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Legislative Update – Sept. 13-15
Sept. 13 – Hello Sublette County, this is Albert Sommers reporting to you on national policies coming from President Biden that will affect Wyoming citizens.
On Thursday, Sept. 9, President Biden ordered sweeping new federal vaccine mandates on nearly 100 million Americans. His order requires all employers with more than 100 workers to demand their employees either get vaccinated or be tested for COVID-19 once a week. Further, President Biden is requiring all health facility workers be vaccinated in order for that facility to be eligible to receive federal Medicare and Medicaid payments. Most nursing homes, hospitals and clinics in Wyoming are heavily dependent upon these federal funds, as they serve populations eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.
Gov. Gordon issued a fast and appropriate response to President Biden's edict: "The Biden Administration's announcement to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations or weekly testing for private businesses is an egregious example of big government overreach. Our Constitution was written and fought for to protect our liberties as American citizens. This administration's latest pronouncement demonstrates its complete disregard for the rule of law and the freedoms individuals and private companies enjoy under our Constitution. In Wyoming, we believe that government must be held in check. I have asked the Attorney General to stand prepared to take all actions to oppose this administration's unconstitutional overreach of executive power. It has no place in America. Not now, and not ever."
Gov. Gordon can take this fight to the federal government, and the Wyoming Legislature can support his efforts primarily by funding that effort.
Republican leadership of the Wyoming Legislature released a press release on Friday, Sept. 10: "We stand in strong support of Gov. Gordon's stance against a federal vaccine mandate. Our republican form of government leaves decisions of this gravity to the states. We believe the Biden Administration's federal vaccine requirement is arbitrary and likely unconstitutional. The Governor and the Attorney General are provided the tools through Wyoming Statute 9-14-102 to take legal action to prevent the enforcement of overreaching Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations such as the proposed vaccine mandate. We are confident they will use that authority to good effect to protect the rights of Wyoming citizens."
As a member of legislative leadership, my name is on this response.
I do not support vaccine mandates for COVID. That decision is best left to the individual. However, I also struggle with government telling a private business that it cannot require employees to follow health-care guidelines, to have a healthy work environment.
The 100-percent free market approach says that workers have a choice who they work for, and if an employer makes requirements that employees do not like, then the employer will have no employees.
However, challenges arise to the free-market concept when a business has a monopoly in a community and workers have few choices for decent alternate jobs, or when customers or workers are being harmed by business practices.
Moreover, if Wyoming passes a law forbidding private business from imposing vaccine mandates on employees, while the federal government imposes regulations forcing businesses to impose vaccine mandates on employees, it puts a business between a rock and hard spot.
Vaccine mandates will continue to be a hotly debated issue as Wyoming decides how to thread the needle, protecting the rights of workers, consumers, and private businesses. The governor will likely call the Legislature into a special session to address Biden's vaccine mandates and the Legislature is examining avenues to push back against this federal overreach, while protecting the rights of workers and businesses. Stay tuned, more to come.
Sept. 14 – Hello, Sublette County, this is Albert Sommers reporting to you from interim work of the 66th Legislature. I was appointed by Gov. Gordon to serve on his Colorado River Work Group, and the work group met in Rock Springs on Sept. 7.
The Colorado River Work Group consists of municipal, agricultural, industrial, conservation/ recreational and legislative members. These members represent all of the groups with an interest in Wyoming's share of the Colorado River, which includes the Green River Basin, Hams/Black Fork Basin and the Little Snake River near Baggs, Wyoming. The members include Ben Bracken and Brad Brooks, representing municipal interests; Aaron Reichl and Ron Wild, representing industrial interests; Chad Espenscheid, representing agricultural interests; Jen Lamb, representing conservation interests; Rep. Albert Sommers and Sen. Larry Hicks, representing the Wyoming Legislature and Wyoming State Engineer Greg Lanning.
On Sept. 7, the work group heard updates on issues related to the Colorado River. The drought and resulting poor hydrology of the Colorado River has seen Lake Mead drop to its lowest level since it began to fill after construction. Lake Powell and Lake Mead are managed with the goal of balancing water needs in the basin. Extremely low water levels this year will result in water being governmentally regulated in Lower Basin states.
The Colorado River is managed by a couple of multi-state compacts and a series of laws and court decrees. All of these together are called "The Law of the River."
Based upon the Colorado River Compact of 1922, the Upper Basin, which includes Wyoming, shall not cause the flow at Lees Ferry, which lays just below Lake Powell, to be depleted below an aggregate of 75-million acre-feet for any period of 10 consecutive years. In the event curtailment of use shall become necessary to maintain the flow at Lees Ferry as required by the Colorado River Compact, the extent of curtailment by each Upper Basin state is determined by the Upper Colorado River Compact.
If curtailment were to occur, then all post-1922 water rights could be subject to curtailment to satisfy the Upper Basin's responsibility to the compact.
We have not hit those thresholds yet, but as drought continues, curtailment becomes more likely. The federal government has the right to manage the large reservoirs in the basin within the scope of the "law of the river" and we will see some draw down of Flaming Gorge to satisfy water responsibilities in the Lower Basin. By 2026, the Feds and the Colorado River Basin states will have to develop further guidance on the management of these reservoirs.
Wyoming must develop a strategy for the future. The governor, the Wyoming State Engineer and Wyoming's commissioner to the Upper Colorado River Commission have all the legal authority to make these critical decisions. It is my hope that this newly formed Colorado River Work Group can tackle some of the tough issues surrounding future Wyoming water policy on the river.
