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Dreaming about coins
- To dream of gold coins represents prosperity, or you will get a lot of happines from the ocean voyages.
- To dream of silver coins doesn't represent good luck, your calm family may have twists and turns. To dream that the coins are very new and shining hints that the people you trust will betray you.
- A woman dreams of her lover giving her a coin hints that she is very likely to be abandoned.
- To dream of copper coins represents the physical torture and psychological setbacks, or a person who is higher than your position will put pressure on you. To dream of nickel coins means that you will have to work very hard.
- To dream of having a lot of silver coins which you like very much indicates a good omen.
- To dream of accepting coins means that you are in a bad economic state.
To dream of having a lot of nickel coins which you like very much means that you will achieve satisfactory results through efforts.

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Almost exactly one year ago, I wrote an essay for the Vienna Scholars Writing Competition. I'd just returned from a month studying in Vienna, Austria; my world had been expanded, and I had, I thought, the perspective of a world-traveler.
In the year that has passed, that excitement has been diluted. I've traveled more and experienced more and been molded into a different person, yet I'd still hold to much of this essay.
"All the Difference" — First Place Winner of Vienna Scholars Writing Competition
I'm sometimes troubled by how quickly we adjust. How quickly we forget, move on, proceed. We take a class about economic injustice, we cry over the statistics and the living conditions of millions of innocent victims of the system, we say I'm going to make a difference, and then we get our final grade in the course, register for another semester, and are soon too consumed by our new class load to think about third-world poverty. We read an essay that inspires and enlivens us, we declare to ourselves This is it! This will direct my life!, but then we lose the essay in stacks of papers. We see children living in Mexican orphanages who have more selflessness than we have ever mustered in our own privileged lives, and we say to ourselves I'm going to remember these kids and their hearts; I'm going to share and grant grace as they do, but within a week of being back in American we're scowling at our sister for borrowing our car without asking.
Maybe I'm saying "we" to take some of the focus off of my own irresolution. Me. I do, have done, these things, and have committed countless similar acts of regression.
It's been two months since I've returned from Vienna, and already I feel cavernously distant from the photos that I took, photos now archived at the bottom of my social media page. I look at my travel journals, at the slanted handwriting that indicates that I wrote quickly, invigorated by lessons I was being taught by inspiring individuals, and I realize how little I have done with their imparted wisdom.
Some has impacted me, surely; I have taken risks in love since returning, roused as I was by the advice of two vivacious women who followed their hearts across oceans and encouraged us, too, to follow our own. I've been further solidified in my higher education aspirations, encouraged by a speaker who told us to think of what we'd do if we never had to work a day in our lives and to turn that into work.
Yet I've also forgotten so much; I've also slipped so seamlessly back into my life here, with my family and my bookstore job and my friends and my young-adult baby-step attempts at planning for my future.
I've always prided myself on my ability to change, to adapt. I didn't struggle with homesickness when I went off to college; when friendships fade because of distance or differing personalities, I've accepted easily that relationships have seasons. The change of seasons always excites me – the colors of leaves, crisp snowflakes, tender flower buds. New is exhilarating.
But I sometimes fear that I move on too quickly. That I lack sentimentality, that I do not make enough of an effort to maintain relationships when distance or circumstance presents difficulty. I fear that this could result in my forgetting things, like lessons learned, that could–should–affect me forever.
When I close my eyes and breathe, I can picture the peace I felt atop the Alps, looking over the European countryside and thinking over my life, filled with gratitude, overwhelmingly thankful for my blessings and similarly overwhelmed at how insignificant any past trials now appeared at so great a distance.
I wish that this feeling were permanent, that it could imprint on my soul. But our lives, moods, interests, urges, desires–they are fluid, ever-changing.
I know this of myself. It's why I collect–words, moments, journal entries, photos, anything to remind myself of experiences, people, wisdom that I don't want to forget. Just as, for classes, I study subject material, I try to record and study significant moments and realizations of my life. I frame quotes, mount photos, write and write and write, attempting to archive what deserves to be recollected. I hope for impacts to last. I'm disappointed in myself when I look back and realize that they haven't. But each time someone crosses my path who should change my life, each time I'm reminded that the human condition is my passion and I'll be fulfilled if I strive to uncover or adequately portray it, each time my breath is stolen by a view, a glimpse of true kindness, a crashing wave, I think, this time. I'll remember this.
