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By Matthew T. Dearing On August 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Citizen Scientists
This summer, two recent graduates of Trinity School in Manhattan conducted an impressive research program of amateur science that might send food critics and restaurateurs rolling through the streets of New York City.
And, if you happened to click on the school's link above you will notice that we're talking about high school students!
Using a recently developed technique called DNA bar coding, a species can be identified by looking at a single gene without the need to sequence the entire genome. So, Kate Stoeckle and Louisa Strauss went out into the city and ate a lot of sushi and preserved a bit of each sample to send off to a lab for testing. At the University of Guelph in Ontario, a graduate student who works in the "Fish Bar Code of Life" project completed the genetic analysis and compared the results to the thousands of fish species already identified in their database.
Read more about how the two young citizen scientists became interested in sushi ID'ing and what they discovered…
"Fish Tale Has DNA Hook: Students Find Bad Labels" :: The New York Times :: August 21, 2008 :: [ READ ]
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Sunday, June 8, 2008
Doug Rushkoff and Open Source Religion
Several years ago, I wrote a review of Douglas Rushkoff's book, Nothing Sacred: The Truth About Judaism. Because I think what Rushkoff has to say is so important, I'm revisiting not only the book but its main thesis as stated by Ido Hartogsohn that "Judaism [is] ... a religion of open source activists, literate people who can see the world around them as a code which can be read consciously and critically and also rewritten or reprogrammed.
"Judaism is thus actually a lesson in media literacy, our ability to be smart readers of the mediums and realities around us. It is not without reason, says Rushkoff, that the coming of age ceremony of Judaism is the Bar Mitzvah. In proving to be able of reading the biblical text, the code[,] one becomes an adult."
For the great majority of people, believers or not, religion of whatever stripe is mainly relegated to the myths and legends and to some extent historical events of years gone by. Religion, one might say, lives and thrives in the past.
Whether one is Jewish, Christian or Muslim, religion is a product of literature created many hundreds, or even thousands of years ago, which tell of a god and his people and their many wonderful or not so wonderful deeds. In the case of each of these three major world religions, the canon, for all practical purposes, is closed. Nothing new allowed. The religious traditions upon which various doctrines and practices are based are not to be altered or even questioned.
In the Jewish tradition, we have the Torah, an everlasting gift to his "chosen" people, and that, along with various rabbinical traditions, is God's eternal expression of love and mercy. The Torah may be interpreted, indeed, must be interpreted and differences in interpretation are respected, but no one would suggest that the Torah be changed or added to.
For Christians, the New Testament is closed. While it is true that the canon was never "officially" sealed and thus it remains hypothetically possible to add to it or change it, the divisions within Christianity make such alterations or changes extremely unlikely. Yet, even though the New Testament is considered to be God's "word," Christians have not been able to agree as to what that means or how it should be interpreted. From the very first years of Christianity, there were literally hundreds of different groups holding beliefs at odds with one another.
This "interpretational" splitting of Christianity continues today as is evidenced by the hundreds, if not thousands of denominations, all claiming to be either "the Truth," or "the closest to the Truth."
I am less familiar with the Koran, but from what I have learned, it would appear no one would dare alter a word of that particular "holy" book without risking life and limb.
So, the three major religions of the world find their reason for existence and their fundamental beliefs about themselves, the world and the life to come in ancient texts for which, in many cases, authorship and date are unknown, but which were proclaimed long ago by religious "authorities" to be "of God," and because they remain the sources for faith and life they are forever unalterable.
A major problem for all these religions is that God no longer works in the world the way he used to do. God does not talk to people like he did to Abraham (unless you're George Bush, but that's another story), or appear to folks the way he did to Moses on the mountain, or do wondrous deeds such as Jesus' healing of the 4 or 5 thousand, or raise people from the dead as he raised
Jesus from the dead.
Why not? Why can't we have a contemporary Jonah and the big fish event? Why in our day doesn't God speak from the heavens as he is reported to have done at the baptism of Jesus? Why can't some cool heaven-sent prophet walk across Lake Michigan waving to his believers watching from shore?
Just think how the churches and temples and mosques would suddenly fill to overflowing!
The fact that God chooses not to do these things in modern times should, I think, lead us to assume that maybe he never did those things and that those stories in our holy books are better deemed to be myths or legends.
Which leads to the really important question: What benefit have ancient religious writings for us today? If we finally end up rejecting much of what is written as non-historical, can these
documents have any value for 21st century citizens of the world?
This is where Doug Rushkoff comes in. Much of what follows was derived from an interview between Media Resistance (Digital Minds Blog) and Rushkoff that goes back to July of 2007.
"For those ... who don't know Rushkoff, he is considered by many to be one of the most important media critics of the last decades. He has published a series of bestseller books such as Media Virus and Coercion: Why we listen to what they say which deal (among other things) with media ecology, subversive uses of media and the way media, culture and people interact.
"Rushkoff has also written a series of fictional books. Such as the ambitious graphical novel Testament: Akedah which transpires in part in a futuristic world in which future draftees are implanted with location tracking devices and whose other part follows the life of the biblical Abraham in 3 different episodes in his life."
