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on Jan 23, 2012 @ 10:58 pm
I have never had dandruff before, but I am guessing because of the combination of the winter and dry weather, my scalp has been so itchy and dry.
I am going to the pharmacy tomorrow and was going to pick up one of those anti-dandruff shampoos. Does any one have a good/bad experience with any of them?
|Me too on Feb 10, 2012 @ 04:28 pm
Hi i hav had an itchy and dry scalp for some time now and i see flakes of dandruff before i wash my hair and after, i have tried almost everything so far but still have the occasion itchy head and flakes. i have tried washing my hair after a week because i thought i had a really dry scalp but that made it worse, so i tried washing twice a week or whenever it felt oily at the top of my head and that has reduced the itchy feel. I have tried psoriasis shampoo, head and shoulders, selsun blue, herbal essence and none have worked, Pantene has kept my hair int he best condition and conditioner makes it better. using shampoos that are too strong or that strip ur hair tooo clean make it worse since my hair feels even more super dry than before and my scalp gets so itchyy. I tried a herbal remedy in which you warm coconut oil and soak a cotton ball in it and pat ur scalp all over with the coconut oil leave on for 2 hours or over night if possible (wrap ur head or put on a plastic shower cap when you sleep) and rinse with shampoo thoroughly in the morning, this has reduced my dandruff dry scalp and itchyness but is a hassle to do it every other night but so far i have seeen results. I have 2other things left to try: the dandruff shampoo called Nizoral ( you can get it from drugstores) and my vietnamese friend recommended to me tree tea oil and shampoo ( which i know you can get from shoppers drugmart not sure where else they would have it) If you do find ur cure please let me know or post back on this forum, perhaps i could get some help too
|depends on the severity and the cause on Feb 10, 2012 @ 05:21 pm
Some people have chronic problems with dandruff or even psoriasis on their scalp, while others just have occasional issues. It sounds like you are one of the occasional sufferers.
In that case, I'd suggest you start with good ol' Head and Shoulders. My hubby uses this from time to time and when I'm out of my usual shampoo I will sometimes use this. Despite being an anti-dandruff shampoo, H & S has really pulled up their socks lately and you would never know it's a dandruff shampoo. I'd say it's quite comparable to many other drugstore brands and you can get it for different hair types now.
Expect it to take a couple of days to clear up, and if you still have it after a few days, you should try something stronger.
Sometimes you just think you have dandruff, but what you really have is mega buildup. It appears to flake, is itchy like crazy and won't really go away until you use a clarifying shampoo. Many brands have clarifying lines, but I like Neutrogena's version. Just know that if you colour your hair, clarifying shampoos tend to strip the colour faster. That's why you should only use it once or twice and then go back to your regular shampoo. It's a good idea to use a clarifying shampoo perhaps 1x per month or as needed. More often than that will be a little too harsh for your hair.
keep us posted!
|Go to a dermatologist ... on Feb 11, 2012 @ 05:47 pm
don't mess around with trying to figure it out yourself, then end up buying a ton of stuff.
I got a bag of free samples and a Rx strength shampoo to use whenever I need it. It was worth the co-pay and the price of the Rx which was cheaper that some of the shampoos on the shelves. Also I use Wen hair care products and I find that it has made a big difference in my hair and scalp overall.
If you think it could be product buildup on your scalp then just mix a little baking soda in with your normal shampoo- clarifying shampoos strip your hair and scalp of natural and needed oils which you seem to need right now. Let us know how you make out.
|tips on Feb 13, 2012 @ 12:18 am
Phyto has some great products for dandruff. Among them a mix of essential oilf too soother and exfoliate the scalp. Also, try rinsing hair with a mixture of apple cider vinegar and water. It'll balance out oh levels of scalp.
|I figured it out on May 16, 2014 @ 12:22 am
It has been a long time since I have been able to get back on here to post, however I have finally figured out what my problem was, I had an overgrowth of yeast or sebum on my scalp that if left unwashed would cause dandruff (itchy dandruff that I would pick out of my fingernails and examine, it smelled and had a yellowy-white clumped look). So I washed my hair everyday, however it would then itch and get dry and flaky due to dryness. Harsh shampoos seem to make the dryness worse and warm-hot water make it worse too. I wash my hair and scalp with apple cider vinegar and water once a month to keep pH level balanced and massage coconut oil once every 2 weeks when i can on weekends and leave it overnight or for a few hrs and then shampoo and wash it all out. My dry scalp is no longer dry, i shampoo everyday if i sweat or its really hot or every other day during winter so it doesnt become too dry, the apple cider vinegar helps with keeping my scalp clean and pH in balance so no yeast or extra sebum becomes problematic and the coconut oil (or almond oil) keeps my scalp well moisturized enough to not cause flakes due to dryness. I am so glad i found a combination of things that work :) Mostly i noticed not washing hair frequently enough was a major cause of extra dead skin cells that mixed with sebum and caused dandruff.
|Apple Cider Vinegar on May 20, 2014 @ 03:29 pm
I had heard of this before and forgot all about it. Apple Cider vinegar is fantastic for so many things. I too get that yellow-white buildup on my scalp after sweating, I used to use a product called Sea Breeze, but haven't been able to find it in years. It was fabulous, after shampooing you spritzed some into your hair, massaged it into the scalp and your "dandruff" problem was solved plus your hair felt so smooth and shiny. I will now try your Apple Cider vinegar cure. Thank you for the heads up!
Kate Russell
|dont work :( on May 26, 2014 @ 08:40 am
the shampo's actually don't work on my type of hairs :(
|Best way to get rid of dandruff on Jun 11, 2014 @ 04:42 pm
COCONUT OIL, rubbing it into your scalp will help hydrate it and prevent dandruff :)
|Treat dandruff naturally on Jun 25, 2014 @ 12:56 am
Hi there,nobody likes dry itchy scalp.its just so irritating.You can make a mixture of greek yogurt or just plain yogurt and brown sugar and apply it on your scalp generously.leave it for 20 mins and wash with water first and use any shampoo & conditioner.you can also apply hot coconut oil and then use hot towel for 20 mins to steam.wash afterwards.I hope these tips will be helpful.
|Thanks Deepika82 on Jun 25, 2014 @ 10:16 am
I like your hints, had heard about the yogurt but was unsure how exactly to use it. I for one will give it a try, it should also condition the hair at the same time. Thanks a bunch.


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CSC 270 – Survey of Programming Languages C Lecture 6 – Pointers and Dynamic Arrays Modified from Dr. Siegfried
What is a Pointer? A point is a variable whose values are memory addresses. We call it a pointer because we envision the address as "pointing" to where the value is stored. Deferencing a pointer gets the value at that memory address Reference parameters make use of pointers. Arrays are passed by reference because the name of an array (without an index following it) is a pointer to where the array is stored.
Pointer Variables When we write doublex; we are saying that there is a double-precision value stored in memory and x is the value at that location. When we write double *p we are saying that p is a pointer to a double value that is stored in memory and that p's value is the address at which the value is stored. (Read backwards) Note: could be double* p instead.
