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Broom DM. Animal welfare education: development and prospects. J Vet Med Educ. 2005;32(4):438-41PMID: 16421824
Animal welfare has developed rapidly as a scientific discipline since the 1980s. Concepts have been refined, methodologies for assessment developed, and links made to other areas of science. Changes in the subject and in its teaching are required. Since 1986, a series of senior academic teaching posts in the subject have been created, especially in the last 10 years. Veterinary and animal science students should receive a specific course on animal welfare, in addition to mention of the subject in other courses. In the future, more allusion to developments in understanding of welfare in relation to disease and brain measures of welfare is likely. The central role of animal welfare in veterinary and animal science teaching will become more firmly established.

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We all run out of cleaner or forget to buy a certain cleaner for a spill on the rug or a mark on the floor. The following tips are going to really come in handy the next time you don't have cleaner on hand.
- After moving furniture, use a fork to fluff the fibers and remove those divots the chair legs made.
- When sink drains start to smell unpleasant, pour ½ cup of baking soda and then 1 cup of vinegar down the drain. Rinse with really hot water. You can also throw lemon peels down the garbage disposal for extra freshness.
- Adding some glass cleaner to a coffee filter will work to clean glass and mirrors.
- Soaking pans with burn stains in cola overnight will remove all stains.
- Baby oil is a great thing to use when shining metal, chrome and stainless steel.
- Tennis balls will remove scuffs from floors without harming and scratching them. Put a little water on the scuff and then rub the tennis ball on it.
- A quick and easy way to dust furniture is to place an old sock on your hands. Works with or without furniture polish.
- Kids dropped their gum? No sweat, just grab an ice cube and hold it on the gum until it hardens and then scrap it off with a plastic scarper.
- If you buy loaves of bread and always throw away the end pieces, stop. The end pieces are great for getting fingerprints off of walls.
- If you are always scuffing up your baseboards with your vacuum, you can put masking tape over the edges of the vacuum head and there will be no scuff marks when it bumps the wall.
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Pilot Studies for Enhanced Forest Land MeasurementAuthor(s): R. Birdsey; D. Hollinger; L. Heath; C. Hoover; R. Kolka; M. L. Smith; M. Ryan
Date: 2003
Source: North American Carbon Program, NACP_Intensive_WP_004. 9 p.
Publication Series: Scientific Journal (JRNL)
Station: North Central Research Station
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DescriptionLand measurements will make a significant contribution towards answering the science questions that motivate the North American Carbon Program (NACP):
- What is the carbon balance of North America and adjacent ocean basins, and how is the balance changing over time? What are the sources and sinks, and the geographic patterns of carbon fluxes?
- What factors control the sources and sinks, and how do they change with time?
- Are there potential "surprises", where sources could increase or sinks disappear?
- How can we enhance and manage long-lived carbon sinks to sequester carbon?
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CitationBirdsey, R.; Hollinger, D.; Heath, L.; Hoover, C.; Kolka, R.; Smith, M. L.; Ryan, M. 2003. Pilot Studies for Enhanced Forest Land Measurement. North American Carbon Program, NACP_Intensive_WP_004. 9 p.
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5 Tips for Morning Workouts
It feels like amongst the 'health and fitness' crowd (or maybe more broadly the #hustlers of the world) there is a deeply held belief that the early bird gets the worm. Early morning workouts, long before the sun comes up, are the way to put you on the path to success and productivity.
But what if you hate mornings?
Sure, it feels great to get your workout done for the day. There's less temptation to pass on your workout due to the mental fog that can come from a long day of work or for social events (no one is asking you out for post-work drinks at 6 AM). But if you're someone who feels like they are continually battling what they "should be" doing (i.e. getting up and working out) and what they "want to be doing" (i.e. getting a few more hours or sleep) then we've got some tips to help you actually make it to your AM workout.
How to Get Out of Bed & Workout in The Morning
Change Your Mindset
As far as we know, there isn't any magic potion out there (including coffee) that makes getting up at 5 AM feel good, (especially so if you aren't a morning person). But instead of thinking about all the work that needs to be done (i.e. miles to run and squats to bang out) think about the chance to get some alone time just for yourself before the rest of the world (work, family, etc.) starts knocking at your door.
Don't Jump Out of Bed
It might seem counterintuitive, especially if you want to hit the snooze button, but give yourself a moment to transition from sleep to awake. Sit up in bed. Hit the light. Drink some water. Over time these small queues will help your body recognize that sleep is over and it's time for the next phase of the day.
Add In A Pre-Workout
Now that you're actually out of bed, it's time to give yourself a little mental boost. Pre-workouts often contain caffeine (amen to not having to waste time brewing a pot of coffee), plus a variety of other cognitive workout enhancing ingredients such as β-Alanine, Citrulline Malate, Creatine, and amino acids like tyrosine which have been shown to help with mental focus giving you the extra boost you need to crank up the dial for an intense workout. If you're concerned about feeling too jittery after taking a pre-workout, come into one of our locations and chat with our team of experts. We've got lots of different formulas with various ingredients to give you the boost you're looking for.
Start Slow
Mentally you might be feeling more alert thanks to the previous tips, but physically your body still isn't there yet. Give yourself the space to allow your body to warm up slowly. Try a 5-7 minute run at a slow pace (we're talking a 3 or 4 out of 10 on the exertion scale) coupled with some dynamic stretches to really get the blood flowing to the muscles. Taking the time to add this warmup onto your workout may seem like wasted time that you could have spent in bed, but it will actually help you go harder once you get to the 'main' part of your workout and avoid injury to muscles which aren't quite ready for the grinding workout you have in store.
Better Yet, Start the Night Before
Going back to our first tip, there may not be a magic potion to make getting up feel any easier, but there is something to be said for a good night's sleep that has you waking feeling well-rested. If you're someone who spends the night tossing and turning thinking about how many hours it is until you have to get up, you might want to try adding a product like Magnum G-Spring into your nightly routine. It contains 5mg of melatonin (your sleep hormone) that helps you fall asleep, while other ingredients like L-theanine and Deanol help you relax and support your nervous system.
