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Our group was assigned to explore the demographic trends of the Lakes Region. Our goal was to identify different trends based off of variables that tell stories and are unique to the citizens of these towns. For our research, we chose to look at change in the three following variables.
Our first and the most important variable when looking at the overall demographic of a region was total population. The two column graphs show the total population of each town in 2011 and 2016. Although the two charts may look identical at first glance, we noticed that there is some variation during the five-year period. Most notably, Holderness and Tuftonboro experienced moderate population change despite what the bars look like. The next slide will provide a better look at these changes and show how the population change is more drastic than it appears for a five-year period.
The new column chart specifically looks at the population change on a more realistic scale. For population growth, Holderness and Ashland both increased significantly. In 2011, Holderness had a small population of 1,667 and grew to 2,395 in 2016. Even though this change doesn't seem very big based on the overall scale of the population, it represents a 43.7% change. Meanwhile, Tuftonboro's population decreased from a population of 2,594 in 2011 to 2,098 in 2016. This represents a decrease in population of 19.1%. Overall, fifteen towns experienced a population growth which accounts for exactly 50% of the region. These statistics can be attributed to the increase of seasonal homes in the region. According to an article from the New Hampshire Review, the increase in seasonal homes has directly affected the economy and population increase.
When analyzing the column charts above, the median age of NH residents has increased from 2011 to 2016. We came to this conclusion when comparing number of columns(towns) that are under the median age of 40. The 2011 column chart shows the following six towns have an average median age below 40: Gilmanton, Franklin, Ashland, Alexandria, Northfield, Barnstead. The 2016 column chart shows that only one town now has a median age below 40. The town of Ashland was the only town in the lakes region whose median age decreased by almost 5 years.
In this chunk, we wanted to compare the 2011 and 2016 data from above, but in a side by side comparison to stress the change that has occurred. The faceted histogram clearly shows that the median age has risen in every single town in the Lakes Region besides four. Ashland, Bristol, Freedom, and Moultonborough were the only towns that did not increase in median age over the five-year period. Hebron and Bridgewater top the chart with median ages of 58 and 57.6 respectively. These numbers indicate a gradually rising median age demographic that is well above the U.S average of 37. According to population projections from the Laconia Sun, the age category of 65+ is expected to grow from the 2000 census of 8,496 to 27,081 in 2030 in Belknap County (218.8% growth). Meanwhile, the population of 85 and older is going to triple, 243%, from 2010 to 2040. In the article there are projections on what the towns populations are going to be by 2040. This can also be attributed to the aging of the baby boom generation.
Population that has moved from outside NH.
We wanted to look at the population that has moved into the Lakes Region from other states and attempt to find any patterns from 2011 to 2016. Even though there wasn't any drastic change overall, we did notice a trend of towns in the immediate vicinity of lakes that had notable increases in this variable. These towns include Center Harbor, Laconia, Ossipee, Alton and Wolfeboro.


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Ryan Cassata is a transgender singer-songwriter & motivational speaker from Long Island, NY who – all by the age of 18 – successfully cut three records, booked and went on several tours, played several of the world's biggest gay music festivals, won the Harvey Milk Memorial Award, became the youngest keynote speaker for the largest transgender conference in the world, and appeared on National & International TV several times. Ryan plays guitar, piano, ukulele, harmonica, and sings. At the young age of 14, Ryan began to gig across Long Island. Now only three years later he has made over 275 appearances, consisting of tour dates from coast to coast. Cassata performed at the world's biggest gay music festivals with artists like Karmin, Salt N' Pepa, Frenchie Davis, Chris Crocker, Tom Goss & more. Cassata has also performed with The Click Five, Austin Gibbs. Jeff LeBlanc, Madina Lake, and One Love. Ryan Cassata is the founder of Artemendous Records, LLC, a record label he created to push his career to the next level while providing support to other local talent. Ryan Cassata is the composer of the soundtrack for "Loop Planes", an award-winning independent film that screened in the South By Southwest (SXSW) Film & Music Festival (2010), the Tribeca Film Festival. (2010), the International Israel Women's Film Festival (with The Runaways) (2010) and 40 other film festivals. Ryan Cassata appeared on The Larry King Live Show (2009) and the Tyra Banks Show (2010) for being transgender himself. Aside from being a musician Cassata is a strong advocate for the Transgender community. He travels the States speaking at High Schools, Colleges and Conferences sharing his story with a mission to stop ignorance and bring peace to the world. Ryan Cassata became the youngest keynote speaker at the Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference of 2012. Cassata appeared in Hamptons Bay Magazine (2008), Go Magazine (2008), Closer Magazine (2011), and Pulse Magazine (2012), for his hard work and advocacy. In 2011, Ryan Cassata won the Harvey Milk Memorial Award for the path of equality he created within his high school and within his community. Ryan Cassata writes very passionate lyrics. His words are positive and inspirational to todays generation. Cassata hopes to spread this positivity across the country and around the world in hopes to make people smile and catch on to kindness. Ryan Cassata is doing much more than the average teen. He demands change, he demands revolution, and…he demands PEACE.

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A group of Louisiana landowners, Weyerhaeuser Company, and the Pacific Legal Foundation filed Petitions for Writs of Certiorari this month asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) decision to designate 1,544 acres of private land in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana as critical habitat for the endangered dusky gopher frog.
The government designated over 1,500 acres of private land as critical habitat for the dusky gopher that is not used or occupied by the species; is not near areas inhabited by the species; is not accessible to the species; and, does not support the existence or conservation of the species in any way. Yet, the designation may cost the landowners up to $34 million in lost value.
The lower courts previously rejected the landowners' arguments. (A prior article discussing the Fifth Circuit holding is available here and a prior article discussing the Fifth Circuit's denial of an en banc rehearing is available here). The USFWS' critical habitat designation was upheld by Judge Feldman in the Eastern District of Louisiana in 2014, affirmed by a 2-1 decision in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2016, and denied an en banc rehearing by an 8-6 vote of the Fifth Circuit in February 2017. But the frog's case has proven to have legs and may endure longer than the species itself.
The dusky gopher frog, Rana sevosa, was once abundant across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The frog dwells in underground burrows, breeds in ephemeral ponds, and is endemic to the longleaf pine forests located in the coastal plains of the region. As 95% of the longleaf pine forest habitat has disappeared, so too have the frogs, which were last observed in Louisiana in 1965. Currently, the entire population of dusky gopher frogs is estimated to be fewer than 150 adults and the species' current range is limited to three ponds in south Mississippi.