Doug Rushkoff has become a somewhat "controversial figure in American Judaism" because of his idea of "Open Source Judaism." Open source Judaism is described in Nothing Sacred: The Truth About Judaism, this way: "...the basic values of Judaism are critical thinking and the readiness to destroy idols and stay on a never ending, convention breaking search. Rushkoff sees in these Jewish values power vehicles which can assist modern man who is bombarded by a flood of aggressive media and marketing schemes."
Rushkoff describes open source Judaism as "the contention that religion is not a pre-existing truth but an ongoing project. It may be divinely inspired, but it is a creation of human beings working together. A collaboration.
" ... Jews often use Judaism to justify certain static conditions - presumptions about race, nation, and favoritism. There's a need to 'lock down' the religion and understand its stories historically rather than mythologically. And this makes it impossible to *do* Judaism.
"Judaism is a process of interaction, deliberation, and ethical action. It's the process by which we make the world a better place. This was a radically original and revolutionary idea a couple of thousand years ago. It was illegal to presume that human beings can actually alter the story of the world. But that's what the escape from Mitzrayim (Egypt) was all about.
"This is the original open source idea: to learn the underlying codes of the world in which we live and rewrite them together to serve us all better. To participate."
Rushkoff believes that this is not uniquely Jewish, that Christianity and Islam particularly, being derivative of Judaism, "have open source tenets as well. ... but [they are not] quite as central as they are in Judaism. People in these other religions are supposed to *believe* things. As I've come to understand it, Judaism is more about crashing beliefs than constructing them."
Rushkoff is convinced that open source Judaism is "as classical as Judaism gets." In other words, it's not something new, but carries on the tradition as represented in the Talmud and the way Jewish Halacha was assembled and received over the ages.
The problem, says Rushkoff, is that "Jews don't practice Judaism anymore. It is too scary in light of all that's going on in the world. Judaism is just as hard as Buddhism or any real spiritual path. And it is incompatible with the rationale that American Jews, in particular, use to justify their lives.
"It's particularly difficult to justify Israel using Torah stories if you want to also use those stories allegorically. The whole idea that everything is up for discussion is too threatening to those who need to use the text for political reasons. And the enforcement of certain ideas tends to require unifying myths, rather than open ones. If you can get people to believe a particular story in a particular way, they are easier to control.
"So the necessities of state and social control really are at odds with the fundamental teachings of Judaism."
Open source thinking/acting, not only by Jews, but also by Christians and Muslims, may be just what we need to move beyond those boundaries of belief and "truth" we have erected to prove our provenance with our god. We could finally begin to stretch past our static arguments about what texts are valid and what they mean and whether they are true or false and what they insist we must believe, to the place where, by dropping all our usual assumptions, we begin the process of rethinking what and who we are in relationship to one another and the world in which we live. We begin, in Rushkoff's words, to rewrite the code.
For Rushkoff, Judaism means literacy. "Hieroglyphs were 'priestly writing,' and limited to the priest and royal classes. The invention of the 22-letter Hebrew alphabet turned the greater population into readers and writers. So when God says to Abraham 'you will be a nation of priests,' he may as well be saying 'you will be a nation who can read and write.' Imagine that! A whole nation of people who have attained literacy. What would that mean?
"It would mean a people who no longer simply react to the whims of their gods, but instead write their own laws, record their own history, and who take the very controversial stand that human action makes a difference. You have to realize in pre-Israelite times, to say that human beings made a difference was blasphemy -- heretical. For the Israelites to run off to the desert after desecrating Egypt's highest gods (sacrificing a calf was illegal, particularly on April New Year's Day when he was being revered) and then create a legal and spiritual system based on life -- that was revolutionary. Lechaim is a naughty thing to say in a society based on death cults."
One of the reasons I become angry at the Religious Right dominionists who want to establish a government under the "dominion" and laws of their god, is that they would take us back to the dark ages, when life was ruled by magic and incense and the ever-changing demands of the deity as interpreted by the "priests." And Religious Right leaders continually preach that humans don't and can't make a difference, because God has everything planned out. Don't worry about the Earth, the Rapture is nigh! Take no thought for tomorrow, Armageddon is upon us.
But the United States was founded by people using an open source system. In that sense, unknowingly perhaps, our founders fulfilled the best traditions of Judaism. They collaborated, gathering together to smash numerous idols as they left behind prevailing myths of church and state and ignored the whims of the gods while at the same time relying on the wisdom of the ages to write their own laws without reference to either god or religion, believing that human beings can indeed make a difference. That fact was the building block of new national experiment.
It is my opinion that only by continuing in the "open source" tradition will we have a chance of survival in the modern world. The answers to the problems we face in the 21st century are not be found in ancient books or religious dogma, but in and through our collaboration with one another, our commitment to one another, our willingness to smash the idols of prevailing belief or practice, and our determination to rewrite our laws according to our needs, all the while believing in the value of human life and that human beings can make a difference.
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Judaism is the religion of Jews with religion. As such it is subject to five recognized major denominations, (Yes, five) in the USA and probably Canada. Most of the world, at least those in which there are some Jews left, are usually officially connected to some form of orthodox Judaism. Reform and Conservative are primarily practiced in the USA.
It is estimated that between 50 and 65% of those calling themselves Jews are unaffiliated with organized religion! The majorities of Jews, worldwide, practices no religion or are unaffiliated with any Temple or Synagogue.
