Last month when Gov. Daniels spoke to the Greencastle Kiwanis, he expressed concern that the huge influx of federal stimulus dollars that Indiana will soon receive will lead us to "fall off a cliff" in two years when the money runs out. The governor is especially concerned about the $1.3 billion earmarked for education. Fortunately, House Bill 1669, which was authored by Rep. Nancy Michael and has now passed both House and Senate unanimously, offers one solution.
HB1669 calls for the creation of a Geothermal Conversion Loan Fund to help schools switch from conventional heating and cooling to geothermal heat pumps. A growing number of schools in Indiana and across the nation are turning to geothermal to reduce their heating and cooling expenses. According to the EPA, geothermal is "the most energy-efficient, environmentally clean and cost-effective system of temperature control." Although it is initially more expensive to install, geothermal offers immediate and substantial energy savings for the life of the system.
Any stimulus money invested in converting schools to geothermal heat pumps would give back for decades to come. If part of those savings were directed into the Geothermal Conversion Fund, the money would give back exponentially.
This solution is all the more inviting because it would help solidify Indiana's role as a national leader in geothermal. The second largest geothermal parts manufacturer in the nation, Water Furnace, is located in Fort Wayne, and an increasing number of Indiana firms are specializing in geothermal system design and installation.
If used in conjunction with the stimulus money, the Geothermal Conversion Fund could lead to hundreds of schools installing geothermal with a relatively small initial investment.
Let's say the state were to use as little as $40 million of its $1.3 billion in federal education funds to assist geothermal installations in 40 schools over the next two years. Each of the 40 schools would receive half of their allotment as a grant and half as a no-interest loan to be paid back into the Geothermal Conversion Fund out of their utility savings. The $20 million paid into the Fund by the original 40 schools could then be used in future years to pay the "gap" between the cost of installing geothermal and conventional systems in other schools.
Suppose that those later schools were required to pay back 75 percent of their loans. At the end of 20 years, the original $40 million in stimulus money would be sufficient to help nearly 200 schools install geothermal.
The avoided utility costs would reach into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
The president wants stimulus money to be used quickly to generate jobs, improve schools and enhance energy-efficiency. The governor wants the money to be used in ways that provide long-term benefits rather than artificially boosting spending in unsustainable ways. Geothermal fulfills all of these goals. By using the money this way, we would not only avoid "falling off a cliff," we would create a rock-solid foundation for our schools and taxpayers for years to come.
To access our report on geothermal in Indiana schools, go to ingeothermal.pbwiki.com.
Taylor Cantril ('11) and Michael Lutz ('09) are students at DePauw University. Kelsey Kauffman is co-director of the DePauw Environmental Policy Project.


