out that 'multiculturalism' means both a lived experience and a public policy of governing existing diversity. You also point out that it is very easy for liberals as well to start thinking about cultures as monolithic, unchanging entities. How much damage do you think these two things have done to public debate in Great Britain and in Europe in general?
KM: The distinction to which you refer, that between the lived experience of diversity and the policies designed to manage that diversity, is crucial in understanding multiculturalism, but all too rarely made. Many people see the diversity created by immigration as itself the problem. My view is that the real problems are created not by diversity but by the policies enacted to manage that diversity.
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But it is precisely such dialogue and debate that multiculturalism as a political process makes much more difficult. Multicultural policies attempt to manage diversity by putting people into ethnic and cultural boxes, defining individual needs and rights by virtue of the boxes into which people are put, and using those boxes to shape public policy.
It is an approach that encourages not social engagement but social fragmentation. It also, as you suggest in your question, tends to treat minority communities as if each was a distinct, singular, homogenous, authentic whole, each composed of people all speaking with a single voice, each defined primarily by a singular view of culture and faith. In so doing, it often ignores conflicts within those communities.
There is no single 'Muslim community' or 'African Caribbean community' any more than there is a single 'Christian community' or 'white community'. Muslim communities are as varied and conflicted as every other kind of community. What often happens, though, is that the most progressive voices within minority communities get silenced as not being truly of that community, while the most conservative voices get celebrated as community leaders, the authentic voices of minority groups. This is where liberal multiculturalism meets rightwing anti-Muslim bigotry. Anti-Muslim bigots often portray all Muslims as reactionaries. Multiculturalists all too often take the reactionaries to be the authentic voice of Muslim communities.
Q: Whether we think of different kinds of anti-immigrant sentiment or Islamic fundamentalism, what kind of things do different fundamentalisms have in common? Do you think there is fundamentalist thinking in the public sphere that isn't usually recognized as such?
KM: I think it is wrong to think of all hostility to immigration as 'fundamentalist'. The roots of anti-immigrant sentiment are complex, and we should not simply dismiss it as 'racist' or 'fundamentalist'. Many of those hostile to immigration are out-and-out racists. But many are not. We need to engage with them, and their arguments, not to write them off.
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Q: Next September we are going to publish a Finnish translation of your The Quest for a Moral Compass. What was your main idea behind writing the book?
KM: At the heart of book is the question: What can the history of morality tell us about the nature of morality, and about us as human beings? There is a widespread perception of morality as occupying a sphere of its own, that morality can, and should, be understood in its own terms. It's striking that there are thousands of books about the history of ideas, hundreds of histories of philosophy, but only a handful of histories of moral thought.
What I wanted to do was to historicise morality, to tell the story of morality in the same way that you can tell other historical stories, to relate it to other histories, economic, social, political, intellectual. I also wanted to tell a global story, one not confined to the West, but one that shows the interrelationships between European, Islamic, Indian, Chinese and other cultures.
To look upon morality as a historical product is to understand it as a human creation, to recognize it not as a fixed monument but as an evolving story. History becomes a tool through which to discover how values have changed, and why, and what it tells us about our moral lives today.
Many people worry that to view morality through the lens of history is to destroy morality. To understand notions of good and bad, of right and wrong, in historical terms, to view them as having transformed over time, and as having been shaped by a myriad social needs, political desires and material constraints, would appear to undermine the very idea of morality. I wanted to challenge that idea. The fact that moral norms are humanly created does not necessarily make them subjective or arbitrary. Moral questions may not have objective answers, whether revealed by God or by science, but they do have rational ones, answers rooted in a rationality that emerges out of social need.
by Kenan Malik on March 3, 2016
Categories: Kenan Malik, Multiculturalism, Philosophy & Ethics • Tags: immigration, kenan malik's books, morality, multiculturalism, muslims, racism
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Any plans to visit Finland?
At the moment, unfortunately there is nothing planned.
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Multiculturalism is the expression of European naive supremacism of the parent, who will meet and kindly educate the different "children" as if they are equal to them. The appearance of solidary,strong, hostile communities(Muslim),intellectually eaqual, makes the multiculty a symbol of "whites" humilation.
jiisand
I have spent quite a few years here in Helsinki and can recall only one incident on a bus about eight years ago where one white passenger became insulting and threatening to another black passenger. The black passenger debarked before any open bullying became violent.
The city is fairly cosmopolitan these days and I have known many people here from China, Japan,India.Africa and the Middle East and as well, many other European countries and they all seem well accepted. There seem to be a good number of Finns in inter-racial marriages here and they seem to be well accepted and also black and white school children in groups on the street are mixed. A good many blacks appear iln menial jobs but that might be because new people here of all callings must start work in low paying areas. Whether there is work discrimination I cannot say.
Since I have spent all my time in Helsinki I cannot speak for any of the other Finnish areas.


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NEWARK — A 25-year-old man was arrested after stabbing his father and his father's girlfriend Friday night, police said.
Tasheem Roper was arrested after the attack and had several knives in his possession at the time, said Det. Eugenio Gonzalez.
The police received a call about a stabbing incident on the 500 block of Elizabeth Avenue at 8 p.m., Gonzalez said.
A 57-year-old man and his 56-year-old girlfriend had been stabbed several times, police said. The man identified Roper, his son, as the attacker, Gonzalez said.
Roper was arrested, taken to the city's 4th Precinct, and charged with several counts, including aggravated assault, possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, Gonzalez said.
The father and his girlfriend were treated at the scene by EMS personnel – and the woman was additionally transported to University Hospital for treatment of several stab wounds, police said.
About two hours later and also in the South Ward, police responded to the scene of an unrelated shooting, Gonzalez said. A 21-year-old man was shot on Seymour Avenue and discovered by police around the corner on the 500 block of Clinton Avenue. The man was transported to University Hospital for treatment of multiple non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, the detective added.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the department's 24-hour "Crime Stoppers" anonymous tips line at (877) NWK-TIPS.


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Brian Levitt | July 2, 2019
The U.S. cycle breaks a record. So now what?
