What should we see happening in our classes if the students are truly experiencing what science is all about?
Is there a problem with Science education in New Zealand?
Clearly, the answer is Yes. A number of reports indicate that the way Primary and Secondary Science is delivered does not match the way scientists work or make discoveries.
The recent recession demonstrates that entrepreneurship on its own does not create real wealth or real benefits, but new products are needed. The growing awareness for new technologies to be sustainable in terms of their 'footprint' (the harm they do) is now leading to a concept of technologies also having a 'hand print' - they benefit the environment without this being the main reason for their production.
As a research scientist who has retrained as a science teacher, and having carried out research in education, I have some suggestions of where teachers could start leading their schools in developing science units that effectively integrate the "nature of science" strand of the curriculum.
But don't you need to teach / know a lot of science content first?
Early pioneers such as Isaac Newton and Galileo did NOT have any 'science' content knowledge….it didn't exist yet!
What made them 'scientists' was the way they went about their wonderings about the world around them.
ONE way to think like a scientist is to simply be willing to put your ideas to the test.
This series of 64 books published by the Ministry of Education is designed to help primary teachers build students' science concepts in the contextual strands.
A table of titles which allows teachers to search by level and contextual strand is included in this section. Each title has an associated concept overview in PDF format.
Are there any puzzles, riddles, problems or 'weird' stuff happening related to ANY topic you are working on this term?
eg ' Different Cultures' - language involves people speaking…how does sound get from one place to another? Can it bounce? Can it reflect? Can people communicate without sound? Has new technology been invented to replace sight, taste or hearing? Have different cultures contributed different science knowledge to the world?
eg, 'The Final Frontier' - what were the other frontiers BEFORE the final one? What difficulties did people have to overcome when entering a new frontier? - food, climate hazards, etc. What drove people to enter new frontiers? - food, climate change, minerals, etc? What technologies are required to explore new environments? How do movies and TV shows portray the Final Frontier? What functions does a spacesuit provide?
Modelling, classifying and identifying, pattern seeking, making things or developing systems, exploring, and of course, fair testing.
It is OK to start from the child's perspective…eg, that the world is flat. We have ideas based on what our senses tell us and this is where science begins. Many adults would have difficulty explaining how we know the world is round. Try standing in the child's shoes and wonder - how could we test our idea OR look at the world a different way?
Ask fellow teachers to add their ideas and interests to the unit; if the teacher is motivated and enthusiastic about their own twist on a unit of work, it is likely their students will pick up on this enthusiasm. Use differences in approaches as a strength of the school.
If time permits, allow students to do a number of cycles of investigation and get them to either widen or deepen their work in the unit.
Beginning a unit using ICT, books or video's is OK… but the nature of science means evaluating our judgements against real-world consequences.
It is OK to learn with / from the students…experiencing things as the children do is an excellent place to begin learning…for all ages.
Learning content often comes as a consequence of an experience in the real world. You can always ask someone else for help on content…ask a mentor!
Does the new understanding offer opportunities for more investigation to be done? More data to collect? New categories to be created? New systems to be invented?
Can this new knowledge be shared so others may benefit? If so, in what form?
Is there some 'content' knowledge that would now be appropriate for the student to acquire? If so, in what form?
Does the new understanding have any similarities or differences to current thinking about this topic?
What impact on society has there been / could there be from using this knowledge?
The nature of science encourages endless cycles of learning by action!
The Primary Science Teacher Fellows (PSTF) programme, administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand, goes some way to addressing the science issue. Oddly, rather than the Ministry of Education (MoE) taking responsibility for this, the PSTF programme is sponsored by the Minsitry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST).
Learning from Life: Communities of Learning via a Connected Curriculum. Microsoft Innovative Teachers conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2009.
ICT: Interested in Conversations and Thinking - technology is less important than the conversations it permits students to have with their teacher. For the techno-phobic this puts the student in the role of expert technologist but the teacher remains the expert assessor.


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It's usually pretty awkward when I tell strangers I run a website about Big Brother. I swear it's a healthy obsession.
Big Brother held secret auditions months ago
Housemates could have already been selected
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Word has leaked that secret Big Brother auditions began as early as August, before the 2020 season was even announced.
We've received multiple tip offs from people who responded to a Channel 7 casting call in late August, only to realise when they got to auditions that it was for Big Brother.
The casting calls were promoted as "have you been told you should be on TV?". Applicants sent a video to Seven and were invited to group auditions.
A tipster tells us:
I sent in my audition video and the whole process was the same as other Big Brother auditions. You know… like you cant talk to each other and the producer said it was primetime Channel 7. [The producers] would refer to people and then say "but could you live with them for two months?"
I came out of it thinking it was 100% for Big Brother, before it was fully announced it was coming back.
We've also heard about what the producers were looking for in potential housemates:
Only people with really interesting backstories got to the next round… like a trans girl and a gay guy with a back story who had to flee Iran. It seems [the producers] are going for people who are conditioned but have major life experiences.
There has been very little news on the official audition process. It was meant to close last week, but you can still submit an application online.
Fans are speculating that the current round of auditions are just for show, with final housemates having already been selected via more secretive means.
It wouldn't be the first time this has happened. In several seasons of the Channel 9 version of Big Brother, some housemates had originally auditioned for The Block, but were offered a place on BB instead.
Professional InstaBro Eden Dally (Love Island contestant) has told media outlets that he applied for Big Brother.
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The Big Brother house will probably be on Cockatoo Island
Ticks all the boxes for "survivor in a warehouse"
Channel Seven are staying tight lipped on where the new Big Brother house is, but our likely pick is Cockatoo Island.
The island sits in the middle of Sydney harbour and is used regularly as a filming location. Job ads uncovered by Behind Big Brother show BB production are hiring staff to work in Sydney.
Scenes from the industrial area of the island feature in the first trailer for Big Brother Revolution. The footage suggests that housemates will be in converted warehouse accomodation. They may even need to build parts of the house themselves.
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Cockatoo Island is a favourite filming spot for Endemol Shine, the company who produces Big Brother. They filmed early seasons of Ninja Warrior Australia in the same warehouses. The same types of physical challenges are expected to be a core part of Big Brother.
Cockatoo Island as featured in the Big Brother Revolution trailer.
Ninja Warrior eventually moved to Melbourne due to noise complaints. However, noise won't be a problem for Big Brother: Seven has confirmed the show won't be live. If true, there won't be any live evictions or cheering crowds.
Filming Big Brother on Cockatoo Island would help keep out the curious prying eyes of the public. This would be handy to contain leaks if the show is pre-recorded months in advance.
All of the island event spaces are fully booked until July 2020, according to their website.
Big Brother returning to Dreamworld was always a long shot. The land that the former house sits on is no longer owned by the amusement park.
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Australia's worst kept secret was finally confirmed today, when Channel 7 announced "Big Brother: Revolution".
But other than a new eye logo, we didn't get that much information. So what is this revolution all about?
Revolutions from overseas
There's been two Big Brother "revolution" seasons, in Big Brother Africa and Gran Hermano Spain.
In the African version, the revolution was that housemates could openly talk about nominations. They had to be strategic with this power. However, the public still had the power to evict.
In Gran Hermano, 100 potential housemates entered the house. The next day, they were cut down to 20 final housemates by producers and a public vote.
Both 'revolution' seasons had a collection of other twists, most of which have already happened in Australia. Notably, in Gran Hermano Revolution, the public were given the power to put an evicted housemate back in the house.
No confirmation that the show won't be pre-recorded
Channel 7 didn't confirm or deny rumours that the show will be pre-recorded months in advance.
A graphic shown to the audience hinted that the show will be broadcast in August after the Olympics (at a 7:30 time slot). However, we know producers are hiring staff to film from January to April 2020.
This means it's likely the show will be pre-recorded well in advance. China has been the only other Big Brother to do this.
There was also no announcement of a host, which could hint that the pre-recorded format is happening.
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Big Brother has started recruiting staff to work in Sydney
To begin at the start of 2020
Endemol Shine, who make Big Brother, have started a recruitment drive to find staff for a "large reality format" show.
The production company has begun advertising via its social media networks, posting a call out on Facebook.
The ad is for "shooter producers" and "associate producers".
It's highly likely the show they're talking about is Big Brother, and the house will be near Channel Seven's studios in Sydney.
Importantly, the roles are for work between January and April 2020.
Unfortunately, this may support the rumours that Big Brother 2020 will be prerecorded months in advance, and screened later in August.
Thanks to our tipster.
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Is the Big Brother reboot dead before it even begins?
Scary Big Brother predictions have popped up on the eve of Channel 7's up fronts.
Television blog TV Blackbox are claiming that Big Brother 2020 will be filmed months in advance. The winner would leave the house before the first episode is broadcast.
The rumoured schedule is to film the house in April, but not air episodes until August, after Channel 7's Olympics coverage.
This would make Australia's version the only Big Brother in the world, apart from China, that is pre-recorded more than a few days.
China's Big Brother failed miserably and only lasted one season.
Instead of public voting, housemates would vote each other out Survivor-style.
Housemate voting is the format used on Big Brother USA. However, even that version is "live" and has internet feeds.
Bizarrely, there are also claims BB will have no host, because Channel 7 want to cut down on costs. It's unclear if evicted housemates would be interviewed at all, or whether they would only appear in a reality TV style cutaway.
Commonly when shows are prerecorded so far in advance, multiple endings or winners are filmed. The true winner is only known when the final episode airs.
Channel 7's up fronts are happening on the evening of Wednesday 23 October, where more details may be released.
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Is the reboot still happening? Who's going to host? Will there be a Celebrity Big Brother?
We don't yet have a house, or a TV channel, but housemate applications are open and rumours are swirling.
Here's everything we've heard so far about the Big Brother Australia reboot…
What channel will it be on?
At this point it can only be Channel 7, but they haven't confirmed yet. Nine and Ten have already shown their 2020 'up front' previews, which didn't include BB, so they're out of the running.
TV Tonight reports that Channel Nine had the rights to Big Brother Australia this whole time. Which means they've purposely chosen not to air the show for five years! They've also been holding out until the very last minute (this week) to release the rights, to make sure Channel 7 couldn't announce any earlier.
The Behind Big Brother team spoke to some Channel 7 contacts who abruptly said "we're not allowed to talk about this". Seven's up fronts are happening on October 23, when we'll know for sure.
When will it launch?
We've heard both February or April as possible times for a launch. Either way, the show will need to work around the Tokyo Olympics.
There's theories that Channel 7 will try and put Big Brother on to compete with Married at First Sight, which means a February launch. That's going to be a pretty tough ask – the last season of BBAU in 2014 was pulling in fewer viewers than MAFS does now.
How long will it run for?
TV Blackbox strangely announced that Big Brother 2020 will only run for 20 episodes. We find this hard to believe.
A 20 episode season would mean no daily shows, and probably a move to the BB USA format: housemates vote each other out like Survivor, and most episodes are like the old Friday Night Games shows. But even BBUSA has more than 20 episodes each season.
However, 20 episodes is the perfect amount for a Celebrity Big Brother or All Stars season. Channel 7 may put a mini celebrity season on first, then a full civilian Big Brother later in the year.
Where will the house be?
Likely at Channel 7's studios in Sydney. This means the house will be built on a sound stage and may look like the BB USA house. Think more warehouse with high ceilings than the Big Brother house you're used to. Here's what the USA house looks like:
There's even been theories that an empty Masters Warehouse could be converted into a Big Brother sound stage.
Rebuilding the house at the same location as older seasons is very unlikely. Dreamworld no longer own the land that the burnt down rubble sits on.
What about housemate auditions?
People are already claiming they've been shortlisted for the season:
Who's going to be working on the show?
Gretel Killeen and Chrissie Swan (runner up from the 2003 season) have both said they're interested in hosting.
For the production geeks, Amelia Fisk is the pick as Executive Producer. Amelia has worked on Australian Next Top Model, Survivor, Ninja Warrior and heaps more of Endemol's brands.
Amelia has also worked on Big Brother before. She was a Task Producer back in Channel 10 days:
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Rwanda: Eastern Province gets new administration block
Photo: New administration block for the eastern province
Officials and staff of the Eastern Province are in their last preparations to move into their new administration structure.
It is expected that the building will be ready to receive its occupants in February but the official opening will be after installing all the necessary equipments which will be provided by the government of Rwanda through the ministry of infrastructure.
The new administrative structure is located in Rwamagana town, Kigabiro sector. It is a three story building with 140 rooms, a conference hall for 300 people and a parking space for over 100 vehicles.