When talking of Jews, I think it is a good idea to specify which definition of Jew or Jewish one means. Most anti Semites do not care what belief a Jew has. They just do not like Jews. I think a great deal of anti Semitism is not connected to religion at all. Of the six million rounded up and shipped off to death camps, no one asked about belief or membership in any organized aspect of the religion. It was based on the degree of Jewish blood one had. It is still true of the public perception of Jews. The Jews of Israel are not all religious but Israel is vilified because it is a Jewish state. It is apparent that Jews are thought of as a people or race apart from the rest of humanity. Jews are treated as if all shared some characteristics that set them apart from all others. In some cases the characteristics are complimentary and others are derogative but few bother to explain what they mean when they say " Jews are…". Religion is not a factor obviously.
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Jesus said in Matthew 5:44 to "love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust."
Today and every day going forward we will pray for those in the news and for those who need the love of Jesus in their hearts. If there is anyone you feel compelled to pray for in this blog, please email me at email@example.com.
While some of you might think twice about praying for vicious dictator Kim Jong Un, and some for our own President Donald Trump, but now is certainly the time to be on our knees for both of them. In what has become what some are terming, "World War Tweet," the two world leaders are letting everyone know in no uncertain terms that they are not going to back down from the nuclear threats of the other.
And, it is becoming a "dangerous standoff," CBN News reported this morning. In his New Year's Day speech, Jong Un actually said, "The US should know that the nuclear button is on my desk. The entire US mainland is within our nuclear strike range." To which Trump retorted in a tweet yesterday, "Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!"
It's a war of words that no one can afford to see escalate. Therefore:
"Dear Lord, we come to you today in humility and plead with you to intercede on our behalf to speak to the hearts of the leaders of both North Korea and the United States. Help President Trump not be so reactionary about the threats of his counterpart, but to help him act accordingly as the leader of our nation to protect us. Guide him in all his endeavors. He is under a lot of pressure, as You know, so speak to his heart and let Him know that You are with him and that you will show him what to do. Help him to seek you in everything he does. He's only a man and cannot possibly fathom Your ways and Your will, but humble him guide his every step as he faces the threats of a man who obviously does not know you.
And Lord, we pray for Kim Jong Un, who has shown that he certainly does not know who You are and does not know Your almighty power. We ask that you radically change his heart, because that is what it is going to take. And, only You can do that. We pray for Jong Un that he sees that life is precious, and that you remove the selfishness and hardness of his heart to help him see Your glory. It's going to take a radical move from you and the Holy Spirit to touch his heart and for him to care for his people, as well as the people of the United States. Only you know his true heart, but what we see is pure evil and pure Satan in his character. You have already defeated the enemy. Turn Jong Un's heart around and show the world Your almighty power and what you can do. We know that if you are for us, then who can be against us?
Turn the hearts of all the world's dictators and remove the hatred from their hearts. Give them all peace in their minds and hearts so that we may all live in peace. We praise You and thank You in Your mighty name. Amen."
2 Chronicles 7:14 (MEV): "If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."


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I got to thinking a lot of dogs have a hard time being bathed especially by their owners, that can be hard as well.
Giving Church (since I get questions about it she is named as a cool ass cat from The Mortal Instruments book series) a bath definitely wasn't perfect but it went better than expected! It helps you and your kitty bond, helps them become more comfortable with grooming, and keeps their coat healthy and shiny!
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What to listen to in March 2018!
On this playlist I have some popular songs and some song that fly under the radar.
I kind of ignored "Rockstar" when I heard it on the radio, but I decided to listen to Spotify's top 50 and I gave it another chance and I thought it was catchy. I decided to listen to more songs and I love them! If you like Blackbear I recommend listening to more of Post Malone.
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One of my favorite bands The Neighbourhood (which is featured on my top 10 favorite bands post (here) is coming back after a long time of silence with their new album and is going on tour! I added my new favorite song of theirs, "Compass".
I have also been listening to Olivver the Kid more and more! His style is indie/alternative and has an emotional vibe. My favorite songs of his are also on the playlist as well!
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SC6.27 Social and health impact assessment planning scheme policy
3 Social and health impact assessment process
5 Phase (B) - preparing a social and health impact assessment report
6 Phase (C) - conditions and amendments to respond to impacts
1 Introduction
1.1 Relationship to planning scheme
This planning scheme policy:
1.2 Purpose
This planning scheme policy provides the required information for a development application and guidance and advice for satisfying assessment benchmarks for:
1.3 Terminology
In this planning scheme policy unless the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires, a term has the following meaning:
social and health impact assessment: an assessment which identifies the potential positive and adverse impacts likely to arise from a development and provides guidance on responding to these impacts
2 Social and health impacts
Editor's note—Further information about such impacts is available from Queensland Health: Young A, McKiernan, S, Copeland K (2005) Health, Wellbeing and the Urban Environment: A Summary of Known Relationships, Statewide Health Services Planning, Queensland Health, Brisbane (28/9/07).
Table 1—Scope of social and health impacts relevant to development
Impact category
Scoping questions
Population change
The location, size, rate and type of population change have implications for social infrastructure planning, urban design and community cohesion.
Would the development result in a change to the age structure, household composition or permanence of the resident population?
Would the development result in the displacement of current residents, visitors and/or workers?
Would the development increase the size of the population significantly in a short period of time?
Will these changes have implications, for example, for community services and facilities, urban design and community cohesion?
