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Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Wendy Wan-Long Shang is a middle-grade author who focuses on the many experiences of Chinese-Americans. Her books include The Great Wall of Lucy Wu and The Way Home Looks Now, stories with humor, heart, and a sense of history.
In this interview, Wendy talks about being the first Chinese-American kid in her school, the freedom she had as a young child in choosing books to read, why she likes to write about 10-12 year olds ("kids on the cusp"), life-changing books for reluctant readers (including kids with dyslexia), co-writing This Is Just a Test with Madelyn Rosenberg, why we need diverse books, and much more.
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First Chinese-American kid in school
I mostly grew up in Northern Virginia, and if you're from here, it's hard to believe, but back then I was basically the first Chinese-American kid in my school, or at least at the time I was the only one, and it was just a really different place, but kind of, you know, the longer we stayed here, the more diverse it became, and my kids are in the same school system that I went to, and I think it's really fascinating that, you know, they have so much diversity they don't even think about it.
Freedom to read
Because my parents were immigrants they were fairly conservative. They were very careful about what TV shows I watched. I wasn't allowed to go on sleepovers, but the one place where I had total and complete freedom was in the library, and, I mean, I was allowed to pick out any book I wanted. I was allowed to go by myself, and so I would associate books with freedom because of that experience.
I love books about historical America, so Little House on the Prairie and The Great Brain. I love those series. I also liked Ellen Conford's books. I know she kinda wrote kinda funny contemporary, and then Judy Blume, of course, total literary hero who I got to meet earlier this year down in her bookstore. What else? Oh, and then I was also thinking about Rozanne Knudson, who is an Arlington local who wrote The Zanballer series. So she wrote about girls in sports at a time when a lot of girls were not into sports, and so, yeah, I really liked her books as well.
Seeing myself in a book
So Tracy Woo in Blubber was the first character that I really saw myself in when I was growing up because finally instead of Mr. Sulu or, you know, Bruce Lee, I actually saw a character who was my generation and who had very similar experiences to mine, and I think it filled a need I didn't even know I had to see myself there.
Writing about kids on the cusp
So I've written three books now, and all my characters are in the 11, 12 range, and I think it's because you're just on this really delightful cusp between being a kid and kind of understanding what you're gonna be like as a grown up. You know, that you kind of have this — a little bit more freedom, a little bit more independence, so I just really love that age. I love the way they think. You know, you're still very optimistic and idealistic and, you know, maybe just a little more full of yourself than you are at other ages.
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu
Lucy Wu thinks she's about to have the perfect year because her annoying perfect big sister is finally moving out of the room they share, and she is going to have a room to herself. She's at the top grade in her school. Her basketball team looks good, and then her dad comes home and tells her that he has found a long lost great aunt in China, and she's coming to stay with them, and the only place she can stay is in Lucy's room, and so then Lucy has to learn how to deal with disappointment.
Yi Po is Lucy's mother's, mother's sister, and there is a long back story about how they became separated, and she comes into Lucy's world — she's basically a very patient person. You know, she may or may not be aware that Lucy is not on her best behavior around her, but she gives Lucy space and loves her unconditionally until Lucy is ready to have a roommate and think about her family's heritage.
In terms of temperament, I definitely had an aunt like that. So my Yi Po was just this incredibly loving person. She was a kindergarten teacher, and she was like the kind of kindergarten teacher that people in their 60s would go back and visit, and so, yeah, she kind of was this very patient and abiding person.
Probably when I was about 12 or 13 my mother's mother came to live with us, and I actually don't remember how long, but I remember she was there. We had a hard time communicating because my Chinese was not very good. She did not speak English, and I think part of the reason why I wrote Lucy is because I wished that I had done a better job as a kid 'cause she passed away shortly after she came to visit, and I wish I had done a better job of communicating with her and getting to know her 'cause I think we actually probably had a lot in common, you know?
And so I think Lucy is partly my way of rewriting that story, like, okay, here's what would have happened if I had gotten my act together, basically.
The Way Home Looks Now: Inspiration and Research
The Way Home Looks Now was initially inspired by my dad coaching my brother's team. It was the early 1970s, and a girl wanted to join the team, and the way my dad handled it — and I'm not gonna give too much away here — was something that I always admired about what he did and how he thought, and and even though it was handled a bit differently, memorializing his values and what he was kind of showing me by doing what he did.
Oh, so for The Way Home Looks Now I visited the Little League Museum in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. I went there originally just to see the stadium to see if it was as I had seen it on TV, but they also have this fabulous museum where I saw news clippings that I had been looking for because, you know, as you know, in The Way Home Looks Now one of the issues is girls playing baseball, and I kept looking, and I couldn't find the thing where people were, like, you know, a girl shouldn't play baseball because blah, blah, blah.
And it was there where I actually saw things where people were saying things like, "Girls shouldn't play baseball because if they get hurt then a male coach would have to touch them," or "Girls shouldn't play baseball because there are no bathrooms for them." Like, these were completely unsolvable problems, and they also had some great video clips I hadn't been able to find showing some of Taiwan's games and some of their kinda highlights, so that was a real treat for me to see all that.
Co-writing This Is Just a Test
So This Is Just a Test is a book I co-wrote with Madelyn Rosenberg. We met in writers group — well, we met at SCBWI, which is a society of children's book writers and illustrators, and then we ended up in the same writers group, and we're around the same age. Our kids are around the same age, and we were always hanging out, and finally said one day, you know, "Hey, Madelyn, why don't we get paid to hang out? And let's write about kinda what we know."
So we both grew up during the '80s, and we both had the experience of being onlys, you know, being, you know, at least one of a — only one of a few Asian kids growing up in Northern Virginia. Madelyn was, you know, one of the few Jewish kids growing up in Blacksburg, and so we kinda combined all those experiences to create David Da-Wei Horowitz growing up in the '80s.
It's such a solitary endeavor to write, and then, you know, when you kind of run out of an idea or you feel like, okay, you know, I've kind of written what I'm gonna write, and I don't know what to do next, and then I could just, you know, click send and shoot it over to Madelyn, and then, you know, get something back and be like, oh, okay, now it's longer, and, you know, based on what she's written I have a new idea. So it was almost like sending a writing prompt back and forth.
Being a Mom and a Writer
So I had had my third child. I'd been a stay-at-home mom, and, like, I had gotten an invitation to a high school reunion, and, you know, you get those things and it kinda makes you stop and think, and for that one, I thought, "You know, what have I not done that I always wanted to do?" And I realized I always wanted to write — try to write a children's book, and so I called up a friend of mine who had an MFA, and I said, "Well, you know, what should I do?" And she said, "Go to the Writers Center in Maryland. They have, you know, great programs," and so I took my first class with Mary Quattlebaum, who's a really awesome teacher, and it just kinda took off from there.
I think, you know, the hard part about being a mom when you're a writer is you kind of sometimes have this instinct to protect your characters, and that's really the last thing you wanna do. You really kind of wanna make their lives as difficult as you reasonably can for the sake of the story. I think having kids has been helpful in that you kind of have a sense of, you know, what a kid's life is like now, which is different from, you know, what my life was when I was growing up.
But at the same time, I try to respect their space. Like, I don't want them to feel like, "Oh, this happened, and it's gonna end up in Mom's book." So there's always kinda that line, or at least, you know, you have to ask permission. Like, is it okay if I put this, you know, fill in embarrassing incident in this book?
We need diverse books because …
We need diverse books partly because when we leave these empty spaces where we don't show kids of diversity, we're sending a silent message that you're not worthy of story, and so we want kids to know that they can be the heroes of their own stories.
Looking for history's untold stories
I guess what I've been thinking about lately is about kind of gaps I history, and as an Asian-American, you don't always feel like you're part of it. You don't feel like you're part of that history, but there are tremendous roles that Asian-Americans have played at different points in history, and I would say that you should challenge your students to look for the gaps and to look for the empty spaces, and they might be surprised at what they find.