I subscribe to the old adage: "You are either at the table or on the menu." Everyone in Sublette County has a stake in this discussion.
I can be reached at [email protected] with questions or concerns.
Sept. 15 – Hello Sublette County, this is Albert Sommers reporting to you from the interim of the 66th Legislature. On Sept. 8-9 in Casper, I attended the meeting of the Joint Education Committee. We continued our discussion of K-3 literacy and funding of community colleges.
K-3 literacy is critical to a child's success throughout life. A long-term study by the Annie E. Casey Foundation found nationally that students who were not proficient in reading by the end of third grade were four times more likely to drop out of high school than proficient readers. In fact, 88 percent of students who failed to earn a high school diploma were struggling readers in third grade. According to documents we received, these struggling students also generally fail to receive the assistance they need to catch up.
The committee reviewed a bill that would narrow the number of screeners and assessments for reading. The reason for limiting the number of these instruments is to assure greater consistency and to ensure students that need to be identified are in fact identified by these instruments. The bill also requires literacy-centered professional development for elementary school teachers to ensure all elementary teachers have the expertise to teach or recognize literacy-challenged students. The committee will take action on this bill at our next meeting.
The committee also received testimony from the University of Wyoming on how it is beefing up literacy training in its elementary school teacher preparation program. UW is increasing the number of hours of literacy/reading training that beginning teachers receive and they are developing a literacy-based professional development program for existing teachers. I came away impressed with UW's renewed effort on literacy training for new teachers, hopeful that it translates into teachers who are better prepared to teach reading to struggling readers.
Community colleges are the backbone of Wyoming's workforce development, including welding, instrumentation, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and nursing programs. As state budgets have been cut, how does Wyoming maintain a quality post-secondary education for its citizens?
Wyoming has been awarded over $1 billion through the American Recovery Plan Act. Can we utilize some of that money to help fund our community colleges? The Joint Education Committee is examining two endowment programs utilizing ARPA money to help support students and the community colleges. One endowment would be for $100 million and the earnings from the endowment would be split among all colleges' block grant. The other endowment would fund an adult scholarship program for adults who are at least 24 years of age.
Currently, the Wyoming Hathaway Scholarship primarily funds students as they graduate from high school. Adults find little financial aid to help them find a new career. I like endowments because they can establish and maintain sustainable programs from the earnings on investments, while protecting the principal, or invested funds. We will continue to work these bills during the next meeting.
I can be reached with questions or concerns at [email protected].


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Hu, Z, Haruna, M, Gao, H et al. (2 more authors) (2017) Rheological Properties of Partially Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide Seeded by Nanoparticles. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 56 (12). pp. 3456-3463. ISSN 0888-5885
This work aims to improve the rheological properties of partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) for enhanced oil recovery by using silica (or silicon dioxide, SiO₂) nanoparticles (NPs). Novel aqueous HPAM-based SiO₂ nanocomposites were formulated, and their rheological properties were investigated under different salinities, temperatures, and aging times. The results show that the inclusion of silica NPs significantly improved the viscosity and viscoelastic properties of HPAM especially under high temperature and high salinities. The NP/HPAM hybrid showed an impressive thermal stability at T = 80 °C after 12 days, and the viscosity reached ∼5 times that of HPAM at 0.8 wt % NP loading. The Fourier transform infrared spectral data confirmed that the formation of a hydrogen bond between the carbonyl groups in HPAM and the silanol functionalities on the surface of silica NPs contributed to the improved performance. The oscillation test indicated that seeding SiO₂ remarkably facilitated the cross-links among polymer molecules and made the hybrids more elastically dominant. For a given HPAM concentration, it was observed that there was a critical nanoparticle concentration, which may indicate the absorption status of SiO₂ NPs onto HPAM, and the salinity also affected the viscosity value.
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|(c) 2017, American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, copyright (c) American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.6b05036
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Today, telcos (telecom organizations) across the world have customer experience (CX) programs that vary in size, complexity, and depth. These programs are usually supported by top management to continue to deliver flawless differentiated experiences. Despite the recent increase in investment towards these programs, Telco NPS continues to lag behind other sectors and these programs struggle to realize their full intended value.
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- Jack Wasserman, Principal (North America)
- Sunil Kumar Mehta, Principal (North America)
- Vivek Vivek, Associate Partner (North America)
- Dheeraj Marcus, Senior Principal (APAC)
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Mobile emergency medical care, which was introduced in Finland some years ago, has a variety of advantages: patients can avoid unnecessary visits to hospital emergency rooms; various care needs can be addressed in advance; and acute care can be provided even if an emergency care unit is not available. The outcomes and user feedback have been positive. Finland's emergency medical care model, which costs about 30% less to operate than previous ones, promotes a leaner organisation and supports information management, development of skills and care.
In acute situations patients went to a hospital emergency room or called the emergency response centre for transport to the hospital.
Situations requiring acute care are mainly dealt with in the patient's home, with patients subsequently referred to the right service. The emergency response centre or a health professional in home care, a nursing home or service home now call the mobile emergency medical care service on the patient's behalf.
Launched in 2016 by Eksote, the South Karelia Social and Health Care District, the model provides mobile emergency medical care as part of the joint emergency services of member municipalities. It is not a regular ambulance but a unit consisting of a single paramedic who can assess the patient's need for care and administer many of the treatments in the patient's home that nurses typically provide in a hospital emergency room, e.g. blood tests, intravenous medicine, assessment of patient's condition and stitching minor wounds. The paramedic has access to the same medical records as other Eksote units.
The paramedic can consult a physician via a video link, just as further treatment is also ensured because the paramedic can make appointments directly with a physician or make other arrangements for maintaining the patient's functional capacity.
