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SMOOTH Project: Developing A Support Robot for the Elderly
Rosalyn Melissa Langedijk is a PhD Student in the Department of Design and Communication. Her main research areas are Human-Robot Interaction, Persuasive Dialogue and Healthcare Robots. In the interview she explains how research on a healthcare robot works in practice.
Hi Rosalyn, can you give a short introduction of yourself and an overview about the SMOOTH project?
My name is Rosalyn Melissa Langedijk, I am from the Netherlands and PhD student in the Department of Design and Communication at SDU Sønderborg.
I am currently working in the SMOOTH project. SMOOTH is short for Seamless huMan-robot interactiOn fOr THe support of elderly people. The aim of this project is to develop a support robot for residential care homes. The robot will support the staff in taking care of the elderly.
What kinds of tasks will the SMOOTH robot take over?
We work with three use cases in SMOOTH: The transport of laundry and garbage, guiding tasks and serving fluids. Effective communication between robot and user (elderly and care staff) is crucial for the successful execution of these tasks. Effective communication is responsive and interactional, where the robot takes its communication partner into account - this is our scientific focus.
Can you provide a practical example for such a use case?
Let's take the drink serving use case. This targets a common problem in the care of elderly people. With progressing age, the sensation of thirst is reduced. For this reason many old people do not drink sufficient amounts of liquids. Consequently, it is a part of the caregivers' job routine in residential care homes to continually remind or convince residents to drink. This task is time-consuming and repetitive. It is well suited for being taken over by a robotic helper. This robotic helper can remind the elderly to drink more during different kinds of social interactions and create novel opportunities for socializing.
Serving fluids: The robot will provide water and other drinks to elderly people and encourage them to drink more. (Illustration by Danish Technological Institute)
What is the general structure of the SMOOTH project?
The SMOOTH project is running from April 2017 to October 2020 and is primarily funded by the Innovation Fund Denmark with almost 11 million DKK. The total budget of the project is 19.3 million DKK. The project consortium consists of seven members, including four research and/or educational institutions. These are Syddansk Universitet (SDU), University of Hamburg, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA and the Danish Technological Institute. With Robotize and Dictus two industry partners are involved as well. The municipality of Køge supports the project by facilitating the contact to the residential care institution Ølby Ældrecenter. So all in all, it is a big project with many different contributors, each with different kinds of expertise.
What is the role of SDU Sønderborg in SMOOTH?
In the Human-Robot Interaction Lab at SDU Sønderborg, we are generally focussing on the communicational aspect of the interaction between robot and user. The focus of my work is persuasive dialog. The other two areas which are covered by our group are the effects of responsivity of robot behavior and the role of incremental speech processing and synthesis.
Which robot hardware do you use for your experiments?
We have different robots for different purposes, and depending on the purpose of our experiments we decide what robot fits best. For the SMOOTH experiment we are currently working with a modified version of the so-called TurtleBot. This is a motorized and remotely controlable robot, which can be easily adjusted to different tasks. Our model has a styrofoam cladding on top and is used for guiding participants and for carrying objects for the participants in our experiments.
Does your TurtleBot have a name?
I added some big eyes for personality and named it Casper. With a little imagination, there is some resemblance with the friendly ghost in the cartoon. Casper is an early prototype which we built for our own experiments.
Kerstin Fischer shows the collected items for this experiment and how these can be put on Casper.
Will the final robot resemble Casper?
I don't think so because the official prototype of the final robot focuses on the autonomous execution of the laundry and garbage transportation task. At a later stage, Casper will be replaced by the official prototype of the project, which is currently developed by Robotize in Odense.
Having Casper enables us to start with our experiments while the official prototype is still under development.This saves precious time. In a big project like SMOOTH, a lot of things have to be done simultaneously.
Do elderly patients actually accept a robot as communication partner?
Yes, they do! In our last experiment for SMOOTH, it worked quite well; even an early prototype like Casper is often dealt with as if it was a person. It will be exciting to see how the elderly people and the staff will react to the official prototype when it is available at the elderly care facility, the Ølby Ældrecenter.
What was that experiment for SMOOTH about?
It was my very first experiment in this project, and I was really excited about it! We used Casper for an object-carrying-and-finding scenario where we developed a realistic dialog with different conditions to test. We hypothesized that the more personalized the utterance, the more persuasive the dialog will be. For this reason we tested how much water people drank when a robot told them about the importance of water intake. The robot told people in different ways and we then measured the individual effects of the different utterances.
Tutorial: Robert Cialdini explains the six principles of persuasion.
What earlier research did you base your experiment on?
Our experiment is based on a persuasion study done by Robert Cialdini. He describes six principles of persuasion. These are commitment and consistency, liking, reciprocation, authority, scarcity and last but not least social proof.
