Bruce Lee had a really strong practice of planting seeds of beautiful flowers in the fertile mind. Often we have people come into the office to look through Bruce's journals and they wonder where his writings on his doubts and struggles are, and Shannon tells them that these don't exist. Bruce had a regimented practice of keeping his mind on the things that he wanted instead of the things he didn't.
Sometimes we find ourselves complaining, to others, in our journals, and in our thoughts. Our thoughts are energy, so if you are repeatedly bombarding yourself with negativity, then you are repeatedly creating negative energy.
Optimism takes effort, it is a practice, especially in the face of difficulties.
If you're constantly worrying about all the possible bad scenarios, it takes you out of the moment. These "what if" scenarios might never happen, but they can distract and worry us.
There is an illusion that thinking of all the ways something can go wrong will somehow defend against it. This is a really depressing way to live and it takes away from your ability to be spontaneous and takes away your faith in yourself to navigate your own life.
We waste a lot of time on the anticipation of suffering, and this act actually causes us more suffering. If you're always guarding against any kind of suffering, you are guarding against the ability to learn and grow. We often go into these thoughts automatically, and part of the practice is to plant the good seeds into fertile mind, make a practice of putting the right things in your mind.
Your habitual response is in your subconscious mind, so if you make an effort to shape that in a positive direction, then more outcomes will be positive.
You have to become aware of your own negative thoughts and self-talk. Take these negative thoughts and convert them to positive thoughts or to neutral thoughts if that is too big of a leap.
It's good to know your negative thoughts because then you can change those thoughts to neutral or positive ones. The awareness is the first process towards changing those thoughts to positive ones.
Your words have power, whether they're in your head, written on paper, or said out loud. Bruce was always intentional about the words that he chose and would constantly rewrite and refine his writings. Use the words that you want to use that are positive, because they have power and energy.
The mind is neutral but it will grow anything you plant, including negative or positive thoughts. So much of why people feel distracted these days is because there are so many negative thoughts rolling around in our heads and these thoughts distract us from what we're supposed to do.
Every time we retell our problem stories to others, we are putting that negativity on that person too. It is important to be aware of that, even though it is good to have people close to us we can vent to, if we habitually dump our negativity it can wear down those around us.
We try and cocoon ourselves against any sort of pain, but it's through struggle that we learn. It builds your confidence if you pick yourself up after falling, but if you never allow yourself to fall you become too afraid to try anything.
We create almost all of our own suffering; we manufacture it in our own minds. You have the control over what you allow to make you suffer. It's not what happens in our life but how we react. We experience pain and hardship, but we can create how we respond to that pain and hardship. Once we've worked through hardship, we know that we can do it again and it helps minimize our fear and anxiety.
With your mind as a fertile garden: If you imagine yourself in front of a rich soil garden, with a handful of seeds (your thoughts) ask yourself each day, what are these seeds going to grow?
Become aware of your negative thoughts. Know what they are, think about any place in your life where you are struggling. Take anything you are having negative thoughts about and make a list on a piece of paper. Then on the other side of the paper take the time to write the negative thoughts as positive ones. Example: Change "I don't have enough money" to "I am in the process of finding a way to make more money." Or whatever the positive version of that negative thought is, and then you can return to this list to affirm what you want. Allow yourself to be in the process of attaining what you want and revisit this list once in the morning and once at night. This will help shift everything.
This week our #AAHA shout-out goes to Chinese American Steven Ho, martial artist, stunt coordinator, stuntman, director, writer, co-founder of interior design firm, and member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. He has followed his passions with a positive attitude, and he came to prominence in martial arts as one of the first martial arts tricksters in open martial art competitions. He is well regarded for his stunt work as Donatello in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He and his wife founded Plush home, a successful interior and furniture design firm. Steven, we admire your positive, Bruce-like energy, and we want to say you're awesome!
I just wanted to say thank you for what you are doing, especially with Sharon and the podcasts. I've listened to half of them and they give me motivation through your father's message and affirmations. I've recently graduated college at the untraditional age of 28 and sometimes it's difficult to stay motivated, often feeling like "my time is running out" or "I'm not 20 anymore and the world is not quite as open." I have many ambitions whether it would be music, martial arts, acting etc. and I only seem to get to the "dream phase" of what my life could be. These messages you share give me hope in a way to say to myself "it's never too late," and I am grateful for that. Yet, half of me still wants to settle and take the first job/career that just gets me by. I know I would never find true happiness and serenity choosing that path. I firmly believe if I engrain or instill your father's message over and over my subconscious will take over and I will follow my own path to happiness and peace of mind.


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December 2, 3 and 4 from 9:00 to 17:00.
The Fair also allows registration as professional for those professionals whose activities and interests in buying books is done during professional hours, provided they pay the corresponding fees.
How can I register as a professional or buyer?
Send the on-line pre-registration form by November 8, 2019 or come in-person to the Registration Desk, located at the entrance of the International Area (in front of the Hotel Hilton) from November 30 to December 4, 2019.
What is the Registration Desk schedule?
If I have pre-registered as a professional, where do I get my access badge?
At the pre-registration desk, where you will be able to pick up your Exhibitors and Professionals catalogs, floor plan, badges and any other useful information.
In the Blue Pavilion of the International Area, facing street ÑÑ.
Exhibitors Services Desk, e-mail services, cafeteria service (free regular coffee), tables for business meetings, storage, and courier service.
All exhibitors and visiting professionals with a badge.