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Dear Mr. President,
My family read a book called Across Five Aprils. The main charicter in this book writes a letter to President Abraham Lincoln and the president writes back to him. I am writing you because I think it would be really cool to get a letter from the president and also because I have a couple of things that I would like to say to you. First, I thought you might want to know that Abraham Lincoln was not a very popular president when he was the president. My dad told me that you're not so popular either. I thought that if you knew about Abraham Lincoln you might feel better because Abraham Lincoln is considered one of the best presidents ever. That has to feel good.
I wanted to ask you about President's Day. My mom said that it used to be two sepurate hollidays. One was for Abraham Lincoln and one was for George Washington. I find this really confusing because they were not born on the same day or the same year even. Actually, having just one birthday celebration for both of them could be really confusing for all the people who don't really know when they were alive in the first place. Some people might think they were alive at the same time or something. I know that's really wierd, but some people just don't know better. I think you should make it two hollidays again.
Last I wanted to ask if you if you ever get to pardon people who have deserted in the army. In the book I was telling you about, Abraham Lincoln helps the main charicter's cousin. This reminds me of when I do something and I should get punished but my mom has this thing where she says she will show mercy. Showing mercy is a really cool thing because you do not ever know when you will get it. Dad says you are a Christian so I know that you know all about mercy. Anyhow, I was just wondering you you get to do this.
You have a really cool job. I hope you enjoy it!
age 7
Monday, November 19, 2007
Dear Mr. President
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- Oh Joy! said...
That is really cool!!! I'm looking forward to reading that book! Were you his "scribe"?
- Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 2:20:00 PM PST
- Unknown said...
Bravo, Atticus, on a well thought-out letter to the President. You've defined several items of great interest. I would be delighted should he decide to write you back! :)
- Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 3:20:00 PM PST
Great letter! Did you read the one in the LA 4 IG from the little girl who wrote to President Lincoln? He did write her back! It's the famous one where she suggested he grow whiskers.
I bet "Atticus" will get a reply... probably not a personal one... but just getting mail from the White House addressed to him will probably make him happy!
- Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 4:04:00 PM PST
Definitely send that to the President. He may just get a form letter, but it's cool anyway.
- Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 1:49:00 PM PST
- G.L.H. said...
What a wonderful letter! Thank you so much for sharing it with us!
- Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 5:15:00 AM PST


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"Hey, how are you?" says a friend who I haven't seen in a long time. Without thinking or hesitation, I reply, "Good! And yourself?" How many times have we answered this question with "good" "fine" and "well" without actually meaning it? How many times have we answered this question without giving legit reasons on why we were good, fine, or well? How many times have we lied, saying we were good, fine, or well knowing we were going through a tough time?
A term that fits well for moments like this is called fake happiness. Fake happiness is real. Too many times we get asked a simple question of how we are, and without answering it truthfully, we throw out one of those three words. Why? Is it because we don't want to complain? Is it because we don't think the person who is asking doesn't care enough to know how we are? Or maybe it's because we're private and like to keep things to ourselves. Whatever the reason is, we have to start expressing how we honestly feel, to the right people at the right time.
The Struggle
For years I have struggled with fake happiness. I could be hurting deep down inside, and no one would have ever guessed. There would be days where I would bawl my eyes out, and within those next ten minutes, I would be laughing and joking with my friends without them having a hint that behind this smile was a broken girl. Fake happiness is one of those "skills" you unconsciously get good at. You wipe away your tears, put a smile on and tell yourself, "I'm okay." Why did I do that? I think I did it because it's what's easiest for me. I don't have to tell people everything that happened, and have their two cents added.
Also, feeling as if no one understands me is another reason why I did it. Experiencing tough times can have anyone feeling and thinking that they are alone. What helped me get out of those negative thoughts were being reminded by friends that I wasn't alone, and that I could come to them for assistance. It turns out; I was experiencing more pain trying to keep everything to myself, rather than expressing how I felt. Eventually, I started reaching out to individuals who wanted the best for me. Those who know how to listen actively, and provide feedback when necessary. I noticed once I started opening up, I no longer had to say "good." It felt good knowing someone else already knew how I felt and that I didn't have to be alone.
The Cause of Fake Happiness
I believe fake happiness occurs because of a lack of uncertain unconditional love. We go through our struggle, and when it gets too hard for us, we shut down trying to deal with it on our own. We don't take the initiative to reach out to people who care about our well-being. Without realizing it, we shut them out but expect them to notice a change in us. A change that we have hidden within ourselves so that they are not aware. And then BAM! Out of nowhere, we get the feeling of "no one cares about me because if they did XYZ." That feeling alone can put up a wall, forcing us to guard ourselves against the vulnerability that may be released if a person chooses to figure out what's wrong.
A Cover Up
Personally, my fake happiness protects me from being vulnerable and looking weak. To my family and friends, I have always been known to be strong and confident without a care in the world about the negative situations that try to affect me. When certain situations bothered me, and I'd reach out to tell the ones who said they cared, they would respond back with, "You'll be alright. You're strong" as if I didn't know that already. What I needed was support, for someone to sympathize with me. After not receiving that, I concluded that it was pointless talking about what was bothering me. Telling people that "I'm good" was more convenient than letting people know what was going on, especially if they were going to respond with the same speech I gave myself before I socialized.
Expressing true Happiness
As I grew mentally and emotionally, I've learned it's better to express true happiness. The results were a clear mind, great support system, and not having to fake my happiness. My healthy expressions changed my actions from shutting people out. My point is this; fake happiness comes in all forms. It may be in your strong friend, a vulnerable friend, or those who may seem like they have it all together. It may even be the person who is asking, "How are you?" Because of this, I created a solution for the person answering the question, and a solution for those who are asking the question. If you're the person answering the question, first decide if the person has good active listening skills and is trustworthy. You wouldn't want to share your information with anybody. Once you feel you can trust them enough to share your information, start opening up little by little. There may be times where you don't want to share, no matter if the person is a close friend or stranger. In these moments you can say, "I'm ok, but I'll be better soon" that way you're speaking positivity into existence.