Excerpt from The Great Wall of Lucy Wu
Hi, my name is Wendy Shang, and I'll be reading from my book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu. Regina's upper lip curved into a sneer. "You are Chinese. You are supposed to like Chinese food," she hissed. When attractive people make faces like that they look even uglier than normal people would. "I do like Chinese food," I told her, even though discussing food was making me feel slightly queasy. "There are plenty of dishes from Panda Café that are just fine with me, like their egg drop soup and chicken fried rice."
Regina rolled her eyes. "That's not real Chinese food. Panda Café cannot even begin to compare with The Golden Lotus." "That's your opinion," I told her. She sniffed. "It's an opinion backed by one of the world's greatest Chinese chefs. When Chef Yi came to my school for the Chinese Culture and Language Society he mentioned The Golden Lotus. I don't believe he discussed Panda Café." Regina practically spat out the words Panda Café as if they tasted bad in her mouth.
"Just get over yourself," I muttered to her. "Girls," Dad said sharply from the driver's seat, "Enough." "You're a banana, a Twinkie," Regina whispered. "What are you talking about now?" For a second I thought Regina was telling me to eat something. "You're yellow on the outside, white on the inside. That's what you are." Who did Regina think she was telling me how or how not to be Chinese? I am sure there are people, maybe lots of people in China, who do not love eating pig's ears and other weird stuff, and no one ever calls them out and tells them they are not Chinese enough.
Wendy has always loved reading. She says, "As a child, books meant freedom. If you could read in my kindergarten class, you were allowed to go to the library by yourself, and libraries were the loveliest freedom I could imagine. If I had a book, I had a companion for a long dinner with grown-ups. I could learn about anything, go anywhere, pretend to be anyone." Some of Wendy's favorite books from childhood: the Little House books, the Great Brain books, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and books by Ellen Conford and Judy Blume.
Wendy's debut novel, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, portrays the struggles of a tween balanced between two cultures. The book follows Lucy's path from stubborn resistance to pride in her Chinese heritage. Her second novel, The Way Home Looks Now, explores the struggle of Peter Lee and his family to recover from loss through baseball and the understanding that expressions of grief and love come in many forms.
Wendy has worked on behalf of children as a library volunteer, juvenile justice attorney, a tutor at an elementary school and a juvenile facility, and a Court-Appointed Special Advocate, but her most joyful roles have been as a mother and children's book author.
Wendy lives in northern Virginia, just outside of Washington, DC, with her husband, three children, a cat and a dog.


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Good article on the political terrain leading up to Copenhagen
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Here's a good new potential reading for a climate change course or module on climate change: Sikina Jinnah, et al., Tripping points: barriers and bargaining chips on the road to Copenhagen, 4 Environmental Research Letters 1-6 (2009). In the article, the authors outline the most important "tripping points," i.e. political barriers and bargaining chips that must fit together if efforts to develop an effective mid-term strategy to address climate change are to be successful at 15COP in Copenhagen. Among the authors' conclusions:
- The parallel negotiations taking place in the Ad-hocWorking Group on Further Commitments by Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) and the Ad-hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the UNFCCC (AWG-LCA) has created institutional complexity, with many members of each group waiting for signals from the other group before they move forward. Some States have plumped for drawing the groups together, but many developing States in particular are resisting this, arguing that Annex I Parties to the Kyoto Protocol must show leadership before any discussion of potential mitigation actions by developing States can take place;
- Among the barriers to achieving an agreement at Copenhagen are following:
- Different philosophies on how to structure mitigation commitments have developed, largely along developed/developing State lines, with most developed countries arguing for a "bottom-up" approach, whereby countries establish individual pledges based on perceived capability to reduce emissions, while developing States have predominantly argued for a "top-down" approach, whereby an aggregate target for emissions reductions, based on the best available science, would be established, and States would then be allocated pieces of the smaller pie. At this point, many developed States are chary to make substantive commitments before details are worked out on issues e.g. LULUCF and the configuration of the flexible mechanisms in a potential successor agreement to Kyoto; developing countries are extremely skeptical about the level of commitments that developed countries have been discussing to date;
- Differences between States as to whether commitments on the part of developed States should be legally binding or soft, and the relevant baseline year for calculating reductions
- Effectuating the delicate balance between developing States taking "nationally appropriate mitigation actions" (NAMAs), as contemplated under the Bali Roadmap, and the reciprocal obligation of developed States providing appropriate financial and technological support for such measures remains extremely difficult, and is likely to be one of the most important "tripping points" heading into Copenhagen. Another important issue in the context of potential commitments by developing States is whether differentiated commitments would be appropriate among developing countries, given substantial differences in technological and economic resources in this bloc;
- Adaptation is now acknowledged as a critical consideration, but serious divides remain in terms of developing adequate funding sources and which activities should be eligible for adaptation funding.
- In terms of "bargaining chips" that States may bring to the table, the following are identified as most important by the authors:
- Developing a viable REDD mechanism into any future regime could be both important for reducing emissions, as 17% of global GHG emissions in 2004 were related to deforestation and decays of biomass, as well as engendering developing country support for an agreement at Copenhagen. However, many issues remain to be resolved, including financial support for such initiatives and protocols to ensure environmental integrity;
- Technology transfer. While effective technology transfer could help engender support by developing countries for an agreement in Copenhagen, several sticking points remain, including how to finance such transfers and intellectual property rights concerns, with developed States predominantly arguing for maintaining current IPR protections, and developing countries arguing for IPR relaxation, compulsory licensing, patent pooling, etc.;
The authors conclude that reaching an agreement at Copenhagen is by no means assured, and it is possible that an agreement might develop in another fora, e.g. the G20, and potentially be brought to the UNFCCC for approval. Another important point is that what some countries see as barriers to agreement others see as bargaining chips for getting there. For example, some developing countries may view their amenability to taking on mitigation commitments as a bargaining chip for adaptation funding. In the end, the question is whether this delicate dance gets us to where the science says we need to be, and within what kind of time frame.
Related posts:
- New Article on the EU and the Copenhagen Accord
- New Analysis of COP15
- New Article on Adaptation and Trust Issues
- Portfolio Approach to Climate Mitigation
- Post-Copenhagen: The Road Forward?
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Review – The War On Britain's Roads (BBC 1, Wednesday 5th December)
Note - if you're in the UK you can watch the programme on iPlayer here.
I should probably start by saying that I'd seen a fair amount of publicity for this program (specifically this, this and this), and I was watching with a view to complaining to the BBC about it. Having watched it, I have to say it was nowhere near as bad as I feared it would be, but it could have been much better. In short - I'm not angry, just disappointed.
The programme starts with Gareth, a 24-year old cyclist. He initially comes off as a bit arrogant. A little bit later he's shown antagonising a taxi driver by banging on the side of his taxi when it passes a little bit too close. He says with a smile, "I've noticed if you touch someone's vehicle they get very possessive about that". So it appears that he knows exactly what he's doing. While I understand the point he makes - that if you can touch someone's car as they overtake you, then they haven't given you enough room - I don't think it's a particularly smart thing to do. Since the documentary aired Gareth has said that he felt it misrepresented him. Gareth's YouTube page is here.
The next section is Mark, a traffic policeman on a bicycle. This was quite interesting as we see him chase down a motorcyclist that fails to stop. While there are a couple of scary manoeuvres he seems highly skilled and in control. We also see him pulling over drivers and cyclists for minor traffic offences. There are lots of cyclists jumping red lights, Mark points out "it's not the crime of the century, but it could get you killed".
Next up is a woman who's daughter was killed while cycling, she was crushed by a cement mixer which turned left across her. This was quite an inspirational story as we hear about her campaign for better safety standards. She starts by buying shares in the company so she can speak at their Annual General Meeting, this leads to the company improving the training its drivers receive and installing proximity detectors on the sides of its vehicles.
Next there are two incidents caught on helmet camera. First there's a very scary video from Glasgow. As a cyclist approaches a roundabout a truck travelling at speed fails to give way. The cyclist slams his brakes on and the truck misses him by a few centimetres. It's absolutely terrifying (it's on YouTube here). The second incident was a road rage attack by a driver on a cyclist. The video was posted on YouTube and widely reported in the press, which led to the driver being identified and prosecuted.