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Jewish Word | Tsuris
By	 Eileen Lavine
2013 January-February, Arts & Culture, Jewish Word
Nobody Knows the Tsuris I've Seen…
"Nobody knows the trouble I've seen," laments an African-American spiritual. In Yiddish, this feeling is encapsulated by the word tsuris—variously defined as troubles, worries, aggravation, woes, suffering, grief or heartache. In other words, "tsuris is what nudniks have and are only too willing to share with others," according to the Everyday Yiddish-English Dictionary. The online Urban Dictionary calls it "a Yiddish phrase for worries, stress or hassle," giving this example: "Oy, Zelda, I don't want to be a kvetch, but I've got tsuris up to here."
Tsuris is a Yiddish word, but its root is the Hebrew tzarah, meaning trouble; its relative, litzrot, means to become narrow or to be in a tight place, says Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York, a longtime student of Yiddish and a former assistant director of the National Yiddish Book Center. Leo Rosten, writing in The Joys of Yiddish, points out that the singular of tsuris is tsorah or tsureh. Adds Kleinbaum: "What is interesting is that tsuris does not really exist in the singular, because Jews don't do trouble in the singular. It has to be in the plural."
The word is used liberally in connection with illness, money woes, relationships and especially children. The expression, "Don't give me any tsuris!" is timeless, as is the story of the proverbial four women sitting on a porch in a Catskill hotel: "Oy," says the first woman. "Oy vey," says the second. "Oy vez iz mir," sighs the third. "I thought we weren't going to talk about our children today," snaps the fourth woman. That's tsuris—a feeling so pervasive it need not be named.
There might not be another word in any language that quite captures the meaning of tsuris. It's less existential than angst, the Danish word philosopher Søren Kierkegaard used to describe anguish or outright anxiety, which he defined as unfocused fear or terror in the face of limitless freedom. (The shrieking man in Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is consumed with angst, not tsuris.) But tsuris treads deeper than shpilkes, a Yiddish word that literally translates as needles and describes a feeling of nervous energy. (Shpilkes means "sitting on pins and needles" or having "ants in one's pants" and is akin to the feeling of butterflies in your stomach before a job interview or an important meeting.) And tsuris definitely isn't fardeiget, a far less-known Yiddish word that means worried or distressed.
Tsuris pops up frequently, even outside of strictly Jewish circles. When Senator Daniel Inouye died recently, columnist Douglas Bloomfield wrote in an obituary in The Forward that Inouye had told him he had considered converting to Judaism but joked that he didn't "because being Japanese and having only one arm, he had enough 'tsuris.'" In a 2011 article on President Barack Obama and Israel called "The Tsuris" in New York Magazine, the author John Heilemann argues that "Obama unleashed a tsunami of tsuris" among the Jewish community because of his Israel policies. The word also made an appearance in the 1997 movie Wag the Dog, where a character complains, "I don't need this gig. I don't need the money. I don't need the tsuris."
Surprisingly, tsuris hasn't been absorbed into everyday American English as readily as Yiddish words such as maven, or chutzpah or kvetch. Non-Yiddish-speaking Jews and non-Jews don't always recognize it immediately. The late conservative columnist and grammarian James J. Kilpatrick, for example, was aggravated when he came across the word in a Newsday article, prompting him to write a 1988 column on "The Writer's Art:" "Tsuris?" he asked. "What in the devil is tsuris?" He finally found the word in the American Heritage College dictionary and Random House Unabridged, discovering that "spelled tsores, it appears in the 1986 supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary where its first usage is dated from 1901."
Sometimes tsuris requires an adjective for more oomph: In an article in the National Review in 1987, D. Keith Mann said, "If I were an American mother, I'd worry more about drugs in my children's schools and drunk driving and AIDS and a million other problems, gehocte tsuris." Leo Rosten spells this phrase gehokteh tsuris, defining it as "chopped-up," although he complains, "Why troubles are worsened when chopped up, like chicken liver, I do not know, but the phrase certainly sounds authoritative."
Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz may assign far too much importance to tsuris in his book The Vanishing American Jew. In his "Tsuris Theory of Jewish Survival," he posits that historically "Jews have retained their Jewish identity, at least in part, because of tsuris." But as external threats diminish, Dershowitz contends that tsuris can no longer be relied on to maintain Jewish continuity. Who knew a tsuris-free world could be such a problem?
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As I was growing up, music was a very important part of our lives. It wasn't a bookish culture I came from. But there was a great deal of music-- records, radio. Eventually, music everywhere-- in the streets, through people's windows in the summertime. And as I started to put together the impulse to tell a story, I found that very often, the music was something that created that moment of visualization, so to speak. And often, the music that was being heard or being played in the street or in the car radio counterpointed to the scenes I was seeing around me-- created the films. And eventually, this all led to my use of music in "Who's That Knocking" or particularly "Mean Streets" and eventually even "Alice" and eventually "Raging Bull" into "Goodfellas," et cetera. But in an odd way, pulling all those scenes together, hearing that everybody talking about movies at the time, in 1950s. And my father, my uncles talking about certain films and then mentioning other stories that are going on in the family or in the street. And somebody would say something like, oh, they could never make a movie of that. And that's what I wanted to do. So why not? So all this was coming together, and music was so prominent and almost like what you would call the sense memory, in a sense. So it really begins with the music for me. And once I hear the music, I mean, I really start to feel the story. Sometimes a piece of music reflects a character for me, and I start to imagine scenes. It isn't that I sit down and start . They sort of come to you while you're listening to the music. When I finally started making feature films, I knew that my movies would not have a proper score. They weren't meant to have that. In a way, they weren't deserving of that because those films, or the pictures that were made up to that time around the world are- they were something that were unattainable. They were the guides. They were the something we aspired to and couldn't really do something like them, even though you try. So the kind of films I was making just didn't lend themselves to this kind of thinking. At times, not in more negative sometimes in terms of Hollywood scores or traditional scores, sometimes they were coded, and the narratives were very different. There are different ways of indicating emotions and characters in music and in that tradition, and I was not from that tradition, I felt. The only thing trying-- the only thing that-- the only thing that restricted us to a certain extent was that at that time, we did not have the budgets to pay for licenses. And so we did want the films to be shown in theaters, if possible. And so that became a bit of a problem in terms of how much we could use, where we could get it, who would allow us to use it et cetera. Well, for example, the use of Ray Buretto's "El Watusi" and "Who's That Knocking On My Door" was a pivotal moment for me and in trying to shape a film together. Or in "M...
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Peter hands us each a lemonade. He is our most New England friend, his reds faded and wrinkled, and he sits with his legs outstretched and crossed at the ankles. It is the end of August and the afternoon is humid. Our sons play on the grass with Peter's girls. He looks after them with a queer anguish around his eyes that I haven't seen before.
"So when did you guys get back?" I ask.
"We went canoeing in Missouri," he says.
Peter takes a long sip of his drink. He whips the ice from his empty glass onto the lawn. I slide off my sandals and rest the bottoms of my feet on the cool bluestone. Peter speaks with his elbows on the iron table, hands clasped.
Wasps buzz near the gutters.
It's my friend Charlie's idea, Peter says, my roommate at Washington, the one we visit in Saint Louis every year. The rains had stopped a week before. The weather had been like this, only thicker, so the river should have been down. We load his silver canoe and two kayaks on the aluminum trailer and drive down to the public ramp. The Meramec hooks through this little downtown area—a squat brick prairie oasis that reminds me of Norwich or Willimantic—busted windows and empty, the kind of place that catches the sinners dropped by an angry god.
I help Jenny and Angela cinch up Charlie's cracked, spare lifejackets. His uncle and nephew join us. I place each of the girls in the middle of the canoe and hand them a baggie of animal crackers. The uncle is bigger than me and won't fit in the kayaks. I offer him the back of the canoe. He shrugs. I don't make much of it. He seems like an amiable, go-along kind of guy.
We shove off. The nephew, kid has to be sixteen, his legs are so long that when he folds himself into the kayak, it seems his knees are over his head. He dashes out front. The uncle and I paddle gently on alternate sides. Charlie follows. The river is slow but steady.
This is what I love about going out there, why I went to Wash over Bowdoin or Middlebury. We're explorers, Lewis and Clark, charting the Louisiana Purchase with the winds of Manifest Destiny at our backs and science in our hearts.
"Trust me on this," Peter says, refilling his glass from the sweating pitcher. "The story skips around a bit."
The Rejoice! evangelical church is over in DeSoto, about two miles from Charlie's place. He's changed a lot since college, religion especially. The congregants worship in a beige metal pre-fab monstrosity adjoined to a desacralized Catholic church. The historic stone building is now used for childcare during services in the new space. These two buildings, they're everything about religion in America. One is a humble sanctuary hand-built by the faithful, the centerpiece of a frontier town. The other arrived on a flatbed and boasts a 10,000-watt audio system and an eight-foot projector screen. Given the exclamation point at the end of its name, it's impossible to experience Rejoice! and not feel like someone is shouting, "Jesus Christ!" at the top their lungs, all the time.
The minister stands on the stage. Charlie says he's coach of the local girls' basketball team. He has one of those small boom microphones in his ear. He fires up the laser pointer and starts showing slides on the screen of a youth mission trip to Nicaragua. The nephew shows up in a bunch—arms around a group of native kids, sleeping on the bus—seems like a popular guy. That's how we ended up at the service or whatever the hell it was. Charlie wanted to see the pictures.
Most Midwesterners don't waste words, but the minister, he's talking non-stop. "I'd like to share some powerful testimonials with you," he says, "about how Jesus found us in South America because Jesus is everywhere, even with us right now, just as He was down in Nicaragua—amen, praise His name—and how we're back and He's still with us, and here's one young man who grew in Christ just when he felt God had forsaken him."
Get this—the nephew climbs on stage, hands in his pockets, dark hair over his eyes.
I paddle harder on the right. So does the uncle. Don't think either of us had much canoe experience. We accelerate into the turn, rather than pivot away from the shallows like we should. The aluminum bottom scrapes the sand bar. Our girls grip the sides, nervous. I hop out and shove the boat off the sand. The current grabs the canoe as the riverbed drops off beneath me. My foot gets caught on the gunnel and I flop into the river.
My daughters think this splashing is hilarious. The uncle holds the canoe steady while I climb back in. The cool water feels good in the heat, so I'm fine, if a little more apprehensive about the whole adventure.
"We'll get her straightened out," the uncle says.
I try to put some faith in that.
The nephew with hair in his eyes, now he's holding a microphone. He thanks Jesus, praises His name. The audience cheers and shouts amen.
"I didn't realize how far I'd drifted away from Jesus until I got to Nicaragua," the nephew says.
You know me. As a sociable Connecticut native, I love fretting about God and conscience while sitting around a dusty bottle of gin and a Triscuit with my fellow Yankees. But this kid is too young for that kind of anxiety.
The nephew keeps going. "Lately, my legs have been feeling pretty tired," he says. "There we were, in this beautiful country with these amazing mountains. I wanted to hike all of it and I couldn't and I wondered whether Jesus was trying to tell me something. Santiago, our mission host, found me praying and he gathered his cohorts together and they laid their hands on me. They said, 'Jesus will heal you and you will heal others in His name.'"
Nearly the whole church shouts amen again, louder than before.
The kid knows he's got everyone just hanging on his words. "When I woke in the morning," he says, "my legs were full of energy and life. I ran with joy into those mountains. Jesus was telling me that I needed to trust my body to Him, trust everything to Him. That," he says for emphasis, "is my testimonial."
The congregation claps and hoots and several people in American flag t-shirts throw their hands in the air.
The Meramec turns and folds back on itself so much I forget whether it flows east or west. The next bend, there's another sand bar on the right. On the left, an old birch has toppled from the bank into the water. Those rains, they'd turned most of the soil into sponge cake.
"Let's swing her left here, get around the shallows," I call to the uncle, "then hit it hard to the right, stay off that tree."
We overcompensate. We bring the bow left in a hurry—too much, too fast. We're pointing at the taproot of the downed tree, the river pushing us faster into the narrow space between the sandbar and the trunk. I switch sides with my paddle and shout to the uncle to drag it hard so we can avoid the hazard. She comes around right a bit, but not enough. The children begin to yell.
A large limb, eye-level, sticks out over the water. I hold up my oak paddle crossways and lock my arms, thinking I might be able to stop us or at least shove the canoe away from the tree. The flow of the river is too strong. The oar flies over my head and I'm pressed across the gunnel. Leaves brush my chest. As I fall into the river, I worry the limb will hit the children.
The current takes me immediately. I surface ten yards away. The water isn't deep and I can feel the silt under my sandals. The children are screaming, with expressions of honest terror that I've never seen before. In the chaos, I am moved by their fear of losing me. It's like death has absolutely never occurred to either one, and somehow there's an instant where I mourn that lost bit of their inexperience.
I'm determined to return to them, even if I have to swallow the whole river to do so. I grab some thin branches, the top of the birch, and pull myself up river to the canoe, now stuck in a tangle of limbs.
The uncle is standing in the water trying hard to hold the boat steady. Jenny and Angela are both crying, little hands grasping the sides. I am a yard away when the stern—right, the stern?—comes around, despite the uncle's struggle.
"Don't do that!" I shout, to the uncle, to the river, to whoever is listening. But it's too late. Soon as the canoe spins perpendicular to the current, it flips. Four pink feet flash up in the air before going under the water. The children disappear.
Jenny pops up right away, soaked and screaming and miraculously still wearing her new red glasses. The uncle grabs her. But we can't find Angela. One second. Two seconds. I yell for her. Three seconds. The silver belly of the canoe begins to float away. I realize she must be trapped underneath.
We lunge for the canoe and turn it over. Angela is there, eyes bright, her hands reaching for us. I grab her. Her arm shoots around my neck and locks tight.
That next day, Sunday, we're sitting on Charlie's deck after the church service. The uncle and nephew have gone home.
The house is built on a hill. A small lake rests in the hollow, past which the prairie stretches green and gentle to the west. A breeze rustles the soybean crop and young corn. The leaves move like the river, quiet and steady.
"What did you think about my nephew's testimonial?" Charlie asks me.
I'm holding Angela in my lap. She has a small cut on her shoulder from our adventure the day before. Her head rests on my chest.
"Did they do any humanitarian work down there, maybe pick up a hammer, or was it just a lot of evangelizing?" I ask.
Charlie sips from a beer. "He's good at things, my nephew. He runs fast, jumps high. Forward on the soccer team. The leg thing? He's just diagnosed with some kind of ataxia, one of those diseases where your body just quits on you. Doctors say there'll be peaks and valleys and room for praying, but it's still three years to the wheelchair."