Kristina: As of July 1, the U.S. business cycle has set a new record for longevity. It's a significant milestone, to be sure, but what does it really mean for investors? The answer might not be what you think. To help put this cycle into context, I'm turning over this edition of Weekly Market Compass to my colleague Brian Levitt, Global Market Strategist for North America.
Longevity doesn't equal strength
Brian: It's official! The U.S. business cycle, on its 3,682nd day, has now surpassed the elongated cycle of 1992-2000.1 This cycle has now been going on for longer than The Beatles were together. It has persisted for a more extended stretch than the original run of Seinfeld on network TV. It's older than Instagram.
While much may be made of this record-breaking day (or not), the age of the cycle, in and of itself, doesn't really tell us much, just as the age of a human being doesn't necessarily provide information on the health or productivity of that human being. As an example, consider the careers of The Beatles and their fellow British Invasion band, Herman's Hermits. The former produced 27 No. 1 hits in eight years, while the latter produced two No. 1 singles in 55 years. The point is that simply knowing the duration of a cycle (or a music career) tells you little about the total output.
How does the output of this cycle compare to that of prior cycles? Despite being the longest on record, the current business cycle has the indignity of being the weakest cycle in the post-World War II period. The cumulative growth over the full period is approximately 20%, or roughly 2% per year; bringing U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) up from $15.8 trillion in 2007 to $18.9 trillion today.2 Each of the other cycles that had surpassed 20% cumulative growth in real GDP (the cycles beginning in 1949, 1961, 1974, 1982 and 1990) did so on average over 16 quarters — not over 10 years.3
Duration and magnitude of post-WWII U.S. cycles
Source: Bloomberg, L.P., June 30, 2019. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
The end is near … or is it?
Many investors may reason that the record-setting cycle must be coming to an end soon. After all, as the father of English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer, wrote in 1386, "All good things must come to an end." Fortunately, cycles don't end simply because they were "good" or because they have aged. Instead, recessions have been the result of significant excess and failed policy.
So where does that leave the U.S. today? In my view, the current open-ended policy environment of modest growth and modest inflation is likely to keep the Federal Reserve at bay indefinitely, which could extend the cycle for longer than most expect. As for excesses, let's compare the current environment to those that preceded the more-spectacular cycle endings over the past century.
Banking crisis of 1929: On the eve of the Great Depression, bank credit had grown 20.9% over the prior year, compared to the current rate of 5.6% and the long-term average of 7%.4
Stagflation of 1980: By early 1980, inflation had climbed 14.8% over the prior year, and the Federal Reserve was raising rates rapidly.5 Currently, inflation is sub-2% and inflation expectations are falling.6 The Fed, for its part, has signaled that the next interest rate move may likely be a cut.
Tech bubble of 2000: By the late 1990s, stocks were trading at nearly 30x the prior year's earnings.7 Stocks were not only expensive compared to their own history but also trading excessively rich compared to all other asset classes. Currently, stocks, which have been trading at 19x last year's earnings, are moderately rich compared to their history but cheap compared to bonds.8
Housing crisis of 2008: By 2008, U.S. households had compiled debt that was equal to 132% of their disposable personal incomes (DPI), with mortgage debt representing 100% of DPI.9 Following a prolonged deleveraging period, U.S. household debt equaled 98% of DPI at the end of 2018, and has still been falling, with mortgage debt representing only 66% of DPI.10
In my view, the lack of excesses suggests that barring a major policy mistake, the current cycle likely has more room to run and more duration records to break. To cautious investors watching as the economic cycle breaks new records and the markets hit new highs, I say that it is likely not too late to participate. As Chaucer said, "Time and tide wait for no (wo)man."
Brian Levitt
Global Market Strategist, North America
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1 Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
2 Source: Bureau of Economic Research, June 30, 2019
4 Source: Federal Reserve, Haver, May 31, 2019
5 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 31, 2019
6 Source: Bloomberg, L.P., June 27, 2019. Inflation expectations are measured by the five-year/five-year forward inflation breakeven.
7 Source: Bloomberg, L.P. Stocks represented by the S&P 500 Index.
8 Source: Bloomberg, L.P., June 27, 2019. The current earnings yield of the S&P 500 Index is 5.20% compared to the 10-year U.S. Treasury rate of 2.00%.
9 Source: Bloomberg, Dec. 31, 2018
10 Source: Bloomberg, Dec. 31, 2018
All figures in USD.
Gross domestic product is a broad indicator of a region's economic activity, measuring the monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced in that region over a specified period of time.
The opinions referenced above are those of Kristina Hooper and Brian Levitt as of July 1, 2019. These comments should not be construed as recommendations, but as an illustration of broader themes. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions; there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from expectations.


We've had the opportunity to really examine our e-waste this past 18 months, with most of our larger appliances slowly dying. It's been an expensive and thought-provoking time. Each time something has broken, the decision-making process has had a slightly different outcome, which reminds us that there's no one correct fit for every family and situation.
Refuse – We couldn't really refuse the oven in this case. We need 'something' to cook our food in/on. We reframed our thinking around cooking and energy use, and explored the option of buying a sturdy wood-fired stove and oven (i.e. refusing a standard electric one), which could be set up to heat our water and heat our home. The pros were low energy bill, great heating, and having an appliance that was likely to last for decades, avoiding planned obsolescence. And there's just something about a wood stove... The cons were the high initial cost, the increased time needed to maintain a wood cooker, the difficulty the owlets might have in learning to cook on a wood stove and how that might translate once they left the nest, and the layout of our house meant a retrofit to wood cooking was not ideal. There was also uncertainty around the efficiency (or potentially harmful impacts) of wood, versus the availability of hydroelectricity (another renewable source) from the main grid. After much research and consideration (and a little sadness!), we decided against that option.