Sometimes people will ask what's wrong, a simple you don't want to talk about it right now will do. If you're the person who is asking the question, dig deeper by sympathizing. Ask your friend why they are good, fine, or well. Let them know you're there if they ever wanted to talk about anything. The best thing you can do is make yourself available when the time comes for that friend to elaborate on the "good".
To the person who is currently in the fake happiness stage, it doesn't last forever. Always take the time to honestly express your feelings to someone who you know will listen. In Galatians 6:2, it says to "Carry each other's burdens." We are not meant to go through our struggles or emotions alone. We don't have to fake happiness, instead, let's strive for true happiness.


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I am one out of hundreds of cardmakers- who care about our military, and want to support them through creativity and encouragement. I have made over 300 cards. This years goal 500! Currently at 175. I am proud to say i am an Operation Write Home Card maker.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
OWH Challenge #113
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I agree, Dulce. Quality material does work out best when trying to create the best cards possible. This monkey makes me smile ;)ReplyDelete
Dulce, What an adorable card. You get what you pay for, I say. YAY to quality products.ReplyDelete
I love that you used a tone on tone patterned paper for the monkey. He's so cute! I agree - you need quality products to make nice cards!ReplyDelete
Love the monkey and the buttons are a great touch. Quality products are soooo worth it!ReplyDelete
What an absolutely fun card! The papers you used to amke the monkey are perfect! The buttons are so cute! Thanks for sharing!!!ReplyDelete
That monkey is just the cutest thing I have seen today. Some child will be very happy to received that from his mom or dad.ReplyDelete
Too cute! LOVE the monkey!ReplyDelete
What a cute monkey! Love his googly eyes! Thanks for joining us in this week's OWH Stars & Stamps Sketch Challenge!ReplyDelete
What a delightful card! Love your choice of papers and variety of textures!
cute card he inspired my creation. TyReplyDelete


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I have been mentally creating a holiday shopping list for my children for a few months now. My goal has been to find items that will allow their creativity to be sparked and for them to spend a little less time involved with electronics.
I found exactly what I was looking for! We were sent the Hot Wheels Ultimate Garage™ and Hot Wheels® Track Builder Volcano Blast to try out. I was thrilled to receive these and I knew my son would be as well. During a recent shopping trip he spent quite a bit of time checking out the packaging on the Ultimate Garage and chattered non-stop about it all the way home.
If you are purchasing this as a holiday gift, I would suggest assembling it before gifting. Assembly is not hard, it's just time consuming and I know I would have gone bonkers having my son clambering for his toy for an hour before getting to play.
Once assembled it is one very impressive toy! There is room to park 36 cars and even more room for play! The set comes with 5 Hot Wheels cars and a helicopter to get you started.
Ethan had a blast discovering the little surprises the Ultimate Garage had for him. There are lights &/or sound at the Fire Station, Helicopter Pad, Mechanics Shop and Gas Station.
The spiral raceway leads to a divided road that when switched correctly leads you right towards the open mouth of the waiting shark!
The other side offers a 2 car raceway with finishers' flags that signal the winner. I really appreciated that feature because it cut down on the fighting immensely.
I allowed Ethan to enjoy this toy for a couple of days before springing the next one on him. Let me tell you... not once has our game system been turned on since this toy has arrived. The little boy that comes over in the morning usually immediately turns video games on. He now asks Ethan to bring down his box of cars so they can play some more!
The next toy is the Hot Wheels Track Builder Volcano Blast. This features an angry volcano. Hurry to set the ramps up while the volcano "heats up", then with the push of a button the cars speed off to safety.
This set can be configured in a few different ways and is compatible with other Hot Wheels tracks.
Ethan decided it needed to be attached to his garage and so the game play expanded.
That's the great thing about Hot Wheels. The set up can change every time, but every time results in a great time and his imagination soars.
What are your kids' favorite toys to play with?
Heather Smith is a 3rd grade teacher turned stay-at-home mom. Her blog, OurKidsMom.com, is a lifestyle blog that focuses on travel, tech, food, crafts, and fun, family-friendly products.
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The crushing of grapes brings the microbes of the berry surface in contact with the nutrients of the fruit. Ample carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and phosphate sources exist in the typical berry to promote the growth of a variety of bacteria and yeasts. Micronutrients are also present and only the most nutritionally fastidious organisms will be unable to proliferate. How grapes are processed can create conditions that select for the growth of a subset of the organisms originally present. This can be used to the advantage of the winemaker to enrich for desired populations. However more often the grape processing steps selected were chosen to manipulate extraction of flavor components, not to manage microbial populations. The populations will respond to any selections imposed, even if this is unintended.
Processing also introduces winery flora to the juice. All winery equipment will build up biofilms of yeast and bacteria and the presence of nutrients and flow of liquid will lead to proliferation of these microbes as well. The levels introduced by equipment will depend upon cleaning and sanitation practices. With sound fruit the level of Saccharomyces coming in from the vineyard is generally less than 1 colony forming unit per mL. The contribution from unsanitized equipment is on the order of 103 to 104 colony forming units/mL. Thus the resident winery flora can have a significant impact on the fermentation,
Skin Contact Factors: Grape berry flora are largely associated with the surface of the fruit. These organisms exist as biofilms, meaning they are firmly attached to the surface of the fruit. When transferred to batch fermentation conditions, the biofilm will produce free-living, or planktonic, cells during division. Thus, the grape skins are a source of inoculation for the juice and must. The greater the mixing of the must, the greater the dispersion of the planktonic cells. The presence of skins can impact the microorganism present during the fermentation.