Which of these principles did you use for your experiment?
We used social proof for the experiment. It means that you look at what others do to decide what you will do yourself.
What was the experimental set-up?
Our robot Casper guided people through the lab and told them where to find dishes, table cloth, cutlery etc. for setting up the table and carried these objects for them. Casper also suggested that people should drink water. We wanted to test if different utterances of Casper would influence people's water intake. This was done in three conditions.
What do these conditions look like?
In the first condition, the robot only said: "It is important to drink enough water during the day." This was the control group to compare the persuasiveness of the utterances in the second condition and in the third condition.
In the second condition, the robot used social proof in general. It said to the participants: "It is important to drink enough water during the day. Most participants drink half a liter after this game."
In the third condition, the robot used gender-specific social proof. Depending on the participants' gender the robot said: "It is important to drink enough water during the day. Most male/female participants drink half a liter after this game."
The persuasiveness of the robot's utterances is measured by the amount of water that participants drink.
How did you measure the persuasiveness of the robot's utterances?
After the experiment, we measured the amount of water each participant drank. The amount of water intake was used as an indicator for the persuasiveness of the robot's different utterances.
What were the results of this experiment?
Let's start with the control group (first condition) which did not hear any utterances of social proof. Here people drank on average 55ml of water. That's a very small amount of water, just little more than an average shot glass.
In the second condition, people drank on average 73ml of water. That's a higher water intake than the control group, but not a significant increase.
In the third condition, people drank on average 112ml of water. This is a significant increase compared to the control group. These people drank more than twice the amount of water than the control group.
A 3D animation demonstrates a possible design for the final care robot. (Screenshots taken from the video The SMOOTH robot)
How did you interpret these results?
The results of the first condition constitute the reference point for the comparison since they show people's water intake if the robot's utterance does not include any social proof.
In comparison with the baseline condition, the results of the second condition show that general social proof may have an influence on people's water intake, but the difference could be due to chance.
In contrast, the results of the third condition show that the use of gender-specific social proof has a significant effect on people's water intake. This is a very interesting result. It shows that a single personalized utterance – here the reference to other participants of the same gender – can have a considerable effect on the persuasiveness of the robot.
How would you sum up your findings on persuasiveness in robot's utterances?
So, to sum up, the more the robot takes a communication partner into account and personalizes the utterance, the more persuasive is the dialog. These findings are in general helpful in the development of healthcare robots.
For the SMOOTH project, these are important findings, because they show how to help caregivers in their daily work of reminding and convincing the elderly to drink.
Rosalyn, thank you very much for the interview!
This interview had been conducted by Sascha Steinhoff in Sønderborg, 5th of September 2018.
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AFTER all three matches were washed out the week before, rain again had the final say in most of the games played this last Saturday. The match between Kearsney and Glenwood at Kearsney did not start with the weather threatening.
There were two results, one at Howick in a T20 match and the other at Clifton where the match was over before the heavens opened. The games at Michaelhouse, where they hosted Northwood, at Westville, where they hosted St Charles and at DHS, where they hosted Maritzburg College, were over shortly after lunch due to the storms.
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Google Home is far from perfect at the moment, but it's sure to get better over time as Google continues to work on its AI voice assistant technology, and we'll be updating our review regularly as new functionality continues to be added.
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When NADINE is confronted with the reality of her failing marriage, her first instinct is to work it out. She has had it drummed into her that marriage is 'for better, for worse'. Walking out is just not an option – her faith would condemn her and her culture would make her a pariah.
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Christmas this year was just … not looking good. Having returned some hours ago, from the one-year memorial service held for last year's victims of the Sosoliso plane crash, Nadine had just locked herself away in her room ever since. If Christmas of 2005 wasn't the worst that the residents of Port-Harcourt had ever seen, it came close. On the 10th of December 2005, a plane from the fleet of Sosoliso Airlines returning from Abuja, burst into flames on the runway of the Port-Harcourt International Airport. A plane crash was never a good thing, but there were some aspects that made this event, more appalling. Of the 110 passengers on board, about 61 were schoolchildren returning home for the Christmas holidays, from their private boarding school in Abuja. And when the plane burst into flames, it did so right before the eyes of the parents, who had come to the airport to pick up their children. The fire was not put out, even if the Fire Brigade was called – they said they didn't have water. The Port-Harcourt Airport boasted one fire truck