I'll keep doing this. I'll keep seeking to be impacted, keep exploring and wandering, keep meeting new individuals and hearing their stories, keep opening my mind to be changed for the better. It won't all stick. But hopefully enough of it will that, when this too-short life is coming to a close, I'll look back and say I climbed a mountain, met a person, went to a place, and it changed me, and I'm better for it. I chose a path, and that has made all the difference.


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I'm not a patient person.
I hate waiting in lines.
I can't stand growing any sort of planting because I don't like how it takes so long to see the fruits of my labor.
I don't like how long the year is because I have to wait 9 months for each season to come back around again.
I'm not a patient person. However, I have gotten considerably better at enjoying the waiting period. The more that I write, the more I have learned to be patient with myself and let the words come when they may. I can always write something, even if it just be my thoughts, but even I have to wait for a particularly inspiring passage to spring from the tips of my fingers onto the keys (I know, control your shock that not everything that flows from my mind onto the screen in literary genius).
What I'm trying to say is this: now that I have fully acknowledged my inner writer, I have noticed that it is much easier for me to wait on things. While I used to grow irritated by someone who took so long to speak, I now realize that they are getting their thoughts in order and meticulously poring through a mental thesaurus to make sure that they are using the correct word in order to get across the correct meaning. As a writer, I understand the importance of saying what you mean. While I used to grow annoyed whenever I stood in a line, it dawns upon me now that I am standing in a line because there is a certain procedure that needs to be followed. Like a writer setting up a scene or beginning a passage of dialogue, there is always a particular method that needs be obeyed.
There are aspects of being a writer that I never knew would have an impact on my life (such as noticing details, watching people develop over time like characters and realizing why people act the way they do, using a broader vocabulary in order to communicate your exact meaning), but I never expected patience to be one of them. I will have to keep this writing gig up so that I can continue to see development in my own behavior over an extended period of time.
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A person's job is often their most important financial lifeline. It is their source of income and ability to pay for their needs and wants in life. When residents in Ohio are injured on-the-job, it not only impacts health and wellbeing, but also affects the worker's ability to making a living. When a worker is injured in a workplace incident, it is imperative that they understand their rights and what resources are provided to them.
Workers' compensation benefits are an excellent way for an injured worker to address medical bills and lost wages stemming from a workplace injury. However, not all employees easily acquire these benefits. At our law firm, we are devoted to helping workers in the Cincinnati area aggressively fight for their rights, assisting with their recovery of workers' comp benefits.
We are aware of all the steps a worker could take following a work accident causing an injury. With the goal and needs of our clients in mind, we take the time to collect all necessary evidence, documentation and medical records to help prove our clients' actions. Whether you were denied benefits or your benefits suddenly stopped, we will work to prove your case, helping you achieve a favorable outcome.
To learn more, please visit our law firm's workers' compensation website. Whether you work in a dangerous industry or not, workplace accident could happen in any work environment. Employees should be aware of their rights and when they could assert them. Additionally, it is important to understand when an employee is being unlawfully denied workers' comp benefits, which could give rise to a legal action.


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Altered Art Dog Jewelry. Classical Greco-Roman Lady with Greyhound or Whippet Dog in an antiqued brass setting - the lovely pendant is approximately 1-1/2" high, including the loop. The gold tone snake chain necklace is 18" with lobster claw clasp. Handcrafted items are each unique, so some variation is possible.
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Time and labor resources tend to be some of the biggest challenges faced in production beef agriculture. It affects the rancher, the stocker, the feeder and more. No one is exempt. Technologies that can seamlessly address both of those key operational elements will draw substantial interest for their ability to close critical efficiency gaps.
Traditionally, row crop agriculture has benefited from the lion's share of new, game-changing technology. However, the crew at Performance Livestock Analytics has some unique, smart technologies that are part of a growing precision movement in the beef industry. Producers, young and old, should research what's new and coming soon.