Pre-fermentation Processing: Several aspects of grape, must and juice processing will influence the numbers and types of organisms present as fermentation is initiated. In many cases, the impact of processes depends upon the bioload present. The effects of various treatments can be interactive, serving to increase or decrease the presence of organisms present (skin contact at a warm temperature) or can counterbalance each other (skin contact or cold soaks in the presence of an antimicrobial agent such as sulfite). Again, what is desired depends upon the wine style, its impact compounds and innate character, and the nature of the organisms present in the first place. An inexpensive microscope with phase contrast capability is a sound winery investment. Although this will not allow identification to the genus and species level in many cases, examination of the juice prior to and during fermentation can often indicate early on that the population is atypical so that corrective action can be taken.
Clarification: The level of juice solids can have a strong impact on microbial processes. Grape solids, if derived from the surface of the fruit, will carry a high bioload of organisms. If skins are efficiently removed and solids largely generated from pulp material, they can form a surface of adherence for microbial growth, also fostering cell division. Solids are a source of nutrition and may provide growth requirements early on in the fermentation. Solids also entrap oxygen and this may be important to sustain aerobic populations and to facilitate adaptation of fermentative organisms to the juice or must following crushing. Mixing is generally facilitated by the presence of solids and mixed populations tend to grow more rapidly than static ones. Overly clarified juices may lack nutrients and not be able to sustain air pockets in the juice during fermentation or assist mixing and loss of carbon dioxide. Depending upon the varietal, a solids content from 2 to 5% may be desirable. Higher solids contents have been associated with off-odors and lower solids content with arrested fermentation. A graduated test tube can be used for a rough estimate of solids content. A specific amount of juice can be added to the test tube and allowed to settle in the refrigerator overnight. The next day if the solids have settled the wet solids percentage can be obtained. Solids can also be estimated via centrifugation of a sample or via filtration of a specific weighed amount of juice followed by weighing of the pellet and supernatant fractions. Solids content can also be estimated using turbidity if a turbidity meter is available. However, this technique needs to be applied carefully since solids may settle during the reading process, giving a false low percentage. Filtration can also be used on a sample of known mass to collect a solids with the solids then weighed to determine the percentage of the weight that was solid material. These methods may yield slightly different percentages depending upon the presence of non-solids materials that is collected. Generally all that is needed is a rough estimate of the solids content.
Temperature Treatments: there are two general kinds of temperature treatments of juices and musts. High temperature short time treatments are used to enhance skin extraction, inhibit fungal oxidase activity, block microbial growth and accelerate chemical hydrolytic reactions and loss of volatile compounds. Generally the HTST treatments used are not long enough to lead to significant loss of microbial viability with the exception of thermovinification treatments that steam the surface of the fruit. The temperature shock does make the organisms more sensitive to other types of inhibition, ethanol, carbon dioxide, acidity and sulfite. So, if used in combination with other practices, a significant loss of microbial viability can result. Modest temperature increases serve to encourage microbial growth and may shift the relative ratios of organisms present. Warmer temperatures favor the bacteria and later in fermentation will favor Saccharomyces as ethanol accumulates. To inhibit wild yeasts, the temperature must exceed 35 to 40°C and to inhibit Saccharomyces it must exceed 42-45°C. Below these limits, the warmer the temperature, the faster the rate of growth.
Low temperature treatments of grapes, musts and juices may also occur. Cold soaks incubate skins and seeds with the expressed juice of red grapes for a defined period of time with the goals of enhanced extraction and driving chemical reactions that occur more readily at low temperature. The temperature used is below that which will support fermentation (generally less than 12°C) but microbes may still proliferate to a limited extent under these conditions. The non-Saccharomyces yeasts, particularly Hanseniaspora uvarum, are the most cold-tolerant organisms found on grape surfaces; so cold soaks favor a bloom of these organisms. They can be prolific producers of acids and ethyl acetate, so impacts on the aroma profile of the wine may not be positive. Other lower-temperature tolerant wild strains produce a more diverse ester profile, but may become over-dominated by Hanseniaspora. Since Hanseniaspora is an apiculate yeast, with experience the population size of this organism may be determined by microscopic examination. The pointed or apiculate nature of the cells only develops after multiple rounds of budding, so there may be non-apiculate members also present. Skin contact in white must processing is similar to a cold soak in reds, in that the desired outcome is the extraction of skin components into the juice. If cryo-processing methods are used, the juice is exposed to very low temperatures so that water may be removed as crystals of ice, leaving a more concentrated juice. In general, the bacteria, fungi, and yeasts of grape surfaces are prevented from growing at these low temperatures but do not lose viability. As soon as the juice is warm enough, they are able to initiate growth. Water removal also serves to concentrate the organisms remaining.
Enzymatic Treatments: Enzymatic treatments are often used to degrade pectins and complex polysaccharides to facilitate extraction and settling of the juice. Such treatments, to the extent that they release a variety of nutrients, may impact fermentation flora. Generally, there is such a high content of hexoses already present that the availability of more complex sugars has little to no impact on the major yeast species. However, the degradation of cell wall material may lead to greater extraction of nitrogen, sulfate and phosphate compounds that meet microbial nutritional needs. Micronutrients may also be released at this time, potentially providing requirements for more fastidious organisms. Again, with supplemented musts and juices, the additions from enzyme treatments are minor.
Oxygen Exposure
The organisms present on the surface of the grape, regardless of whether they are aerobic (requiring molecular oxygen for growth) or anaerobic (capable of fermentation), will be exposed to oxygen. Organisms requiring oxygen are able to proliferate, but organisms that can grow in the absence of oxygen will often be adapted to the presence of oxygen in the environment. Cells cycle between oxidation states during growth, with some oxidative activities occurring prior to and post- DNA replication. During DNA replication, oxidative activity is minimized and the cytoplasm is operating in a reduced chemical environment. This cycling is important to degradation and biosynthesis of macromolecules and is strongly influenced by the presence of molecular oxygen in the environment. The range of metabolic options available to cells will define the redox conditions that are permissive for growth.
