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6 Things You're Getting Wrong About Home Births
Today, women are fortunate enough to have a variety of available options to consider when it comes to the childbirth experience. From choosing the setting to deciding on pain management techniques, you can customize your birth plan so that you bring your baby into the world your way. Although it's not for everyone, an increasing number of women are choosing to give birth in the comfort of their own homes. If you are considering a home birth but have some reservations, you should know what you're getting wrong about home births so that you can make the best decision for your family.
According to The New York Times, around 1 percent of all births in the United States took place at home or in birth centers in 2012. Even though that may may seem like a small percentage, home birth is becoming an increasingly popular choice for many families.
In addition to the potential costs and the cleanup associated with a home birth, the safety of mother and baby are generally among the biggest concerns that can arise when making the decision. But, as Baby Gaga noted, moms-to0-be have to be assessed by the midwife to rule out any medical conditions which might make home birth unsafe before a midwife agrees to assist them during their pregnancy and labor.
Additionally, according to Mayo Clinic mentioned, it's recommended that women who are pregnant with multiples, who have previously had C-sections, or whose baby has not settled into a position to ensure a head-first delivery give birth in a hospital to ensure a safe and healthy childbirth experience. Otherwise, you should feel comfortable that your home birth should be a positive experience your entire family.
If you are unsure about whether or not a home birth is right for you, take your time and do your research before you make your decision. You and your partner should set time aside to speak with midwives, doulas, and your insurance provider to make sure all of your concerns are addressed. You may be pleasantly surprised to hear their answers.
1. They Aren't Safe
Women have been giving birth at home since the beginning of time, but you can rest assured that today's midwives aren't using antiquated tools or techniques. According to Fit Pregnancy, certified nurse midwives have all of the tools and techniques to help ensure your baby arrives safely. They will monitor vitals for you and your baby throughout your labor and can administer vitamin K and other medications to your newborn, if necessary.
2. It's Expensive
You may be intimidated by the potential cost of a home birth, but according to Fox News' website, your home birth may be covered by insurance, depending on where you live and the type of coverage you have. Before you make a commitment, speak with your midwife as well as your insurance company to get all of the facts.
3. You'll Be Left With A Mess
The idea of giving birth in your home may give you the creeps, particularly if you think about all of the blood (and other bodily fluids) that might be left behind. But your in-home birth team is there to handle the clean up duties, according to Fit Pregnancy. In fact, after my son was born at home, my midwife made sure there was nothing left for me to do but bond with my baby.
4. Your Baby Will Be Exposed To Germs
You might be worried that a sterilized hospital environment is the only place where your baby won't be susceptible to germs. Yes, there are germs in your home. But the good news is, you're already familiar with them. You're regularly exposed to the germs in your home according to New York Doula, making it less of a risk to you and your baby. The germs in the hospital are new to your system.
5. You Won't Have The Proper Prenatal Screenings
Choosing to give birth at home does not mean that the quality of healthcare you receive will be diminished. According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, your midwife will be able to make sure you have all of the blood work and routine tests you need to make sure you and your baby are healthy and safe. If there are tests that they cannot administer directly, they will be able connect you with a hospital or clinic nearby.
6. You Won't Be Able To Handle The Pain
The idea of giving birth at home can be frightening when you think about not having access to pain medication. But having a doula as part of your birth team can help make the pain of labor easier to manage, according to Fit Pregnancy. They are trained in the area of natural pain management techniques and will do their best to make sure you are as comfortable as possible throughout the process.


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Given that there's already been a Cowboys and Aliens trailer, and most of the Superbowl spot just repeats images from the earlier trailer... let's focus on what's new this time around — daytime battle scenes!
In the earlier trailer we only caught blurry glimpses of the alien ships during a nighttime attack, but now here they are strafing our cowboy heroes in broad daylight!
And there's a really good look at the insect-like ships flying over Daniel Craig and friend.
The alien ship ropes a guy
And drags him into the sky
And now here's the stunt everyone will be talking about this summer. Daniel Craig jumps off his horse, off a cliff...
Flies out into space...
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Colorado Civil Rights Division invites Grand Junction community to civil rights seminars and public input meetings Sept. 23-24
Grand Junction, Colo. - (Sept. 21, 2015) - Residents of Grand Junction and its surrounding communities are invited to meet Colorado Civil Rights Commission members and Colorado Civil Rights Division staff to discuss issues, concerns and provide input involving their communities and civil rights. There will be two public meetings and two educational sessions, all free and open to the public, taking place Sept. 23-24.
"Anti-Discrimination in Employment" Seminar
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Mesa County Public Library, 443 N. 6th Street, Grand Junction
This seminar covers the basics of Colorado employment discrimination, including an overview of the groups of people protected from discrimination by law, discriminatory harassment, sexual harassment in the workplace, as well as the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees. It includes an overview of the Colorado Job Protection and Civil Rights Enforcement Act and the enhanced and new remedies provided to successful employment litigants under the Act.
"Fair Housing" Seminar
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Mesa County Public Library, 443 N. 6th Street, Grand Junction
This seminar provides an introduction to discrimination in housing, focusing on discrimination due to disability and the reasonable accommodations and modifications required by federal and state law.
Public Meeting & Forum with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission and Colorado Civil Rights Division
Thursday, Sept. 24
Center for Independence, 740 Gunnison Avenue, Grand Junction
Refreshments provided
- 4 p.m.: The Colorado Civil Rights Commission will hold its monthly meeting. The public is invited.
- 5:30 p.m.: Civil Rights Commission members and Colorado Civil Rights Division staff will listen and answer questions. The information gathered will assist them in developing plans to offer to policymakers, as well as serve as important mechanism to better understand current civil rights issues affecting the community. While the Civil Rights Commission expects and encourages an open discussion on a variety of civil rights issues, the Colorado Civil Rights Division's jurisdiction for enforcing the state's civil rights laws are in the areas of housing, employment and public accommodations.
For more information, please call the Civil Rights Division at 303-894-7805, dora.colorado.gov/crd.