Craig Moss, a fifth-generation cattle feeder from Sioux County, Iowa, shared some insights with me about how Performance Livestock's technology has changed how he manages his family business. Like many of us, Moss struggles to balance an ever-evolving cost structure in a business with extremely tight margins. Having the ability to do more with less adequately addresses those two, hard-to-manage business elements: time and labor.
The Performance Livestock mobile apps called Performance Beef and Cattle Krush have helped Craig streamline his resource management strategies. He uses these smart technologies to monitor and execute management functions from just about anywhere, at any time. Business continuity can be preserved from the cab of a feed truck, tractor or a thousand miles away.
Moss can easily monitor employees and feedyard activities from afar. The Performance Beef app generates daily reports sent to a mobile device that detail the daily rations that are supposed to be delivered versus what actually is delivered. It outlines changes or corrections made during the mixing and feeding processes, as well as, tracks metrics related to his feed resources.
Leaving your ranch or feeding operation for several days at a time has always been a challenge.
Smart productions like this help managers track the performance of cattle, feed resources and employees to the minute from anywhere.
In addition to the feedyard management app, Moss relies heavily on another mobile app from the PLA Team called Cattle Krush. He can buy and track cattle purchases from the cab of his combine during harvest. Craig can easily calculate his margin using real-time metrics based on the Chicago Board of Trade, evaluate scenarios free of bias attitude and buy with practiced risk. All can be executed on the go, free from production time losses and aided by daily alerts.
New or smart technologies like these are beginning to change the way cattlemen and women of all ages manage their enterprises. Every bit of margin is crucial. Any tool that can add precision to your operation by improving tasks, such as tracking morbidity costs chute side, eliminating redundant entry and reporting, forming strategies based on actionable analytics and generating accurate closeouts in real time will help you capture and save.


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This spacious pontoon is very comfortable and allows up to 12 passengers plenty of room to play, socialize and party.
This Harris Floatboat was made locally in Fort Wayne, IN! Take your family and friends for a cruise in style on this high quality craft.
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Are you one of those crazy music lovers who want to download English songs for free? If yes, this tutorial can prove helpful to give you an experience of being floating on air. Hundreds of thousands of songs in every genre are ruling the world. Whether you like pop or jazz, we have covered all for you. With the help of our list of 5 best websites to download English songs, you can enjoy listening to music right on your couch even while relishing coke and popcorn.
Best Websites to Download English Songs:
If you wish to download English songs this is the best option that offers a seamless experience. The site can be not only counted as a downloading website but is a complete music guide, offering info regarding each and everything. The site lets you check the latest news about artists, songs or videos. The site is admired by an array of people around the globe and is a big hit among music enthusiasts. Apart from downloading music, you can even give try to images, videos, and much more. If you are using a router and getting less speed for your videos, try Netgear extender setup.
When comes to downloading English songs without any hassle, Mp3Skull is one of the best options. The site lets you find the song of your choice without any difficulty. Along with basic info, the site offers the size and duration of MP3 song you wish to download. As a result, it makes the downloading choice better for you.
Wanna listen to English songs online? Last FM can also be a perfect option to go for. The website allows you to listen to your favorite songs by logging into your account. The website offers a seamless experience to download English songs, especially if you have IDM or www.mywifiext.net
It lets music lovers search a song of their choice and also shows a list of similar songs below it. All in all, this site gives you an option to enjoy English or other songs online or by downloading them. You can even flip from one song to another and explore a lot of music.
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MP3box is one of the largest online music directories available on the internet. It gives you access to umpteen songs, albums or artists just by browsing its user rated tend lists or artists index. The online hub for English songs lets you enjoy the song you desire for free. Moreover, by getting a free registration, you can create your own playlists and keep updated. For music lovers, MP3box is just the right spot to opt for.
This is one of the best websites to download English songs with ease. What makes the site different from others is that it allows you to download the songs of your choice by entering the artist of the country name. The site allows you to find the name of an artist and song of any other country. Plus, you can check the list of top downloaded songs as well. Best of all, you can even c use netgear extender setup or heck the list of most downloaded songs ever. Give this site a run and download any English songs you desire.