Healthy lifestyle
Urban design influences participation in physical activity, such as walking, cycling, children's play and other activities (including walking to public transport), promoting healthy lifestyles and reducing the risk of disease and mortality.
A range of parks and open spaces as well as the public domain provide important venues for physical activity and social interaction; these need to be well distributed across catchments.
Would the development encourage walking and cycling as convenient, safe and appealing forms of access?
Do the location, proximity, design, range and management of open space cater to the needs of all user groups?
Would the development be likely to alter existing physical activity, or future opportunities to participate in physical activity?
Will the development contribute to the neighbourhood's walkability, particularly in terms of connectivity, density and land use mix?
Social cohesion and sense of belonging
Community connectedness, established through social networks and friendship groups, helps people access the emotional and practical resources they need. A sense of belonging and cultural association with 'place' makes people feel valued and is a major contributor to strong communities and good health.
Perceived trust along with shared values have a direct and positive effect on health and wellbeing.
The absence of physical and social barriers promotes social interaction, social cohesion and belonging.
Would the development impact (positively or adversely) on the strength of the community's social networks, capacity for self help, identity or resilience?
Would the development impact on an area or item of value or importance to the community?
Would the development create or alter any physical or social barriers within or between communities?
Would the development promote integration with adjacent communities (e.g. through design, access to facilities, co-operative action)?
Would the development ensure public access to the public domain (including privately owned and managed public domain such as shopping centres)?
Housing conditions impact on community health and wellbeing in a number of ways. Housing affordability and security are key factors in overcoming poverty, and influence access to employment and training opportunities. Housing stability helps maintain stable social networks.
Housing mix encourages social diversity, stimulating social interaction and inclusion. Concentrated social disadvantage is associated with poorer health outcomes.
Design of both housing and the neighbourhood influences the extent to which different groups' needs are met.
Would the development result in a mix of housing types and sizes?
Would the development be appropriate to meet local needs and the needs of special groups?
Would the development result in the displacement of existing residents, or alter the availability of affordable housing or boarding housing?
Would the development be likely to result in or alter concentrated social disadvantage?
Does neighbourhood design promote inclusion of different social groups and promote social interaction?
The location of housing, education, employment and community services and facilities in proximity to public transport, cycling and walking networks enhances their accessibility.
Is the development appropriately located to maximise accessibility to public transport, pedestrian and cycle networks?
Access to employment and training
Access to employment and education are key factors in influencing a community's ability to function effectively, to be resilient, and to enjoy good health outcomes. Costly travel expenses can be a barrier to people on low incomes accessing work and/or education. Diverse local employment opportunities reduce the risk of unemployment and income disparity, which both result in poorer social and health outcomes.
Would the development alter the number or diversity of jobs available to the local community?
Will employment and education be readily accessible from the development?
Civic participation and empowerment/sense of control
Draft discussion of matters relevant to a development proposal.
Would the development alter the capacity for people to participate in community affairs or other social interactions?
Would the development alter people's sense of being in control in their local community?
Would the development cause anxiety or reduce trust?
Will the development integrate or conflict with the surrounding community?
3 Social and health impact assessment process
The social and health impact assessment process is as follows:
4 Phase A – Initial review
4.1 Initial review checklist
Table 2—Assessment of significance of the likely impacts
Assessment benchmark
Major positive impact
Minor positive impact
Neutral (neither positive or negative or no impact)
Minor adverse impact
Major adverse impact
The degree of change likely to arise relative to existing circumstances
High level of positive change
Some low- level positive change
Insignificant/ no change
Some low- level adverse change
High level of adverse change.
The number and nature of people likely to be affected
A large number of people (e.g. neighbours, local community, groups with special needs) likely to be adversely affected
A small number of people in the general community (e.g. immediate neighbours) likely to be positively affected
Very few or none. No effect on groups with special needs
A small number of people in the general community (e.g. immediate neighbours) likely to be adversely affected
A large number of people (e.g. neighbours, local community, groups with special needs) adversely affected
Adverse impacts on disadvantaged people
Whether the impact will be direct or indirect
Direct positive impact
Indirect positive impact
No impact
Indirect adverse impact
Direct adverse impact
The duration of the impact
More than a year
Less than a year
Less than a year
More than a year
The level of expressed or anticipated community concern
High level of support from the people affected (may include local community or wider communities)
Low level of support from the people affected
Very little or no support / reaction
Low level of reaction from the people affected
High level of reaction from the people affected (may include local community or wider communities)
The potential for cumulative impacts
High likelihood of an accumulation of positive impacts over time
Low likelihood of an accumulation of positive impacts over time
Very little or no potential for cumulative impacts over time
Low likelihood of an accumulation of adverse impacts over time
High likelihood of an accumulation of adverse impacts over time
4.2 Assessment of checklist
5 Phase B – Preparing a social and health impact assessment report
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Social and health impact assessment report
Table 3 sets out the main steps for preparing a social and health impact assessment report and reporting the findings.
Table 3—Steps in preparing a social and health impact assessment report
Reporting guide
Scoping and profiling
Define the study boundaries or catchment.
Establish a baseline demographic profile of the community against which subsequent changes and impacts arising from the proposed development can be assessed, including the review of existing circumstances, including historical trends, relevant to the issues identified in the initial scoping exercise (refer to Table 4).
Identify the community groups and stakeholders likely to be affected and scope the ways in which stakeholders may be affected.