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The night we had Everly, Marty and I sat in my hospital bed in a daze, exhausted beyond belief and watching our little beauty sleep. "She's going to go to the Pumpkin Patch, " Marty said, curling her tiny hand around his finger. They were the first real plans we had made for our little girl, when she was barely just a few hours old. Three months later, we got to follow through with those plans and were lucky enough to snap a few memorable photos before Ev konked out.
And since it's been a while since my last post, here's a quick update on our own little pumpkin:
12. Weeks. Old
What Ev's loving these days: watching Daddy put on his colorful ties in the morning, giggling at her Mama making faces and singing songs to her, watching the pups romp & play, and of course her most favorite thing – boobs!
What we're loving these days: seeing Everly's big belly laughs for the first time, how she leaves her sweet baby smell on her blankets and sometimes our clothes, and that big, beautiful smile that we dream about all day while we're at work.
Developmental milestones: We have a chatterbox on our hands! She loves to talk if she thinks that someone is listening (and I can listen to that all day long.) She's also reaching out and starting to grab for things and trying her darndest to sit up like a big girl.
Sleeping: Like a champ! As of a few days ago, she's going about 7 to 8 hours sleeping straight through the night, which Mama is loving!
What we're excited about: Ev's first Halloween! (Stay tuned for a Halloween post with Ev in costume). Can you guess what she's dressing up as?


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Supply chain optimization is vital to ensure that you have a reasonable strategy in place with regards to how much or how little you need to manufacture of your product, what the most efficient way to get your product into customers' hands is, and many other important factors that must be taken into consideration.
So what, exactly, is the best way to optimize your business's supply chain? There are four essential stages which must be undertaken in order to make sure that a business can ensure the best possible results.
Stage 1: Make a Forecast Using Reliable Data
Every successful supply chain optimization begins by developing a forecast for your products using data that has been generated from a reliable source. Unfortunately, it is very easy to compromise a sales funnel by using older, outdated software that does not take external factors into account, such as the cost of promotional activity. Neglecting those factors at the outset will only end up costing a business more over a long period of time due to inaccurate data. By using a software solution from a reliable partner, such as CT Global Solutions, you can be certain that the baseline of your statistical forecast will be considerably more accurate.
Stage 2: Implement Consensus Demand and Supply Planning
Consensus Demand Planning uses a workbench which tests forecasts and the results of optimization to ensure targets are met. The workbench puts demand and supply plans into a financial context. Scenarios can be run and compared to help select the best forecast and replenishment plans. Consensus planning is ideal for helping the many people involved in demand planning to collaborate easily and agree on the best actions.
A Consensus Demand Plan is the result of a statistically-driven bottom-up forecast reconciled with a financially-driven top-down forecast. This forecast is evaluated and modified when necessary, through ongoing reporting and consensus meetings. Retailers that utilize a consensus plan have better control over their merchandising and supply chain operations and can better predict and shape consumer demand. Businesses can maximize sales and marketing by accurately predicting future demand, and using the information to synchronize demand with their sources of supply. The result is delivering the right product to the right place at the right time for the right customer.
On the supply side, planners can take the optimization results from the solution and view its financial and business impacts using the workbench. Staff in the supply chain can view the impacts and compare them to their financial and business plans and metrics. If there are gaps they can run a new scenario and then collaborate with other players in the supply chain to review, run new scenarios, and gain a consensus on the best plan.
By developing a consensus demand plan, all of the departments within a company, from revenue planning, sales, digital marketing, supply chain, replenishment, and manufacturing, operate with the same common goal in mind. CT Global Solutions custom designs software solutions built on SAS Demand Driven Planning and Optimization (Demand and Supply Planning) that allows companies to do exactly that in a timely and efficient manner.
Stage 3: Advanced Forecasting
Advanced Forecasting is the process of using the information and infrastructure that was acquired from the first two stages to provide more accurate forecasting with regards to a company's product. This can be a challenge because of areas such as promotions, which may have been undertaken previously but will not be repeated again in the future. A SAS Demand and Supply Planning solution allows a company to take these kinds of factors into account and control for them accordingly.
Stage 4: Optimal Decision Making
By paying attention to the robust forecasts that were developed in the prior stages, companies can mitigate and control for factors such as low customer satisfaction, lower market share, poor profits, and incorrect production plans. This is the stage when all of the information that was previously acquired is finally synthesized and implemented into a cohesive and wide-reaching strategy that the entire company is able to stand behind.
CT Global Solutions designs custom, scalable software solutions built on SAS Demand and Supply Planning to help you optimize your supply chain. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help your company grow.
SAS Demand Planning and optimization is now SAS Intelligent Planning Suite.


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It is in theory possible, but the earth's magnetic field is so weak that unless your spacecraft is very light you won't see much of an effect. Basically some amusement park rides use the eddy currents that are induced by a conductor in a changing magnetic field to produce a counterforce to break. Things like "superman's escape" as six flags magic mountain is (I believe) an example of this. For sure, the "giant drop" at six flags great America uses this. However, these use very strong magnets. It is possible to use the same physics to slow a space shuttle from falling through the air, but the earth's magnetic field is so weak this is unlikely to have a noticeable effect.
If your spacecraft were to carry a net electric charge then the field would cause your ship to stop because magnetic fields deflect moving charged particles, which then radiate away all of their kinetic energy in the form of synchrotron radiation (light of the frequency of the revolution). Doing this creates a magnetic field that counteracts the existing field, so it would weaken the Earth's magnetic field by doing this (although only so slightly).
All of this said, maintaining a net charge would be essentially impossible: the Earth's ionosphere, being a plasma, would cling to your ship and negate the field, and even if you could prevent that, the net charge would exert repulsive force on itself and on the ship, and if the charge were appreciable enough to do this, it would blow your ship apart.
Very light particles can get deflected by Earth's magnetic field instead of falling directly to earth. But they have to be ionized in order to interact with the magnetic field. And the deflection is mostly toward Earth's poles. This is fortunate for us, because it protects us from a lot of high-energy particles which would cause cancers and other problems. A spaceship has too much mass to be deflected appreciably--and a crash at the North Pole isn't any better than a crash elsewhere. :-)