and no ambulances. So, the plane burned with almost everyone in it … in front of horrified bystanders, who were prevented from helping. But then, how effective would their help have been? Some of the villagers in the area defied the authorities and tried to put out the fire. But as their weapons were limited to buckets of water, no respite was forthcoming. No respite for the passengers on the burning aircraft, including the children. No respite for the parents, who would probably never recover – to lose a child was one thing, but to have it happen in your presence? And no respite, it would seem, for the country. Stark incompetence of uneducated, greedy leaders who clearly hated the country enough to mismanage her resources had put Nigerians in this situation. What other explanation was there, for the Fire Brigade running out of water? And in Port-Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State – the place where water was practically a natural resource? The irony of it was not lost on any of the witnesses. The sheer incredulity of it was voiced in the confused question of a child who had not been on the ill-fated flight, "So, my classmate died because there was no water? How does the Fire Brigade run out of water?"
And there was a shared belief that if the country's educational system was not so messed up, those children may have been studying closer to home – meaning they would never have been on that plane. A number of people felt that the country's leaders should have been on it, instead – when the news first broke, it seemed they were. There was a convention of some of the national leaders in Abuja at the same time, and it had been assumed – wrongly, though – that they would return on that particular aircraft. Ah, if only, some mused openly. Instead, the blood of innocent people, including children aged between 10 and 18, was substituted. The international media clearly thought it deserved no more than a passing mention, so Nadine was not aware of the full scale of the tragedy, till she returned from France for the Christmas holidays.
It felt like everyone knew someone who had been on that plane. Her father's business partner lost one child. A member of her mother's staff lost his wife. Another woman lost all three of her children. How could anyone even begin to imagine the mind-altering grief they were suffering? Nadine couldn't. And she had just been shocked. Not even witnessing the openly demonstrative grieving at the funeral service, which she attended with her parents, could un-numb her.
A year later, not much progress had been made. An inquiry was supposed to have been held, but nothing was done. Even now, nobody knew what exactly had gone wrong; there was no precise and distinct answer to 'what caused the crash?' They said 'the black box', which was supposed to be an indestructible tracker of some kind, was missing. Not that it had been destroyed in the inferno. It was missing, as in, had never been on the plane. There was talk of compensation for the victims' families, but that was not forthcoming. How one could presume to be able to reimburse another for the loss of life, was something that Nadine preferred not to contemplate. But at the memorial service earlier today, when families gathered with their friends who had come to commiserate with them, wept afresh for the loss of the future of the nation, something snapped in Nadine. The air of victimhood was hard on the nostrils and a point, Nadine thought she would choke. Two people eventually survived – one was a student, and the other was the personal assistant of a pastor, who had also died in the crash. But Nadine could not help but think how that the victims weren't only those who had been on the plane; they also consisted of those who were forced by the wilful actions and omissions of their leaders, to be party to this. Watching the mother – now, woman – who had lost all her children, unable to lay a wreath because she was still so wracked by grief … there were no words. She looked sapped of energy and her supply of tears was probably exhausted. And Nadine hadn't stopped crying since – she hadn't thought that any one human being was capable of so many tears. For some unfathomable reason, she couldn't stop the tears. No, this Christmas wasn't shaping up well, at all.
Maria's piercing scream, preceded by the sound of breaking glass, propelled Nadine out of her room and down the stairs. Her mother's raised voice on Christmas Eve was not necessarily a cause for alarm – she didn't seem to be able to instruct the house staff otherwise. That, or it was impossible for them to carry out instructions given to them by the lady of the house, unless her voice was raised. Many broken plates – ample proof of either. But this was different. Although her voice had an urgent note and something was definitely broken, Nadine definitely heard "Chukwunonso", not any of the names of the domestic staff. There was also something in the tone of Maria's voice that sent chills down Nadine's spine. She had never seen her parents fight and she was unsure what to think.
At the bottom of the stairs, her view of the sitting room was obstructed by two members of the house staff, who had rushed out on hearing Maria's scream. Without thinking, Nadine continued her race to what looked like the genesis of the disturbance. Her father lay motionless on the floor.
"What happened?" she managed to ask, as she knelt beside him.
But nobody heard her. Her mother was starting to sound like someone in the throes of re-discovering her inner banshee. And the female house-help was packing the pieces of a broken tumbler, nearby.
She was worried about a broken tumbler?
It didn't occur to Nadine that the maid might have been concerned that stray shards of glass could cause injury.
"What happened?" she asked again, louder this time.
Maria now had tears streaming down her face and was asking her husband not to leave her.
"Daddy," Nadine called. "Daddy, please talk to me."
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Cardiniidae zijn een uitgestorven familie van tweekleppigen uit de orde Carditida.