Identify and collect other existing data relating to relevant community values, existing infrastructure, and other local proposals.
Establish a community engagement process that involves all relevant stakeholders (refer to the Consultation planning scheme policy).
Collect any necessary data that are not already available or could not be derived from the community engagement process.
Use technical and consultative methods to establish the required data (and accordingly the Consultation planning scheme policy is likely to apply). The range of information that could be relevant is outlined below. This is not an exhaustive list, and judgment is needed to ensure that only information relevant to the proposal is provided.
Document existing conditions.
Document consultation process and findings.
Predicting and assessing
Use the baseline data to consider the general trends that are occurring in the locality based on past or comparable experience.
Predict the likely impacts of the development proposal not addressed through the criteria in the codes in the planning scheme, and alternatives to the proposal, including a 'no development' scenario and how the proposed development will negatively and/or positively alter or influence the trends and social conditions in the locality. The likely impacts that may occur will differ for different development types.
Use the baseline data to compare social conditions before and after changes resulting from the development and enhancement/mitigation strategies.
Assess the significance of each predicted impact and the potential for cumulative impacts.
Identify and compare possible alternatives (including the 'no development' option) and their advantages and disadvantages for different stakeholders.
Document likely impacts and their rationale.
Summarise findings for each alternative, including:
Evaluating and recommending
Identify strategies that may enhance positive impacts and mitigate negative impacts.
Evaluate alternative enhancement and mitigation strategies in terms of their acceptance by stakeholders, the likelihood of implementation and ongoing management, their costs and benefits, and their effect on project viability.
Make recommendations about:
Report recommendations and their rationale.
Management and monitoring
Develop an impact management plan to:
Impact management plan
Editor's note—This table has been adapted from Department of Families' Social Issues in Development Assessment: A Resource Guide (2002) and Social Impact Assessment in Queensland (2000).
Table 4—Baseline information on existing social and health conditions
Relevant baseline information on existing social conditions
Demographic profile and change
Healthy lifestyle
Community issues
Cultural heritage and Indigenous issues
Development trends
Economic trends
Services and facilities
Exposure to health risks
Groups with special needs


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Leaving the house dressed in a gold mini dress and with her pink hair in a high ponytail, Courtney told host Ema Willis: "I don't know what this means … is it real life? This is amazing."
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Speaking to host Emma Willis after her triumph, she insisted that it wasn't a stunt.
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Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Getting a few jobs finished
Cutting in some of the recently acquired slate to edge the small pond:
and using a couple of other bits to make a base for the bench in the Coppice.
on the right is a small "Toad Hall" made from lichen-covered roof tiles.
Extra fence posts were knocked into the fedge bed ready for me to make some changes (when I am not doing anything else, ha ha ha).
LP also put some posts into the Coppice bank. Although this is not intended as a regular route it will be helpful to have easy access to the top of the bank and I shall make steps - eventually. The other end is low enough to walk onto, this end needed a bit of assistance.
For reasons which completely escape me, I have managed not to mention the monumental task which has occupied LP for much of the last month. The uneven ground between the shed and log store has been dug out and made level.
Big fence posts, trusses, purlins and all things roof-like!
There isn't time to finish roofing the shed area before he goes away so we've fixed up tarpaulin. It might not be 100% water-tight but it's an order of magnitude better than anything I had before. Sadly, these pictures do not do it justice and make everything look very messy and a bit rubbish, and it's not - it is a fantastic working area and I am hugely grateful to Management for coming up with the idea.
There is also similar construction activity going on between the shed and the greenhouse . . .
And an unacceptably high manhole chamber got modified:
In other news - LP doesn't spend all his time here and whenever possible I've been getting outside to finish up small jobs on my own;
Planting behind the pond and re-arranging bits of slate (I think that task will happily occupy me for months as I continue to fiddle with the pond edge)
Cutting grass, mulching and weeding, all of which are currently thoroughly enjoyable because they actually feel like real gardening (as opposed to the heavy-duty building, shifting, whatever that has occupied much of the last three years)
The only thing missing from this post is pictures of newly planted trees and shrubs. Although the weather during the day is quite reasonable at present, it seems that it has rained, heavily, all night, every night, for at least a week. The ground is completely sodden and it's too wet to go onto clay soil and start digging big holes. Am not at all happy - if we're going to have another Arctic-like winter I need everything from the nursery out of pots and in the ground, and I need the plants in soil now so that they have a chance to get their roots down and settle before the bad weather really sets in. Grumble, grumble, grumble.
This is what I woke up to one morning, it's normal to put a liner in first ...
Not all rain, much of this is run-off. Yes, it really IS as horrible and muddy as it looks.
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Oh Dear:-( Wet through here as well. Talking to one of our farming friends yesterday, he reckons his land is as wet as he's ever seen it. Perhaps you will get away without lining the pond?ReplyDelete
Hee, hee, that's why it's called the Lake District :o). Wish we'd had a bit more down here, it's so dry. I loved the hot weather at the beginning of the month, but the last week or so has been grey and nothingy. We'll avoid coming to visit this November, maybe that way you'll avoid the floods you've had the last couple of years.ReplyDelete
Hi CB, I nearly phoned you this afternoon to find out if you'd been blown away. Gust of 43 mph recorded earlier. I wouldn't want to be anywhere low-lying at present, this much October rain is reminding me horribly of 2009.ReplyDelete
SewAli, why don't you come anyway and see if you can take some of the rain away with you? Or I could bring it with me next weekend?