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At the University of Chicago Medicine, our experts are dedicated to improving the lives of women with endometriosis. Whether it's correcting or confirming your diagnosis, relieving your pain, offering a second opinion for treatment, performing optimized surgical techniques or providing fertility treatment, our multidisciplinary team has the experience to support you through the challenges and discomforts of endometriosis.
Frequently Asked Questions about Endometriosis
The endometrium is a layer of tissue that lines the inside of the uterus. When endometrial tissue grows anywhere outside of a woman's uterus, she has endometriosis.
Endometriosis is thought to affect approximately 10 percent of women of reproductive age. Although it involves tissue — called implants or lesions — that spreads from one organ to others, endometriosis is not a cancerous condition.
Endometriosis symptoms vary from woman to woman, depending on the number, location and size of her lesions. Some women are affected significantly, while others are not symptomatic at all.
In most cases, signs and symptoms may include:
- Pelvic pain, particularly shortly before, during or right after a period
- Heavy or abnormal vaginal bleeding during periods
- Lower back or leg pains (cramps) during periods
- Significant pain during sex
- Inability to conceive (infertility)
Endometrial implants can spread to a number of pelvic organs, including the outside of the uterus and on or around the ovaries, fallopian tubes, bladder and intestines. In rare cases, endometrial lesions can grow elsewhere within the body, such as the liver, lungs, large bowel or rectum.
Pain, the most common symptom of endometriosis, can be the result of:
- Implants causing inflammation, which stimulates nerves and creates a sensitive pain response in the pelvis, often constant around the time of a woman's menstrual period and increasing during intercourse
- Scarring between the pelvic organs and tissues
- Heavy vaginal bleeding, which increases inflammation and irritation around the pelvic organs
In addition to abdominal pain, inflammation in the pelvis may also cause pain in the lower back or pain during sexual intercourse.
Researchers are actively studying potential causes of endometriosis. Currently, there is a strong indication that the body's genetic make-up may play a significant role in who develops endometriosis. This means your risk may be greater if your mother, aunt or sister has endometriosis.
7 Silent Signs You Could Have Endometriosis
In this article, physician experts — including UChicago Medicine's Monica Christmas, MD, and Laura Douglass, MD — explain less common signs and symptoms of endometriosis.Read more about endometriosis
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Dartmouth Research Provides Strongest Evidence Yet That Fast Food Intake Leads to Weight Gain in Preschoolers
There is a strong link between the amount of fast food that pre-school age children consume and their likelihood of becoming overweight or obese, according to a new Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal Pediatric Obesity.
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: News Press Release obesity research Source Type: news
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Purpose of review The gut microbiota has been speculated to underpin metabolic changes associated with chronic antipsychotic use. The change in the gut microbiota can also cause abnormal absorbtion from the gut into the blood stream (leaky gut syndrome) that can lead to inflammatory reactions, and thus, secondary damage to the brain and central nervous system. Our article aims to highlight relevant research on antipsychotic's effect on the microbiota and to point out future directions. Recent findings Antipsychtoic use can result in specific microbiota changes, and it is important to differentiate this from the innate...
Source: Current Opinion in Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Tags: SCHIZOPHRENIA AND RELATED DISORDERS: Edited by Lynn E. DeLisi and Iris E.C. Sommer Source Type: research
On World Health Day 2020, let 's discuss the stress response and the General Adaptation Syndrome (2/3)
The hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis acts to release cortisol into the blood stream, as cortisol calls the body into action to combat stress. When high amounts of cortisol interact with the hypothalamus, the HPA axis will slow down its activity. The amygdala detects stress, while the prefrontal cortex regulates our reactions to stress. Source: Bezdek K and Telzer E (2017) Have No Fear, the Brain is Here! How Your Brain Responds to Stress. Front. Young Minds. 5:71. doi: 10.3389/frym.2017.00071 _______ [Editor's note: Continued from yesterday's Exploring the human brain and how it responds to...
Source: SharpBrains - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Dr. Jerome Schultz Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness #WorldHealthDay brain burnout cognition Cortisol GAS General Adaptation Syndrome homeostasis memory neurobiology neurological exhaustion Stress Source Type: blogs
Pilates Tied to Improved CV Health in Young Obese Women Pilates Tied to Improved CV Health in Young Obese Women
After 12 weeks of mat Pilates, obese young women with high blood pressure lost body fat and had significantly improved blood pressure compared with those who didn't participate.Medscape Medical News
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Do the walkability and urban leisure amenities of neighborhoods affect the body mass index of individuals? Based on a case study in Seoul, South Korea - Choi Y, Yoon H.