Assign and Dereference Pointers #include int main(void) { int a; int * aPtr; a = 7; aPtr = &a; printf("The address of a is %p\nThe value of aPtr is %p\n",&a,aPtr); printf("The value of a is %d\nThe value of *aPtr is %d\n",a,*aPtr); printf("\nThe result of &*aPtr is %p\n and the value of *&aPtr is %p\n", &*aPtr,*&aPtr); printf("\nThe result of *&a is %d\n",*&a); //CANT DO THIS because you cannot deference an int: printf("%d",*a); }
Deferencing Result The address of a is 0x7fff22344cfc The value of aPtr is 0x7fff22344cfc The value of a is 7 The value of *aPtr is 7 The result of &*aPtr is 0x7fff22344cfc and the value of *&aPtr is 0x7fff22344cfc The result of *&a is 7
Declaring and Using Pointer Variables We can declare several pointer variables in the same statement, even together with variable of the type to which they point: intv1, v2, v3, *p1, *p2, *p3; We can assign values to pointers using the referencing operator ( & ): p1 = &v1;/* p1 holds the address where v1 is stored.*/
Using Pointers v1 = 0; p1 = &v1; *p1 = 42; printf("%d\n", v1); printf("%d\n", *p1); Output 42
Pointers and the Assignment Operation Assign a pointer to another pointer p2 = p1 printf("%d\n", *p2) ; will also produce 42 (unless v1's value was changed).
p1 = p2 p1 8 p2 9 p1 8 p2 9 BeforeAfter
*p1 = *p2 p1 8 p2 9 p1 9 p2 9 BeforeAfter
malloc() The library function malloc() is used to allocate memory for a data item and then to assign its address to a pointer variable. The prototype for malloc() is void* malloc (size_t size); where size_t is an unsigned integer type Variables that are created using malloc() are called dynamically allocated variables. Found in stdlib.h
malloc() - An Example p1 = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int)); scanf("%d", p1); *p1 = *p1 + 7; printf("%d", *p1);
free() The function free() eliminates a dynamic variable and returns the memory that the dynamic variable occupied to the heap. It can be re-used. The prototype: void free (void* ptr); After the delete statement, p 's value is undefined.
Demo Dynamic Variables #include int main (void){ int *p1, *p2; p1 = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int)); *p1 = 42; p2 = p1; printf ("*p1 == %d\n *p2 == %d\n", *p1,*p2); *p2 = 53; puts ("\n\nAfter *p2 = 53:\n"); printf("*p1 == %d\n *p2 == %d\n", *p1,*p2); p1 = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int));
*p1 = 88; *p2 = 33; puts ("\n\nAfter *p1 = 88 and *p2 = 33"); puts("and created new var for p1 to reference:\n"); printf("*p1 == %d\n *p2 == %d\n", *p1,*p2); free(p1); // why not free p1 before second malloc??? free(p2); return(0); }
Output from BasicPointer.c *p1 == 42 *p2 == 42 After *p2 = 53: *p1 == 53 *p2 == 53 After *p1 = 88 and *p2 = 33 and created new var for p1 to reference: *p1 == 88 *p2 == 33
Explaining BasicPointer.c ? p1 ? p2 int *p1, *p2; p1 ? ? p2 p1 = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int));
Explaining BasicPointer.c p1 42 ? p2 *p1 = 42; p1 42 p2 p2 = p1;
Explaining BasicPointer.c p1 53 p2 *p2 = 53; p1 ? p2 53 p1 = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int));
Explaining BasicPointer.c p1 88 p2 33 *p1 = 88; *p2 = 33
Basic Memory Management The heap is a special area of memory reserved for dynamically allocated variables. Compilers would return NULL if there wasn't enough memory when calling malloc(). It could potentially cause the program to abort execution.
Stopping Errors with malloc() int*p; p = (int *) malloc(sizeof(int)); if (p == NULL){ printf("Insufficient memory\n"); exit(1); } /*If malloc()succeeded, the program continues here */
NULL NULL is actually the number 0, but we prefer to think of it as a special-purpose value.. NULL 's definition appears in, and NULL can be assigned to a pointer variable of any type.
Dangling Pointers A dangling pointer is an undefined pointer. It either has no address assigned yet or what it pointed to is now gone. If p is a dangling pointer, then *p references memory that has been returned to the heap and the result is unpredictable. C has no built-in mechanism for checking for dangling pointers. – For this reason, it is always a good idea to set dangling pointers to NULL.
Dynamic Variables Variables created using the malloc function are called dynamic variables (they are created and destroyed while the program is running. Storage for local variables are allocated when the function is called and de-allocated when the function call is completed. They are called automatic variables because this is all done automatically. Variables declared outside any function or class definition are called external (or global) variables. They are statically allocated because their storage is allocated when the program is translated.
typedef You can define a pointer type name so that pointer variables can be declared like other variables. E.g., typedef int * IntPtr; IntPtr p;// equivalent to int *p; typedef can be used to define any kind of data type: typedef double Kilometers; Kilometers distance;
Dynamic Arrays A dynamic array is an array whose size is not specifically when you write the program. Example inta[10]; typedef int*IntPtr; IntPtrp; … p = a; /* p[i] refers to a[i] */
ArrayDemo.c // Program to demonstrate that an array variable is // a kind of pointer variable #include typedef int* IntPtr; intmain(void) { IntPtrp; inta[10]; intindex; for (index = 0; index < 10; index++) a[index] = index;
p = a; for (index = 0; index < 10; index++) printf("%d ", p[index]); printf("\n"); for (index = 0; index < 10; index++) p[index] = p[index] + 1; for (index = 0; index < 10; index++) printf("%d ", a[index]); printf("\n"); return(0); } Output 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Creating and Using Dynamic Arrays You do not always know in advance what size an array should be. Dynamic arrays allow the programmer to create arrays that are flexible in size: typedef double*DoublePtr; DoublePtrd; d = (double *) malloc (10*sizeof(double));
DynArrayDemo.c // Searches a list of numbers entered at the // keyboard #include typedef int*IntPtr; voidfillArray(int a[], int size); // Precondition: size is the size of the array a // Postcondition: a[0] through a[size-1] have been // filled with values read from the keyboard.
intsearch(int a[], int size, int target); // Precondition: size is the size of the array a // The array elements a[0] through a[size-1] have // values. // If target is in the array, returns the first index // of target // If target is not in the array, returns -1. intmain(void) { printf("This program search a list of " " numbers.\n"); intarraySize, target; intlocation;
printf("How many numbers will be on the " "list\t?"); scanf("%d", &arraySize); IntPtra; a = (int *) malloc(arraySize*sizeof(int)); fillArray(a, arraySize); printf("Enter a value to search for:\t?"); scanf("%d", &target); location = search(a, arraySize, target);
if (location == -1) printf("%d is not in the array.\n", target); else printf("%d is element %d in the array.\n", target, location); free(a); return(0); }
// Uses the library : voidfillArray(int a[], int size) { printf("Enter %d integers.", size); int index; for ( index = 0; index < size; index++) scanf("%d", &a[index]); }
int search(int a[], int size, int target) { int index = 0; while ((a[index] != target) && (index < size)) index++; if (index == size) /* If target is not in a */ index = -1; return index; }
Why use free(a); ? The free(a) function call is necessary if the program will do other things after finishing its use of a dynamic array, so the memory can be reused for other purposes.