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Breakfast Salad with Egg, Bacon & Maple Apple Cider Vinaigrette Recipe
Salad for breakfast? Say "Yes" to beginning the day with a veggie-packed meal and getting a solid jump start on daily nutrition goals. Loads of vitamins, minerals, fiber and other important nutrients paired with filling proteins creates a breakfast bowl better able to power you through even the most beastly morning to-do list – that's something that sugary cereal just can't do!
Breakfast Salad with Maple Apple Cider Vinaigrette is a fresh, filling and oh-so-flavorful medley of good, wholesome things including baby spinach, sautéed shallots, toasted pecans, diced apple plus bacon and eggs, the signature proteins of sunrise. This low-carb breakfast is so accommodating; cook up the egg to suit your preference (sunny-side up, poached, hard-boiled) and throw in any fruit, veggie, and nut/seed you have on hand. The addition of feta or blue cheese crumbles is a yummy topping worth your consideration too!
Drizzled atop the breakfast salad, Maple Apple Cider Vinaigrette brings all the breakfast salad ingredients together with an exclamation of flavor. Lightly tangy and slightly sweet, this tasty salad dressing pours on just the right amount of flavor without overpowering ingredients – it's light, bright and delicious mixed in with every bite! Great for low-carb diets, this new Apple Cider Vinegar Apple Maple Dressing from Litehouse Foods has only 15 calories per 2 tablespoon serving and a mere 3 grams sugar from sources like honey and maple syrup. No artificial colors, flavors, preservatives or fake sweeteners.
Eating a hearty salad like this Breakfast Salad with Maple Apple Cider Vinaigrette offers three-plus servings of fruits and vegetables toward the recommended minimum daily goal of five servings. That's an awesome start that helps set the tone for healthy eating for the day's remainder. However, no matter how the day unfolds in terms of food choices, at least you had a salad for breakfast! That's a win!


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To make this easy pasta recipe, simply combine cooked spaghetti noodles with chopped cooked chicken, fresh tomato, basil, and goat cheese and toss with olive oil. Serve with garlic bread for a simple dinner.
How to Make It
Step 1
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, add spaghetti and cook according to package directions, stirring often, until al dente. Reserve 1 1/2 cups cooking liquid from pasta. Drain spaghetti in a colander and reserve.
Step 2
Heat oil over medium heat in same pot. Add onion and cook, stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes. Return pasta to pot along with tomato, chicken and pasta liquid. Toss well and season with salt and pepper to taste.
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Transfer pasta to plates. Sprinkle with basil, dot with crumbled goat cheese and serve immediately.


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I can't believe half of the year is over. Well, so many things have happened and I can say I couldn't be happier. Life is good!
To celebrate the 1st day of the month, I would like to share with you my first layout as DT of Design Dollies. I'm really super excited coz the challenges are so much fun! Here's the sketch by Kristy:
And here's my layout:
I hope you can join the challenges. You have until July 6 to link you layout using this sketch but if you want to do the trifecta (meaning you combine all three challenges for the week), you only have until July 4. You can read all the details here!


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Way back when, when Nick was a baby, Frank used to watch this ridiculous cable show called "Mystery Science Theater 3000". The premise was that this slacker guy gets shot in to space and is forced to watch really bad movies. He creates some robot friends and during the movies, they pretty much have a running commentary that is just hysterical.
But alas, all good things must come to an end.
Until you get Netflix on your Wii...
Well, now it is being watched here in my house WAY too much and is making me crazy. Michael is now a huge fan and unfortunately he thinks that everything on the TV should be subject to a running commentary of things that make no sense. KILLING ME!!
What makes this even funnier to me, in a strange way, is that I mentioned on Facebook the other day how there was way too much of this running on my TV and so many people chimed in saying how much they love this show!! It seemed pretty obscure at the time but apparently it was wildly popular! If you've never seen this stupid show and enjoy random talking over really bad movies, check out the website...and re-live a little pop-culture.
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What type of milk should I drink?
The most popular types of milk are as follows: Whole Milk: Generally sold at 3.5% fat, whole milk is as close to unprocessed as milk gets, though it is still processed. It contains a higher percentage of fat per cup than any other kind of milk, and due to its less-processed nature is higher in … [Read more…]


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Mental Health
Your mental health benefits:
If you are a HealthSelect participant, your mental health benefits include coverage for inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment, and office visits. HealthSelect of Texas® participants do not need a referral for any mental health services. But, some services, such as inpatient treatment or intensive outpatient hospital treatment, need a prior authorization before the plan will cover them.
Your coverage includes care for many mental health concerns, including:
- Alcohol and drug use issues
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Grief
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder
- Suicidal thinking
- Stress
Keep in mind that you will pay less if you see mental health providers who are in the HealthSelect network.
How to get care:
There are many types of mental health providers that offer a range of mental health care. You can decide what plan is best for you:
- You could start by talking about mental health with your primary care provider (PCP). Your PCP may help you find mental health support nearby, suggest a mental health provider or prescribe medication.
- Counselors, therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists all may offer mental health care, but only psychiatrists or mental health nurse practitioners can prescribe medication. That's one of the reasons why talking to a PCP first can be helpful—some people may want to work with more than one provider to come up with the best course of action.
If you have questions about your HealthSelect mental health benefits, need help finding a mental health provider in the network, or have questions about a mental health claim, call a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Personal Health Assistant. For HealthSelect of Texas and Consumer Directed HealthSelect participants, mental health coverage is managed by Magellan Healthcare1, so you may be transferred to a Magellan representative.
BCBSTX Personal Health Assistants are available by phone
Call a BCBSTX Personal HealthAssistant toll-free
(800) 252-8039
Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-7 p.m. and
Saturday 7 a.m.-3 p.m. CT.
To talk with a counselor:
Call the 24/7 HealthSelect Mental Health Support Line at (800) 442-4093 to talk with a counselor about mental health or substance use issues. You can get help with a mental health or substance use issue, any time.
Virtual Visits:
Virtual visits offer a convenient option for accessing mental health care. Consult a licensed mental health professional any day of the week online. A mental health virtual visit is similar to an outpatient visit to a mental health provider's office but the visit is conducted online. Visit the Virtual Visits page for more information.
To view your mental health claims, visit the online mental health claims center via Blue Access for MembersSM. (Within Blue Access for Members, navigate to Claims Center.)
Please note: If you are looking for information about your Employee Assistance Program (EAP), please contact your agency or institution's benefits coordinator.Watch the video below to find out how a BCBSTX Personal Health Assistant can help you guide you in finding the proper care for your mental health.
Finding Mental Health Providers:
1 BCBSTX contracts with Magellan Healthcare, an independent company, to manage mental health benefits. Magellan processes mental health claims, manages the mental health provider network and operates a customer service center for HealthSelectSM of Texas and Consumer Directed HealthSelectSM. BCBSTX manages mental health benefits and claims processing for HealthSelectSM Out-of-State participants, HealthSelectSM Secondary participants and Consumer Directed HealthSelect participants who live or work outside the State of Texas.