The final June 2012 Rule designated 6,477 acres in Mississippi and Louisiana, 5,281 acres of which is unoccupied habitat, including the 1,544 acres in Unit 1 which FWS considers to be, in its totality, the highest quality breeding habitat anywhere in the frog's [historic] range…. After considering the best available science, including the input of six experts, and the importance of ephemeral ponds to the recovery of the frog, FWS reasonably determined that Unit 1 is essential for the conservation of the species.
After each of the lower court's affirmed the USFWS' designation, Petitioners sought relief in the Supreme Court arguing, in pertinent part, that: (1) the USFWS acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it designated as critical habitat private property that, absent modification which the agency cannot compel landowners to perform, is uninhabitable by the listed species; (2) designation of critical habitat not presently occupied by the listed species should require greater scrutiny than designation of critical habitat currently occupied by the species; (3) the alleged failure to exclude the critical habitat due to economic consideration should be judicially reviewable for an abuse of discretion under the Administrative Procedure Act; and (4) the critical habitat designation impinged on the powers of the State in violation of the Tenth Amendment. (A copy of the petition filed by The Pacific Legal Foundation is available here) Responses to the petitions are due by August 14, 2017.
This case may open the door for the Supreme Court to revisit the Chevron deference principle established in a landmark 1984 case that held courts should defer to an agency's interpretation of a federal law that contains ambiguous language unless the agency's interpretation is unreasonable. Justice Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's appointee and the newest member of the high court, is a noted Chevron deference skeptic who has referred to the principle as "a judge-made doctrine for the abdication of the judicial duty." It remains to be seen whether the addition of Justice Gorsuch will impact the Court's consideration of this case. Four affirmative votes are needed for the case to come before the Court.


To come face to face with a piece of art is to look at oneself in the mirror and to let oneself be discovered by the artist. When an entire building is one big piece of art, the viewer is wholly subjected to the will of its creator – someone who, given their experience and emotional attunement, is able to break the members of their audience down and transform them. With the aim of turning the guests into the main players on a broad art canvas, Arantza Hotela, a 5-star establishment, came to be, in the midst of nature. The artist behind this gargantuan piece is Jose Pablo Arriaga, a magnificent connoisseur of human condition.
Jose Pablo Arriaga's history has become art, his past has turned present, and his present has become a message of remembrance that must never be forgotten. Arantza Hotela is a colossal sculpture inside another work of art: nature. All the fields of art have come together in this piece that turns poetry, in the midst of the forest's beauty, into architecture. For its interior, stone, cement, and wooden sculptures take center stage. These are materials that, at first glance, seem to be static; yet, they are transformed by the artist and provided with dynamism to create a certain tension amongst the pieces, to reveal an invincible force that struggles to free itself. The feelings produced by its art are what make a stay at Arantza Hotela really something to be experienced.
This luxury, adults-only hotel is designed entirely for couples and rekindling bonds. Each one of the rooms is designed as a romance novel in which the guests play the roles of the key characters. Its panoramic spa, for example, is private and may only be used by one couple at a time. In its restaurant, its tables have only two wooden legs and it is thus necessary for both members of the couple to keep them steady – just like a life shared by two people. The restaurant's menu –awarded "4 forks," the greatest distinction offered by the Government of Navarre– is one of the main pillars of a stay at Arantza Hotela.
The hotel also has an extensive range of activities that can be done off site. Amongst the options are four-wheeler paths, scenic journeys through the countryside, and meals at a true gastronomic society. In all of these activities, what guests love most is the warmth and closeness with which they are treated – and sometimes even new friendships are formed amongst them.
And, what can be said about the rooms!? All of them measure between 50 m2 and 120 m2 and are designed for spending time together in harmony: a Hästens king-sized bed, a round bathtub, a fireplace, and the ubiquitous wood that blends in with the forest all help to turn these little niches into a great place of refuge. The large windows in the bedrooms allow for guests to enjoy the lush nature that surrounds the hotel – and even delve into it. This is a place where you can achieve a state of rest and absolute silence like nowhere else.
Arantza Hotela also has a spectacular wine-tasting room in which bold wooden beams that emulate a wine barrel plant the wine tasters in a sophisticated, heady atmosphere.
Jose Pablo, a true magician and expert of space and form, as well as input from friends and guests, have helped to make Arantza Hotela the best hotel in Navarre and turn it into something that is both artistic and aesthetically critical yet, at the same time, hopeful. The hotel has been recognized with several awards, amongst which is the 2017 award for the Best Getaway Hotel by Condé Nast Traveler magazine.


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Rangers loanee King must be wondering why he left Leicester City
When Rangers signed Andy King on a season-long loan from Leicester City in mid-August, it came as something of a surprise.
The Gers already had Steven Davis, Glen Kamara, Ryan Jack, Joe Aribo and Greg Docherty as out and out midfielders and Scott Arfield as another who could fill into a central berth.
🆕 #RangersFC are today delighted to confirm @AndyKingy Andy King has joined the club on a season loan.
— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) August 15, 2019
However, Gerrard made it clear he wanted two players for each position, aka six genuine midfielders, and so King was recruited [Scotsman].
Once he was signed, there was an expectation that we'd see a decent amount of him in action. Especially, after he was given half an hour of playing time just a matter of days later in the League Cup.
After all, he's a 50-cap Welsh international and Premier League winner. At 30, he's hardly over the hill, either.
Yet, he's spent considerably more time watching from the sidelines than on the pitch.
King celebrates with Defoe after the striker scored against East Fife. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
Rangers loanee King struggling for game time
So far, he's mustered a total of 69 minutes for Rangers, spread across five appearances [Transfermarkt], in almost two months with the club.
Steven Gerrard has stated that King was aware of the situation he was getting himself into – that some weeks he would feature, while in others, he wouldn't [Scottish Sun]
It's hard to believe that if he knew exactly how little playing time he would get, though, he would have bothered to move at all. He recently admitted he was frustrated at his lack of opportunities while recognising that it can be hard to change a winning team [Glasgow Evening Times].
Sunday's fixture against Hamilton looked the perfect time to give him his first league start. With Ryan Jack out injured, and Joe Aribo only fit enough for the bench, the door was ajar.
Jack has been sidelined by a minor calf injury. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images)
Yet, not only did he not start the game, he failed to make the matchday squad altogether.
Of course, there's a long way to go yet this season. Maybe, we're in for another Greg Stewart type turnaround after the international break. Perhaps he'll soon get a chance and grasp it with both hands, and then we'll all realise why he was brought to the club.
For now, though, it looks unlikely. If he doesn't get a go at home against one of the division's weakest sides when there are injuries to other midfielders, when will he?
