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[H.Eco Forum] Protecting the oceans and tackling climate change 'go hand in hand'
By Shim Woo-hyun
Nam Sung-hyun, a School of Earth and Environmental Sciences professor at Seoul National University
Protecting the ocean environment is more important than people usually think, according to Nam Sung-hyun, a School of Earth and Environmental Sciences professor at Seoul National University.
Nam said the oceans work as massive carbon sinks and also absorb most of the solar energy reaching the Earth. Protecting the oceans and marine ecosystems is thus intimately involved in maintaining the Earth's climate change resilience, Nam said in an email interview with The Korea Herald.
"More than 90 percent of the excess heat from human-caused global warming has been absorbed by the oceans," Nam said. The amount of heat energy annually absorbed by the oceans is equivalent to the heat energy generated by detonating four atomic bombs, such as those dropped in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, according to Nam.
Oceans, replete with marine plants and animals, can retain a significant amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, Nam said.
According to a report released by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, without oceans, atmospheric CO2 levels would have been at a whopping 600 parts per million, about 50 percent higher than the 410 ppm recorded in 2019, going well above the agreed target of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius.
A potential danger is that oceans' carbon sequestration ability -- being able to capture and store atmospheric carbon dioxide -- can go off balance if no preventive action is taken to protect the ocean environment, Nam said.
Nam said the increase in greenhouse gas emissions and the temperature of the atmosphere can cause modifications of the chemical properties of ocean water.
CO2 emissions, in particular, tend to acidify oceans when they dissolve in seawater, making it difficult for marine species and habitats to survive, affecting marine biodiversity. With damaged marine habitats, the ocean's capacity to absorb CO2 too decreases.
"To recover the ocean's capacity to absorb CO2, it is important to put efforts to keep the marine habitats healthy," Nam said.
Nam stressed that reducing carbon emissions and protecting the ocean environments are intimately involved, and efforts to in both areas should go hand-in-hand.
"It is important to reduce carbon emissions. But, it is also equally important to protect marine ecosystems so that the Earth can maintain its carbon sequestration ability," Nam said.
The tipping point regarding climate change is not different from the tipping point for oceans, Nam added.
Nam quoted an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which warned that an increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius could reduce coral reefs by 70-90 percent, while more than 99 percent would be lost with 2 degrees Celsius.
When asked whether people are paying enough attention to protecting the oceans, compared to climate change, Nam was doubtful.
"The ocean had remained relatively inaccessible, perhaps less accessible than outer space where billionaires started space travel last year," Nam said.
But with the advent of new technologies, humans now have better access to the oceans. Luckily, people are slowly beginning to take action in protecting marine habitats, he added.
Nam pointed to the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, proclaimed by the United Nations, as a major step that would help us better understand the oceans and how people can ensure its sustainable development.
The decade, running between 2021 and 2030, was earmarked to ensure that the global ocean community and experts respond to the deteriorating global marine environment in a timely manner.
"During the decade designated by the UN, (we) should increase (our) scientific knowledge regarding the oceans and change the way to use the oceans in to more sustainable ones," Nam said.
Nam also mentioned of the "30 by 30 target," or the Global Ocean Alliance that aims to protect 30 percent of global land and at least 30 percent of the global ocean by 2030.
South Korea too has endorsed the target and is a member of the alliance, Nam said.
"(We) are living in a country located in a peninsula surrounded by the ocean on three sides," Nam said. "We should realize the importance of the oceans in our lives, and the country should support activities that can protect and restore the ocean environment."
By Shim Woo-hyun (ws@heraldcorp.com)


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MF-SM Series Datasheet
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n Compliant with AEC-Q200 Rev-C- Stress
Test Qualification for Passive Components
in Automotive Applications
n Surface mount devices
n Fully compatible with current
n Packaged per EIA 481-2 standard
n RoHS compliant* and halogen free**
n Agency recognition:
n Patents pending
MF-SM Series - PTC Resettable Fuses
* RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC Jan. 27, 2003 including annex and RoHS Recast 2011/65/EU June 8, 2011.
**Bourns considers a product to be "halogen free" if (a) the Bromine (Br) content is 900 ppm or less; (b) the Chlorine (Cl) content is 900 ppm or less; and (c) the total Bromine (Br) and Chlorine (Cl) content is
1500 ppm or less.
Users should verify actual device performance in their specific applications.
The products described herein and this document are subject to specific legal disclaimers as set forth on the last page of this document, and at www.bourns.com/docs/legal/disclaimer.pdf.
Model V max.
I max
Ihold Itrip Resistance Max. Time
To Trip
Hold Trip R Min. R1 Max. Max. Typ.