Taxonomie
De volgende taxa zijn bij de familie ingedeeld:
 Geslacht  Arctocardinia , 1998
  Arctocardinia parva , 1992
 Geslacht  Cardinia , 1837
  Cardinia concinna , 1819
  Cardinia gleimi , 1927
  Cardinia hybrida , 1817
  Cardinia listeri , 1817
  Cardinia ponderosa , 1869
  Cardinia toriyamai , 1958
 Geslacht  Cypricardinia , 1860
  Cypricardinia borealica , 1984
  Cypricardinia contracta , 1909
  Cypricardinia dalecarlica , 1934
  Cypricardinia eopermica , 2005
  Cypricardinia fayettevillensis , 1910
  Cypricardinia fossa , 1963
  Cypricardinia indenta , 1842
  Cypricardinia kallholniensis , 1934
  Cypricardinia permica , 1931
  Cypricardinia securigera , 1963
 Geslacht  Minepharus
 Geslacht  Pseudastarte , 1921
 Geslacht  Tellidorella , 1963
  Tellidorella interlacinia , 1982
 Geslacht  Torastarte , 1953

Uitgestorven tweekleppigen

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Ajay Devgn Unveils First Poster of Total Dhamaal And Reveals Its Trailer Release Date
Vanshika Arora January 19, 2019
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Mark the dates on your calendars as the Total Dhamaal squad is finally here to take you in a roller coaster ride full of comedy. The Singham star, Ajay Devgn shared the first look poster of his upcoming comedy film through his official Twitter account. He also announced the release date for the trailer as well.
The trailer of the film is set to release on 21st January 2019 and will feature an ensemble star cast including; Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh, Johnny Lever, Javed Jaffrey, and Sanjay Mishra. With uploading the first poster of the film he wrote,
"Aaj se hoga sirf #TotalDhamaal. Gear up for The Wildest Adventure Ever!! Trailer out on 21st Jan," as the caption.
Aaj se hoga sirf #TotalDhamaal.
Gear up for The Wildest Adventure Ever!!
Trailer out on 21st Jan. pic.twitter.com/R4S4rOzJIG
— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) January 18, 2019
Talking about the poster, the 'Total Dhamaal' squad seems to be all geared up to tickle your funny bone. Moreover, seeing Anil and Madhuri together on screen after almost 17 years is definitely a treat for all. The superhit jodi also collaborated with this director 26 years ago in his film 'Beta'. Indra Kumar, the director of the film shared this news while starting the shoot by sharing a picture with the two actors. Here's the picture, Kumar had shared on Insta:
In the poster shared by Ajay Devgn, all the stars are looking super cool in khaki jackets and cargo pants while the film looks like a madhouse with the stars being super duper excited, standing and holding each other`s shoulders. Nevertheless, some of the major stars are still not there on the poster. We have to wait for more for their looks.
Prior to this, the team has also recreated the 1980s song 'Paisa Ye Paisa' from the film 'Karz'. Devgn had unveiled the look of the song on the internet in the month of April with full star cast dressed in Blue costumes. Akira starrer Sonakshi Sinha has also done a special appearance in a dance number titled as 'Mugda' for the film. This song is also a recreated version of the song picturized on Helen in 1971 from the film 'Inkar'.
The film Total Dhamaal is said to be a sequel to the film ' Double Dhamaal' that released in 2011 and is the third installment in the Dhamaal film franchise. This comedy film is been directed by Indra Kumar and is set to smash the theaters on 22nd February 2019. the film also stars Esha Gupta opposite to Boman Irani in a key role and also features Mahesh Majreker. Also, the film has a special monkey named Crystal, a monkey that featured in many Hollywood movies like Hangover 2, Night at the Museum and George of the Jungle.
So, we are super excited for this power back film with the coolest star cast ever. It is going to be triple the fun and adventure as we all are aware of Ajay Devgn's comic timing, Arshad Warsi's acting, and Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit's on-screen chemistry. We can't wait for the release of the official trailer of the film.
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Why Thanksgiving Is Hard to Sell
Bobby Angel talks about why giving thanks is so important, and why we shouldn't just skip over Thanksgiving.
Imagine if God took away everything you never said "thank you" for…