Tags: Andy King, Leicester City, Rangers, rangers loan signings, wales football
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New Method for Cleaning Coal Could Help Determine Economic Viability of Coal Projects
By Richard Truman, Geoscience BC
A new method for cleaning metallurgical coal to verify coal quality for coke making could replace a widely-used chemical-based process leading to a more accurate assessment of the economic viability of coal projects.
A researcher prepares coal samples to be tested in the water-based Roben Jig coal washing process, a new method for cleaning metallurgical coal that could replace the traditional chemical-based process.
This month, the Canadian Carbonization Research Association (CCRA) and Geoscience BC will launch a research project to assess the effectiveness of an innovative water-based cleaning process for washing exploration samples of B.C. metallurgical coal used in the steel-production process to determine coal and coke quality – key considerations in evaluating the economic feasibility of coal deposits.
"This research will help us identify the best method of determining coal quality before a mine is built," states Melanie Mackay, President of the Western Canadian Coal Society and Technical Member of the CCRA. "The ability to accurately evaluate coal quality and the coking characteristics of metallurgical coal during the exploration stage is essential to determining the economic viability of a coal deposit."
"The potential of finding a faster, safer more reliable method of determining coal quality is a real boon for the coal industry," adds Bruce Madu, Vice President, Minerals and Mining at Geoscience BC. "Ultimately, the more accurate information a prospector or company has about the quality of coal beneath the ground, the higher the value they could get for their property or the end product."
Coal is B.C.'s largest export commodity. Provincial 2016 estimates peg the value of B.C.'s coal production at $3.32 billion.Coal production currently represents over half of the total mineral production revenues in the province. Between 70-90 per cent of coal produced in B.C. is metallurgical coal.
The research project will compare the water-based Roben Jig coal washing process to the traditional method of analyzing small-scale exploration samples of metallurgical coal, known as the float-and-sink method. This process uses various solvent-based chemicals such as white spirit, methylene bromide, and perchloroethylene (PCE) to remove impurities, namely ash, and produce a clean coal sample suitable for analysis. PCE, a chemical that was commonly-used in the dry cleaning industry, is also a known carcinogen posing potential health risks for laboratory workers.
Coal washing using the Roben Jig process involves loading the coal sample into a specially designed cylinder with water. A motor moves the cylinder up and down in a "jigging" motion which sorts the coal particles by density, with the heaviest particles sinking to the bottom and the lightest particles moving to the top. Clean coal samples are then extracted from the jig and undergo various tests to determine quality, most notably maximum fluidity (melting and interaction/bonding behaviour), and the resultant coke is tested for coke strength after reaction or CSR (an indicator of coke performance in an industrial blast furnace).
If the Roben Jig process provides equivalent or superior results to traditional coal washing methods, it could potentially benefit B.C. and the global coal industry by eliminating the need to use harmful chemicals for treating/cleaning coal prior to coal and coke quality analysis.
CCRA and Geoscience BC will be testing four coal types from B.C. using the Roben Jig and float-and sink methods to evaluate the effectiveness and accuracy of both processes and their relative impacts on coal thermal rheological properties and coke characteristics. Three of these coal samples will come from southeast B.C. coal fields, and the other one from northeast B.C. Testing of the two washing methods will be conducted by Birtley Coal and Minerals Testing, a division of GWIL Industries Inc., in Calgary. Follow-up analysis will be conducted at CanmetENERGY laboratories in Ottawa, where clean coal samples will be carbonized in a small coke oven and resultant coke properties including CSR will be evaluated.
Final study results of the effectiveness of the Roben Jig process compared to coal washing using the traditional float-and-sink method will be available in the fall 2017 on Geoscience BC's website www.geosciencebc.com.
About the Canadian Carbonization Research Association
The Canadian Carbonization Research Association (CCRA) is a not-for-profit agency that conducts research on behalf of Canada's steel and metallurgical coal producers. Its mandate is to improve the energy efficiency of metallurgical processes for the advancement of Canadian industry. CCRA is comprised of corporate members from Canada's major steel and coal mining companies along with the Federal Government (Natural Resources Canada). www.cancarb.ca
About Geoscience BC
Geoscience BC is an independent, non-profit organization that generates earth science information in collaboration with First Nations, local communities, governments, academia and the resource sector. Our independent earth science enables informed resource management decisions and attracts investment that creates jobs. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the province of British Columbia. www.geosciencebc.com
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Here's the news: I'm joining Glitch!
I'm joining as a front-end developer on the community team, where I'll help maintain glitch.com.
In November, I announced that I was leaving Beaker . In short, I left because I want to be a full-time developer, but Beaker needed me as something more like a developer advocate/designer combo. I still love Beaker very much! It just isn't the right team for me right now.
I joined Beaker because I believed—and still do—that the Web is at its best when it makes space for everyone to participate meaningfully.
If you're familiar with my work on Beaker, the parallels between it and Glitch should be apparent: both are one-click tools for publishing websites and apps, both let you "fork" or "remix" projects, and both teams are motivated by the belief that you shouldn't have to be a professional developer to make, tweak, and explore the Web.
Platforms like Facebook and Twitter have connected the world, sure, but they've also reduced online participation to a set of formats decided by character limits and emoji reactions.
Those constraints make sense on a global-scale social network, but if you look back on the creativity that came out of communities like GeoCities, you realize there's space on the Web for much more than what social media affords.
There's space for a community that's built on building—one that sees the Web as a boundless canvas, and cherishes the beautiful (and the weird) that emerges when you invite the whole world to paint on it. There's space for Glitch.
Beyond building amazing tools, Glitch is committed to cultivating a friendly and fun community, no nonsense allowed. Further, Glitch and its previous incarnation, Fog Creek, have a long track record of treating workers well where it counts: good pay, great benefits, and offices with doors.
Joining Glitch is a natural next-step for me, and I'm so thankful for the chance to work with this stellar group of people.


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The Last of Us 2 release date news nears as Naughty Dog announce more finishing touches
The sequel to Naughty Dog's magnum-opus has been in a state of radio-silence since the first gameplay scenes were shown at Sony's E3 conference in 2018.
Focusing on an older Ellie, this time playable, the footage shown was an unflinching look at survival in a world overrun by the Cordyceps virus introduced in the first title.
With Sony skipping E3 entirely this year, the potential release date for The Last Of Us Part 2 is entirely up in the air.
Thanks to an Instagram post from Neil Druckmann, the game's director, we now have at least some kind of update on the progress of the project.
The update was posted on Friday, and clearly shows that Laura Bailey's character has now finished performance capture for the project.
Laura Bailey is a famed performer in the videogame and animation space, appearing as Mary Jane in last year's PlayStation 4 Spiderman title as well as Nadine Ross in both Uncharted 4 and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy – both developed by Naughty Dog.