After the accident, the uncle and I get the kids onto the riverbank. The nephew pulls his kayak onto the sand bar and waits. Charlie joins us on shore.
"We have to get the kids back in the canoe," he says.
"Absolutely not," I say. "They're terrified and soaked. We'll walk to the road."
Charlie doesn't hesitate. "It's miles to the nearest street, across acres of prickers, bugs, snakes, brush, everything. The river is the only way."
If this were college or any time in the decade after, I would have told him to you-know-what himself. But we both have families, and there was a good part of his family staring at a good part of mine, and it was like everyone felt a little bit responsible, but somehow the whole country still got between us. That friendship was just gone, you know?
Then I notice Jenny surveying the canoe and our gear. She looks up at us and says, "it's okay," with the same affable shrug as the uncle, like she'd learned something from him I couldn't teach her in a thousand years. There's no panic in her eyes, no more tears. Her courage calms Angela right down. Sometimes it seems like your kids grow up when you're not looking. It's a wonder when you get to witness.
It's decided. Charlie walks the canoe past the fallen tree, to a sandy dip in the bank. Without waiting, Jenny, despite losing her flip-flops in the accident, marches off through the brush to catch up with him.
We realign. Charlie takes over steering the canoe, the uncle sits in the bow. Jenny is between them. We ferry Angela to the nephew's kayak. She squeezes in between his legs, where she'll be safer. I climb in Charlie's kayak. As we shove off again, Jenny asks whether she can have more animal crackers when we return. As many as you want, I say.
The water seems quieter from that point on. We pass more downed trees, but only when the river is wide and straight. I'm still angry—at Charlie for not knowing about the debris in the water, at the uncle for not steering us, at the river, at myself most of all for taking a chance with the kids in the first place. I take the lead to hide my darkened face. It feels good to be out front, like I've regained some control. A minute passes. Then I bash my paddle on the deck of the kayak and shout, goddamnit.
Just then, a giant bald eagle swoops down over the river from the canopy above, its wings outstretched and full of grace. The bird glides silently ahead of us. I've never seen one so close before, and I am shocked by how still its feathers are, like it's not the wind keeping it aloft but something else. The whole river is quiet.
"Follow it!" the nephew shouts.
I watch the eagle for a moment, rapt, then it banks to the right and is gone.
The anger flies away and I breathe again. Charlie is a solid friend, I remind myself. His good nature made this New England kid feel at home during my four-year self-exploring expedition to the Middle West.
It's no one's fault. Rivers do what they do. The children are safe. That is all that matters.
A few days later, we drive home to Connecticut. Carla and the girls are sleeping. As Indiana blends into Ohio, I keep thinking about the nephew and his legs, about Angela under the canoe, about the eagle over the water. I decide that I hope the boy keeps his faith, even while mine is still knee-deep, like the shallows of the river.
What a marvel to have such trust, don't you agree? Those people have something we don't. I don't know if it's innocence or just an unwillingness to really study the damn Bible or a belief that Christianity is like your underwear drawer, you just grab what you feel like wearing that day. But it works for them in a way it never could for us, living with the ghost of Jonathan Edwards down the street. But, sometimes, I think I might want to let my spirit rejoice. Wouldn't it be great to stand up and shout, "amen!" and have a bunch of people yell it right back to you?
"Peter, that's incredible," I say, placing my own empty glass on the metal table.
He leans back in his chair. A patch of sweat is visible in the center of his blue shirt. "Tomorrow's Sunday again," he says, looking after his daughters.
A wasp lands on the rim of the lemonade pitcher. The children are playing tag. One of our boys pushes Angela hard and she hits the ground. You're dead, her sister shouts. I am not, she says, rising up.
The wasp completes its circumnavigation, then lingers for a bit, rubbing its legs together. By the gutter, its brethren drone on, tempted by the sweetness but still ignorant and afraid.
J. F. Newman lives and writes in Milford, Connecticut. He is the author of the novel, The Freeman's Oath, the occasional blog, Notes from an American Farmer, and his writing has appeared in The Charles River Review, The Hog River Journal, Our Town, Minnesota Law & Politics, War, Literature & the Arts, and more. When not writing, Joe manages Treasure Hill Farm, his family's horse farm in his native town of Salem, Connecticut.
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November 20, 2016RobertFeatured, News
Are you aware that illegal exotic Dwarf Mexican Crayfish are currently being clandestinely sold in Australia! All exotic freshwater crayfish are banned from Australia due to the potential for carrying "Crayfish Plague" and the potential to become pest species upsetting the natural balance. All exotic crayfish species are prohibited from Australia.
Crayfish plague is a serious disease of freshwater crayfish, and Australian crayfish are highly susceptible. Crayfish plague has the potential to destroy the Australian Crayfish Aquaculture Industries in all States. Redclaw, Marron and Yabbies are all highly susceptible as are all other native Australian freshwater crayfish. Freshwater crayfish are keystone species with a disproportionately large effect on the whole catchment relative to their abundance. They play a critical role in maintaining the structure of the whole ecological community, their prosperity and abundance affecting many other organisms in the ecosystem and helping to determine the types and numbers of these other species in the catchment. As keystone species, their removal from the creeks, rivers and lakes of Australia would detrimentally alter the ecology of Australia.
It was the 12th July 2016 when I heard that this clandestine trade was occurring and unscrupulous people were selling them on facebook and trying to hide their trails. Seemingly, everyone knew they were doing something illegal but these crayfish were being sold for $30-$200 each so very lucrative. My immediate concern was to alert the authorities so I immediately contacted the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR) and then wrote to the Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce who is also the Minister for DAWR. This department is responsible for Australia's biosecurity and their job to keep exotic species out of the country.
Well what a waste of my time that exercise was. Over the months I kept hounding the department for answers as to why nothing is happening, week after week went by, I kept sending in more and more information as more and more of these dangerous exotic crayfish were being distributed throughout the community. Yet nothing from the department except they are investigating. Its not as if DAWR doesn't know the risk they even listed it in Emergency Animal Disease Bulletin – No 112
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds/animal/ead-bulletin/ead-bulletin-112
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, 2005 created AQUAVETPLAN – Disease Strategy Manual – Crayfish Plague. This disease strategy manual is an integral part of the Australian Aquatic Veterinary Emergency Plan (AQUAVETPLAN).
The manual sets out the disease control principles for use in response to a suspected or confirmed incursion of crayfish plague in Australia.
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/animal/aquatic/aquavetplan/crayfish-plague
National environment law is covered by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). This legislation covers the import of all live animals. For the imports of live plants and animals the legislation: establishes a list of specimens suitable for live import. Only fish listed on the list of specimens taken to be suitable for live import (the live import list) can be imported into Australia. You should be aware that species not listed on the live import list are prohibited imports.
https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/wildlife-trade/exotics/exotic-fish-trade
No freshwater crayfish are on the list so all freshwater crayfish are prohibited from Australia.
The EPBC Act refers to illegal imports.
https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/wildlife-trade/exotics
On the website it states: Some of the exotic animals available in Australia have been imported illegally despite Australia's strict import laws. Possessing illegally imported animals (or their offspring) is an offence under national environment law. The penalty for illegal possession under national environment law is gaol of up to five years and/or a fine of up to $110,000.
Despite legislation to stop this illegal trade nothing is heard from the Department of Department of Agriculture and Water Resources for 15 weeks whilst they supposedly investigate. Then on the 26/9/16 this turns up on Facebook!
Exotic Dwarf Mexican Crayfish being sold of Facebook
Once I saw this I immediately contacted DAWR and the Minister as I could not believe that this was true. But sure enough someone claiming to be from DAWR rang me and advised they had finished their investigation, they had tested one crayfish and it was plague free, that the crayfish being sold are offspring of imported crayfish, the departments only interest is imported crayfish, as these aren't imported, they don't care and nothing they can do.
You can imagine this was not what I wanted to hear and I advised; Im not interested in listening to hearsay over the phone I want all that in writing. In response he advised this was a Monday and the whole Department had the day off and there was no one there that day so it would be a few days before I would receive conformation in writing. Going on past performance I'm sure you can all guess there was no written confirmation within the next few days. It wasn't till the 18th October (24 days later) that I finally received a very disturbing response from Barnaby Joyce. SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! is an understatement. For a copy of the Minister's unpalatable response to this Biosecurity Threat to Australia "Click here".
He states the exotic Mexican crayfish were legally brought into Australia. How can an illegal species be legally brought into Australia?????????????? Then only 1 crayfish tested for plague, what level of accuracy or protection does that give us???????????????
I've requested the Minister advise, who legally imported them and when; plus who is responsible for allowing this import. As yet no response but I have heard on the grape vine that legally imported is a typo and it should have been illegal. Who knows-Ill update when the Minister responds-going on past performances, that's no time soon.
In my opinion the Deputy Prime Minister, Barnaby Joyce has categorically failed in his duty of care to the people of Australia, the Aquaculture Industry of Australia and the Ecology of Australia. He is unconcerned with exotic crayfish being bred and distributed throughout Australia.
Now, thanks to the Minister and his Department the clandestine trade has moved out of Facebook and into main stream media. These environmental vandals are now openly trading their illegal produce on mainstream media. Thanks to Barnaby Joyce the trade has moved onto Gumtree.
Exotic Dwarf Mexican Crayfish for sale on Gumtree
There is current Legislation to solve this problem and discourage further black market profiteering from illegal exotic crayfish. Unfortunately, efforts with the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources the Hon Barnaby Joyce, have been unsuccessful and the Minister has approved the proliferation of this exotic species in Australia. Those who were previously dealing clandestinely on Facebook are now marketing openly on Gumtree touting they have the approval of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.
Distinguishing between an exotic crayfish newly illegally imported carrying crayfish plague or an exotic crayfish supposedly breed from illegal imports without plague is impossible. All exotic crayfish should be prohibited from Australia. Offspring from illegally imported species should also be illegal, it is unacceptable that Barnaby Joyce considers them legal. Those now propagating offspring of those illegal crayfish are profiting from a crime with the full support of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon Barnaby Joyce.
There are many other varieties/species of Mexican Dwarf Crayfish. For example the orange dwarf Mexican crayfish (Cambarellus patzcuarensis) may sell for well over $2000/crayfish when it is illegally imported into Australia. Make NO Mistake the aquarium crayfish industry is huge with hundreds of species traded worldwide. For example in America the aquarium pet crayfish industry trades $100 million USD/year.
The incentive and demand for unique crayfish species is huge. The huge sums of money to be made from the illegally importing of more exotic crayfish species into Australia and the condoning of the sale of the progeny from this black market trade by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is placing the ecology of Australia at extreme risk. Lack of action on this first illegal import gives the GREEN LIGHT for further illegal imports of exotic freshwater crayfish.
This issue is far from over, here in NSW we have far more efficient and professional Government Departments than DAWR. NSW DPI is well aware of the risks.
The NSW Department of Primary Industry states: Many European countries have had their crayfish stocks destroyed by the so-called "crayfish plague", caused by fungus Aphanomyces astaci. It originated in the United States and spread to Europe with introduced crayfish. This fungus is not present in Australia, but tests have shown that if it were to reach Australia it would destroy many of our crayfish stocks. To stop this fungus destroying our unique crayfish fauna, the import of crayfish into Australia has been prohibited.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/aquaculture/publications/species-freshwater/freshwatercrayfish-aquaculture-prospects
I have generated a report for the NSW Aquaculture Association on this Issue and the Risks. For a copy of that report "Click here". Hopefully, these crayfish will soon be prohibited in NSW and anyone with them in their possession will be prosecuted. We will continue to push for the same in all states and continue to harass the Federal Government to pick up their game and protect the ecology of Australia. I urge you all to join with us and add your voice and question the Government Departments as to what they are going to do to resolve this extreme biosecurity risk to Australia.
Rob McCormack
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Don't rile the landlord, he'll only blog if you do!
Yes it's that time again where someone or something has made my piss boil (it's definitely not cystitis this time) and I feel compelled to put my thoughts to paper.
So what's got my goat this time? Well as you know as a business we're quite active on social media and as such our postings will attract comments, that in someways is part of the fun and a great way to engage people, encourage custom and promote your business, so far so good.
Well last night a comment was left on a picture, the comment being 'nice wine bar'. Now this comment in itself seemed at first innocuous and if nothing else inaccurate. However having looked at the profile of the person who left the comment I soon surmised that it was the same twiggy brown beer drinker sort that gives CAMRA an incredibly bad name.
So what to do, well initially I responded thanking them for the comment but pointing out its inaccuracy. Yes we do have an extensive wine list most of which is natural and organic however we also have the largest selection of ever changing cask and keg real ale of any 'micropub' in Worthing not to forget a huge selection of bottled and canned beer.
However I started to become more and more pissed off when I thought about the comment (don't go looking for it as I have since deleted the entire thread to protect the person who left it as I wanted to write my thoughts down). As it seemed deliberate designed to denigrate my business.
Well let me send a message to the dinosaurs, the asteroid is coming and your days are numbered, extinction awaits. Real ale is no longer the preserve of beardy white men of a certain age and my pub is open to all (even lager drinkers).
I will not apologise for having broadened the offering of good quality alcohol to my patrons and broadening the appeal of my pub. Some have said we have moved away from the 'micropub' ethos, well if you don't like it don't come. Perhaps if you're really so aggrieved put your life savings into opening the business you want, it's all very easy to criticise rather than do, however I did and my business is thriving. I don't care whether people think we're a wine bar or not a micro however what are and will always be is an inclusive venue selling the finest ale, beer, wines and spirits known to humanity and also providing award winning customer service to our community.