This new coordinated and digitally supported model brings emergency hospital services, emergency care and home nursing into a patient's home, making it possible for people to remain in their own homes, leading to higher standards and more cost-effective care and services.
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Ceres' partner in a planned surface water treatment plant project – the city of Turlock – decided last week to remain with the project.
The Turlock City Council was entertaining thoughts of backing out of the project, which would have left only Ceres undertaking the project to deliver treated Tuolumne River water to homes. Last week the council voted unanimously to proceed with the project.
The two cities form the Stanislaus Regional Water Authority (SRWA) which is expected to award a design-build contract to CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc. this month. Construction is anticipated to begin in early 2021 with operations starting June 2023.
Currently, 100 percent of the drinking water supply in Ceres and Turlock comes from groundwater. However, the drinking water supply is declining, contaminant levels are increasing and groundwater quality regulations have become more stringent.
Ceres City Manager Tom Westbrook was happy to hear Turlock will remain a partner despite the fact that the Ceres City Council was willing to go it alone.
"I'm glad that it ended the way that it did," said Westbrook. "Turlock and Ceres have been working on this for a long time. A lot of resources have been expended to get to this point. We just know that day after day and year after year the state changes the water quality standards which causes us to have issues sometimes within our water filtration system."
Had Turlock decided against participation, Westbrook said he would have "hit the pause button to make sure that we could move forward with the project."
Both Ceres and Turlock will blend the new source of water with treated groundwater. Turlock will receive up to 10 million gallons per day (MGD) while Ceres has a claim of 5 MGD. Construction of the plant was originally estimated at $278 million, with Turlock paying $171.6 million.
Both cities have enacted a series of five-year water rate increases to help pay for the plant which is to be built near Fox Grove Fishing Access west of Geer Road.
Since the original estimates, the project cost has decreased to $204 million with the SRWA receiving a number of grants that total approximately $35 million. Due to the lowered total cost of the project, Turlock's water analysts said it is likely that the final year of the rate increase may not be needed.
The Turlock City Council held a special meeting to review the plans made — and potential options — when it comes to securing a reliable source of drinking water. The council heard a presentation from the city of Modesto on the possibility of obtaining treated surface water from the Modesto Regional Water Treatment Plant. The City of Turlock could either participate as a customer of the MRWTP with the City of Modesto as the water retailer, or as a partner in the MRWTP and therefore assuming future costs for "build-out capacity." Turlock city staff recommended against abandoning the SRWA project with Ceres and against seeking a contract with Modesto due to higher total costs and additional time to become operational.
Former Turlock City Council member Bill DeHart, who worked on the SRWA agreements, urged the council to stay the course with the project.
"We are on the cusp of being able to satisfy the immediate need should our wells go down…I would like to encourage the council at this point to project their favorable consideration to the existing arrangement with SRWA and that we continue that relationship," said DeHart. "But never let it be said that I didn't pass along my gratitude for keeping eyes and ears open to opportunities for saving the ratepayers money."
Turlock resident Mike Melendes urged the city to stay with the project taking into consideration the amount of money that has already been spent — which is approximately $19.4 million between both Turlock and Ceres.
"I'm super excited that you guys are moving forward on a direction," added former Turlock Planning Commissioner Nick Hackler.
He went on to say that talk of partnering with Modesto would not be in Turlock's long-term benefit.
"If we ever want to talk economic development, we have to secure two sources of water," said Hackler. "And being in control of water is really the key to anything moving forward. Right now it's not such a big issue because we've had a couple of good rain years, but that could disappear real quickly."
Turlock Vice Mayor Andrew Nosrati charged that the special meeting was politically motivated to "fulfill a campaign promise (by Mayor Amy Bublak)… as an attempt to do your best to make sure that we spend our money as wisely as possible." He then read a social media post from Bublak's November 2018 campaign where she promised to stop a water rate increase.
Bublak called Nosrati's comment was "inappropriate."
Councilman Gil Esquer said he didn't see where changing direction at this point would benefit Turlock or the ratepayers.
"My feeling is we need to get this project completed as soon as possible. My recommendation is we continue moving forward in the direction we started," said Esquer.
Councilmembers Nicole Larson and Becky Arellano also voiced support for the project.
"If you have the opportunity to maintain and own your own structure water — water is like gold in this time," said Arellano. "Having control over our own destiny and actually having the ability to offer our surrounding towns the option to join in or not is going to be huge."
Bublak defended her hesitations over the project when she said: "I will never apologize for standing up for the ratepayers…I promised that I would try and figure out how to do this and I'm always going to keep my word. It is not political. It is me having a reputation and keeping my word."
Editor Jeff Benziger contributed to this article.


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Karyn's On Green, a vegan restaurant in the West Loop that's part of Karyn Calabrese's healthy-eatery empire, has been listed on a real estate brokerage site.
John Brown, the manager at Karyn's on Green, said that Ms. Calabrese, who does not own the building, is open to either looking for a partner/investor or selling the business outright. Ms. Calabrese did not immediately return calls.
Karyn's on Green opened in January of 2010.
Ms. Calabrese also owns Karyn's Cooked in River North and Karyn's Raw Bistro.
The building on Green is listed for $294,500 by Kudan Group; the rental rate is $9,288. According to the listing, features include a "large kitchen and prep area with 14-foot hood and a spacious walk-in cooler. An amazing mezzanine, with a second fully functional bar, overlooks the main restaurant area with sixty additional seats." The restaurant has 20-foot ceilings.