The Traffic Droid is the next section. While the programme describes him as "policing the situation himself", in reality he's a cyclist who videos poor driving (and cycling) and posts it online. We see him videoing drivers who are using mobile phones and iPads and handing them flyers with his YouTube address on. He describes how he started filming traffic violations after being knocked off his bike 3 years ago, he breaks down and cries as he talks about it.
Finally we see footage of a courier race across London. The cyclists ride in what can only be described as an aggressive and nearly suicidal manner. It's this short section that seems to have caused most of the controversy, and it's not hard to see why. The sheer recklessness is breathtaking, but it's so far removed from the typical behaviour of the average cyclist. It appears to have been included simply for shock value.
In summary, I have mixed feelings about this documentary. The section about cement mixer safety I thought was positive, as it highlights a particular danger to cyclists and shows that if the will is there then these issues can be tackled. I thought the section with the cycling traffic policeman was interesting and it was also good that it showed him being even-handed in his dealings with cyclists and drivers. His clam approach and ability to defuse situations was a marked contrast to some of the other participants in the documentary.
I felt the central premise of the documentary, a war between cyclists and drivers, was flawed. The majority of cyclists are also drivers - 87% of British Cycling members own a car and the president of the Automobile Association is a keen cyclist. How can two groups be at war when so many people belong to both groups? I thought the other main failing of the documentary was a lack of context. For example a few cycling accident and death statistics were mentioned, but there was no comparison to other activities such as walking, or to accident and death statistics for cycling in other countries. The documentary would have left viewers with the false impression that cycling on Britain's roads is a very dangerous activity, I hope my mum hasn't watched it.
I also felt that the documentary missed an opportunity to discuss cycling facilities and road layout, which can be a cause of conflict between cyclists and drivers. There were a few incidents shown were a cyclist in a narrow cycle lane was overtaken by a vehicle which passed closely to the cyclist without actually moving into the cycle lane. One of the road rage incidents shown occurred after a driver was unable to overtake a cyclist through a traffic calming system.
US Citizens: Act Now To Save Bike Infrastructure!
Sorry to all the non-US folks that read this blog; this doesn't directly affect you.
There's currently activity in both houses of Congress affecting funding for cycling (and walking) infrastructure. If things go wrong in Congress, we could end up with a lot fewer bike lanes, bike paths and sidewalks and move more towards a totally car-centric infrastructure.
The current Senate transportation bill (MAP-21) weakens walking and biking programs. To improve the bill, bicycle advocates are asking senators to vote for a bipartisan amendment to guarantee local governments a voice in transportation decisions and allow them to build sidewalks, crosswalks, and bikeways that keep people safe.
In the House, cycling advocates are asking representatives to oppose the House transportation bill. Despite the fact that walking and bicycling infrastructure is a low-cost investment that creates more jobs per dollar than any other kind of highway spending, the House bill eliminates dedicated funding for walking and biking altogether.
Learn more and contact your senators and representative about this issue.
Obligatory disclaimer: none of this represents the official stance of Stack Exchange.


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MARINA at European Maritime Day 2018 31 May – 1 June, Burgas. Will you be there?
Will you take part at the EMD 2018?
We are waiting for you to meet us at our MARINA booth.
This is the moment to meet us, to discover who we are and what we do, but most importantly, is the perfect place to discuss about Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), its dimensions and how you can incorporate RRI in your daily work and life.
Also, our booth is the best place to present you our platform www.marinaproject .eu. On this platform, you can find many existing networks, communities and other platforms on marine issues. This engages researchers, organizations from civil society, citizens, decision makers and industrial stakeholders, being a useful tool where everybody may produce and share information, documents, pictures and other resources for facilitating the cooperation of stakeholders involved in marine issues and the effective integration of the citizens' ideas.
But we can discuss more at EMD, in Burgas, during the two-day conference.
During EMD, our Romanian partner, Mare Nostrum NGO, will be present at the workshop "Regional cooperation on marine litter" with a presentation about "What Responsible Research and Innovation actions are needed to be taken in order to reduce marine litter in Black Sea region?" whereas our French partner Nausicaa will make a pitch presenantion of the MARINA project at the "Networking coffee – Exhibition, Pitch Stage Research/Blue Growth and Networking Village" on 31st May at 10,30.
Here you can find out more about marine litter at Romanian Black Sea coast and specific actions, identified within our first Mobilisation and Mutual Learning (MML) workshop organized in Romania.
Also, Mare Nostrum Executive Director will be part of the expert panel at the plenary discussion "Big Bang Black Sea? – achievements and challenges for investing in sustainable blue growth and regional cooperation in the Black Sea region".
It would make us a great pleasure to meet you and discuss more.
MARINA team is waiting for your visit at our booth and at workshops where we are present!


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Did you know that one in five Americans are expected to develop some form of skin cancer during the lifetimes? That's an incredible statistic, especially considering that these diseases are often preventable. It's for this reason that we'd like to remind our readers that May is National Skin Cancer Prevention Month.
Since it has become the most common form of cancer, health care specialists have taken it upon themselves to inspire more communities to get involved during the month of May. We figured that we could do our part to get involved, so we'd like to share with you some tips on how you can protect yourself and your family from skin cancer while spending time in the sun this summer.
Before we share some of these prevention tips, there's one thing we need for you to do– get to know the skin you're in. It may sound cliche, but this is the best way to identify potential problems early on. That way you can schedule an appointment with your dermatologist if you notice a suspicious looking mole, bump or spot that wasn't there before.
Take Action Against Skin Cancer this Summer
Here are a few skin cancer prevention tips to put into practice this summer:
- Make sure that you apply sunscreen (going for an SPF of at least 30 is recommended) to all parts of your body that are going to be exposed to the sun. Even if it's cloudy outside, experts suggest that you reapply the sunscreen every two hours (you might also consider wearing sunscreen regularly throughout the year, not just during the summer).
- Protective clothing (sunglasses, pants, long-sleeved shirts and wide-brimmed hats) should be worn when possible. We aren't going to ask you to never sunbathe, but you should take precaution when spending time laying in the sun. We do highly recommend avoiding tanning beds as these have proven to be quite dangerous.
- You should be getting your skin checked once every year by a dermatologist, and you should also be performing self-checks every month or so. This is a really great way to keep tabs on any pesky freckles or moles (especially if they are on a part of the body that is exposed often). Some have even taken to body photography, so they can provide a photographic record of these "to watch" spots to their doctor.
Learn Your ABCDEs for Melanoma
The American Academy of Dermatology also spends a lot of time teaching people about the "ABCDE Rule" during Skin Cancer Prevention Month. This relatively simple rule helps to outline the warning signs for melanoma, which is the deadliest form of skin cancer.
So when you check out a mole on your body, keep your ABCDEs in mind:
- A stands for Asymmetry – Does one portion of the mole not match the other? This could be a sign for melanoma.
- B stands for Border Irregularity – Are the edges of the mole notched, blurred or even ragged in appearance? Irregular borders on a mole should be reported to your doctor.
- C stands for Color – Do you see color variations between different spots on the same mole? Look for different shades of brown or tan, even red, white or blue.
- D stands for Diameter – Melanoma is usually about the size of a pencil eraser (6 millimeters) when it is diagnosed, but it could be smaller. Stay sharp!
- E stands for Evolving – Keep an eye out for a mole that seems different than usual or has been changed in size, shape or color.
Studies have shown that people with light or fair skin are more at risk for these diseases, but the truth is that anyone with skin can develop skin cancer. So remember to take the time to learn about your skin and stay vigilant. Don't ignore changes or new spots, because catching skin cancer early on means that it can be treated much more easily.
If you'd like to learn more about skin cancer, please see our pages on basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Have a safe and happy summer!


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Servings: Serves 4
4 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Organic
1 cup onion, chopped
½ cup celery, chopped
½ cup carrot, chopped
1 tablespoon All-Purpose Flour, Gluten-Free
2 cups Butternut squash, cubed
4 cups vegetable stock
1 tablespoon Sugarless Sugar™
1/4 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
½ teaspoon cinnamon
Enjoy this Gluten Free Butternut Squash Soup recipe created by the NOW® Culinary Innovation Team.
Preheat oven to 400° F
Toss squash cubes in 2 tablespoons olive oil to coat, and place in a single layer on a cookie sheet and roast 15 minutes.