Teehee, that picture of the mud looks just like my front garden too. Supposedly, the skip is going today and the stones are coming and the Ken is going to be spreading them, but since it's pouring again, who knows?ReplyDelete
QuiltSue, Look forward to seeing your "new" front garden next week, suspect it will be finished a lot sooner than mine!ReplyDelete
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Massachusetts-Lowell holds off Hartford 69-63
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) Kerry Weldon scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Massachusetts-Lowell to a 69-63 win over Hartford on Saturday to snap a two-game losing streak.
Matt Harris added 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting and DJ Mlachnik had nine points with two 3-pointers for the River Hawks (11-15, 5-8 American East), who made half of their 46 field goal attempts.
Justin Graham finished with 14 points and five rebounds and Mark Nwakamma had 11 and nine for Hartford (12-13, 5-7).
Nwakamma converted a three-point play at 7:29 to pull Hartford within 47-44 but Weldon scored the last 10 point as Massachusetts-Lowell responded with a 14-4 run to lead 61-48 with 2:27. The River Hawks, who started 5 of 15 from the foul line, scored their last 10 points on free throws, going 10-14 in the last 2:47 to finish 15-29.


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Property Partners Emma Gill is delighted to bring Rinn Dúin to market. Conveniently located on the Circular Road, just off the R458, Rinn Dúin is an exclusive 32 unit residential development in Rindifin, Gort.
Stylish yet affordable this development heralds Gort as an up and coming commuter base offering all the benefits of countryside living.
These 4 bed semi-detached homes in Rinn Dúin are an ideal starter home for a couple or equally for a young family.
Boasting a superb range of features, these homes, spanning 1,318 square feet, are finished to an exceptionally high standard. The ground floor consists of an entrance hallway, living room, kitchen/dining area, utility and WC. Upstairs there are four bedrooms with the en suite master bedroom and a main bathroom.
All homes will be A3 rated as standard with the benefit of triple glazed windows and doors, thermostatically controlled under floor heating to ground floor, pumped shower system, internal oak doors, fibre broadband available in Gort, choice of quality modern integrated kitchen and utility. The front drive, side access and rear patio area will be paved with brick paving and there will be parking for two cars. Front garden will be laid with lawn and planted shrubbery.
These brand new semi detached properties are a SIP Energy build. The structural insulated panel (SIP) system is manufactured from high quality materials, giving it a high thermal and airtightness performance resulting in a very impressive A3 energy rating.
A-rated homes are the most energy efficient and tend to have the lowest energy bills.
Rinn Dúin is just a 6-minute walk to Gort town which is supplied with a fantastic choice of hotels, leisure centre, community centre, playground, pubs and shops. Lidl, Aldi, Supervalu and a selection of locally owned shops provide for all your consumer needs.
There are also several local national schools nearby with a state of the art secondary school within walking distance. Gort town is also served with a train station and bus service.
The current motorway improvements in Gort are well underway. On completion, the motorway will mean a much faster commute to Galway, Tuam, Mayo, Ennis, Shannon and Limerick.
These homes represent high quality low energy emissions with an abundance of open countryside where you can truly appreciate the peace and quiet of the surroundings.
Book your viewing in advance with Property Partners Emma Gill, 16 Sean Mulvoy Road, Galway City on 091-884000.


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By Kathryn Johnson | Allied Gardens/ Benjamin Library
October was all about the pumpkins. Thanks to everyone who entered our annual pumpkin coloring contest. Once again, we had some very colorful and creative entries. In fact, 9-year-old Sivan's entry gave us all a chuckle.
Fitness Fun returns
This fun, light aerobic workout will return to its regular Friday rotation at 11:15 a.m. The class includes dance steps, chair aerobics, toning with weights and bands and a cool down. While this free class is open to everyone, older adults will benefit from the movements that improve balance and stability. Please note, there will be no class on Nov. 23.
Vegan Adventures: Tofu the Ancient Superfood
Participants will learn how to create delicious and satisfying meals using all plant-based food products and ingredients. This hands-on culinary lab will give you an opportunity to practice making recipes, taste test new products and learn to create new healthy meals. All ages welcome. Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 6 p.m.
Library hours in November
We will be closed on Nov. 12 in honor of Veterans Day. Thanks to all our veterans for your service!
We will also have a change in schedule on Nov. 21, the day before Thanksgiving. Our hours this day will be 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. so we can get home and get our turkeys in the oven. Happy Thanksgiving to all. Oh, and we will be closed on Thanksgiving as well.
Library Book Club
Our monthly book club will be reading selections for Raymond Carver's "Call Me if You Need Me." Copies of the book are available for check out at the circulation desk. November's book club will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 1 p.m.
On display
Our very own Friend of the Library treasurer, Sheila Padgett, has graciously lent us some of her late father's World War II memorabilia to display. Be sure to take a look at some of the souvenir postcards and keepsakes from the 1940s. In fact, thanks to this display, we know what wax vestas are.
Handmade @ the Library
Join us November for Handmade @ the Library, holiday edition! We will be making bath bombs on Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. Space is limited, sign up online at sandiego.librarymarket.com. Upcoming programs take place on Nov. 24 and Dec. 8, both at 2 p.m., and registration for these events will open on Tuesday, Nov. 13.