Flint, cryptocrystalline chalcedonic silica (SiO2), is used as a component in ceramic blends to make bone china, earthenware, and ceramic tiles. Because of its toughness, flint is also used as a grinding medium in ball mills in the mining, ceramics and chemical industries, but is subject to increasing competition from synthetic grinding media.
Flint occurs in the Gambier Limestone as nodular masses at shallow depth. Erosion of the limestone by the sea along a 30 km stretch of cost from Port MacDonnell then NW to Carpenter Rocks has concentrated extensive flint deposits along the beaches. A small industry supplying limited Australian demand operated between the 1880s and 1985.
Recorded resources for areas that have been held under tenure are in the order of 140, 000 tonne from which an estimated 45,000 tonne has been mined. The major operation was Middle Point Flint, with an estimated resource of 80,000 tonne which approximatley half was worked. Peak activity was during the World War II with production of 2,800 tone per annum. There is some replenishment of resources during storms, also unrecorded resources between areas of tenure.
Flint, D.J., Flint, R.B. and Flintoft, M.W., 1989. The flint report. South Australia. Department of Mines and Energy. Report Book, 89/52.


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Dieterova štola je vodní regulační stavba v Krušných horách. Byla vyražena současně se stavbou vodní nádrže Kamenička v letech 1899–1904 mezi potokem Kamenička a řekou Chomutovkou. Důvodem pro její vyražení bylo, aby se v době tání sněhu nebo silných dešťů do nádrže Kamenička nedostávala huminovaná voda z rašelinišť.

Rozdělovací objekt se nachází na Kameničce na říčním kilometru 6,05, těsně pod jejím soutokem s Novodomským potokem, který přivádí vodu ze Starého rybníka. Štola je dlouhá 1 200 m, příčný profil má rozměry 1,2 × 1,8 m a má spád přibližně 8 %. Překonává výškový rozdíl 95 m.

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Концентрація гірничого виробництва вигідна економічно і являє собою один з найважливіших напрямів підвищення ефективності виробництва.

