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News Release 23-May-2016
Networking lets sharks off the hook
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
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Tuna fishers who network with their competition may be able to stop thousands of sharks a year from being accidentally captured and killed in the Pacific Ocean.
Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University and the University of Hawaii found if fishers communicated more with their rivals, it could lead to more sustainable fishing practices.
"Forty-six thousand sharks could have been saved if information about avoiding sharks was shared freely between fishing groups," says lead author Michele Barnes.
Barnes interviewed nearly every single Hawaii-based longline tuna fisher and found there were three distinct groups, based on who they shared information with.
"To use the phrase, 'birds of a feather flock together', we definitely found that to be the case here - fishers primarily shared information with those most similar to themselves."
The research team found that these 'cliques' prevented communication to come up with strategies to catch fewer sharks and more tuna.
Bycatch, which is the accidental capture of non-target species, is a big global problem. In longline tuna fisheries, where fishers hang thousands of hooks from a mainline stretching up to 45 nautical miles, 100 sharks can be caught on a single line.
"Shark bycatch has significant ecological implications because many species of shark are in sharp decline, but when sharks are accidentally caught there are also economic implications because it takes time for fishers to cut them off the line, they risk losing their gear, and it can be dangerous," says co-author John Lynham.
"It's unclear whether fishers are even aware that some groups have learned how to avoid sharks more effectively, so sharing this information with them is the first critical step," says Barnes.
"Sharks are vital to the health of the oceans, and fishing supports the livelihoods of millions of people across the globe. So when we can find simple, low cost ways to reduce the number of sharks that are accidentally caught, it's great for fishers, and for the oceans."
The paper entitled "Social Networks and Environmental Outcomes" has been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://www.pnas.org
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Dr. Michele Barnes, lead author
Visiting Scholar, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Hawaii
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John Lynham
Associate Professor, Economics Department, University of Hawaii
Currently on sabbatical at Udayana University, Indonesia
tel: +62-812-3897-7836, email: lynham@hawaii.edu
Kylie Simmonds
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
James Cook University, Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: +61 (0)7 4781 6067, +61 (0)428 785 895
Email: kylie.simmonds1@jcu.edu.au
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies.
U.S. National Science Foundation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Ethics, ADA and the vulnerability of small business owners
By Heather Carnes on	 May 1, 2017 First Perspectives
by CHIP ROGERS, AAHOA President & CEO
For over 200 years, the American business world has been buoyed in large part by the widespread belief that professional success knows no race, color, sex, disability, religion or socioeconomic status. If you put in the work – no matter who you are – you will reap the benefits.
That meritocratic approach to business is what has defined AAHOA members for nearly 30 years. Self-reliant, resourceful and wholly independent, they ask for nothing but the opportunity to compete in a free and fair market. Their years of hard work and sacrifice have led to collective ownership of nearly half of all U.S. hotels and annual payroll of well over $10 billion.
That success should make them an inspiration. Instead, for one small but pernicious group, it has made them a target.
"At the close of 2016, the number of ADA Title III lawsuits filed nationwide stood at just over 6,600… a staggering 59-percent rise over 2013."
Around the country, hoteliers are under attack by exploitative plaintiffs and their similarly unscrupulous attorneys who see a flourishing small business as an opportunity for an easy payday. Even worse, they shamelessly abuse an important, well-meaning law – the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) – to extort cash from American small business owners.
In many cases, plaintiffs and attorneys partner and target multiple businesses, alleging either vague or overly technical infractions under the ADA Title III, which pertains to all places of public accommodations. They go from region to region, frequently copying and pasting their allegations from one suit into another, and demand out-of-court settlements from hoteliers. In many instances, these small business owners believe they are in full compliance with the law, but are forced to either settle or spend thousands of dollars to defend themselves in court.
These "drive-by" lawsuits target thousands of small businesses every year. At the close of 2016, the number of ADA Title III lawsuits filed nationwide stood at just over 6,600 – a 37-percent increase over the previous year and a staggering 59-percent rise over 2013. This lucrative model has created a cottage industry, and until legislation is enacted to curb predatory litigation, the numbers will undoubtedly continue to climb.
The ADA is a monumental civil rights law, and all hoteliers have a legal and ethical responsibility to uphold it. AAHOA members make continual efforts to ensure their properties are accessible to all business patrons, because it is both good for business and the right thing to do. However, as the law is currently written, small business owners are left vulnerable to predatory, grossly opportunistic and unethical practices by serial plaintiffs and attorneys. The ADA was intended to enhance accessibility to commercial and recreational facilities for persons with disabilities – not to destroy local businesses, line the pockets of corrupt attorneys, and drive a wedge between entrepreneurs and the communities they seek to serve.
ADA abuse is an extremely serious issue that no small business owner can afford to ignore. The good news, however, is that AAHOA has the resources and influence to confront this growing threat head on.
Our government affairs team, aided by lodging associations and other industry allies around the country, is fighting back. We strongly and vocally supported Rep. Ted Poe's (R-TX) ADA Education and Reform Act (HR 620) and are working with elected officials from Florida to California to introduce legislation that would help put a stop to abusive, self-serving behavior.
I ask that you lend your full support to AAHOA in combating this dangerous trend. Contact your state and federal representatives, get involved in local policymaking and – most importantly – educate yourself on ADA requirements to ensure your property is in full compliance.
Together we can help enact common-sense reforms that both preserve the spirit of the law and protect local businesses.
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It is politicians not bankers that must take most of the blame for 2008 financial collapse. It was the credit crunch that exposed the frailties of a failed economic experiment.
This is the unusual analysis that cannot be ignored.
In the last thirty-five years, politicians of all parties in government ceded power over fundamental sectors of our economy to a new oligarchy of corporations. Government has become the servant, not the master, of corporate interests. Andrew Fisher describes this as a failed political experiment; an analysis that makes this book very different.
Available from our shop or from all good bookstores.
It is not about blaming the bankers, or even high powered financiers – though much blame and opprobrium has rightly been apportioned to them. Nor is it a partisan attack on the failures of Conservative or Labour governments. Instead, this is a book about the much larger political crisis that still threatens our living standards – and how we can resolve it.
After receiving his MA in politics, Andrew Fisher spent six years as a parliamentary researcher. He is now the policy officer for a major trade union. In 2006 he co-founded the influential Left Economics Advisory Panel. He lives in south London with his wife and young son. His writes a blog on the LEAP Economics website.


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'Uber Grandma' trial set for December
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PORTSMOUTH – A trial for "Uber Grandma" Stephanie Franz, who is contesting tickets charging her with violating the city's prior transportation ordinance, has been rescheduled again to December.
Franz said Friday that her trial is now scheduled to be heard Dec. 13, three months after a prior trial date was postponed.
Last December, Franz rejected a plea deal that would have reduced thousands of dollars of proposed fines for her unregistered Uber driving, but instead pleaded not guilty and called for a trial. She's charged with five violation-level offenses that allege she failed to adhere to the city's ordinance that then required her to register with the city as a driver for hire, and provide proof of commercial insurance.
"I just believe that Uber is doing the right thing," Franz said during a Thanksgiving eve ride-along with the Portsmouth Herald. "Uber already does the background checks and we've got a $1 million insurance policy."