Oxygen exposure of the juice or must allows aerobic organisms to continue to grow, but it also enables anaerobic organisms to more rapidly adapt to the impending loss of oxygen. Oxygen is required for the synthesis of certain cellular components that are required to tolerate increasing ethanol concentrations, so it is important for cells to be able to make and sequester these compounds when oxygen is present. The oxidative enzymes of grapes (polyphenol oxidase) and fungi (laccase) compete with microbes for available oxygen. Chemical reactions also consume oxygen, but these are generally much slower and require catalysts. Catalyst-driven oxygen consumption, microbial or enzymatic, will block chemical consumption of molecular oxygen.
Role of pH and Acidity
An excess or shortage of protons can be inhibitory to growth. Microorganisms have a window of pH that is permissive for growth. Optimal pH values provide the needed hydrogen ion concentration. At extremes of pH, the impact of low or high hydrogen ion content is mitigated by other factors, such as the use of proton pumps to excrete hydrogen ions or the substitution of hydrogen ions in biological processes by other charged molecules, such as potassium. If the hydrogen ion concentration of the cytoplasm is too high, protein denaturation will occur and cellular metabolism will be inhibited. If hydrogen (positive) ion concentration is too low, protonated species will lose protons, likewise inhibiting or preventing activity. Similarly to redox conditions, the cells have the capacity to buffer hydrogen ion concentrations.
Grape juice is traditionally low in pH, generally below pH 4.0. This low pH is inhibitory to many organisms. Yeast are very low-pH-tolerant, with some species such as Brettanomyces able to grow at pH 2.5 and below.Saccharomyces is able to grow across a wide pH range, from pH 3.0 to 8.0. At lower pH values, growth is dependent upon the presence of hydrogen ions to facilitate transport of substrates from the environment. At higher pH values, potassium plays this role in yeast. Many bacterial species in wine are inhibited at pH values below 3.5. Low pH juices, therefore, favor the growth of yeasts rather than bacteria. The pH value also impacts the amount of sulfite that is present in a free, or inhibitory, form. Sulfite additions should be corrected by pH.
Acidity is also an important factor. Total acid levels are not directly influenced by pH, but the molecular form of the acid is. At low pH, with high concentrations of protons, acid species will tend to be protonated or neutral in charge. The cellular surface membrane is very permeable to protonated acids, so they readily gain entry into the cell. Once inside of the cell, the relatively high pH of the cell causes the acids to lose a proton. If the rate of uptake of protonated acids exceeds the cells capacity to fix or excrete the protons, the pH of the cytoplasm will decrease and metabolic activities will be arrested. Thus, both the pH and total acidity will impact the numbers and types of microorganisms that can be present in an environment.
Impact of Antimicrobial Additions
Microbial populations can be manipulated by the judicious use of antimicrobial agents. There are two agents commonly used in grape juice or must to control microbial growth: sulfur dioxide (sulfite) and lysozyme. Other inhibitory compounds, sorbate, fumaric acid and dimethyldicarbonate (DMDC; Velcorin), are approved additions for wines prior to bottling, but not used in actual juices pre-fermentation.
Sulfur dioxide is a reactive molecule. The free or gaseous form of sulfur dioxide (SO2) can be formed from burning inorganic sulfur in the presence of oxygen (air) or it can be liberated from sulfite salts (potassium metabisulfite; K2S2O5) under acidic conditions. Sulfur dioxide inhibits and kills cells by interfering with essential oxidation/reduction reactions. It can bind to proteins or to metabolites blocking further metabolism. Sulfite exists in different forms as a function of pH. The free form is the most reactive and therefore the most inhibitory: it results in a general loss of metabolic activity and ATP (energy) production. Some organisms are more tolerant of sulfite than others. Tolerance is generally achieved by complexing the sulfite with a reactant and excreting the complex from the cell. In the case of Saccharomyces, the compound filling this role is acetaldehyde. The sulfite reacts with the abundant aldehyde, thereby preventing damage to sensitive metabolic processes. Different species of yeast and bacteria show differing sensitivities to sulfite. The critical form of sulfite is the molecular form, not the total amount of all species present. During active growth and, therefore, at the height of metabolic activity, a molecular SO2 concentration of 6 mg/L is needed to inhibit the growth of Saccharomyces. In contrast, in finished wine where sugar has been catabolized, only 0.825 mg/L of molecular SO2 is needed, as tolerance is decreased in the absence of the ability to create adjuncts with aldehydes.
In contrast to yeast, the bacteria in wine are inhibited, also, by sulfite bound to aldehydes, as the bound version is transported into the bacterial cells, where it dissociates within the cytoplasm. Again, the level of sensitivity is dependent upon the cell's capacity to continue to make ATP and to grow. Thus, sulfite can be used at concentrations below the yeast inhibitory threshold, but above the inhibitory threshold for bacteria.
Lysozyme is an enzyme that can damage bacterial cell walls. It has no inhibitory impact on yeast, as their walls are of a different composition. Lysozyme is particularly effective in the inhibition of gram positive organisms, such as the lactic acid bacteria. However, use of this compound may inhibit desired bacteria as well. It will be inactivated over time, so it is possible to use lysozyme at the point of inoculation with yeast and still obtain an ML fermentation during wine aging and storage. If an excessive amount of lysozyme is used, then the ML may not occur. Lysozyme can be used to control bacterial populations without fear of impact on yeast.
Summary and Recommendations
With respect to grape, must and juice processing, the most important variables are the pH of the juice, sulfite addition practices, and establishment of selective conditions.
- pH: the lower the pH, the lower the number of different species that can be present; but, also the slower the metabolic activities of those that are present. In general, wines below pH 3.5 will support rapid development of large yeast populations, while higher pH values favor establishment by bacteria.