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Lost in Translation enjoy an ever growing reputation as leaders in the field of narrative driven circus shows. They are a UK based company with an international membership that was originally founded as an acrobatic duo by Circus Space graduates in 2006. The company has since become one of the country's leading ensembles and now tours widely throughout the UK and Europe. Their show The Hogwallops was a big hit at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and has toured internationally to great acclaim.
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Babil Games
A top-tier mobile games publisher in the MENA region.
Babil Games is a top-tier mobile games publisher in the MENA region with international operations. Founded in 2012 and based in Dubai and Amman, Babil Games became part of Stillfront Group AB in 2016 and was listed on First North Premier Growth Market in Stockholm.
Babil Games helps developers from around the world to successfully navigate international markets, with a focus on the MENA region, the world's fastest-growing games market, and brings gamers culture-adapted, high-quality free-to-play games through creatively localizing art and content.
Babil's success stems from its passionate, creative, high-spirited and dedicated team of talented artists and experienced professionals. Within a few months of the release of its first game, Nida Harb, Babil Games ranked in the Top-10 on iOS App Store for its outstanding strategy-action game.
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Warren Buffett's Paper Wizard
Here's something from Apple that dropped in totally out of the blue — A side-scrolling game for iPhone, in partnership with Warren Buffet.
Think you can toss a newspaper like the legendary Warren Buffett? Test your paper-flinging skills as you make your way from the streets of Omaha, Nebraska, all the way to Cupertino, California. Avoid vehicles and birds as you deliver papers to buildings near and far. Will anyone collect enough Warren Bucks to dethrone the Paper Wizard? Probably not.
The game is published by Wildlife Design, Inc on the App Store, but Apple still holds the rights to the game and according to 9to5Mac, also helped out with the development.
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OLA: Clearing the Air
Yesterday, a report was published by DNA that quoted "sources" claiming that Uber was looking to buy a controlling stake in rival OLA by buying out all of its stake holders, including promoters Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati, except for SoftBank.
"Uber is buying a controlling stake in Ola, where all the shareholders, except SoftBank, is being bought out. The enterprise valuation is being estimated at $4billion," said the source.
OLA rebuffed this report as baseless and today, has clarified on the official blog:
We would like to state that the article, attributed to an 'unnamed source' is completely false, misleading, malicious and planted in the said newspaper with the intent of causing harm to the Ola brand and creating confusion among our stakeholders.
We are shocked and dismayed at the lack of journalistic ethics in carrying the story, despite our repeated denial to the reporter and the publication's editorial representatives. We also had received a verbal confirmation that the report shall not be carried given the company's denial.
We will initiate appropriate legal action and seek redressal and compensation for the damage caused to us by this irresponsible reporting from DNA.
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The economic toll from climate change, and especially the costs that will accrue from not tackling ever-rising global emissions – each decade's delay in dealing with emissions will add 40 percent to the costs – are increasingly preoccupying finance chiefs inside and outside of government. The heirs to the Rockefeller fortune made headlines when they announced that they would divest from fossil fuels, for example.
And U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew made the case on Monday for tackling climate change sooner rather than later, citing the increased costs of delaying action and the economic harm that climate change will wreak on nearly all sectors of the economy.
"If the fiscal burden from climate change continues to rise, it will create budgetary pressures that will force hard trade-offs, larger deficits and higher taxes. Whatever your public policy views … you should care about the costs of coping with climate-related damage," Lew said at an event at the Brookings Institution.
And yet some of the absences at the U.N. summit are as significant as all the impassioned speeches: The leaders of China, India and several other key countries are skipping the event. That's important, because global emissions reached an all-time high last year and are expected to grow even more this year.
China, for instance, is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, and even its once-low per capita emissions have now roared past European levels. India's economy, meanwhile, is following a very similar path to the one trod by China in recent decades. But developing nations view the climate summit as an attempt by rich countries, responsible for the bulk of carbon pumped into the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution, to shift the pain to poor countries.
But the fact is that even countries that had been making great progress on curbing emissions, such as the United States, appear to be going backward: U.S. carbon emissions rose last year as dirty coal seeped back into the power mix after a few years of being displaced by cheap natural gas.
Big countries in Europe, despite plenty of green pledges in recent years, have struggled to rein in emissions; Germany, for instance, has spent billions of dollars on renewable energy yet will miss its emissions-reductions goals for 2020.
To be sure, all the rhetoric about climate change is translating into some action, even among the countries that are skipping the U.N. event.
China and scores of other countries joined more than 1,000 businesses in calling for a price on carbon emissions, the World Bank said Monday, and Chinese leaders have already said they will try to implement a national cap-and-trade program. Still, doubts prevail over whether the Chinese effort to price carbon pollution will be any more successful than the halfhearted European effort.
In the end, despite the hundreds of declarations, speeches, and high-blown rhetoric that will come out of the summit, the world is living, as Jack Lew said, in a golden age of fossil fuels. For all the warnings about climate change's costs and challenges, that alone makes it increasingly unlikely that countries rich or poor will be able to summon the political will needed to curb greenhouse gas emissions.


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Erasmo Ramirez returns to Mariners, will start Thursday; Carter Capps sent down
By Nick Eaton on July 11, 2013 at 10:44 AM
Erasmo Ramirez has been Thursday's expected starter since the Mariners designated Jeremy Bonderman for assignment Monday. But the M's wouldn't officially say who they were planning promote to fill Bonderman's slot in the rotation.
Erasmo Ramirez. (Getty Images)
On Thursday, the Mariners finally made their move, recalling Ramirez from Triple-A Tacoma and optioning Carter Capps to make room on the 25-man roster. The M's said Ramirez, 23, will start Thursday's game against the Red Sox at 12:40 p.m. in Seattle.
Ramirez was expected to be one of the Mariners' starting pitchers this season, coming off an impressive rookie year in 2012. But the righty got injured at the end of spring training and missed nearly two months with elbow soreness in his throwing arm.
After just one game with Double-A Jackson, Ramirez returned to Tacoma in early June for his rehab assignment. In seven starts for the Rainiers, the 5-foot-11 Nicaraguan was 3-3 with 42 strikeouts and 43 hits allowed in 43.2 innings, for an ERA of 3.09.
In Thursday's game, he'll be throwing opposite Boston starter Ryan Dempster. It will be Ramirez's first appearance in the big leagues since Sept. 30.
Ramirez takes over Bonderman's spot in the starting rotation — though Bonderman's time was short. Since being called up June 2 from Triple-A, the 30-year-old made seven starts and pitched his way to a 4.93 ERA and 1-3 record. In his most recent start, last Saturday in Cincinnati, Bonderman pitched five innings and gave up six runs (and five walks) as the Reds powered their way to a 13-4 victory over the M's.
Bonderman, who was Oakland's first-round draft pick back in 2001, was attempting a comeback after missing two years due to injury problems. He missed most of 2008, when he was with the Detroit Tigers, and was indefinitely placed on the disabled list in 2009 after continued shoulder problems. The Mariners gave him a chance by signing him to a minor-league contract in December, and had been trying him out in the majors since June 2.
The Mariners have 10 days from Monday to trade, release or outright Bonderman to the minors. Seattle also called up lefty reliever Lucas Luetge on Monday.
Capps, 22, heads to Tacoma after spending all season with the Mariners as a hard-throwing reliever. The righty has struggled as of late — in his last seven appearances, he is 0-1 with a 17.17 ERA and gave up 14 runs over 7.1 innings. His ERA ballooned from 3.54 before the slide to the 6.37 it's at now, in 33 relief appearances this year.
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Q: Abstract Class -- How to specify return of generic list I am having some difficulty with this. I have an abstract class, and I would like to add a public abstract method for its inheritors to implement. The challenge is that the method should return a generic list of classes that implement a totally different abstract class (NotifyingDatabaseObject).
I'd like to do something like the following, but it won't compile:
public abstract IList<T> GetList(int? id) where T : NotifyingDatabaseObject;

And, of course, if I replace "T" with "NotifyingDatabaseObject", it will require the inheriting classes to return that abstract class instead of concrete ones.
Any direction on how I can accomplish this?
Thanks!

A: If the returning type has no relation to the abstract or the concrete class, you can use a type parameter on the method, like:
public abstract IList<T> GetList<T>(int? id) where T : NotifyingDatabaseObject;

The concrete class would be something like:
class MyConcreteClass : MyAbstractClass
{
    public override IList<NotifyingDatabaseObjectChildClass> GetList<NotifyingDatabaseObjectChild>(int? id)
    {
        return new List<NotifyingDatabaseObjectChildClass>();
    }
}

A: I assume you want each subclass of your base class to return a particular subtype of NotifyingDatabaseObject. In this case you should add a type parameter to the base class and have each subtype specify which subtype of NotifyingDatabaseObject they return:
public abstract class MyAbstractClass<T>
    where T : NotifyingDatabaseObject
{
    public abstract IList<T> GetList(int? id) ;
}

public class MyConcreteClass : MyAbstractClass<NotifyingDatabaseObjectChildClass>
{
    public override IList<NotifyingDatabaseObjectChildClass> GetList(int? id)
    {
        return new List<NotifyingDatabaseObjectChildClass>();
    }
}

Note the existing answer does not do this - it requires each subtype to support returning a list of any subtype of NotifyingDatabaseObject, not just one in particular. In this case the only possible implementation is to return an empty list (or null, or throw an exception, or loop infinitely), since the implementing classes have no general way of constructing a value of type T.

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BiographyDr. Raghunandan Rajamani graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Mysore followed by M.Tech in IIT Madras and then Doctorate from IIT Delhi.His experience of 25+ years began in academics and subsequentlyfor the past 17+ years in Entrepreneurship Development and Technology Business Incubation. He is currently the Executive Director of the Indian STEPs and Business Incubators Association (ISBA) an Association of which he was a founder Secretary and later also Vice President. He has been a member of high level expert committee of the Technology Development Board, Govt. of India, Member of the Committee on Service Tax Exemption. He is an Advisor to the Uttar Pradesh Govt. promoted Society IT-UPVAN for promoting Incubators in the State of UP and also Exectuive Council Member of the State promoted Andhra Pradesh Innovation Society. He was instrumental in establishing the JSSATE – Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park at Noida which he managed for more than a decade and this was the first Incubator to be setup under the umbrella of the Dept. Of Scinece & Technology, Govt. Of India (DST) in the year 2001. He was also one of the principal architects and Director (Operations) in Global Incubation Services, DST's first IT Incubator at Bangalore. The core focus areas of his entrepreneurship activity is in IT and Manufacturing sectors. Mentored over 50 startup companies in both Incubators and managed the SEED funding initiatives. He has a rich experience in working with several agencies and governments such as the Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Technology Development Board of Government of India, State Governments, the Ministry of Education & Research, Government of France, United Nations Development Programme, European Union to name a few.