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This study aims to apply lean thinking to the Emergency Department of Kocaeli University Education and Research Hospital. From analyzing to designing the improved system, lean techniques are adopted in order to reduce waste compared to the current system and to make the process continuous. Although lean defines wastes in the process, it does not indicate which wastes should be eliminated primarily. At this point, Arena simulation software program is used. To compare the current and simulated systems, the length of stay of patients in the Emergency Department is selected as the main quality measurement. According to Arena outcomes, the main bottlenecks are identified and then suggested improvements are implemented in the newly designed system with lean approaches. To determine the effects of the improvement, Arena is run again to see whether or not there is a significant difference. Taking into account these considerations, the Arena simulation program helped the application of lean tools in redesigning the Emergency Department process.


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Visiongain Publishes Healthcare Cold Chain Logistics Market Report 2020-2030
16 September 2020
Visiongain has published a new report on Healthcare Cold Chain Logistics Market Report: Forecasts by Product (Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Trial Materials, Vaccines, and Others), by Packaging (Service, Storage, Transportation, and Others), by Storage Technique (Refrigeration, Dry Ice, Gel packs, Liquid Nitrogen and Others) and by Region (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Middle-East & Africa) PLUS Profiles of Leading Healthcare Cold Chain Logistics Companies.
Global Healthcare Cold Chain Logistics market was valued at US$ x billion in 2020 and is projected to reach at a market value of US$ xx billion by 2030. The growth of this market is majorly driven by increasing sales of temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products, longer life expectancy and rising geriatric population are some of the prominent factors. In addition, rising technological advancements, rising demand of personalised medicine and increasing research and development activities are the other factors that support the global healthcare cold chain logistics market.
COVID-19 Impact on Global Healthcare Cold Chain Logistics Market
The current pandemic has also significantly impacted the global supply chain of healthcare industry. The pharmaceuticals industry has a large number of moving raw materials and products in their supply chain compared to other industries. Owing to the rising prevalence of the coronavirus globally there is a surge in the demand for various pharmaceuticals and healthcare products. Thus, the global healthcare cold chain logistics market has witnessed a dip in 2020 due to sudden lockdown in many of the countries, as the supply of the materials and products was disrupted for some time. However, with rising demand for pharmaceutical products globally the market for healthcare cold chain logistics will gradually be stable and the market would gain be on pace in some time in near future.
Market Drivers
Biologics - and other sensitive drugs - need temperature-controlled storage and transport, which are higher cost and more time-sensitive than storage and transport for conventional drug types. With stratified patient populations and personalised medicine, distribution networks become more complex. There are more patient samples to be transported to central laboratories as a result of stratification testing, for example, and some personalised therapies - such as regenerative medicine products - need manipulation of patient samples at specific sites away from the clinical trial location. Thus, increasing biological therapies would propel the growth of healthcare cold chain logistics market in near future.
Clinical trial globalisation continues to drive the market growth of healthcare cold chain logistics, stimulating demand for international distribution services. Increased development of less-stable products, such as biologics and other potent drugs, increased demand for planning that overcome risks of delays and damages. In addition, improved infrastructure in emerging national markets would stimulate off-shoring of trials there. Although supply chains to large population centres there are established, reaching secondary cities in these markets currently poses problems, particularly for drugs that must be stored and transported under temperature-controlled conditions.
Market Opportunities
Trends in drug development offer opportunities for healthcare cold chain logistics service providers. The increased development of biological drugs will drive demand for cold chain distribution services. Biologics account for around a third of pharmaceutical pipelines - this proportion will rise strongly in the coming 10 years. Although the majority of these new biologics are being developed in the US and EU, companies will look to take advantage of low-cost clinical trials in emerging markets, demanding long and complicated cold chain distribution for trial materials. Other drug development trends include the increased development of highly potent, targeted drugs for chronic indications, such as cancer. The increased development in drugs for orphan diseases although not as large in scale will also open the opportunities to smaller service providers.
Drug developers would look for logistics companies with experience in all leading trial destinations - including expertise in customs regulations and distribution to remote trial sites in emerging markets. Using global market players will simplify the supply chain network for drug developers. Using CROs that offer both trial and supply chain management services will also meet the demand for simplified outsourcing networks. Companies will increasingly look to outsource trial supply and logistics to take advantage of new market expertise and lower overall costs.
Competitive Landscape
Some of the prominent players operating in this market segment are DHL, World Courier, UPS, DB Schenker, Kuehna+Nagel, FedEx and others. These key players offer a broad range of services in the healthcare cold chain logistics market and have a global reach and presence. The other players operating in the market are XPO Logistics, CEVA, Ryder, DSV, Hitachi Transport Systems and others. The companies are focusing on creating awareness among the population regarding the recent pandemic of COVID-19. For instance, in January 2020 World Courier integrated its two businesses, World Courier, a global logistics provider, and ICS, a third-party logistics (3PL) provider, creating one of the first and only specialty logistics provider that delivers a complete support to the clinical trials through commercialisation.
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Not all Swiss cheese has holes
by Carolyn Thornton
GRUYERE, Switzerland: Aside from traditional mountain cheese dairies located in the Alps throughout Switzerland, visitors can watch the cheesemaking process daily October to May at La Maison du Gruyere in the town of Gruyere, southwest of the capital of Bern.
La Maison, which translates as "the house," has a cheese-dairy restaurant, gift shop and waiting area with a glass wall that overlooks the cheese cellar. Here an automated machine lifts and flips wheel after wheel of cheese stored on tall shelves.