What was I doing in Utah, you ask?
Last month I went to review the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe. I was "on assignment" for The Vacation Gals. The car has great "road-tripability," and you can read about my experience driving the new Santa Fe here.
The Alpine Slide is similar in concept to the Luge. You sit in a sled, then set off on your choice of four narrow lanes. The journey takes you down 3,000 feet of banked turns and straight-aways. From what others told me, you control the speed with a central hand brake.
While there was a lot to DO at the Olympic Park, there was also a lot to SEE. I was part of a large crowd watching the daredevils at the Freestyle Training Pool. Fearless kids and adults alike took their pick from four slopes of varying lengths and angles to ski down, do a midair flip or two, and land into a swimming pool.
Inside the George Eccles 2002 Olympic Winter Games museum, the exhibits focus on the games themselves, which were based in nearby Salt Lake City. Park City itself hosted Nordic ski jumping, bobsled, skeleton, and Luge events. During those events, over 300,000 spectators visited the venue. I enjoyed peering into the display case of Olympic medals from the 1920's through today, and seeing the huge animal puppets (bison, deer, horses, etc.) used during the "Land of Enchantment" program at the opening ceremonies.
I also carried the torch for the U.S. Women's Outlet Shopping Team.
By the way, the World's Steepest Zipline is another attraction at the Utah Olympic Park. Or so I hear.
I know exactly how you feel about the Alpine Slide! Your "wimping out" reminds me of a trip up to the White Mountains of New Hampshire that I was invited on as a birthday party for one of my best friends – we were in 8th grade and there were about 5 of us.
I did not even know what an Alpine Slide was, but when we got there, and were told we had to take a ski lift to the top of the hill to then slide down, I was apprehensive, and when I saw the steep incline at the very beginning I totally almost backed out. But I couldn't because the slide was the only way to get down the bottom, and I didn't want to seem Lame in front of my pals.
My heart still lurches all these years later when I think of that initial drop, but once I was over that, the rest of the ride was actually FUN! I don't do well with adrenaline, but I'm glad I forced myself to do it. But don't beat yourself up about it, it looks like you had all sorts of other things to make for a fun day!
Thanks for the support, Betty! I knew you would understand! And if the Alpine Slide itself didn't induce palpitations, surely the chairlift to the top would have!
That looks AWESOME!!! You should have just done it. Couldn't be scarier than walking across the world's longest suspension bridge.
That looks like a whole lot of fun. I wonder if it's actually possible to fall out…?!
From your blog title, I'd expected you to go down the slide. But, thanks for sharing your day. I'll have to make my way up there sometime.
We were there last summer and the kids had a blast on the zip line and luge. Unfortunately i was out-of commission with shoulder surgery.
Or so you say. Those pesky shoulder injuries!
I lived in Utah for about 4 years and had the chance to go to the Olympic park multiple times. I road the Alpine Slide multiple times and it was a ton of fun. I went with one of my brothers once and we had a lot of fun racing down the slide. The Alpine Slide is better than a normal slide because you can't simply go as fast as you want, you'll fly off if you try so you do have to control you speed a little. I think that element of danger is what makes it so much fun.
Thanks for sharing your experience, Gabriel! You're more of a daredevil than I am, for sure.
Looks pretty cool…I never though about visiting the Olympic park!


Arsenal are circling and with contract talks seemingly going nowhere it looks as if Winston Reid's time at the Boleyn Ground is coming to an end.
West Ham boss Sam Allardyce today confirmed that he is expecting the New Zealand international to leave at the end of the campaign, when his current two-year deal comes to an end.
And while it may not be wise to sell him for an arbitrary amount that could be lost in a fall in league position between now and May, the Hammers must move now to buy a future replacement.
One man that the club have been linked with for a number of weeks now is Nicolas N'Koulou.
The centre-back has been a mainstay for Marseille since moving from Monaco four years ago, and certainly fits the Allardyce mould.
Big, strong and a powerful header of the ball, he looks the type of player the former Bolton boss would turn to, in order to bolster his defensive ranks.
But with interest around the player high, the Londoners must move in this window to bag their man.
The Cameroonian international has just left for the Africa Cup of Nations, and while not a World Cup standard of competitions, an impressive showing in the tournament could lead in a rise in asking price for the 24-year-old.
So making the approach now could assure they get their man for a decent price.
What's more, the French club might be more susceptible to a cut price deals than other selling sides.
In 2012, L'OM spent a whopping £43m on young, unproven players and it back-fired; the club suffering a severe financial crisis in the months that followed.
Club president Vincent Labrune has overseen a cut in spending recently to counteract this, much to the annoyance of current manager Marco Bielsa, and with the club deficit potential reaching €40m by the end of the season, a solid bid for N'Koulou in January may tempt them to play ball.


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Q: Find the general solution of: $y^"+3y^{'}+2y=\sin(x)$ (I'm using the Annihilator Method) The characteristic eqn corresponding to LHS is $m^2+3m+2=0$. The solutions are: $m = -2$ and $m = -1$. So $y_c=Ae^{-2x}+Be^{-x}$.
The Annihilator of $sin x = D^2+1 $. Which makes $y_p=Ccosx +Dsinx$. Where $A, B, C, D$ are constants.
To find the constants $C$, and $D$. I found out $y_p^{'} =-Csinx+Dcosx$
    and $y_p^{''} =-Ccosx-Dsinx$. I put these values in the original eqn ($y^"+3y^{'}+2y=sinx$). I'm not getting the right values. C should be -3/10 and D should be 1/10.
Any clues as to where I'm going wrong?
Thanks.

A: $$y^"+3y^{'}+2y=\sin(x)$$
Using annihilator 's method
$$(D+1)(D+2)(D^2+1)y=0$$
$$
\begin{align}
y_h=& \, c_1e^{-x}+c_2e^{-2x} \\
y_p=& \, C\sin(x)+D\cos(x)
\end{align}
$$
$$(-C\sin(x)-D\cos(x)+3(C\cos(x)-D\sin(x))+2(C\sin(x)+D\cos(x))=\sin(x)$$
$$
\begin{cases}
-D+3C+2D=0 \\
-C-3D+2C=1
\end{cases}
\implies
\begin{cases}
D=-3C \\
C-3D=1
\end{cases}
\implies
\begin{cases}
D=-3/10\\
C=1/10
\end{cases}
$$
$$\boxed{y_p=\frac 1{10}\sin(x)-\frac 3{10}\cos(x)}$$

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Římskokatolická farnost Březová nad Svitavou je jedno z územních společenství římských katolíků v děkanátu Svitavy s farním kostelem svatého Bartoloměje.

Historie farnosti
Původní kostel pocházel ze 13. století. Nynější kostel byl přestavěn ve stylu vrcholného baroka v letech 1721–1725, kdy byla přistavěna nová věž v západním průčelí a byla vybudována barokní krypta.