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Q: getTokenIdMetadata function in Moralis is not showing anything on HTML card MUI. How do I fix it? I am trying to use getTokenIdMetadata from Moralis to get detailed information about an NFT.
So far, I am able to get the data as you can see below in the json output, but I am not able to put that data in a nice MUI card component on HTML. Can someone help me?
{
 amount: "1",
 block_number: "10541767",
 block_number_minted: "10541767",
 contract_type: "ERC1155",
 metadata: {
 "name": "popopopopo",
 "description": "popopopo",
 "image": "https://ipfs.moralis.io:2053/ipfs/QmcPePGEGoKLsGpHuRqPNBQScBJWEoR6Ux5etpJw51dKcc"
           },
 name: null,
 owner_of: "0xe8774d8cc8eb58e3183594c3e3922c8813c20bb7",
 symbol: null,
 synced_at: "2022-04-21T07:43:00.481Z",
 token_address: "0x7247d02546ea6d0f1a46403081f1874463fbe08a",
 token_hash: "d4a6bed90c2060adc36d031ab71d24fb",
 token_id: "42",
 token_uri: "https://ipfs.moralis.io:2053/ipfs/QmXUjjJbbj8P4Nm12Gs"
}

The problem that I am facing now is that the code that I wrote is not showing anything in my cards.
Here is the code.
import React, { useState , useEffect } from "react";
import { useMoralis } from "react-moralis";
import CircularProgress from '@mui/material/CircularProgress';
import Card from '@mui/material/Card';
import CardMedia from '@mui/material/CardMedia';
import CardContent from '@mui/material/CardContent';
import { useVerifyMetadata } from "hooks/useVerifyMetadata";
import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';
import {
  useParams
} from "react-router-dom";

const styles = {
  NFTs: {
    display: "flex",
    flexWrap: "wrap",
    WebkitBoxPack: "start",
    justifyContent: "flex-start",
    margin: "0 auto",
    maxWidth: "1000px",
    width: "100%",
    gap: "10px",
  },
};

function NFTDetails() {

    const { Moralis, isInitialized } = useMoralis();
    const { verifyMetadata } = useVerifyMetadata();
    const [metadata, setMetadata] = useState(null);

    let params = useParams();

const fetchNFTMetadata = async () => {
    const options = { chain: "rinkeby", address: params.token_address, token_id: params.token_id };
    const result = await Moralis.Web3API.token.getTokenIdMetadata(options);
    setMetadata(result);

}
useEffect(() => {
  if (isInitialized) {
  fetchNFTMetadata();
  }
}, [isInitialized]);
  console.log(" metadata " , metadata);

    return (

NFT Details

           {metadata==null ? (
                   <CircularProgress color="secondary" />
                ) : (

                )}
          {/*  <Skeleton loading={!NFTBalances?.result}>  */}
              {metadata?.result &&
                metadata.result.map((nft, index) => {
                  //Verify Metadata
                  nft = verifyMetadata(nft);

        return (

                     <Card sx={{ maxWidth: 290 }} style={ { display: nft?.token_id === params.token_id ? 'block' : 'none' } } >

                                {console.log(" image ", nft?.metadata)}
                                      <CardMedia
                                              component="img"
                                              height="300"
                                              image={nft?.image || "error"}
                                              alt=""
                                          />
                                                <CardContent>
                                                  <Typography gutterBottom variant="h5" component="div">
                                                          {nft?.metadata?.name ?? "- No Name -"}
                                                  </Typography>
                                                        <Typography variant="h6" color="text.secondary">
                                                        Token ID: {nft?.token_id}
                                                        </Typography>
                                                        <Typography variant="body2" color="text.secondary">
                                                        {nft.token_address}
                                                        </Typography>
                                                </CardContent>
                                          </Card>
                  );
                })}

      );
}
export default NFTDetails;

So, I know that the output of metadata is correct because the console.log command outputs the contents of metadata. But the html doesn't show anything in the card. Am I doing something wrong?
I think the problem has to do with these lines.
       {metadata?.result &&
                metadata.result.map((nft, index) => {
                  //Verify Metadata
                  nft = verifyMetadata(nft);

Is it correct to assume that the result of the json will be "result"? Or should I write something else here?


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Aiming to break away from the world's "garbage dump"
Aiming to break away from the world's "garbage dump"
Southeast Asia where a lot of plastics are discarded
Do you know where plastic waste is thrown away? China was the largest plastic waste disposer in the world. The country was a global waste disposer that had handled nearly 50% of plastic waste around the world, but in 2018, it banned the import of plastic waste for environmental reasons.
Plastic waste that has nowhere to go has come to be exported to Southeast Asian countries such as the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia. In the Philippines, the amount of plastic waste imported in 2018 was about 11,800 tons, 2.5 times that of 2016.
These countries do not have facilities to dispose of hundreds of thousands of tons of waste. An environmental protection organization has pointed out that Southeast Asia has already been a "garbage dump" for developed countries. There is a fact that some of the plastics exported "for recycling" are causing environmental pollution by being dumped illegally into rivers and seas, and being burned and releasing toxic gases.
As a result, Southeast Asian countries have begun to take countermeasures one after another. Thailand and Vietnam have decided to regulate the acceptance of plastic waste for environmental protection, and in the Philippines, the export of plastic waste was banned for three months from August. However, environmental activists are concerned that these measures may cause illegal dumping of waste to other countries. "Even if one country bans imports, exporters will look for alternatives until they can find. In order to solve the problem, we have to thoroughly reduce the amount of waste," said an environmental activist in Malaysia.
Starting efforts to reduce plastic waste
The total plastic production in the world increased from about 2 million tons in 1950 to 380 million tons in 2015, of which only 20% is recycled. Especially in developing countries, environmental pollution is caused by the improper disposal of plastic waste.
The only way to change such a situation is to reduce the use of plastic. According to a report issued by Greenpeace in this April, the plastic exports in the world halved after the ban of importing plastic waste in China. Arnaud Brunet, Director General, Bureau of International Recycling said, "the ban created a major shock in the global market." "However, in the long run, it will encourage investment in the recycling industry and exporting countries and improve the quality of recycling."
In this May, the Basel Convention adopted by more than 180 countries around the world was amended, which made it necessary to agree with the partner country for the export of plastic waste. In addition, about 40 companies, mainly major chemical manufacturers in developed countries, established a non-profit organization "Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW)" in January, and has announced that it will invest $1 billion (107 billion yen) over the next five years mainly in Southeast Asia. Attention is being drawn to whether these efforts will enable Southeast Asia to be reborn as a place where promoting garbage recycling from the garbage dump for developed countries.
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require "rexml/document"

module XmlRipper

  # The main Ripper driver
  class Ripper

    def initialize(&block)
      @before_action = proc {}
      @path_action = {}
      @after_action = proc {}
      instance_eval(&block) if block
    end

    def on_path(path, &block)
      @path_action[path] = block
    end

    def before(&block)
      @before_action = block
    end

    def after(&block)
      @after_action = block
    end

    def run(xml_file_path)
      File.open(xml_file_path) do |f|
        document = REXML::Document.new(f)
        @before_action.call(document)
        run_path_action(document)
        @after_action.call(document)
      end
    end

    def run_path_action(document)
      @path_action.each do |path, block|
        REXML::XPath.each(document, path) do |element|
          block.call(element)
        end
      end
    end
  end

  # Scripting capabilities
  class Ripper
    def initialize_from_file(path)
      instance_eval( File.read(path), path)
    end
  end