Visitors tour the facility at their own speed using headsets and cassette tapes in English and other languages. Cheese samples aged six, eight, and ten months can be sampled during the tour, demonstrating that the longer the aging the more flavorful the cheese.
Gruyere, in French-speaking Switzerland, was first mentioned in the tax records of the Abbey of Rougement in 1115. The tax was paid in cheese.
Windows overlook four enormous copper vats with a capacity of 4800 liters where the cheesemaking process occurs three to four times daily. The cassettes explain each step. It takes 400 liters of milk to make 35 kilos/77 lbs of cheese. 48 wheels of Gruyere are produced here each day.
The evening milk is mixed with the morning milk. Rennet and natural cheese cultures are added to the milk. After about 40 minutes the milk has coagulated and is cut with a cheese harp into curds. The whey is squeezed out of cheesecloths and the cheese is pressed into wooden molds. After pressing, the young wheels are immersed in a brine bath, absorbing salt and releasing more water. The rind starts to develop.
Cheeses go through three curing stages, first in the cool, then the prewarming and finally in the fermentation cellar where the holes develop. After three months the length of aging depends on the individual market preferences. Typically Gruyere is cured four to five months and aged five to 14 months. It may have tiny holes, and cracks in well aged Gruyere. This classic Swiss cheese is used for appetizers and dessert and is a favorite for fondue.
Nearby a video shows traditional mountain style cheesemaking where cheese is made on a smaller scale by hand.
Museum displays include aroma posts where visitors can smell pasture grasses, hay, flowers, wood smoke. "Everything the cows eat, even the wood chips they lay on add subtle flavors to the cheese," the presentation explains. "There are no two cheeses alike." Some 75 different flavors have been identified in grassfed cheese.
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India: LafargeHolcim subsidiary Ambuja Cement has begun a trial of bio-diesel fuel blends for its shipping fleet. It says that the fuel change will reduce the fleet's CO2 emissions by 25%.
Managing Director and chief executive officer Neeraj Akhoury said, "With the introduction of bio-diesel blends, we are significantly contributing towards the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by introducing a suitable alternate green fuel that helps achieve our parent, LafargeHolcim's, sustainability vision of 'net zero pledge 2030'."


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Mmmm. CANDY! Just smell the bowl full of those darling, little bars of CANDY. Just look at those chewy bites of CANDY!
Now, walk away. That's right. Walk away and no one will get hurt.
Halloween is really one of the hardest nights to stay disciplined, to focus on staying healthy and stick to your local, organic fare and not endorse one night a year when it's okay for kids to rot their teeth and poison their bodies with sugar and trans fats.
We get hundreds of visitors to our suburban-esque San Francisco hood and once the bell starts ringing, it tends to get frenetic. You can't spend the evening just bobbing for organic apples but you can make some changes in your holiday routine.
Here are some good tips for staying focused for a healthier Halloween:
1. Plan ahead pumpkin head!
Eat a really big, healthy dinner around 5 p.m. Give your kids a good dinner, too. Usually they're too excited to eat, so just threaten them: No green stuff, no brown stuff. Growing up, we always had chili dogs on Halloween, but no one will eat that anymore. A veggie pizza is yummy and filling, and toss a massive salad for yourself and your friends. And don't forget, many good foods stem from the pumpkins you carve, i.e. delicious and beneficial dried seeds, soups and desserts. Pumpkin is one of the super foods!
2. Pluck fruits of the vine, Frankenstein
Here's something novel. Buy healthy treats to give away so if you have a few it won't hurt: Organic fruit snacks, like the new ones from Amy's, Fair Trade organic dark chocolate squares, Z-bars. Don't get carried away and give out toothbrushes, though. Everybody hates neighbors who give out toothbrushes. They deserve to get tee-peed.
3. Keep a Healthy Stash, Monster Mash
Keep a healthy, beat-the-blues treat aside for yourself, such as an organic dark chocolate bar, a bowl of fresh fruit or popcorn. I don't know who made up the rule that giving away candy means you can't snack on healthy treats throughout the night. Popcorn is high in fiber and I like to season mine with a bit of Cayenne pepper. Look out!
4. Slurp to your heart's desire, thirsty vampire
Drink tons of water all night (from your reusable bottle, of course). Keep a water bottle by the front door, and keep sipping. Staying hydrated is a surefire way to keep up your energy throughout this high energy night, and to keep yourself from eating unhealthy foods that will just make you feel lousy in the morning – you know, that Halloween hangover.
5. Sit on the porch and stay present
This is a great night to interact with neighbors, neighbors we are usually isolated from during the busy work week. Pull up a chair on the front steps with your bowl of healthy giveaways and haunt your old friends. It's good for the spirit!
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When my children were younger, we spent a few years homeschooling. Class started promptly at 7:30 am, in our pajamas, after we had gathered and scrambled some eggs from our free-range backyard chickens. I knew that the arrangement was temporary, and that these few extra years with my children at home were a gift that I did not want to waste. While I had always been their teacher, the role took on new meaning as I worked to create a curriculum that would inspire passion, kindness and creativity while imparting the skills they'd need to assimilate into a traditional classroom one day.
I considered my priorities. As an English major, I wanted them to crave beautiful language and stories the way I always had. As a lover of science, I wanted them to wonder how everything works, from the creation of the universe to the infinite reaches of their own minds. As a mother, I wanted them to understand the power they have in this world, and to use it well. I knew that the habits and values we form in our youth are often the most lasting.