Duchovní správci
Ve 14. stol. byla sídlem fary pod patronací litomyšlských premonstrátů, kteří za faráře dosazovali svého člena.

Současným administrátorem excurrendo k lednu 2017 R. D. Mgr. Pavel Michut.

Bohoslužby

Aktivity farnosti
V budově fary vzniklo společným na začátku 21. století úsilím farnosti a obecní samosprávy mateřské a komunitní centrum.

Reference

Externí odkazy
 Farnost Březová nad Svitavou na webu olomoucké arcidiecéze
 Webové stránky farnosti

Březová nad Svitavou
Březová nad Svitavou
Rudná (okres Svitavy)
Brněnec

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Learning About Starfish
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Facts and Resources For Learning About Starfish
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by Beverly Hernandez
Beverly Hernandez is a veteran homeschooler and former administrator of a large independent study program.
Updated December 01, 2017
Starfish are fascinating creatures. With their bumpy, five-armed bodies, it's easy to see how they got their name, but did you know that starfish aren't really fish at all?
Scientists don't call these ocean-dwelling creatures starfish. They call them sea stars because they aren't fish. They don't have gills, scales, or backbones like fish do. Instead, starfish are invertebrate marine organisms tbhat are part of the family known as echinoderms.
One feature that all echinoderms have in common is that their body parts are arranged symmetrically around a center point. For starfish, those body parts are their arms. Each arm has suckers that help starfish, who don't swim, move along and capture prey. Most of the 2,000 species of starfish have the five arms that inspired their name, but some have as many as 40 arms!
Starfish can regrow an arm if they lose one. That's because their vital organs are located in their arms. In fact, as long as an arm has part of the starfish's central disc, it can regenerate an entire starfish.
At the end of each of a starfish's five to forty arms is an eye that helps them locate food. Starfish eat things like clams, snails, and small fish. Their stomachs are located on the underside of their central body part. Did you know that a starfish's stomach can come out of its body to envelop its prey?
Another striking fact about starfish is that they don't have brains or blood! Instead of blood, they have a water vascular system that helps them breathe, move, and expel waste. Instead of a brain, they have a complex system of light - and temperature-sensitive nerves.
Starfish live only in saltwater habitats but are found in all Earth's oceans. They vary in sized based on the species but are usually between 4 and 11 inches in diameter and can weigh up to 11 pounds.
The lifespan of a starfish also varies by species, but many live up to 35 years. They can be found in a variety of colors such as brown, red, purple, yellow, or pink.
If you are fortunate enough to find a starfish in a tide pool or the ocean, you can safely pick it up. Just be very careful not to harm the starfish and make sure to return it to its home.
To learn more about sea stars, try some of these excellent books:
Starfish by Edith Thacher Hurd is a 'Let's-Read-and-Find-Out About' story about starfish and how they live in the deep blue sea.
One Shining Starfish by Lori Flying Fish is a colorful counting book featuring starfish and other ocean-dwelling creatures.
Star of the Sea: A Day in the Life of a Starfish by Janet Halfmann is a beautifully-illustrated book that weaves facts about starfish into a delightfully captivating tale.
Seashells, Crabs and Sea Stars: Take-Along Guide by Christiane Kump Tibbitts introduces a variety of marine life, including starfish. It includes tips for identifying several marine-dwelling creatures and features fun activities to try.
Spiny Sea Star: A Tale of Seeing Stars by Suzanne Tate provides easily-accessible facts about starfish with adorable illustrations.
Sea Star Wishes: Poems from the Coast by Eric Ode is a collection of ocean-themed poems, including those about starfish. Memorize a starfish poem or two as you study sea stars.
Resources and Activities for Learning About Starfish
Spend some time researching and learning about starfish using your library, the Internet, or local resources. Try some of these ideas:
Learn more about how starfish see with the eyes at the end of each of their arms.
Research starfish anatomy. Learn how they eat, breathe, and move.
Visit an aquarium or a fish store to see live starfish up close.
If you live near a beach, look for starfish in the tide pools.
Make a diorama featuring starfish, their habitat, and their prey.
Create an ABC book about starfish.
Do some research to find out what creatures other than starfish are members of the echinoderm family.
Learn about the dangers, such as predators and pollution, that starfish face.
Starfish, or sea stars, are enchanting creatures who play an important role in their environment. Have fun learning more about them!
Updated by Kris Bales
Some Starfish Have 40 Arms, and Other Facts About the Sea Creatures
What Are Echinoderms?
What Do You Know about Starfish?
What Is the Madreporite?
Explore the Inside of a Sea Star
The Crown-Of-Thorns Starfish Is a Devastating but Beautiful Species
What Is a Starfish?
How Starfish See With Eyespots
What Is a Tide Pool?
Bizarre Brittle Stars and Basket Stars
Brilliant Brittle Stars
What Class Are Starfish In?
Brittle Stars: The Sea Stars' Cousins
Homeschooling Resources for Learning About Dolphins
Great Barrier Reef Pictures
The Slowest Animals on the Planet

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Q: What is the minimum gigabit Ethernet latency I can expect? I have 2 servers sitting in a rack running Ubuntu 16.04 with a 1 meter Ethernet cable between them, both having standard Intel Ethernet adapters.
The ping between the two is about 300 us (microseconds).
This is a standard latency I've seen in most Gigabit-Ethernet setups.
But this latency still seems quite high compared to theoretical limits; why is it? I have read that 1 GbE can achieve 40 us latency.
Is this the minimum latency I can expect, or is there software tuning I can perform to reduce this latency? What is the bottleneck? Is it Linux? On this gamer web site for Windows the tool in the screenshot seems to suggest 40 us latency in most cases, but that doesn't help me much for my Linux servers.
(How) can I make my ping 40 us?
EDIT: Looking at the screenshot again, it might be that the 40 us shown are not actually roundtrip time, but it is actually a specific delay within the Windows kernel and thus the 40 us may only be part of the total roundtrip time, which may be higher and is not listed. This would also be in line with the answers in here.
(I originally asked this question at superuser; at this time it wasn't clear to me that ServerFault would be a more appropriate community to ask network performance questions, and I don't have enough reputation there to move the question, so I reposed here. I have also switched the hardware to server hardware.)