MF-SM030 60 40 0.30 0.60 0.90 4.80 1.5 3.0 1.7
MF-SM075/60 60 10 0.75 1.50 0.23 1.00 8.0 0.3 1.7
MF-SM125 15 100 1.25 2.50 0.07 0.25 8.0 2.0 1.7
MF-SM200 15 100 2.00 4.00 0.045 0.125 8.0 12.0 1.9
MF-SM260 6 100 2.60 5.20 0.025 0.075 8.0 20.0 1.7
*RoHS COMPLIANT
& AEC APPROVED
*RoHS COMPLIANT, **HALOGEN FREE
& AEC COMPLIANT
*RoHS and
AEC-Q200 COMPLIANT
VERSIONS ARE
RoHS COMPLIANT*
Environmental Characteristics
Operating Temperature ......................................... -40 °C to +85 °C
Maximum Device Surface Temperature
in Tripped State .................................................... 125 °C
Passive Aging ....................................................... +85 °C, 1000 hours ............................................... ±5 % typical resistance change
Humidity Aging...................................................... +85 °C, 85 % R.H. 7 days ..................................... ±5 % typical resistance change
Thermal Shock ..................................................... MIL-STD-202F, Method 107G ............................... ±10 % typical resistance change
.............................................................................. -40 °C to +85 °C, 20 cycles .................................. -20 % typical resistance change
Vibration ............................................................... MIL-STD-883C, Method 2007.1, ........................... Rmin ≤ R ≤ R1max
Condition A
Moisture Sensitivity Level (MSL) .......................... Level 1
ESD Classification - HBM ..................................... Class 6
Test Procedures And Requirements For Model MF-SM Series
Test Test Conditions Accept/Reject Criteria
Visual/Mech. .....................................................Verify dimensions and materials .......................Per MF physical description
Resistance ........................................................In still air @ 23 °C .............................................Rmin ≤ R ≤ R1max
Time to Trip .......................................................At specified current, Vmax, 23 °C ....................T ≤ max. time to trip (seconds)
Hold Current .....................................................30 min. at Ihold ................................................. No trip
Trip Cycle Life ...................................................Vmax, Imax, 100 cycles ...................................No arcing or burning
Trip Endurance .................................................Vmax, 48 hours ................................................No arcing or burning
Solderability ......................................................MIL-STD-202F, Method 208F ...........................95 % min. coverage
UL File Number ................................................E174545
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E174545, or click here
TÜV Certificate .................................................Certificate Number Available on Request, or click here
Almost anywhere there is a low voltage power
supply and a load to be protected, including:
n Computers & peripherals
n General electronics
n Automotive applications
Min. Max. Max. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. Min.
MF-SM030 6.73 7.98 3.18 5.44 0.56 0.71 0.56 0.71 2.16 2.41 0.66 1.37 0.43
(0.265) (0.314) (0.125) (0.214) (0.022) (0.028) (0.022) (0.028) (0.085) (0.095) (0.026) (0.054) (0.017)
MF-SM075/60 6.73 7.98 3.18 5.44 0.56 0.71 0.56 0.71 2.16 2.41 0.66 1.37 0.43
MF-SM100 6.73 7.98 3.0 5.44 0.56 0.71 0.56 0.71 2.16 2.41 0.66 1.37 0.43
MF-SM100/33 6.73 7.98 3.0 5.44 0.56 0.71 0.56 0.71 2.16 2.41 0.66 1.37 0.43
TAPE & REEL: MF-SM030, 050, 075, 075/60, 100, 100/33, 125, 260, 300 = 2000 pcs. per reel;
MF-SM150, 150/33, 185/33, 200, 250 = 1500 pcs. per reel.
End View
DIMENSIONS: MM
Terminal material:
Tin-plated brass
10.7 ± 0.1
(0.42 ± 0.004)
Recommended Pad Layout
MF-SM030, 050, 075, 075/60, 100, 100/33, 125, 260, 30
MF-SM150, 150/33, 185/33, 200, 250
MF - SM 100/33 - 2 - 99
Multifuse® Product
SM = Surface Mount Component
Hold Current, Ihold/Vmax*
030 - 300 (0.3 - 3.0 Amps)
- 2 = Tape and Reel**
Part Number Suffix Option
- 99 = RoHS Compliancy
As of date code April 1, 2005 all
MF-SM models are RoHS compliant.
The suffix "-99" can be used if a new
part number is required to reference
the RoHS compliance, but including
the "-99" suffix option is not
recommended for new designs.
* Vmax entry applies only to models
MF-SM075/60, MF-SM100/33, MF-SM150/33
& MF-SM185/33.
** Packaged per EIA-481-2
Typical Time to Trip at 23 °C
0.1 110 100
Fault Current (Amps)
Time to Trip (Seconds)
MF-SM200
MF-SM075, MF-SM075/60
MF-SM185/33
Typical Part Marking
Represents total content. Layout may vary.