  # dynamic extensions
  class Ripper

    def method_missing(name, *args, &block)
      return super unless name.to_s =~ /on_.*/
      xpath = name.to_s.split('_').drop(1).join('/')
      on_path(xpath, &block)
    end

  end

end

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Classic Champions Inc. Young Jumper Tour Awards Final Ribbons at Deeridge Derby Part of Palm Beach Masters Series
Classic Champions Inc. Brings European-Style Classes for Young Horses to North America
Wellington, FL - March 1, 2018 -- The Classic Champions Tour classes for young horses concluded on Thursday with top awards given to 5, 6 and 7 year-old jumpers at the Deeridge Derby, part of the Palm Beach Masters series held at Deeridge Farm, a spectacular world-class venue, in Wellington, Florida.
Contact: Marty Bauman, 508-698-6810; marty@classic-communications.com
Senan Hayes and New York BC, a bay stallion owned by Blue Chip Bloodstock, took top honors, the Award of Distinction, for the 5-Year-Old Division, with a win in the first competition of the division and a third place in Thursday's final event. New York BC is by Presley Boy, who competed successfully at the international level under Mexican rider Jamie Azcarraga, and out of McLain Ward's gold medal Olympic mount Sapphire. The judges of the Classic Champions Tour reward one horse per generation with the "Classic Champions Award of Distinction." The award is given to the horse that the judges felt demonstrated exceptional jumping style, quality of canter and rideability.
"He was a little green out there and had a rail in the jump-off," said Hayes. "It was just something new, going a bit quicker. It happens. It is part of the process with the young ones. Young horses have to make mistakes, it is the only way they learn. These classes are very important because they give the young ones an opportunity to come into a place like this and figure it out."
The winner of Thursday's $5,000 Classic Champions 5-Year-Old Jumper Table II class was Delaney, by Bustique, owned by Lothlorien Farm and Ariel Grange and ridden by Dennis Dijkerman. They completed
both rounds without penalty, with a jump-off time of 47.30 seconds.
"He is a homebred," said Dijkerman of his mount. "He is a full brother to Daniel Coyle's first Nations Cup horse, so he is a favorite in the barn. It is really quite exciting because we know he has potential. He can be a little full of himself, but I would say he is a horse with a great future. It's nice to win something like this, there was so much for him to look at but he stayed focused and had a lovely round."
Mevis De Muse and Brittni Raflowitz sped to victory in the $7,500 Classic Champions 6-Year-Old Jumper Table II class with double clear rounds and a jump-off time of 39.860. Not only did Mevis De Muse (Elvis Ter Putte x Heroine De Muze), owned by ESI Show Jumpers, perform exceptionally, so did Raflowitz, who rode while feeling decidedly under the weather.
"The course was technical enough for the young horses and it gave them a bit of a challenge," said Raflowitz. "To come out on the grass and see new things and jump new fences in a place like this is quite a test. But it all worked out and I am very proud of my baby. He has had a month off from showing, I try not to push him too hard. I feel that he already knows his job so I just try to not overdo it with him. He hasn't had a rail down in the show ring in five months. He has already surpassed my expectations."
Second place in the class went to Charlotte Jacobs and Hi-Jack (Vegas x Lydia), owned by North Star. The pair jumped two fault-free courses but were barely a second slower in the jump-off, finishing in 40.240 seconds.
The Award of Distinction for 6-Year-Old horses went to Catania 137 and rider Mavis Spencer. Catania 137 is by Coffee 18 out of Caipirhina 2, and is owned by Sarah Ryan. The pair placed fourth and sixth in the classes offered in the division.
The Classic Champions $15,000 7-Year-Old Jumper class was won by Taylor Flury aboard the AliBoo Farm entry Calano Z. The pair bested a field of 24 entries to achieve the win. Calano Z is by Calato Z out of Calvacolle Z, and is a horse that is close to Flury's heart. She has had the horse "since he was born" and she is the only person who has ever ridden or jumped him. It was a truly emotional day for Flury; the win was dedicated to her grandfather whose funeral was today. But on a happier note, today also happens to be the birthday of Calano Z's owner.
"He s a very special horse," said Flury. "He jumped great and he loves the field here. We have done this series for three years and this show for two, since it began. The field here is awesome for the young horses it is a great experience for them. It allows them to get out of the traditional sand ring, the courses are age appropriate, tough enough for their age but not too technical or uninviting. We love Classic Champions and we love Deeridge."
The Award of Distinction for the 7 Year-Olds was given to Celina, owned by Jane Forbes Clark and ridden by Ben Maher. The mare, by Centadel out of Agronda, best exhibited all the criteria of exceptional jumping style, quality of canter and rideability.
The young horse classes are non-USEF rated, held in Deeridge Farms' beautiful grass Grand Prix Ring, and offer $40,000 in prize money. The courses for the Classic Champions young horse classes were designed by Frederic Cottier, an FEI Level 4 Show Jumping Course Designer, who won a Bronze Medal at the Seoul Olympics and was the course designer for the 2014 World Equestrian Games.
About the Palm Beach Masters Series and Deeridge Farms
The 2018 Palm Beach Masters Series kicked off with the third annual CP Palm Beach Masters CSI3*-W Presented by Sovaro®, held February 1-4, which featured the prestigious $220,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Wellington, one of the final two East Coast qualifiers in the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping North American League. The elite entry list included multiple Olympic and World Cup veterans who were seeking valuable points to qualify for the 2018 Longines FEI World Cup™ Final in Paris, France in April. Ireland's Daniel Coyle claimed victory with U.S. Olympic veterans Laura Kraut and Margie Engle taking second and third places respectively.
The second annual Deeridge Derby, February 28-March 4, is a USEF premier-rated show where the nation's most elegant hunter horses and ponies take center stage to compete in prestigious classes including the $5,000 USHJA National Open Hunter Derby, $5,000 USHJA Junior/Amateur Hunter Derby, $2,500 USHJA Pony Derby and the highly competitive $50,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby as well as the Classic Champions Tour series of classes for young horses. General Admission tickets ($20 per ticket) are now available through Eventbrite for the Deeridge Derby at www.palmbeachmasters.com/event/deeridge-derby/.
The 2018 Palm Beach Open, March 22-25, is a USEF rated Jumper 2 show that offers classes at a wide range of course heights ranging from .95 to 1.40 meters as well as the Classic Champions Inc. young horse classes and offers just under $100,000 in total prize money.
All events are hosted at the spectacular Deeridge Farms, situated in the heart of North American equestrian sport in Wellington, Florida. Award-winning landscaping surrounds the custom-built show grounds and the facilities that host the Palm Beach Masters Series. There is perhaps no location more intimate or stunning to host the highest levels of equestrian competition.
Further information on the Palm Beach Masters Series is available on line atwww.palmbeachmasters.com.
Further information on Classic Champions Inc. and its classes for young jumpers is available atwww.ClassicChampionsInc.com.
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Looking for a great place to have a fresh Pint or Jug with your friends? Than you have to drop by The Poolbar! A super relaxed bar with the best priced Beer Jugs in Amsterdam. Who needs more persuasion than that?
The Poolbar is a a truly unique place in the heart of Amsterdam. In The Poolbar you'll find a healthy mix of local people and stray cats from all over the world. We never intended to be a Pool cafe, so the best way to describe us is: 'a bar that just happens to have a lot of pool tables'. Our main focus lays on creating an easy going place with character and of course, like the Dutch say, ''gezelligheid''. One way of creating this experience is by paying a lot of attention to our music selection – we only play the best from the past! So drop by and don't be afraid because it's a fact: pool is one of the safest sports in the world.
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It is very gratifying to observe the growing number of people who distance themselves from the Jovian cult, start thinking for themselves and realize that Human Design is actually quite a simple and very applicable set of mechanics that is relatively easy to learn and understand, but has just been hidden away behind the vines of one man's jungle of inventions, suppositions, labels and rules. As we keep saying, you just have to toss aside all that you think you've learned from the Jovian clergy, start from scratch, and the real Human Design System will reveal itself to you.
The "tossing" is clearly the hardest part because once you think you are a "Manifestor" or a "Reflector" or some such, it sticks to you like dog poo to your shoe and is almost impossible to get rid of. It's an immediate, deep infection. That's because these labels and the attendant behavioral rules flatter the ego and whatever flatters the ego we hold dear and close and is usually here to stay. The best solution, therefore, would be to convince people to bypass Jovianism altogether and go directly to the original Human Design System. It's a tall order, but that's the goal of Zen Human Design.
In this task, Zen Human Design needs and wants allies, people who have realized that Jovianism is a devastating, if seductive, trap; people who have managed, or at least make a serious effort, to lose their labels and replace them with genuine knowledge as is offered in the Zen Human Design education program.
You can now also get certified with Zen Human Design, so that you can proudly display correct understanding to your clients and let them know that you have a cult-free, original education in Human Design.
Level 1: Requires completion of steps 1 and 2 of the education program. At this level, you have a very good understanding of the fundamental mechanics of your own chart and those of people close to you. What you know is totally applicable and very helpful in sorting out what's going on in your life and your relationships and therefore you can even be of valuable assistance to those close to you. This level alone is way beyond the understanding you would gain from the ridiculous "Living Your Design" program.
Level 2: Requires level 1 certification and the addition of steps 3 and 4 of the education program. At this level, you are capable to confidently read much of a natal chart and be very helpful to your clients if you have them. You would be considered an advanced "Human Design Analyst" elsewhere, except that you'll actually know what you're talking about, instead of just slapping labels and rules on people.
Level 3: Requires level 2 certification and the addition of steps 5 to 7 of the education program. This will add some sophistication to enable you to include transits and relationships in your arsenal. We're still working to complete the education on this level and Zeno is aiming to add a couple of additional classes soon. Stay tuned!
Level 4: Requires level 3 certification. To reach this level, you will work individually with Zeno to become a Licensed Zen Human Design Practitioner who can publicly represent knowledge and philosophy of Zen Human Design. While levels 1 to 3 require no commitment, this level does. We're still working out the details at this point. Stay tuned!
Upon passing the test on any level, the student is issued a printable certificate and a batch to place on his or her website that links back to Zen Human Design's public list of the certifications it has issued.
Human Designers who have been previously licensed by Zeno in some form, such as through the official Human Design School before 2000 or HDP in later years, can contact her to discuss if and how they could qualify for today's certification.
If you are currently a student of Zen Human Design or are considering to become one, check out Zen Human Design's education page to see how the education program and certification fit together.
Check out Zen Human Design's education page to see the various bundles available for levels 1 and 2.