While squash is roasting, heat remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large pot and add onion, celery, and carrot. Sauté 5 minutes, until lightly browned and aromatic.
Add gluten free all-purpose flour and whisk until fully incorporated.
Slowly add vegetable stock, Sugarless Sugar™, salt, black pepper, and cinnamon, whisking continuously to prevent lumps forming.
Bring to a boil, add squash, turn heat to medium low, cover, and cook 20 minutes.
Transfer soup to blender and puree until smooth.
Place squash soup back into sauce pan and cook on medium heat for an additional 5 minutes.
Serve warm and enjoy!
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Regional creative industries in Australia: exploring Townsville as a case study
Daniel, Ryan (2013) Regional creative industries in Australia: exploring Townsville as a case study. Creative Industries Journal, 6 (2). pp. 113-128.
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While the creative industries concept is generally well recognized in Australia, regional creative industries have received less attention. This is particularly the case in terms of north-east Australia, which is geographically isolated from the major metropolitan centres. The regional tropical city of Townsville, its economy dominated by government services including a major defence base, is considered the unofficial capital of North Queensland and recognized as a key part of the economic growth plan for the state and nation. The creative industries in this location, however, are yet to be examined in any depth, hence this article reflects a first phase study to explore key features of the sector and the participants involved. Data was obtained through a survey completed by 84 creative industries stakeholders. The findings are significant, including a clear lack of engagement with key government and stakeholder policies, numerous identified opportunities for strategic partnerships with other economic sectors, as well as the potential role of key leadership groups and stakeholders in terms of further growth and development.
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Most of us are familiar with the concept of relative minors, and how they relate to 6th chords. The 6th chords contain the same notes as the m7 chords, but the bass player uses a different note as the root.
C6 = Am7
D6 = Bm7
F6 = Dm7
G6 = Em7
A6 = F#m7
For many years I've struggled to find m7b5 chords (a.k.a. half diminished) from jazz charts on my guitar. Recently I came to a startling revelation – they contain the same notes as m6 chords, in the same relationship as the relative minor. Check it out:
Cm6 = Am7b5
Dm6 = Bm7b5
Fm6 = Dm7b5
Gm6 = Em7b5
Am6 = F#m7b5
The m7b5 is the relative minor of a minor chord. Sort of. Anyway, it helps me find them on the neck, and that's what counts.


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We celebrate the feast day of St. John Paul II on Oct. 22. In his writings and homilies, St. John Paul II described Divine Mercy as the answer to the world's problems and the message of the third millennium.
The following is an excerpt from The Great Mercy Pope (Marian Press) by Fr. George Kosicki, CSB - a book that describes how the message of Divine Mercy shaped the pontificate of John Paul II.
A Pope's legacy
Among the many legacies of John Paul II, his legacy of Divine Mercy stands out as exceptional. Among the two dozen marvelous legacies of John Paul II which I have read about, only in the legacies of Divine Mercy and in the apostolic letter At the Beginning of the New Millennium (January 6, 2001) where he gives the prayer "contemplate the face of Jesus with Mary" does he specifically say that he is passing them on to the whole world as the message and prayer for the Third Millennium.
At the canonization of St. Faustina, John Paul II said in his homily:
Sister Faustina's canonization has a particular eloquence. By this act I intend today to pass this message on to the new millennium. I pass it on to all people, so that they will learn to know even better the true face of God and the true face of their brethren (Homily of Canonization, Divine Mercy Sunday, April 20, 2000).
A year later another expression of John Paul II's legacy of Divine Mercy was given at his Regina Caeli talk, following the Mass of Divine Mercy Sunday (April 22, 2001) honoring the anniversary of the canonization of St. Faustina. Again, he passes on this message of hope to the third millennium:
Filled with joy we present ourselves before the Risen One today and say with faith: "Jesus, I trust in You!" May this confession full of love strengthen everyone on the path of daily life and encourage them to undertake works of mercy for their brothers and sisters. May this be a message of hope for the entire new millennium.
The Pope then challenges us to collaborate with the plan of Divine Mercy for the whole world:
Now, with the recitation of the antiphon Regina Caeli, we ask Mary to enable us to experience the deep joy of the Resurrection and to collaborate with dedication in the universal plan of Divine Mercy (ibid).
At the departure ceremony of his visit to Krakow for the dedication of the Basilica of The Divine Mercy (August 19, 2002), John Paul II again repeated his unique legacy of Divine Mercy to the third millennium:
"God rich in Mercy." These are the words that sum up this visit. We have heard them as a call to the Church and to Poland in the new millennium. I pray that my compatriots will welcome with open hearts this message of mercy and will succeed in carrying it to wherever men and women are in need of the light of hope. ... I repeat before the merciful Jesus; "Jesus, I trust in You! May these heartfelt words bring comfort to future generations in the new millennium. May God who is rich in mercy bless you!
In his last book Memory and Identity, John Paul II ends his chapter on the mystery of mercy with a strong statement on the power of this mystery. He states that the lesson of Divine Mercy is not only for the Polish people, but also for every part of the world where the Church is present:
Here I should like to return to what I said about the experience of the Church in Poland during the period of resistance to communism. It seems to me to have a universal value. I think that the same applies to Sister Faustina and her witness to the mystery of Divine Mercy. The patrimony of her spirituality was of great importance, as we know from experience, for the resistance against the evil and inhuman systems of the time. The lesson to be drawn from all this is important not only for the Poles, but also in every part of the world where the Church is present. This became clear during the beatification and canonization of Sister Faustina. It was as if Christ had wanted to say through her: "Evil does not have the last word!" The Paschal Mystery confirms that good is ultimately victorious, that life conquers death, and that love triumphs over hate (The Mystery of Mercy, in Memory and Identity, John Paul II, p. 55, emphasis added).
Pope John Paul II's Final Message
In his final Divine Mercy Sunday message, read posthumously, John Paul summarized his message of Divine Mercy and passed it on to us as a legacy:
"Jesus, I trust in You! Have Mercy on us and on the whole world! Amen!" (Divine Mercy Sunday, April 3, 2005).
These are the closing and final words of Pope John Paul II written prior to his death, and read by Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, substitute of the Vatican Secretariat of State, following the Mass for the eternal repose of John Paul II (Vatican City, April 3, 2005, Zenit.org).
This was the final annual Divine Mercy Sunday message begun in 1991, and the summary of John Paul's message of Divine Mercy. These final words capsulized two major points of his life's legacy of Divine Mercy:
1. "Jesus, I Trust in You" was first expressed at the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow-Lagiewniki, Poland, June 7, 1997, where he shared his half-century of involvement with The Divine Mercy message and devotion. In his talk, he said:
I come here to commend the concerns of the Church and of humanity to the merciful Christ. On the threshold of the third millennium I come to entrust to Him once more my Petrine ministry - "Jesus, I trust in You!" (emphasis in the text).
It is significant that he said "once more" I entrust my Petrine ministry to the merciful Christ. This was his way of entrusting himself, to the merciful Christ, like a parallel to his motto of entrustment to Mary: "Totus Tuus."
2. "... have mercy on us and on the whole world." in the same talk (June 7, 1997) he expressed his constant prayer:
I pray unceasingly that God will have "mercy on us and on the whole world." (From the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Diary, 476).
After prayerful reflection on John Paul's final and closing words, I consider that these words "Jesus, I trust in You! Have mercy on us and on the whole world" are John Paul's personal expression of the "Jesus Prayer" so much part of the spirituality of the Eastern Church.
"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, have mercy on me a sinner."
With the added dimension "and on the whole world." I have begun to pray the "Jesus Prayer" with the added phrase "... and on the whole world" and find it a powerful extension of the already powerful prayer. It is also an expression of the beatitude: "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy" (Mt 5:7) quoted by John Paul II in the talk at the International Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Poland and quoted five times as a repeated theme of his encyclical Rich in Mercy (Dives in Misericordia, 1980).
What was he praying?