MANUFACTURER'S
PART IDENTIFICATION
7A DATE CODE -
WEEK 1 OF 2017 = 7A
(YEAR & WEEK)
WEEK 27 OF 2017 = A7
(WEEK & YEAR)
Thermal Derating Chart - Ihold (Amps)
Model Ambient Operating Temperature
-40 ºC -20 ºC 0 ºC 23 ºC 40 ºC 50 ºC 60 ºC 70 ºC 85 ºC
MF-SM030 0.45 0.40 0.35 0.30 0.25 0.23 0.20 0.17 0.14
MF-SM075/60 1.11 0.99 0.84 0.75 0.63 0.57 0.49 0.45 0.36
Itrip is approximately two times Ihold.
Solder Reflow Recommendations
Temperature (ϒC)
Preheating Soldering Cooling
Time (seconds)
Solder reflow
• Recommended reflow methods: IR, vapor phase oven, hot air oven.
• Devices are not designed to be wave soldered to the bottom side of the
• Gluing the devices is not recommended.
• Recommended maximum paste thickness is 0.25 mm (.010 inch).
• Devices can be cleaned using standard industry methods and solvents.
• If reflow temperatures exceed the recommended profile, devices may not
meet the performance requirements.
• A device should not be reworked.
Storage Recommendations
The recommended long term storage conditions for Multifuse® Polymer PTC devices are 40 °C maximum and 70 % RH maximum. All devices should
remain in the original sealed packaging prior to use. Devices may not conform with data sheet specifications if these storage recommendations are
exceeded. Devices stored in this manner have an indefinite shelf life.
MF-SM SERIES, REV. V, 10/17
MF-SM030, 050, 075, 100, 125, 260, 300; MF-SM150, 200, 250;
MF-SM075/60; MF-SM-100/33; MF-SM008/250 MF-SM-150/33, MF-SM-185/33;
Tape Dimensions per EIA-481-2 MF-SM013/250 per EIA 481-2
W max. 16.3 16.3
(0.642) (0.642)
P0 4.0 ± 0.1 4.0 ± 0.1
(0.157 ± 0.004) (0.157 ± 0.004)
P1 8.0 ± 0.1 12.0 ± 0.1
A0 5.7 ± 0.1 6.9 ± 0.1
B0 8.1 ± 0.1 9.6 ± 0.1
B1 max. 12.1 12.1
D0 1.5 + 0.1/-0.0 1.5 + 0.1/-0.0
(0.059 + 0.004/-0) (0.059 + 0.004/-0)
F 7.5 ± 0.1 7.5 ± 0.1
(0.295 + 0.004) (0.295 + 0.004)
E1 1.75 ± 0.1 1.75 ± 0.1
E2 min. 14.25 14.25
T max. 0.6 0.6
T1 max. 0.1 0.1
K0 3.4 ± 0.1 3.4 ± 0.1*
(0.134 ± 0.004) (0.134 ± 0.004)*
Leader min. 390 390
(15.35) (15.35)
Trailer min. 160 160
(6.30) (6.30)
Reel Dimensions
A max. 360 360
N min. 50 50
W1 16.4 + 2.0/ -0.0 16.4 + 2.0/ -0.0
W2 max. 22.4 22.4
* Model MF-SM013/250 = 3.8 ± 0.1
(0.150 ± 0.004)
MF-SM, MF-SM/33, MF-SM/60 & MF-SM/250 Series Tape and Reel Specifications
N(HUB DIA.)
(MEASURED
AT HUB)
T1A0
D0P2
NOTE: Effective December 1, 2010 (product date code V0), the cover tape was changed to the new 3M™ Universal Cover Tape (UCT).
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MF-SM050-2
Available Quantity45684
Unit Price0.51
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"Your Paper Really Attract Us": Do Fake Scientific Journals Represent The Biggest Threat To Science Since the Inquisition?
July 9, 2017 Dr. AnthonyP	3 Comments
When I was doing research in the field of echocardiography, and writing and publishing lots of research papers, there were only a few important cardiology journals that I wanted my papers published in.
It wasn't easy getting my research published; after the paper was submitted, it was sent to two reviewers who critiqued it extensively and gave it a thumbs up or down. Often, to satisfy the reviewers, I had to revise the manuscript multiple times, a process which could take months and months.
I knew once my work was published, however, that this heavy vetting process guaranteed that my paper appeared in a medium that was highly respected alongside similar important and well-vetted scientific work.
For the eighty-plus papers that I published between 1987 and 1998, I paid not a dime, but I spent innumerable post-work hours reading, writing, and analyzing data.
In those years prior to the interweb, the process of researching a topic was laborious and time-consuming; I would spend hours in the medical libraries of various hospitals searching through the stacks of hard-bound medical journals for relevant articles. Once found, the very heavy tome containing the paper I needed would be lugged to a "Xerox" machine and copied.