A new law now gives the state oversight of ride-sharing businesses, including Uber, which eliminated local oversight, excluding taxis. City Attorney Robert Sullivan said last year that the charges against Franz allege she breached the city ordinance while it was in effect.
Franz said Uber continues to support her, including by providing her legal representation.


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New Scottish Government must deliver on climate change
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23 senior representatives from Scotland's largest civil society coalition, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS), have today handed a giant postcard to the new Scottish Government urging them to turn manifesto promises into political reality and make action on climate change a priority for the next five years.
Tom Ballantine, Chair of SCCS said:
"Climate change is already having a severe impact on people and nature around the world and it is the responsibility of the next Scottish Government to help reduce that impact by ensuring the fine intentions of our world-leading Climate Change Act translate to a reality.
"Our message to the incoming Government, as well as to newly elected and returning MSPs is simple, it's now time to act on climate change and demonstrate to other countries that it is possible to not only set tough targets, but to deliver on them.
"SCCS is calling for specific action on its top four priorities for early action in the new session of Parliament:
A Green Procurement Bill
: Introduce a new Bill into Parliament to enshrine environmental sustainability and ethical considerations at the heart of public procurement.
£100m a year for home energy efficiency: Invest an extra £100 million a year, on top of existing funding, to insulate every home in Scotland, to cut carbon emissions in line with our 42% target by 2020 and end fuel poverty by 2016.
10% of the transport budget for active travel: Dedicate at least 10% of the transport budget to invest in walking and cycling for shorter journeys.
Commit £9m per year to a climate adaptation fund: Provide £9m each year as climate finance that will enable poor communities living in developing countries to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change.
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Boeing CEO Philip Condit engineers his biggest adventure yet
Steven R. Strahler
In Philip Murray Condit, Chicago is getting a scholarly technocrat with a civic conscience--in that fixed order.
By moving corporate headquarters here from Seattle, the Boeing Co. chairman, CEO and lifer has visibly put company over community. That priority won't change once he and several hundred colleagues settle by fall into new offices along the Chicago River.
Mr. Condit, who turns 60 this summer, certainly has a life beyond Boeing. The intellectually adventurous executive earned a doctorate in engineering just four years ago, more than three decades after joining the company, and belongs to one of those monthly dinner groups in which members present papers for discussion.
He also is old shoe, say those who know him--comfortable in a sweatshirt on a factory floor, hiking in the mountains or singing American standards (in tenor) around the piano. Plain-faced and a little chunky, he looks more Midwestern than many of the designer-suited real estate brokers who eagerly welcomed him to town.
Underpinning it all, however, is the business, the business and the business, an ever-more-jealous competitor for the attention of Mr. Condit and his uprooted cadre. In this context, civic and charitable groups salivating over their arrival are sure to be disappointed at times.
"It's hard for me to imagine he's going to be interested in anything but the company," cautions T. M. Sell, a Seattle-area professor of political economy and author of a book on Boeing and its relationship to the locale.
Given his "pretty aggressive" travel schedule, Mr. Condit concedes: "The kind of commitment that says you have to be in meetings every week, I'll never make it." At the same time, he says he can't expect "a community to be a live and vibrant place" without his own participation.
Complete coverage of this story
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Council Meeting held Wednesday, June 10th, 1914 at 3 pm
Present Mr. G.V.Cox (chair), Mrs Aldridge.
Apologies for absence. Apologies for absence submitted from Miss Emily Cox, Mr. Hugh V. Herford, Mrs. J. J. Findlay, Mrs. F. E.Ashwell Cooke.
Minutes. The minutes of the last two meetings were read.
Miss Rose Gardiner. It was reported that Miss Rose Gardiner had accepted the appointment. She was also willing to come to Manchester for the last two weeks in June.
Sub-Committee Minutes. The Sub-Committee minutes were read.
Clothiers Dispute settled. Arrears of wages refunded. It was reported that the Clothiers dispute at Messrs. Briggs, Jones and Gibson, which arose over rates of payment for work done on the new Hoffman pressing machines recently introduced in the factory, was settled on the 19th of May. The rates fixed for the machines was 9 ½ per hour for both men and women and increases on other rates obtained. The firm had not in many instances paid the Trade Board rates and this was brought to light during the dispute. Since the settlement arrears of wages had been refunded to the girls and one girl received as much as £3.19.6. A letter from the Manchester Branch Secretary (Mr. E. Watson) was read stating this & thanking the Council for their valuable aid during the dispute.
Fancy Leather Workers. Interview with Messrs. James Dewsnaps Ltd. at Sheffield. It was reported that the interview between the Women's Society of Fancy Leather Workers and the Director of Messrs. James Dewsnaps had taken place at Sheffield on Wednesday, May 27 re-the Union's claim for a general advance in wages sent in a year ago. An instalment of the women's demand was conceded: the firm agreed to the following:- "That on and after January 1915 fifty two hours shall constitute a working week (reversion to fifty four hours to take place should the next balance sheet of the company not show a profit of 5%) and that wages shall be those now paid for fifty four hours. That the question of any further general advance in wages be left over till the issue of the next balance sheet and that in the meantime every attention be given to individual advances in consultation with the Union Branch Secretary Miss Rose Walker. "
Leather Workers Advance. Since the interview a year ago many advances in wages had been obtained. These amounted in the twelve months to £244.8.
Tin Box Makers Trade Board. A letter dated May 16 was read from the Board of Trade stating that the constitution and proceedings of the Trade Board would be finally settled at an early date. The Board of Trade would then proceed to establish the board and careful consideration would be given to the names of representatives sent in by the Manchester Tin Box and Canister Makers.
Miss Quaile's holiday. It was reported that Miss Quaile was taking two weeks of her summer holiday. She would commence work again on June 22.
Emily Cox July 8th 1914.


good day.through out school i participated in biathlons and various cross country events.
after i left school i started getting shin splints and due to this i cannot run or when i do run my shins hurt.
i have not run for two to three years and am now 26 years of age.
i wish to start running again and am wanting to find out if you have a ' cure' for shin splints.
who do i see about this, a doctor, physio, chiropractor?
It's difficult to say, because "shin splints" is actually a symptom, not a problem in and of itself. So you need to figure out the cause, and then treat that, so that the symptom disappears.
Now, training too much too soon is often the catalyst for the problem, which can be aggravated by things like biomechanics, muscle weakness, inflexibility etc. So you need to concern yourself with how quickly you start running, and also whether you're strong enough so that your calf muscles handle that loading.
For that, I'd suggest seeing a biokineticist, or possibly a physio. Have them assess strength, flexibility, and perhaps even prescribe a programme (the bio will be able to do this). One exercise that is especially helpful is a single leg calf lowering, where you stand on the edge of a step with your heel hanging off the back, and then lower yourself down, before pushing up off both legs, and repeating 15 times. This has been very effective in strengthening the calves, which does help. However, this is one part of the equation and you should cover all these bases.


Medical Biostatistics (IV edition) looks like the most comprehensive book on biostatistics. All the topics of medical statistics are widely covered by the authors and the explanations are provided in non-mathematical easy language conducive to medical professionals. The book is a treasure tower for practicing medical statisticians, epidemiologists, clinicians and medical researchers of all disciplines. The first author of the book, Dr Indrayan, is just about the best known biostatistician of the country.