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2018 BMW X3 Interior Colors – Your redesigned 2018 BMW X3 will provide a complete suite from high end, products and even innovative cruising benefits while the item passes profit this kind of fall. It is obtained a lot to satisfy thinking of the success of the prior style and even an area from difficult competitors. BMW recently revealed the final age bracket from the X3 compact SUV. The latest new release from everything that has become a 2010 common car / truck for BMW, dating back to to make sure you the first age bracket in your 2004 style year.
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Before I was married to my husband, I would buy a new outfit every time we went someplace nice, and "someplace nice" could mean anything from a museum to a burger joint. I wanted to look my best.
Then I got married, had a couple of kids, and became emotionally attached to a pair of stretched out yoga pants and a fuzzy pink bathrobe.
You're shaking your head, but I suspect you know exactly what I'm talking about.
Now, I don't want you to get the wrong idea, I make an effort to get dressed every day. Once in a while, I even put on a dress, but there's a difference between getting ready for the mom routine and getting dressed up for your man.
I knew I was trouble when not long ago, we went to a funeral and my husband commented about how nice I looked and how we should get dressed up and go out more often.
My friends, we were going to a FUNERAL.
It doesn't get fashionably sadder than that.
It's worth dressing up for your man every now and again.
And, believe me, I know the reasons why it's not practical.
- The budget doesn't allow for fancy underwear, a new dress, and high heels that you're only going to wear twice a year.
- You're too busy with the kids to spend time curling your hair.
- The sitter quit because your kiddo is a lot like the baby on the Incredibles.
- He sees you every day in the fluffy robe and still loves you.
- Good grief, this is anniversary number fifteen. Why bother now?
I get it. I really do. Some of these excuses may even be legit, but I guarantee that your marriage is worth rising above the circumstances, even if it's just once a year and you repeat your outfit.
Last winter I was in the store and nearly talked myself out of purchasing a $14 dollar, clearance rack dress for Valentine's Day. Can you believe, I thought $14 was too much to spend on a night out with my husband?
I'm so glad I was struck with a moment of good sense and made the relatively small investment. After all, before we were married, I would have spent $114 dollars on a dress and not have thought twice about it.
Every once in a while, I can still look nice for my husband.
You can look nice for yours too!
If you really don't have the money for a new outfit, try borrowing an outfit from a friend or dig that pretty dress out from the deep recesses of your closet. It's ok if it's old. The idea is to look pretty and you can do that in something old, something new, something borrowed, or maybe even something blue.
Try dressing up for your next date night and let us know how it goes.
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In August 1915, Pádraig Pearse gave a speech at the funeral of Jeremiah O'Donovan-Rossa here at Glasnevin Cemetery. It would go down in history as one of the most important speeches made in relation to Irish independence. In it, Pearse declared that 'Ireland unfree, will never be at peace'. You can relive that moment at 2:30 pm on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday when there is a re-enactment of that very oration.
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directed by Roger Sampson, Wendy Crouse
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a collection of short stories and mini-playsranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
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the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
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On the same daya Burglar wants to kill youand your Ex wantsto make up ...
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A Killer Conversation
produced by and starringMelanie Denholme
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Research profile seminar
Organic aerosols have an atmospheric lifetime of approximately one week. During this time, these aerosols will be subjected to atmospheric processing including exposure to sunlight. Photochemistry of organic aerosols produces reactive oxygen species (ROS) in-situ capable of transforming their chemical and physical properties, with implications for air quality and climate. In surface aquatic environments rich in organic matter, singlet oxygen (1O2) concentrations are typically 1000 times higher than OH radical concentrations. Although 1O2 is a selective oxidant, we wondered whether it would also be present within secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and whether its steady-state concentrations were elevated enough to impact the degradation of key organic aerosol tracers. Using furfuryl alcohol as a probe for 1O2, we determined steady-state concentrations of this oxidant and calculated 1O2 quantum yields for SOA samples. Subsequent quantification of OH radicals and peroxides allowed for the comparison of degradation rates between ROS species. We find that for typical molecules found in SOA such as amino acids (histidine, tryptophan, methionine), organo-nitrogen compounds (imidazole, indole, niclosamide) and phenolic compounds (hydroquinone, resorcinol) have a shortened lifetime by more than half when 1O2 reactivity is taken into consideration. To further understand the seasonal variability of 1O2, we are currently working on a one-year time series of PM10 filters collected in Switzerland. It is becoming clear that 1O2 could be an important photo-generated oxidant within aqueous organic aerosols for the degradation of aerosol tracer molecules.
Lecturer: Nadine Borduas-Dedekind (https://usys.ethz.ch/en/people/profile.MjI5NjY5.TGlzdC82MzcsMzIwMTk3MjIy.html)
Date: 10/24/2019
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Motif Bio PLC (LON:MTFB) boss Graham Lumsden is "very confident" in the potential of iclaprim, the drug developer's next-generation antibiotic.
Iclaprim has already gone through clinical trials as a potential treatment for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI).
WATCH: Motif Bio's Graham Lumsden updates on FDA discussions and iclaprim potential
AIM-quoted Motif is currently trying to get US regulators to approve the antibiotic, although they have so far declined to do so, citing the need for additional data on liver toxicity.
Bosses met with Food and Drug Administration officials at the beginning of the month (May) to chart the next steps in the process, and feedback is expected in early June.
Motif has acknowledged that additional data will "likely be required to address the agency's concern about a risk of liver toxicity", although it will wait to hear what the FDA has to say before deciding the size and scope of any study.
The plan remains to win marketing approval in the US and then find a partner to help commercialise iclaprim in the States and other global markets.
The company said it is "sufficiently funded" to reach a decision point regarding iclaprim based on the outcome of its meeting with the FDA. Beyond that, it will look at its options to determine the "funding strategy that is most favourable to shareholders".
More than one string to iclaprim's bow
Some other opportunities have presented themselves of late, though.
Motif has partnered up with Lamellar Biomedical to explore the use of iclaprim as part of a combination treatment for lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis.
The pair will carry out an in vivo study evaluating iclaprim in combination with LMS-611, one of Lamellar's drugs that has mucus-clearing properties and can boost the performance of antibiotics.
Based on the data from each drug so far, the companies believe combining the two could create a "promising potential treatment" for CF patients with lung infections.
On top of that, Motif thinks its antibiotic has potential as a treatment for toxoplasma chorioretinitis, a rare blindness-causing disease.
It has signed an agreement with the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg in Germany which is to carry out a series of lab tests to see if iclaprim can help people affected by toxoplasma chorioretinitis.
READ: Motif Bio to see if iclaprim can help patients with rare eye disease
"We are very confident in our lead compound Iclaprim's broad potential as a differentiated and targeted anti-infective agent, based on the strong clinical safety and efficacy data we have generated and the important unmet medical and health-economic needs we believe Iclaprim may fulfill within the hospital-based antibiotic landscape and other indications," said CEO Lumsden.
"In addition to pursuing our first potential approval and commercial partnership for Iclaprim, we are committed to maximizing opportunities to further expand the value of this asset.
"We recently announced two collaborative agreements to evaluate Iclaprim's ability to address high-need orphan diseases within lung disease and ophthalmology."
Shares were down 6.8% to 6.9p on Wednesday afternoon.