Her character has only been shown in a trailer at 2017's Paris Games Week presentation so far, a trailer that was incredibly detailed and impressively brutal. Little is known about her character, but it has been suggested that the scene in this trailer is a flashback and Bailey's character is playing lead character Ellie's mother.
Druckmann has been very busy on social media this week, revealing on his Twitter account that Travis Willingham (Laura Bailey's husband who is also a highly regarded performer) has also been working on performance capture for the game alongside a surprising name – rapper and producer Logic.
The game seems to be becoming a who's who of sorts for voice and performance artists, with lead duo Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker returning as Ellie and Joel respectively.
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Una comunitat lingüística és, segons la Declaració Universal dels Drets Lingüístics una «societat humana que, assentada històricament en un espai territorial determinat, reconegut o no, s'autoidentifica com a poble i ha desenvolupat una llengua comuna com a mitjà de comunicació natural i de cohesió cultural entre els seus membres». Aquesta definició és extreta de l'article 1.1 del Títol Preliminar, el qual precisa els conceptes usats al llarg de la dita Declaració.

Un dels indicadors clau a l'hora de valorar la vitalitat d'una llengua és si és transmesa de pares i mares (Vegeu també: Llengua materna) a fills i filles. Aquest indicador sol rebre el nom d'índex o taxa de transmissió lingüística familiar. S'entén per llengua transmesa familiarment la llengua que l'infant aprèn de manera informal en l'àmbit de la llar, sense influència de l'escola o de les institucions. Si una llengua es transmet familiarment, la supervivència està garantida, mentre que perilla quan els progenitors deixen de parlar-la als fills. El fet que una llengua es transmeti familiarment és el que garanteix una nova generació de parlants que la tinguin com a llengua inicial. La mort d'una llengua és, per tant, un fenomen que implica tres generacions: la que deixa de parlar-la als fills, els fills que ja no l'aprenen en l'àmbit de la llar i que, per tant, ja no la transmeten als descendents, i aquests últims, que ja no l'hauran viscuda a l'entorn ni la tindran com a pròpia..

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 Manteniment lingüístic

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Bloc Pot | Legalize cannabis
Marijuana concentrates spike THC levels but don't boost impairment
Submitted by Zappiste on 14 June 2020 - 13:21.
Recherches scientifiques
"Surprisingly, we found that potency did not track with intoxication levels," said lead author Cinnamon Bidwell.
Source:University of Colorado at Boulder
Summary:A study of 121 regular users of legal market cannabis found that higher potency does not necessarily mean greater intoxication. It also found that while balance and memory are impaired immediately after use, that impairment fades within in an hour.
Smoking high-potency marijuana concentrates boosts blood levels of THC more than twice as much as smoking conventional weed, but it doesn't necessarily get you higher, according to a new study of regular users published today by University of Colorado Boulder researchers.
"Surprisingly, we found that potency did not track with intoxication levels," said lead author Cinnamon Bidwell, an assistant professor in the Institute of Cognitive Science. "While we saw striking differences in blood levels between the two groups, they were similarly impaired."
The paper, published June 10 in JAMA Psychiatry, is the first to assess the acute impact of cannabis among real-world users of legal market products. It could inform everything from roadside sobriety tests to decisions about personal recreational or medicinal use.
But the study also raises concerns that using concentrates could unnecessarily put people at greater long-term risk of side-effects.
"It raises a lot of questions about how quickly the body builds up tolerance to cannabis and whether people might be able to achieve desired results at lower doses," said Bidwell.
While 33 states have legalized medicinal marijuana use, and 11 have legalized recreational use, both uses remain illegal at the federal level. Researchers are also prohibited from handling or administering marijuana. Some previous studies have used strains supplied by the government, but those strains contain far less THC than real-world products.
In order to study what people really use, Bidwell and her colleagues utilize two white Dodge Sprinter vans, also known as the "cannavans," as mobile laboratories. They drive the vans to the residences of study subjects who use cannabis they purchase on their own inside their homes and then walk out for tests.
"We cannot bring legal market cannabis into a university lab, but we can bring the mobile lab to the people," she said.
For the current study, the team assessed 121 regular cannabis users. Half typically used concentrates (oils and waxes that include the active ingredients without the leaves and stems). The other half typically used flower from the plant. Flower users purchased a product containing either 16% or 24% [tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)], the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Concentrate users were assigned to a product containing either 70% or 90% THC.
On test day, researchers drew the subjects' blood, measured their mood and intoxication level and assessed their cognitive function and balance at three time points: before, directly after and one hour after they used.
Those who used concentrates had much higher THC levels at all three points, with levels spiking to 1,016 micrograms per milliliter in the few minutes after use, while flower users spiked at 455 micrograms per milliliter. (Previous studies have shown that THC levels hover around 160 to 380 micrograms per milliliter after marijuana use).
Regardless of what type or potency of cannabis participants used, their self-reports of intoxication, or "feeling high," were remarkably similar, as were their measures of balance and cognitive impairment.
"People in the high concentration group were much less compromised than we thought they were going to be," said coauthor Kent Hutchison, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at CU Boulder who also studies alcohol addiction. "If we gave people that high a concentration of alcohol it would have been a different story."
The study also found that, among all users, balance was about 11% worse after using cannabis, and memory was compromised. But within about an hour, that impairment faded.
"This could be used to develop a roadside test, or even to help people make personal decisions," said Bidwell.
The researchers aren't sure how the concentrate group could have such high THC levels without greater intoxication, but they suspect a few things are at play: Regular users of concentrates likely develop a tolerance over time. There may be genetic or biological differences that make some people metabolize THC more quickly. And it may be that once compounds in marijuana, called cannabinoids, fill receptors in the brain that spark intoxication, additional cannabinoids have little impact.
"Cannabinoid receptors may become saturated with THC at higher levels, beyond which there is a diminishing effect of additional THC," they write.
The authors caution that the study examined regular users who have learned to meter their use based on the desired effect, and does not apply to inexperienced users. Those users should still be extremely cautious with concentrates, said Hutchison.
Ultimately, the researchers hope to learn what, if any, long-term health risks concentrates truly pose.
"Does long-term, concentrated exposure mess with your cannabinoid receptors in a way that could have long-term repercussions? Does it make it harder to quit when you want to?" said Hutchison. "We just don't know yet."
Materials provided by University of Colorado at Boulder. Original written by Lisa Marshall. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.
Journal Reference:
L. Cinnamon Bidwell, Jarrod M. Ellingson, Hollis C. Karoly, Sophie L. YorkWilliams, Leah N. Hitchcock, Brian L. Tracy, Jost Klawitter, Cristina Sempio, Angela D. Bryan, Kent E. Hutchison. Association of Naturalistic Administration of Cannabis Flower and Concentrates With Intoxication and Impairment. JAMA Psychiatry, 2020; DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.0927
University of Colorado at Boulder. "Marijuana concentrates spike THC levels but don't boost impairment." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 10 June 2020. .