Reduce - In this case, we couldn't really reduce from one oven without not having one at all. But, for these past 9 months we have reduced, to an extent. We continued to use the tiny top oven/griller as best we could (as the main bottom oven was broken), and we used the still-functioning stove top. This did mean that we were a little bit hampered in what we could cook and in the amount of cooking we could do at any one time. No homemade pizzas or big batches of biscuits. No baked dessert! Or if we did want to cook those things, we needed to have the oven on for longer to cook multiple foods, which would be less energy and time efficient. In our waste-free day to day, the oven is an important tool, as so many things are prepared from scratch. Not having a functioning, large oven was making things not so easy. The final straw was when the inner walls of the small working oven fell away!
Reuse (and repair) - When we had a repair person out to look at the broken oven and dishwasher (which we couldn't repair either and decided not to replace), the quotes we received for fixing the oven suggested that the cost of repair would be almost as much as the cost of a new oven, with no certainty of longevity even after repair. This was where we learned about the short expected lifespan of many new models – most are made from cheaper-quality components and not designed with repair in mind (or models where replacement parts are only available if expensively bought from overseas). We were assured that 5-6 years is a decent innings for an appliance these days.
After a little more research, we found a local business that takes broken second-hand kitchen appliances and repairs them for resale. In the case of stoves, we discovered they only really take Westinghouse ovens, as these are one of the few brands that can be easily repaired in Australia. For example, switches on Westinghouse ovens have been known to blow after some years of use, and many people discard the whole unit, instead of paying the $70 or so for a replacement switch. Also, many units are discarded when rental homes change tenants, or when home owners want to renovate or 'upgrade' the kitchen. So, we found a model that suited us and got it delivered and installed for less than half the cost of buying and installing a new model, and less than it cost to repair our old stove.
Recycle - An electrician came and took our broken oven away. The old unit will be used for parts, and what's left will go to scrap metal recycling (Recycling being lower down on the waste hierarchy). The secondhand unit that we bought even comes with a 3-months parts and labour warranty, so we've got a little time to see how well it works and test it out.
We were happy that we could buy secondhand. It made sense for us to support a local business that had established because the owner was sick of seeing so many appliances go to landfill, and sought to address that. Sometimes going to those superstores like Harvey Norman just feel so at odds with our efforts to reduce waste. With our second-hand unit, we can avoid the waste associated with the production of a brand new appliance. We avoiding the transport waste (fuel) to ship a new appliance (or its components) from overseas. We avoiding packaging associated with a new appliance (usually polystyrene, flexible plastic, some rigid plastic tags or guards, and a big cardboard box). That waste tends to be out of sight, until the new appliance is inside your home.
We chose a model that we understand to be relatively fixable, that we could afford (and find). There are higher-end models that are repairable, but then you have to weigh up the cost of the appliance with the cost of repair (which might be expensive for fancy European models). We also chose a model that's a little smaller and more efficient to run than our previous model. It looks as if the oven and griller have never been used. It's sturdy, unlike many of the new stoves we saw available new, and like every stove we've ever cooked on in every rental property, and even this home for the first 5 years. It's cute and certainly a little bit retro (harkening back to the era when our house was built), and seems like a downgrade from the stove we had before. It's a little juggle to fit all the pots, but it's doable and the oven is the same size as before. It has fewer bells and whistles than most new stoves you can buy, but we see that as a good thing. No clock to struggle with at daylight savings time. No specialty settings. A light that turns on with a switch, and a timer that works when you turn it and doesn't require a full understanding of the manual. The owlets love hearing it go 'ding' when the cake is ready. And it's as clean as a whistle!
As usual, the waste hierarchy was useful in working through the problem of replacing a broken appliance. Beyond the Rs, we find it also helps to think about the hidden waste - the energy used and waste produced in getting the prospective item to you, and what waste might result when you're done with it. If you can, look for secondhand, look for locally made, look for durability and repairability, look for good energy-efficiency, and consider functionality (does it meet your needs?) – you may not need all the bells and whistles! And, always look for recycling services, if you have electronic waste that is beyond repair or reuse. Apparently the Victorian Government intends to ban eWaste to landfill by 1st July 2019. We're hoping that Tasmania will follow suit. Ideally, we'd love to see businesses being more transparent about their products' planned obsolescence, so we can avoid so much waste in the first place. Until then, it's a task of assessing each situation as it arises and often making some compromises before finding a solution that works for your wallet and your practical needs.
Time and again we hear the shift towards a different way of living described as a "journey". Changes seen as something that might take months, or even years to work towards, with tiny changes in habits made each week, or within an arbitrary timeframe. Through the choices our family has made over the years, I'm pretty sure we've described a few different shifts in this way ourselves. But our experience of waste free living has highlighted for us why we feel like the baby steps, long, slow journey approach may not be the best way to tackle taking responsibility for the waste you create. The thought of moving towards zero waste living as a years-long, or even lifelong journey, is downright disheartening. It can make it seem like an unattainable goal, when really the shift is quite simple at its core. The earth needs us to speed things up a little, and we believe that's totally achievable for many people. Reframing how you approach it can make all the difference.
Towards the end of her life, my dear Nana gave up smoking. I suspect she already had advanced lung cancer by then, so it was the thought of breathing a little easier and not struggling through another winter cold with a raspy cough that convinced her. And possibly a stern word from her doctor. Nana was a force to be reckoned with, and when she decided to do something, she did it. Just like that. And so she quit smoking one day, cold turkey. She was almost 80 years old. It was somewhat bittersweet the day Nana realised how easy quitting would be. "Oh, I thought it would be hard and take months, and I'd have to join one of those program things. I'm not a joiner!" Nana said. But once she'd made the decision to quit, she found it quite simple, taking each day as it came, and she wished she'd done it decades earlier. Fear of the journey meant she missed meeting her first great grand-daughter (Big Owlet) by six months.
I sometimes wonder if it's this fear of the journey that holds many of us back from committing to making straight forward changes, like reducing the plastic we've come to rely on in our homes. It alls seems too daunting. We don't want to deal with the length of time it will take to work out all of the things we'll need to do, and how hard it will be to learn and remember new habits. I know this is what had been holding our family back from making the leap. Not really understanding how best to approach zero waste living, or what our life would look like without the weekly supermarket trip or online delivery. It all felt like an expensive, uphill battle. And so we chipped away at it and thought about it slowly, still forgetting our cloth bags most times and still lamenting the things we felt we couldn't change.