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Former HKScan Estonia executives Teet Soorm and Mati Tuvi, suspected of large-scale embezzlement and money laundering, announced yesterday that they categorically deny having committed acts in question.
Soorm and Tuvi maintain that all relevant transactions and management decisions made over decades happened with the knowledge and approval of HKScan management organs and those of its owner. "What we have here is a punitive operation by incompetent yet hugely ambitious HKScan executives," the men write in a letter to the public.
Teet Soorm has never attempted to hide the connection between his family's businesses and HKScan subsidiaries Rakvere Meat Processing Plant and Tallegg. Companies belonging to his father, sister, and former classmate Margo Kuusk have been selling pigs, eggs, and cereals to HKSCan's businesses in Estonia for years.
Even though Soorm last told Postimees he has never been involved in that business and that all companies have separate boards and owners in an interview a mere week ago, as a former HKScan executive he clearly played an important part in creating and maintaining business contacts.
Cooperation of many years ended abruptly when Jari Latvanen took over as CEO of HKScan in late October.
The group's Finnish manager was replaced and Soorm fired in November. Latvanen said at the time that it was first and foremost a question of business ethics as several contracts had interested parties on both sides of the table.
Wednesday saw official suspicions of large-scale embezzlement and money laundering brought against Soorm and former pig farming division head Mati Tuvi, who was also fired from HKScan. A judicial mortgage of €65,000 was placed on Soorm's terraced house in Viljandi in favor of AS Rakvere Farmid in February. Tuvi was notified of prohibition to dispose of profit yielding land in Põlva county on the same day. Data from the land register suggests the men do not own other real estate.
Embezzlement and money laundering
One of the companies involved is OÜ Tarva Konsultatsioonid the main areas of activity of which are investing in agricultural companies and consultations. The company is owned by Soorm's father Ain Soorm who left his seat on the board in November. The only remaining board member is Teet Soorm's sister Karin Soorm who told Postimees she has neither the time nor desire to comment.
Karin Soorm is also on the board of OÜ Ovolex that engages in poultry farming in Martna, Lääne county. Tarva Konsultatsioonid is one of the owners of Ovolex. The latter's annual report states it is a partner of AS HKScan producing hatching eggs for its hatchery. The company made a profit of €28,000 with a turnover of €342,000 last year.
One of the biggest companies with ties to the suspects is OÜ Lõpe Agro that is owned by the Soorm family, Mati Tuvi's family, and Teet Soorm's former classmate Margo Kuusk.
Ain Soorm has a stake in Lõpe Agro through Tarva Konsultatsioonid. Tuvi is connected to the companies through Kalda Invest OÜ regarding which the Harju County Court had issued a notation
concerning prohibition in the business register by yesterday. Kalda Invest is a company founded by Mati Tuvi and his wife Lilian Tuvi that is now owned by the latter's father Vahur Laul.
It is probable that most HKScan contracts were with Lõpe Agro. The group has a 100 percent stake in three subsidiaries: LA Holding OÜ, Tõhela Agro OÜ, and Paadremaa Agro OÜ.
Lõpe Agro's main area of activity is pig farming, while it also produces cereals and feedstuffs and breeds poultry. The group has a dairy farm in Tõhela village in the former Tõstamaa rural municipality (now Pärnu – ed.), pig farms in the Kihlepa village in the former Audru rural municipality (now Pärnu – ed.) and Lõpe village in the former Koonga rural municipality (now Lääneranna rural municipality – ed.), as well as a poultry farm in the village of Koonga in the former Koonga rural municipality.
Pigs, eggs, cereals
All this gave HKScan the chance to offer versatile products and services. Lõpe Agro's previous annual reports details how many pigs, eggs, and cereals were sold to companies owned by HKScan as an important business partner.
In 2015, the Koonga poultry farm sold over two million eggs to HKScan and 14,462 pigs to AS Rakvere Farmid. HKScan was also sold 1,400 tons of wheat and 300 tons of barley in 2014.
While Lõpe Agro has shown stable profits of around half a million euros in recent years, it reported a loss of €80,000 last year. Turnover dropped from €4 million to €3.6 million last year.
While it is possible no connection exists with financial results, the company's annual report for 2016 no longer details quantities sold to HKScan companies.


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Doctor admits misleading medics over ebola nurse test
A doctor has admitted misleading other medical workers after the warning sign of a raised temperature was concealed hours before the Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey fell seriously ill with the ebola virus.
Hannah Ryan took Ms Cafferkey's temperature as they waited to go through ebola screening at Heathrow airport. They had been working in Sierra Leone to help treat victims of the deadly virus that killed thousands in West Africa in 2014, a Medical Practitioners Tribunal was told.
After flying home and "keen" to be back for Christmas, Dr Ryan took Ms Cafferkey's temperature, which was 38.2C — above the 37.5C threshold that is a warning sign for ebola.
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I did a 1 day event organized by the Ottawa Motorsport Club using a track constructed in a giant parking lot. Thanks to our weird weather here recently (it was -25C all day today) the track was pretty rutted but had some extremely slick glare ice that made for an interesting playground.
Driving my FWD Golf, it was interesting to learn how applying gas can get you out of some sticky situations. I was also fascinated at how proper winter tires can provide grip in basically any situation, even the previously mentioned ice. It's not a lot, but in our collision avoidance maneuvers, it provided enough to work with the ABS to get out of trouble.
It was a fun way to spend a few hours in the car. If you have any apprehension about winter driving, I wholeheartedly encourage you to look around locally to find a similar group and get out there for some fun.