A: So two things to consider -
Copper adds latency, compared to fiber - 15us per side of an exchange, if I remember correctly from my HFT days. A 1m copper cable will intro 60us of delay all by itself. Fiber, on the other hand, is ~5us.
The other (arguably more important) consideration lies in IP stack tuning and serialization delay. Out of the box, the stack might be tuned for smaller packets; in that case ping would be chunked up for sending - and receiving - so the stack would slow down response time... make sure both sides are tuned for the same sizes to be sure.

A: A ping does not measure latency nor does it measure round-trip time. It measures ICMP echo request response time. ICMP messages run with low priority and take way longer than serious traffic.
As @barbequesauce has pointed out, twisted pair requires some complex encoding, so 1000BASE-T NICs will require at least 10 µs per side for the codecs (plus system bus and IRQ latency). Twisted-pair cat.6 has a velocity factor of 65% (~200,000 km/s), so it adds .05 µs or 50 ns per 10 m. Fiber isn't really faster (VF of 67%) but uses simpler encoding with maybe 5 µs per side instead of 10 µs.
The IP stack will add some more µs to your latency budget. On a fast system you could maybe get away with ~20 µs.
Of course, the exact values for the NICs, your system bus and the IP stack depend on your hardware and software. The figures above are about as good as you can get. And don't use ping to measure.
In a nutshell, you most certainly have no real problem at all, the problem is with  interpreting the ping output.


My sister in law Amélia Moura and and her husband Victor, live in a village called Junceira, which is about 8 Kilometres from the City of Tomar. This village belongs to the Council of Tomar and that's the reason I'm including a set of photos of the rural area around their house. My wife, my son and I were invited to spend an afternoon in their place in Junceira and in the usual Portuguese tradition of welcoming visitors, we were treated like kings, which included a mid afternoon repast with home made wine and other traditional dishes.


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Feds Raid Online Drug Market Silk Road
Agents arrested alleged proprietor known as "Dread Pirate Roberts" and took $3.6 million in Bitcoin, the second largest seizure of the currency in history. Government alleges murder-for-hire scheme
By Jessica Roy Oct. 02, 2013
United States Department of Justice
The notice that now greets you when you try to access Silk Road
U.S. law enforcement officials have shut down down Silk Road, the online drug market, following a raid and an arrest of Ross William Ulbricht, the site's alleged proprietor.
According to a Justice Department release, Ulbricht, 29, was arrested in San Francisco and will be presented in San Francisco federal court Wednesday morning. Until Wednesday, the person who ran the site was known only by the pseudonym "Dread Pirate Roberts."
In addition to arresting Ulbricht, the Federal Bureau of Investigation seized approximately $3.6 million in Bitcoin, making it the second biggest seizure in the digital currency's history.
Federal prosecutors in New York charged Ulbricht with narcotics trafficking conspiracy, computer hacking conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. A criminal complaint also alleges that in March 2013, Ulbricht engaged in a "murder-for-hire" scheme where he enlisted one Silk Road user to murder another Silk Road user who was threatening to release the identities of all of the website's users.
The operation that led to Ulbricht's arrest was a collaboration between the FBI, police, and prosecutors in the Southern District of New York; since November 2011, agents claim to have made over 100 different drug purchases through Silk Road. The complaint estimates that Silk Road has processed transactions worth over a total of 9.5 million Bitcoins, which adds up to roughly $1.2 billion in sales.
Ulbricht "deliberately set out to establish an online criminal marketplace outside the reach of law enforcement or governmental regulation," FBI agent Christopher Tarbell said in the criminal complaint.
Silk Road, where cocaine and heroin were trafficked, is an online drug marketplace that exists on the "Deep Web," a portion of the Internet that is hidden from typical browsers and not indexed by search engines. Silk Road and other websites on the Deep Web are accessible only through a special anonymized browser named Tor. Because of the privacy the Deep Web affords, corners of it have become home to thriving online black markets, with Silk Road being the most infamous.
Ulbricht will appear before Judge Joseph C. Spero in San Francisco federal court for a detention hearing at 9:30 a.m. PDT on Friday, October 4.
Below is the full criminal complaint.
Criminal Complaint Against Alleged Silk Road Proprietor Ross William Ulbricht


More Comic Book Motivational Posters!
A ways back I did one of these posts and I thought it went off like gangbusters, so it's time for another one!
Which ones do you like, hate? Bring your own!
I hope everyone had a good Labor Day!
It's the first of the month, and that means.... Black Cat Time!
Dr. Ray Palmer, the Atom, is one of DC's more well known characters. He has the power to shrink himself. Not very impressive as far as superheroes go, but in the DCU the Atom is known less for typical superheroics and more for his role as a scientist and an explorer of the unknown.
One recurring theme from his stories is how interesting the world can get on a microscopic level. This was explored in a JLA oneshot written by Dan Curtis Johnson, collected in the Tower of Babel trade.
Continuing from my last post, here are some scans from the second half of JLA: Trial by Fire by Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke.
Recap: A powerful telepath has been manipulating people across the world to forcibly put an end to its problems, lobotomizing criminals and making world leaders peacefully resolve all their disputes. With the Martian Manhunter in an oddly weakened state, the Justice League is left defenceless from assault. Ultimately it becomes clear that their formidable opponent is a Martian, and in fact, none other than J'onn J'onnz himself, now turned into a monstrous being calling himself Fernus.
As someone else noted, DC: The New Frontier is full of perfect moments. The Silver Age Flash gets a couple of them. Now, normally the one that comes to mind is his initial appearance where he goes up against Captain Cold, but while that's pretty awesome too, here's another one that, frankly, I like better.
We all know what happened when Swamp Thing met the Floronic Man, (in case you don't it's in the tags), but what happened before, and what happens after?


Beautiful locally woven basket bag made from peeled willow, a very naturally grown material that has been used in our area for traditional basketry ever since.
Each basket bag comes delivered in unique 'Furoshiki' style square vintage 100% cotton fabric. It measures 80cm by 80cm, and can be longterm used to cover your inside belongings, as a picknick blanket, or as a simple scarve.