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Amazon Delivery Man on Horseback in India goes Viral
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Is Having Sex the Only Way to Prove Love?
Is having sex essential for a loving relationship? DESIblitz explores how long a British Asian couple can last without having sex in their relationship.
By Koumal Patel
"By giving him pleasure and receiving pleasure, it has brought us closer together physically"
Love is uplifting. If you love someone, it's important to show them that you love them. But what about the significance of sex in the relationship?
There are many ways love can be expressed in a relationship, and sex is one of them.
Sex is a natural act which creates a very strong bond between two people and can elevate their relationship to become stronger and closer.
For some couples, sex is more important in a relationship than it is for others.
However, does sex express love and is it important to show that you love a person?
We explore how the two affect British Asian couples and if sex is a way to prove you love someone.
The Importance of Sex
A relationship would be quite hollow without sex. Sex puts the emotions that two people feel for each other into motion.
Kiran Rai says: "I think that having sex with my boyfriend strengthens our relationship.
"It's a completely natural way to prove your love to someone.
"By giving him pleasure and by receiving that pleasure, it reinforces our love for each other and has brought us closer together physically."
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In today's generation, sex is casually thrown around and doesn't hold as much meaning as it once used to.
In 2015, approximately 435,000 people were diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection in England and 'the impact of STIs remains greatest in young heterosexuals under the age of 25 years'.
Some individuals, especially younger people who want to fit in, might be pressured to engage in sexual activities. If people around them have had sex, they might feel like they're inexperienced.
This might also lead to people, especially, young women, to having sex to prove to their partner or peers that they are good enough too.
Often girls do not realise that they could be getting coaxed into have a sexual relationship by a partner, who may even threaten to leave them, compare them to another girl who is willing and so on. This can drum up huge insecurities in young women about 'not being good enough.'
Meena Kumari says: "I knew my friends were having sex and I felt left out and could not join in their conversations. So, I had sex to prove to them I was like them too."
The issue of whether sex is correlated with love depends on factors such as age, culture and gender.
Dorothy Tennov's book, Love and Limerence, reveals a study in which 61 per cent of the females and 35 per cent of the males agreed with the statement, 'I have been in love without feeling any need for sex'.
This indicates that men have more sexual desires than women. Whereas men might look at sex and love as two different things, women tend to merge the two together.
Another study shows that both genders react differently to infidelity. Men are 'more jealous of sexual infidelity than emotional infidelity' whilst the opposite is true for women, suggesting that women value the emotional side more than the sexual side.
Idris Hussain says: "Sex isn't something I go out looking for or constantly try to get. I've noticed that I don't really enjoy it if I'm doing stuff with girls who I'm not into but I'd still do it if it was available."
In contrast, Sanna Mahmood says:
"I wouldn't have sex with someone if I didn't love them."
"I would never give my body away like that because it means a lot to me."
On the other hand, some Asian girls are more liberal in this day and age and are likely to have sex to please their boyfriend.
Sex may not always be a priority for girls who are usually looking for more in a relationship. This includes socialising, friendship and naturally, finding love.
Perhaps the reason for this is that guys view sex as a 'primal thing' in a relationship. Therefore, for them, sex is an important way to prove love.
On the other hand, women tend to focus more on other aspects and may even 'be more likely to overlook the issue if everything else in the relationship is going well'.
Can there be Love without Sex?
Sex can be a great way to express love but love can exist without it. Shahlaa Naseem doesn't believe that sex is the only way to prove love:
"It's more emotions and actions. Love is something that can be proved by a simple 'how are you feeling today?', 'have you eaten?' and small things to show you care."
Big gestures aren't needed to display one's love; the little things speak louder.
Jayesh Patel and Meera Malhotra have been in a relationship since January 2014.
Jayesh shows his love through various methods: "By making her favourite food, watching shows, reading and even studying together. We help each other to grow and I treat her how I would want my daughter to be treated by another man.
"I like surprising her, that doesn't only mean gifts, just surprises such as taking her to the park and having a picnic. I kiss her on the forehead, call her 'babygirl', I'll do anything to make her smile.
"She is my best friend, I like to spend time with her and her happiness is my own."
Meera reciprocates her love in a similar way: "Through little things like waking up, texting him, asking him what his plans are for the day. Then asking him what he ate, how he's feeling and just how his day went.
"I also love surprising him by going on dates or just bringing him random cakes, presents or just the small things that make him happy.
"He's always there for me as my backbone so I make sure he knows how much I appreciate and care for him because he means everything to me."
Whereas sex can be found anywhere, sharing chemistry with someone is precious and rare. Intimacy isn't merely physical, connecting with someone at different levels is an even better intimacy.
Whilst it is a great, fun way to show someone that you love them, it is certainly not the only way. When you have a strong bond with someone, simply a kiss with them could make your knees weak. Just holding each other, enjoying each other and laughing together are ways to prove love.
Sex won't make someone stay in a relationship; the connection and vibes between you and your partner are what truly matters.
Koumal Patel
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North Pole Was Above Freezing Yesterday
Photo from Mashable.com
I'm not one to reminisce or contemplate about the good, the bad, and the ugly of a former year, but as 2015 quickly concludes it's becoming clear the weather has turned really strange and extreme.
It isn't just that NYC experienced a 71-degree day on Christmas Eve, or there are record breaking flood waters along the Mississippi River in December and January, or a life-threatening outbreak of tornados in the middle of America in December. It isn't just the US or Europe or Africa, or Asia, or Australia that's getting walloped with bizarre weather.
The worst is that high temperatures in the Arctic yesterday were enough to melt ice, around 34 degrees F. Take a moment to think about this. The North Pole was registering temperatures you'd expect to feel in New York around New Years, or temperatures you expect to feel in the Arctic in June. That's right! As crazy as this might sound, in the middle of what's supposed to be winter, it was fifty degrees higher than normal for December at the North Pole. We are entering a brave new world, one that none of us has experienced before.
According to the World Meteorological Organization, the El Niño of 2015-2016 is shaping up to be one of the strongest in this past century. I have no idea how this extreme weather will play out for the reminder of our winter around New York Harbor in January, February, and March. Everything is connected in the world and universe, so we are certainly not an island. The next few months could be a very wild ride.
Whales Still Feeding Near NY Harbor
Humpback Whale Seen Feet From Spring Lake Shoreline
Warmer weather and water temps kept the whales around longer than normal, experts say.