It took a little nudge towards commitment to get us to rip the bandaid off and try waste free living. We audited all our waste, spent a week researching, and then dived right into to two weeks of living waste free. That was one full pay cycle, and felt like enough time to get the day to day workings of it in place. We put all the things we couldn't buy at a bulk foods shop, butcher or green grocer on lockdown, and lived like they didn't exist for those two weeks. What we discovered, somewhat sceptically at first, was that our shopping budget remained the same, our quality of life remained (and was even better then before), and this thing we'd been putting off, or considered approaching in tiny increments, was actually achievable all at once, when we approached it wholeheartedly.
We discovered that zero waste living isn't a journey, it's a simple decision, made over and over again.
Every day you make hundreds of choices about where you shop, or what you consume, and how. You choose that single use straw, or you refuse it. You choose that single use coffee cup, or you bring a cup from home. You choose to buy a packet of biscuits instead of making them. You choose. We all do. If each time you choose to buy or consume something potentially wasteful, you ask yourself the simple question; "Am I willing to take responsibility for consuming this product, and the waste it creates?", the way forward becomes very simple and clear.
There are times when the decision to consume that potentially wasteful thing is absolutely valid and justifiable, and there should be no guilt felt during those moments. We each have different situations and life circumstances where potentially wasteful products are necessary to keep us going, and if you're facing that situation, then your decision is obvious. Describing zero waste living as a "journey" makes the choices that seem contrary to a waste-free approach to be setbacks along a linear path. When really, they are not. They are just choices you need to make, that are right for you at that time. At other times, where there are valid alternatives you can access, those are the times where your choice to live waste-free guides all the little choices you make. And it informs all of your choices throughout the day, until your entire week can be counted in resources, compost and lived experiences, rather than who's putting out the bin.
Possibly the biggest fear when it comes to leaping into zero waste living (and often a reason for the baby steps approach), is the perceived cost. It's an understandable concern. We hear: "Bulk food shops seem expensive! Oats cost $4/kg at the bulk foods shop and $1.50 at the supermarket! That's unaffordable!". On the surface, that seems correct. But in our experience, buying everything without packaging, and making food and household products from scratch means the costs even out. You're more likely to buy what you need, rather than surplus servings, and you're less likely to impulse buy those biscuits when the packaging and advertising isn't there to entice you as you wander the aisles. If you continue to buy that expensive deodorant or toothpaste, rather than making your own for a fraction of the cost, then spending more on oats does absolutely seem out of the question. But if your entire shopping approach has changed, and you're embracing waste free living in a wholehearted way, it's quite possible that you can afford more on certain products while spending less on others. You may not see how that balances out without doing some serious sums, or jumping right in.
Many of the more successful zero wasters, those who have managed to embrace zero waste living effectively and for the long term, will tell you their change in lifestyle began as the result of a commitment. Either a challenge set externally, or by themselves. And they looked beyond the challenge to incorporate more change into their lives. It's that all in, wholehearted approach that helped them along. And then once they got started, the momentum propelled them forwards until there was no looking back. That's been our experience, and it could be yours too. The world can't wait for bans to take effect and for baby steps towards reducing plastic and household waste to catch up. It needs solutions now (most of them exist), and we are each of us responsible for those tiny choices we make every day. Are you ready to make the leap?
If you'd like to set yourself a challenge to help you leap towards waste-free living, we'd recommend joining Plastic Free July. Tackling plastic will help you address one of the more wasteful aspects of modern living, while giving you the kick start you need to make the waste-free shift in other areas of your life. If you'd like to tackle the whole lot in one go, try joining our Zero Waste Families eCourse, which could see your family move to waste-free living in four weeks.
Once a fortnight in my street, and in many streets around the country, people roll out their recycling bins for collection. Kerbside recycling is now the norm for many people, despite only being introduced in most areas during the 1980s or later. People are generally well accustomed to paying attention to what materials their waste is made from, and sorting into the appropriate bin. But situations change, and I think it is time to rethink our attitudes and approaches to recycling.
You may have heard that from Jan 1st 2018, China stopped accepting a range of recyclable materials from Australia. This means that an estimated 619,000 tonnes of stuff that used to be shipped away for China to deal with (e.g. China would recycle plastic into things like rubbish bins), now has to be managed in some other way. Under the previous process, recyclable material would have made a chunk of money for those in the recycling industry – around $500 million dollars a year (for 600,000 tonnes). But now the recycling industry and people within local councils (who collect, sort and manage waste collection) are scrambling to figure out what to do next.
One of the consequences of China's import ban is that some municipalities might start sending the contents of kerbside recycling bins straight to landfill. Blergh. What a waste. All those jars, cans, bottles, paper and other recyclables that were rinsed, sorted and put in the recycling bin by YOU – now sent to landfill with the rest of the waste from regular waste bins. So far, Ipswich City Council, southwest of Brisbane, has stopped kerbside recycling (although the latest news is that they may have reversed this decision). There is a risk that other councils will retract their kerbside recycling if costs become untenable (in the absence of the cheap, send-to-China option).
Many councils are stockpiling; hoping and waiting for a local solution to recycle or manage recyclables in a way that avoids landfill. But stockpiling can get expensive and hazardous, and local recycling solutions are few and far between. Councils might start increasing household rate prices to deal with the increased quantity of recyclable material that has to be managed locally. Others might beg the state and federal governments for money to fill the gap. But that won't solve the longer-term issue of what to do with all the recyclable waste material generated by people in Australia each year.
There have also been whispers of new 'waste to energy' schemes being established in Australia to deal with 'residual waste' (i.e. waste left over after recyclable material is sorted out). Even the national environment minister is keen on the idea. This might follow along lines of waste to energy plants in Europe and elsewhere. But these, are, in my view, not sustainable long-term solutions. Waste-to-energy plants do little to discourage consumption of harmful plastics and other materials, because those materials are what keep the power plant operating. Waste-to-energy systems do not reflect a closed-loop system, but rather, a slightly elongated linear one. And they still produce waste (approximately 25% of the volume of waste inputs are outputted as a toxic ash, for landfill). We need to do better.