Mr. Yu Liang has been serving as Chairman of the Board in China Vanke Co., Ltd. since January 2018. He is also Director in Shanghai Cura Investment & Management Co., Ltd.(CURA INVESTMENT).He was President, Chief Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager, Executive Deputy General Manager, General Manager and Finance Director in the Company. He used to be Independent Director in Shanghai Metersbonwe Apparel and Accessory Co., Ltd. He obtained a Bachelor's degree from Peking University in 1988 and a Master's degree in Economics from Peking University in 1997.
Mr. Wang Shi has been serving as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board in China Vanke Co., Ltd. since 2016. He also serves as Director in SOHU.com Inc, Independent Director in China Resources Land Limited, SHANGHAI METERSBONWE FASHION & ACCESSORIES CO., LTD., Central China Real Estate Limited and Modern Media Holdings Limited.
Mr. Zhu Jiusheng has been serving as President and Chief Executive Officer in China Vanke Co., Ltd. since January 31, 2018. He is also Non-Executive Director in Huishang Bank, Independent Non-Executive Director in LVGEM (China) Real Estate Investment Company Limited, as well as Director in Shenzhen Kondarl (Group) Co., Ltd. He obtained his Master's degree in Economics from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in 1993, and his Ph.D. in Economics from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in 2003.
Mr. Lin Maode is serving as Vice Chairman of the Board in China Vanke Co., Ltd. He used to be Deputy General Manager in Shenzhen Zhenye (Group) Co., Ltd. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China.
Mr. Sun Jia has been serving as Chief Financial Officer, Finance Director and Executive Vice President in China Vanke Co., Ltd. since March 16, 2016. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Peking University, China in 2001, and his Master of Business Administration from Harvard University, the United States in 2007.
Mr. Zhang Xu is serving as Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President and Director in China Vanke Co., Ltd. He is also Executive Director in Vanke Property (Overseas) Limited, as well as Independent Non-Executive Director in Banyan Tree Holdings Limited. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Industrial and Civil Architecture from Hefei University of Technology, China in 1984, and a Master of Business Administration from Troy State University, the United States in 2001.
Mr. Wang Wenjin has been serving as Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer and Director in China Vanke Co., Ltd. since March 16, 2016. He was General Manager-Finance Management Division and Chief Financial Officer in the Company. He obtained a Master's degree from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China in 1994. He is a Certified Public Accountant (Inactive).
Ms. Zhu Xu has been serving as Vice President and Secretary of the Board in China Vanke Co., Ltd. since March 16, 2016. She obtained her Bachelor's degree in Economics from Hunan University in 1997, her Master's degree in Management from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in 2001, and her Master's degree in Public Policy from University of London, the United Kingdom in 2006. She is a Certified Tax Agent.
Mr. Chen Xianjun is serving as Director in China Vanke Co., Ltd. He is also Chief Financial Officer and Director in Shenzhen Metro Group Co., Ltd., as well as Director in Shenzhen Eastern Bus Co., Ltd. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Hangzhou Dianzi University in 1993, and his Master's degree in Finance from Xiamen University in 2004. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
Mr. Sun Shengdian is serving as Director in China Vanke Co., Ltd. He is also Vice Chairman of the Board in Shenzhen Huakong SEG Co., Ltd., as well as Independent Director in Konka Group Co., Ltd. He obtained his Ph.D. in Engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University in 2005.
Mr. Kang Dian is serving as Independent Director in China Vanke Co., Ltd. He used to be Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer in New China Life Insurance Company Ltd., as well as Chairman of the Board in New China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Ltd. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Manufacturing from University of Science and Technology Beijing in 1982, and a Master's degree in Economics from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1984.
Mr. Li Qiang is serving as Independent Director in China Vanke Co., Ltd. He is also Chairman of the Board in Shenzhen Qianhai Financial Holdings Co., Limited. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in National Economics Management from Xi'an University of Finance and Economics in 1995, and His Master's degree in Economics from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in 2002.
Ms. Liu Shuwei is serving as Independent Director in China Vanke Co., Ltd. She obtained her Master's degree in Economics from Peking University in 1986.
Mr. Wu Jianing is serving as Independent Director in China Vanke Co., Ltd. He obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1984, and his Master of Business Administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1999. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.