PtrDemo.c #include int* doubler (int a[], int size); /* * Precondition: size is the size of the array a * A indexed variables of a have values. * Returns: a pointer to an array of the same size *as a in which each index variable is *double the corresponding element in a. */
intmain(void) { inta[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}; int*b; b = doubler(a, 5); inti; printf("array a:\n"); for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) printf("%d ", a[i]); printf("\n"); printf("Array b:\n"); for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) printf("%d ", b[i]);
printf("\n"); free(b); return(0); } int*doubler(int a[], int size) { int*temp; temp = (int *) malloc(size*sizeof(int)); int i; for (i = 0; i < size; i++) temp[i] = 2*a[i]; return temp; }
Output from PtrDemo.cpp array a: 1 2 3 4 5 Array b: 2 4 6 8 10
Pointer Arithmetic If p is a pointer, p++ increment p to point to the next element and p += i; has p point i elements beyond where it currently points. Example typedef double*DoublePtr; DoublePtrd; d = new double[10]; d +1 points to d[1], d+2 points to d[2]. If d = 2000, d+1 = 2008 ( double use 4 bytes of memory).
Pointer Arithmetic – An Example for (i = 0; i < arraySize; i++) printf("%d ", *(d+i)); is equivalent to for (i = 0; i < arraySize; i++) printf("%d ", d[i]);
Pointers and ++ and -- You can also use the increment and decrement operators, ++ and – to perform pointer arithmetic. Example d++ advances the pointer to the address of the next element in the array and d–- will set the pointer to the address of the previous element in the array.
Multidimensional Dynamic Arrays Multidimensional dynamic arrays are really arrays of arrays or arrays of arrays of arrays, etc. To create a 2-dimensional array of integers, you first create an array of pointers to integers and create an array of integers for each element in the array.
Creating Multidimensional Arrays // Create a data type for to integers typedef int * IntArrayPtr; // Allocate an array of 3 integer pointers IntArrayPtr *m = (int**)malloc(3*sizeof (int *)); // Allocate for 3 arrays of 4 integers each. int i; for ( i = 0; i < 3; i++) m[i] = (int *) malloc(4*sizeof(int)); // Initialize them all to 0 for ( i = 0; I < n; i++) for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) m[i][j] = 0;
free Since m is an array of array, each of the arrays created with malloc() in the for loop must be returned to the heap using a call to free() and then afterward, m itself must be returned using free().
MultArrayDemo.c #include typedef int*IntArrayPtr; intmain(void) { intd1, d2; inti, j; IntArrayPtr *m; printf("Enter the row and column dimensions" " of the array:\t"); scanf("%d%d", &d1, &d2);
m = (IntArrayPtr *) malloc(d1 *sizeof(IntArrayPtr)); for (i = 0; i < d1; i++) m[i] = (int *) malloc(d2 * sizeof(int)); /* m is now a d1-by-d2 array. */ printf("Enter %d rows of %d integers each:\n", d1, d2); for (i = 0; i < d1; i++) for (j = 0; j < d2; j++) scanf("%d", &m[i][j]); printf("Echoing the two-dimensional array:\n");
for (i = 0; i < d1; i++){ for (j = 0; j < d2; j++) printf("%d ", m[i][j]); printf("\n"); } for (i = 0; i < d1; i++) free(m[i]); free(m); return (0); }
Output Enter the row and column dimensions of the array: 3 4 Enter 3 rows of 4 integers each: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Echoing the two-dimensional array: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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My Monaco trip got cancelled
Was supposed to leave tomorrow for a few days, just chill at Hotel de Paris with my friend, but it got cancelled. Booo… Wanted to get some sunshine plus just having a chill weekend away somewhere..
Oh well. It's just so annoying when plans get changed suddenly, and it's typical rich people behavior! I can't complain since the trip wouldn't have costed me anything, but it just sucks when you're think you're going somewhere, and turns out – you're not! Damn unreliable people, but better get used to it in this world… People like to talk and make big plans, but out of it all, a small percentage usually happens. So Be aware girls, talk is cheap!


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Pennsylvania driver's license will no longer count as federal IDOctober 13, 2016 11:37 PM
The federal Department of Homeland Security says it's done waiting for Pennsylvania and five other states to comply with 11-year-old changes in federal ID requirements.
Beginning Jan. 30, residents of those states won't be able to use their driver's license to enter federal facilities, Homeland Security officials said in a letter to the state Department of Transportation released Thursday. The only exception will be for residents who want to enter federal facilities to apply for such things as Social Security or veteran's benefits.
And a year later, residents won't be able to use their driver's license as ID to board commercial flights, either. They would have to find another acceptable form or ID, such as a valid passport or other federally issued identification, including a military ID or border-crossing card.
At issue is compliance with the REAL ID Act of 2005, a law passed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to improve security. The act requires states to issue licenses with anti-counterfeiting provisions and store photographs and other information in a database that federal officials could use.
But critics say the law has two problems: It establishes what amounts to a national ID card, which they consider an intrusion on privacy, and it is an unfunded federal mandate. In Pennsylvania, which has issued about 9 million driver's licenses and another 1.4 million photo ID cards, officials estimated five years ago that it could cost $250 million to $300 million to replace those licenses.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, which issues driver's licenses, has made some changes to meet the federal standards. But a 2011 state law prohibits it from complying with other provisions, said department spokesman Rich Kirkpatrick.
"It's a tough situation right now," Mr. Kirkpatrick said. "That will be a pretty real burden on people if they can't use their license to get through airport security. We've done everything we can do under state law."
State Sen. Mike Folmer, R-Lebanon, said Thursday that he considers Homeland Security's letter "some real saber rattling." Mr. Folmer was the chief sponsor of the REAL ID Nonparticipation Act approved by the Legislature in 2011. Pennsylvania is the only state that has such a law.
"I'm not apologizing for introducing that bill," Mr. Folmer said. "I just believe the feds are wrong here [on the need for a uniform license for all states]. It's an unfunded mandate that we can't afford at a time when we are having budget problems of our own."
Mr. Folmer said Pennsylvania has "a very good system," with strong requirements for identification when someone applies for a license or identification card. Making states share that kind of information with federal officials is "an encroachment on my freedom" that the state shouldn't allow, he said.
"I wish someone would show me how this card would make me safer," he said. "The Oklahoma City bomber would have had this kind of card so it wouldn't have stopped him. I don't see what it would accomplish."
Mr. Folmer said it was "never my intent to cause our residents any kind of inconvenience," but if another legislator introduced a bill to revoke his law and comply with federal regulations, he would vote against it.
Homeland Security has issued many extensions to complying with the REAL ID Act since it was scheduled to begin in 2007. But the department said in letters this week to officials in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maine, Oklahoma and South Carolina that it will issue no more extensions unless they make significant progress toward compliance.
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Yesterday we promised to start looking at some of the policy objectives of a "Capital Homestead Act." Since there are more than a few, we decided to do some today, and the rest on Monday — with the caveat that a division of any kind might give the wrong impression that parts of the program can be separated and implemented piecemeal. No, the proposal is an integrated approach, and must be implemented as a unified approach, or there is a very good chance it won't work.