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Don't use it – it's usually redundant. Just think of a better word. Not "very big", but huge, vast, etc. Not "very small" but tiny, minute, etc.
The exceptions are when "very" is used to mean "actual; precise" as in those were his very words, or to mean "without addition; mere" as in the very thought made her shudder. Those uses are fine.
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Companies from around the world have the probability of getting hacked at any time regardless of the security measures put in place.
According to the British Chamber of Commerce, quite a few cyberattacks occurred last year.
Here are the numbers:
20 percent | Percentage of U.K. businesses hacked in 2016
24 percent | Percentage of U.K. businesses reporting to have anti-hacking security in place
42 percent | Percentage of big businesses that have been hacked in the U.K.
18 percent | Percentage of small businesses that have been hacked in the U.K.
15,000 | Number of U.K. people who have had financial information stolen


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So, anyway, today this popped up on my google alerts...
Apparently, some people see a message that says "Secure boot violation. The system found unauthorized changes on the firmware, operating system or UEFI drivers.", and the article suggests that the answer is to (1) Turn off secure boot, and (2) Use a system restore point.
The article explains how to do those steps, and the upside is that turning off secure boot will stop you seeing the message, but the downside is that Secure Boot might be trying to tell you something. ;-)
The danger here is that malware is increasingly targeting firmware.
And, I might be wrong, but I don't think that using a system restore point will restore firmware.
If you do see such a message, you are better off to seek very professional help.
Just sayin'
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Uh ... secure boot might be trying to tell you something.
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text: High school soccer D-B's Park tops Super 12 Soccer academic-athletic team Douglas Fritz High school soccer has its share of standout athletic competitors in Northeast Tennessee who also perform well in the classroom. The Super 12 Soccer team was put together by the Times News and Johnson City Press with the help of local coaches. It honors the top academic-athletic standout from each school. With a big boost from his sparkling academic record, Jacob Park was selected as the honorary student-athlete of the year for the team. Here is the complete list with a comment on each player from his coach. DOBYNS-BENNETT Jacob Park Senior, goalkeeper "He has a 4.3 GPA and scored 32 on his ACT," said Tom LaGuardia. "Jacob has been a fixture of our program for the past four years. His drive and accountability both on the field and in the classroom have led him to a truly special high school career. We have been very fortunate to watch his development as both a player and as a leader in our program." SCIENCE HILL Aniekan Ekefre Junior, center midfield "Aniekan is a 4.0 student who brings an amazing work rate every day to improve his game and to encourage those around him," said David Strickland. "He is a true example of a student-athlete." DANIEL BOONE Alan Gerlock Sophomore, midfield "Alan is a gifted young man who is dedicated not only to his sport, but to his teammates and to academic excellence," Steve Sessis said. "He is a top-shelf individual." DAVID CROCKETT Gideon Dowling Junior, center back "Gideon is a great athlete and an even better student," said Chris Kudera. "He is a second-year captain for the team on the field and leads off the field by boasting a 4.0 in the classroom." TENNESSEE HIGH Logan Streetman Junior, center attacking midfielder "Logan sets the example of what it means to be a student-athlete," said Andrew Snyder. "Not only does he excel on the soccer pitch, but in the classroom he is the ideal student. He excels in every subject and masters a heavy workload of AP coursework, all while starting on our school's cross country team in the fall and soccer in the spring — alongside working part time at the local Kroger. However, it's his humility, work ethic, and compassion that set him apart from others." VOLUNTEER J.B. Wilson Senior, goalie "He is as hard of a worker as anyone I have ever coached," said Jeff Lukens. "His attitude is second to none, always a team-first mentality. And he has a 3.7 GPA. It breaks my heart he lost his senior year due to COVID-19." CHEROKEE Jonathan Fulkerson Senior, defensive back "He is very dedicated on the field and in the classroom," Charles Windham said. ELIZABETHTON Caleb Nathaniel Miller Senior, midfield "Caleb exemplifies the student-athlete," said Bill McClay. "He put in the required effort to participate as a varsity player. He was a member of the Betsy Band. His attention to academics resulted in being in the top 10% at EHS. Caleb will be attending East Tennessee State University as a Provost Scholar to pursue a career in the medical field." SULLIVAN CENTRAL Jude Jimenez Junior, midfield "Jude is the perfect example of a student-athlete," Cory Judd said. "He shows up at every practice, strives to make good grades in the class, and is a leader to the other players." SULLIVAN SOUTH Lance Pollack Junior, midfield "Lance plays sports year-round and still takes the time to focus on his school work," said Noah Mintz. "Lance puts all he has into both school and sports." UNICOI COUNTY Javier Castellon Junior, defender "Javier is an amazing student," said Justin Ciralsky. "He is a great leader on the team and encourages the boys to push themselves on and off the field. He embodies our team motto of 'Stand As One.' " UNIVERSITY HIGH Bracken Burns III Junior, central midfielder "Bracken has shown commitment to not just being a student-athlete in high school, but to continuing as a student-athlete at the college level," said Coach Bracken Burns. "He takes dual enrollment courses at ETSU in addition to classes at UH. "Bracken has been to over a dozen college ID camps, four college visits for soccer, and has several programs already interested in signing him to play in college. He is also a proven team leader and will be a three-year captain next season." The site administrator has disabled comments for this story.