It's no secret that people love to complain. It's certainly much easier to look at the things you don't have than appreciate the things you do. But gratitude is something that cannot be overlooked, especially during the holiday season. In America, we tend to jump over Thanksgiving and go straight to Christmas. But if we don't stop and appreciate what we're grateful for, then all the presents and gift-giving during Christmas just seems like more stuff.
Gratitude is especially important when talking about our Christian faith. Our Church is built upon gratitude, and it's through thanksgiving that we give glory to God for all he has given us—and continues to give us every day. God himself is a gift. He is pure love that came to live on earth and die a horrible death so that we may live with him forever in Heaven. The Eucharist specifically is a clear sign of God's gift-giving nature, for it allows us to intimately unite with our Lord through the sacrament of Mass.
Eucharist literally translates to "thanksgiving".
Just as St. Paul says in Acts 20:35, as Christians we are called to give thanks in all circumstances. It's in our gratitude toward life and everything God has given us that we set ourselves apart from the world and show others the love of God.
Meet Jackie and Bobby Angel
Jackie Francois Angel is a full-time worship leader and speaker. Bobby Angel is a campus minister and theology teacher at a Catholic high school. Married in 2013, they have four beautiful children and strive to grow in holiness each day!
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A collection of oneshots to help familiarize me with the characters and work on characterization. Ranges from canon, to AU, to canon-divergent and more! Cross-posted from my FFN account of the same username (yes, I know FFN is dying but I've been using it for years now).
First chapter is a table of contents to help decide which oneshots you want to read. WARNINGS WILL BE FOUND HERE TOO BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO CLUTTER THE TAG. PUTTING THIS IN CAPS SO PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY READ THIS.
For some reason Rex writes friend fiction and Lucy and Mayhem want to read it.
Technically in the continuity of Back to the Future Indeed but way into the future when they've all worked through their issues.
based on a tumblr post that i'll link soon. edit: here's the post.
Rex disappears from Emmet's timeline... only to wake back up in his own to his friends finding him.
do you know how hard it was not to insert some memes in here to keep this rated G?
Exactly what it says on the tin. They will all probably be unrelated to one another but idk.
The game is broken. It's up to everyone to deal with the aftermath.


Before the Icefields photos, I have to tell you today the 13th of July is a very special day. Oh, we went on the best drive since the Icefields. The road was called Hatcher Pass, north of Palmer. But that was nothing compared to getting our first picture of a moose !!!!! Since the beginning of June, we have been looking for all the moose that everybody says are all over the place but have only seen a couple moose butts heading back into the trees, no pictures there. At last, here is a cow and calf standing only a few feet from the car as we came around a curve on a dirt road. I didn't roll down the window because I thought it might spook her so the photo isn't real clear.
Lieb, this one is for you! I guess she was saying, " Ok, You had your one shot! "
You will have to wait for Hatcher Pass photos, I want to get back to the Icefields photos because after those will come Alaska and I'm trying hard to get caught up to the present. We made it to AK on June 21, only twenty-three days ago and you can't imagine all the things we have seen.
We have the great Alaska Extreme Weather Tent from Cabela's. It's a big 12' x 12' tent but very easy to put up.
This waterfall was right in our small campground with only 15 campsites.
The next pictures were along the road right by the camp.
Look how small the row of huge pine trees seem!
Everywhere you looked there were so many different textures and colors. I drove David crazy wanting to take more pictues.
It is the most exciting thing to see the wildlife right beside your truck.
This post is getting very long , so I,ll close for now. I want to do another one of the hike we did this same afternoon. See you in a minute!