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Thursday, April 27, 2017
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
A Just, Third Way: Capital Homesteading, Part II
One thing we've noticed about a number of proposed reform packages is that all too frequently the desired goal is stated as the means instead of the end. This tends to get almost simple minded at times. If you want something, just do it. How to do it is an unimportant detail.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
A Just, Third Way: Capital Homesteading, Part I
Last Thursday we looked at how cutting consumption to accumulate savings, far from being the only way to finance new capital formation, actually throws the entire financial and economic system into a cocked hat and causes a failure of Say's Law of Markets to operate . . . although why the hat has to be cocked instead of a gun remains a mystery. Either does the damage.
Monday, April 24, 2017
Is Greed Good?
Last Thursday we noted that the ability to accumulate — "save" — while an aspect of money, is only peripheral to the principal function of money, which is to be spent, i.e., "consumed." Money, which is anything that can be accepted in settlement of a debt, derives from the functioning of Say's Law of Markets.
Friday, April 21, 2017
News from the Network, Vol. 10, No. 16
One of the things the news media have made clear this week — whether or not they meant to — was to underscore the fact that so many of what seem to be insoluble problems actually have some fairly simple solutions . . . if you bother to look for them:
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Distributism and Say's Law
We've been getting into some interesting discussions on FaceBook about the similarities between the rather vague system that G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc called "distributism," and the more specific proposal we call "Capital Homesteading" within the context of the Just Third Way.
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Own or Be Owned
It is all very well to say that social justice is better than socialism. We could even come up with a "Top Ten List" of reasons why, and try to make something appallingly serious — the infiltration of socialist principles and the concept of society into virtually every aspect of life — a trifle less ghastly.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
"Three Acres and a Cow"
As a slogan, "Three acres and a cow" has been around a lot longer than most people who think about it think . . . if, of course, they think about it. There's even a bit of history that goes with it, and it could also apply today — properly understood.
Monday, April 17, 2017
Socialism v. Social Justice
To many people, the term "social justice" is another way of saying "socialism." And if we use the term as it was used prior to Pope Pius XI, they are correct. It was Pius XI, following up on Pope Leo XIII's efforts to counter the "new things" of religious and scientific socialism, who took the previously vague term and turned it into something meaningful and useful.
Friday, April 14, 2017
News from the Network, Vol. 10, No. 15
This week has been filled with a number of activities, few of which have anything to do with the Just Third Way, at least directly. There have been a few items of note, however:
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Good as Gold, XI: The Old Story of the New Deal
In the previous posting in this series, we ended by asking the question, What was wrong with the New Deal? Didn't it save the country?
Not exactly. In fact, a good case could be made that the New Deal ruined the United States, especially monetarily.
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
3. "Walter Russell Mead's Awful Idea"
It seems a little obvious. If you expect to save for retirement, you need something out of which to save. In the current state of society, that means you need a wage system job . . . and those are disappearing in competition with advancing technology or cheaper labor elsewhere.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
2. "Walter Russell Mead's Awful Idea"
Yesterday we looked at how Academician Walter Russell Mead managed to equate capital ownership with home ownership, and then with having a guaranteed job . . . and then wonder why the system wasn't working at all the way he thought it should. Today we're going to looked at Dr. Mead's proposed solution to the problem of today's disappearing guaranteed jobs and its effect on retirement savings.
Monday, April 10, 2017
1. "Walter Russell Mead's Awful Idea"
Be careful what you wish for. You might get it.
A number of times we've commented on this blog that we like to receive comments and questions from the floor. Responding to them is an easy way to write a daily blog.
It's also an easy way to give up in despair about the future of the world. . . .
Friday, April 7, 2017
News from the Network, Vol. 10, No. 14
As spring approaches and temperatures rise, so does the level of activity in the Just Third Way movement. That's a poetic way of saying things are starting to happen:
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Good as Gold, X: Hijacking the Federal Reserve
When the United States began gearing up for entry into the First World War, one of the first things the politicians did was decide how to finance the war effort. Politicians being what they are, of course, they chose to finance the war using debt as much as possible instead of raising taxes . . . which might harm their chances of reelection.
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Good as Gold, IX: Debt or Taxes?
Last Thursday we noted that the Federal Reserve, far from being "the Creature from Jekyll Island" intended to enslave the human race to the Gnomes of Zürich, was actually designed — and intended — to break the virtual monopoly enjoyed by the money moguls of Wall Street. How did it happen?
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Why Is Socialism Condemned?
We've been working on a study of the origins of religious (as opposed to scientific) socialism. Part of the problem of trying to figure out just how much modern "social thought" is actually a version of socialism is handicapped by the fact that the distinction between religious socialism and scientific socialism is often not very clear.
Monday, April 3, 2017
Some Basic Thoughts on Income
There has been quite a bit of discussion about the idea that everyone is entitled to a basic income just for existing. Even the Wall Street Journal recently reviewed a book, Basic Income, by Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght, making it sound as if such redistribution was the solution to the growing wealth and income gap.
Friday, March 31, 2017
News from the Network, Vol. 10, No. 13
Another week of extremely important advances that do not make for particularly exciting news reporting. That, however, is one of the problems with reporting about what a think tank does . . . which is, primarily, thinking. And there just aren't too many ways to say people did a lot of thinking (and talking about thinking). So what else has been going on?
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Good as Gold, VIII: Toward Monetary Reform
The mistakes England made with the Bank Charter Act of 1844 managed to get themselves duplicated in the United States with the National Banking Act of 1863 (amended 1864). In both cases the legal tender reserve currency was backed by government debt, convertible into gold, and inelastic, i.e., fixed in amount, to try and avoid inflation. This lack of understanding about money and credit caused or contributed to a series of financial panics and currency crises in both countries.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Good as Gold, VII: Battling the Banks
In the previous posting in this series — cut short on the Ides of March — we saw how the tenets of the British Currency School became predominant. We also saw how one branch of it, that which held that government debt is an asset of the issuing government, quickly became public policy . . . if only because it allowed politicians to spend as much money as they could until the public lost confidence in them.
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
4. Is Distributism a Parody of Christianity?
As we conclude this brief series examining "The ABC's of Catholic Economics," it becomes evident why Chesterton was so adamant that, while the principles of science, politics, and religion must be compatible with each other and consistent with reality, they cannot be combined or mixed without disaster.
Monday, March 27, 2017
3. Is Distributism a Parody of Christianity?
Last Thursday we continued our examination of "The ABC's of Catholic Economics," which the author of an article in Regina Magazine claimed was realized in the "distributism" of G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc. Going through the letters G through M we found more discrepancies between Chesterton's and Belloc's concept of distributism and what the author of the article claimed was their system, and what the Catholic Church actually teaches as opposed to what the author claimed the Catholic Church teaches.
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Develop stress, disease, and pest-tolerant cultivars of common and underutilized landscape trees suitable for urban areas and height-restricted planting sites. Develop disease- and insect-screening assays for identifying resistant parent taxa and hybrid progeny. Identify interspecific and intergeneric barriers to introgression of desired traits into adapted germplasm. Develop non-invasive tree cultivars, via wide-hybridization and inter-ploid crosses, to limit naturalization and gene-introgression into natural populations. Quantify genome sizes and ploidy levels in related taxa and identify parental taxa for interploid crosses. Develop methods for ploidy-manipulation of vegetative meristems to facilitate interploid crosses and ploidy bridges. Use molecular techniques for hybrid verification and genetic-relatedness tests within cultivated germplasm of important tree species.