—Kathryn Johnson is managing librarian of the Allied Gardens/Benjamin Branch Library.


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Virginia Tech lost to Wake Forest, 89-84, in ACC men's basketball action Saturday afternoon on Senior Day in Cassell Coliseum. Tech finishes the regular season 21-9 overall and 10-8 in conference play, while the Demon Deacons improve to 18-12 overall and 9-9 in ACC action.
The Hokies took a 37-24 lead with 5:55 remaining in the first half on a jumper by Seth Allen. Wake clawed back and Tech took a 47-42 lead into the half, when Justin Robinson made a lay-up with seven seconds remaining.
Tech widened its lead to 55-44 two and a half minutes into the second half on a free throw by Robinson, and held the lead until 10:59 remaining when Wake took the lead on a three-pointer by Mitchell Wilbekin. The game remained throughout and Wake Forest took the lead for good with 8:14 remaining and made its free throws down the stretch to preserve the victory.
Tech senior Zach LeDay led the Hokies with 24 points and 10 rebounds, for his fifth double-double of the season. In the game, he recorded the 1,000th point of his Virginia Tech career. Fellow senior Allen added 20 points, as all five Tech starters scored in double figures. Bryant Crawford led all scorers with 26 points for the Demon Deacons.
The Hokies were out rebounded 32-25 and the Deacs held the advantage in field goal percentage, 52.9 percent to 51.7 percent. Wake Forest was 27-33 from the line, while Tech made 16 of its 17 free throw attempts.
This was the regular season finale for the Hokies. Tech earned a first-round bye in the upcoming ACC Tournament and will open play on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Tech, the seventh seed, will face the winner of the Boston College – Wake Forest game in the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Following today's game, the Hokies honored seniors Greg Donlon, Matt Galloway, Allen and LeDay in Senior Day festivities. Senior student manager Sean McClurg was also recognized in the ceremonies.


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Question about Dell 1710n Laser Printer
Posted by Elvio_infant on
Thank you gbm64! You have saved me a lot of time and hassle!
I had the same problem, after removing the DHCP settings, maybe for an error during the configuration the printer didn't assume the new IP address and it resulted 0.0.0.0 from the configuration page.
No way to connect to the printer until I did a network card reset following this procedure:
7. Network Card Reset:
a. Turn the printer off.
b. Open the front cover.
c. Hold down the Continue and the Cancel button while powering the printer on.
d. Release the buttons when the Error light (bottom light) stays on solid.
e. Close the front cover and the printer should return to a READY state.
f. Press and release the continue button to print a network settings page.
g. On the page that prints verify the following:
Status = Not Connected
Active = Yes
DHCP,BOOTP,RARP Enabled = Yes, Yes, Yes
Address Source = Manual
Address = 0.0.0.0
The printer took a new IP address from the DHCP server.
Since my goal was to set a fixed IP address, I entered the printer configuration through Internet explorer, typing the newly assumed IP address and going to TCP/IP settings where I removed The 'Auto DHCP' and I set the IP address I wanted.
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CORBEL Catalogue of Services
Why do we need a Catalogue of Services?
Currently there are 13 biological and medical sciences Research Infrastructures (RIs) in Europe, all of them working jointly together in CORBEL towards offering shared services for life-science.
All RIs offer services, i.e. researchers from academia and industry can access their facilities, technologies and expertise. Services can simply be consultation, access to experts, but also access to data and biological samples, use of data analysis tools, access to facilities (e.g. highly specialised microscopes) plus support from technicians and much more.
The CORBEL Catalogue of Services is the first tool to list the main services of all these RIs at a glance and it aims to facilitate the utilisation of RI services by researchers from all over the world.
The Catalogue of Services as displayed below aims to provide you a basic overview on existing services within distinct thematic fields.
You can either use the Catalogue of Services to identify a single RI to help you with your work or you can create your own CORBEL service pipelines, i.e. using several RIs subsequently.
Examples of service pipelines are provided here.
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Data & Databases
Technologies & Facilities
- accreditated/certified facilities (ISO certified, GLP, GMP, GCP)
- adaptation / development of assays (compounds etc.)
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- high-throughput screening
- imaging (biological)
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- isolation / cultivation / characterisation of microorganisms
- -omics technology platforms
- plant phenotyping technologies/facilities
- production of high quality protein samples
- structural biology technologies/software
Models & Tools
Expertise & Support
- biomarker validation
- biosecurity / biosafety (incl. regulatory) issues
- data management expertise
- development of project towards a medical application
- ethical / legal issues, informed consent
- innovation management support
- mouse model generation, phenotyping and cryopreservation
- multinational clinical trial (establishment / management / monitoring)
- outbreak / emergency response / epidemiology
- support to submit a project proposal
- systems biology expertise
- training courses
- The following RIs offer complementary services:
Website: eatris.eu
Contact person(s): Anne-Charlotte Fauvel
EATRIS supports researchers in translating their findings into novel interventions including preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic products up to clinical proof of concept. The infrastructure comprises over 90 leading research institutions in the translational field located in 13 countries across Europe. EATRIS also supports the validation and development of novel tools for precision medicine and translational research in drug development. By providing access to accredited facilities as well as market-oriented expertise, including innovation management, regulatory and health-technology assessment, your validation needs are covered in a one-stop shop.