I cannot recall one circumstance where a journal wrote to me asking me to submit a paper to them. The journals I published in were overwhelmed with high quality submissions from important scientists and only accepted a low percentage for publication.
The Rise of Open Access and Fake Scientific Journals
Unfortunately, we are now in an era of what I would term "fake scientific journals," and in such journals it is quite easy to publish if one simply pays the asking price: somewhere between 150$ and 500$.
Publishers of these journals prey on scientists who are desperate to have their research published in order to survive in academia.
Jeffrey Beall, an academic librarian at the University of Colorado, Denver, noted the rise of this practice in 2008 and began researching what he termed "predatory journals." In a paper published in 2010 he wrote:
"These publishers are predatory because their mission is not to promote, preserve, and make available scholarship; instead, their mission is to exploit the author-pays, Open-Access model for their own profit."
In 2012, Beall began listing (Beall's list) predatory publishers and journals, and offered critical commentary on scholarly open-access publishing in a blog entitled Scholarly Open Access.
Predatory journals have arisen in parallel with a change from print-only subscriptions to digitally available and free scientific publications.
It is important but often difficult to differentiate legitimate "open access" scientific journals from these profit-motivated sleazy journals.
A brief history of scientific publishing and the rationale for moving to open access publishing from Bowman:
Nature was first published in 1869, Science in 1880, and subsequently scientific journal publishing has increased to the point of a new paper being published every 20 seconds.1 In 2000, the future of scientific publishing was changed by the debut of PubMed Central and the Public Library of Science (PLoS). The next year, thousands of scientists called for a boycott of journals that would not allow free access on PubMed within 6 months. In 2002, for-profit Biomed Central began charging authors $500 to publish. In 2003, PLoS Biology was launched, charging authors $1500. By 2006, PLoS initiated the non-profit PLoS One, charged a $2500 author fee, and reviewed articles by placing scientific rigor over importance. In 2008, NIH mandated that papers published as a result of its funding be made free to the public within 12 months, and in 2009, the US Congress permanently required that all funded investigators submit electronic versions of their manuscripts to the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central.2 By 2010, PLoS generated revenues greater than costs and PLoS One became the world's largest scientific publisher by volume.
My Brush With Fake Scientific Journals
From time to time since my days of research in academia, I have collaborated with medical residents at my hospital in writing what are termed "case reports." These are descriptions of interesting patient cases and most prominent journals are not interested in publishing them.
However, I've noticed that with increasing frequency, I am receiving solicitations from journals I've never heard of based on my having published these types of papers.
Here's my latest invitation. The editors of this journal (American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine) first bizarrely ask me "how is everything going?" then state that:
Your paper entitled Coronary Artery Fistula?\\Associated Endocarditis: Report of?Two Cases and a Review of the Literature from Echocardiography really attract us.
Are you interested in interested in sharing some other papers in this field?
If we may have the honor, we would like to publish your other papers in our journal.
Two weeks later they sent me a similar email with the verbiage slightly modified, but still horribly mangled:
We have learnt your paper entitled Coronary Artery Fistula?\\Associated Endocarditis: Report of?Two Cases and a Review of the Literature from Echocardiography, and are very attracted by its topic.
If you would like to publish other papers in the related subjects, you may consider to publish them in our journal
Both emails invited me to become a member of the editorial board!
How Can You Know Which Journals Are Fake?
Beginning in 2012, these types of journals were tracked by Beall's list. In January 2017, Beall, "facing intense pressure from my employer, the University of Colorado Denver, and fearing for my job," removed all of the blog contents from the internet.
(For a fascinating history of Beall's work in this area see his article published here).
I found his list of predatory publishers resurrected here.
Science Publishing Group, the publisher of the journal that keeps emailing me is on the list.
A brief look at the website for Science Publishing Group does not reveal immediately that it is a predatory publisher. There are 80 scientific journals listed and they all have legitimate sounding names. However, I have never heard of any of them.
I searched in vain through the cardiology journals listed to find a paper that was the least bit interesting or important. Most of the listed editorial board members and authors were from third world countries. When I researched an American editorial board member of one journal I found that he was a medical student.
Sting Operations on Fake Journals
Sting operations by academics have shown that papers that are composed of meaningless gobbledygook are often accepted by these types of journals as long as the publication fee is paid. The New Yorker has a great article describing such operations.
The Bohannon sting in Science two years ago found that 45% of a sample of publishers included in the directory of Open Access Journals accepted a bogus paper submitted for publication.
A recent sting operation also showed how anyone can become an editor or even "editor-in-chief" of one of these journals. From The NY times :
The applicant's nom de plume was not exactly subtle, if you know Polish. The middle initial and surname of the author, Anna O. Szust, mean "fraudster." Her publications were fake and her degrees were fake. The book chapters she listed among her publications could not be found, but perhaps that should not have been a surprise because the book publishers were fake, too.