These final words of John Paul II also confirm a personal experience I had while watching the Pope pray, in preparation for his celebrating Mass. It was the occasion of filming a presentation to the Holy Father for the film Divine Mercy - No Escape. The guests and camera crew were ushered into the private chapel of the Pope at 6:45 a.m. for a 7 a.m. Mass with the Holy Father. Msgr. Stanislaus Dziwisz assigned my place next to the Pope. For the next 15 minutes, I watched him praying, kneeling with his hands holding his head. But I was distracted!
One question stayed in my head: "What is he praying?" The words that kept coming to me were: "Have mercy on us and on the whole world" (November 13, 1986).
Then, it was on reading the text of John Paul II's talk at the International Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Poland (June 7, 1997) that he himself confirmed my sense of what he was praying: "I pray inceasingly, that 'God will have mercy on us and on the whole world' " (From the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Diary, 476).
In conclusion, on Divine Mercy Sunday 2005, the Pope's posthumous message was read:
Jesus, I trust in You! Have mercy on us and on the whole world! (April 3, 2005).
The late Fr. George Kosicki, CSB, is probably best known for his work with the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, spreading the message of Divine Mercy.


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White pepper consists of the seed of the pepper plant alone, with the darker colored skin of the pepper fruit removed. This is usually accomplished by a process known as retting, where fully ripe peppers are soaked in water for about a week, during which the flesh of the pepper softens anddecomposes.
Rubbing then removes what remains of the fruit, and the naked seed is dried. Alternative processes are used for removing the outer pepper from the seed, including decortication, the removal of the outer layer from black pepper from small peppers through mechanical, chemical or biological methods.
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The cultural and natural heritage of Andalusia is almost untouchable. Take one of our Road Trip Tours so you can get closer to it. There is a wealth of landscapes and a wide variety of cultural heritage due to the number of civilizations that have been passing through these lands over the centuries.
In Granada Alternativa we want to propose different road trips that will bring you closer to that diversity and allow you to return to your hotel in Granada in the same day. We offer trips that are within the province of Granada such as Las Alpujarras, Sierra Nevada or the Costa Tropical. Other destinations much sought after by our customers are the city of Seville, the city of Cordoba or the picturesque town of Ronda, which is home to, among other things, the oldest and probably the most beautiful bullring in Spain.
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Of course, we are open to designing a route that meets the expectations of our travelers. Our intention is that you spend an unforgettable time on your vacation or in your free time. Therefore, we want to offer you experiences that motivate you, that meet your expectations and that make you take a great memory of Granada.
Granada is very well connected by road with the main attractions of Andalusia, so in a few hours we can go to Seville, take a bike ride along the Guadalquivir and visit the Torre del Oro and the monumental Plaza de España, take some tapas in the neighborhood of Santa Cruz and return to Granada after visiting the Giralda and the Cathedral of Seville. Or maybe, you just want to make a route through the rooted tapas bars and markets of the more authentic Seville.
We propose destinations and routes and together we plan which itinerary we will follow. But finally, it will be you the one who decides what road trip you want to do in Andalusia.
We offer 7 Road Trip Tours:
The Alpujarras
Travel to the center of the Moorish region where the last Muslims of the peninsula lived. Visiting towns such as Capileira or Soportujar is like a transportation to an almost medieval world, with narrow and steep streets, whitewashed moorish style houses, flat roofs and geraniums on the balconies. For greater delight the gastronomy of these people will satisfy your senses and, even better, your appetite.
Tropical Coast of Granada and Malaga
In addition to hidden coves with pines that reach the shore of the Mediterranean, this coast has picturesque white villages such as Nerja or Salobreña. This region is also characterized by its tropical fruits, such as avocado, mango, papaya and cherimoya.
Sierra Nevada
The highest peaks of the Iberian Peninsula await you to enjoy the best views and the wildest natural environment in Andalusia. Climatic and altitude conditions give rise to a unique fauna and flora, which feeds on the multiple sources of water that come from the melting snow of its peaks.
The capital of Andalucia is a jewel, already discovered many centuries ago by many civilizations and now you will be the next "victim". Let yourself fall in love by the charm of Seville, its beautiful whitewashed streets dressed in geraniums. The imposing Plaza de España and Maria Luisa Park await you after strolling along the Guadalquivir River and leaving behind the Triana district and the Torre del Oro.
Cordoba is synonymous with splendor, all the cultures that passed through left behind their greatness, and the best are the small streets of the Jewish quarter where you have to get lost yourself to find the treasures.
Located within the mountain range is Ronda. Built onto 2 gorges that meet and are crowned with the stately city of Ronda over them. Architectural jewels, breathtaking landscapes and viewpoints and, probably, the best gastronomy in Spain.
Caminito del Rey
Is a path built on the walls of the Gaitanes gorge, in the interior of the Sierra de Malaga. A path more than 3 km length that develops inside a canyon with almost vertical walls and that hang up to 105 meters. Rather it should be called as a way to heaven, for beauty and isolation.


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If it makes you feel any better, we're sitting at home eating cake and watching Malcolm in the Middle.ReplyDelete
Sometimes we are too cool for other people.
Also, I have not ditched out on our WWF game. I got a new phone AND will be getting yet another new one in a couple weeks so I haven't bothered installing anything on this one. Stupid phones.
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I won't even bother to bore you with the details of our weekend. Let the words antibiotics, cough syrup, tissues, and 4 humans in a 2 human bed suffice. Always a party at our house.
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Excellence in Historic Preservation Award - Preservation League of New York State
Preservation Merit Award - Historic Albany Foundation
Award of Merit - Eastern NY AIA
ENVISION completed several projects for the City School District of Albany, including the 150,000 sf Hackett Middle School preservation / modernization. A feasibility study was completed prior to the bond referendum, to determine if the structure was suitable for reorganization into three grades, of two teams each, with supporting academic, non-academic and administrative spaces. We determined the 80 year old structure would fulfill the needs, by way of careful space planning of the upper floors and complete reorganization of lower floors. Relocating old large mechanical rooms and capturing 'found' storage space, the lower two levels were transformed into special classrooms for art, music, technology, as well as a media center, cafeteria and grade level service/ mechanical space.
After the bond referendum passed, a pre-design phase investigated the existing conditions in detail. ENVISION prepared the scope of investigations with an RFP for contractor supported destructive testing of the roof and exterior walls. With lifts and harnesses, we were also able to investigate all surfaces of the exterior envelope. Due to these thorough investigations, we were able to accurately provide a scope of repairs for bidding. The exterior was rehabilitated with new roof systems, masonry repair, repointing and cleaning. Eligible for placement on the National Register of Historic Places, the Hackett Middle School exterior and the interior lobby, grand stair and auditorium, were carefully designed for historic preservation, and reviewed and approved by the State Historic Preservation Office.
The interior work included repair of the historic lobby and auditorium, and a complete renovation of corridors and classrooms, addressing 21st century educational needs for lighting and acoustics. Code compliance for fire exiting, life safety and accessibility were an important part of the project scope. Two new stair towers and elevator were built as additions, corridors were reconfigured to connect to them. A complete renovation of the building's mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, as well as integration of a new air conditioning and data technology systems also took place. The energy saving design was commissioned independently under a NYS Energy Grant, and resulted in the largest rebate to the school district, four times larger than what is typically awarded.
Parking was developed with adequate spaces for faculty, parents, and bus dropoff, and was incorporated into a pleasing new site plan.
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The number 1 goal of Physical Therapy is to get you pain free and back doing the things you love, without the need for medication or trips to your Doctor
The number 1 goal of Physical Therapy is to get you pain free and back doing the things you love, without the need for medication or trips to your Doctor
Deep Tissue Massage is a great option for those of you who don't have a particular injury but want to prevent any future complaints. It is a general treatment which can be focused on any part of the body you feel needs it most. The most common use of this treatment is by those in sedentary jobs where you don't use your body as much as you should.
Think of it like a car service. You service your car so it doesn't break down. Treat your body before it breaks down
Sports Taping and Strapping can be necessary to prevent re-occurrence of an old injury by adding extra stability to a joint. This is useful if you wish to return to sport earlier than you may have expected
Dry Needling is a form of treating Trigger points in the body. Trigger points are little knots in a muscle which cause pain and referred pain and are the cause of a lot of muscular pain. It can be useful to treat some very specific causes of injury and is a great adjunct to Physical Therapy
Pain Relief Limerick provides sports massage hire for individual events such as road races or team events in any sports. We can provide a therapist for an event such as a 10k race or marathon. We provide sports massage hire for sports teams or sports individuals in any sport.