I began collecting quotes, scriptures and verses of poetry that inspire kindness and courage. Each morning as we nibbled our toast we worked to memorize one. We learned about Nelson Mandela, who said, "We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference." We talked about Ghandhi, who taught, "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." We read Aesop's Fables and learned, "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
Every week we talked about someone new, someone who used this one life we're all given to make a difference in this world, and as we went about our day we looked for opportunities to "be the change". Soon we'd made a habit of picking up stray trash at the playground, thanking our cashiers, and smiling and making eye contact with those we meet. We learned to watch out for new members of our groups and to invite them into our circles. We looked for those who were struggling and learned to ask, "How can I help?"
In first grade my daughter returned to public school. One day her teacher told me that they'd read a book about Helen Keller in class, and that London had shared from memory Keller's famous words, "I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do." I explained our homeschool devotional. "Well, it worked," she said. "I've noticed that. She's always watching. If someone is getting picked on or left out, she takes care of it." All those words we'd learned were still there, in her mind as well as in her heart.
During this holiday season, we become more focused on serving others. Up to 88% of those who make charitable donations each year do so during the holidays. In addition to money, many individuals and families donate gifts and food to homeless shelters and needy neighbors. Others give of their time, serving in soup kitchens, caroling at nursing homes or collecting packages for soldiers stationed abroad. We recognize how blessed we are, and we search for ways to share those blessings with others.
On the heels of this season of giving we begin to contemplate the year to come. We imagine ourselves thinner, wealthier and more accomplished. We set goals and make resolutions and consider deeply the people we want to become. For many, giving is a cherished Christmas tradition, but imagine how powerful it would be if this tradition became a habit, a way of living that infused our lives every day of the year. How could you transform your own life, and the lives of those around you? As you write your resolutions for the new year, consider how in the accumulated small moments that are available to every one of us every day, it is in your hands to "be the change" and make a difference.
I've been on the board of directors for a group called Choice Humanitarian for thirteen years, and am now on their advisory board. Every year when my kids were growing up we would take trips to Guatemala, into the villages where there is no running water, no electricity and no doctors. We would spend weeks there providing medical care and helping them to build water systems and schools. It was tough work, but when I ask my children about their greatest memories so far in their lives, without fail, all of them reference their experiences serving the Guatemalans. In fact, when I asked my daughter what she wanted for a high school graduation gift, she asked if we could take another trip to Guatemala.
I think when you have a 17 year old girl who says that, it really says something about the power of service. Here we went into a place where they didn't even speak Spanish, they speak a Mayan dialect, and what surprised me the very firs time that we took a group into the very deep forest there was that even though no one spoke their dialect, what it really came down to was the universal language of love. You don't need to know each other's spoken tongue, but that love and just the fact that we were there to serve them immediately bonded us.
We went into these very poverty stricken communities hoping to bring them a wealth of health, and we found that they were far more wealthy than we were in the most important things in life, like loving, serving each other and compassion. That sticks with me to this day. When you go and serve someone you always come away with more than you gave. You always come away richer from the experience.
People often think that self worth and self confidence comes from awards that people earn, prizes or accomplishments, but in actuality self confidence comes from serving others and knowing that you made a difference in someone's life. Realizing that even though you're a single individual, you can make a big impact on people and on a community. And the best thing about service is that you don't have to travel to Guatemala to make a difference in someone's life. You can make a difference in your own community every single day through small acts of kindness and service that leave both you and the people you serve richer and happier.
One of my favorite quotes is on my office wall, and it states: "To the world you may be only one person, but to one person you may be the world." Oftentimes you might think, "I can't make a difference, I'm only one person, there's nothing I can do," but in reality, there's a lot that you can do. Something as simple as a kind word to a cashier or a smile to a stranger on the street, just acknowledging other people and their worth, is huge.
When I was in junior high we moved to a new area in the middle of the school year. I found myself in a big new school, not knowing anybody, but during those first few weeks there was one girl in particular who didn't know me, but she would say "hi" and smile, and that was enough to make me feel like I was going to be ok. It cost her nothing, but it meant the world to me.
As you celebrate the holidays and begin to think about the person you want to be in the coming year, consider how acts of service large and small can make an impact on the people in your life. Even a simple habit like saying thank-you with a smile or letting one person each day know how much they mean to you can change a person's day, and can increase your own feelings of self-worth and efficacy. If you are feeling powerless in your own life, there is no better way to realize the difference you can make.


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Martin McGuinness, who stood down last week as Northern Ireland deputy first minister, said he will not stand in the forthcoming Northern Ireland Assembly elections, citing health concerns.
Northern Ireland will hold snap elections on March 2, after McGuinness' resignation in protest over the handling of a renewable energy scheme led to the government's collapse Monday.
The collapse of the power-sharing agreement reflected deeper tensions between the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin, who shared power within the Northern Ireland executive under the terms of the Belfast Agreement of 1998. The parties disagreed on a number of issues, including the DUP's pro-Brexit stance, which was opposed by Sinn Féin, who wanted the U.K. to remain in the EU. Uncertainty over the status of Northern Ireland's border with the Republic of Ireland after Brexit added to the political instability.
The former deputy first minister said Thursday he was battling "a very serious illness," the BBC reported. "After a lot of thinking," he has chosen not to be candidate in the upcoming elections in order to focus on his recovery, he said.
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"On medical advice last year I was advised not to travel to China, and in the aftermath of that I underwent a whole series of tests. As a result of those tests I have been diagnosed with a very serious illness which has taken a toll on me," he said, according to a Guardian report.
"But I am being cared for by wonderful doctors and nurses within our National Health Service and I am very determined to overcome this condition but it is going to take time."
A new candidate to lead Sinn Féin will be announced next week, McGuinness said, adding that this did not spell the end of his political career.