This study investigates the impact of neighborhood-built environments on obesity in interrelationship with socioeconomic status (SES)-controlling for dietary patterns and physical activities of residents-using structural equation modeling (SEM). A total of...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Conditions: Overweight and Obesity; Pregnancy Related Intervention: Behavioral: Healthy Habits in Pregnancy and Beyond Sponsors: Queen's University, Belfast; University of Leeds; University College, London; Belfast Health and Social Care Trust; Western Health and Social Care Trust; Sligo General Hospital; Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda Not yet recruiting
Conditions: Nutrition Poor; Obesity; Diet, Healthy; Food Selection Interventions: Other: Menu configuration (presence of energy labelling); Other: Menu configuration (more lower energy options added) Sponsor: University of Liverpool Completed
Conditions: Obesity; Weight Loss Interventions: Behavioral: Behavioral Treatment; Behavioral: Mindful Acceptance; Behavioral: Values; Behavioral: Mindful Awareness Sponsor: Drexel University Recruiting
ASAP Cerasus humilis Cherry Polyphenol Reduces High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in C57BL/6 Mice by Mitigating Fat Deposition, Inflammation, and Oxidation
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This study investigated the association between consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and anthropometric and biochemical variables in a cross-sectional study conducted with secondary data from the first visit of the randomized clinical trial of the Brazilian Cardioprotective Nutritional Program (BALANCE Program) (2013-2014). Weight, height, waist circumference, lipid profile and fasting glycemia and a 24-hour diet recall were collected. Differences between consumption and non-consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages were evaluated by Student ' s t-test. The Chi-square test was employed to analyze the association b...
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Publication date: May 2020Source: Preventive Medicine, Volume 134Author(s): Serena Broccoli, Olivera Djuric, Laura Bonvicini, Anna Maria Davoli, Elena Ferrari, Francesca Ferrari, Maria Elisabeth Street, Paolo Giorgi Rossi
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HIMSS TV is your Insider's Guide to everything HIMSS. We are the world's first online broadcasting network, focused on global innovation and how information and technology are driving change in healthcare.
Sharp Index Founder Janae Sharp says the unresolved issues of today are whether the industry will be subject to more regulation and how current payment and incentive models will evolve.
Jim Horowitz, manager at Beresford Ventures, says conferences such as HIMSS19 and its Health 2.0 VentureConnect event offer a valuable place to network and learn.
Savan Devani, founder and CEO of BioTrillion, explains how his experience with life sciences and technology has come full circle, from academic to professional to personal and back.
Program Executive Officer Stacy Cummings discusses how DoD is deploying a new network built with cybersecurity in mind, using a risk management framework, and undergoing regular white hat assessments.
Carium Chief Transformation Officer Lygeia Ricciardi on applying behavioral change science aligned with the way humans are wired to move us toward better health.
(Sponsored) Stacy Tselekis, principal at Grant Thornton, discusses opportunities for women in the digital space, the importance of mentorship and the real value of having a diverse workforce.
(Sponsored) Nancy Green, Global Healthcare Business Development & Strategy Executive Leader at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, talks about how the Women in Health IT initiative has grown and expanded.
Lee Kim, HIMSS director of privacy and security, discusses how recent research has shown more hospitals raising their baseline security posture.
Pew's HIT project director Ben Moscovitch says the tech can be used to foster interoperability but there are some key questions that need to be answered first, including ones about privacy and security.
The industry has learned a lot during the last decade, done the best it could in many ways and now we're ready to use lessons learned to move in new directions, says Subha Airan-Javia, associate professor at Penn Medicine.


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Inside: Charlie Kushner talks 666 Fifth Avenue, EB-5
"I also want to point out, the U.S. attorney opened an investigation on us, right? You know what they told us, as of in the last month? That the investigation is not active anymore because there's nothing there," he said.