The solutions are already all around us. Zero waste solutions, particularly those that provide ways to refuse or reduce quantities of certain types of packaging and waste, can empower you to avoid all this recycling (and landfill) malarkey altogether. And you can start now.
Make that decision to commit to avoiding waste. Not just for straws or plastic bags, but for all the things you consume, including those items whose packaging you were normally put to recycling. It's not as difficult as you might think. Once you've made that conscious decision to actively avoid waste (including excess recycling), then many of the other answers you need are out there!
Get informed! Join your local zero waste group. And if you don't have a local group, Zero Waste Tasmania (which we run), accepts people from all over.
Scout around for alternatives. Think hard about what foods and 'stuff' you really need to keep you well-fed and happy. Can you find packaging-free alternatives? Or if you can't find packaging free options, can you use your own packaging, or only buy compostable packaging.
Get composting – for many people, more than half of their waste comes from food scraps and organic matter. If you can nail a good composting system that suits your home context, then you might be able to halve your waste!
Get talking! The solutions that work for one person don't necessarily work for everyone. So, talk with your family and friends, your local shop keepers, your social network, and help each other problem solve ways to reduce or avoid certain types of packaging. Think of refillable options instead of single-use, look for home-compostable packaging over plastic, and consider home-made snacks and sweets (or bulk bought ones in your own bags) over plastic-wrapped ones. If you're stuck, ask online – and the hive mind of your zero waste group will respond, often with more ideas than you can poke a stick at!
Get activisty! Speak up and write to government representatives, businesses and product manufacturers and tell them what changes you'd like to see that help to reduce waste. What products do you think should be better regulated or banned, and what packaging needs to be replaced or eliminated? What other positive actions can you encourage?
The previous situation (sending our recycling to China) was not environmentally sustainable. I mean really, how many plastic rubbish bins do we need in the world? The current post-import-ban situation is also not good, but it is prompting Australia to take more responsibility for its own waste – its own mess. Let us not fall back on harmful, out-of-sight-out-of-mind solutions such as stockpiling and waste-to-energy. Let us use this as a flag to pay more attention to our own waste, and to look for ways to avoid it in the first place. We live in such a geographically large country that recycling is inevitably limited in its efficiency, due to long transport distances and hence, fossil fuel inputs, involved. All the more reason to reduce and avoid waste in the first place.
Oh, and the photo above, shows our little owlet holding the sum total of one year of our recycling. What is more significant is what you don't see - 26 recycling bins of recycling avoided, for each year that we have lived waste-free. This waste-free lifestyle has proven to be quite easy for us, and so we think it is totally doable for many other people in Australia to live similarly, by applying solutions that work for their own circumstances.
This Sunday is Earth Day! This year's campaign is around the mission to end plastic pollution. To support this initiative, we are offering our Zero Waste Families e-course for only $10 (which is more than 50% off RRP) between now and midnight Sunday. The course is designed for you to do over a four-week period (or at whatever pace suits you), and aims to provide many solutions for living without waste. Use the coupon code EARTHDAY2018 at checkout, to claim your discount on our e-course.
We'd been putting off the inevitable decision, and cost, around choosing a new pillow for quite some time. Huz and I bought curved foam pillows more than 12 years ago, and despite cleaning the cover and protector regularly, I'm sure that there were cities of dust mites living in them. Yuck. Probably not great for my dust-mite allergy, and possibly the reason I'd had recurrent sinus infections. And our pillows were starting to disintegrate, with tiny bits of foam flaking off. Gross. Apparently, you're supposed to change pillows every three years, or every six months if you have allergies, so we were well overdue! We started to look at what would be the best waste-free option for us.
Firstly, we wanted to find something home compostable, so we could avoid landfill. That discounted latex foam from our search. Organic cotton, bamboo, wool, and feather were all compostable options we considered. But, of course, there were ethical and environmental considerations to take into account with each option. Distance the materials would travel to reach us, water used in creating the fibre or filling, treatment of animals in animal-based fillings, treatment of fibres and chemicals used in production... And cost. These factors are going to be different for each person, depending on where you live, what you have access to, health considerations, and what you can afford, so one of these may already be right for you. But what was best for us?
Where we live, in Tasmania, we're always happy to try local options to avoid products travelling by air and sea. So, after a hunt around, we were happy to find Tasmanian grown buckwheat hulls. These are a by-product of buckwheat farming. They're also grown by a supplier of our favourite organic grocer, so we asked her to order us a sack with her next delivery, keeping carbon miles relatively low. And as they're not generally a highly sought-after product, the cost was pretty low too (ours was about $10 per pillow). Buckwheat hulls are often used to make yoga bolsters and cushions. They've been used for sleep support in Japan for over 600 years, and you can actually buy ready-made buckwheat pillows in a few places online, so we didn't feel like we were planning something completely eccentric!
We already had zip-up pillow protectors, so we re-used those and filled them with a comfortable amount of hulls. I should add here that pillows are actually not a requirement for living and it may even be better for our bodies to sleep without them, but while we get our heads (and necks) around the concept of pillow-free living, we've started with about half a grain sack each of hulls. We will consider reducing the amount of hulls until we're sleeping comfortably without a pillow. Next we zipped up the pillow protectors and added a pillowcase. And that's it. So easy!
To clean the pillow, unzip the pillow protector and pour out the hulls. Then give the protector a wash, and if you can find somewhere to spread out the hulls and give them a little sunlight (perhaps a clean bedsheet or flyscreen away from breezes), that should help to keep the hulls fresh.