Yet, when Dr. Fraud applied to 360 randomly selected open-access academic journals asking to be an editor, 48 accepted her and four made her editor in chief. She got two offers to start a new journal and be its editor. One journal sent her an email saying, "It's our pleasure to add your name as our editor in chief for the journal with no responsibilities."
Fake Conferences
Adding insult to scientific injury is the rise of fake scientific conferences.
I've been invited to lots of these important sounding conferences just based on publishing one case report. These emails are typically poorly written. If I didn't know they were complete BS I would be flattered by the complements:
To ensure that you do not miss out, we extend our invitation to you again to express our sincere wish for your participation in BIT's 9th Annual Congress of Cardiology-2017 (ICC-2017) with the theme of "Bridging Excellence in Cardiology and Clinical Aspects" will be held on 15-17 November 2017 in Singapore.
For your brilliant achievements and precious experience in the field of cardiology, on behalf of the organizing committee, we cordially welcome you to join us and give a presentation about Coronary Artery Fistula-Associated Endocarditis: Report of Two Cases and a Review of the Literature… at this congress.
I think I have had some brilliant achievements and my experiences are quite precious, but I'm definitely not going to your ridiculous conference.
The Threat to Real Science
All of these fake and predatory scientific journals, editors and conferences could be dismissed as amusing if it weren't for the fact that they are further contributing to the inability of the public to determine what is real science.
As Beall said
"predatory and low-quality journals are granting the imprimatur of science to basically any idea for which the author is willing to write an article and pay the author fees. This is polluting the scientific record with junk science"
This process is helping to fuel the rise of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) which I have termed "fake medicine." I've included below a long quote from Beall's recent article which details this problem which he feels poses "the biggest threat to science since the Inquisition."
Inquisitionally Yours,
-ACP
For your enjoyment, Beall's full comments on the threat to science:
I think predatory publishers pose the biggest threat to science since the Inquisition. They threaten research by failing to demarcate authentic science from methodologically unsound science, by allowing for counterfeit science, such as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to parade as if it were authentic science, and by enabling the publication of activist science.
Because they aim to generate profits for their owners, gold (author-pays) open-access journals have a strong conflict-of-interest when it comes to peer review. They always want to earn money, and rejecting a paper means rejecting revenue. This conflict is at the heart of the ongoing downfall of scholarly publishing. Increasingly, the consumers of scholarly publishers' services are the authors, not the readers, and not academic libraries. Businesses naturally always want to keep their customers content, for they want the revenue streams to continue and grow larger, as they add new services – such as more easy-acceptance journals – to their offerings.
Many of the larger predatory publishers, especially those based in Western Europe, offer a niche business. Their businesses are set up to publish manuscripts rejected by the top publishers, that is, papers rejected by Elsevier, Wiley, Sage, Taylor & Francis, Oxford University Press, and several others. They function something like a lender of last resort – they provide a publishing opportunity when no other publisher will, becoming, essentially, a Salon des Refusés for scholarly articles. However, the market is so lopsided now that there are more "publishers of last resort" than there are authentic ones, and they're all competing with each other for subpar manuscripts.
Like counterfeit science itself, these publishers go through the motions of being a legitimate publisher. Some open-access publishers, even though they are not based in England, hire spokesmen with strong British accents to attend scientific conferences and other meetings and talk up the publisher, often renting a booth in the exhibit hall and even co-sponsoring some of the smaller meetings. They join publisher associations, make a show of donating to open-access causes, and manage to convince one or two aged Nobel Laureates to agree to serve on one of their editorial boards, no work required.
CAM is really taking off, and it's being largely fuelled by pay-to-publish journals, though a few subscription journals have gotten in on the action as well. Predatory journals and even journals from legitimate publishers are legitimatizing this unscientific medical research in the public's eye. Acupuncture and homeopathy are thriving, and numerous "studies" are being published each year to back up their effectiveness claims. In medicine, demarcation is failing, and there's no longer a clear line where legitimate medical research ends and unsound medical research begins (5). More questionable medical research is being published now than ever before in history, including bogus research promoting fake medicines and nutraceuticals. There's no longer a clear separation between the authentic and counterfeit medical research, even though medical research is the most important research for humankind today. Indeed, of all human endeavours, what surpasses medical research in importance, value, and universal benefit?
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Thank you for informative, educational and most helpful article. I presume it is safe to consider the Cochrane reviews as being vetted against the abuse you postulate.
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Yes the recipe is simple and most recipe in the net are of almost the same ingredients. Therefore, taste of the siu mai is rather standard, some springy minced meat full of aroma of minced pork and prawns.
I have intended to get some crab roe for the siu mai. I try 2 supermarkets and a wet market, I gave up and decided to use the more economical green peas and wolf berries for the decoration. This siu mai was prepared using minced pork, however, you can always used minced chicken if you prefer.