The Real Deal sat down with Kushner and company president Laurent Morali for an extensive interview last month. During the interview, Kushner said an inquiry launched by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York over rent-regulated units and another by city's Department of Buildings were both completed. The candid interview also touched on prospective investors at 666 Fifth Avenue and various political hurdles the company is facing in Gowanus and Jersey City.
Elsewhere in the issue, TRD ranked New York City's top residential brokers by the dollar volume of sales closed in 2017, as well as those who listed the most. Those who came out on top faced several challenges, including a growing pool of digital competitors.
The issue also takes a closer look at the ballooning condo inventory in Manhattan, which is expected to hit 7,900 units in 2019. TRD's analysis revealed that some neighborhoods will face a much larger share of that pipeline than others. Another story dives into the swell of foreclosure auctions last year and the current climate for residential lending in the city. A profile of Boaz Gilad explores how his firm, Brookland Capital, became Brooklyn's most prolific developer.
And this month's Closing is with Constantine ("Dean") Dakolias, co-chief investment officer of the credit funds group at Fortress Investment Group.
To read the June issue of TRD, click here or on the "Magazine" tab on the top left of the homepage. Enjoy! — Kathryn Brenzel


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Women Techmakers Scholars Program and Google Scholarship for Students with Disabilities 2017-18
Women Techmakers Scholars Program 2017-18:
Women Techmakers Scholars Program (formerly Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship) - Europe, the Middle East, and Africa proposes female students enrolled in a Bachelor's, Master's or Ph.D. to apply to the program of 2017/2018. The application deadline is December 11, 2016. Each scholar selected will receive a EUR 7,000 scholarship and finalists will be invited to visit Google's Engineering Centre in Zurich for a networking retreat.
More details and information about application in the attached poster. Also see 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 CS winners.
Google Europe 2017-18 Scholarship for Students with Disabilities:
The scholarship recipients will each receive a EUR 7,000 scholarship. The application deadline is December 1st, 2016. More details and information about application in the attached poster.
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Climate change and urban air pollution are two of society's great challenges. Our research investigates how climate, air quality, and land cover interact from urban to global scales. We also investigate practical solutions for mitigating climate change and air pollution in urban areas.
News Highlights
-Ban-Weiss is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure!! (March 2020)
-Ban-Weiss was a guest on NPR Science Friday with Ira Flatow, "Hot enough for you? Cooling the worsening urban heat island" (June 2019)
-Our research was mentioned in this LA Times article, "L.A. takes climate change fight to the streets by pouring cooler pavement" (April 2019)
-Our research was highlighted (along with two quotes by Ban-Weiss) in this Washington Post article, "As temperatures keep trending up, 'heat belt' cities maneuver to stay livable" (August 2018)
-Ban-Weiss invited to present his group's research at the National Academy of the Sciences in D.C. The goal of the workshop was to help cities and states learn from California about conducting policy-relevant climate research with actionable outcomes. (August 2018)
-Ban-Weiss receives the American Geophysical Union (AGU), Global Environmental Change Early Career Award! See here (July 2018)
-Congrats to Trevor Krasowsky, Ban-Weiss' first PhD student, for winning the William F. Ballhaus "Best Dissertation" Award out of over 160 engineering graduates!! See here (May 2018)
-Our research was highlighted in Science News, "Are we ready for the deadly heat waves of the future?" (April 2018)
-Ban-Weiss receives the Pasquale and Adelina Arpea Early Career Chair (March 2018)
-Ban-Weiss receives the NSF Early CAREER Award!!! (Jan 2018)
-Ban-Weiss and his grad student Arash Mohegh were interviewed and featured during this piece on NPR, "What you need to know about LA's urban heat problem"
-Our research was mentioned in this article at Gizmodo, "The Radical Plan to Cool Down LA as the World Heats Up"
-Ban-Weiss was quoted in the New York Times in an article about cool pavements in Los Angeles.
-Here is a nice article in the Huffington Post that summarizes a music concert that Ban-Weiss instigated and played bass in that investigates our relationship to the environment through song. Here's another article from USC.
-Our recent publications on the urban heat island effect and the efficacy of cool roofs in Los Angeles were highlighted in another article in LA Times. Also hear a couple ~10 minute live interviews on Southern California Public Radio (KPCC and KCRW).