Originally posted on the Rumson-Fair Haven, NJ Patch
By CARLY BALDWIN (Patch Staff)
Spring Lake, NJ - This humpback whale was seen remarkably close to shore Monday morning, breaching just off Spring Lake.
"He was feeding on bunker," photographer Mary Dunham told Patch. "He breached 4 to 5 times, and then headed into deeper waters. When it first breached, it was right off the tip of the jetty. But in the picture, he's maybe 60-70 yards out."
Sponge Bob's Family Dwells In NY Harbor
One of the oddest things you will find washed up on a beach around New York Harbor is the remnant of a Red Beard Sponge. Although the most common sponge in the estuary, I doubt many folks are familiar with it, let alone that sponges actually exist in the cloudy waters of the harbor.
Yes, sponges do indeed exist in New York Harbor. Globally, there are more than 5,000 species of sponges, and a few of them can be found right here. Often with mysterious and curious names like boring sponges, finger sponges, dead man's finger sponges, palmate sponges, and bowerbank's halichondria (one of my favorites, also known as the crumb of bread sponge because it usually crumbles into small pieces when touched and it forms crusty chimneys on top of soft-shell clams). These are just the one's I know for sure. There are almost surely other sponges living in the estuary waiting to be discovered.
The red beard sponge (Microciona prolifera) is the one that most beach walkers stumble upon around the harbor and nearby sandy beaches. The odd name comes from its thick intertwined hair-like branches that fan out to resemble a wild looking long beard.
Rock Crabs Wash Up Along Raritan Bay
You never know what you will discover while walking along a beach during an outgoing tide. A sandy shoreline with an ebbing tide is always full of surprises.
The unexpected find of the day took place on Christmas day. I was walking along the water's edge of Raritan Bay in Union Beach, NJ. The remains of Atlantic rock crabs (Cancer irroratus) were everywhere, washing ashore with every wave. Bits of shells, claws, and other body parts, some attached to seaweed or tender fragments of algae, strewn on the sand amid pebbles and trash.
Bald Eagles Seen Near NY Harbor
It was another gray, overcast day around New York Harbor. Temperatures were in the low 50s, but it felt chillier with a brisk east wind off the Atlantic Ocean.
Raw winds throughout the day, though, didn't seem to bother bald eagles. A pair were observed relaxing atop a nest in Cheesequake State Park, located in Old Bridge Township, NJ, not far from the edge of Raritan Bay.
Here they were, the symbol of the United States, hanging out near New York City. It's an astonishing sight to see, especially when you consider just a few decades ago there were not one single pair of bald eagles nesting near the harbor.
White-throated Sparrows Hanging Around NY Harbor
Christmas Day was another record-breaking warm day, continuing what has already been a very mild month around New York Harbor. A daily record high for Christmas Day was tied just after midnight in Central Park with a temperature of 64 degrees. This has been the warmest Christmas Eve and Christmas Day combination on record.
The mild weather unfortunately ushered in more clouds and rain to dampen holiday spirits for many people to really enjoy the mild weather outdoors. Dense fog also rolled in early this morning along the coast and stuck around all Christmas Day to deliver a spooky rather than a festive scene.
But the mild temperatures and calm winds were not lost on wildlife. Among the rich wetlands and waterways at Conaskonk Point in Union Beach, located along Raritan Bay in New Jersey, the bird life were brisk and spry from the time I arrived around 10am to the time I departed at 2:30pm.
Warmest Christmas Eve Ever in New York Harbor!
Forget the winter hats and heavy coats, with high temperatures in the low to mid 70s around much of New York Harbor, it was a day for t-shirts, shorts, and sandals. Old Man Winter and Jack Frost were nowhere to be seen or felt on this balmy Christmas Eve, the warmest ever in New York City.
A little after midnight, the thermometer at Central Park's Belvedere Castle in New York City broke the record high of 63 degrees set in 1996. At 2:00pm in Central Park, the mercury climbed to 72 degrees, just three degrees shy of the all time warmest temperature ever recorded for December. Downstream in Atlantic Highlands, NJ where I live, a similar temperature was recorded at my backyard thermometer at around 71 degrees Fahrenheit.
It was a day to break records all around the region. Many other Northeast cities had their warmest Christmas Eve on record today, including Boston at 68 degrees, Philadelphia at 71 degrees and Washington, D.C. at 71 degrees.


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Fairchild Republic Co. Asbestos Litigation & Lawsuits
The Fairchild Republic Company in East Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, manufactured aircraft and aircraft parts from 1931 to 1987. Fairchild Republic made the F-84, the P-47 Thunderbolt and the A-10 Warthog, among other military planes.
Former workers at Fairchild Republic are at risk of developing mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis due to the use of asbestos-containing materials at the Farmingdale aircraft plant. If you or a loved one worked there and has been diagnosed with an asbestos disease, you should learn about your legal right to compensation.
Belluck & Fox has detailed records of where asbestos was used at Fairchild Republic, which companies supplied the asbestos and how workers were exposed in New York. Our lawyers have successfully fought for the rights of former Fairchild Republic workers, and we can help you pursue maximum compensation for an asbestos disease based on a full investigation of your work history.
As one of the country's top-rated asbestos law firms, we have the knowledge, experience and resources needed to successfully handle complex asbestos claims. Talk to one of our respected New York asbestos attorneys today in a free case review.
1 Asbestos Exposure at Fairchild Republic
2 Burns and Roe Trust Names Fairchild Republic as an Asbestos Job Site
3 VA Benefits for Air Force Veterans Diagnosed with Asbestos Diseases
4 History of Fairchild Republic
5 Our Asbestos Attorneys Stand Ready to Fight for You
Asbestos Exposure at Fairchild Republic
The aviation industry used asbestos both in aircraft and in manufacturing facilities from roughly the 1930s to the 1980s.
Aircraft components that contained asbestos include:
Engine insulation
Cockpit heating systems
Engine heat shields
Torque valves
Cargo bay insulation
Fairchild Republic factory workers, as well as mechanics who serviced Fairchild Republic aircraft after they went into service, may have been exposed to asbestos from aircraft components.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings by Fairchild Republic parent Fairchild Corporation show that the company faces hundreds of asbestos personal injury claims. If you worked at Fairchild Republic on Long Island and have an asbestos disease, Belluck & Fox can help you file an injury claim. To get started, contact us today to discuss your diagnosis and your work history.
Asbestos-containing building materials were widely used in manufacturing facilities for most of the 20th century. One of their primary uses was as thermal system insulation on boilers and associated equipment.
At Fairchild Republic in Farmingdale, the large manufacturing bay areas were heated by steam blast heaters. Steam for plant heating was generated by boilers. Pipes, pumps and valves transported steam throughout the plant for heating.