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* Note that the minced pork / chicken have to be as fine as possible. You can ask the butcher to mince twice or thrice for you. In this illustration, it is slightly coarse because it was minced once. I can always use a food processor to mince it again but I prefer some coarser meat to bite.
Chopped the fresh prawns coarsely. Note that I have used cooked prawns for this illustration. Add to the minced meat. Add all the ingredients except garnishes and wanton skins. Use a chopstick to stir well and marinate for about 1 hour in the refrigerator.
Get ready a small Chinese tea cup. Put a piece of wanton skin as centre as possible. Press down to follow the shape of the cup. Fill the cup /wanton skins will the minced meat. Take out the siu mai from the cup, pat the sides with some water to ensure that the sides stick to each other. Top with the desired garnishes. Transfer to the steamer tray. You can either have some carrot or cabbages or even baking paper in the steamer tray. Place the siu mai on top of the carrot/cabbages/baking paper (aim is to prevent it from sticking to the steamer). Note: This is how I do it for this illustration. The reason is to ensure consistent sizes of the siu mai prepared. However, you can always just put 1-2 tablespoon of minced meat on top of a flat piece of wanton skin, pull up the edges with the centre expose.
Steam in the steamer for 8-10 minutes. Use a skewer to insert into the centre and if it comes out clean, the siu mai is consider as cooked. Best served warm as a snack or a side dish of a family meal.
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Preakness Stakes 2018: Will any horse tell Justify, "Here's mud in your eye?"
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BALTIMORE – It becomes more obvious with every minute that goes by and every blob of water that we only have two options. Either we are experiencing climate change or Pegasus is so angry with the pitiful environment for the Preakness Stakes, the second jewel in the Triple Crown, has moved to a week of tears the size of a golf ball.
Saturday's race could produce the second installment of a possible equine coronation, and they will place it in a union that has all the charm and warmth of an abandoned warehouse, even though about the same distance from the same airport in Laurel , the same administration has a modern race track, where ultimately, the Preakness will happily become a new stage.
But for now, you must deal with what it is. Consequently, unless they are building an ark behind the kitchen of the road, we could see the first race in which each horse is equipped with a set of aquatic fins.
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The possibility of slop would normally be enough to cheer the hearts of most coaches by sending their foals to this eight-horse start gate.
That's the good news.
The bad news is that it justifies, the intimidating bully of this clbad of 2018, not only is undefeated in all his races, but he has also run twice in the slop and all the other athletes had to prove that they were muddy faces .
Well, on Tuesday, the Baltimore rains did something no horse has yet to do. They stopped Justify dead in its tracks. They had more than a little help from the air traffic controllers at BWI, who shut down the Baltimore airport and the two deputies serving in the vicinity of Washington, D.C.
Justify arrived on Wednesday night. Coach Bob Baffert, his human field marshal who was there to join him, grabbed his reins and took him to 28th place, in the middle of the row of the shed.
"I chose 28 because it's quieter, and we want it to be as quiet as possible," Baffert said.
The impromptu parade around the stable area had a profound effect on the enemy camp. It was best summed up by Lion in Winter from thoroughbred racing, veteran coach D. Wayne Lukas.
This is a guy who has won 14 races of the Triple Crown and is not easily impressed. Yesterday, in the raffle of mail posts, they asked about this race.
"Well, I'll tell you," he said. "Around noon, I felt pretty good." Then Baffert paraded him to the barn and looked at him closely, and I thought, "Oh, boy, we're in a lot of trouble."
John Servis trained Smarty Jones and won this race. He is at the other end of the Preakness spectrum with the longest long shots in Diamond King. There has been enough to know that a horse like Justify scares him.
"He's a good horse, there's no doubt about that," Servis said. "We will discover now if he is a great horse."
But he said it as a man who already knew the answer.
A look at the odds after the draw for mail posts confirmed that notion in capital letters. The Oddsmaker track made it one of the 1-2 favorites.
Only Good Magic in 3-1 was a single-digit election. After that, the odds start at 12-1 in Quip and roll up to as high as 30-1 in Sporting Chance or Diamond King. It may or may not be a competitive race for these horses, but certainly offers a great variety for those who bet.
And beyond all that betting temptation, there's the mud.
Justify has always been close enough that he never found mud on his face. That is an unknown. Another is that in a muddy track everything can happen, and often it does. It's been raining all week and if this Preakness becomes slippery enough to alter the result, generations of unborn riders will remember this nightmare in the words of the old sailor:
"Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink. "
On Thursday, Baffert looked at the weather (it had spilled again before) and looked at Justify and thought why not? He told her to go out and play, but not for long.
The prediction of Saturday's rain did not seem to bother Baffert at all.
"This track can probably take more water than any other track I've ever seen," he said. "I've seen it dry quickly."
That's what he said.