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Why Agile Software Development isn't More Prevalent
I believe that agile software development leads to better software faster and therefore cheaper, and I think there's a lot of evidence to support that. So why, some seven years after the Agile Manifesto and many years after people started to do agile development, aren't the practices more common?
One factor that I think can't be underestimated is that agile pushes software developers and their managers out of their comfort zones way too much. Most development managers are more comfortable providing estimates up front and then reporting for most of the project that, "everything seems to be on track." At the end of the release cycle you have a period of discomfort, but that discomfort is mitigated by all the effort being put into getting the team to "pull it off."
Compare that to having to say early in the development cycle that, "we can already see that we're not going to get all the features in time, so do you want to drop features, and which ones, or do we move out the date?" That's way more uncomfortable because it's likely to be met by, "No to both." Then what do you do?
For developers, it's much more comfortable to just code what the Business Analyst told you to code, without having to address whether the user will deal with it. Moreover, why would a programmer want to produce code faster and cheaper? They get paid no matter how much work they do. Why would they want to even measure speed, as that could lead to being compared with their colleagues? It's much more comfortable to not even look at how fast the programmers are going.
Of course, successful agile organizations address these points. If you're looking at trying to make a non-agile organization more agile, you need to consider how really big a task you're setting yourself. It's hard to get people to change if they're not motivated to change, and the people who have to change to become more agile are actually motivated to do quite the opposite.


Alexander Master's bookStuart: A Life Backwardsburst onto the literary scene garnering rave reviews and forcing readers to think anew about homelessness, drug use and the way the system works. The story has all the elements to make a great play and, although this production has brought together some of the most exciting talent in the industry, the result doesn't quite have the powerful punch the book did.
Jack Thorne's script contains some of the electric, gritty, articulate dialogue he's famed for and captures the spirit of Stuart and his unique way with words perfectly. Certain scenes, such as that in which Stuart Shorter breaks the news he doesn't like Alexander's biography of him or when he listens to Alexander and Phoebe talking about him from behind a door, manage to contain both the humour and the pathos of Stuart and his situation. In the title rôle, Fraser Ayres is a revelation. With his physicality representing the effects that muscular dystrophy reeked on Shorter's body, Ayres beautifully captures the many aspects to his personality, limping around the stage and switching from kind to nasty, angry to sad, chaotic to ordered in moments.
Though the opening of the show was punchy and introduces the scene and characters well, the rest of the play felt more like a selection of scenes from the book. This meant we got a snapshot of Shorter's life rather than the gradually unfolding needed to build empathy for both the characters and truly understand Shorter's persona. Many of the other characters felt much less fleshed out, their brief appearances failing to leave enough of an impression to ring true. Regardless of these complaints however the tale of Masters and Shorter still cannot fail to leave an important impression about humans and the way in which we treat one another.


Deodorant is an everyday essential for most of us, but the long and cluttered antiperspirant and deodorant aisle at drugstores can be stressful. With so many options, how does one choose the best deodorant for women?
Which is the best deodorant to stop sweating?
For starters, there's antiperspirant versus deodorant. The first prevents sweating and wetness while the latter tackles the stinky bacteria that comes about via sweat. A simple deodorant works well for those who don't sweat a lot, but if wetness tends to take over your underarm area, then an antiperspirant is the way to go in order to stay dry.
Is antiperspirant or deodorant bad for you?
Many antiperspirants work by temporarily plugging sweat glands with somewhat controversial ingredients from aluminum salts. Though there is no convincing link between aluminum in antiperspirants and diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's, there are several natural formulas on our list for women looking to avoid this ingredient.
What is the healthiest deodorant?
The healthiest deodorants are all about what's left out rather than what's included on the ingredient label. You want to avoid aluminum, parabens and phthalates. If you're the sensitive type, look for ones without alcohol or baking soda. And you can always go vegan.
What is the most effective antiperspirant/deodorant?
The best deodorant for women has serious staying power. And despite portable pocket refreshers popping up on the market, you really don't want to have to worry about reapplying your deodorant or antiperspirant throughout the day. You also want a scent you can tolerate that won't overpower those around you. When it comes to delivery methods, it's all about personal preference. You may be partial to the classic stick format (as long as it doesn't leave any white marks) or prefer the spray-and-go approach. There are even cream options that absorb surprisingly quickly.
Get ready to say goodbye to pit stains, BO and sweat with these 15 best deodorants for women.
Find out what consumers had to say about each of our picks in the slideshow above.