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Waste Not: The Ugly Truth About Food Waste in America
Each year, Americans waste 33 million tons of food. Dana Gunders, a scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, and author Jonathan Bloom discuss the economic and environmental impacts of food waste, and what can be done to fight the growing problem.
Dana Gunders
Dana Gunders is a project scientist in the Food and Agriculture program at the Natural Resources Defense Council in San Francisco, California.
Jonathan Bloom
Jonathan Bloom is the author of wastedfood.com and American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It) (Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2010).
About Christopher Intagliata
@cintagliata
Christopher Intagliata is Science Friday's senior producer. He once served as a prop in an optical illusion and speaks passable Ira Flatowese.


If you have followed my blog from its inception you know I feel the phone will become your primary computer. That feeling continues to grow stronger. The more difficult issue is discerning just what path this will take. I have mentioned before that companies can fail by jumping to the final solution and not realizing that change often progresses along a jagged path. My ultimate dream is a device that connects to the proper interface in a transparent fashion.
Right now we have WiFi and Bluetooth. Apple lets AirPlay ride on WiFi. This gives some support for video transfer from an iPad to a TV but requires an Apple TV device to make it happen. However, none of this handles the high bandwidth needed to make the user interface, and the the high definition video that goes with it, work without compromise. Enter standards groups to the rescue; unfortunately too many groups.
A first stab at this came with wireless USB. This is an ultra wideband technology that allows up to 480Mbs speed but only at a range of 3 meters. This is inadequate for 1080p 60 Hz video much less 3D and higher resolutions. This technology has gotten very little traction.
The early leader was WHDI (Wireless Home Digital Interface) consortium. However, the WirelessHD Consortium has an impressive list of supporters. Next comes the Wireless Gigabit Alliance or WiGig. They also have some big players behind them including some of the same people in WirelessHD. It's all very confusing.
Recall what I said about major vs. minor trends. This has signs of being a major trend. But wait, it doesn't "feel" that way. People aren't scrambling to get wireless video hardware. That's going to change. There is a lot in the works and it will take time to gel but it will gel.
Who am I betting on? Well, I'll start with an interesting fact. Of particular interest here is the adoption of support for wireless DisplayPort by WiGig. Not mentioned on the WiGig website is an important name – Apple. Recall that Apple is the big force behind DisplayPort. A second force pushing WiGig is the movement by companies like Panasonic to take WiGig mobile. WIDI is mobile capable but has more challenges extending its speed and flexibility. Another related major announcement is the Qualcomm Atheros AR9004TB chip for WiGig. However, this looks suited for laptops and docking stations and not phones. It will compete with solutions for WirelessHD such as the SiI6320/SiI6310 WirelessHD® HRTX Chipset.
How does this play out? The Qualcomm chip shows the way to docking stations for tablets and phones. These may have some success but the need is for a more embedded solution. That will start with laptops which have the luxury of more board space and larger batteries. However, it will move into phones once the power issue is solved. This won't be the end. So far I have been discussing wireless video. True transparency will require something more general. For that I expect something like wPCIe from Wilocity to allow full connectivity. Initially wPCIe will allow laptops to wirelessly dock with peripherals. Longer term, this too will migrate into the tablet and the phone. At that point your phone will wirelessly dock with external hard drives, displays, and pretty much anything else you would hook to a desktop. wPCIe is based on the WiGig standard so it will be a quick extension to WiGig wireless video. That also means that range will be adequate to allow your phone or laptop to be several meters away from the other end of the wirless link.
Currently, none of this matches the speed of Thunderbolt but it may be close enough. WirelessHD has higher speeds already defined and I expect WiGig to follow. Expect WiGig to look a lot like wireless Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt is basically DisplayPort and PCI Express (PCIe). WiDig will also include DisplayPort and PCIe. For true speed freaks, a hard wired connection will always be the best. Thunderbolt will move to 100Gbs when the move is made from copper to fiber. By then WiGig and WirelessHD will just be matching copper connected Thunderbolt in performance.
There's a lot more at play here that makes it difficult to predict the winner. WIDI works at lower frequencies and can connect through walls. WirelessHD and WiGig are strictly line of sight. However, some of the claims for future versions of WIDI are suspect since they involve very high data rates relative to available frequency bandwidth. WiGig has the ability to move from a WiFi connection to a WiGig connection in a transparent fashion. WIDI is mobile capable now since it rides on older WiFi technology. I am uncertain when a low power WiGig or WirelessHD chip will be available.


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Yanga Rediscovered: The First Liberator of the Americas
Thursday, February 2, 2023 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Gaspar Yanga, known simply as Yanga, was a seventeenth century revolutionary who established a self-governing colony of freed Africans – called "maroons" - near Veracruz, Mexico in 1609. Also known as El Primer Liberator de América (the First Liberator of America), he was captured and sold into slavery in Mexico, where he escaped and negotiated a set of 11 demands from the king of Spain. For Black History month, Meridian Young Professionals is proud to partner with the Latino Arts Project to bring a unique experience to you at the Owen Arts Center where we'll visit the exhibit Yanga Rediscovered: The First Liberator of the Americas. This unique interactive experience uses animated videos, folk art, sculptures, murals, stained glass, and newly discovered historic documents to tell Yanga's story along with an exploration of the African slave trade and the AfroMexican experience.
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Starring: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Rizzo the Rat, The Great Gonzo and (a presumably extremely cash-strapped) Michael Caine.
Story: It's Christmas Eve in nineteenth century London and Ebenezer Scrooge (Caine) is as mean and miserly as usual towards his bookkeeper, Bob Cratchit (Frog). When he returns home, however, Scrooge is visited by a succession of spirits who show him his past, present and future in an effort to reveal to him the error of his ways and release his inner Santa.
Comments: Yep, it's Christmas already. Our tree is up and covered in tinsel. The first cards have arrived. The plastic birds which tweet carols have fresh batteries. I even made the mistake of buying some gum-backed strips of shiny card, teaching the children how to make paper chains and then leaving them alone for half an hour. I came back to discover they'd been rather enthusiastic and the entire lounge was buried under strings of slimy, paper loops which had been licked to within an inch of completely dissolving.
Last year, our advent viewing at Sunday lunch was the BBC production of The Box of Delights. This year we dug out The Muppet Christmas Carol. We put it in the slot with some trepidation, unsure how the production would have aged and mildly concerned that the tape might have biodegraded.
Luckily, the film is still fantastic (and, somewhat to our surprise, our videoplayer still works). There's plenty of slapstick, some funny lines and a good helping of the original book. Scrooge and his family are played by real people and the spirits of Christmas are specially designed creations. The rest of the cast is made up of the regular muppet crew.
The most noticeable difference between the film and the book (apart from Tiny Tim being a cuddly frog, obviously) is that Jacob Marley has a brother, Robert, to fit the two grumpy, old muppets into the show. Gonzo also narrates as Dickens himself with Rizzo acting as comic sidekick.
All in all, The Muppet Christmas Carol has stood the test of time well but, weirdly, it also looks older than it really is. Go figure. Maybe it's the fuzzy VHS-o-vision, maybe it's cloudy memories of watching Miss Piggy as a seven-year-old or maybe it's merely the sad realisation that they don't make them like this anymore. Who knows? Search it out and remember how kid's films used to be.
Explosions: None... just a flaming rat.
It's on at the Filmhouse cinema in Edinburgh this weekend - although watching it twice in a fortnight is probably too much for anyone!