-Our recent publication on the climate impacts of adopting drought tolerant vegetation highlighted in the LA Times. Also hear a 6-minute interview on Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) here. It was also featured as an EOS Research Spotlight, and there's another article at KQED.
-Ban-Weiss listed as one of the world's top 35 innovators under the age of 35 by MIT Tech Review
-See Ban-Weiss at MIT's EmTech conference using music to describe how we can combat the impacts of climate change (link)


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Far too psycho to write today, but here's the cat looking at a skunk eating all the birdseed. Enjoy!
Callie and the Skunk
September 30, 2018, 3:35 PM
Dude. This is why God created .22 rifles. Do your duty.
September 30, 2018, 10:07 PM
Callie says, "Go ahead skunk, eat that silly bird seed, while I have a full tummy of nice yummy cat food and get to relax laying in this nice window taking in the sun's rays."
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Joy as 150-year-old Holdich organ is returned to Norfolk church following £82,000 restoration project
PUBLISHED: 18:09 20 September 2017 | UPDATED: 18:31 20 September 2017
Simon Finlay.
After hundreds of hours of painstaking work, a Victorian masterpiece has been returned to its former glory at a Norfolk Church.
More than £80,000 was raised to fund the restoration of the Holdich organ at St Margaret's Church in Upton, near Acle, last year.
The instrument, built in 1865, is thought to be one of just 50 remaining organs made by G M Holdich of London.
But its aging condition sparked an 11-year project to restore the instrument, which was first brought to the Upton congregation in 1903.
Now, after 12 months of work by Norfolk organ builder and Holdich expert Richard Bower, it has finally been returned to its former glory.
Revd Canon Nick Garrard, rector of Upton, said restoration work carried out in the 1960s had some "very negative affects".
He said the leather bellows were also at risk of splitting.
"I am delighted that after 11 years of planning the project has come to such wonderful fruition," he said.
"The sound of the organ has been transformed and perhaps we are hearing it now as Holdich intended in 1863.
"The project has gathered in help and great goodwill from the community. I'm excited by its huge potential for concerts, worship and training a new generation of organists."
The organ, which is cased in dark panelling, weighs 1.5 tonnes, has 943 individual pipes and two keyboards.
Its original ivory keys were replaced by celluloid ones in the 1960s, which have now been removed and replaced by fine quality animal bone.
Some of the pedal pipes, which were also taken away in the 1960s, have been replaced by ones found from a disused organ in a London church.
The team rebuilt the organ bellows using 11 sheepskin leather skins. A completely new pedal board was also made.
Mr Bower said: "Holdich was a sensational organ builder whose instruments produced a really colourful and bright sound."
A week of celebrations marking the restoration begins at the church on Saturday, September 23, with a free community day looking at the history of Upton.
The project was made possible thanks to a £72,800 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and £10,000 raised by the local community.
Organ's history
The organ was built in 1865 for St Andrew's Church in Norwich, and was paid for by two very wealthy sisters - Agnes and Elizabeth Stone, who lived in Castle Street.
The congregation at St Margaret's in Upton began fundraising for an organ in August 1886 when the Rev Alfred Peache visited, founder of the London College of Divinity, donated £2 and two shillings to commence a fund to purchase an organ.
The aim was to raise £100 to purchase an organ, however, in 1903 the actual cost increased to £160. The community at Upton rallied around, organising various events to raise the amount, which they eventually did.
In 1903 The Glasspoole Brothers of Wymondham restored and refurbished the organ after it was sold to St Margaret's Church, Upton. They were a new family business whose workshops, in their father's garden, had been built a few decades previously for the purpose of tuning organs.
Week of events to celebrate
A series of events are to be held over the coming week to celebrate the organ's return.
On Saturday, September 23, from 10.30am to 4pm, a free community day will explore the history of the instrument and the village.
People can play Edwardian games, follow a village trail and explore a collection of historical artefacts.
On September 24, there will be a Thanksgiving and re-dedication service from 11am, which will see the recreation of the 1903 service.
St Edmund Youth Orchestra are performing on Tuesday, September 26 from 6.30pm. Tickets cost £5 on the door.