A very high specification with a trapezoid polycarbonate lens shape, guaranteeing maximum field of vision. The nylon frame gives protection from below and from the sides. The glasses also have TPE inserts for additional comfort around the nose and ears. All this and weighing in at only 26g!
Optical Quality 1 lenses are standard in this range and the clear lens include anti-dust, anti-scratch and anti-static coatings. Due to the special treatments of the ESP and Flash lenses they are not anti-fog treated. Each pair is supplied with a MicroFibre pouch as standard for storage and cleaning.
We have 3 lenses available in this frame. The clear lens for 100% optical quality 1 performance and maximum clarity. The ESP lens for reducing harmful blue light and reducing glare and finally and Flash lens for full solar protection including additional Infrared protection.


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Laurasiatheria is een clade met de rang cohort of superorde binnen de infraklasse van de (levende) Placentalia of de Eutheria (de levende Placentalia uitgebreid met hun fossiele verwanten) van de zoogdieren.

De clade is gebaseerd op de analyse van DNA-volgordes en van gegevens die de aan- of afwezigheid van retrotransposons betreffen. De naam verwijst naar het supercontinent Laurasia waarop men denkt dat deze groep ontstaan is nadat dit werelddeel van Pangea was afgebroken. De clade wordt beschouwd als zustergroep van de Euarchontoglires (Boreoeutheria), de Xenarthra en de Afrotheria en bevat de volgende ordes:

 Eulipotyphla: insecteneters
 Cetartiodactyla: wereldwijd; een samenvoeging van de vroegere ordes Cetacea (walvissen en verwanten) en Artiodactyla (evenhoevigen, waaronder zwijnen, nijlpaarden, eeltpotigen, giraffes, hertachtigen en holhoornigen)
 Pegasoferae:
Pholidota: schubdieren (Afrika, Zuid-Azië)
Chiroptera: vleermuizen (wereldwijd)
Carnivora: roofdieren (wereldwijd)
Perissodactyla: onevenhoevigen (tapirs, neushoorns, paarden)

Sommige studies plaatsen de Perissodactyla en de Ferae samen in een clade Zooamata; andere leggen juist een verband tussen Perissodactyla en Cetartiodactyla en plaatsen ze samen in een echte hoefdieren clade, maar het bewijs voor deze twee indelingen is niet sterk.

De volgende uitgestorven ordes worden meestal ook in verband gebracht - op andere gronden dan DNA - met de superorde:

 Condylarthra
 Mesonychia, werd in het verleden als voorouders van de Cetacea gezien, nu als een zustergroep van de Cetartiodactyla
 Cimolesta, sommige onderzoekers plaatsen de schubdieren binnen deze groep
 Creodonta, sommigen zien een verband met de Carnivora

Referenties
 William J. Murphy, Eduardo Eizirik, Mark S. Springer et al., Resolution of the Early Placental Mammal Radiation Using Bayesian Phylogenetics, Science, Vol 294, Issue 5550, 2348-2351, 14 December 2001, .
 Jan Ole Kriegs, Gennady Churakov, Martin Kiefmann, Ursula Jordan, Juergen Brosius, Juergen Schmitz. (2006) Retroposed Elements as Archives for the Evolutionary History of Placental Mammals. PLoS Biol 4(4): e91, .
 Kitazoe Y, Kishino H, Waddell PJ, Nakajima N, Okabayashi T, et al (2007) Robust Time Estimation Reconciles Views of the Antiquity of Placental Mammals, .

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House passes TRIA extension legislation
Matthew Lerner
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed spending legislation that included a seven-year reauthorization of the federal terrorism insurance backstop.
The 297-120 vote moves legislation renewing the program widely known as TRIA to the U.S. Senate.
The House Financial Services Committee previously passed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019 unanimously in October, followed by full House passage soon after by a vote of 385-22.
The Senate Banking Committee passed the legislation Nov. 20 by a unanimous vote, but it was not voted on by the full Senate.
Insurance trade organizations welcomed the passage of H.R. 1865 by the House.
The program "continues to provide much-needed protections for the U.S. economy," Jimi Grande, senior vice president of government affairs for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, said in a statement.
The American Property Casualty Insurance Association also voiced its support for the legislation and National Association of Professional Insurance Agents also issued a statement welcoming the vote.
Bill introduced in House to reauthorize TRIA through 2030
A bill has been introduced in the U.S House of Representatives to reauthorize the federal government's terrorism insurance backstop for 10 more years.
Cyber terror report requirement added to TRIA reauthorization bill
TRIA extension bill clears House financial committee
Insurance industry lauds early TRIA extension efforts
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