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Subscriptions are a great way to draw a steady stream of revenue from readers — unless readers share their login credentials with everyone they know.
As publishers try to grow subscription businesses, they have to figure out how to handle password-sharing, a phenomenon that subscription services like Netflix and Spotify have wrestled with for years.
On one hand, subscribers are often the most enthusiastic members of a publisher's audience, and limiting access cuts into their ability to proselytize. But allowing flagrant password-sharing disincentivizes would-be subscribers, and it's hard to limit it without aggravating your users.
Password-sharing is a well-documented problem for subscription content companies, particularly in digital video. Reuters/Ipsos research released last summer found that more than one-fifth of 18- to 24-year-olds had used a login from somebody outside their household to stream content; overall, 12 percent of adults said they'd done so.
Senior executives at companies like Netflix and HBO regularly downplay the impact of password-sharing. In 2016, Netflix CFO David Wells said that cracking down on the practice wouldn't necessarily lead to an uptick in subscribers.
It's unclear how widespread the practice is among subscription news publishers' audiences. Publishers contacted for this story and asked to discuss password sharing, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, McClatchy, Tronc, Financial Times and Gannett, either did not respond to requests for comment or did not make executives available for interviews. Michael Silberman, svp of strategy at paywall services vendor Piano, said Piano hears about the problem occasionally, but it's not a growing concern.
It's hard to eliminate password-sharing because of all the devices people use.
"Any time you get into restricting access, you create a customer service headache for yourself," said Peter Ericson, founder of Zeen101, a software firm that makes paywall and other products for publishers on WordPress.
It's also hard to tell which logins are legitimate and which are not. Someone logging into their account from a computer located in another state might just be a subscriber who's traveling. A new login on a new browser could just mean that a reader decided to switch to Firefox after years of using Chrome.
On top of that, being too punitive can make a publisher seem unreasonable. "[For most people], there's an expectation: 'If I have a subscription, can't I share it with my wife?'" Ericson said.
The difficulty of identifying password-sharers has marketing consequences. In theory, a person who's accessing subscriber content through a friend or family member should be a prime target for marketers. But that person can't be targeted if they can't be identified.
Many publishers have some wiggle room in their subscription policies. The New York Times says in its subscriber FAQ that digital subscribers can share their accounts with "one or two" people. The Washington Post discourages subscribers from sharing their passwords but allows subscribers one bonus subscription that they can share.
"We believe that our subscribers are our best ambassadors," Miki King, the Post's vp of marketing, said in a statement. "So we encourage our premium subscribers to share access with new readers to help them discover the breadth of The Post's content and the quality journalism."
Looking at a user's IP address won't detect all sharing activity. For example, many large businesses all use the same IP address, making it impossible to tell if an entire office of people is accessing a subscription with a single person's login.
That's why some publishers limit access by device. The Wall Street Journal, for example, lets digital subscribers access content from up to five different devices, which can be changed.
Other publishers like newspaper chain McClatchy have taken a hands-off approach to individual password-sharing, considering it a privacy issue. Instead, it is currently developing family- and office-specific subscription plans.
Ericson said personalization by news publishers can indirectly curtail sharing. People whose site experience is customized based on their reading behavior might be reluctant to have that experience muddied by someone else using the product.
Ultimately, password sharing hasn't become a front-burner issue for many publishers yet because they're more focused on growth.
"There's a lot of runway left in terms of overall industry growth, and certainly growth for newer entrants," Silberman said. "There are any number of tactics publishers can use to drive subscriber growth and improve retention before they need to worry about building complex features to limit sharing."
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Chakra: Crown and Third Eye
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Tiny insects called treehoppers produce very different mating songs at higher versus lower temperatures, but the intended recipient still finds the changed songs attractive.
Heat Changes Insect Call, but It Still Works
Insects can be noisy. But most of the sounds they produce, we can't hear. Take tiny insects called treehoppers. They communicate by producing vibrations. When a male treehopper is hunting for a mate, he vibrates his body to produce a special love song.
"They sound like oooo-boo-boo-boop."
Kasey Fowler-Finn is an assistant professor of biology at Saint Louis University. She says if a female treehopper is interested, she'll vibrate back to the male. Basically, her way of saying, "Hey, there."
Fowler-Finn wondered if treehopper mating songs might change at different temperatures, which could affect whether the species survives as the climate changes. So she and graduate student Dowen Jocson built custom incubators, using plywood and Ikea shelves—plus, a laser that helps them listen to treehoppers.
"The laser receives information about these tiny vibrations on the plant stem, which we then amplify and process into sounds that we can hear."
Turns out, the treehoppers do sound different when the temperature changes. Here's a male singing at 65 degrees.
[CLIP: Insect sound]
And another at 97 degrees.
[CLIP: Second insect sound]
But that's not all. The team recorded these songs and played them for females to see if they still found them attractive.
"So essentially, we're having a conversation with the insect, because we can play back a bunch of different signals to females and ask her how much she likes each one."
As male treehopper love songs changed across temperatures, females still recognized them—saying, "Yep, I'm interested in mating with you." Jocson says that was exciting.
"I think when we saw that, we were just like, 'Wow, this is awesome.'"
The study is in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology. [Dowen Mae I. Jocson et al, Temperature coupling of mate attraction signals and female mate preferences in four populations of Enchenopa treehopper (Hemiptera: Membracidae)]
She says this just one piece of the puzzle. But it gives her some hope that treehoppers and other similar insect species will keep things steamy—even as the climate warms.
—Shahla Farzan
[The above text is a transcript of this podcast.]
[A version of this story originally aired on St. Louis Public Radio, the NPR member station serving eastern Missouri and portions of western Illinois.]


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The best way to keep electrostatic sensitive devices (ESDs) from damage is to ground all conductive objects and remove insulators from your ESD Protected Area (EPA). This is not always possible because some insulators are "process-essential" and are necessary to build or assemble the finished product. The only way to control charges on these necessary non-conductive items is the use of ionization systems.
However, if an ionizer is out of balance, instead of neutralizing charges, it will produce primarily positive or negative ions. This results in placing an electrostatic charge on items that are not grounded, potentially discharging and causing ESD damage to nearby sensitive items.
It is therefore essential to regularly clean your ionizers and verify they function correctly. Below we have put together a list of tasks you need to perform with your ionizers on a regular basis.
"All ionization devices will require periodic maintenance for proper operation. Maintenance intervals for ionizers vary widely depending on the type of ionization equipment and use environment. Critical clean room uses will generally require more frequent attention. It is important to set-up a routine schedule for ionizer service. Routine service is typically required to meet quality audit requirements." (ESD Handbook TR20.20 section 18.104.22.168 Maintenance / Cleaning)
EIA-625, recommends checking ionizers every 6 months, but this may not be suitable for many programs particularly since an out-of-balance may exist for months before it is checked again. ANSI/ESD S20.20 section 22.214.171.124 Compliance Verification Plan Requirement states: "Test equipment shall be selected to make measurements of appropriate properties of the technical requirements that are incorporated into the ESD program plan."
Under normal conditions, an ionizer will attract dirt and dust (especially on the emitter points). To maintain optimum neutralization efficiency and operation, cleaning should be performed on a regular basis.
1. Case
Wipe the case with a soft cloth and deionized water. Fully squeeze the wiping cloth or sponge to remove any excess liquid. If a stronger cleaning solution is required, dab a soft cloth with mixture of isopropyl alcohol and deionized water (70% IPA and 30% DI water).
2. Emitter Points
The emitter points should be cleaned using specific emitter point cleaners or a swab dampened with Isopropyl alcohol. Below are general instructions on how to clean emitter points. However, each unit is slightly different so always refer to the ionizer's manual.
- Turn the unit OFF and unplug the power cord.
- Open the top screen by loosening the screw and swinging the grill to one side.