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Develop in vitro and in situ disease and insect screening assays for identifying resistant parent taxa and hybrid progeny; determine inter- and intrageneric barriers to introgression of resistance and ornamental traits into adapted germplasm via controlled pollinations and fluorescence microscopy; quantify genome sizes and ploidy levels using flow cytometry and manipulate ploidy level via mitotic inhibitors; verify hybrid and cultivar parentage using molecular markers. Evaluate progenies and make clonal selections for pest resistance, stress tolerances, non-invasiveness, and ornamental traits. Test plants for geographic and climatic adaptability and horticultural traits through cooperative procedures.
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This is the final report for this project which terminated in April 2013. On-going studies and new research was incorporated into the new project 1230-21000-061-00D. Significant progress was made in five years towards establishing a long-term urban tree breeding program at the U.S. National Arboretum, focused on disease- and pest-tolerance, non-invasiveness, and novel ornamental traits. Catalpas are an underutilized, urban-tolerant tree with diverse plant genetic resources and potential. Reciprocal hybridizations were conducted between Asian and North American Catalpa to elucidate self-compatibilities, and intra- and interspecific compatibilities, and intergeneric crosses with Chilopsis. Novel hybrids have been developed and advanced populations are being developed to combine disease resistance and ornamental traits. A two-year powdery mildew evaluation of Catalpa germplasm identified new sources of powdery mildew resistance and elite plants for the nursery industry. Two selections have been propagated for further evaluation and potential release. A black gum (Nyssa) breeding program was redirected towards identifying and selecting novel hybrids for leaf spot resistance, improved habit, and fall color. Controlled hybridizations were supplemented with open-pollinated seed from isolation blocks to generate large segregating populations. Molecular identification of the leaf spot organism in Nyssa confirms that the pathogen is host specific and a valid species, Mycosphaerella nyssicola. The hemlock breeding program moved forward, with new interspecific crosses to determine the nature of species incompatibilities within hemlock species. Two screening studies were conducted to determine host plant resistance to the adelgid. Chinese hemlocks and hybrids were resistant to the adelgid. Elite clones with improved habit and growth and adelgid resistance have been propagated for distribution to nursery collaborators. Molecular markers from Chinese fringe tree (Chionanthus retusus), developed with ARS scientists, have been used to analyze genetic diversity among cultivated and non-cultivated Chionanthus species. Chinese fringe trees cultivated in North America fall into five genetically similar groups as determined by DNA markers. Each of these five groups represents a separate introduction of the species into North America. Wild pygmy (C. pygmaeus) and common fringe trees (C. virginicus) were collected in central and northern Florida for DNA and taxonomic analyses. Morphological data were collected in the field, especially from ephemeral characters, such as stem, petiole, and leaf blade colors, that are lost when the specimens are dried for long-term archival storage in the herbarium. Genetic characterizations, using DNA markers, of five populations of the common and pygmy fringe trees are now underway.
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This year the BIG Event comes of age. 21 years - still growing and still supporting the science communication industry to develop. BIG helps individuals and organisations small and large to exchange skills on an equal footing and in a warm and friendly environment. We have some party plans to let you know about soon, but in the meantime, registration for the 21st BIG Event is now open, with early bird discounted rates until the end of the month.
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Colin Johnson, Director, Techniquest, 1997-2004
Professor John Beetlestone MBE, the founding Director of Techniquest died earlier this year, and his legacy is one that the science centre sector will want to remember. Not only was he the first person in the UK to establish a science centre in its own purpose-built premises (in 1995), he was one of a small group of pioneers but for whom there might never have been any science centres in Britain at all.
The idea of setting up a hands-on science centre had been buzzing around in Prof Beetlestone's mind since the 1970s but it was a meeting at the Science Museum in 1984 that provided the opportunity for which he had been waiting. Here it emerged that one of the Sainsbury family trusts (the Gatsby Charitable Foundation) was planning to allocate some funds to establish Regional Science Centres. During the return journey he decided, as he put it, that this was the moment to "put up or shut up". He was successful in obtaining £60k which enabled him to set up Techniquest Phase 1, which opened shortly after Bristol's Exploratory (also funded by Gatsby), in 1986.
'Prof', as he was always known to his staff, had three important criticisms of what he saw in the formal education system:
From very beginning Prof was wise enough to appreciate that a science centre could only succeed if it could play the delicate game of responding at the same time to a wide range of stakeholders. When he began discussions about the custom-built premises in Cardiff Bay it was all to do with urban regeneration, but at the same time he was assuring teachers that it would be a great resource for them, making sure that the politicians thoroughly understood the potential of the enterprise (and also its costs), that it would help to supply the scientists and engineers of the future, that it would provide a showcase for the applications of scientific research, that science for all was an entitlement as part of our culture – oh, and by the way, "the public has got to love us". Let's be sure we have lots of families at weekends and holidays to help pay the bills. It was his panoramic vision coupled with a clear sense of purpose that brought Techniquest into existence, and developed it to a point that during the 1990's it could confidently advertise itself as "the UK's leading science discovery centre".
Prof Beetlestone inspired great loyalty and respect. He was clearly a man with a mission, and you were going to help him achieve it. He picked his people wisely, and then trusted them to get on with things - but woe betide you if you didn't. He had an acute eye for detail, but he was not a micromanager. He had an appreciation of style, but was never pretentious. He was a passionate internationalist, but he knew that the home audience mattered most of all. He recognised the talents in others, and wasn't afraid to employ people with skills that were different from his own. So he not only developed ideas, he developed people - whether by employing them, by setting up partnerships with them or even by ensuring that there was an MSc programme for young professionals in the field. His legacy is more than a set of exhibits within a building, it is a professional nursery which allowed very large numbers of people to realise the potential they never knew they had.
Caroline Wood, University of Sheffield
What on earth was I doing jumping up and down and screaming at the top of my lungs with forty other people at the ThinkTank Science Museum in Birmingham?! We were all here because we had one thing in common - we were budding young Science Communicators who wanted to turn our passion into a thrilling career. As for the jumping up and down…David Price was simply warming us up before his masterclass on presenting skills!
"Studies have found that we trust TV presenters more than journalists, even though they basically do the same job' David said. "The difference is that TV presenters bring a bit of themselves into what they present". Clearly Dave is an expert at doing this. Despite having no formal science qualifications, his passion for the subject ultimately led to him setting up Science Made Simple, which delivers interactive science workshops to schools and festivals. A key lesson for today was how to use props strategically to captivate audiences. What could be better, for instance, than a giant whoopee cushion to explain that sounds are caused by vibrations? When the hilarity following this demonstration had died down, it was our turn to come on stage and take it in turns to present mystery random objects from David's bottomless bag. There were some very imaginative stories – particularly when we couldn't work out what the object even were!
Later on, Bridget Holligan from ScienceOxford shared some sound advice in approaching the job market. For myself, I was reassured to hear that it isn't always necessary to have a specific science communication qualification and that a PhD can even be viewed favourably under some circumstances. "There are a growing number of science communication jobs in universities and an understanding of the research environment is often appreciated" said Bridget. But with competition so fierce, a PhD alone certainly isn't enough to land a Sci-Comm job. We were all encouraged to get involved with as many activities as possible to bump up our CVs: science festivals, school projects, STEM Ambassador schemes and so on. "Your progression is your responsibility; no one else will do it for you" said Rachel.