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Mykquan Williams in school meet-and-greet, backpack giveaway
📷Emily Harney
Even dangerous thunderstorms and tornado warnings couldn't deter fans from attending yesterday's meet-and-greet and back to school backpack give-way with undefeated super lightweight prospect "Marvelous" Mykquan Williams, presented by DiBella Entertainment and Team Williams, at ROCS Gym in Manchester, Connecticut.
Williams signed autographs, posed for pictures and gave each child (K-12) a free backpack for school.
The 21-year-old Williams (15-0, 7 KOs), who lives in East Hartford (CT), has an inspiring story in which his father was murdered when Mykquan was eight months old, and the family house burned to the ground when he was 10.
"Everything went very well," a happy Williams said. "All the kids got a backpack and had a good time. My team made it possible for me to do it. Shout out to DiBella Entertainment, Wet Paint and Capital Bail Bonds. I did this event to give back to the community but, more importantly, help parents who may have a little bit of difficulty getting everything their kids need for school."
Williams is the reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) United States super lightweight champion, who is rated No. 5 by the United States Boxing Association (USBA), and No. 12 by the North American Boxing Federation (NABF).
He is promoted by Lou DiBella, managed by Jackie Kallen and trained by Paul Cichon.


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Pennsylvania Hospital Learns How to Do More with Less
by HCE Exchange on April 16, 2014
When John Krolicki accepted the position of vice president of facilities and support services at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital six years ago, he was tasked with one overarching goal: standardizing the hospital's systems from both a maintenance and medical perspective.
Originally from the Detroit area, Krolicki had previously worked with Beaumont Health System for 16 years as director of facilities development for design and construction. When he arrived at UPMC, he said the organization was "well along on some of their system standardization. We just took it to the next level."
Creating space where there is none
One of the earliest projects he had hoped to complete was a new patient tower, but the necessities of healthcare reform delayed this goal until January 2015.
In the meantime, he and his team began pursuing other projects, such as constructing a new clinical labs building, relocating a helipad to the top of Presbyterian Shadyside, and preparing the radiology suite in the old children's tower for relocation into Presbyterian.
Beyond these projects, Krolicki is in the process of privatizing as many patient rooms as possible while making them compatible with current technology.
"We struggle with that in our plan," he said. "So our main goal is to really have the patient units be what they need to be, while also improving them with technology."
He noted that each room will be considerably smaller from 10 years ago, when designers were creating elaborate, spacious atriums with multiple amenities. The focus is now on creating rooms with the appropriate amount of space that are more reliant on technology and less reliant on bricks and mortar.
Presbyterian Shadyside has enlisted industrial engineers from the University of Pittsburgh for its last four design projects. These engineers are especially skilled in improving processes and flow, Krolicki said. They're also able to provide insight on making operations leaner.
For example, when his team was renovating the emergency department, they noticed that nurses were leaving patients 10 to 15 times during visits to retrieve supplies that weren't in the room. To solve this, Krolicki and his team purchased carts fitted for the quantity of supplies each nurse would need, enabling them to be prepared when they saw each patient.
One of the greatest challenges Krolicki has confronted over the last six years is a lack of available space. Departments have had to move and adjacencies either created or found. And just because a temporary space is available doesn't always mean it is right for patient flow.
"Our hospitals are all 100 percent occupied, so any project we'd move forward on was requiring dominoes," he said.
Advancing the patient experience
Krolicki recently oversaw the construction of a new center for blood diseases at Shadyside's Hillman Cancer Center. Because these patients and their families make repeat visits, Krolicki and his team figured they would be the best source for finding out "what works and what didn't work."
As a result of their input, the rooms were designed to be more flexible to the patients' needs. Sometimes, for example, a cancer patient will feel fine and want to socialize with a roommate, but other times they want privacy. A movable partition in each room provides them with this option.
Each treatment chair was given Internet and TV access, and the location of parking was made more convenient. The waiting room was also eliminated. When patients arrive, they go to the treatment space where they are immediately seen by a clinician or physician.
Additionally, the chairs were redesigned to be more comfortable for waiting family members and were chosen with the involvement of the patients. His team also created an outside area for the summer months where patients and their families could go to relax. A tracking system was installed so physicians could find where the patients were on the floor with little confusion.
He said the patients were impressed and amazed that the design team not only took the time to listen to their concerns and suggestions, but implemented them as well.
Becoming less dependent on bricks and mortar
As an experienced design professional, Krolicki is fascinated by the many healthcare construction trends that are overtaking the industry. For one, he said the downsizing of space is becoming more of a priority.
"Before you do any bricks and mortars, you have to ask, what can you do just from a flow perspective?" he said. "Before you start spending dollars, the question is, can you fix a problem without capital?"
Technology is also shaping design in unprecedented ways with robotics becoming an even greater tool. He recently installed a robotic system for delivering food and emptying trash since the employees "hated pushing the carts. They were heavy, and they didn't like doing the work."
With the robotic system, the hospital now has fewer injuries. Furthermore, "it's more efficient. They're able to spend more time with the patients instead of that travel time up and down."
The hospital is even testing robotic UV systems for disinfecting patient rooms and operating rooms.
"It doesn't replace your normal cleaning process, but it's an extra layer that tackles the 99.9 percent of all the other germs you don't see," he said. "There's been research out there that says it reduces infection rates."
Above all, he said, they have to work smarter with fewer resources while asking, how can they make it a better environment for the patients? How can they work smarter? "It's how can we integrate technology with workflow to make people more productive."
Involving the end users from the beginning can make all the difference in a project, he added, since the end users can look at its scope and tell you if it's correct and if it's realistic. Also, he advised including industrial engineers on the design team, since they're experts on process flow and improvement.
Finally, staying on track with technology is vital. He said UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside is fortunate to have a progressive IT group that ensures technology is not being duplicated throughout the system.
"For how large we are, we're very nimble," he said.
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Right AC joint sprain Placed on 10-day injured list April 19.
General leg soreness Not in lineup April 16, 18.
Miller (back) was spotted playing catch in the outfield Thursday, Jesse Dougherty of The Washington Post reports.
Miller has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a back strain and is likely to remain on the shelf until at least the end of April.
Leg soreness Not in lineup April 16.