The book consists of 21 chapters, which are well demarcated and segregated from each other.Each section deals with a specific biostatistical topic. Each topic is again divided to various subheadings which intern divided into specific topic. Each chapter has provided a list of references which could be useful for further reading.The exercises at the end of each chapter arethought-provokingand comprise questions that could also be useful for PG entrance exams as well as for UG/PG exams.
Initial few chapters are very useful for biomedical researchers as they deal with various types of study designs with many examples, and how to choose appropriate study designs is also discussed. The advance topics are a good reference guide for biostatisticians. A check list on prerequisite of various study designs are also incorporated for giving concise overview of the study designs. Separate chapters are given for various study designs such as for observational study, experimental study, and clinical trials. The details are elaboration of basic design concept, enrolment of subjects, analysis of data, its merits and demerits, and potential bias in that particular design. The chapteron clinical trials discusses therapeutic trials and non-therapeutic trials separately considering the aspect of how to do allocation of the subjects in clinical trial, designs with interim appraisal and reporting of trials. Elaborate methods of qualitative assessment of clinical trials are also a unique feature of this book. Probability concept is given with practical orientation of medical problems. Diagnostic tests and validation techniques are also described in details along with utilization of combination of tests.Survivals analysis and other multivariate analysis methods, which are generallynot covered by most other biostatistics books, are also explained in this volumein a simple language along with modelling approaches. Statistical quality control method in medical care and risk of bias, quality of data issues aredealt appropriately.
A unique feature of the book is a full chapter on statistical fallacies which deals with underuse, overuse and misuse of statistical methods in medical literature and related misconceptions.This chapter nicely explains about interpretation of data and also what test to apply in a particular situation.Brief notes about statistical software are given in appendix with illustration of avariety of problems with the popular package called R.
This book is invaluable to every medical college library and other departments that are active in research and its reporting.


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Explore Longreach, Outback Queensland
by Jac Taylor | Mar 4, 2020 | Destinations: QLD
Find out why it's so satisfying to stay awhile and listen to the stories that Longreach – the 'heart of the Outback' – is telling.
The name alone conveys adventure and exploration. Longreach is that intriguing dot on the map, smack-bang in the centre of the giant state of Queensland. It is indeed a long reach from anywhere, though it's named after the 'long reach' of the Thomson River, on which the town is set.
History of Longreach, Queensland
As you can imagine with such an extreme place, holding its own on the plains of the Central West, 700 kilometres from the coast and almost the same to Mount Isa in the other direction, this town has a surplus of stories to tell. From the families that have worked the land for 100 years and more, to the seasonal workers bumping up the population each year, the yarns that people tell about life in this stunning, mind-bending location, weave together to make a strong and fascinating town fabric that makes any visit to Longreach unforgettable, if you take a little time to talk.
This is not the place to keep your head down at the pub. The locals have too much to tell you.
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Fly to Longreach, Queensland
Flying into Longreach, the town beneath you is an orderly island, floating amongst the seemingly endless expanse of red earth below and blue sky above. Big-sky country reaches right up to the edge of its grid of streets, butting up to the fences and backyards of suburban residents and available to any visitor who takes a five-minute walk from their hotel. Pause at sunset on that edge, where desert meets town, and you may be rewarded with mobs of musclebound kangaroos passing you by, or flocks of chattering birds heading to the river for their end-of-day social.
The river itself is a surprise; Thomson River is not only the lifeblood of the town and its wildlife, but of the region's thriving tourism industry. "People come out and don't realise, the river is long enough and deep enough to have three different boats on it," says Joyce Rogers, the owner of Toobrack Station whom I mistake for a local when we chat. But she quickly corrects me. "No, no," she says. "I'm not a local. You've got to be born here to be a local. I only came out here in '56."
Exploring Thomson River in Longreach, Queensland
Those three different boats do a great job taking visitors to the region through the Longreach landscape, packaged up with other must-do Outback experiences so that even the most casual tourist can come away with an enjoyable taste of bush life.
MV Explorer boasts a 360-degree top deck – ideal for birdwatching or simply basking – with a bar, nibbles, plenty of stories told by the captain as you glide through the water and a stop at Sunset Bend to toast another spectacular outback dusk.
Meanwhile the Thomson Belle claims its stake as the only paddlewheeler west of the Great Divide, and is run by Outback Pioneers along with its sister, the Thomson Princess Riverboat, for a slick cruising experience either way. Storytelling wears a professional face these days in Longreach, and all cruisers include a feed and plenty of entertainment. The MV Explorer stops at Smithy's Outback Dinner & Show for a two-course camp-oven dinner, plus plenty of music and storytelling on stage; Outback Pioneers' two cruisers similarly include some onshore fun in the shape of a campfire dinner and barefoot bush poetry, then a big-screen presentation called Starlight's Spectacular Sound & Light Picture Show.
Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre, Longreach
Outback Heritage Centre in Longreach, Queensland
One of the main attractions in Longreach is undoubtably the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre: a long name for an equally comprehensive place. Capturing the spirit of Longreach – the tenacity of its pioneers, the impressive bushcraft of its stockmen and women, its love of a good story – can't have been easy. Yet they've beautifully turned the intangible into the tangible, accessible with all five senses.
The museum and heritage centre breaks the town's history into five separate galleries, but it is the Outback Stockman's Show that really brings station life into focus for visitors, with local stockmen and women (and their trusty farm dogs) showing off their best herding and animal handling skills. The experience includes a filling bush-style meal, storytelling and musical entertainment, and makes the sometimes extreme stories of bush life feel so much more appreciable, even for city slickers or suburban kids.
Noonbah Station and Cobb & Co in Longreach, Queensland
Of course, nothing can give you a true appreciation of station life like actually staying on a property yourself, and there are opportunities to do just that around Longreach. It's particularly satisfying to know your tourist dollars are going directly to those working the hardest out here, too. A special and inspiring stay awaits at Noonbah Station, a working cattle station owned by the fourth-generation Emmott family. Those who live on the land can be tough, but Noonbah has a soft side, too.
Angus Emmott is a passionate natural historian, registered wildlife carer and nature photographer, and he loves to take visitors on his natural history tours around the property. Combine that with waterside camping spots (amongst other accommodation options on the station) and you will never look at the outback the same way again. Once you take the time to look, the place is teeming with wildlife, from frogs to birdlife to Australian native animals. All funds raised go toward Angus and Karen's caring for orphaned or injured wildlife, too.
If you want a different taste of Longreach history, Outback Pioneers recreate the original Cobb & Co Longreach to Windorah mail route by stagecoach, drawn by five stock horses and definitely an adventure. It's not a luxury tour, but it's a fantastic experience for those who don't mind a bump or three on the journey – especially if your idea of luxury is scones with jam and cream, a movie, some entertainment and a billy-can lunch at the end.
Sleep under the stars at Longreach Tourist Park, Queensland
Far from the bright lights on the coast, the town's orange streetlights may colour the occasional scudding cloud, but the glory of the Milky Way is still visible most nights just a few minutes' walk away from the main street. Longreach Tourist Park, on the outskirts of town, is flat, and red-earthed, and simple, but the stars stretching above it make for a luxury canopy if you want to camp close to town.