We then had a lively speed dating round so we could pitch our burning questions to Sci-Comm workers from a range of sectors. It struck me that a career in Sci-Comm is rarely a straightforward progression: instead, periods of unemployment, freelancing or a series of temporary contracts seem to be the norm. Learning how to cope with (and bounce back from) redundancy was something many had learnt the hard way. "It is a very fluid field and lots of jobs are lost, but also created' said Dom MacDonald from the Wellcome Trust. "Remember that redundancy is almost never personal. The best thing you can do is to build a network of people around you to look out for you".
Dom then introduced us to his toolkit to make the daunting task of Project Evaluation "as painless as possible". The most critical thing is to define what success looks like before you begin – "Only then can you be honest about what you have achieved'. For instance, if 300 people turn up to your event, how do you know if that is good or bad unless you already set a target? And take the time to consider which data is most relevant. "Just because you can measure it, that doesn't make it valuable" Dom said, "Instead, know what you value, then measure it". Unless you know what you want to look for, whole areas of success can be missed. A public engagement event that only attracts a low turnout may be regarded as a failure, but this could still have had good coverage in the local press, inspired those who attended and led to new collaborations.
To round off the day, Rachel Mason from BIG took us through a whirlwind tour of project management - a task that is "a bit like learning to repair a puncture if you want to cycle - it's necessary admin." It seems you can never start to plan too far in advance, and that working backwards from the event makes everything a lot easier. When it comes to budgeting, little extras quickly add up so always leave room for contingency. It's incredible how much more a litre of orange juice costs if you are paying someone to pour it into a jug!
The venue, the activities, the fascinating range of people .... the Little Event has certainly cemented my desire to enter the dynamic, exciting and rapidly evolving world of science communication. That said, I'm much more aware of the challenges that this could involve: multiple redundancies, constantly hunting for funding and having to live in London to name a few. But perhaps it's the challenge that makes the job more satisfying and the moments when you know you have inspired someone more worthwhile. And, as BIG and the Little Event have shown me, we are all in this together!
Paul Stephenson, The Magic Mathworks Travelling Circus
The Royal Institution organise Saturday morning maths 'masterclasses' for children in two age ranges: primary (years 5/6) and secondary (years 8/9) up and down the country. Our own workshops are a mixture of teacher demonstrations and pupil experiments in the Nuffield style (in our case 30 children working in 15 pairs). When we develop a new one, we trial it with teachers (usually by giving a session at a conference) but also welcome input from other sources. On the practical side, that means BIG.
In our new secondary workshop, 'Archimedes' best ideas', we hope to include activities on the following topics:
1. The 'law of the lever' (principle of moments), using mathematical balances.
2. Displacement (the 'Eureka' principle), with experiments on 'the King's Crown' using the balances.
3. The stability of floating bodies. Simple experiment on centre of mass. Centre of buoyancy demonstrated. How principle of moments connects the two. The children asked to predict whether 3 wooden cylinders of the same density but different height: diameter ratios will be stable, then make the experiment.
4. The Archimedean screw as an inclined plane coiled up.
5. Mirrors. (That Archimedes used mirrors to ignite the Roman ships was probably just propaganda put out to alarm a navy already terrified by 'the Claw', but …) the children shine a collimated beam through a comb and shape a strip of front-silvered polystyrene till the rays converge on a point.
6. The sphere's surface area. Volunteers assemble two prefabricated models where the hemisphere is approximated by a stack of frusta topped by a cone. The smaller fits a true (acetate) hemisphere, which in turn fits inside the larger. If we made a better-and-better larger model and a better-and-better smaller model by using more- and-more layers, we would approach the true shape, and therefore the true area, from above and below. We add in something that always surprises me: Down given meridia the children insert glass-headed pins at equal intervals of latitude and join up the points. The regions so formed have equal area. In the picture, that between the white and green pins is the same as that between the green and red pins, and between those and the pole.
7. The sphere's volume. The children apply Pythagoras' theorem to a vertical cross- section through a transparent model. With Polydron 'Sphera' pieces they shape wet sand into a cone and hemisphere of the same height and diameter. When they drop a matching cylinder over the top of the hemisphere and pack in sand from the cone, they find it fits perfectly.
8. The area between a point on a parabola and a chord parallel to the tangent at that point is 4/3 x the area of the triangle with the chord as base and the point as apex. We use a 'proof without words' to show why
Sarah Keer-Keer & Maria Fanourgiaki, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh
There is a growing enthusiasm for escape rooms, both online and in real spaces. In an escape room, visitors have to solve puzzles in order to 'escape' from a room. Our Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology needed a new public engagement tool that could be used with young adults and teens and science communicator Maria Fanourgiaki had the idea that maybe using an escape room would work.
Inside the cell Aimed at young adults and teens, our scenario finds the 3-6 players trapped inside a cell. Going through the steps of DNA/RNA transcription and translation, they gather information to produce a transmembrane protein, which will release them.. Participants talk to researchers, work together and follow the clues to solve puzzles and crack biological codes against the clock (they have 30 minutes max). No prior knowledge is required. Researchers introduce the rules of the game and help the players if needed. At the end, the researchers and players discuss how the game links to their research. The game is portable and can be taken and run anywhere, but a room or a tent works best. We needed 6 minutes to reset the room after each team.
How did it go? We ran the room in total with 87 people and 11 different researchers mostly at the Royal Botanics Gardens Edinburgh. On a scale from 0-5 (where 0 is unsuccessful and 5 is excellent) the public's average overall rating is 4.6. The problem-solving and the teamwork aspects of the game were the most enjoyable aspects to the audience. Everyone responded positively to the theme and some people suggested creating a longer one.
Comments included: 'So practical! Really fun - lots of different elements to the game-made you think & use your brain'. 'Well laid out room. 60 minute room please'. Many people reported they learnt something about cell biology by playing the game. For example: 'The role of proteins, their building, and some fundamental aspects of cells'.
All the researchers were positive about their experience. They shared the players' enthusiasm and celebrated with them each time a puzzle was solved. The game encouraged a relaxed conversation between the public and the researchers. Most volunteers said they would like to run Escape the Cell again.
Conclusions Overall this project was perfect in attracting and engaging our target audience of teens and young adults: they were keen to get involved and rated it highly. Links to current research could be strengthened by embedding it deeper into the game. We plan to run Escape the Cell again, maybe at a music festival. A good sustainable platform would be to collaborate directly with an escape room company and we are working towards that end.
The Longitude Prize is a five-year challenge with a £10 million prize fund. Launched in November 2014 it aims to conserve antibiotics for future generations, revolutionising global healthcare. It commemorates the 300th anniversary of the Longitude Act of 1714, the first British challenge prize, to determine longitude at sea. It is looking to award one prize of £8m to a team that can develop a transformative, accurate, affordable, rapid, point of care diagnostic test that is easy to use, anywhere in the world. The Prize is being developed by Nesta, supported by Innovate UK.
The Longitude Prize, like many other prizes, wants to encourage a broad range of innovators to get involved to solve the challenge, so we raise awareness amongst the public to try and achieve this. At the same time, we know the problem of increasing resistance to antibiotics isn't going to be solved through a diagnostic alone. We also need to raise awareness about the problem and what all of us can do to tackle resistance to antibiotics.