Services provided
Services offered by EATRIS include
- support funding applications (Identification of partners for consortium building, assessment of the project plan's impact and innovation potential)
- translational research facilities and expertise for development of novel biomarkers, diagnostics and therapeutics
- molecular, functional & hybrid imaging technologies, preclinical models, samples, patient cohorts, GMP manufacturing
- regulatory and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) expertise
- advice on intellectual property issues and industry partnering strategy (innovation management)
Costs are calculated on a case by case basis depending on the service required; some services can also be provided as part of funding proposals with EATRIS joining consortia as partner or subcontractor.
For further information please contact us.
Access modes
Services performed can be offered either centrally by the coordination and support team based in Amsterdam or remotely by the EATRIS institutions.
Why to work with us
Translating novel biology insights into effective interventions or medical applications is a highly complex process. It requires significant dedicated expertise, facilities and resources. We believe in your medical innovation and we want to support you by bringing together the multi-disciplinary expertise and infrastructure required for optimising your translational trajectory. Working with EATRIS gives greater confidence in the translational feasibility of your project and its impact.
Countries involved
Website: www.eurobioimaging.eu
Contact person(s): application, biological imaging, medical imaging
Euro-BioImaging (EuBI) provides open physical user access to a broad range of state-of-the-art imaging technologies for life scientists in Europe and beyond. In the future, it also will offer image data support and training for infrastructure users and providers and continuously evaluate and include new imaging technologies to ensure cutting-edge services in a sustainable manner.
Through Euro-BioImaging (EuBI), researchers can have access to imaging instruments, receive expert technical assistance and support both with project planning and during project execution. In the future, EuBI will offer image data support and training for infrastructure users and providers. Since May 2016, EuBI has opened its doors to the scientific community with the start of Interim Operation. This means that all researchers at any stage of their career can now request access to 36 imaging technologies hosted at 28 EuBI Node Candidates (specialized imaging facilities hosting the technology and expertise) located in 11 European countries and at EMBL.
Services provided
Please visit the EuBI Web Access Portal for more information about the offered imaging technologies as listed below:
- biological Imaging: Laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM / CLSM), Spinning disc confocal microscopy (SDCM), Deconvolution widefield microscopy, Multiphoton microscopy systems, Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRF), Fourier transform infrared imaging (FTIR)
- super resolution microscopy: Stimulated emission depletion microscopy (STED), Photo activated localization microscopy (PALM), Stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM), Reversible saturable optical fluorescence transitions (RESOLFT), Ground state depletion microscopy (GSD) / Ground state depletion microscopy followed by individual molecule return (GSDIM), 4Pi microscopy
- functional imaging: Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), Fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS), Fluorescence-lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), Raman spectroscopy, High-throughput microscopy, Electron microscopy, Correlative light electron microscopy (CLEM)
- mesoscopic imaging: Objective-coupled planar illumination (OCPI), Selective plane illumination microscopy (SPIM), Optical projection tomography (OPT), Digital scanned laser light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (DSLM)
- multi-modal molecular imaging: (Micro)-PET, (Micro)-SPECT, (Micro)-MRI/MRS, (Micro)-CT, (Micro)-US, (Micro)-PET/CT, (Micro)SPECT/CT, Optical imaging
Note: The "micro" prefix in brackets before the name of a technology, e.g. (micro)-MRI, indicates that imaging equipment and set-up optimized for both large and small animals are available.
- medical imaging: High-Field MRI, Phase contrast imaging, Multimodal Imaging (MRI-PET), Population Imaging
- data management
The access fees for each visit are individually discussed and agreed upon directly between the EuBI user and the respective EuBI Node Candidate as part of the pre-visit discussion during the project planning phase. Thereby, the user is fully informed and aware of all costs that will arise related to the access to a EuBI Node Candidate. The EuBI Hub Candidates, taking care of all administrative work in EuBI, do not charge any costs to the users!
EuBI users can be supported by funded access programs such as iNEXT. Further funding opportunities will be announced on the website.
Access modes
EuBI offers open access to its technology portfolio, which is put in place using a selection procedure based on scientific soundness and technical feasibility of the project. In most cases, scientists visit the requested Node Candidate to perform their experiments on-site, being supported throughout their project by expert technical staff. Access to the Image Data Resource is remote and online via the EuBI website and directly.
Why to work with us
For many researchers coming from various scientific fields, access to high-end imaging technologies is a big plus and provides substantial advantage for their research. Life-cell imaging, electron microscopy and medical imaging, multi-modal molecular imaging, high-throughput or super-resolution microscopy – there are plenty of technologies at Euro-BioImaging that can be exploited.
After a simple and straightforward application process, your project proposal is evaluated based on its scientific merit and its technical feasibility. After approximately three weeks, you will receive the result of this evaluation process, and, if successful, you are invited to immediately start planning your visit to your requested imaging facility – the so called EuBI Node Candidate - together with highly trained staff working in this facility. Throughout all project phases, from the planning to the execution and the data analysis, you can profit from the expert support provided by the Node Candidates.
Countries involved
Member countries in the Interim Board: AT, BE, BG, CZ, ES, FI, FR, HU, IL, IT, NL, NO, PL, PT, SK, UK, EMBL
Observer: DK, DFG (representing the Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany), SE
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