- Clean the emitter points using the an emitter point cleaner or a swab dampened with Isopropyl alcohol.
- Re-attach the top screen.
- Plug in the power cord and turn the unit ON.
- Verify the performance of the ionizer by using a charged plate monitor or ionization test kit (see below).
With normal handling, the emitter points should not require replacement during the life of the unit.
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Per ESD TR53 section 126.96.36.199.1 "The best practice is to measure the offset voltage and discharge times, clean the unit, including emitter points and air filters if present, offset voltage to zero (if adjustable), and then repeat offset voltage and discharge time testing. If the unit does not meet offset voltage specifications or minimum established discharge time limits, further service is indicated. Manufacturers should provide details on service procedures and typical service intervals."
Most companies will assign a number or otherwise identify each ionizer and setup a Compliance Verification / Maintenance / Calibration schedule. If the ionizers all test good, the data can justify lengthening the calibration period. If ionizers require adjustment, the calibration period should be shortened. Although ESD TR53 does not advise a test frequency, JESDD625-A (Revision of EIA-625) recommends ionizers be tested semi-annually, noting to use "S3.1 except the number of measurement points and locations may be selected based on the application."
Verification should be performed in accordance with the ESD Association ionization standard ANSI/ESD STM3.1.
Below are general instructions on how to verify your ionizer's offset voltage and discharge time. Always refer to the User Guide accompanying your Charge Plate Monitor or Ionization Test Kit for proper operation and setup.
1. Testing Ionizer Offset Voltage:
The required limit per ANSI/ ESD S20.20 is less than ± 35 volts. Check your ionizer's operating manual or consult with the ionizer manufacturer to determine what the offset voltage should be for your ionizer.
Charge Plate Monitor (CPM)
- Position the ionizer and charge plate monitor as shown below.
- Set the CPM to Decay/Offset mode.
- Set the CPM to decay and offset voltage mode with a starting charge at either + or – 1 KV and a stopping charge at either + or -100 Volts.
- Start the decay/offset test sequence on the CPM. This will take a few seconds.
- Record the decay time, and offset voltage as displayed on the CPM.
Positioning your Charge Plate Monitor for Overhead and Benchtop Ionizers
Ionization Test Kit
- Zero the charge plate by touching it with a grounded object. This can either be the finger of a grounded person or some other item which is connected to electrical ground. In either case, zeroing the charge plate should make the display on the field meter read zero.
- Hold the meter approximately one foot (30.5 cm) in front of the ionizer.
- Monitor the display. The value displayed is the offset balance of the ionizer, which is the difference between the number of positive and negative ions being emitted.
Portable Charge Plate Monitor
- Turn the meter on.
- Zero point adjust the meter. Bring the plate into contact with a grounded body, and press the 0ADJ button.
- Set the desired mode. Press the SELECT button, and the meter will scroll through the modes. To measure balance (offset voltage), use I.B mode.
- Point the plate at the measurement location, the meter will measure the balance.
Watch how to test the balance using the SCS Portable Charge Plate Monitor:
2. Testing Ionizer Discharge Time:
The required limit per ANSI/ESD S20.20 is "user defined". Please refer to the ionizer's operating manual or consult with the ionizer manufacturer to determine what this discharge time should be.
Charge Plate Monitor (CPM)
- Set the CPM to Decay/Offset mode.
- Set the CPM to decay and offset voltage mode with a starting charge at either + or – 1 KV and a stopping charge at either + or -100 Volts.
- Start the decay/offset test sequence on the CPM. This will take a few seconds.
- Record the decay time, and offset voltage as displayed on the CPM.
Ionization Test Kit
- After charging the plate of the ionization test kit, hold the field meter approximately one foot (30.5 cm) away from the ionizer.
- Monitor the display of the meter to see how quickly the 1.1 kV charge is dissipated to 0.1 kV.
- The speed at which this occurs (the discharge time) indicates how well the ionizer is operating.
- Repeat this procedure for both a positively and a negatively charged plate.
Portable Charge Plate Monitor
- If you haven't already, turn the meter on and zero it.
- Set the desired decay range, select +Decay to measure positive discharge time. Select -Decay to measure negative discharge time.
- Point the plate in the airflow of the ionizer to be measured and press the START button.
- The meter will chirp and display the neutralization time when the measurement is completed.
Watch how to test the decay time using the SCS Portable Charge Plate Monitor:
Some ionizers offer adjustment options (e.g. trim pots) which allow modification of the offset voltage.
However, if your ionizer is out of balance (and cannot be adjusted) or if the discharge time is out of specification, the ionizer will require service/repair by an authorized company.
Ionization is one of the best methods of removing charges from insulators and as a result plays an important role in controlling ESD.
Remember though: ionizers require periodic cleaning of emitter pins and verifying of the offset voltage and discharge time. Otherwise, instead of neutralizing charges, the ionizer will primarily produce positive or negative ions. The ionizer will therefore place an electrostatic charge on items that are not grounded, potentially discharging and causing ESD damage to nearby sensitive items.


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National Poison Prevention Week
March 18-24, 2018 is National Poison Prevention Week
Remember your furry friends this week and always. There are a lot of different things (plants, medicines, people food, household products, etc) that can make your animals sick or even kill them.
- Be prepared for an emergency. Keep the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center number at your fingertips by saving the number in your mobile phone: 888-426-4435
- Practice safe storage habits for household chemicals and other substances that can be poisonous for pets
- Read and follow all labels and directions
- Detect invisible threats
The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center is the best resource for any animal poison-related emergency. They are available at 888-426-4435, 24 hours/365 days a year and staffed by veterinary health professionals. There may be a fee for the call.
The ASPCA has a good page with more information on specific items: https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control
If you have a pet door, please be aware of what's in your yard, for their safety and health.


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Tryp Barcelona Aeropuerto Hotel is located adjacent to the International Airport of Barcelona and about ten kilometres from the city centre. Situated near many tourist attractions Tryp Barcelona Aeropuerto Hotel is the perfect place for visitors to experience the best of this beautiful city. Coupled with outstanding accommodations, great food and ideal location Tryp Barcelona Aeropuerto Hotel is one of the most sought after hotels in Barcelona.
Elegant and comfortable guestrooms of the Tryp Barcelona Aeropuerto Hotel welcome hotel guests to a world of luxury. The hotel accommodation comprises of a collections of Double rooms, Deluxe rooms, Junior Suites and rooms for the physically challenged. All guest rooms are thoughtfully appointed with modern amenities such as satellite television, direct dial telephone, modem connection, minibar and safe-deposit box. 24-hour Room Service is also provided for the convenience of hotel guests. Mediterraneo restaurant of Tryp Barcelona Aeropuerto Hotel serves an extensive breakfast buffet, as well as an a la carte menu featuring delightful market cuisines. Guests can relax and enjoy a drink from the Lobby Bar at Tryp Barcelona Aeropuerto Hotel. Exercise enthusiasts can make use of the on-site Fitness Centre at Tryp Barcelona Aeropuerto Hotel. Dance the night away at the Disco Pub or visit the Casino at Tryp Barcelona Aeropuerto Hotel.
Business travellers to Barcelona are provided with meeting facilities at Tryp Barcelona Aeropuerto Hotel. There are 10 meeting rooms with the largest being able to accommodate up to 350 guests.
Barrio G�tico de Barcelona, Centro Ciudad, Castelldefells, Puerto Ol�mpico and Sitges are some of the attractions located close to Tryp Barcelona Aeropuerto Hotel.
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Tryp Barcelona Aeropuerto Hotel features 185 double rooms, 4 deluxe rooms, 12 Junior Suites and 4 rooms with facilities for physically disabled guests. All guestrooms are equipped with modern amenities to create comfortable lodging.
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School Social Workers: Making A Difference!
School Social Workers provide families and students with support by mobilizing available resources, fostering positive relationships between family, school and community and developing opportunities for students to prosper in their educational experiences and beyond.
School social workers serve as the liaison between school, home and the community. The underlying premise of school social work services is based on strengthening students' academic progress by removing barriers to learning including meeting their basic physical and emotional needs.