So, what are buckwheat hull pillows like to sleep on? Well, they're a little noisier than your average pillow! It's a bit like sleeping on a beanbag, or even a wheat bag/heat pack. They do take a little rearranging, and they're a bit firmer than we've been used to. But they're also super comfortable. The hulls are quite light and soft, hold their shape well, and when you get the right position, it's wonderful. They provide good neck support, and are low-allergy, chemical free, and unscented. The airflow through the hulls keeps them dry and, because they're non-nutritive, and the hulls have regular movement, they're not attractive to pests. I found the knot at the back of my neck disappeared overnight, and my allergies and sinus infection seemed to clear up right away. We did find initially that we tended to move more during the night, and even wriggle down the bed a little, but we actually felt better for that, and persisted. It took Huz a couple of nights to get used to the buckwheat hulls, but now he sleeps comfortably every night.
My favourite thing to try is turning buckwheat hull pillows into enormous dream pillows. Herbs that promote deep sleep and relaxation (such as lavender, rose petals and hops) are fab. The dried herbs can be added in a handmade sachet, or scattered through the buckwheat hulls, for a beautiful sleep.
When it's time for us to replace our buckwheat hulls (in about 10 years), we'll take them out to the garden and compost them and source some new hulls... Great for our garden, good for our bodies, and gentle on the planet.
Should I leave my plastic at the counter?
The other day, a few friends shared with me (Oberon) a UK viral video about plastic, and it got me thinking. In the video, a group of supermarket shoppers collectively do their grocery shopping, but when they get to checkout they all remove the plastic packaging from the bought items and leave it on the counter as a sort of plastic protest. The video describes how the group wants supermarkets to take more responsibility for the overuse of plastic packaging in the products they sell. I find it interesting to think about the issue of 'who takes responsibility' when it comes to packaging waste. So, who is responsible for single-use waste plastic packaging? I thought I'd 'unpack' (pun intended) the issue a little.
There are four main players (probably more) to consider – governments, producers, retailers, and individual shoppers. You could also add other players – media, insurance companies, packaging designers (note the saying 'Waste is a design choice'), oil companies, plastics manufacturers, waste and recycling managers, industry regulators, and more – but I'll set these others aside for now.
Each level of government (local, state, federal, plus international obligations) has different responsibilities and capacity to influence single-use plastic packaging. The Australian Government regulates and manages waste at a national level and administers the Australian Packaging Covenant, which is a sort of 'soft' regulation, requiring big businesses to report on the steps they are taking to reduce and better manage packaging.
State Governments have responsibilities around pollution and managing all sorts of aspects of community health and well-being (and waste), but regulation around plastic packaging is not generally offered, unless there is lots of pressure from elsewhere (e.g. peer pressure from other states, or strong lobbying from individuals/communities/local govts). State governments do have the potential to enact fantastic positive change around single-use plastic packaging, but they have to have the will.
Local government is where (I believe) the greatest in-roads can be made in terms of regulating use or sale of certain types of plastics, but the sphere of influence is limited, to the municipality, and also to limited certain business contexts – e.g. Hobart City Council are banning single-use plastic packaging for takeaway food, but are unlikely to be able to ban all the single-use plastic packaging that lines every aisle of a supermarket.
Producers (the people who grow the food and make the supermarket products) vary greatly – some give attention to environmental impacts, whilst others completely avoid them. Some will give the impression of addressing environmental concerns, such as by calling something 'eco' or 'natural', whilst continuing to sell harmful products. Producers often sit between a rock and a hard place – they are bound by governmental regulation (e.g. food packaging laws) as well as retailer contracts that may demand certain products be packaged in plastic (e.g. spinach leaves or strawberries), in order for the product to work within the long supply chain of a supermarket. Many foods in Australian supermarkets have had to travel long distances, and with that comes additional requirements for certain types of packaging to keep food fresh and undamaged. Whilst producers can look for ways to avoid plastic packaging of their products, the alternatives may be cost-prohibitive or a legal nightmare – just look at the struggle Elgaar Dairy (both a producer and a market retailer) have had to go through to provide milk in returnable glass bottles.
Retailers also vary enormously, from the massive multinational corporations, down to little Jimmy selling lemonade on the nature strip. But all retailers choose which products they want to sell, and this includes choosing which items they will sell that are wrapped in single-use plastic. Plastic is cheap, and so many retailers are reluctant to avoid its prevalent use. Big retailers will run the argument that customers demand certain items be wrapped in plastic, or they will say that they are simply offering customers the variety of options that they desire. They have control over packaging of home-brand lines, but rarely do anything to reduce the plastic in them.
Big supermarkets now have automatic electronic checkouts, (which, as an aside, cuts jobs), and (say they) require additional plastic packaging to appropriately use the automated checkout system. This is partly why you'll often see the organic produce in supermarkets is plastic-wrapped. Big supermarket chains will continue to sell what the customer buys, and are strongly driven by their profit margin, with only tokenistic attention given to things like waste and environmental impacts. They will continue to respond to the dollar signs, and rarely to complaints to their social media walls. A couple of years ago, I initiated and worked on a #PlasticFreeProduce campaign to encourage supermarkets to reduce the plastic packaging of their fruit and veggies – but it was like water on rock, as the supermarkets have strong bureaucratic defences, sending out a lowly customer support person to respond to our concerns, offering the same stock standard (weak) responses, and demonstrating very little to no positive change at their end.
Fortunately, there are some retailers who prioritise packaging and waste – these businesses deserve higher support and their business models encouraged. They are not the focus of the viral video I mentioned above, but they are relevant to the solutions to the problem.
Individuals have more power than they know. Whilst we each appear to be a mere drop in the ocean of customers that frequent big retail stores, our influence (including our absence from those stores) is apparent. When you abstain from buying a certain plastic-wrapped product from a major chain supermarket, and choose instead to grow your own or support a small, ethical and local producer, then you are sending multiple positive messages. You will both reduce the sales of harmful items from supermarkets (which can lead them to discontinue items or consider alternatives) and also promote local businesses to flourish, or (if you grow your own) demonstrate self-reliance – which is a fantastic way to reduce waste.