- Sulfite addition: the earlier the addition of sulfite, the greater the inhibition of the non-Saccharomycesflora. Free levels of sulfite, not merely total added, should be monitored to target inhibition to unwanted species.
- Establishment of selective conditions: microbes will commence growth immediately upon damage to the fruit, and the concurrent release of sugar and other growth substrates. The ability to utilize glucose and fructose is fairly ubiquitous in the microbial world. Which species dominates depends upon the establishment of other types of selective conditions: temperature, oxygen availability, solids content, presence of inhibitors. Warmer temperatures and high oxygen generally favor the bacteria over the yeast. Bacterial cells are less complex than yeast cells and they can divide more quickly. The optimal processing conditions are going to vary by the situation: the existing bioload at harvest, the bioload contributions from winery equipment, the nature of the organisms present and the presence of any stressful or selective conditions.


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Ahead of the impending release of A$AP Rocky's hugely-anticipated new album, Testing, his third, we've gathered everything you need to know to get even more excited about the project's drop.
The hype surrounding A$AP Rocky's Testing has been building up for years now, we've all been anxiously awaiting his third album, especially with his recent Instagram album teaser drops, preceeded by SoundCloud song drops in January.
How will A$AP Rocky follow up his highly successful sophomore album, At. Long. Last. A$AP, released nearly three years ago in 2015? Aside from DRAM, who is A$AP Rocky rumored to have linked up with on his new album? When will it actually drop?
Release Date: Many speculated that Testing would be released Friday, May 25, as the rapper recently posted a photo to Instagram with the caption "525". Indeed, the album dropped on May 25.
Album Artwork: A$AP Rocky finally revealed the album's official artwork on Instagram with the caption "ALL DONE", which you can peep below.
Tracklist: Users of the subreddit hiphopheads have discovered that Testing's tracklist is revealed when using the album's accompanying app. The guest features are not only stacked but highly eclectic; everyone from FKA twigs to Puff Daddy is on board. The tracklist is as follows:
1. "Distorted Records" [prod Nez & Rio]
2. "A$AP Forever" (ft. Kid Cudi & T.I.) [prod Hector Delgado)
3. "Tony Tone" (ft. Puff Daddy)
3. "Fukk Sleep" (ft. FKA Twigs)
4. "Praise the Lord (Da Shine)" (ft. Skepta)
5. "Drops" (ft. Kodak Black)
6. "Buck Shots"
7. "Guns N Butter" (ft. Juicy J)
8. "Brotha Man" (ft. French Montana, Frank Ocean, Snoop Dogg) [prod. Khaled of Members Only]
9. "OG Beeper" (ft. BlocBoy JB)
10. "The Kids Turned Out Fine"
11. "Hun43rd" (ft. Dev Hynes)
12. "Changes"
13. "Black Tux, White Collar"
14. "Purity" (ft. Frank Ocean)
Editor's notes
Rocky says it is "an amazing fucking album."
The Harlem rapper appeared on the inaugural episode of Complex's Open Late with Peter Rosenberg to discuss the project.
"I'm experimenting in a more calculated way," Rocky began. "I'm trying to make sure that I take precaution to where I'm not just drawing out of the lines all crazy, mixing my colors. I'm still trying to give you a beautiful canvas, but something different. I want to take a different approach, and I want to challenge the viewer who is tired of hearing the same old shit. You know, this shit is a cliché at this point."
The A$AP Mob frontman then went on to add, "This is going to be an amazing fucking album and I'm going to hopefully change a bunch of people's lives again. Hopefully people will make better music and influence me to make even better music."
We may have already heard some of the songs on the album.
Back in January, Pretty Flacko cheekily teased some tracks he was working on, rapid-fire style. Although their inclusion on Testing has not yet been confirmed, it's safe to say A$AP Rocky is definitely heading in an "experimental" direction, as he mentioned in his recent GQ cover story.
In addition to the DRAM-featuring "Five Star," which previously leaked as "Wok," Rocky shared "Money Bags Freestyle" and "Above," which you can listen to below.
His new album is all about "testing new sounds."
As Rocky told GQ in an interview back in October, "People are scared to test new sounds, so they go with what's current 'cause it's the easy thing to do. The top 100 songs sound a certain way. People cater more to that because it's a bigger demographic behind that, or it's a guaranteed demographic behind that. I prefer to experiment and have my crowd grow with me and to reach new crowds. I don't just rap—I actually make music. That's why it takes time."
Stay tuned for more info ahead of Testing's release. Now read everything you need to know about Post Malone's upcoming album 'Beerbongs & Bentleys' right here.
- Photography: Kevin Winter / Getty Images


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This auction's repertoire includes Surendran Nair's monumental canvas 'Doctrine of the Forest: An Actor at Play (Cuckoonebulopolis)' featured on the front cover, an installation by Subodh Gupta titled 'Feast for Hundred and Eight Gods 2', featured on the back cover, and works by Atul Dodiya including the large work on paper, 'Vansha Vriksha', executed in 1999. The catalogue also includes significant works on canvas by Sudhir Patwardhan from the 1970's, important works by T.V. Santhosh, Bharti Kher and Shibu Natesan, an intricately patterned Jayashree Chakravarty canvas, and a large watercolour by Anju Dodiya.
Dinesh Vazirani, Cofounder and Director of Saffronart, says, 'Contemporary Indian art is attracting increasing attention in the global art market. Some of the artists, whose works have been included in this auction, have been actively sought after at art exhibits and art fairs around the world. I'm sure this auction will fetch very good returns for the artists and the collectors.'
Online auctions, pioneered by Saffronart, have transformed the landscape of Modern and Contemporary Indian Art, making it accessible to participants who are constrained by geographical and physical limitations and opening it to a wide spectrum of international art lovers. Saffronart, established by Dinesh and Minal Vazirani, has set global benchmarks for online art auctions, and has recently been included in a case study at the Harvard Business School.
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Former CIA Director John Brennan — like many progressives — had hoped Special Counsel Robert Muller would find President Trump and his campaign had colluded with the Russians to win the 2016 election.