These components were covered with asbestos insulation, while valves and pumps also contained asbestos gaskets and packing on the inside. Due to deterioration under high heat, insulation, packing and gaskets were regularly removed and replaced. This work generated dust and created a widespread risk of asbestos exposure.
Asbestos insulation was also removed and replaced during equipment repairs and maintenance, producing asbestos dust that workers inhaled and ingested. Asbestos fibers drifted long distances and may have resulted in bystander exposure among factory workers who did not directly handle asbestos materials.
In addition to thermal system components, Fairchild Republic used asbestos in building materials such as flooring, roofing, wallboard, spackling and spray-on insulation. An environmental assessment of the former Fairchild Republic factory confirmed the presence of asbestos building materials. Asbestos may have been disturbed during construction and renovation projects, resulting in factory worker exposure.
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Burns and Roe Trust Names Fairchild Republic as an Asbestos Job Site
Burns and Roe provides construction and maintenance services to the U.S. military and aviation industry. Although Burns and Roe did not makeasbestos products, the company admits that it engineered and constructed facilities using asbestos-containing materials.
Past asbestos use by Burns and Roe resulted in thousands of personal injury claims against the company. These claims led to bankruptcy reorganization and the establishment of a trust to compensate people who were exposed to asbestos at certain job sites and have been diagnosed with mesothelioma and other diseases.
Learn more about the Burns and Roe asbestos trust.
Belluck & Fox can help mesothelioma patients file a claim with the Burns and Roe asbestos trust. We can also evaluate your work history to identify all other asbestos companies that may be held responsible for your diagnosis and resulting losses. Speak with an experienced New York asbestos lawyer now.
VA Benefits for Air Force Veterans Diagnosed with Asbestos Diseases
Fairchild Republic manufactured aircraft that were used by the United States Air Force (USAF) in conflicts from World War II to the Persian Gulf. USAF mechanics who serviced Fairchild Republic planes such as the P-47 Thunderbolt, the F-105 Thunderchief and the A-10 Thunderbolt may have been exposed to asbestos. Asbestos content was particularly high in aircraft brakes, ranging from 16 to 23 percent.
USAF veterans who repaired and maintained aircraft from the 1930s to the 1980s were at risk of asbestos exposure. Veterans diagnosed with an asbestos disease may be eligible for VA compensation and health care.
Belluck & Fox has a VA-certified lawyer on staff to help with disability claims. We offer this service for free to veteran clients who are pursuing asbestos claims. An asbestos lawsuit can be pursued simultaneously with a VA benefits claim and asbestos trust claims. Contact Belluck & Fox to learn more.
History of Fairchild Republic
In 1931, the Seversky Aircraft Corporation began building planes in East Farmingdale, New York. The company ousted president Alexander de Seversky in 1939 and was reestablished as Republic Aviation Corporation. The name Republic was allegedly chosen because it also had eight letters, making it easier to change sign and truck lettering.
During World War II, more than 9,000 P-47 Thunderbolts were made at Republican Aviation's Farmingdale facility. The factory also made F-84s, F-105s and A-10s, as well as parts for commercial airlines and space shuttle tail assembly. Republic Aviation was renamed the Fairchild Republic company following its acquisition in 1965 by the Fairchild Hiller Corporation.
Peak employment at Fairchild Republic reached around 7,500 workers in the mid-1970s. More than 2,500 people were working at Fairchild Republic Farmingdale when it closed its doors on March 13, 1987, following the Air Force's cancellation of a contract to build T-46 jet trainers.
Our Asbestos Attorneys Stand Ready to Fight for You
The mesothelioma lawyers at Belluck & Fox help asbestos victims on Long Island and throughout New York recover maximum compensation for their illnesses. With more than 25 years of experience, in-depth knowledge and considerable resources, we are proud to be one of the top asbestos law firms in the country. Find out how we can help you and your family during a free, no-obligation case review.
CDC: Walk-Through Survey Report at Fairchild Republic Co. Farmingdale, New York
SEC: The Fairchild Corporation, Form 10-Q
Burns and Roe Asbestos Trust
The New York Times: The Last of a Historic Plant Making Way for a Mall
Newsday: 25 years since Fairchild-Republic's demise
State of New York, Office of the Comptroller: Study of Future Use: Republic Airport
Indian Journal of Environmental Medicine: Aircraft maintenance and mesothelioma


* See Upcoming Events (January Update). Due to storm, the Winter Potluck Social on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019 has been cancelled.
* Thank you to all participants in our CCCNJ community for your efforts in creating holiday cards for the young patients at the Children's Hospital. We are grateful to all of the parents who encouraged your children to be a part of this meaningful project. We would also like to thank our youth volunteers Timothy Soohoo, Matthew Tse, Alexis Soohoo, Kayli Hung, Belinda Ein & Naia Ng for assisting the younger children with creating their cards. We are very proud of the wonderful example you are setting for the young children in our community. Jen Rubino, the Founder and Executive Director of Cards for Hospitalized Kids, also sends her thanks.


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Back in the '80s, Ralph Sampson was a basketball legend. First pick of the NBA Draft in '83, Rookie of the Year in '84, he towered over the rest of the players and elevated th...
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Back in the '80s, Ralph Sampson was a basketball legend. First pick of the NBA Draft in '83, Rookie of the Year in '84, he towered over the rest of the players and elevated the game to unprecedented heights. Signing Sampson took PUMA to the next level in the basketball world – and in return, we created a customized kick just for him. Enter: the PUMA Ralph Sampson. With a mid-height construction for ankle support and a lightweight design for speed and agility, it was tailored to Sampson's needs on the court and stamped with his signature at the side.Today, over 30 years later, PUMA is bringing back the OG silhouette in honor of a Hall of Famer whose legend still impacts the game today. This reissue comes in a new low-top version for a new generation of bball fans who care about off-court style as much as on-court performance.
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Eddie Rosario's specialty is catching defenses off guard, and it appeared that was the case again Saturday.
Get ready for a delightful dose of double baseball!
Two long home runs and an impressive diving catch in right field headlined the action Thursday.


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First off, depending on how far you have to go, owning can be a difficult and strenuous job. You have to fret about impending traffic, crazy motorists and the threat of bad weather condition. This might be all right, on a regular day. Nevertheless, having to go through this after hours of packing, can be excessive for anyone. Besides, owning while tired can be really dangerous. There have been numerous reports of people causing tragic accidents by going to sleep behind the wheel. It's just not worth it. Therefore, long distance movers are your best choice.
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While the fashion world debates 'designer burnout,' BoF presents an in-depth look at why Giambattista Valli is creating 12 collections a year to maintain his creative independence instead of sacrificing it.