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An intrinsic outline of augmented reality market in terms of the competitive spectrum: escalating scope of digitization and software technologies to heavily impact the industry growth
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An elemental realm of the smart technology space, augmented reality market has, in recent times, emerged to be an extensively deep-rooted niche vertical, the expansive growth of which can be unquestionably credited to the heavy applications that AR finds across myriad businesses such as retail, medical, aerospace, automotive, and most influentially, the gaming zone. The extensive deployment of AR in games is coherently vivid from the massive popularity that gaming products enjoy among a tech-savvy consumer base. For instance, recently, internet tabloids were ablaze with the news that Pokémon Go has received a major AR makeover. That is to say, the existing AR feature on the game has been sufficiently updated so as to retain the phone's battery life – all due to the ARKit framework embedded in the iOS 11. This incidence validates the fact leading tech magnates partaking in augmented reality market have been going the whole nine yards to explore and innovate as many exceptional AR products in order to expand the application landscape of this business space.
U.S. AR market size, by application, 2016 & 2024 ($Mn)
It is prudent to mention that the competitive hierarchy of augmented reality industry is rather fragmented, and is intricately characterized by the presence of established biggies as well as a substantially huge number of smaller participants such as software developers, content providers, platform providers, and hardware device manufacturers. It has been observed that tech giants have been acquiring smaller players and start-ups to make themselves fully-functional and independently operational for gradually consolidating their position in augmented reality market, considering the widespread scope of AR for viewing the real world with technologically developed imagery. The end-user spectrum dynamics for AR, as is witnessed, is rather far-flung and comprehensive. Say for instance, recently, Japan-based Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) signed a pact with the MOL Techno-Trade and Furono Electric to combinedly come up with an AR-incorporated system that would support vessel operations during voyages, providing enhanced visual information about other ships, landmarks, and obstacles at sea, on tablets and other digital devices. If proved successful, the system would indeed bring about a transformational change in augmented reality industry outlook from the industrial domain, as per experts. Speaking along similar lines, a succinct gist about three pivotal augmented reality market companies and their contributions toward propelling the revenue graph of this business space has been outlined below.
One of the most proactive tech giants across the globe, Google has comfortably carved its space in augmented reality industry. Merely a month earlier, the company had claimed that AR tech is here to stay - as per the company's claims, close to 100 million devices will be equipped with AR by the end of Q4 2017, while a tentative 'hundreds of millions' of devices would be incorporated with AR by 2018 end. Affirming its substantially huge claims, the tech behemoth has recently launched its own AR stickers on the Pixel and Pixel 2. The novel AR tech used in these stickers will also be effectively launched with the branded stickers of Stranger Things and Star Wars, further popularizing the commercialization potential of U.S. augmented reality market.
Earlier this year, Google marked pivotal significance in augmented reality industry with the launch of the ARCore in August – a direct competition to Apple's ARkit. Having sufficiently dabbled in AR tech, in the future, Google is likely to make an extensive contribution toward the overall augmented reality market.
One of most prominent players of augmented reality industry, this Florida headquartered company recently announced that it plans to launch AR headsets and googles, that are likely to pose stiff competition to other participants in augmented reality market. Magic Leap's goggles are apparently oversized cyberpunk-y goggles, with an external computer – the Lightpack, and a handheld controller that is designed to accept gestures, sounds, and head poses. Despite stiff competition, Magic Leap's products have been projected to gain mass popularity in augmented reality industry post their official launch.
Apple's contribution toward augmented reality market, similar to its regional rivals, has been extremely commendable. While product innovations have remained a key strategy of the tech giant, as proved by the recent launch of the AR-enabled Pokémon, in 2017, Apple seems to have taken to acquiring other players in augmented reality industry to consolidate its position in the business. For instance, Apple recently invested around USD 390 million in Finisar, the producer of laser scanners used in the iPhone X, in order to increase the individual component production in its AR camera systems. Bearing further testimony to this presumption, is the fact that Apple's acquisition of Shazam is being touted to strengthen the former's stance in augmented reality market, given that Shazam launched an AR platform of an extensive scale in March 2017.
The AR technology has been rapidly penetrating myriad verticals, subject to its extraordinary capability of enabling users to glimpse a live direct or indirect view of a real-world scenario, the components of which are enhanced by real-world sensory inputs such as graphics, sounds, and GPS data. In the decades to come, it has been speculated that augmented reality industry trends would observe a consistent transformation of sorts, given the fact that this technology is undoubtedly slated to revolutionize consumer lifestyles by quite some proportion. The latest automobiles for instance, have been incorporated with head-up displays for GPS clearance, AR glasses as virtual navigation beacons, and more. The retail sector isn't far from heavily adopting AR tech either – recently, Myntra made it to the headlines for its announcement of planning to deploy AR for enhancing its connect with consumers, which would have a considerable impact on augmented reality market outlook from the retail sector. By a large, AR is likely to emerge as a transformative technology in the years ahead, propelling augmented reality industry share. As per a report compiled by Global Market Insights, Inc., augmented reality market size has been estimated to cross USD 50 billion by 2024.
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Boxer Floyd Mayweather buys 100 cars from one dealer
Chris Woodyard
Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. lives up to one of his nicknames, "Money," when it comes to his car collection. Just ask the auto dealership that sold him over 100 cars over 18 years, including 16 Rolls-Royces.
"He'll buy a car before a fight. He'll buy cars after the fight. He'll buy cars on holidays," says Josh "Chop" Towbin of Towbin Motorcars in Las Vegas.
Mayweather has the money to throw around. He is one of the world's most highly paid athletes. His payday for his May fight with Manny Pacquiao is expected to earn him $100 million alone.
Towbin Motorcars isn't about pass up a sale when it comes to Mayweather, its executives tell USA TODAY Sports. Sometimes he calls and wants to go car shopping at 2 a.m. The dealership is happy to oblige.
"We never know when Floyd will get the bug to go car shopping," says Jesika Towbin-Mansour. But it's worth the effort. A Rolls-Royce can run north of $400,000. A Bugatti passes $2 million like a speed bump -- and Mayweather owns three of them.
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The champ pays in cash -- sometimes duffel bags full of it. There's so much cash that the auto dealership had to buy a new cash-counting machine just to accommodate Mayweather. Plus, he's picky about what he buys.
"These cars are an extension of his persona. They are the best of the best, as he is," Towbin-Mansour says.