Alas, the man who was tasked with heading up America's intelligence capabilities by President Obama turned out to be flat out wrong. And instead of waiting for the evidence, Brennan had no qualms about trying and convicting Trump in the court of public opinion on cable news programs.
Brennan was forced to eat crow on MSNBC this morning:
When asked if he was the victim of "bad information," Brennan said, "Well, I don't know if I received bad information but I think I suspected there was more than there actually was. I am relieved that it's been determined there was not a criminal conspiracy with the Russian government over our election."
He went on to say he was "not all that surprised that the high bar of criminal conspiracy was not met."
Congressman Jerry Nadler was confronted about the years long investigation into alleged Russia collusion with the Trump campaign in a new video. Alex exposes the lies being used by the left in an attempt to nullify the 2016 election.
During a speech earlier this month, Brennan went after Trump.
AZ Central reports:
In July, Brennan castigated Trump for a widely condemned joint appearance with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland in which Trump suggested he found Putin more credible than the U.S. intelligence community's assessment of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
"Donald Trump's press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold of 'high crimes & misdemeanors'," Brennan tweeted, using language associated with impeachment. "It was nothing short of 'treasonous'. Not only were Trump's comments 'imbecilic', he is wholly in the pocket of Putin. Republican Patriots: Where are you???"
Ten days later, Trump rescinded Brennan's security clearance, citing Brennan's "increasingly frenzied commentary."
Brennan vowed he would not relent in his criticism, and that continued this week with the hearing on Capitol Hill featuring Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.
"Committee Republicans are making no effort to find truth. They are failing their Constitutional responsibilities by covering up the corruption of a sitting President. What is happening to the soul & integrity of the once storied Republican Party?" Brennan tweeted.
Brennan told an Arizona audience, "Some of you may have noticed that I did not ride off silently into the sunset. … Sometimes my Irishness gets the better of me. I feel compelled to speak out and I will continue to speak out."
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|Harry Potter: The Character Vault by Jody Revenson
|Category: Entertainment
|Reviewer: Luke Marlowe
|Summary: A beautifully detailed book filled with fascinating nuggets of information, Harry Potter: The Character Vault is aimed at those who loved the films, and want to know more about the design process that went into making the elaborate costumes, as well as information from the actors themselves about how they influenced the design.
|Buy? Yes
|Borrow? Yes
|Pages: 208
|Date: October 2015
|Publisher: Harper Design
Unlock new information about your favourite characters from the Harry Potter film series. This coffee table book profiles the good, bad, and everything in between – from Harry and Ron to Voldemort and Umbridge. Hugely detailed and filled with beautiful illustrations, images, and never before seen glimpses into the design process – this book will answer your questions about character design in the Harry Potter series.
I can't deny that I'm a big Harry Potter fan – whenever a new book was released I would rush out to the bookshop, then straight back to my bedroom where I wouldn't move until the book was finished. An easy task when dealing with the few hundred pages of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets or Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, but an altogether more difficult task when dealing with the huge tomes that the later books became! They were a huge part of my childhood, and the films too – whilst the first couple haven't aged so well, the films from Prisoner of Azkaban onwards are pretty darn wonderful. I read a lot into the background of Harry Potter when I was younger – but a lot of the information in this book was new to me. It's intriguing to see quite how much the actors held influence and had a say over what their characters would wear – Maggie Smith influencing Professor McGonagall no end, Imelda Staunton being fattened up for the despicable Dolores Umbridge etc.
All the wonderful facts are accompanied by frankly stunning illustrations from the design process, as well as stills from the films. This is a very lovely coffee table book, and I may well be looking out the other books in the series. As a nice little bonus, two lovely posters are included with the book – one of the Order of the Phoenix, and one of the Death Eaters. There's also a small attached booklet that features the Death Eater mask designs – which again is wonderfully illustrated.
I can't deny that a lot of the information in these books can probably be found on the internet, but that isn't the point of this – it's a lovely big book, filled with wonderful snippets of information, and fantastically detailed drawings that give fascinating insights into the filmmaking process. No, it's a not a must read – but if you have friends who are fans, it will make an absolutely wonderful present, and many thanks to the publishers for sending a copy in.
As for further reading – I imagine you'll already have read the Harry Potter books, but if not – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J K Rowling is still one of my favourites, and both Lupin and Sirius Black list amongst my favourite literary characters. Taking the innocent childhood sense of wonder that permeated the first two books, and taking it in a far darker direction – Prisoner of Azkaban is still a book for children, but ones who relish a bit of darkness and danger.
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Final message of jet pilot before crash that killed five
The final words from a doomed private jet moments before it crashed into a house, killing all five people on board, were heard at an inquest yesterday.
The Cessna Citation 500 took off from Biggin Hill airport in Kent to Pau in southwest France. But about a minute after take off, Michael Roberts, the pilot, told air traffic control that he was making an immediate return because of engine vibration, the inquest at Bromley Civic Centre in southeast London was told. Mr Roberts, 63, from Effingham, Surrey, told air traffic control: "We have a major problem . . . a major problem it looks as though we're going in, we're going in."
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Dear Lena,
Your New Year's plans sound really nice. Family and then friends. What more could you want? Unfortunately, I don't have any plans yet. New Year's is a big family holiday here. I thought I was going to go to my friend Lena's house, since I know her mother and we get along really well, but for various reasons, it seems that I won't be able to commandeer an invitation. My boss Amir leaves for Israel tomorrow and won't be back for another few weeks, and although Sharon invited me over to spend New Year's with her and the kids, she indicated that it won't be so much fun. Ori is scared of fireworks (and people go crazy lighting their own fireworks here!), so they'll be hiding indoors all night, and they have to go to sleep early. I'm going to a Shabbaton with Hillel kids this weekend, so we'll see if any of them are family-less, as well. If not, I'll think of something fun to do. I'm not the type to sit and mope, and certainly not on the biggest night of the year!