Carven has announced a collaboration with La Redoute for a capsule collection that will launch in January 2016, taking inspiration from the air-hostess uniforms that were created by Madame Carven in the '60s and '70s.
Kendall Jenner, Alexa Chung, and Project Runway judge Nina Garcia, and others have taken to social media to send thoughts and prayers to all those affected by the November 13 attacks in Paris.
Heels might just have gotten a whole new meaning—some women who wear high heels are taking a self-defense class led by Avital Zeisler, who teaches lessons of self-defense if women are attacked while wearing heels.
Beauty guru Aerin Lauder helped Bronson van Wyck unveil his new pop-up shop, Armarium Chalet, at the St. Regis in Manhattan, where fashionistas Indré Rockefeller, Veronica Beard, Claiborne Swanson, and more came to celebrate.


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Forget Apple's infamous secrecy: the key to better hardware is unlocking the designs and releasing them open source on the web, according to one tech founder.
The rise of 3D printing led to concerns about copyright infringement spreading from digital goods to physical things, but there's little to be done about such theft -- and much to be won by sharing, according to Wevolver founder Bram Geenen. "People are still worried about it, but more and more people start to realise that designs are being stolen anyway," Geenen said at WIRED 2015 NextGen, at London's Tobacco Dock. "And people are realising that open source adds value... [and] benefiting businesses that collaborate."
Wevolver lets people share hardware designs, such as those in the maker movement or developing crowdfunding projects. They can simply use each other's work, but also add to or expand them. "What's most inspiring is you can innovate on it," he tells WIRED.
An example sat next to us at the Maker Space at WIRED NextGen came in the form of a bright orange, 3D-printed robot with eyes actively scanning the room. That project ('InMoov' by Gael Langevin) has found worldwide approval by allowing users to upload improvements to designs or download them to 3D print components.
The end goal for Wevolver's version of the robot is to use it as an avatar for hospitalised children, letting them control it from their hospital bed and see through its eyes, such as on a trip to the zoo to see the penguins. "It's cost a few hundred quid because it's open source," Geenen said.
Geenen also pointed to a smaller robot standing on the table, made by Japanese company PLEN Project. Because it's open hardware anyone can print it themselves, or buy one and fiddle with the design. "By making it available, you open the opportunity to do more with it," said Geenan.
It's not only robotics that benefit from open source hardware, Geenen said. He points to open-source prosthetic designs that have been uploaded to his site, letting anyone download the plans to print, personalise or improve them.
Affordable 3D printing enables open-source hardware because it allows anyone to print any design they can find, but Geenen notes that open source designs helped bring down prices of 3D printers in the first place. The RepRap was one of the first affordable 3D printers, and that was because the design was open source and could itself be 3D printed, he notes. "Because of those open source printers, MakerBot and others could make super cheap printers and get them into the hands of people," said Geenen. "And now they're being used to make open source products. It's this loop."
Geenen said it's important that children see open-source hardware in action at events such as WIRED NextGen. "What's great about this event is they're going to grow up with this idea that I can make stuff and not just consume... and grow up with a sharing mindset."


Gretel Killeen's career started as an accidental stand-up comic when she was attempting to present a profound poem. Since then she has written and performed comedy on radio and TV, performed live on stage across Australia, in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq, and for the troops in East Timor, The Solomon Islands and Egypt.
Gretel has hosted Logie Award winning TV, won a Mo Award for her writing and spent 17 years as one of Australia's top voice artists. She was the 2013 Director of Presentations for TEDx Sydney, has taught presenting at NIDA and now teaches the art of authentic communication in the corporate and professional realm.
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Written by Zach Christensen
Categories: Disability statistics, SDGs and Disability
The Sustainable Development Goals agreed to two years ago by member states of the United Nations set out an ambitious agenda to leave no one behind. Previous targets had focused on improving conditions on average but leaving no one behind requires improving the living conditions of those most easily excluded from progress. To accomplish this, more people need to be represented and key dimensions of exclusion need to be accurately measured.
At Development Initiatives, the P20 Initiative aims to shine a light on the data available on the people in the poorest 20% of the global distribution (the P20). We will continue to show the progress of this group across several indicators with the idea that this population is particularly likely to be left behind. However, we know that it's not enough to just look at this population. To have data that is relevant for policy, we need to disaggregate the data by groups that are at risk of being left behind. Specifically, we suggest that the data on the P20 be disaggregated by income, gender, geography, age and disability. Through the disaggregations we will be able to better identify who is being left behind and where they are as well as what aspects of their identity and personal situation intersects to keep them behind. For example are you more likely to be excluded from progress if you a disabled and an older women living in a rural area?
Many disabilities are closely linked with deprivation but there are a lot of missing data on this topic. Currently we are heavily reliant on two major data sources in low- and middle-income countries, USAID's Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and UNICEF's Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), to paint a picture of who is and isn't benefiting from progress. Unfortunately, disability data from these surveys remain spare. Only a handful of countries have collected data on disability as part of the surveys.
For instance, among DHSs carried out since 2010, only 13 % have had some sort of disability questions. Among the few DHS that have disability questions, many have not used the Washington Group questions. Of the 18 surveys carried out in 2017 by DHS, none include disability questions. As a result, there are only reliable data on disability for a very small proportion of countries. Fortunately, USAID, has now approved a disability module using the Washington Group questions for future surveys. It is an optional module, though, but hopefully more and more countries will decide to include it. The latest round of MICS questionnaires includes disability questions from the Washington Group which should increase the ability to get reliable data from there. The MICS website indicates that 39 MICs are currently being designed. We hope that these surveys will include the Washington Group questions.
Another major survey program, the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Survey has generated panel data for a few countries using the Washington Group questions, allowing us to study the link between income/consumption and disability over time. Currently, these questions are only asked for a small set of countries where LSMS is active but the LSMS program is open to including the Washington Group questions.
The general lack of data makes it impossible to say with any degree of certainty how many of the global P20 experience disabilities. It makes it difficult to say if those with disability have been left behind. In countries where the Washington Group questions have been asked, it is clear that the P20 experience higher rates of disability than the rest of the population.
To realize the promise to leave no one behind, it will be necessary for countries to better understand the status of those in the P20. We will not be able to have a full understanding of the extent to which people are excluded from progress without more data disaggregated by disability, as well as other aspects of a person's identity and location. The Washington Group Questions provide the best option to improve data on disability. Now, countries and international donors need to integrate the questions in their surveys so they can monitor populations most likely to be left behind.
Zach Christensen is a senior analyst for Development Initiatives, an independent international development organization that focuses on the role of data in driving poverty eradication and sustainable development.
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