So, why are they lining up horses two by two and waiting for a guy named Noah?
Jerry Izenberg is a columnist emeritus of The Star-Ledger, he can be reached at [email protected]
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Breaking Through the Challenges of "VUCA"! Titansoft Became the "Best Company to Work for in Asia" Five Years after Starting Their Transformation into an Agile Organization
Titansoft Tica February 12, 2019 August 12, 2020 For Scrum Masters, Titaner Life
Original content can be found at: https://www.managertoday.com.tw/trendtalk/view/495…
Founded in Singapore, Titansoft is a B2B software company currently serving 5 million users from 150 countries. After the introduction of Agile, not only did their turnover rate reduce from 26% to 4%, this year's (2018) performance growth also increased fourfold and they were selected as one of the "Top Ten Agile Companies in the Asia Pacific".
Driven by Internal and External Factors to Adopt Agile
Agile thinking was not adopted purely for an internal transformation, but also for overcoming external challenges. In an analysis by Tomas Li general manager of Titansoft, the difficulty of grasping market changes with the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of the VUCA era is even more pronounced in the rapidly-changing technology industry that Titansoft is in.
Titansoft was facing the double dilemmas of "product" and "talent". On the product side, prediction of the next generation enterprise is dependent on exploring users' preferences derived from system data estimation. As the market becomes more unpredictable, it results in a declining demand for popular products. Talent-wise, a lack of systematic education and training due to rapid expansion led to an increased washout rate.
Creating a Flat Organization Through Self-managed Teams
In 2013, Titansoft's Taiwan branch had a turnover rate of about 26%, with the Singapore headquarters facing a similar issue of high turnover rate. Consequently, Agile management was adopted in 2014, establishing a people-oriented working environment with full employee participation and self-managed teams to accelerate the process of product development.
The first step of Titansoft's transformation was to flatten the organization by removing the middle layer and setting up more than ten working teams. Generally consisting of seven people, all members in a team can participate in a project discussion, taking responsibility of the product and working together on its development.
Secondly, to focus on empowering teams towards sell-management. Instead of waiting for instructions from the supervisor, teams work independently. They make the decisions – from working schedules to product performance and even bonus distribution. This trains the team's ability to think independently, allowing each member the opportunity to face different setbacks and challenges. The most important thing, Mr Li said, is continuous improvement. When you start feeling stressed and a little bit uncomfortable, that is the first step to entering the "learning circle".
Within the team, there is also a "Scrum Master" – who does not manage or give orders, but through keen observation, he identifies the problems that the team faces, facilitates the team to overcome difficulties, and allows the team to try, make mistakes and learn. At the same time, he gathers internal and external resources for the team. He guides members to execute work with an Agile mindset, makes improvements to the work processes, and encourage continuous growth of the team. "This role is not an easy one. He has to spend all his time helping the team with everything but the product. There are no more than ten full-time Scrum masters in Taiwan, and five of them are here in Titansoft," said Mr Li.
Agile is about responding quickly to market changes, speeding up production for market-ready products, strengthening and revising them according to market reactions and user needs. Repeating this cycle with continuous iteration and improvement to make useful and profitable products is what "done is better than perfect" means. Mr Li believes that all companies should always have a view towards the future, to always have a plan for what to do next, in order to ensure sustainable growth for the company.
The Three Stages of Shu Ha Ri (to Protect, to Detach, to Separate), an Enduring Commitment to Transformation
In order to adopt Agile, from as early as 2015, Mr Li brought nine members of the Taiwan office over to the Singapore headquarters for half a year to be directly immersed in the spirit of Agile. After returning to Taiwan, these employees became the seeds to promote Agile in the organization. Mr Li emphasized that Agile is not about organizational change, but rather about small incremental improvements. Starting with a pilot team, spreading to a department, and finally extending to the entire company. It took one and a half years to push the Agile mindset throughout the company of 220 employees.
Mr Li shared that when a company introduces a new method, it will experience the three stages of "Shu Ha Ri" (japanese for "to Protect, to Detach, to Separate"). When learning about the unknown, the first stage is "to protect" (shu) which is to absorb new knowledge, focus on how to do it, and learn from the strongest experts in that particular field. Then, work to follow established principles and frameworks, and practising repeatedly until they are mastered. The second stage, "to detach" (ha) refers to breaking through individual frameworks, entering into more diversified learning, and integrating various methods. The third stage is "to separate" (ri), to break away from norms and limitations, and create a new method according to one's understanding and experience, incorporating them into daily routines.