Where to stay and eat in Longreach, Queensland
Within town itself, six motels make up the sum total of more conventional accommodations, and they are often booked out – so be sure to book ahead. It's a similar message for the town's best-known fine-dining option, Harry's Restaurant at the Longreach Motor Inn, where they often turn around between 70 and 100 plates a night, and that includes weeknights. Whether you're staying at the Motor Inn or not, it's where you head for good beef Wellington or the best fish dinner in town. "It's buzzing here every single night," says Sarah Kennedy as we chat. "And a lot of nights, we are turning people away."
A surprising option in Longreach is Indian food, with both Curry Across the Street and Little Star Indian Restaurant producing delicious, authentic offerings. Breakfasts are getting mighty fancy in Longreach, too, with detox smoothies available at the Secret Garden Café, and coffee to write home about at Casey's in the main street. Meanwhile, Outback Pics does double duty, with a photography gallery and shop combining rather perfectly with coffee and cakes in the shady courtyard.
Places to visit in Longreach, Queensland
Longreach School of Distance Education – take a daily tour, see a 'remote' lesson in action and smile at the fact your tour cost goes toward assisting this essential service for outback kids.
Camden Park Station – just a 10 minutes' drive out of town, this is reputedly the English Royal Family's favourite spot in town; a working cattle and sheep station and a fascinating visit.
Welcome Home Café, Tearoom & Stonegrill – grab some outback tucker here in the form of biscuits and slices for 'smoko', through to lamb shanks and hot-stone steaks for the serious eaters.
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Australian artist Cressida Campbell is celebrated for her meticulous technique that combines both painting and printing.
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Australian artist Cressida Campbell (b. 1960, Sydney, Australia) is celebrated for her meticulous technique that combines both painting and printing. Campbell's process results in two unique artworks: an engraved woodblock and a mirror-image print on paper. For four decades Campbell has begun each of her works by drawing her composition onto a sheet of plywood, before inscribing its contours with an etching tool. Once the woodblock is prepared, she paints the carved design with layer upon layer of watercolour paint. Finally the entire board is sprayed with water and used to create a single, parallel impression, which is hand finished with fine sable brushes. As a result of this intensive practice, each work can take weeks to complete.
Working from a home studio in Sydney, Campbell draws inspiration from her surroundings. The legacy of such artists as Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard is paramount to her oeuvre, which demonstrates a pronounced interest in décor, selecting motifs principally for their aesthetic value rather than with concern for their symbolic function. In her hands, everyday scenes become rarified, elevated by her affinity for decorative design and her refined application of colour. Still lifes, domestic interiors and landscapes of her native Australia are imbued with a sense of profound serenity and a sensibility that invokes the significance of time, reflection and the intimacy of a private world, which nonetheless speaks to a shared experience between herself and her viewers.
Ginkgo, 2017
Woodblock (Watercolour Paint on Incised Plywood)
81 x 60 cm (31 7/8 x 23 5/8 in.)
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Wheat with Yellow Butterfly, 2017
110.5 x 46 cm (43 1/2 x 18 1/8 in.)
Flannel Flowers, 2013
98.7 x 155.8 cm (38 7/8 x 61 3/8 in.)
Flannel Flowers, 2011-2013
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"When are we getting rid of that old green clunker?" says my teenager, referring to the Buick sitting in the driveway.
"When we can afford a new one," I reply.
Once upon a time, that car was beautiful. Not anymore. But it runs.
But hold on. What if we changed up that narrative a bit? What if I said instead, "We're getting rid of that car tomorrow. And we won't be replacing it. Surprise! We're going car-less. Forget the expensive upkeep, the parking problems, the gas, the grease, the gears, not to mention people poking fun at how old that car is. We're kissing that clunker goodbye!" Pause. "Hope you like riding the train!"
Dead silence.
It didn't actually happen in my suburban household – we need our wheels, our independence, our mobility and the promise of the open road – but it's not far from the scenario Taras Gresco, author of the new book Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile, sketches out in some detail and builds an impassioned case for, arguing we all need to "help undo the damage a century of car-centric planning has done to our cities."
Public transportation doesn't have to be a squalid affair, he insists. "Done right, [it] can be faster, more comfortable, and cheaper than the private automobile."
He's convinced this should be playing out across America and indeed across the globe because cars, he says, have imprisoned us.
We spend on average, 16 weeks of our lives stuck in traffic. In Los Angeles, drivers spend an average of 72 hours delayed in traffic every year – equal to almost two full weeks of work. And since the demand for oil is outstripping the world's supply, he says we're nuts if we don't envision a life beyond the automobile.
Nevertheless, some of us still need a lot of convincing. A whole lot. Cars are convenient. Cars are necessary. Cars are cool. Cars are all-American.
Gresco, who lives near downtown Montreal and has never owned one of the 600 million cars on the planet today, is well on the other side of the road already. Cars are unhealthy – each additional hour spent in a car per day is associated with a 6 percent increase in obesity.
And for the first time in history, more of us live in urban areas than exurban or rural areas. So we ought to get used to not having cars, insists Gresco, and learn to thrive without them.
"Cars may be good for daydreams," he says in his book, "but they may not be the best way to get around the rapidly growing cities of the future."
He also says, "Transit is going to be a crucial ingredient in the coming urban renaissance. In an era of rising energy prices, when people are realizing that livable, walkable city neighborhoods make for attractive places to raise families, cities like Philadelphia, with their legacy of good transit and excellent urban structure, will be well placed to thrive. The first city may never attain the international stature of a New York, Shanghai, or London, but my guess is that, pretty soon, Philadelphia will be one great place to live."
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Summary: Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a new and challenging experience each time you play! Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with monsters, traps, and treasure. Fully-destructible environments open up lots of strategies and make it aSpelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a new and challenging experience each time you play! Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with monsters, traps, and treasure. Fully-destructible environments open up lots of strategies and make it a blast to master the game's many secrets.… Expand
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Combining the depth and difficulty of a rogue-like with the thrill of a platformer, it's an elegant and endlessly replayable gem of a game that is perfectly suited to a portable format. Co-op multiplayer over WAN (no netplay – boo!) is especially rewarding.[November 2013, p83]
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The portability and the improved cooperative mode make the Vita version of Spelunky absolutely perfect.
Major improvements to the cooperative mode coupled with the Vita's portability make this the best version of the already excellent Spelunky.
The PS Vita execution is as wonderful a game as it has always been - despite some ramerate issues when certain events are triggered or areas entered - but is more at home given the way it plays and the fact it nags at you every moment you're not playing it - which is reduced if you can take it with you wherever you go.
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Despite its difficulty curve Spelunky's beautifully simplistic mechanics will keep you playing for hours. [Dec 2013, p.67]
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Spelunky is a great title. Its astonishing gameplay, the beautiful graphic, the magnificent level design, make it an unmissable videogame. The only drawback is its intrinsic difficulty: not everyone might appreciate a game where you die often.
If you're fortunate enough to dig your way past the rock-solid opening hours, a never-ending supply of treasure eagerly awaits your discovery.