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Your allotment sounds fantastic Jeff If you're not going to have it for long, I wouldn't invest in any expensive long-term fruits unless you can easily take them with you when you move elsewhere.
Cheers Tahir, you'll have to come over for a peek once it's more up and running!
GJ, I will plant whatever I can as long as I get a good crop within a year or 2 and I will try to always take cuttings etc when I do move on so I'm not affraid to spend a bit of money if the reward is just.


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Alexander Isak will be best served staying long-term with Real Sociedad
Alexander Isak has signed a new contract with Real Sociedad that will keep him with the La Liga club until the summer of 2026, the club announced on Twitter.
Isak impressed with Sociedad last season as he scored 17 goals in the La Liga, helping his side to finish fifth and qualify for the Europa League next season.
As a result of his impressive form in Spain, Isak was named as the La Liga's young player of the season last term.
The 21-year-old also impressed for Sweden in the European Championships, helping his country to a Round of 16 place before they were eliminated by Ukraine.
Isak has earned comparisons to Swedish football icon Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Unsurprisingly, he has been linked with potential moves to several clubs across Europe including Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona.
It remains to be seen what Isak will do next season. Even though his contract with Sociedad has been increased, he will likely leave the club at some point if he continues his current form. Sociedad will now stand to earn more money from a potential transfer.
Meanwhile, staying at Sociedad for a further season may also be a good idea for Isak. He will be getting more game time and also be experiencing Europa League football.
Isak has the potential to go on and become a world-class player but is not yet at that level. At this point of his career, he will be best served by continuing his development with Sociedad.
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NextFab Studio, LLC (DBA NextFab) is a network of membership-based makerspaces with locations in Philadelphia and Wilmington. Founded in 2009 by Evan Malone, the for-profit company opened its first location in West Philadelphia's University City Science Center.

NextFab offers users education on and access to manufacturing and prototyping equipment, and is associated with the maker culture and DIY culture.

After TechShop declared bankruptcy and closed all ten domestic locations in 2017, NextFab became the largest network of for-profit makerspaces with three locations in the United States.

History

Inception

NextFab was founded as a for-profit limited liability company in 2009 by Evan D. Malone, the son of American businessman and philanthropist John C. Malone. Evan Malone received his undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Pennsylvania at the age of 29, and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Cornell University. While at Cornell, he co-founded Fab@Home, the first multi-material 3D printer that's credited with sparking the consumer 3D Printing revolution. During his time at Cornell, Malone took the Fab@Home 3D printer to Johannesburg, South Africa as part of MIT's Fab Lab, an outreach effort that introduced off-the-shelf digital fabrication tools and design software to communities around the world. "It was inspirational to see how people with absolutely no technical background were able to invent and produce things that could lift them from poverty. Plus, it got tons of publicity. I felt like I could have an impact." - Evan MaloneNextFab's first location, a 4,400-square-foot space located at 3711 Market Street, opened to the public as a part of the University City Science Center's business incubator in 2010. The project was funded by Malone's family trust and cost $400,000.

Expansion
After four years in University City, NextFab relocated to a 21,000-square-foot facility on Washington Avenue in South Philadelphia in 2013. The expansion project was supported by a $5 million investment from Malone's family trust.

In December 2014, NextFab opened a 4,000-square-foot second location at 1227 N. 4th Street in the city's South Kensington neighborhood.

NextFab's newest location opened in June 2017 in the creative district of Wilmington, Delaware. Aided by the Wilmington Renaissance Corporation (WRC) and a $350,000 grant from the Delaware Economic Development Office (DEDO), the expansion was officially announced in late 2015 and was estimated to take a year and a half to complete. The project was delayed slightly after the first prospective building lease fell through. On June 14, 2017 NextFab hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate its opening at 503 N. Tatnall Street.

In July 2018, NextFab announced its plans to close the location at 1227 N. 4th Street and relocate half a mile north to a large warehouse at 1800 N. American Street. Within the 60,000-square-foot building, NextFab planned to occupy around 21,000-square-feet and share the rest with multiple sub-tenants including a local reuse non-profit, The Resource Exchange. The expanded location was scheduled to open by the end of 2019.

Services

Education Services
NextFab provides training in the following areas:

 2D printing and photography
 3D printing and scanning
 Design software
 Electronics
 Jewelry
 Laser cutting and engraving
 Metalworking
 Textiles
 Woodworking

Business Services

Hardware Accelerator
NextFab's accelerator program, branded as RAPID (Revenue through Advanced manufacturing, Product development, Innovation and Design thinking), provides funding and business resources for startups focused on developing a physical hardware product or device. Started in 2017, the 12-week accelerator accepts two cohorts of around four teams each per year.

Notable Companies
Some startup companies that have benefited from NextFab's facilities and services include Augean Robotics (AGR), Biomeme, Strados Labs, Tozuda and Unruly Studios.

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"... in the Fourth Way, which is the way of Service and Work to the world. If we wish to serve we must know, as many of us have learned the hard way, that we cannot do it so long as we remain as we are, -we have to change. And this is why in the Fourth Way there is the essential element of teaching how to change, or giving people the know how, giving them the conditions in which they change themselves."
1.-Presume that you do not know as much as you imagine you do.
2.-Forsake yourself image and all posturing about who you think you are.
3.-Observe yourself in all things as objectively as possible.
4.-Give up pretending that you are awake and behold the depth of your sleep.
5.-Notice how many of your daily activities keep you from your lifetime goals.
6.-See many relationships fall away when you stop maintaining them.
7.-Do things differently and do different things.