Perfectionists aren't perfect people. They are almost always miserable people.
There's no such thing as perfect and if you are constantly trying to achieve perfection? What happens? Misery happens. This is true for your life and for your writing. The sad news is that a lot of writers are perfectionists, which means they are miserable.
All-Or-Nothing Thinking – You can only accept perfection, your goal, nothing else will do.
Critical Eye – Tiny mistakes are the kingdom of your land and you fixate on them.
"Push" vs "Pull" – According to the article, perfectionist are "pushed toward their goals by a fear of not reaching them." But high achieving people? They are happy making steps towards the goals and not constantly worrying/stressing about not getting there yet.
Unrealistic Standards – Your goal to be God is ridiculous. That's basically all this is. Your goal is to be the ultimate at something, something that is not possible. And you know it, but you still make that your goal.
Focusing on Only Results – You don't care about the process of getting there.
Depressed by Unmet Goals – What is this thing called happiness? Perfectionists have a hard time knowing this thing.
Fear of Failure – It is overwhelming and it starts to taint everything perfectionists do.
Defensiveness – Constructive criticism is the enemy and not a tool for betterment. Constructive criticism hurts.
Low Self Esteem – Being super critical of yourself? It doesn't help your self. Your esteem actually lessens.
Those are so sad, aren't they? That's not how you want to feel, is it? So, how do you overcome your own perfectionist mindset?
Recognize that you do it.
Writing Tip of the Pod: Recognize your perfectionism and realize that it's holding you back. Allow yourself to be happy.
Dog Tip for Life: There is no such thing as perfection, there is no one way to be. Some bacon may be crunchy. Some bacon may be soggy. All bacon is perfect. So are you.
Carrie will be at Book Expo America in NYC on June 1 at 11:30 – 12 at the Lerner booth signing copies of the Spy Who Played Baseball. A week before that, she'll also be in NYC presenting to the Jewish Book Council.
For a complete round-up of Carrie's 16-or-so books, check out her website. And if you like us, or our podcast, or just want to support a writer, please buy one of those books, or leave a review on a site like Amazon. Those reviews help. It's all some weird marketing algorhthym from hell, basically.