"I hopefully will overcome this illness through time. I am very determined to be an ambassador for peace, unity and reconciliation," he said. "Reconciliation, I have always believed, is the next vital stage of the peace process."


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When I was working in Italy last year I was so lucky to be able to try some amazing food. Every day I was able to choose from so many great dishes for lunch and try some things that I never tried before. In seven weeks I don't remember tasting anything that I didn't like.
I remember when I tried stufato, which means stew in Italian, I was completely blown away with the amazing flavours, and I came back to the office and told them they had to teach me how to make this dish. They were quite surprised as this is a quite regular dish in Italy but I was given a recipe from a grandmother of one that I worked with.
So when I came back home this was one of the first things that I tried to make, and I have to say it tasted almost as good.
This dish is fairly simple to make but it just takes time on the stove. But I can tell you that on a Saturday afternoon when you have finished, the kitchen is clean and the stew is simmering and the smell fills the house …. it's worth every minute.
You can also leave out the potatoes in the dish and serve it with polenta. And this is one of those dishes that is even better the day after so I recommend making a healthy portion.
- 1,5 kg Beef chuck, cut to cubes
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 Carrots
- 2 large yellow Onions
- 2 stalks Celery
- 4 cloves Garlic
- 2 cans whole Tomatoes
- 1 cup Red Wine
- 4 cups Beef Stock
- 3 sprigs fresh Rosemary
- 6 sprigs fresh Thyme
- handful fresh Parsley
- 250 gr button Mushrooms
- 500 gr small Tomatoes
- Salt & Pepper
- Start by cutting the meat in fairly small cubes, season with salt and pepper and set aside.
- Chop the onions, carrots and celery .
- In a large pot heat 1 tbsp butter and 1 tbsp olive oil over medium heat and brown the beef. Take your time and do it well because this will add tremendous depth of flavor to your finished stew. When the beef is ready, it takes about 15 minutes, remove it and set aside.
- Add 1 tbsp butter and 1 tbsp olive oil to the pot, and then add the crushed garlic, chopped onion, celery and carrots. Saute until softened.
- Add the rosemary, thyme and beef, and then pour the red wine over and let it cook for about 2 minutes. Then add the tomatoes which you crush and beef stock, bring to boil then lower heat to simmer, cover and cook for about 2 hours.
- Cut the potatoes and mushrooms in half, add to the stew and simmer for another hour.
- Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve with good bread.


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What's it like being a member of the public at COP26? We caught up with our Social Media and Content Manager, Ellie Rowlands, after she spent a few days in Glasgow for COP26.
COP26 has been running for just over a week, and whilst the Blue Zone is invite only for delegates, COP26's Green Zone is open to the general public and the whole city is alive with other events in support of climate action
Why did you decide to go to Glasgow?
I knew it was unlikely COP would ever be held in the UK again in my lifetime and I wanted the opportunity for my voice to be heard. We've all seen the impact that Fridays for Future and the Youth Climate marches have had on global awareness of climate change so when a friend offered me the chance to come and stay with her in Glasgow it was a no brainer.
What did you do whilst in Glasgow?
I joined the Climate Justice march which had been organised by COP26 coalition on Saturday. It was incredibly empowering to see 100,000 people, young and old, marching through the streets of Glasgow in the pouring rain demanding change. There is no such thing as a 'typical' climate advocate, people from different groups, nationalities, ages and genders were all unified by the desire to see action. As Greta says, there has been a lot of "blah blah blah" in the climate space so it was great to see the power of the collective to mobilise action and demand systematic change.
Although the official Blue Zone is for delegates only, the Green Zone, hosted at Glasgow Science Museum, is open to the general public. It has a whole programme of speeches, films and exhibits to explore. Although the events have officially sold out online, I was lucky enough to get a ticket on the door to the exhibits and some of the speeches, including a film about climate crimes from EnviroFest International shown in in the planetarium and talk on how nudge behaviour psychology may be able to encourage people to adopt more sustainable behaviours.
The Green Zone is well worth a visit, but, for me, the really powerful events happened outside the COP walls. The marches, protests and speeches which were happening all round the city were filled with hope, pride and possibility with a desire for real changes and fast action.
Having spent the last few weeks working on the Clean Power campaign with Together Band, it was fantastic to see the art installations in real life, lining the Glasgow canals and inspiring others to take action for a clean power revolution.
What was your favourite thing about COP?
The sense of community and the degree of hope that was felt by the power of people coming together. Also, the willingness of people to take action and make changes. I was fortunate enough to meet and talk to many people about the work we at Ripple are doing , facilitating individuals to have their own source of genuinely renewable power. It was incredibly motivating to see how interested people were in a different approach to energy and the opportunity to actually own their own source of clean, affordable power.
How can people get involved if they can't make it to Glasgow?
There is so much going on virtually. All the events happening at the Green Zone with COP26 can be streamed live. There are also lots of other organisations running a variety of events which are well worth a watch. You can catch our founder and CEO talking to the team at Together Band on Thursday at The Landing Hub. The event will be available on YouTube after and will be live streamed on Together Band's Instagram. I would also recommend the Extreme Hangout, it's offering a whole programme of events, covering a huge range of themes. You can catch up on events from the last week or live stream the ones happening over the next few days.
What are your hopes for the remaining week of COP?
Action. Lots and lots of action. It's been said a lot in the last few weeks, but this is our 26th COP focussed on addressing climate change yet carbon emissions have increased year on year without fail so now is the time for deep, systemic change. We at Ripple are empowering individuals to take ownership of their own renewable power generation but we need this to be supported by bold and clear leadership to accelerate the net zero agenda.