But what about the fact that it is still just a drop in the ocean? Well, my family have limited out waste over the last two and a half years to little more than would fill a medium-sized glass jar. We've also stopped shopping at supermarkets and now source food from local, ethical businesses, grow our own, and barter. The (roughly) $250 per week that we used to spend at the supermarket each week is now supporting a healthy local economy. That equates to around $30,000 that we have taken from the sales of major supermarkets, and divested into businesses that prioritise or support zero-waste approaches. Doing this helps to those smaller ethically-driven businesses to offer items at more competitive prices. Also, supporting local is also great, because it is generally easier to open up a dialogue about waste and improved waste-management, because you can speak directly to the person who can influence production and sales.
That is not to mention the 5 tonnes or so of landfill that we have avoided (compared to the average household over 2.5 years), and the numerous tonnes that would have previously gone to recycling (which we now avoid, compost or burn for heat). And then there is the influence of this 'passive' activism – others have been prompted to make changes in their habits, upon seeing that living with much less waste can be possible, cheaper and more convenient that the supermarket trawl. There are now around 7000 people in Zero Waste Tasmania, and other zero waste groups that have started in response to this group. Many others are enacting positive change in their area and discussing ways to reduce waste. Maybe it's not a drop after all – maybe it's the start of a wave.
It should be mentioned that neither individuals, producers, retailers or governments, hold all responsibility for waste. But each group have things that they have high influence over, that they could be doing more about, especially when they are informed about the harmful impacts of existing practices. I will also add that none of these four players act completely independently – there is an interplay within and between all four – and I believe that effective, positive outcomes are more likely if the dialogue remains open, informed and courteous. But remember, governments don't have to keep single-use packaging legal, producers don't have to keep wrapping everything in plastic, retailers don't have to keep buying plastic-wrapped goods, and individuals don't have to buy plastic-wrapped stuff. The responsibility is indeed shared amongst all these groups.
So, back to the viral video mentioned at the beginning of this rant. Those shoppers who bought plastic-wrapped items, only to remove the packaging at checkout? They want to absolve themselves of responsibility for the packaging and put the onus back onto the retailer. My problem is that those customers are still choosing to buy the plastic-wrapped products in the first place. The retailer's bottom line is unaffected. The cost to remove the discarded plastic packaging is minimal (whether they landfill it or recycle it). Mountains more plastic is used in the bundling up of goods on pallets at the back of the store, and during other steps in production and transport. The plastic around the product is merely the tip of the waste iceberg for most items in a supermarket. And the customers have the option to simply not buy those plastic-wrapped items. Most fruits and vegetables can be bought unwrapped at supermarkets, and basic needs met by buying items elsewhere, from local grocers, shops, bulk food stores, markets, community gardens, co-ops, butchers, delis, etc.
The viral video does not offer solutions, nor does it demonstrate willingness by those customers to actually change their own behaviours. But many people CAN change how they shop, get their food, and meet their own needs. The viral video shows does have the effect of showing off just how much plastic is wrapped around items that supermarkets sell. But just filming items on the shelves will do that, right? – you don't need to buy and remove the packaging to see what it is made from.
We can't keep hand-balling responsibility around. Seeing supermarkets argue that they are merely responding to customer demand (by offering plastic options), whilst ignoring those who argue to remove plastic, is simply exhausting. Conversely, demanding change from supermarkets when there are perfectly valid and do-able ways to live without them (e.g. see our book 'Bountiful: A family guide to waste-free living' to be released later this year! *nudge, nudge, wink, wink*) by following any number of 'zero-waste approaches'. The short- and long-term solution is for individuals and local communities (including businesses and governments) to adopt new, and environmentally-much-less-harmful paradigms – ones that do not rely on multi-national corporations who demonstrate little care for environmental impacts. If they did care, the supermarkets would have stopped selling single-use plastic products decades ago.
Good in-roads to broad, positive change (e.g. community level and bigger) can be made in various ways. But first, we should take a little time for self-reflection – what can we do as individuals and households to reduce our own waste? Once we are informed about the waste we produce, and take steps to reduce it, then the barriers to further waste-reduction becomes more apparent. You may find that you can live without supermarkets, but that you hit waste barriers when you start focusing on the waste associated with clothing, electrical goods, or travel. For each wasteful item, there can be a number of ways to address it. If you have the time, learn about their production system, business ethics, supply chain, and their organizational context. It may be worth writing to them to highlight a concern, but if you do this, offer solutions as well. Refer them to other businesses who are leading the way on a particular issue, so that they may aspire to improve practices.
Also, write letters and emails to your local government aldermen or members of parliament – people who are in positions to vote on motions for positive change. If you're in the know on and issue and you think the council member is not, then inform them!
You may also want to let retailers know why you're opting out of their products, but in the case of big multi-national corporations, don't expect to see much more than a scripted, copy and paste response from them. In the case of the viral 'plastic protest' video, the customers aren't really opting-out of the products, so the argument for leaving the packaging on the counter is confused.
Leaving plastic product packaging at the counter is, in my opinion, akin to leaving a big steaming turd on someone's doorstep – it is only going to incite annoyance and anger, but does not offer any solutions to the waste problem. It is an act of despair, of waving hands in the air and saying 'What can we do, it's all your fault!' At best, such action might prompt discussion, albeit confused discussion.
Activism can be a useful strategy to push for broader shifts towards low-waste lifestyles and processes, but such actions will be more effective if they are solutions focused and not simply buck-passing. A great example the sort of positive activism that I mean, can be seen in Plastic Wise Taroona, who approached local, medium-sized supermarkets and negotiated for them to ditch plastic shopping bags, whilst offering reusable cloth bags instead. This action was collaborative, co-operative and mutually beneficial to businesses, customers and the local environment. I'd love to see similar, innovative solutions and cooperative approaches put in place to address waste problems elsewhere.
As parents, Lauren and I encourage our children to take responsibility for themselves, and for their waste. We don't want them to feel helpless in the world, or to constantly pass the buck on issues that they can actively control. We'd rather they problem-solve, and we encourage them to be self-reliant. The goal posts of this planet are constantly changing and so we want to equip our children such that they can adapt to changing times, with novel solutions.