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Expat shares six things that surprised her about moving to Australia
British expat, 25, shares six things that surprised her about moving to Australia – from traffic lights to door locks and road rage
Charlee moved from London to Sydney in November 2022
On Wednesday the 25-year-old listed six major culture shocks she's had
'If you're moving to Australia, here's some things you need to know,' she said
A British expat has listed six culture shocks that surprised her most since moving to Australia.
Charlee moved from London to Sydney in November and posted a TikTok on Wednesday detailing what she wasn't prepared for.
The 25-year-old said she looked foolish when driving as the traffic lights and car indicators differ from the UK, and she thought 'how are you going?' meant 'where are you going?'
'If you're thinking about moving to Australia, here's some things you definitely need to know,' she said.
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Expat Charlee (pictured) moved from London to Sydney in November and shared six things that have shocked her most about living in Australia. The 25-year-old said she looked foolish when driving as the traffic lights and car indicators differ from the UK, and she thought 'how are you going?' meant 'where are you going?'
First, Charlee admitted she didn't quite understand some of the general terms used in everyday language.
'When I first came here in November and people were asking me how I was going, I told them I was going to the supermarket. They looked at me like I was a crazy person,' she said in the clip.
'I do now understand what this means – it means "how are you doing?"'
Next, Charlee said at first she has trouble opening doors due to the type of locks used in Australia.
'In the UK, most doors lock with a latch,' she said.
'Now I'm not a locksmith, however, I can tell you in every country I've ever been to if you want to unlock the door, you turn the key towards the centre of the door and the latch lifts up.
'Please don't do that in this country. You look like an idiot and it's the wrong way round.'
Charlee came to understand that most doors Down Under require the key to be turned outwards from the door, not inwards.
What are six culture shocks in Australia?
Traffic lights – British expat Charlee said in the UK drivers know when the light is about to turn green because the amber signal shines at the same time as the red, then turns green
Car indicators – in Australia most car indicators are on the right side, but it depends on the brand
Door locks – in Australia most doors unlock by turning the key outwards, not inwards towards the door
Mullets – a lot of people in Australia opt for this hairstyle
Dairy milk sometimes tastes different compared to other countries
'How are you going?' means 'how are you?', not 'where are you going?'
Charlee was also caught off guard while driving, as in Australia the indicator is typically located on the right side while in the UK and most of Europe it's on the left – but this depends on the brand.
'When I go to indicate I set my wipers off like f*cking crazy,' she said.
'This is one of the things that's still throwing me [off] and I've been driving here for 10 days now.'
Charlee also mentioned how 'crazy' Aussies can get in peak-hour traffic when driving home after work to get into their 'flip flops and singlets'.
Charlee was caught off guard while driving, as in Australia the indicator is located on the right side while in the UK and most of Europe it's on the left. She also mentioned how 'crazy' Aussies can get in peak-hour traffic when driving home after work (stock image)
Charlee said she's been beeped at by Aussies for being too slow at intersections when the lights turn green.
'Usually in the UK, it (the lights) turns red and amber at the same time so you know it's about to turn green,' she said.
'It doesn't do that in this country – it just shoots from red to green straight away.
Charlee said this give you no opportunity to change the song because you might miss when the lights turn green.
For the final two culture shocks, Charlee said dairy milk tastes like 'off Halloween chocolate' and how a lot of people have mullets.
Overnight the video has exceeded more than 250,000 views and left hundreds in stitches.
'I've laughed so hard at this. I totally forgot about some of the things,' one woman wrote.
Another said: 'I still don't know how to reply when a Brit says 'you alright?' So there's that.'
Others pointed out how the side the car indicators are on depends on the make of the car.
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The beauty of assisted reproductive technologies is that there are many ways to build a family, including surrogacy. When you are single, there are a few extra things to consider when starting your family through surrogacy. Read on for more information about surrogacy for single intended parents.
Thanks to a greater appreciation for many different types of families, more and more single people are looking to start their own families – without a partner. Surrogacy is one of several options for single people to have children.
The good thing is that in most cases, single people have the same ability to access surrogacy as a path to parenthood as couples. However, surrogacy laws do vary from state to state, so it is vital to double check the laws in your state before getting started.
The primary advantage of surrogacy is that you'll have a child who is biologically related to you if you are using your own eggs or sperm. In addition, you'll be there throughout the entire pregnancy, from before conception through delivery.
You'll also have the opportunity to form a wonderful relationship with your surrogate and her family if that's what you would like. Some intended parents (and their surrogate) wish to remain in contact after delivery, while others prefer not to.
There are some disadvantages to consider as well. Cost is one of them. Surrogacy is very expensive, and you must be able to afford all the associated costs on only your income. It's important to recognize that the surrogacy cycle isn't the end either; don't neglect the cost of single parenting.
In addition, surrogacy for single intended parents can be a very challenging process. You'll need to find a strong support system to help you through it. The surrogacy cycle is only the beginning, and you must be prepared for all that single parenting has to offer – the good and the bad.
Single men will need to work with both a surrogate and an egg donor. In some cases, they may also need to use a sperm donor. This is usually because the man does not produce any or enough sperm, or because he carries the gene for an inherited disorder that he does want to pass on to the child. There are many different sperm banks that a man can use to find a sperm donor if necessary, or he can use the sperm of a family member or close friend.
Single women will need to use a surrogate and a sperm donor. She'll have the option of using an anonymous donor or someone she knows, as long as that man isn't a blood relative (if she is using her own eggs). Single women using surrogacy to conceive may or may not need to use an egg donor as well. This typically depends on their medical history and personal preferences. For example, a woman who had her uterus removed due to cancer may still be able to use her own eggs for the initial in vitro fertilization (IVF) and then have the embryo implanted into the uterus of her surrogate.
There are many different ways to make surrogacy work, and they all give a single person the chance to have a baby that is biologically related to them. Whether choosing to work with an agency or someone they know, it is always advised that a proper reproductive attorney is used as all parties need to be protected legally.
Though there are some unique challenges that come up for single parenting through surrogacy, the good news is that it is very do-able! Working with a reputable and experienced surrogacy and egg donor agency can help provide the resources and support you'll need along your journey to parenthood.
Give us a call today and speak to one of our amazing surrogacy case managers who can answer all of your questions and help you get started. We look forward to working with you!


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Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886) was born Emily Elizabeth Dickinson at the prominent Dickinson family's Dickinson Homestead in Amherst, Massachusetts. Little known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry, and widely considered the greatest female writer in the English language. After studying at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she briefly attended the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Evidence suggests that Dickinson lived much of her life in isolation. Considered an eccentric by locals, she developed a penchant for white clothing and was known for her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, to even leave her bedroom. Dickinson never married, and most friendships between her and others depended entirely upon correspondence. While Dickinson was a prolific writer, her only publications during her lifetime were 10 of her nearly 1,800 poems, and one letter. The poems published then were usually edited significantly to fit conventional poetic rules. Her poems were unique to her era. They contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends, and also explore aesthetics, society, nature and spirituality. Although Dickinson's acquaintances were most likely aware of her writing, it was not until after her death in 1886 - when Lavinia, Dickinson's younger sister, discovered her cache of poems locked in her bureau, written on the backs of envelopes and scraps of paper - that the breadth of her work became public. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, though both heavily edited the content. A 1998 New York Times article revealed that of the many edits made to Dickinson's work, the name "Susan" was often deliberately removed. At least eleven of Dickinson's poems were dedicated to sister-in-law Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson, though all the dedications were obliterated, presumably by Todd. Emily Dickinson died of Bright's disease at the Dickinson Family home in Amherst, Massachusetts at the age of 55. A complete, and mostly unaltered, collection of her poetry became available for the first time when scholar Thomas H. Johnson published The Poems of Emily Dickinson in 1955.