These past two weeks, I have been fortunate to be entrusted with the task of selling some very old linens and ephemera from the Abraham family, a clan who lived in Marburg and Glamorganvale, tiny villages west of Brisbane, largely settled by German immigrants, in the late 1800s/early 1900s.
Some items have already sold but some exquisite pieces remain, my favourite being the unique linen tablecloth or bedspread pictured below, painstakingly hand stitched and crocheted with Australian animals – imagine the time, patience and love that went into its creation. It was made by a woman whose daughter is now 87 years old, so truly has age as well as provenance.
The pair of pillowcases, one of which is shown here, was made by Horrockses, a British firm established in the 18th century and which saw its heyday in the 1950s and 60s. I love the delicate crochet panel which flips over the top of the pillow, reading "Good Night". Wouldn't they look superb on a bed in a country or period home?
I have two dressing table runners, one of which is now listed, which would also look divine in a period property adorning a dressing or bedside table or kitchen dresser. I will list the other runner, a pair of large doilies and two fabulous, award-winning samplers in the next week.
The bundle of ephemera above dates from World War II and includes an Air Raid Warden's card, War Savings Group card, Identity Cards and a fabulous Airgraph Letter – letters out of Britain were censored then photographed onto microfilm then sent abroad where they were reprinted onto photographic paper. This one talks about the author returning home after being blasted out by the 'Doodle-bugs"! What a fabulous piece of history.
Below are some other finds from the last couple of weeks.
Vintage Story: Who was Olive Shipp?
One of the delights of discovering vintage treasures is imagining their history – those who have come before us were using these objects in their daily lives, often in a utilitarian way and sometimes as prized ornaments or homewares. It is with great pleasure that I sometimes learn some of the true stories surrounding the people and their objects. These little snippets of history are always the diamonds in the treasure chest!
Recently I came across a stack of old receipts from the late 1920s and early 30s. They were all kept fastidiously by the same person: a Miss Olive Doreen Shipp of Cornwall St. Greenslopes. I was intrigued – these tatty old pieces of paper gave such an insight into her life. I decided to play "Private Investigator" and delved into the land of Google to try to find out more about this young woman of the Thirties.
In 1929, Olive has just come of age, turning 21. She is in exciting negotiations with her bank, Toowoomba Permanent Benefit Building & Investment Society and solicitors, T.P Noonan & Knowles to purchase her first house in Cornwall St. Greenslopes (7th down from Logan Rd and before Short St).
This is really the house! Typical architecture of the time.
She applies to the Brisbane City Council to have her water supply, gas and electricity connected. Saving her pennies is important to Olive so she takes on board the tips, provided on the reverse of the pink electricity bill, on how to most frugally use electricity. Some of those wonderful appliances also take her fancy!
The little stamps are literally for "Stamp Duty" and were called perfins.
Oh my, so much to choose from!
Now she has a well-paying job at Hardy Brothers in Queen St. she is able to splash out on her most exciting purchase yet – a Chevrolet Tourer! She adores zipping around town in it!
She's enjoying being a bachelorette and loves to entertain, especially with her best friend, Phyllis Fairbrother, so she decides to hire a Victor Player Piano from Palings. There are some strict terms to the rental agreement and insurance policies for fire and theft must be taken out.
These were the music rolls inserted into the piano so it could play by itself!
Her parents, Robert and Eliza often pop in to visit their youngest daughter and Olive proudly displays her father's photograph on the mantlepiece. He is sexton at the South Brisbane Cemetery in Dutton Park and a very important person.
So who was Olive Doreen Shipp? We know a little about her life now – can you imagine her, so young and full of dreams and ambitions? Would you like to see a picture of her?
It wasn't until she was 29, in 1937 that she became engaged to Stanley Taylor and they were married on December 28.
Can you imagine Olive at her bridal shower? Swanning around the Golden Glow Cafe in her pink lace chiffon?
Records show Olive and Stanley then moved to Bulimba and her last known residence was in Bundamba, not far from where I live now. It appears she didn't have any children with Stanley. She passed away in 1977.
Thanks, Olive, for allowing me to share your story!
I've always loved writing. Back in my school days I was actually quite good at it, so it would probably come as no surprise that I was seriously into the pen-pal thing and enjoyed penning letters to friends all over the world.
I think it all began back in 1988 when Brisbane hosted World Expo 88. What a wonderful time for Brisbane! I remember there being ATM-like machines, provided by Australia Post, where you could plug in your age and interests and out would pop the name and address of a child from somewhere in the vast, exciting world, who had similar interests – kind of like MatchMaker.com!
We were also able to "purchase" a pen-friend at school by filling in a little form and paying a dollar (after doing a little research I found out it was the IYS or International Youth Service). A little while later, you would receive your new friend's details and the letter writing would begin!
You'd get a little piece of paper like this! Photo courtesy of the IYS Facebook page.
I certainly amassed a few! The boxes below contain just some of the letters I received. I'm not sure what happened to the rest but I hope to dig them out someday.
I wrote to boys and girls from Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Portugal, Greece, England and Ireland, exchanging little stories about our daily lives, our likes and dreams, holidays and families. Going to the letterbox was a daily pleasure waiting to see a brightly coloured envelope, or that crinkly airmail blue peeking out from the pile of mail, each with their exotic stamps and handwriting styles.
Sometimes, tucked inside would be a little present of stickers, song lyrics, jewellery, cards, even a personally created mix-tape. I loved receiving a photograph of my pen-pal, so I could visualise their faces as I read their news.
Many envelopes still contain the little surprises!
I was lucky enough to meet a few of my foreign friends in my late teens and early twenties when I travelled in Europe: German, Jan and his 6 foot 4 family, Effie, the beautiful Greek girl who ended up living in London at the same time I was there and my Irish pen-friend, Maria who turned up on my doorstep in 2009! I'm still in contact with Effie and Maria – be it only via Facebook.
My Irish pen-friend, Maria and I meet for the first time in 2009 after 20 years of letters!
Some of my favourite letters, though were between me and my cousin who only lived 30 minutes away in a different part of Brisbane. Towards the end of 1988, my grandfather suffered a stroke and was in rehabilitation hospital for a few months. Visits were frequent but exceptionally boring so my cousin and I would write little notes and squirrel them away somewhere in the hospital room for the other to find and delight in! We continued to write, sometimes every second day, for the next few years. Our letters morphed from everyday chatter to teenage angst, boys and the pressures of high-school but were always colourful, with little illustrations and musings in the margins and mostly laugh-out-loud funny. She lives in the States now – perhaps we should find time in our busy lives to start scribbling all over again!
My cousin, Lyndal and me a few years ago – we're still close even though we live so far away!
Today, it's all about flicking off emails and texting and expressing yourself through photographs – putting pen to paper has almost become a lost art. I came across some of my old stationery the other day – perhaps I'll make the effort to sit down and pen some 'snail mail' when I get a chance!
Did you have a pen-friend or 10? I'd love to hear about it!
Here at The Old Farmhouse, we are rural enough that we are on a septic system, there is no public transport to speak of and we don't even feature on the postie's rounds: instead our mail is pigeon-holed at the tiny old post office up the road (but that's another story!). We are, however, connected to the town water supply. The water pressure here is phenomenal, causing an explosion of powerfully gushing water whenever you turn on the tap! This is hardly surprising when you delve into Mount Crosby history a little….
In the late 1880s Brisbane was in the grip of a water crisis so it was decided to construct a pumping station, reservoir on the side of Mount Crosby and a pipeline through which the water could gravitate towards the city.
In late 1891, the huge steam-powered pumps, reaching 27m in height, were cranked into action providing 45 million litres of water to Brisbane each day and from then, served much of the South-East with water for 115 years.
Electricity replaced steam power in 1949 and the beautiful old chimney was removed in 1958.
The pumping station is just a short stroll from The Old Farmhouse and I often like to wander down there to admire the gorgeous architecture – a thing of beauty unlike many of today's industrial buildings.
Don't you just love the round arches, the old brick, and the details in the cornices and architraves? A piece of Brisbane history right here in my little village!
Thanks to the Mount Crosby Historical Society for the facts and figures. The black and white photographs are not subject to copyright. Other photographs are my own.