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To put it simply.. Spelunky is the best platformer ever made and by far the best title available on PS Vita. This is not an exaggeration,To put it simply.. Spelunky is the best platformer ever made and by far the best title available on PS Vita. This is not an exaggeration, trust me. I have many fantastic games on Vita, and I'm getting tons of others on PS+ each month, but it doesn't even matter. For the last year I have played almost only Spelunky, and my Vita became The Spelunky Machine. looking at my statistics I died 2000 times, which means i went through more than 2000 playthroughs and THAT is the ultimate replayability. Even though that now after a year of playing I have completed the game every possible way, received all trophies and played it to death it's still so much fun to play. One of the main reasons for such longevity is the randomly generated level system that keeps things fresh and challenging. The controls are incredibly tight, visuals are beautiful on Vita and the overall this game fits this handheld perfectly, better than anything else. The main feature however is the challenge, yes this game can be completed in couple of minutes (it's even one of the trophies to finish it under 8min), but it will take you days, months, maybe even years to master it so you can finally tame this beast and that is it's beauty. This game is about your skill and as one of the characters in the game says, the biggest reward is the journey. I love Spelunky and it's truly one of the best games ever made, where I can easily place the ultimate score 10/10… Expand
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TLDR: This game is fun, not masochistic, just difficult, it demands trial and error but you won't be repeating the same level over and over,TLDR: This game is fun, not masochistic, just difficult, it demands trial and error but you won't be repeating the same level over and over, each level is randomly generated with you starting on the top and the exit near the bottom, all that stands between you is terra firma, Gold, Damsels, and things out to kill you.
This game has a Demo, and I highly recommend it.
Also, this game is NOT for those who don't appreciate death as a learning experience.
People have called it Dark Souls, the Platformer, and it fits that bill with a bit of it's own flair,
this game is truly difficult and gets immediately harder after you're out of the first World (Mines)
If you're still reading, and the thought of an extreme, randomly generated platformer that is in no way unfair, excites you, give this a shot, as I said, please try the demo first, don't waste your money if you're not into it, it gives you the tutorial, some characters, and the first world to try, you will die lots and you will know it's your own fault, but that knowledge will make you want to try again.
And that's the meme of this game, trying again. You will WANT to, getting to the end with hearts, money, and items feels good. The platforming is fun, I love destructible environments, there are lots of traps, sneaky enemies, and vases you cannot entirely trust ever (Pick them up and throw them, they may contain enemies)
I wasn't into this game at first, I tried and I tried and I'd keep dying at the 3rd or before leaving the 4th, but you learn. The controls are tight, you don't feel like you were cheated by a death you weren't anticipating unless you didn't know that enemy would explode after you killed it.. :p
It really grows on you, what I like most is that the game requires both Patience and Fast Reflexes which is a little odd, most games don't ask for both like this one, it really treats you like an Adult, it was not designed to hold your hand because it lets the game speak for itself.
I also like that you can beat the game in around 30 minutes
Good F***ing luck doing that though because in Spelunky, just like Dark Souls, this game's Tagline should be:
"You Will Die."… Expand
marcus0
In short If you like beautiful, addictive platform games with pixel-perfect controls that really test your abilities, this is well worth yourIn short If you like beautiful, addictive platform games with pixel-perfect controls that really test your abilities, this is well worth your time and money.
I have quite a few games on the Vita, but not enough free time. From all the games I tried on the platform, this is the one that has impressed me the most as a whole (disclaimer I don't like FPS's RPG's ).
Its concept is simple enter stage, find treasure girl, exit stage.
What is impressive is the overall attention to detail, from the perfect controls and gameplay mechanics to the personality-rich, retro graphics. It is a game with real depth, that rewards you with new stages and surprises if you are willing to invest the time.
Initially, I was worried that I would dislike the ever changing landscape, what with all stages being randomly generated on the go. I've come to find out, though, that this is one of the reasons the game feels so fresh each time you play it. If each stage was fixed then, having replayed it for the 50th time, boredom would eventually set in. With a dynamically changing stage, the challenge is constant (and welcome).
As a paying customer, I would like to congratulate Blit Software for the excellent conversion. From what I've experienced so far, you really deserve all the praise you get.
In closing if I could install just one game on my Vita, this would be it.… Expand
Apojuice
Two levels are never the same in this randomly generated 2D Platformer. Wether you have to take down giant spiders with a well placed bomb orTwo levels are never the same in this randomly generated 2D Platformer. Wether you have to take down giant spiders with a well placed bomb or jetpack to the top of a crevice to retrieve a huge golden skull, Spelunky offers hundreds of these crazy scenarios. And through the randomisation it always leads to new experiences. New players might be put off by the high difficulty at first, but once you get better at the game the frustration fades because you see every death as a learning experience that can be avoided by putting your newly learned skills to the test. Great game with massive replayability that lends itself perfectly to the handheld platform … Expand
Lackanookie
When I first started playing the game I couldn't believe the ratings it had received. The graphics where medioxre, the monstersWhen I first started playing the game I couldn't believe the ratings it had received. The graphics where medioxre, the monsters unintelligent, and the weapons pathetic. I thought it was a 5 at best. Suddenly while killing a little time I actually really started to get why people rave about it. The randomly generated levels assure replayabilty and finding new items and unlocking characters is extremely satisfying. I literally laughed out loud when I blew up a box and spiders where thrown all over the place, same reaction to the first time I picked up a golden idol. I've literally spent several hours playing and have yet to leave the mines. On first glance this is one to skip. However, once played for s while it becomes extremely addictive.… Expand
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To be able to survive in Spelunky longer than just few minutes, you will have to learn a lot. And you will learn by dying. But if you haveTo be able to survive in Spelunky longer than just few minutes, you will have to learn a lot. And you will learn by dying. But if you have the patience maybe you will find a glory instead of another death...… Expand
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I love and hate this game, but probably not for the reasons others do.
I think the sound, visuals and game play are great. The game isI love and hate this game, but probably not for the reasons others do.
I think the sound, visuals and game play are great. The game is challenging, but that is okay. What I don't like is that each level is randomly generated and it doesn't seem like you can save your game and start back where you were ...in fact there really is no where you were because the game is randomly generated as you go. I don't care for that, I like having a start and and end, bosses to defeat and milestones pass and rewards to gain. This reminds me of the old Pitfall game for Atari ...you just played and played and played ...why? Well, actually not sure why, but you did. I was hoping for some story an adventure that got more interesting as you went. I feel this game falls short and could have been so much better. One redeeming feature is the "challenge play". You get 1 shot to get your best score and go against others online. If you like structure and order in your games than this may not be for you.… Expand
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I am new to coffee drinking and I just checked what I am drinking till now is instant coffee. So, I was wondering is it possible to make cold coffee? Not cold brew, just a normal cold coffee with ground coffee? And, how to make it an amazing one?
What you have mentioning is widely known as iced-coffee.
The most widely adopted method is to brew any type of coffee: filter, drip or french-press. Then, adding ice cubes in a cup and pour the coffee to fill the cup. After that, you mix it to homogenize the temperature, add milk and sugar if desired.
Another method is known as Japanese brew. In that method, you prepare an ice cube filled cup beforehand. Then, pull your shot of espresso on top of ice. (Optionally, filter/drip on top of ice.) This method is known to preserve aromas better than the previous.