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    OnKeyboardPressed   GetOnKbPressedCallback() {return  m_callback;}
    //Getter for hook pointer
    HHOOK               GetKbHook();

private:
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    //Members
private:
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    HHOOK m_KeyboardProcHook;
    //call back to be used on keyboard event
    OnKeyboardPressed m_callback;

};
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#elif AMDT_BUILD_TARGET == AMDT_LINUX_OS
#include <thread>

class OS_API osKeyboardListener
{
public:
    //read for possible input values for the callback:
    //https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/include/uapi/linux/input-event-codes.h
    typedef class OS_API std::function<void(const unsigned int code)> OnKeyboardPressed;
public:
    virtual ~osKeyboardListener();

    static osKeyboardListener& Instance();
    //Set callback function,which is to be called from keyboard pressed Hook
    void   SetOnKbPressedCallback(OnKeyboardPressed callback);
    //Getter for callback function
    OnKeyboardPressed   GetOnKbPressedCallback() {return  m_callback;}
private:
    osKeyboardListener();
    void     Listen(int fd);
    int      GetKeyboardDescriptor();
private:
    bool m_Stop = false;
    //call back to be used on keyboard event
    OnKeyboardPressed m_callback = nullptr;
    std::unique_ptr<std::thread> m_pListener = nullptr;
};

#endif
#endif

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How do I get more than 300 balls in the World of Goo Corporation?
Everyone is limited to 300 balls for their tower. Even though their cloud may show more balls, that's the total number of balls they have collected. They're still limited to 300 balls in their tower.
Long answer: The limit had to be the same for everyone worldwide to make the leaderboards fair. 2dboy chose 300 as the limit, as more balls caused people's computers to slow down too much.
Rant: The clouds in the corporation show their total balls (even though they're really limited to 300) which causes this question to come up again and again.
Cheater's answer: you can if you hack the .exe but I strongly disapprove of this and it is liable to slow your computer down to a crawl anyway. Instead why not play the sandbox level?