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Telecommunications Career Field
Telecommunications Careers Background
The telecommunications industry, which consists of the telephone, computer, and cable TV industries, has its roots in the telephone industry. The telephone industry is the nerve system of the United States, consisting of millions of telephones and a vast network of switching and transmission systems. To provide the kind of service required for constantly increasing communications, this industry employs many people in many kinds of jobs. Competition and technological innovation characterize the telecommunications industry.
Although the telephone industry is big business, it is also a retail and service organization in each community. Its business is to send individual calls, install and service individual phones, and serve the needs of the smallest as well as largest community.
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1875. Bell, a speech teacher who studied electricity as a hobby, wanted to develop a harmonic telegraph so that two or more telegraphic messages could be sent over a single wire at the same time. By chance, the essential principles of the telephone were discovered.
The telephone earned praise when it was demonstrated at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in June 1876, but it did not gain widespread support until 1877, when Bell gave a number of public demonstrations of his invention. By 1892, Chicago and New York were linked by long-distance telephone lines, and by 1915 it was possible to make a telephone call between New York and San Francisco.
The Bell System, which operates most of the nation's phones, was once one giant corporation supervising the work of local operating companies. American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), the parent corporation, was the subject of a successful antitrust suit by the U.S. Department of Justice. Effective January 1, 1984, the local companies, organized into seven regions, were divested (separated from the control of AT&T) and given autonomy over local phone service. Independent companies were meanwhile offering competitive long-distance call packages, taking some business away from AT&T. The two systems, the independent and Bell, offer many of the same services.
The partial deregulation of the industry, dating from the late 1960s, and the AT&T divestiture of January 1984, led to major changes in the telecommunications industry. The regional Bell operating companies were allowed to enter new markets, such as computers and software, that formerly were restricted to them. Likewise, markets within the telephone industry were opened up to companies that previously had not been allowed to operate in them. Hence, the divestiture of AT&T paved the way for companies to explore new transmission methods and to invest in technologically advanced equipment that today provides many new services and products. Common telephone services today that are the result of relatively recent technology include features such as call waiting, three-way calling, call tracing, automatic number identification or caller ID, voice messaging, and audio conferencing. Long-distance calls can also be connected much more quickly than in the past, with satellites making it possible to connect overseas calls in a matter of seconds. Voice processing equipment allows callers to access computers and, through the use of touch tone telephones, communicate with them. Banks, utility companies, and businesses are increasingly using voice response systems to route calls and allow people to request information and place orders without the need to talk to a person.
A significant change in the last few decades is advanced technology in wireless communications. For over a century, the telephone industry relied primarily on wires to transmit and receive sound. Cellular technology, which relies on low-powered radio transmissions rather than wire transmission, existed as far back as the 1930s, when mobile radios were first used by law enforcement and fire fighting personnel. In 1982, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allowed non-telephone companies to receive cellular licenses, which allowed them to use specified radio frequencies, and by 1983, the first commercial cellular mobile telephone came out. Telephone users eagerly embraced cellular telephones and their use became widespread.
Wireless technology includes the use of microwave radio systems and satellite communications systems. Telecommunications providers use earth stations, such as satellite dishes, to send and receive video, data, telephone, and fax information to and from a satellite. The number of earth stations and cell sites (used in cellular technology) expands every year.
The traditional lines between the telephone, computer, and cable TV industries are fading as all three areas now are referred to as telecommunications. In 1996, the Telecommunications Act was passed, which deregulated the telecommunications industry. It contained changes to existing laws that allow cable TV companies to offer telephone service and telephone companies to enter into the cable TV business, abolishing many of the restrictions that in the past prevented companies from operating within certain markets.
The computer industry is linked very closely to the telephone industry. Telephone lines allow for the delivery and integration of many services provided by computers. For example, computers are hooked up to telephone lines through modems that allow the transmission of data, video, and audio. Computers can be linked to other computers through telephone lines and transmission systems. The Internet is an example of a vast global computer network, with computers linked by wires, fiber optics, cables, and microwave and satellite communications links.
The linking of computers and telephones provides services such as email, voice messages, faxes, electronic data searches, data transmission, and electronic banking. The coaxial cables used to bring cable TV into homes also have the capability to link computers. ISDN, or Integrated Services Digital Network, allows for the simultaneous transport of voice, data, and video signals over a single telephone line, and is available in many markets. This technology allows for high-speed access to services with advanced digital technology. Applications include video-teleconferencing, distance learning, high-speed access to the Internet, electronic transfer of funds, advanced voice recognition technology, and access to online interactive services.
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For years, the best way to find stories about champs and the regions they hail from was to do a Google search and hope Lady Luck was smiling. We knew there should be a better way for players to explore the world of League of Legends, so we set out to build a more accessible, immersive experience.
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Due to recent mandates by US Soccer, all soccer clubs in the US are switching to birth year to determine what age group a player plays in. For instance a player born in the year 2003 will play in the 15U age group for the 2017-18 season.
The format with the U following the oldest age the player will be on Dec. 31 of 2018. So player born in 2003 will turn 15 during 2018 is referred to as 15 or under.
There is another very important component to understand about this chart. To avoid players aging out of an age group during a season, the new top age group for youth competitions is 19U. This change aligns with the birth year standard and makes sure that players are not eliminated from participating during the second half of a season.
Use this chart to determine the appropriate age group for your player for the 2017-2018 season.


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Daft Punk don't share a lot of details about their process, so it's not entirely clear what instrument plays the bassline on this track. The style is consistent with the way a funk bassist might play a bass guitar, but this can also be done with a synthesizer.
This bassline has an interesting shape: a sort of "ascending stairs" pattern that repeats three times before "climbing" back down the notes of the scale. The use of three repeating variations followed by a new idea is a common composition technique.
Experiment with your own basslines that use some of the defining characteristics of the original: intricate rhythms, passing tones, and ideas that repeat three times.
Even though there aren't really any chords played here, the notes in this bassline suggest some possible accompanying chords (in a similar way to the "Mary Had A Little Lamb" example).
Listen to this "implied" chord progression along with the bassline.
This particular chord progression (1-3-5-4) might sound familiar. It's also used in another Daft Punk track: "Get Lucky" (but in a different key).