Services provided:
- Provides short-term individual and structured group counseling services
- Provides prevention and crisis intervention services
- Encourages supportive peer relationships and positive attitudes
- Provides guidance to student to make healthy choices
- Provides advocacy services for students and families
- Provides home visits to students and parent/guardian to assess and address their needs
- Provides programs and services to parents that include education and referral to appropriate community agencies
- Facilitates parental involvement
- Provides case management services to students with severe and chronic problem
- Coordinates referrals for social services in the community
- Collaborates with campus-based and district support services professionals
- Provides information, training, education and consultation services to the campus and communities concerning social service issues
What is a School Social Worker?
- A licensed, specially trained, caring person
- A listener
- A resource person
- A counselor and a consultant
- A group leader
- A person who assists students, parents, teachers, staff, and administrators
What are the Qualifications of a School Social Worker?
- Master's Degree in Social Work
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NOTE: at work I installed a web proxy to separate internal user traffic from external traffic hitting our prod__uction servers. While I'm not part of the network team, they asked me to do this because of my prior experience and interest in such things. The idea of this was to be a temporary fix until they get a new line installed providing greater bandwidth, but my argument is for the continuation of this segmentation even after the new line is installed. Below is a slightly sanitized version of my arguments for this. Note that my thoughts and comments are driven by years of running networks, thus it is something I care about and have spent years thinking about, so it is wordy. I'd be very happy to discuss this, or other solutions, via the comments below because I never want to stop learning.
I'd like to share my thoughts in as to why I think the network is better served with keeping internal traffic and public traffic separate. Regardless of if you use the existing web proxy server, or another one with different network topology, I care less about the tool, and more about making the network and user experience better for both internal and external users****
integrity First off, my strong feeling is that internal users should never be able to effect the performance of production websites (and to a slightly lessor extent vice versa). Say for example we have a virus that bounces from email to email and sends out spurious requests via the Internet, this hammers our local network which kills the integrity of our production websites. External users are left with an unusable system, and our integrity suffers. On the flip side, a PR announcement goes out and traffic to our production sites surges, making not only our production sites slow, but also the local network for users trying to get email and look up things on-line. Having all of these resources straining the same bandwidth pipe puts other things such as credit card verifications for sales in direct competition with a YouTube video download by an employee. Sure a packet shaper can set priority for the credit card line, but why even have the competition? Having these two types of traffic segmented from the start is a must to keep the integrity of our network, and our production running as well as they can without the chance of either one negatively effecting the other. Additionally this setup cascades down to effect the other following aspects of how our network performs. They are…
security I've always been of the mindset that by default incoming ports are always set at "deny everything, allow only what is needed", something that virtually every firewall follows. For the same reasons this should be the default behavior for any traffic originating here and heading out via the outgoing ports. As far as I could tell, under the old gateway configuration, everything was allowed out (aside: even some protocols that people on the network side told me were blocked, were simply not) with the new gateway everything outbound was initially denied, and then we only opened things that 'needed' to be open. In doing this we've shut down 1000s of ports that could otherwise be available for malicious program to utilize to breach our security from inside. This is often how malware and viruses communicate their successful infestation and request further instructions. Additionally, having a web proxy often stops this kind of communication because even a simple HTTP request initiated by the malware will not be configured to transmit through a web proxy; it will be expecting a straight shot out, since that's far more common. This is one of the benefits of a traditional proxy over a so called 'transparent' proxy where no configuration is needed for the client to communicate externally; with a traditional proxy the malware will not know how it needs to be configured to transmit through the proxy.
transparency While we got into this exercise because the network was slow; it was slow for internal users and slow for external users. Now it's fast for internal users, with plenty of headroom to spare, and it will never infringe upon external users. Any slowness of our sites can now be diagnosed without the concern of unknown network traffic effecting its abilities thus making troubleshooting and managing much simpler. If we went back to the 'everyone in the same pool' setup, we'll be at the same mercy the next time the network is slow - how will we troubleshoot it then? Pull the external users onto a new proxy so we can segment them out as a cause of the slowness? With the network segmented we can already rule out one type of traffic being the cause of slowness.
**simplicity ** While a web proxy/firewall solution can be complex, the gateway in place is running Smoothwall, a specialized Linux install that is administrated fully through a web user interface. It's simple to use and administrate as it is very well documented. If I were to leave tomorrow I have no reservations that someone in the networking department could pick this up and run with it, no problem. Other proxy solutions should be considered which could preform the same role with a similar level usability and upkeep. The point is, we can do complex network configuration to best utilize our resources without having a specialist on hand to administrate it.
conclusion I've installed a solution here that works at improving the network in a myriad of ways, and is doing the job without any day to day maintenance, however I would not be offended if another solution was suggested and used over mine. My concern is not only for our network performance, but how our presence is perceived externally to the world as far as providing useful, reliable resources for information.
Extra credit for reading all the way to the bottom, and regardless of what decision is made, thanks for allowing me to present my solution, and my rational for it.


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My new MiniMax FS41 16″ jointer/planer finally arrived today. This is the third machine delivered over the course of twelve weeks. The first two being rendered inoperable by careless freight carriers. But, she's here, she's beautiful, and I can't wait to power her up! BTW, she is appropriate. She is Italian after all! ???????? I may end up calling her Sophia????
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Based on an autobiographical novel by Francois Begaudeau, a drama that follows the year in the life of a French schoolteacher working at a high-school in a tough neighborhood of Paris. Ethnicities, cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom. As amusing and inspiring as the teenage students can be, their difficult behavior can still jeopardize any teacher's enthusiasm for the low-paying job. Francois insists on an atmosphere of respect and diligence. Neither stuffy nor severe, his extravagant frankness often takes the students by surprise. But his classroom ethics are put to the test when his students begin to challenge his methods. (Source)
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Black Ops 4 Solo Player Review
Treyarch released its latest Call of Duty Game with the aptly named Black Ops 4 on consoles and PC. Right out of the gate Black Ops 4 does not feature any single-player campaign. Treyarch made no secret of this fact during the game's development which possibly split opinion for some


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Must-See: Bill Murray Crashes a Bachelor Party
Legendary actor Bill Murray definitely made one bachelor party an event the soon-to-be-groom and his friends will never forget -- the Ghostbusters actor, 63, surprised a bachelor party in Charleston over the Memorial Day weekend, dispensing some priceless advice to the group of guys.
According to one of the party-goers via Deadspin, the group of 20 men from Boston College got together for their friend EJ's bachelor party, with one of them spotting Murray during dinner. After Bill declined drinks from the group and said "no thanks" to a request for him to say a few words to EJ, the actor surprised them all by stepping in to the room two minutes later with an impromptu speech.
Video: How Did George Clooney Lure Bill Murray to 'Monuments Men'?
Just one of his gems?
"You know how funerals are not for the dead, they're for the living? Bachelor parties are not for the groom, they're for the un-engaged."
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01 Oct Winter White Inspiration+My Refined Style Linkup #1
Hello Ladies! What day is today?
I feel like singing The Answer my Friend, is Blowin in the Wind, The Answer is Blowin in the Wind.. as you can see it was pretty darn windy out today, but we made do.
It is still pretty warm in Charlotte, as the temps don't really get a bit chillier here end of Oct beginning of November, but that isn't going to stop me from wearing fall or fall like clothes! Transitional. I was inspired by Mary Murnane's winter white look HERE and thought, yes! I could do this now, as I am not wearing a heavy sweater and I love a winter white look. I think the key can be in the details or adding fall textures to the color. I have added my Enzo Angiolini tweed pointed brown flats here that were a great Ebay find, my Louis Vuitton bag, and a pair of vintage brown earrings I found on Etsy last year. I try to buy vintage or unique jewelry as I love a more one of a kind look and also love the history of a vintage find.
Please take the time as well to view all of the lovely ladies on this Tuesdays Turning heads linkup as well! So much fashion to inspire!
Welcome to this monthly linkup with all of these lovely fashionistas! Hope you join in and share your looks!
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My Outfit details: Leather jacket: ( similair, Nordstroms), Earrings: Vintage find: Etsy, Sweater: New York and CO/Poshamrk, Zara skirt, LV handbag, tweed kitten heels ( similiar , not tweed but super cute! here)
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