May i offer a nice way to do your cold coffee for great flaour?
We use a 60/40 ratio of hot water to ice. For example, if you're making a 500ml brew, your recipe will be 32.5g of coffee, 300g of hot water and 200g of ice. For best results, use filtered water with a low mineral content.
Ice goes in vessel; remaining hot water poured onto grounds as usual, and voila - stir coffee after to make sure ice is melted and - mmm mm good.
The other option you may consider is cold brew. I personally favor this as it is less bitter and has more of the coffee flavor. Works great with light roasts. The downside is that it takes hours to brew. There are all kinds of gadgets for this including some that can brew in under 20 minutes but if you have a french press and a refrigerator you are ready to go. Just throw the grounds and water in the press and cover it with saran wrap or something. Throw it in the fridge overnight and in the morning press the grounds and enjoy a delicious cold brewed cup of coffee.
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I recently put together a 12g JBJ nano that I had sitting in my garage after I came across some free established live rock. It's a budget build all round. I bought a $60 Aqua Knight 30w LED for my primary lighting on Amazon and plan to just use filter pad/rock for my filtration.
It doesn't have ramping capabilities so I searched for a moonlight option and didn't see anything I liked off the shelf. I bought a few $2-3 LEDs off SuperbrightLEDs.com and used a 12v power supply and knob dimmer that I had laying around. I bought blue, red, cool white and UV to experiment with different options and decided to use the UV. The tank is in my bedroom so it's nice to be able to dim the moonlight if i want.
I wanted to use the mounting arm that came with my light but didn't want my fish jumping out and ending up on the floor. My solution was to buy a $4 piece of glass from Home Depot and use a glass cutter to make it custom fit the nano. The curve ended up being really easy and the whole thing only required 2 cuts.
My plan is to keep some GSP (courtesy of Agame) and a bubble tip anenome in it and keep the whole system low maintenance. For stocking, I already have a barbershop high fin goby and plan to add a blenny and clownfish.
Nice easy build! GSP lookin great!
Thanks Rick. It's very easy. I added an ATO as well. I did my first water change on it yesterday. 1.5 gallons.


I've posted my RavenCon scheduled over at They Napalmed My Shrubbery This Morning. Click here for all of the details.
I have been invited to speak to the wonderful people of Kalamzoo by Kazoo books. Come out and meet the writers groups and hear about small press publishing, dark speculative fiction, and anything else that comes up!
"A mingling, networking, hors d'oeuvre-devouring evening featuring Michael Cieslak, editor at the Dragon's Roost Press.
Looking to join or form a new writers group? To learn about small press publishing? Or just interested in the region's speculative fiction scene? Stop in.
We're hoping to have a couple new writers groups come together at this event. Reps from active groups will be on hand to answer questions; so will Michael, and he'll talk about Dragon's Roost, their latest anthologies, and the nuts & bolts of small press publishing.
This marks the beginning of this year's Independent Bookstore Day celebration. Mingling starts at 6pm; Michael speaks around 7."


University of Sussex web profile of Dr Benjamin Zeitlyn whose research expertise includes 'race' and class, Bangladesh, childhood, Children and migration, Development studies, drop out, Education, Ethiopia, ethnicity, globalisation, India, Malawi, Migration, Multiculturalism, and Transnationalism.
1. Growing up Glocal in London and. Sylhet. Anthropology Dphil Thesis. Benjamin Zeitlyn. University of Sussex. February 2010 ... I am indebted to everyone who helped me planning, researching and writing this thesis. I was extremely lucky throughout the process and have been able to research and write this thesis only.
Whitaker, Lynn, 'Producing UK Children's Public Service Broadcasting in the 21st Century: A Case Study of BBC Scotland', PhD Thesis (University of Glasgow, 2011). White ... Zeitlyn, Benjamin and Kanwal Mand, ' Researching transnational childhoods', Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 38/6 (2012), pp.987–1006.


To carry out a site visit and provide a full lighting design, with the aim of creating a scheme to replace existing 250w Sodium surface mounted luminaires. The work was to coincide with a refurbishment of the dance studio.
The lighting supplied met with our client's expectations, was supplied within budget, met the design requirements and function.


One of the biggest national hotlines for free home counseling is 888-995-HOPE, run by the Congress-funded Home Preservation Foundation. To date, the HOPE hotline has counseled four million homeowners since 2008, and helped 70% avoid foreclosure within a year. HOPE is the number to call before you seek a loan modification or expensive legal representation: a counselor will listen to your housing and financial concerns and, if necessary, facilitate a three-way conversation with a third party for additional help. With 550 employees stationed in 8 centers around the country, Diane Zyats, VP of Communications at the Homeownership Preservation Foundation, says there is rarely a backlog of homeowners waiting to receive advice. This, Zyats stresses, is key to preventing a distressed homeowner from falling for one of the many foreclosure scams out there.
The HOPE website also offers this helpful list of warning signs of a scam. Foremost? "No one should charge," she says. "There are so many sources for not charging that there is no reason to charge." Click here to see more.
NeighborWorks America is another Congressionally-funded program that provides financial and technical support to community-based foreclosure prevention efforts, such as the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program (NFMC), which boasts a 60% success rate. It also manages this exhaustive database of certified, HUD-approved foreclosure counselors by state.
Jamie Lathrop, director of foreclosure intervention, sees it as a simple matter of civic duty, "Why help? These people are our neighbors. They keep our neighborhoods clean, watch our kids on the street, return our mail to us. They let us know when someones scratched our car," he says. "It's part of being in a community."
Currently the BVLP handles over 160 active foreclosure cases, and has successfully prevented 45 from final foreclosure through mediation. Brooklyn is one of an increasing number of areas around the country where mediation has become mandatory before a home can be foreclosed on. Although victims don't need legal representation at these settlements, it can provide an immense amount of reassurance.
Over in Philadelphia, the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program is often touted as the first successful city-sponsored foreclosure prevention plan. Under the compassionate eye of Judge Annette Rizzo, recipient of the 2009 Louis J. Goffman Award, this two-year-old program makes it mandatory for borrower and lender to meet face-to-face, and discuss every possible option before the home can be foreclosed on. These options include forbearance, settlement, stay of sale, loan modification or reinstatement, and as a last resort, a "graceful" exit.
Each homeowner is also assigned a housing counselor to accompany them to court and guide them through the process, and it's effective: the program has delayed foreclosures in 75-80% of the cases that have made it to mediation. Thanks to the program's success, it has become a model for many other city-sponsored programs, such as in Boston, Pittsburgh, Miami, Cook County, Prince George's County, Louisville, and the state of New Jersey.
At best, even the combination of all these programs will make a mere dent in America's astronomical foreclosure levels. But like with any overwhelming problem, every little bit helps.
Have you avoided foreclosure recently? Are there other groups we should have added? Let us know in the comments section below!


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The First Time I… Write a post about the first time you did something. What is it? What was it like? What did you learn from it? This is Day 28's HAWMC prompt.
Decided I deserved everything I wanted from the world, I knew it was true.