That's why we launched Superbugs, a free mobile game aimed at 11 to 16 year olds. It encourages them to fight antibiotic-resistant superbugs, using existing and new antibiotics. An easy-to-play and fun game, players try to survive for as long as they can against the most virulent strains of superbugs. The game shows players science facts at the end of each play so that young people understand the relationship between bacteria and antibiotics, and the importance of us winning this fight against the superbugs before it is too late. Although it was developed for 11 to 16 year olds, we've found that much younger children (and older adults!) also find it fun. Teachers have used the game in classrooms, we've taken it to various science fairs, and science centres have also showcased it.
Find out more about Superbugs and download it at www.longitudeprize.org/superbugs.
The Longitude Prize was launched by former UK Prime Minister David Cameron and will be awarded by the Longitude Committee chaired by Lord Martin Rees and including Dame Sally Davies, Baron Peter Piot and Professor Jeremy Farrar. To date we have 209 teams working on ideas, from 40 countries. We currently have a seed fund open, the Discovery Awards, to provide small grants to teams that need support to further develop their ideas to win the Prize. This call is open until 21st April 2017. The Prize will continue until it is won, or until the final deadline of September 2019.
Denise De Gaetano, Data Scientist
Despite the large volumes of data, companies still struggle to access, manage and extract the information that their day-to-day processes generate. The growth of IT systems has provided these same companies, the ability to capture this potentially valuable data, within a number of applications, databases and organizations. Apart from a strong IT infrastructure, changes in the board and management, within a company also need to be carried out. This allows a number of departments to work in coordination and help ensure success of the utilization of the data at hand.
Understanding what is required out of the data, is the first step to generate the best results from the company and customer data. The strategy is to understand how the information can enable an improvement in the business. Although it is not essential that the business defines all of the end-results required, the more understanding there is of what is required, the more likely it is that the data, turns into the best useful information for the business.
Although the identification of an appropriate strategy is essential, the set of critical data assets is to be kept as small as possible, to allow the information to spread towards a number of further data assets and not be influenced by a priori information. Once the ball starts rolling, further attributes can be unveiled by a good data strategy and thus, further information obtained incrementally over time. Such information is usually linked to long-term value to the business across multiple systems and processes.
Amelia Perry, British Science Association
British Science Week (BSW) is on its way and is set to take the UK by storm. For 10 days the scientific community will join forces with people and organisations all over the country. This celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths is organised by the British Science Association (BSA) and will feature fascinating and engaging events to suit everyone's interests.
Taking place from 10-19 March 2017, there will be behind-the-scenes events at various Merlin attractions such as Thorpe Park, hundreds of schools doing simultaneous science demonstrations on Demo Day, mass participation of a Zooniverse project to monitor penguins and their habitats, a space-themed 10k race at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park called Run the Solar System, plus much, much more.
People and organisations taking part in BSW have been adding their events to the BSA's interactive events map, which will be publicised alongside the flagship events that are being organised by the BSA themselves.
For those wanting a more low-key, DIY Science Week, there are free activity packs available to download full of loads of inspiring ideas for primary, secondary and early years children. This year we've linked up with several exciting partners such as the Roald Dahl Literary Estates with some fantastic experiments inspired by George's Marvellous Medicine. Other activities are featured from the Royal Meteorological Society, Food Teacher's Centre, BBC Scientific Terrific and many more…
Pupils can also enter the annual poster competition and be in with a chance of winning an array of prizes, such as science/art activities. The theme of this year's competition is also "Change", to link in with the activity packs. Posters will be judged on how creative and well-researched the ideas are and how well the poster has been made or drawn.
Last BSW, thousands of events took place across the UK, engaging more than 1.6 million people, with activities taking place in schools and communities. The BSA want to make 2017 even bigger and better. To find out more information, visit the website.
Jen Brooke, University of St Andrews
2017 marks five years since the GeoBus – an Earth Science education project at the University of St Andrews – first set off on its journey around Scottish secondary schools. Our milestone birthday was marked by a special activity day for local schools, including a talk on the Dinosaurs of Scotland which was live-streamed to schools across the country. Since its inception, GeoBus has worked with over 53,000 school pupils and its success is demonstrated through the high number of repeat bookings, and a completely full (if not double-booked!) schedule. In autumn 2016 a sister project, GeoBus UCL, was launched in London and is building similar momentum.
The aim of GeoBus is to introduce pupils to key geoscience topics through active learning, and support STEMM subjects in schools by providing resources that may not otherwise be readily available. We are proud to provide a bridge between industry, higher education and schools that encourages pupils to discover the education and employment opportunities available to them – both in Earth Science and in wider STEMM subject areas. Recently, some of our Discovery Event resources were accredited by the British Science Association for use by pupils in the Crest Award scheme and we have specifically been involved in supporting pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve their awards.
Due to the demand for school visits (and the small nature of our team) we don't often get to visit larger public engagement events such as science festivals, but we are building our social media presence and becoming more involved in the science communication community – it's certainly a great way to hear what everyone out there is up to, and a useful tool for interacting with a wider audience.
A standard GeoBus day can involve anything from encouraging pupils to taste soil samples (really crushed biscuits) to measuring and identifying dinosaur tracks, to trying to contain the mess of an elephant's toothpaste volcano – and always involves the giant game of 3D Tetris that is packing the kit in to the van! Across schools (and even during workshops), pupils and their enthusiasm vary, but it's our job to continue to inspire and engage pupils from all backgrounds by sharing our passion for our subject.
One of the GeoBus team was recently gifted a 1940's 'Teach Yourself Geology' book, which quotes; "the scope of geology is very wide, taking the whole world and its history for its sphere"
If anything, the scope of Earth Science in the modern age is even broader – incorporating for example significant aspects of Planetary Science – but it certainly guarantees that a GeoBus day is never dull!
GeoBus is funded by sponsorship and we are very grateful for support from RCUK, industry and professional societies. For more information on the project and what we get up to, please visit the website or find us on Twitter (@GeoBus_StA).
Kathie Bowden, Institute for Environmental Analytics and the UK Space Agency
The successful SPIN (Space Placements in Industry) project is calling for space sector hosts to benefit from picking from the top STEM undergraduates to work on a summer project.
As the 2016 SPIN Showcase event at the Royal Society showed, SPIN is a unique opportunity to talent scout and offers a wide range of skills from software development to marketing.
Astrosat, in Musselburgh, is just one of the 2016 hosts singing the praises of the scheme after employing their SPINtern, Lewis Dale, even though he still had a year of studies to complete.
Georgy Dean, Interim Chief Operating Officer, Astrosat, said: "Lewis is so proactive and he was so good at what he was doing that it didn't take much management time to get him started – we had a few discussions and spent a little bit of time in advance putting together what we wanted him to do, but it wasn't hard to get across.
"He worked very quickly – work that was meant to take him 8 weeks he finished in just 3 weeks.Good software developers are like gold dust. Before the end of his placement we offered him a permanent job. While Lewis is finishing his degree he is doing 16 paid hours a week and when he finishes he will work for us full-time."
Georgy highly recommends SPIN for other companies in the space sector, saying: "I would encourage other companies to host a SPINtern and to set out a clear project. As a small company it was important for us to find someone who was proactive. People here didn't want to have to 'babysit' and were concerned that the student's finished work would not be good enough, but that didn't happen at all - Lewis is fixing a lot of problems for us!"