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We start things out by bringing newcomers up to date on who Nick Pope is and the story of his job at the UFO Project of the Ministry of Defence in the UK. Nick tells us about how the UFO Project for the MOD came about the 1950's. Nick considers why the UK UFO Project continued for so long after its US counterpart, Project Blue Book, was shut down in the early 1970's.
He speculates on why he received so much media attention in the UK, considering his predecessors were largely operating anonymously. Nick gives us an update on the status of the UK UFO Project since he left the post and provides the startling revelation of what he hears as far as where the Project is heading.
Looking back on Nick's tenure at the UFO Project, we find out how extensively he worked with the UK & US UFO Groups of the time. We also find out if Nick had any contemporaries within the other European governments who were charged with investigating UFO cases as well.
Nick gives us a pretty thorough look at the 1993 Cosford case which may be Britain's 2nd most famous UFO case. He also shares with us the US reaction to the UK's inquiries about the Cosford case. From there, we get Nick's perspective on the UK UFO scene nowadays, following the massive explosion in popularity in the 1990's. Nick talks about how the FOIA has caused somewhat of a sea change in British Ufology.
We find out what kind of information someone reporting a UFO would get back from MOD, once they had completed their investigation and what sort of information is contained in the UK UFO files.
Nick talks about what it is like to deal with some elements of Ufology who believe in a cover-up and want him to "blow the whistle" on it. This leads to a discussion on how it is disappointing that the Ufology world demonizes the government and military instead of trying to work with it.
Jumping back to Nick's time with the MOD UFO Project, he takes us through an average day there and how he'd go about investigating a case. Nick estimates that 80% of his cases were explainable, 15% had insufficient evidence, and 5% were unexplainable. We find out what became of those cases that fell into the 5% area and what elements usually constituted a case becoming one of the 5%.
Moving on, we talk about some of the other weird elements that Nick was tasked with investigating as part of the UFO Project, including cattle mutilations, crop circles, and ghosts at military bases. We find out how Nick investigated some of those strange cases. We also talk about Nick's interest and investigation into the abduction phenomenon.
We talk about Nick's criticism of the government for not having a plan of action in the event of an ET discovery, which segues into his take on the media firestorm that surrounded his sharing these criticisms late last year when he left the MOD. We get Nick's perspective on the Exopolitics movement that has sprung up in the last decade or so. We also talk about Nick's latest endeavor, engaging in debates over the events of 911 and taking the side of the US government's explanation for what happened on that fateful day. We also find out where Nick sees Ufology going in the future.
Wrapping it all up, we find out what's next for Nick Pope and what he thinks is the most important thing for Ufology to do as it goes forward.
Nick Pope used to run the British Government's UFO project at the Ministry of Defence. Initially sceptical, his research and investigation into the UFO phenomenon and access to formerly classified government files on the subject soon convinced him that the phenomenon raised important defence and national security issues, especially when the witnesses were military pilots or where UFOs were tracked on radar.
Nick also looked into other mysteries such as alien abductions, crop circles and ghosts. He now continues his research in a private capacity and is recognised as a leading authority on UFOs and the unexplained. He does extensive media work, lectures all around the world and has acted as consultant on numerous television documentaries.
His website is nickpope.net


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Using a multi-dimensional approach for catchment scale herbicide pollution assessments
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AuthorMajid Ali, Khan
Costa, Fabiola Barros
Fenton, Owen
Jordan, Phil
Fennell, Chris
Mellander, Per-Erik
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CitationMajid Ali Khan, Fabiola Barros Costa, Owen Fenton, Phil Jordan, Chris Fennell, Per-Erik Mellander, Using a multi-dimensional approach for catchment scale herbicide pollution assessments, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 747, 2020, 141232, ISSN 0048-9697, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141232.
AbstractWorldwide herbicide use in agriculture, whilst safeguarding yields also presents water quality issues. Controlling factors in agricultural catchments include both static and dynamic parameters. The present study investigated the occurrence of herbicides in streams and groundwater in two meso-scale catchments with contrasting flow controls and agricultural landuse (grassland and arable land). Using a multi-dimensional approach, streams were monitored from November 2018 to November 2019 using Chemcatcher® passive sampling devices and groundwater was sampled in 95 private drinking water wells. The concentrations of herbicides were larger in the stream of the Grassland catchment (8.9–472.6 ng L−1) dominated by poorly drained soils than in the Arable catchment (0.9–169.1 ng L−1) dominated by well-drained soils. Incidental losses of herbicides during time of application and low flows in summer caused concentrations of MCPA, Fluroxypyr, Trichlorpyr, Clopyralid and Mecoprop to exceeded the European Union (EU) drinking water standard due to a lack of dilution. Herbicides were present in the stream throughout the year and the total mass load was higher in winter flows, suggesting a persistence of primary chemical residues in soil and sub-surface environments and restricted degradation. Losses of herbicides to the streams were source limited and influenced by hydrological conditions. Herbicides were detected in 38% of surveyed drinking water wells. While most areas had concentrations below the EU drinking water standard some areas with well-drained soils in the Grassland catchment, had concentrations exceeding recommendations. Individual wells had concentrations of Clopyralid (619 ng L−1) and Trichlorpyr (650 ng L−1). Despite the study areas not usually associated with herbicide pollution, and annual mass loads being comparatively low, many herbicides were present in both surface and groundwater, sometimes above the recommendations for drinking water. This whole catchment assessment provides a basis to develop collaborative measures to mitigate pollution of water by herbicides.
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