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Items removed from 1989 diary, Bulk, 1989
Diaries of Mary Whitehouse
Diaries, 1953, 1967-1997 [bulk 1967-1997]
Press cuttings and correspondence on subjects including: Mary Whitehouse; morality; the BBC; the Broadcasting Standards Council; drinking on television; Coronation Street; television programme The Firm; The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie; the 25th anniversary of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association; Sky TV and British Satellite Broadcasting; radio programme The Mary Whitehouse Experience; pornography; Eastenders; television programme Last Children of the Empire; James Lawrence Isherwood; Mary Whitehouse's appearance on In the Psychiatrist's Chair and response of Dennis Potter regarding libellous comments made about his mother; death of Lord Hill of Luton [Charles Hill]; broadcast of Lady's Chatterley's Lover in BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime slot; visit of Douglas Hurd to Mary Whitehouse's home; production of The Romans in Britain in Cambridge; Dennis Potter television series Blackeyes; live broadcasts of House of Commons debates.
Correspondents include Michael Grade, Anne Beckwith-Smith (on behalf of Diana, Princess of Wales), Douglas Hurd, Margaret Thatcher, Robert Runcie, Neil Kinnock, [William] Ronald Robertson [Baron Robertson of Oakridge], Victoria Gillick, Marmaduke Hussey, George Russell (Chairman of the Independent Broadcasting Authority), Lucy Faithfull, David Wright (on behalf of Prince Charles: CLOSED), Richard Sykes, Michael Checkland and Thomas J. Winning, among others.
Also includes: press release regarding TV license detector vans; photographs of Mary Whitehouse with a TV license detector van; transcript of speech In Perspective, written and presented by Ted Harrison and regarding Mary Whitehouse; prayer by Pierre Charles read by Mary Whitehouse on Prayer for Today; copy of hymn In the Garden; monitoring report for film Prizzi's Honour.
Majority of material found in Bulk, 1989
[1979], 1988-1989
Two letters have been removed and are closed.
Items removed from 1989 diary, Bulk, 1989. Diaries of Mary Whitehouse, MS. 12864/45. Bodleian Libraries. https://archives.bodleian.ox.ac.uk//repositories/2/archival_objects/151880 Accessed January 19, 2021.


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Keeping it social
Livelink and Weber have been nominated for a somecomms award for 'Best use of Facebook' – in terms of all things social, it's a great one to be on the list for…
We've been doing business with Weber for a few years now but this is the first time we've entered an award together and it's nice to get shortlisted with our first team attempt, as it were.
The nomination is for our Aldi 500 Stores Campaign. This campaign was launched to raise awareness that Aldi was opening its 500th store. Its secondary aim was to build upon the social media buzz that we'd helped Weber to establish for Aldi over the previous 18 months during which we'd partnered the team to develop a series of Facebook apps for this client.
There was a competition element, which we purposely kept very simple and generic in order to get as many 'likes' as possible and to appeal to the widest audience. Our strategy worked and the app received 250,000 'likes' with 40% of these 'likes' going on to enter the competition which was for ten lucky winners to receive 500 weeks of free shopping in celebration of the 500th store. There was a grand total of 99,586 entries – a record number for Aldi.
It's great that Weber is getting its share of the accolade for this and other work. The team is adept at driving new business and we're pleased to partner Weber with this and other client work.
Manchester is a vibrant and creative environment when it comes to agency collaboration. On the whole, agencies are happy to pitch in together for the greater good of the client and it certainly keeps work fresh and exciting. As the digital requirement escalates, we find ourselves increasingly working with individuals from other creative backgrounds, whose skillset may be slightly different to ours but who take a similar results-driven approach.
We're always happy to be approached by agencies looking for external support to meet their clients' digital needs. It's a very fluid way of working and it's interesting to see how other consultancies work; who's got the best coffee etc…
There's no ego here – except, maybe, when it comes to awards!
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Telehealth broadly is about creating care connections across boundaries, care that encourages patients' independence, prevention and wellness; and care that can be leveraged for needed interventions. If we get telehealth right we can reduce impact of what we know is a growing health workforce shortage and concurrently create a healthier, more engaged patient base.
Getting telehealth right can reduce the impact of the growing healthcare workforce shortage, while creating a healthier, more engaged patient base.
Broadly speaking, telehealth focuses on creating care connections across boundaries—care that encourages patients' independence, prevention and wellness, and care that can be leveraged for needed interventions.
Joesph Kvedar, MD, vice president of Connected Health in the Partners HealthCare System and author of Internet of Healthy Things, envisions using technology to gather real-time biometric data for chronic disease management. Virtual provider visits, cloud computing devices, and mobile devices are increasing our capacity for immediate monitoring and chronic disease management.
Virtual provider video visits are trending in the healthcare industry and the government sector in part because legal protections have been put in place in response to concerns about provider liability as the potential for telehealth increases exponentially. Walgreens, CVS, and Blue Cross Blue Shield are actively engaged in developing video technologies for care delivery. HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has published numerous papers about the potential for virtual provider visits and using telehealth more broadly. Virtual video production, the agency reported, appears to be a viable approach to patient education and care; professional development; retention; and collaboration.
Cloud computing and mobile devices are increasing the capacity of captured health data and integrated networks, Kvedar said. In 5 years, 20 billion everyday objects will be considered "smart," because they have sensors and network ability. With existing GPS technologies, social networks, and automated contextual motivational messaging augmented by smart day-to-day objects, virtual artificial health beings could motivate humans to take such actions as exercising, resting, and losing weight.
Kvedar also discussed wearables, which are widely available to measure, record, and report steps, sleep patterns, blood pressure, stress, and weight. New and existing technologies need to be able to aggregate and normalize data while concurrently meeting user demand for flawless technological design. The end user is both provider and patient, and the technology must be customizable to the patient and normalized to be useful to the providers.
There have been good results for asthma compliance in teens, palliative care pain management, and cancer medication compliance using technology strategies that leverage subliminal messaging, unpredictable awards, and sentinel events, Kvedar reported. Telehealth has generated changes in self care and patient outcomes that have the same power as therapeutics.
Teenagers participating in a private Facebook group, which utilized the asthma survey Connect 2 My ACT through periodic electronic prompts developed by providers, had an 80% compliance rate compared to the control group's 18% compliance.
In another example, palliative care-related telehealth technologies were used to help patients understand how to manage pain. The in-office message to "take the medicine when you need it" often did not resonate at home. However, prompts to rate pain and questions about medicine use were supported by connections to palliative care units when the algorithm-generated response suggested a need for human interaction. As a result, pain levels dramatically improved over the course of these interventions.
Kvedar closed the lecture by promising the audience that telehealth and related technologies will not take the place of the doctor: the effect of the patient/ provider relationship is lasting. Patients often do not want to disappoint their doctors. If the design of health technologies is provider driven and supported by doctors, patients will take to the technologies and medical professionals can expect improvements in health outcomes and patient engagement in their healthcare management.