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Ed. Note: Every fifth week the Mad Historian reviews a work of fiction, usually from a series of science-fiction or fantasy novels. Even a Mad Historian needs a break from reality!
Martin, George R.R. A Clash of Kings. New York: Bantam Spectra, 1999. 1032 ppg.
In his sequel to the best selling Game of Thrones, Martin continues the Song of Ice and Fire. Five kings vie for the Iron Throne and plunge the continent into a brawling civil war that wrecks the kingdom. Daenarys Targaryen searches for safety for her followers as well as a means to take back her father's kingdom with her three dragons. The Night's Watch seeks to find what is occurring beyond the Wall as Winter comes closer to the land. Chaos reigns as kings clash.
In many ways, this sequel builds and expands the world Martin has constructed. More characters are introduced and of course, more people die. Martin continues to kill off main characters with glee along with thousands of others as armies fight for control of areas. Duplicity is the name of the game for many as changing sides is explored by weaker houses jockeying for favor. All of the details collide in a literary orgy of mayhem. Martin's world is definitely not for the weak of heart.
For me, this book was the one that sold me on the series. I had been watching the TV series, but following the characters of Tyrion and Arya in the book hooked me. Those two have to survive by their wits as they lack the physical strength and political power to dominate others. In many ways they are the two best characters in the series. The fact that they survive all five of the books published as of yet also gives them some credibility as survivors. They also seem to be the characters that experience the most personal growth. I will say Jaimie Lannister seems to as well although not in this volume.
Whereas the first volume of the series set the stage and introduced the characters, Clash of Kings is the book that explores the early months of war when uncertainty dominated the landscape. This is the book that hooks most readers for the long haul. It is definitely not high fantasy, but grounded in reality albeit with dragons and magic. Additional characters introduced in this volume such as Tywin Lannister and Bronn really add color to the series. I think the best characters in the series are the ones that play minor roles. Martin takes pains to make them seem real as opposed to featureless literary props that show up and die in the appropriate spots. It gives the series depth and adds a high degree of color to the pages. (Bronn is my favorite character in the TV show).
If anything, this book has even more adult content in it. Blood drips from every page. Profane men stalk the pages taking what they want from helpless men, women, and children. Rape is a common occurrence which has alienated some readers, but is in keeping with historical events in our own world. Martin is definitely not writing Young Adult fantasy here. Instead, his work tends to echo events of our own past which should make readers inquire as to just how romantic our past was. Chivalry did not exist for the most part and it is in scant supply in Martin's world.
Martin's style of writing continues to be a main driving force. His TV background is very evident with the short POV chapters and I really think that is a major reason why the series has been so successful. I do think the book is a bit long, but then again it definitely delivers a powerful punch. He could easily have written 500 more pages, but then that would have slowed down the storyline and dragged out the events beyond a comfortable point. In any event, Martin delivers an outstanding entry to the series. Fans will not be disappointed with the results.


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voices calling in your sleep
Sunday is the only day I can have a sleep in if I so wish, it rarelys happens, but the opportunity is there and as I have been full of cold and had a virus and little sleep the night before I was looking forward to having even an hour longer this morning.
Dreaming away I suddenly heard my next door neighbour shouting my name, sitting bolt upright I listened intently but heard nothing more, swinging my legs out of bed and reaching for my dressing gown with the intention of going round just to double check I remembered that I had moved a over a year ago and this eldery neighbour no longer lived next door, yet I heard her voice loud enough to rouse me from my sleep!
Of course, this was the end of my lie in and thoughts are niw running through my head as I kow my ex neighbour is ill, I can't ring her at this hour of a morning, but what if something is actually wrong!
Have you had these times when you can hear someone calling your name …..yet there is none one around, either in sleep or when wide awake and going about your daily business? I know I have but can offer no explanation
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Hey guys!
Alright so I'm not posting a book review today, because I'm actually finishing up on a few reads and want to post reviews to them either next week or the week after! But I had a really cool idea, where I talk about what books have taught me..
I know, I know, doesn't sound too interesting, but let me just ask you this one question. Have you ever heard of Jenna Marbles? She's this really big Youtuber and she's previously made a few videos on the topic of what various things have taught her, but not in the way you'd anticipate. If you've ever seen one of the videos, you'll know what I'm talking about! Anyway, she absolutely hilarious in these videos, especially the one with the Disney princesses, so I thought it'd be cool to do the same, but with books?..
Alright let's see how this goes! Haha
Ah, 'Die For Me' written by Amy Plum also taught me a few things! For starters, the main character Kate, taught me that whenever anything bad happens, I should just curl up in my bed, all day every day, for weeks upon end, just reading. It's not like I'd be trying to worry my family or anything, I just don't think the world is too scary and that my blanket will protect me from everything!
Not really a book you'd expect to hear much of on a fictional YA book blog, but it's just so iconic, I had to include it, you know! This beautiful love-story taught me that the length of time you've known someone doesn't make a difference in the very slightest, as long as you absolutely love each other. Romeo taught me that it's okay to change your mind about who you love every five seconds, and Juliet taught me that faking your own death is a small price to pay once you end up with the love of your life, whom you've known for a week or so?
Hahaha well that's that! For anyone who didn't cop on halfway through the post, I was indeed joking, being sarcastic, call it what you will. I think we all know that I love those stories, and dissing them was actually harder than I'd thought.
Anyway, yeah, that was fun, especially the last one. Hopefully I drew a tiny smirk from at least one person. How about you try it on your blog as well? That is if you liked it and knew of Jenna Marbles' videos before reading this! Haha
I'll see you guys tomorrow with Day 15 of Blogmas! By the way, I'm turning 16 in 16 days.. Just thought I'd mention it because it sounds cool.. Okay.. bye!


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On Christmas night, visitors to Shanghai's downtown Xujiahui precinct would have seen a gathering of more than 50 people dressed in stylish clothes characterized by a loose robe with wide sleeves and a belt at the waist.
People in the little gathering greeted one another with a bow and a polite smile.
Don't think that they were extras in a movie set in ancient times and don't misread their dress as being traditional Korean or Japanese costumes.
According to a report in the Youth Daily on Monday, the people in the group were wearing Hanfu, the national dress of the Han people for many thousand years.
The group of people in Xujiahui are linked by a Website, www.haanen.com, which has organized several similar events throughout the country for people who have a passion for wearing Han costume.
The Website was launched in 2003 and now claims to have more than 20,000 registered members.
Lin Quanyong is a member of the group. He is a lawyer in his forties and he wears Hanfu at home.
He finds the traditional dress comfortable while sitting and reading.
For Yao Yuan, a reporter born in the 1980s, the dress makes him feel he is in touch with his cultural roots - his ideal is to revive a Han spirit of wisdom, elegance and calmness. He is not alone.
Gu Xiaoming, a history professor at Fudan University, says the costume was designed scientifically and delivered a sense of holiness to the wearer.
He was confident that Hanfu could become popular again.
Bian Xiangyang, a costume professor at Donghua University, estimated that it would take at least 10 years for Hanfu to be accepted by ordinary people.
Not a bad idea
It is not a bad idea for the Han people to wear their traditional dress on solemn occasions such as a wedding ceremony or during festival celebrations.
Most Korean and Japanese people wear traditional dress on those occasions and look great.
And the return of Hanfu could put Chinese elements on the runways of the world's fashion stage.
Very often, designers get inspiration from exotic things and history repeats itself in high fashion from time to time.
If society is truly diversified enough, it should make Hanfu's return to everyday use more easy.
Clothes do change the way people think and behave.
Blue jeans and Western suits typically represent convenience and speed, which are necessary for modern business occasions and urgent tasks.
But men need to have a break and wearing Hanfu may do wonders unimagined by masseurs.
Who knows? Give it a try.