Mr Li pointed out that the transformation process of a company is in fact, about learning together with its members. The Four Stages of Competence in psychology transitions from the first stage of Unconscious Incompetence, "I don't know what I don't know", to the second – Conscious Incompetence, "I know what I don't know". When we are conscious of our incompetence, we will embark on a learning journey to acquire knowledge. This is the stage "to protect" (shu). The third stage of competence, Conscious Competence, is when "I know what I know". This corresponds to "detach" (ha), when we continue exploring, expanding and improving in the cycle of learning. The final stage is when "I don't know what I know", the stage "to separate" (ri), which is when we are no longer limited by any methods, a mindset directly reflected in our thinking and daily lives.
Titansoft's Agile transformation not only reflects in their working style but also creates a comprehensive organizational learning environment encouraging employees towards continuous learning, innovation and progress. Titansoft's management philosophy is to "focus on your people before focusing on your products". Mr Li believes that in a VUCA era, the only constant is change. Other than making profits, a company should also pay attention to the learning and development of its employees, building talent capability and enabling the company to retain competitiveness in the face of future challenges.
(ManagerTODAY Magazine, Issue 170)
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Destry (titlu original: Destry Rides Again, în franceză Femme ou Démon) este un film american din 1939 regizat de George Marshall. În rolurile principale joacă actorii Marlene Dietrich,  James Stewart, Mischa Auer și Brian Donlevy.

Este a doua ecranizare a romanului lui Max Brand, Destry Rides Again.

Prezentare

Kent, șeful lipsit de scrupule al unui saloon, îl ucide pe Șeriful Keogh atunci când acesta îi pune prea multe întrebări cu privire la un joc de poker fraudat care i-a dat lui Kent monopolul asupra fermelor locale de bovine. Primarul, care este în cârdășie cu Kent, îl angajează ca șerif pe bețivul orașului, Washington Dimsdale, presupunând că acesta va fi ușor de controlat. Dar ceea ce primarul nu știu este că Dimsdale a fost un ajutor de șerif al unui celebru om al legii, Tom Destry.  Dimsdale apelează la Tom Destry Jr, care este la fel de formidabil ca tatăl său, pentru a-i fi ajutor.

Distribuție

Marlene Dietrich - Frenchy, cântăreață de saloon
James Stewart - Thomas Jefferson "Tom" Destry, Jr., noul ajutor de șerif
Mischa Auer - Boris Callahan, rus ținut sub papuc
"Charlie" Winninger - "Wash" (Washington Dimsdale), noul șerif
Brian Donlevy - Kent, proprietar de saloon
Allen Jenkins - "Gyp" Watson
Warren Hymer - "Bugs" Watson
Irene Hervey - Janice Tyndall
Una Merkel - Lily Belle, "Mrs. Callahan"
Billy Gilbert - "Loupgerou"
Samuel S. Hinds - Judge Slade, primar
Jack Carson - Jack Tyndall
Lillian Yarbo - Clara

Note

 Beaver, Jim. "James Stewart." Films in Review, October 1980.
 Coe, Jonathan. James Stewart: Leading Man. London: Bloomsbury, 1994. ISBN 0-7475-1574-3.
 Eliot, Mark. Jimmy Stewart: A Biography. New York: Random House, 2006. ISBN 1-4000-5221-1.
 "The Jimmy Stewart Museum Home Page." jimmy.org. Retrieved: 18 februarie 2007.
 Jones, Ken D., Arthur F. McClure and Alfred E. Twomey. The Films of James Stewart. New York: Castle Books, 1970.
 Pickard, Roy. Jimmy Stewart: A Life in Film. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. ISBN 0-312-08828-0.
 Prendergast, Tom and Sara, eds. "Stewart, James". International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 4th edition. London: St. James Press, 2000. ISBN 1-55862-450-3.
 Prendergast, Tom and Sara, eds. "Stewart, James". St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, 5th edition. London: St. James Press, 2000. ISBN 1-55862-529-1.
 Quirk, Lawrence J. James Stewart: Behind the Scenes of a Wonderful Life. Montclair, New Jersey: Applause Books, 2000. ISBN 978-1-55783-416-4.
 Riva, Maria. Marlene Dietrich. New York: Ballantine Books, 1994. ISBN 978-0-345-38645-8.
 Robbins, Jhan. Everybody's Man: A Biography of Jimmy Stewart. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. ISBN 0-399-12973-1.
 Thomas, Tony. A Wonderful Life: The Films and Career of James Stewart. Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1988. ISBN 0-8065-1081-1.

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Destry Rides Again on Lux Radio Theater: 5 noiembrie 1945

Filme din 1939
Filme americane
Filme în limba engleză
Filme regizate de George Marshall
Filme Universal Pictures
Filme western din anii 1930
Filme de comedie din anii 1930


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Fetty Wap and A$AP Ferg will headline ShaggFest on July 1 in Virginia Beach
By Dan Duke
Fetty Wap and A$AP Ferg will be the leading acts at ShaggFest on July 1 at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach.
More acts will be announced for the music festival, Z104's seventh annual ShaggFest, according to a press release from LiveNation.
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