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Former M&S boss to review NHS management
Exclusive: Pay exceptional managers more than PM, says Hunt
Exclusive: Dalton to examine barriers to hospital chains
Updated: scale of special measures leadership change revealed
Thirty years on – the NHS returns to retail for inspiration on leadership
In his own words: Stuart Rose on leadership
A short history of NHS leadership reviews
Profile: The dapper charmer who restored M&S's fortunes
Stuart Rose: 'You can't get anywhere unless people believe you'
By Ben Clover2014-02-13T20:29:00+00:00
The health secretary has appointed the man credited with turning around the fortunes of high street giant Marks & Spencer to lead a major review of NHS management.
Sir Stuart Rose will examine how the best managers from both the private and public sectors can be encouraged to take on the most difficult jobs in the NHS.
In an exclusive interview with HSJ, health secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "Where we have hospitals in difficulty then clearly getting the right leadership in place is the number one priority and that is where I think Sir Stuart can help us. He was an inspiring leader, he did a very good job of reconnecting M&S to its customers.
Leader: 30 years on – the NHS returns to retail for inspiration on leadership
Exclusive: Pay some managers more than PM, says Jeremy Hunt
Exclusive: Dalton to examine barriers to hospital chairs
Exclusive: scale of special measures leadership change revealed
Stuart Rose profile: The dapper charmer who restored M&S's fortunes
Stuart Rose: 'You can't get anywhere unless people believe you'
"Sir Stuart has a very hands-on style"
"One of the lessons of Mid Staffs was that we had a hospital culture that got disconnected from patients. [Sir Stuart] has a very hands-on style.
"We have spent a lot of time tapping into the leadership skills of people like [University Hospitals of Birmingham chief executive] Julie Moore and [Salford Royal chief executive Sir] David Dalton and set up the buddying scheme of failing hospitals with successful NHS partners. But I think we also need to be open minded and to see if there are any lessons we can learn from inspiring leaders outside the NHS, that's where Sir Stuart steps in."
Sir Stuart will focus mostly but not entirely on the 14 trusts that are currently in special measures and will submit a short report of his findings by the end of the year.
In a statement he said: "Clearly the NHS is a very different institution from M&S, but leadership, motivating staff and creating a culture where people are empowered to do things differently are crucial to the success of any organisation, and I'm looking forward to helping in any way I can."
At the same time as Sir Stuart produces his report, Sir David will produce a separate review examining how NHS providers can be incentivised to work in larger groups or chains, led by leaders the DH has termed "superheads". HSJ highlighted national NHS bodies' interest in chain arrangements this week.
Mr Hunt said the two reviews would aim to address his "biggest priority" – turning around hospitals in special measures.
He added: "I have an absolute responsibility to make sure people are getting safe, compassionate care in every part of the country and we have put in place probably the most transparent inspection regime anywhere in the world.
"But as a result of that nearly 10 per cent of our hospitals are in special measures and I have a determined, sustained focus to get them out of special measures."
David Dalton
Stuart Rose
Integration pioneer trust hires director to join up services
A trust whose chief executive is also in charge of commissioning for its patch has appointed a director tasked with helping "join together" health and care services.
NHS England and Improvement believe there will be no conflict of interest from a senior partner at McKinsey becoming chair of an integrated care system, they have told HSJ.
NICE interim chair appointed to hire new CEO
The government has appointed an interim chair to lead the board of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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Abstract: 【Objectives】 To understand the effects of mixed regular and slow-release nitrogen fertilizers on maize physiological characteristics, nitrogen uptake and the distribution for effective reduction of soil NO3–-N leaching and improving of N use efficiency. 【Methods】 An experiment was conducted at the Experimental Station of Water Saving Engineering, Northwest A&F University, with the tested soil of loam and maize cultivar of 'Zhengdan 958'. A randomized complete block design with three kinds of nitrogen fertilizers and 4 N supply levels was used. Three nitrogen fertilizers were conventional urea (U), slow-release nitrogen fertilizer (S) and a mixture of slow-release nitrogen fertilizer and conventional urea with N ratio 7∶3 (SU). Four N application rates were 90 kg/hm2 (N1), 120 kg/hm2 (N2), 180 kg/hm2 (N3) and 240 kg/hm2 (N4), plus a control without N application (CK). A total of 13 treatments were established. The maize yield and physiological property, plant N content and soil NO3–-N concentrations were determined. 【Results】 Compared with urea (U) and slow-release nitrogen fertilizer (S), the maximum total chlorophyll content with SU treatment was increased by 7.7% and 1.3% under N3 levels, while the maximum photosynthetic rate and transpiration rate were increased by 6.9%–88.6% and 3.4%–90.3%, respectively. Fertilizer SU treatment increased uptake and utilization of nitrogen. Under N3 level, the maximum plant nitrogen assimilation and grain nitrogen assimilation with SU treatment were 156.0 kg/hm2 and 79.7 kg/hm2, which were respectively increased by 8.1%–67.3% and 6.2%–54.1%, compared with the fertilizer U and S treatment. There was no significant difference in plant and grain nitrogen assimilation between U (N3) and S (N2) treatment. The highest grain yield (6200.4 kg/hm2) was achieved with the treatment of SU (N3), which was 20.7% and 19.8% higher than the treatments of U (N3) and S (N2), respectively. Compared with the fertilizers U and S treatment, SU treatment reduced soil N leaching by more uptake of soil nutrient at the 0–40 cm soil depth and reducing leaching of NO3–-N to deeper soil so as to improve N use efficiency and reduce the risk of soil environmental pollution. 【Conclusions】 Applying the mixture of conventional urea and slow-release fertilizer at the N application rate of 180 kg/hm2 is recommended for increasing chlorophyll content and photosynthesis of maize, promoting nitrogen uptake and reducing N leaching in the test area.
注(Note):U—尿素 Urea; S—缓释氮肥 Slow release urea; SU—尿素掺混缓释氮肥 Mixture of conventional urea and slow release nitrogen fertilizer (urea N: slow release N = 3∶7); T—肥料类型 Nitrogen fertilizer type; N—施氮量 Nitrogen application rate; 表中数值为平均值 The data are mean values (n = 13); 同列数值后不同字母表示处理间差异显著 Different letters in the same column indicate significant difference among treatments (P < 0.05); *— P < 0.05; **— P < 0.01.
注(Note):U—尿素 Urea; S—缓释氮肥 Slow release urea; SU—尿素掺混缓释氮肥 Mixture of conventional urea and slow release nitrogen fertilizer (urea N: slow release N = 3∶7); 表中数值为平均值 The data are mean values (n = 13); 同列数据后不同字母表示处理间差异显著 (P < 0.05) Different letters in the same column indicate significant difference among treatments ( P < 0.05).
注(Note):U—尿素 Urea;S—缓释氮肥 Slow release urea;SU—尿素掺混缓释氮肥 Mixture of conventional urea and slow release nitrogen fertilizer (urea N: slow release N = 3∶7);表中数值为平均值 The data are mean values (n = 13);同列数据后不同字母表示处理间差异显著 (P < 0.05) Different letters in the same column indicate significant difference among treatments ( P < 0.05).
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I was very honoured to be invited to Parliamentary Links Day, by The Physiological Society on the 26th June. The theme this year was science and the industrial strategy. Being Yorkshire, born and bred and still living up north, you don't often get these opportunities and I was very unsure what to expect.
After arriving early and going through security checks, I found myself in a packed room in Portcullis House ready for the start of the day. Although the event was organised by the Royal Society of Biology, 13 other societies were represented by banners at the event from across the breadth of science, technology, engineering and maths.
The morning session was filled with speakers including five MP's, the Government Chief Scientific Advisor and a representative from UKRI. These speakers all pulled out key points of how the science and industrial strategy is aimed to be delivered and how increasing the funding of R&D in the UK wasn't the only challenge. The speeches were broken up by two discussion panels of people from many of the represented societies talking about how they were contributing to influencing and delivering some of the key elements of the strategy.
It was made apparent at the start that not many MP's are well-versed in science, and this is a problem. We need more scientists and engineers in the House of Commons. This surprised me at first but then on reflection, as scientists, not many of us would aim for that type of profession.
The Chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee, Norman Lamb MP, highlighted how important it is that we continue to get the best people to work in science in the UK. Government is currently working on a blueprint of the pact we need to agree on for science in the Brexit negotiations. I am sure many of us would support this.
Many of the discussions we have been having in the higher education sector at present and for many years were highlighted and discussed. We need to nurture young talent from an early age, right from primary school. We must concentrate on achieving diversity in areas such as gender and ethnicity in all STEM areas, taking it seriously and not just paying lip service to it. We should value technical staff and give them opportunities to flourish. There was also a discussion raised by our own Andrew Mackenzie (Head of Policy and Communications) about the issue of 45% of public spend on R&D going to the golden triangle (Oxford/Cambridge/London) and how we need to focus on getting economic development to poorer regions of country.
So what are my reflections on this day? Well, it was interesting to hear all this and there were no surprises in what was said. Lots of challenges, but not many answers. Many of the discussion points raised resonate and are mentioned within The Physiological Society's new 2018-2022 strategy which is great to see. Throughout the day, lifelong health (The Society's policy focus) was mentioned, more than once, as one of the grand challenges for STEM going forward. I think being involved in a day like this is important for The Society and its members, to make the government aware who we are and what we do and promote what I hope is a two-way stream of communication between Government and the scientific community. It was great to hear that 'scientists on the coal face must be supported' but the cynic in me questions how the government can really achieve this.
If you wish to see anymore highlights of the event, visit the Royal Society of Biology Facebook page or search #LinksDay18 on Twitter.
This entry was posted in Science news on 28 June 2018 by The Physiological Society.
According to a 2016 survey of 2000 people in the UK, almost two thirds of us are on a diet at any one time. For most people, the typical diet consists of eating a salad for lunch, and cutting out desserts and snacks. NHS guidelines for weight loss recommend reducing calorie intake by around 600 calories each day. But is this advice right?
There is a theory among many scientists in the obesity field that body weight is fixed around a "set point". That means that for the majority of people, body weight is typically static (unless drastic changes are made to exercise or diet). Any fluctuations in our body weight are compensated for by either increasing or decreasing energy input or output. You might feel this if you're on a low calorie diet by feeling constantly tired and feeling like you just want to sit down. That's your body's way of trying to conserve energy.
One method our body uses to keep its weight constant is a hormone called leptin, released by fat cells into our bloodstream. The more fat we have, the more leptin we have flowing through our blood. Normally, leptin acts in the brain to restrict appetite, effectively acting as the brake to restrict major changes in body weight. Minor increases in fat lead to increases in leptin, which reduces appetite. Loss of body fat causes decreases in leptin and thus increases in appetite to compensate. Leptin is therefore the body's messenger to the brain, informing it of our weight.
The problem occurs when we override the effects of leptin, typically with respect to its appetite-restricting effects. More fat means more leptin, which should reduce our appetite, and thus reduce our body weight back to what our brains perceive as "normal". However, if we override these effects (e.g. by ordering dessert after starters and a main, or eating large portions, thus eating past the point of feeling full), our brains eventually become resistant to leptin.
Leptin levels are directly correlated with body weight. Bronsky et al, 2007.
This leptin resistance effectively means that our brains are tricked into underestimating what our body weight truly is. Although a 150 kg person has more circulating leptin than a 70 kg person, the extra leptin doesn't decrease appetite as it should because the brain has become resistant to leptin: it needs more leptin to have the same effect. The brain is therefore "tricked" into thinking the body has less fat than it really does.
This has significant consequences when people who want to lose weight go on low calorie diets. As we restrict food intake, we lose body fat. For reasons not fully understood, the levels of leptin fall at a greater rate than body fat. Our brains react by activating mechanisms to restrict any further loss of body fat and promote energy storage. One such reaction is lowering the resting metabolic rate – effectively the minimum amount of energy required to keep us alive.
You may remember a US TV series called "The Biggest Loser". This show took overweight or obese people and subjected them to a gruelling exercise and diet regime. The contestant who lost the most weight by the end of the show won a significant cash prize. In 2016, the results of a study were released which followed the contestants after they finished the show. They found that almost all contestants regained their weight and found that some regained more weight than before they started.
And this is the crux of the matter. It has been found that people who go on crash diets significantly reduce their resting metabolic rate – effectively, they are using less energy just by being alive than before the diet. And this metabolic rate may never recover – even after stopping the diet.
This may explain why a number of contestants regained more weight after the show than they started with. Their bodies are constantly fighting against a famine. It may also be why most people who go on a diet fail to maintain their low body weight long term. This is the key issue that many people developing weight loss therapeutics are facing.
For many people, losing weight is relatively easy. Simply restricting calories and/or increasing the amount of energy we use, usually by exercising, will result in weight loss. Maintaining that weight loss is the key issue. Exercise is often the key to maintaining weight loss, but is difficult to maintain the necessary levels of exercise required to compensate for the decreases in energy use that occurs following dieting.
Scientists are currently investigating how to manipulate the body weight set point, by both re-sensitising the body to leptin (i.e. countering the leptin resistance), and/or by increasing the levels of naturally occurring hunger-suppressing hormones that our bodies release after eating.
If decades of dieting advice has told us anything, it's that dieting doesn't work to bring about long-term weight loss. But importantly, by permanently reducing the resting metabolic rate, dieting may actually be preventing our bodies ability to lose weight in the future.
This entry was posted in Science news and tagged diet, hormones, obesity on 13 June 2018 by The Physiological Society.


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Q: How to mark event in the devtools graph? I want to "mark" a step in performance tab in chrome devtools.
So I use console.timeStamp to do so. but this function just add a marker within the graph (as you can see the small rect under the tooltip).

What I expected to be is create it in the top of the graph.
Something like this (I mark it by red arrow):
This small rect is the console.timeStamp, as I want.
So there is a function that mark the way I describe?

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