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By Cathy Watson, chief of program development, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), one of the 15 members of the CGIAR, a global partnership for a food-secure future.
Indigenous fruits of Balinites and Ziziphus and the pods of tamarind for sale in a market in Shire, Northern Ethiopia (ICRAFCWatson)
In 2011, a professor at Harvard caused a stir when he analyzed the heights of women in 54 low-to-middle income countries and found it had decreased in 14 countries, all of them in Africa. This was shocking.
Adult height is a measure of standard of living, biological well-being and life expectancy, and a reliable indicator of childhood nutrition, disease, and poverty. Yet the study of 364,538 women aged 24 to 49 established that those born in the last two decades in Rwanda, Zambia, Comoros, Madagascar, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Nigeria, Chad, Namibia, Benin, Liberia, Mali, Niger, and Malawi were on average shorter than their mothers or grandmothers born after World War II.
"It's a sobering picture," Professor S.V. Subramanian told the New York Times, which ran the story on its front page. Worse still, he said, it was happening amid an overall global increase in height. In 19 of the 54 countries he had analyzed, largely the middle-income ones, women were taller than their grandmothers. And a plethora of other studies showed a global height increase in men too.
I wrote up the study for papers in East Africa. When I interviewed Subramanian, he said that this was not the first time that heights had dipped. He cited the Dutch famine in 1944-45 when the population subsisted on tulip bulbs and beechnuts. But never, he said, had such a widespread long-term decline been seen. He needed to understand one thing though. Only in Uganda are the poorest people the tallest. How could that be? There I could help. That's the population in the north, I told him. They are emerging from war. But even before it, they were historically poorer than the rest of the country. Despite that, their diet is exceptionally rich and diverse.
In NW Uganda a refugee from South Sudan collects Balinites leaves for a stew. (ICRAFCOkia)
I described daily bowls of one or another of a multitude of indigenous vegetables, always swimming in sesame and peanut sauce and drizzled with the oil of the shea butter tree. Sometimes meals include bowls of smoked fish or meat, which is also "pasted" with sesame and peanuts. The staple, I concluded, is usually millet, its purple color a sign of a high content of iron. Later, research confirmed this impression of a diet of abundant products, many of them nutrient-dense. Farms are indeed exceptionally diverse in northern Uganda, with well over a dozen food crops not unusual. Culinary heritage and traditional farming had emerged intact from war. This story of the height of Uganda's poorest people and the diversity of their farms is testimony to the power of indigenous crops to trump poverty.
At the World Agroforestry Centre, we take indigenous species seriously. We believe that a greater focus on them can provide many of the micronutrients needed to address Africa's pervasive in utero and childhood malnutrition that leads to the tragically shorter women that Subramanian found – and some of the calories as well.
One particularly compelling example is Balinites aegyptiaca or desert date. Every population group living in the almost 5000-mile band where it grows -- from Ethiopia to Senegal -- treasures its fruit, collecting it from the wild or trees on their land or buying it. Dinka pastoralists stock it in granaries. Per gram, the tangy pulp has twice the Vitamin C of an orange.
And that's not all. The leaves are a dry season vegetable, rich in iron and protein. They are definitively not a famine food, as tree leaves are often characterized to be, but instead part of a nutritious, delicious, culturally-treasured fare. Finally, the kernels hold an oil that is high in omegas. Women in many areas extract it to cook with, sometimes feeding the crushed seed to livestock or frying them as a crunchy snack.
We are raising Balinites seedlings in a refugee settlement in northwest Uganda, encouraging its natural regeneration, and arguing that it be spared as firewood for – paradoxically – the feeding centers.
We have found that it is just one of over a dozen tree species there that provide nutrition to the vulnerable refugee and host population. Others are tamarind, figs of various sorts, shea butter trees, and dryland trees such as Ziziphus mauritania, which has a fruit that tastes like apricot, and Vitex doniana, the fruit of which resembles a black plum.
In a further burst of nature's generosity, many of these tree species also contribute to food security by fixing nitrogen, increasing soil carbon, improving the soil biota, sustaining pollinators, maintaining soil moisture, and regulating rainwater, thereby improving yields of the crops that grow around them.
Additionally, we host the trainings of the African Plant Breeding Academy (APBA). Led by UC Davis, it strengthens plant breeders from across the continent to unlock the potential of these trees and annuals, such as the African yam bean, which has both tubers and beans, and the fluted pumpkin, the leaves and seeds of which make a staggeringly nutritious sauce.
AOCC and APBA are rare beams of light shining on these crops, which have been profoundly neglected by donors, governments, aid agencies, and conventional plant improvement schemes. The last have long focused on a perilously narrow range of staples, including rice, wheat and maize.
Yet traditional crops and "food" trees could help prevent stunting, giving women greater wellbeing.
Africa's biodiversity gives rise to diets that, at their best and most complete, as in northern Uganda, are among the world's healthiest. Nine out of the world's ten healthiest diets occur in Africa with people in Mali, Chad, Senegal and Sierra Leone enjoying healthier diets than their counterparts in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan or Canada, according to The Lancet's definitive report.
It is a race against time. Africa's biodiversity is under threat, 65 percent of its land is degraded, populations are growing, and trees are pouring into cities in the form of charcoal, with a consequent loss of nutrition as well as of the ecosystem services that support life.
To push back malnutrition, it is important to make staples more productive and fortify them. But a focus on this to the exclusion of other approaches could have dire costs, the implications of which are starting to be seen. These include the plowing up of nutrition-providing trees as large fields are created, the squeezing out of wild and on farm biodiversity, and a dangerous simplification of diets, when dietary diversity is a determinant of diet quality, especially micronutrient intake.
For sustainable food systems and health, the FAO recommends diversification of crops including underutilized traditional crops. Let us give tree-based diets and indigenous species their place in our programming, policies, research, and targets for nutrition and food security.