I've been doing some "self-work" and really seeing myself as Happy, I have been looking at all areas of my life differently. The Hay House conference really changed my outlook on life and myself. Gratitude journal, affirmation board, "happy books," positive thoughts and actions, telling myself I deserve everything I want, has made a true difference.
The job background in my life has been varied. I've had some great jobs, where I've learned a lot, but last year I quit my day-job of 3+ years which had pretty much made me miserable. You can read about it here (because I've moved on from it completely and am now joyous I had the experiences there). I've been reluctant to put myself out there and believe that I could actually have a career- you know, a "big girl job." …Until(!) the first time I started believing in me.
I was originally hired by a large Silicon Valley software company as a contractor to back fill some of the duties for the Program Manager while she was out on maternity leave. I was brought in to cover lunches and do some paperwork but ended up taking on just about all of her responsibilities and extra projects. Within 3 months of being there (this all started January 3rd, 2012!), I was approached three times to "get on board" within different areas of the company.
Yesterday I was officially offered a position working with the Senior Vice President of Marketing, along with the Vice President of Social Media in Marketing- as a full time, permanent employee, working for the most incredible, intelligent, and creative minds in the business.
The 3 months that I've been with this company, I have learned that you really can love your job. I enjoy going to work each day and enjoy the work I'm doing. I have grown to become friends with my coworkers and enjoy being around them. I don't love the 20 mile commute that takes over an hour with traffic, but the employee community makes up for it.
Happy Birthday Mom and Sister!! Love you both!
This is so awesome. I am so happy for you! It gives me hope that I will either become a doctor (and hopefully love it) or find a job that I love regardless. So much love to you!
This is so awesome Lori and I really happy for you (and proud)!
And remind me where you live again?
NO WAY! You're going, too?!?!?!?!
Yay! Just as you said, you found the way to tell this wonderful story. I could tell from your Hay House conference post that it was truly life changing for you.
Excited for you about your job offer–including social media work, so your blogging experience will be right in line!
I've never been a fan of commutes, and a couple time periods during my years in the Bay Area, I had to do it. Shuddersome traffic! I hold the intention that that aspect of the situation will fall out for the best too.


Donald Trump on Saturday told a crowd of thousands he was sanguine about potential hostilities between North Korea and its neighbors.
Speaking at a rally in Rothschild, Wisconsin ahead of the state's primary on Tuesday, the Republican presidential frontrunner said that if conflict between Japan and nuclear-armed North Korea were to break out, "it would be a terrible thing but if they do, they do".
Referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, Trump also complained that the US had 28,000 troops on the armistice line between North Korea and South Korea"to stop a maniac".
Trump complained that the United States received no benefit from deploying troops around the world to help other countries who did not reimburse American taxpayers. "We can't be the policeman of the world," said Trump.
He pledged, if elected, "we are going to get these countries to pay but not only to pay all the money they owe us for many years ... we've been carrying these countries", he said.
US troops are deployed in South Korea to support the United Nations, which enforces the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953.
The two countries are still technically at war; North Korea repeatedly engages in belligerent activity. In the recent past it has sunk a South Korean ship andbombarded South Korean territory.
This week, as President Obama chaired a multi-nation nuclear security summit in Washington, Pyongyang carried out the latest of a number of ballistic missile tests. Last week, North Korea released a propaganda film that showed the US capital under nuclear attack.
Japan is constitutionally prohibited from having an army.
Since he emerged as the favourite to win the Republican presidential nomination, Trump's foreign policy credentials have come under scrutiny. He has unveiled a team of advisers, although he has been dogged by a remark to MSNBC in which he said that on foreign matters "I'm speaking with myself, No1, because I have a very good brain and I've said a lot of things".
Last week, Secretary of State John Kerry said the Republican presidential campaign and its foreign policy flashpoints had become an "embarrassment" to the US abroad.
Rivals have slammed Trump's foreign policy rhetoric. On Thursday, Ohio governor John Kasich said "Donald Trump is not ready to be commander in chief. He talks loosely about the use of nuclear weapons and of dismantling Nato. America is facing major challenges at home and abroad and cannot afford to elect a President who does not respect the seriousness of the office." Texas senator Ted Cruz has criticized Trump for "weakness and a dangerous isolationism".
At a campaign event in Wisconsin earlier on Saturday, Trump also echoed previous utterances when he said "it'd be fine" if Nato were to break up.


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Re-Programmable, biodegradable polymeric material made from renewable
Scientists at the university of Göttingen developed a material which can be easily transformed into many different stable 3D shapes multiple times. It is is completely based on renewable resources will be degraded in the envirnoment, can be easily recycled and even re-used in other applications.
Society and economy have a strong need in synthetics. An infinite variety of 3D shapes out of a mutlitude of polymer materials with numerous applications and functions are widely used in industry. Even though synthetics offer outstanding universal properties their extensive use has a huge flaw, which gets more and more visible. Large amounts of makroscopic and microscopic plastic waste pollute the environment. Most synthetics can be recycled only to a limited extend, with high energetic costs. Aditionally most plastics are made out of limited resources.
An argument for using synthetics is that they are light-weight and that they can be transported easily. But this only holds true, as long as larger sizes or forms of the light-weight plastic parts does not prevent an efficient transport. This issue can be adressed by polymers with a shape-memory, which can be e.g. flattened for transport. But still those shape-memory polymers have high demands on energy, costs for production and recycling. Thus alternative materials with similar properties, derived from renewable resources, which can be easily recycled and are degraded in the environment would be highly desireable.
Scientists at the university of Göttingen developed a shape-programmable self-compounding polymer film which can be made flexible and subsequently transformed into 3D shapes multiple times. The possiblity to re-shape the material multiple times allows the use of the same polymer film for different purposes and renders it a re-usable universal raw material for building a multitude of different stable 3D structures, which can be easily recycled.
Figure 1: A thin film of the hydroplastic material could easily be transformed ten times between four different shapes (Fig 1 a) and even after 10 cycles the mechanic properties of the poylmer had changed only slightly (Fig 1 b,c).
The transformation into new shapes is very simple and cost effective. Simply putting the Material into water for a longer time, makes the polymer film flexible. Thus you can call the material an ecological, re-programmable hydroplastic polymer. In its stable state the mechanical properties of CCi* are comparable to Polycarbonate (Figure2) and the shapes are stable for at least months, probably years (tested at ambient temperature and humidity).
Figure 2: Mechanical properties of CCi* in its stable state. Youngs modulus and Tensile strnegth are comparable to Polycarbonate.
The hydroplastic polymer is made completely out of renewable resources, namely cellulose and cinnamate, can be easily recycled and will be degraded in the envirnoment. Together with the low effort and thus low costs for the re-shaping, the cellulose cinnamate polymer films have the potential to serve as environmentally sustainable building blocks for a multitude of applications. Ranging from the use for food packging (Figure 3) to the use in space.
Figure 3: Tomatoes wrapped into a thin 11cm x11cm polymer Film.
shape-programmable hydroplastic polymer made out of renewable resources
once shaped, the polymer is stable for at least months
the stable state has mechanical properties similar to Polycarboante
cheap and simple re-shaping or recycling
highly transparent
potential for use as an ecological universal construction material for 3D shapes
single polymer film can be (re-)used for different applications
Devlopment Status
Thin polymer films with up to 11x11 cm in size were produced, but in principle there is no restriction to increase size and thickness of the films. Scientists further characterize potential of the material and devlop new applications.