It's Christmas today, although that means nothing in Dnepropetrovsk. It's strange, yet nice, not to be bombarded with Christmas songs and cheer (although plenty of American songs have made their way to the Ukrainian radio). That's not to say that there's not plenty of cheer– it's just all for Hovy God (New Year's)!
There's yokas (Christmas trees) in every store window and lights all over the city. It's really beautiful, especially with all the snow we just got! In Globa Park, they're setting up for a big concert and festival for January 1, and everywhere are signs saying, in Russian and Ukrainian, "Happy New Year 2009!" Today I bumped into Ded Maroz (Santa Clause) and his girlfriend, Snegurichka, giving out flyers for special New Year's sales. There's cheer, all right.
And now there's finally snow! It had been flurrying every morning for the past week and a half, and by lunchtime it would all be blown away; but yesterday there was a bit more snow, and today was a big storm!
Quite a few centimeters have accumulated (maybe 7 or 8), which doesn't seem like that much, but it's really taken down the city! For one thing, there's no public services here like we have in America. No plows, no salt for the sidewalks, etc. There's a few people who are hired by private organizations (like malls or important stores) to shovel the sidewalks and streets outside their buildings, but everything else just accumulates. The streets were already awful this morning when I walked to Russian class at 9:15 am, and they were just as bad when I walked to work at around 11:15 am, even though the snow had already let up and was just flurrying lightly again. There are very few people at work today, and those who did make it in had been delayed in transit (most of them arrived an hour late, and it took some of them over two hours to commute). There's supposed to be more snow all week, and the temperature, which has somehow, miraculously, stayed around -6 C (21 F) both day and night for almost two weeks, is supposed to reach -22 (-8 F) by New Year's! Cooooooooooold!
Thankfully, I'm leaving this icebox the next day. From January 2-14 I'll be in Israel! I have a JDC seminar in Jerusalem from the 10-14, and since we have the week after New Year's off in the office, I'm spending that time visiting friends and family in Tel Aviv, Haifa, various locations in the north, and finally in Jerusalem. I'm really looking forward to it. Even though I was just in America over Thanksgiving, I could really use a vacation. I've been a little down in the dumps lately, and I think this trip to Israel is just the thing to rejuvinate me. Plus, it'll already be lighter out when I return– the shortest day of the year was December 21, and already I can feel the days getting longer. When I look out the window at 4 pm, although there's no sun, it's still not fully dark for another 20 minutes yet! I'm really excited for longer and warmer days for two weeks in Israel.
Back to the grind. I'm late on my article about the Do Good, Ukraine! opening event in Donetsk (which went really well, by the way!). As soon as I write it, I'll post it on my blog, so be sure to check it out (I already wrote about the Zaporozhe kickoff event)! Take care, and stay warm!


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Finally, after 8 months without gigs, Deftones are back! In the first three concerts they performed many songs taken from their vaste repertoire, but no sign of new songs!
Here the awesome video from Rock in Rio USA at Las Vegas, 9th May! A great performance, Our Deftones are back better then ever (just listen the screams in Passenger !!!).
As always, thanks to MrVesanique!
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A two minutes video from our recording days in november. The CD will be out this summer!
A two minutes video from our recording days in november. The CD will be out this summer!
Last week I recorded the first six flute sonatas by Martinus Ræhs together with Anna Paradiso, harpsichord and fortepiano, Mats Olofsson, cello and Jonas Nordberg, theorbo. The recording will be out this summer on the German label, Arcantus. Stay tuned!
This spring I have created a children's performance together with the singer, Inger Øvrebø Uberg. The 25 minutes long performance is about grief and how to handle the fact that things and people can disappear and not always come back. The production was made together with the actor Rolf Christianson and on stage with Inger and me are Emma Fagerström and Yngvild Ruud! Take a look at the trailer below:
In February I had the honor of premiering two new pieces by Johan Blixt and Gustav Lindsten. In this short video below you can see the result. You are also very welcome to consult the website of this new collaboration.
Last year I premiered Gustav Lindsten's piece 'Invocare' for recorder and electronics. You are very welcome to watch the live video recording from the concert below:
Together with Inger Uberg, Emma Fagerström, and Yngvild Ruud a new children's concert is taking form! We just received our first funding from Nordisk Kulturfond and this concert about losing something or someone will see the light next year. We are looking very much forward to working with this!
A project come to it's conclusion with me performing two new commissioned concerts for the Eagle recorder by Swedish composers Johan Blixt and Gustav Lindsten. The concert will be given twice first with the premier February 13th and secondly at Sunday February 17th at Skeppsholmen in the center of Stockholm. The String quintet consists of handpicked musicians based in Stockholm.
I will be playing Johan Blixt's Konversationer which is in eight movements for Eagle recorder, string quintet and electronics and Gustav Lindsten's Deus ex machina for the same ensemble.
Two concerts will be given, the first at Wednesday February 13th and the second Sunday February 17th at Kulturfyren at the beautiful island of Skeppsholmen in the middle of Stockholm.
The concerts are kindly supported by Föreningen för Svenska Tonsättare, Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse and Gertrude och Ivar Philipsons Stiftelse.
I am very grateful to have received two grants from Augustinus Fonden and from Weyse Fonden for my new CD project. Stay tuned! I am looking very much forward to this.
This weekend I won the first prize of the EAR-ly competition 2018 for instrumentalists and singers from the Nordic and Baltic countries. The competition is organized by NORDEM and I am very happy and honoured to have been awarded the first prize. The jury words were that Clara Guldberg Ravn won because of her "varied and convincing playing, the good dramatic line in her program, and the clearly professional level of her whole approach".
This spring I completed my studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and what could be more fitting than celebrate it with the Swedish composer, Johan Helmich Roman, and a movement from one of his amazing flute sonatas. Here live together with Jonas Nordberg, archlute, Stina Petersson, cello and Anna Paradiso, harpsichord.


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