Lewis, 23, who is studying Software Engineering as an undergraduate Masters at Aberystwyth, worked on a 10-week project, designing a Route Planner Dashboard to help disaster relief efforts, using EO data to identify safe routes around hazards such as landslides and areas of flooding in Vietnam. He says: "I have always had an interest in space but I hadn't thought about going into the industry because I wasn't a physicist, it always seemed to be more for Robotics students. Applying was a painless process, really easy – a quick form and a phone interview. It helped to be given a fair amount of information in the project brief. I had a good idea of what I was going to do which meant I could do preparation beforehand and feel up to speed when I arrived."
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A typical day at work consists of: Travelling to secondary schools around the country with a lorry containing experiments that pupils from Key Stage 3 come and engage with, while being led by a team of up to six volunteers from the local area.
I work remotely from home in Lancashire so have two typical work days. When I'm working from home it is basically project management and being on top of everything for the week ahead. I'll be doing all the admin and behind the scenes work, which as well as the usual email ping-pong, involves planning our events and liaising with schools around 4-6 months in advance; recruiting and registering volunteers using networks in universities, workplaces, volunteer centres and colleagues from local organisations; financial planning, working with our evaluators and compiling reports for our funders. All sounds very exciting and rock and roll I know...but all this effort goes into delivering a high quality event at the end.
When I am on the Lab I stay away from home for up to a week at a time so travel to the location the day before, which currently is anywhere in Wales, perhaps I should write a good B&B guide as a side line! The lorry arrives at the school the night before the event and takes an hour or so to be positioned correctly, then the cab disappears so I'll go and set it up if I can otherwise arrive at 7am and get all the experimental kit out of storage. Our volunteers arrive at 8am so the most important job is for me to be the tea boy and keep everyone happy before giving a one hour training session. I recruit around 500 people per year and really enjoy meeting people from diverse backgrounds and giving science communication training. This involves demonstrating all the kit, giving presentation advice and letting them get to grips with it all and ask me any questions before the pupils arrive. Once the sessions start, which typically last an hour, I will circulate round the Lab helping our new volunteers get up to speed, or if we have people who have been along before, I'll team up with a newbie to help them get going.
Our volunteers are always amazed at how quickly the time goes so a lot of my job is getting people to quickly realise how best to present the experiments without running out of time. Everyone has their own style which is great and I am still learning off people and alter the way I do things. I emphasise we are guiding the students through our experiments, not teaching them. I think this is very important so that the pupils can lead the sessions themselves. I am happiest if they go away having had some fun, learned a few new concepts perhaps but most importantly, grown in confidence and with a better understand of how physics is applied to the world around them. So many young people are scared of having a go and guessing, which is an integral part of science. If you get a "wow, cool, sick" from them then you know you've done a good job and can go home with that happy smiley warm feeling inside!
At the end of the school day I'll debrief the volunteers before letting them escape with a goody bag of freebies and then pack away the lab, where it will either stay overnight or head off to the next stop. So it is a pretty long day which you need a lot of energy for. If it is winter and dark after school, I'll head to the B&B/pub and entertain myself of perhaps have dinner with our volunteers or if it is summer I'll have a few hours of light so I can go exploring which is an advantage of the job. I've seen so many parts of the UK from the mountains of Wales to the Outer H
What got you into this career? I've always enjoyed working with children and gained a lot of experience in this field while at university, gaining some sports coaching badges and working in the summer holidays on sports camps and the like. I also volunteered in the uni Physsoc and parts of this included presenting to prospective students or at open days, all valuable experiences. After university I spent a few years in the financial sector before wanting to return to science in some capacity. Research wasn't for me but by chance I saw a job advert for science presenters working with primary school children, which matched my experience with transferable skills learned from coaching and my physics background. I worked there for three years, gaining a wealth of experience communicating to pupils aged 3-11 years old. I then applied for my current job at IOP in 2009, which at the time was a 3 month placement, but led to where I am now. I've worked all over the UK, been given more responsibilities as the years have passed and now run the project as a whole. In my spare time I volunteer running the local cricket league, at my golf club on the board and also in science via the STEMNET Ambassadors scheme. Looking back it isn't just the jobs I've done that have got me where I am today, all the voluntary roles have contributed massively and the skills you can gain from this area are just as valuable, if not more than those gained from some of the courses I've been sent on by my employers over the years. When people ask me for advice, I always suggest to vary whatever opportunities you can access, don't just volunteer for things in your own field as it is good to get a different perspective at times and transfer that to your work environment.
What is the best thing about your job? Meeting different people each day and the morale boosting feelings when seeing the difference we make first hand.
... and the worst? Being away from home for long periods of time during the year.
What is your favourite meal? Sushi.
What is your favourite smell? The seaside back home.
What talents do you posses? Being a good listener, motivator and team builder.
What talents would you like to possess? Ballroom dancing.
Which actor do you think should play you in the film of your life? Tom Hardy :D
Which living person do you most admire and why? Ross Brawn (engineer in Formula 1) because he has built successful and cohesive teams and I admire his approach and style of leadership.
Most beautiful place on Earth? North West Highlands of Scotland.
What is your motto for life? Never give up, never give in.


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When it comes to drawing with the computer, professionals often opt for vector graphics. Inkscape brings the power of vector graphics to Linux users. Our workshop demonstrates how to use the program.
Although you may be a genius with pen and paper, drawing directly on your computer will not always give you the glossy results you are looking for. When lines turn to squiggles, professionals turn to Bézier curves to help them draw smooth lines, with anchor points to define the path of the curve and tangents to define radii.
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40 Winks is a 3D action-platform game in which you play as Ruff or Tumble, two children who must battle...
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December 20, 2012
Telecom Asia
With 2012 now fading in the rearview mirror and the world unsullied by apocalyptic doom, the telecom sector is already looking ahead to 2013 – as are we. And while there's much optimism about the year ahead, it's going to require a lot of innovation, a lot of change and a cold dose of reality regarding the ability of telecoms players to accomplish both.
So says our second annual survey of telecom players in Asia Pacific that asks that perennial year-end question: what's in your crystal ball for next year?
Last month, we asked telecom players in the region to tell us in an online survey what they were optimistic about, where the big growth drivers will be, the internal and external pressures they'll face, and the biggest changes they expect to see. We asked top industry analysts to tell us the top trends they're predicting for APAC next year. We even polled delegates of our Telecom Asia 2013 Insight Summit at the end of November in Kuala Lumpur.
The results are below, but here's the upshot:
There is general optimism about the coming 12 months, data is the biggest deal and OTT players are the biggest competitive force. But there were also more concerns about managerial strengths – particularly in regards to planning and skill sets.
Also, 2013 looks like it will be the year that telecom operators will knuckle down on upgrading their networks, both inside and out – provided they can do it without spending any more money than they have to – as market pressures force them to either innovate, cooperate or get out of the way.
Oh, and Big Data? It's going to be … well, big.
Financial inclusion opens a fundamentally new data business
Telcos can pursue partnerships with Fintech providers to capitalize on the opportunity
China Mobile, Vodafone top Analysys Mason IoT scorecard for emerging APAC
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China Mobile leads overall ranking, while Vodafone pioneers in advanced vision and strategy, says the research firm
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