IP-Rights
A priority patent application has been filed by the Georg August University Göttingen. We can offer worldwide protection rights.
Patent Manager Life Sciences
E-Mail: mandresen(at)sciencebridge.de
Reference: BioT-2201-SUG
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« The End of Knowledge?!?
Greek Crisis: Hans Werner-Sinn on Fixing the Eurozone »
Moral Hazard.
July 8, 2015 //
"Why should the European taxpayers bail out the profligate Greeks?"
That's the mantra I've been hearing for some time now, even though a way bigger, and darker, cloud slowly builds up on the other side of the world.
As almost all mantras there is a small nugget of truth in here, even if things are not at all as some want us to believe. Jan Strupczewski wrote this almost prophetic article for Reuters, more than two years ago.
First of all I'd like to quote the definition proposed by Investopedia.com for 'moral hazard':
"The risk that a party to a transaction has not entered into the contract in good faith, has provided misleading information about its assets, liabilities or credit capacity, or has an incentive to take unusual risks in a desperate attempt to earn a profit before the contract settles.
Moral hazard can be present any time two parties come into agreement with one another. Each party in a contract may have the opportunity to gain from acting contrary to the principles laid out by the agreement…..
Moral hazard can be somewhat reduced by the placing of responsibilities on both parties of a contract…."
The way I understand this definition is that it is the job of both parties who enter into a contract to perform every diligence they see fit before committing to that contract and to assume the responsibility afterwards.
Let's see if this definition sheds any light on today's subject.
The Western World tends to act as if all countries were functioning as communities. If we don't like what Putin does in Ukraine we impose sanctions that hurt the entire Russia in the hope that people will do something about the situation. That tactic works very rarely – see what happens in N. Korea and in Iran. Even more, sometimes it even backfires. Look at how popular Putin has become after the sanctions have been put in place.
Coming back to Greece we have become fed up with the shenanigans of the Greek politicians – right, left and middle – and now we insist on harsh 'austerity measures' in the hope that the Greek voters will somehow find among themselves an honest knight in a shinning armor that will appear from somewhere and teach them to pay their taxes – and by doing so they'll dully repay the entire debt that has accrued over the time.
After all it's their responsibility, isn't it?
It was them, the Greek voters, that have elected the corrupt politicians in the first place. It was them, the Greek voters, that didn't do anything when they noticed that their Government was corrupt. Even more, some of the ordinary Greeks must have helped the corrupt politicians – nobody can be corrupt by it's own, somebody must be at the other side of the deal. On top of that dodging taxes was, and still is, a national sport in Greece – well, that's actually a rational thing to do: 'who in it's right mind would willingly pay his taxes, knowing that most of the money would be squandered away'?
Does that mean that the Greeks should be made to reimburse, in integrum, what their creditors demand of them?
OK, lets forget for one moment that this not possible and that if Greece defaults not only the Greek people will have to endure harsh conditions for a while but also the creditors will loose a considerable amount of what they are due.
Let's presume that a completely different Tsipras somehow convinces the Greek people to accept pension cuts, tax hikes and, lo and behold, to pay their taxes in an honest way.
Then we'll still have a fine example of 'moral hazard'.
We have just established that in a democracy the voters have the final responsibility for the actions of those elected/hired into meaningful positions.
And what did the elected officials, from Brussels as well as those from the rest of the EU capitals? Turned a blind eye when Greek politicians 'cooked the books' before Greece was admitted into the EU and, after that, into the Euro zone? Then, when the private banks that had unwisely extended credit to the profligate Greeks had troubles recouping their money, the same elected officials said nothing while Jean Claude Trichet, the then president of the ECB, helped transfer the entire burden – mind you, no 'haircuts', unto the 'wider' shoulders of the European tax-payer? Who said absolutely nothing!
Only now some of the elected politicians, afraid that their constituents might finally protest, have started to notice the irresponsible attitude of Greece, to demand harsh austerity measures and to refuse even the idea of any debt relief.
So how come we can speak of moral hazard when we describe what the Greeks (governments, tax dodgers and general public) did but never mention in this context the lack of financial responsibility displayed by the investment bankers that helped the Greek governments cover up their shenanigans, the European officials who turned a blind eye to what was going on and the wide European public who didn't care about what was done with their money by those hired to take good care of the European finances?
What is going to happen from now on?
Before trying to gouge that we need to understand what sets Greece apart from the countries that have dragged themselves out of the worst phases of the latest crises – Ireland, Spain and Portugal: Greece is a country deeply divided by rampart corruption.
In most of Europe corruption is a cancer that reaches across the entire social organism, in Greece it divides the population in two almost equal parts: those who work for or do business with the Government and all the rest.
The situation is made worse by the fact that Greece has become independent rather lately, specially compared with the Western Europe. Furthermore, the process was a lengthy one, it started in 1821 and ended right after WWI, only to recommence during WWII. Add to that the long list of authoritarian leaders and you'll understand the deep mistrust between the people and the Government – which is not at all 'their', despite Greece calling itself a democracy. I have a distinct impression that even those who work for or do business with the Government doesn't really trust it – they know too much about what is going on there. Small wonder, in these conditions, that dodging taxes is a national sport…
What we have now is, on one side, some European leaders who were elected on a conservative/popular ticked and who have already introduced some austerity at home and, on the other side, a leader who has promised to end austerity.
For these people to reach an agreement both sides have to admit failure: the European leaders must accept the past errors and take responsibility for them and Tsipras must convince his constituents that they need to change their attitude. Completely.
Does any of this have any chance to come true?
Tags Alexis Tsipras, austerity, capitalism., Collective identity, Democracy, financial crises, investment banks, moral hazard, responsibility, Syriza, The profligate Greeks
Categories 1989 and the Global Financial Crisises., Choices we make, Economy, Frames of mind, Money as goal, Mutual Respect, Psychology, Social justice
betterfailling says:
Four years ago Europe was worrying about Italy…
"The grave danger is that, if Italy stops paying its debts, creditor banks could be made insolvent. Goldman Sachs, which has written over $2trn of insurance, including an undisclosed amount on eurozone countries' debt, would not escape unharmed, especially if some of the $2trn of insurance it has purchased on that insurance turns out to be with a bank that has gone under. No bank – and especially not the Vampire Squid – can easily untangle its tentacles from the tentacles of its peers. This is the rationale for the bailouts and the austerity, the reason we are getting more Goldman, not less. The alternative is a second financial crisis, a second economic collapse.
Shared illusions, perhaps? Who would dare test it?"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/what-price-the-new-democracy-goldman-sachs-conquers-europe-6264091.html
"How damaged is eurozone and EU by Greek debacle?" | nicichiarasa says:
[…] yet. Moral hazard aside we have to consider two things. Greece is different from the rest of the Euro-zone and […]
Moral Hazard has always been a double edged sword.
So are miza and fakelaki. They end up destroying the very foundation of any society, the mutual trust and respect that has to exist between its members.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/complicit-in-corruption-how-german-companies-bribed-their-way-to-greek-deals-a-693973.html