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EUROPE: The Commission adopted the extension of Glyphosate approval for 18 months
30 June 2016 /in Regulation /by Émilie Vianay
The European Commission adopted the extension of the current approval of glyphosate until the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has concluded its review (revision of the harmonised classification of glyphosate) – 31 December 2017. Indeed, no qualified majority was reached by Member States at either the Standing Committee on June, 6th or the Appeal Committee on June 24th.
In parallel to the extension of the approval, the Commission has already presented to Member States a series of recommendations on the use of glyphosate:
1) ban the co-formulant POE-tallowamine from glyphosate-based products;
2) minimise the use of the substance in public parks, public playgrounds and gardens;
3) minimise the pre-harvest use of glyphosate.
Apart from ECHA's upcoming opinion, EFSA continues its on-going review of the existing Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for glyphosate.
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-2012_fr.htm
See our other article:
FRANCE: Withdrawal of 132 authorisations for products containing glyphosate and POE-tallowamine
Lynxee consulting's team is at your disposal to answer your questions.
Contact us! http://lynxee.consulting/en/contact/
FRANCE: E-phy Open data are online
Anses has given free access to all data of e-phy website.
The downloadable files contain the characteristics of each product: approval number, trade name, product type, active substance and related data (risk phrases, active substance content …) and uses of the product.
Note that the files do not contain emergency 120-day authorisations or parallel trade permits.
There are two types of files:
XML files: they contain all the approximately 13 000 authorised and withdrawn products (plant protection products, fertilisers and growing media, adjuvants, combined products and mixtures).
The data are divided into multiple XML files. An XSD description file containing the fields and relationships is also available.
CSV file: it contains only the about 3000 authorised plant protection products. The active substances are unfortunately not included in this table.
The files should be updated monthly. The version online is dated 13/06/2016.
Note: when e-phy data are reproduced in a document, the source "Ephy data – Anses – Date of data update" should be cited.
Useful link: www. data.gouv.fr
As announced in February 2016, Anses had engaged a review of the marketing authorisations of plant protection products containing glyphosate and POE-tallowamine. As unacceptable risks, mainly to human health, cannot be ruled out for these products, the conditions laid down in Article 29 of the Regulation (EC) No.1107/2009 are not verified.
As provided for in the European procedure, in April 2016, ANSES informed approval holders of glyphosate-based products containing POE-tallowamine of its intention to withdraw them from the market.
At the end of the adversarial procedure period, and after having examined the observations of the approval holders, the Agency withdrew on 20 June 2016 the marketing authorisations for 132 products from the French market.
See also our previous articles:
FRANCE: withdrawal of some PPPs containing Glyphosate and tallowamines (tallow fatty amines) by the end of March 2016?
POE-tallowamine (Glyphosate coformulant): EFSA toxicological assessment
EUROPE: Presentation of criteria to identify endocrine disruptors
17 June 2016 /in Regulation /by Karine Mavet
The European Commission presented on 15 June 2016 draft regulations which set the criteria to identify endocrine disruptors under pesticides and biocides regulations. These drafts will then need to be adopted, involving the European Parliament and the Council.
The scientific criteria endorsed by the Commission are based on the World Health Organisation's (WHO) definition of an endocrine disruptor.
The WHO defines a substance as an endocrine disruptor if:
– it has an adverse effect on human health;
– it has an endocrine mode of action;
– and if there is a causal link between the adverse effect and the mode of action.
The criteria endorsed by the Commission also specify how the identification of an endocrine disruptor should be carried out:
– by making use of all relevant scientific evidence;
– using a weight of an evidence-based approach;
– and applying a robust systematic review.
As for pesticides, to ensure that swift action is taken, EFSA was asked by the Commission to begin looking at whether approved individual substances that show indications of being endocrine disruptors can be identified as endocrine disruptors according to the criteria in the draft text. This will also help to ensure that the regulatory Agency is ready to apply the criteria as presented by the Commission, and in accordance with the applicable regulatory procedures, once the criteria enter into force.
The Commission is also proposing to adjust the ground for possible derogations under the plant protection products legislation in order to take into account the latest scientific knowledge. The 'hazard-based' approach of the Pesticides Regulation will be maintained, meaning that substances are banned on the basis of hazard without taking into account the exposure. However, the grounds for possible derogations have been adjusted so that they are based on scientific knowledge and make the best use of available scientific evidence including information related to exposure and risk.
C(2016) 3751 projet – draft Commission Regulation setting out scientific criteria for the determination of endocrine disrupting properties and amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No.1107/2009
FRANCE: Memo relative to trials and experiments
ANSES have issued a memo summarising the requirements for:
Applications for trial permits (replacing 'ADE'), including:
Exemption from trial permit applications
Preliminary declaration of trials
Exemption of crop destruct
The declaration of officially recognised trials
Memo relative to trials and experiments of regulated products (plant protection products / fertilisers) (in French)
Note that a new version of the declaration form of EOR trials (06.07.2016) is available:
Form for the declaration of officially recognised trials (in French)
FRANCE: new form for the declaration of Officially Recognised Trials
FRANCE: the order for the "Exemption from application for trial permit" is published!
FRANCE: Memo on the composition of renewal dossiers (art. 43)
9 June 2016 /in Regulation /by Émilie Vianay
ANSES published a memo and a form specifying the pieces necessary to the constitution of renewal dossier under Article 43.
The memo takes into account 3 cases:
1- Application for renewal of a plant protection product: Category 4 without on-going study
2- Application for renewal of a plant protection product for which Category 4 studies are on-going
3- Application for renewal of a plant protection product containing two active substances whose renewal date is spaced less than one year (with or without on-going Category 4 study)
As a reminder, these dossiers must be submitted within 3 months after the renewal of approval of active substances, safeners or synergists.
Memo and form: COMPOSITION OF RENEWAL DOSSIERS (article 43 of regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009) (in French)
Lynxee consulting's team is at your disposal to prepare your renewal dossiers.
EUROPE: List of obsolete guidance documents
8 June 2016 /in Regulation /by Karine Mavet
A guidance document (SANTE/11073/2015 rev. 0), published by the European Commission, lists 13 Guidance Documents that currently still appear on the SANTE-website but that are considered obsolete or without purpose in the sense that either they still refer to procedures related to Directive 91/414/EEC or in the meantime new revised guidance documents have been noted on these specific issues. For reference purposes these Guidance Documents will be filed in a special folder on CIRCABC.
EUROPE – Micro-organisms: review of guidance document on dossiers preparation
The European Commission has just published a revised version of the guidance document on preparing dossiers for the approval or renewal of approval of a micro-organism in compliance with the Table of Contents described in Part B of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No.283/2013 and Part B of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No.284/2013 (SANCO/12545/2014– rev. 2, March 2016). This Guidance Document addresses the following aspects:
Data points from OECD Table of Contents to revised EU Table of Contents;
Electronic Submission (CADDY) Table of Contents;
Documents to be included in the Submission Dossier.
This revision of the guidance includes some clarifications regarding the Table of Contents and the EU numbering system for the Caddy format. It was noted in March 2016 and should be used for dossiers for which an application for the approval or renewal of approval has been submitted as from 1 October 2016.
The current document should be followed also for the supplementary dossiers submitted according to Regulation (EU) 2016/183 setting the RMS and co-RMS for the AIR4 programme.
FRANCE: Call for proposals for Ecophyto II National Plan
In France, a call for efficient and innovative proposals for the implementation of certain actions of Ecophyto II Plan was launched by the Ministry for Agriculture and the Ministry for the Environment.
It contains 13 types of projects for a total budget of over 5 millions euros.
Notable among the proposed projects: "Promoting and developing biocontrol".
The response deadline is July 4, 2016.
Call for proposals for Ecophyto II National Plan (in French)
FRANCE: Confirmation of the ban of two neonicotinoid-like active substances
FRANCE – Enforcement of the new system for protecting residents when using plant protection products
FRANCE: list of substances concerned by the Tax on Diffuse Pollution for 2020
FRANCE – ANSES: Withdrawal of 36 glyphosate-based products
Lynxee consulting recruit an Expert in Efficacy and an Expert in Residues in 'home office'!
FRANCE: Confirmation of the ban of two neonicotinoid-like active substances 31 December 2019
FRANCE – Enforcement of the new system for protecting residents when using plant protection products 30 December 2019
FRANCE: list of substances concerned by the Tax on Diffuse Pollution for 2020 23 December 2019
FRANCE – ANSES: Withdrawal of 36 glyphosate-based products 10 December 2019
1107/2009 AIR3 AIR4 ANSES ANSES Article 43 ban of pesticides bees biocontrol CEPP CLP comparative assessment DAMM Document-guide drift dRR E-Phy Ecophyto Ecophyto efficacy trials EFSA endocrine disruptors exposure assessment France France French requirements Glyphosate guidance document Human Health interdiction pesticides MRL neonicotinoïds perturbateurs endocriniens plant protection product PPV produit phytopharmaceutique recruitment regulation renewal residues resistance risk assessment réglementation résistance trial permit
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New Catalog Premiere Excitement is Building!!!!
So it is getting down to the last day of wait before demonstrators across the country get to attend a fun filled premiere of our NEW Stampin' Up! annual catalog!! I even got fun happy mail today with a wish list and some fun tabs to use. Can't wait to finish my swaps later today to share with everyone.
Happy super late Valetine's Day everyone! Lol.... I hope you all enjoyed your day with the ones or one you love. I have always been one to not be too keen on the day. For one, I have always believed if you need one day out of the year to show someone how much you mean to them you have an epically failed them the rest of the year.
However, I also understand to some, this day is a day of love, and flowers, and candy, and dinner, and just being with the one or ones you love. As for us single girls I have always looked at VD as a day when I can be with my friends or just kind of be by myself which I am okay with this year because it allowed me to get creative. I created Love Potion no. 9.
The top was made using The My Digital Studio software which I highly recommend. For $19.95 you can't go wrong, and if your not sure whether you'll love it or not, you can try it FREE for 30 days.
The cute little hearts along the sides where punched out with a retired punch......and the little tassel is composed of heart punches, Label Love and The Round Array stamp sets and some ribbon.
BIG NEWS.....PROJECT LIFE JUST PARTNERED WITH STAMPIN' UP!
Stampin' Up! just announced a great partnership with Becky Higgins and Project Life! I am super excited about this and can't wait to place my pre-order this Monday. Listed below is the product line and pricing to start off which all customers will be able to order starting May 1st. Keep checking back here for more updates!!