On September 28 and 29, children from primary schools near Acle will be able to play the Wooden One-Octave Organ for Young Technicians.
And on Saturday, September 30, at 7.30pm Anne Page, will perform the organ's inaugural concert. Tickets are £10. Call 01603 270769 or 01493 752237 for tickets.


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March 2017 was the first month of Text Club, and we played+discussed 'Midnight. Swordfight.' by Chandler Groover, 'Secret Agent Cinder' by Emily Ryan, and 'Magical Makeover' by S. Woodson.
This discussion was originally on Imzy.com (RIP), but here's an archive of comments. If you made one of these comments on Imzy & would like it removed or anything, just let me know!
Alright! Some really interesting work here. What did you all think of these three?
Both "Magical Makeover" & "Midnight. Swordfight." included some designers' commentary at the end. I'm pasting each of those below in comments, for reference.
So what did you all make of the "dress-up" mechanics in these three games?
Anyone figure out the mystery of Matilda in "Midnight. Swordfight."? I managed to talk to her & got a bit of background from Dmitri, but I have a feeling her storyline runs a little further, since I can't quite figure out how to integrate it with the rest of the game (thematically/narratively).
Besides the link between the three games of "getting dressed/made up for the fairy tale ball" that Jake mentioned, another related theme I found is the PC is an intruder or at least personal enemy to the upper classes who are throwing the party. Your dress becomes a disguise and tool by which you win out against aristocrats. Using makeup you have no clue of the effects of in Magical Makeover is revealed to be part of your plan to steal from the princess, in which success or failure depends on if you chose right in the beginning, though failures have their value in helping you understand the world you're in. You escape or win the final duel with the countess in Midnight Swordfight through constantly experimenting with costumes and weapons to see how you can interact with and within bizarre and abstracted spaces. And even if dressing up in weapons in Secret Agent Cinder has ultimately no effect on anything, it's a funny little bit that helps set up the revolutionary spy character nicely.
An interesting character in Secret Agent Cinder is the dauphin, because he isn't as clear an antagonist as the other two games but he occupies a similar role, since he's also royalty. However he doesn't want the "choking protocol" of the elite class and is romantically interested in YOU, unlike how the other two games involve the PC having some degree of romantic feelings for the royalty that wants your throat. Seeing the option to punch him after reading his long marriage proposal made me laugh, and it offers a nice counterbalance to the "happily ever after" choice. Unlike the rags-to-riches ideology of the fairy tale, marrying the prince means at best you're going undercover, at worst you may be headed for the guillotine. And the reason why a perfect ending is impossible becomes clear in light of the fairy tale: Cinderella will always leave a shoe behind as evidence.
Reading Emily Short's thoughts on how Magical Makeover succeeds where sorting hat CYOAs often fail, I agree with her that MM works as a "tightly knitted anthology". It feels cheap when these sorts of games have you make choices that correspond to completely different universes, but this game feels like it has one cohesive world. It's the little threads between endings that sell that feeling, like when Millicent receives a premonition that you're in trouble in one ending, and in another you find out that it was your fairy friend/prisoner psychically reaching her to help you. Another thing is that every ending involves fantasy grounded in real life details, so no story feels weirder than another: the PC has magical flight sickness, Amherst exists in an alternate reality that's basically ours but with plant people, the baby cassowary you try to free dreams of going to a normal school, etc. Emily also mentions the satire of the premise, of a world where makeup actually defines your future as much as cosmetics companies want you to believe it does, but I appreciate the way the details of the world seep in anyway. It adds a human touch to the premise that makes the whole experience more memorable and kinder. Also girl games are horrible, I can confirm this from seeing the SA thread the author mentioned.
Midnight Swordfight is pretty dense to take in with a LOT to talk about, but that's what made it interesting. The way space and time fluctuate and run over each other was very cool, I thought it was a clever way to distort how players approach adventure games, time being infinitely at your disposal as you explore a finite space. I thought the sequence in which you fly to the moon as a pig, which was probably my favorite bit in the game, could be compared with Magical Makeover's sense of getting a huge, unexpected result from trying something out of the blue, though the constant, smaller discoveries made in this game are what makes this moment more unique to the rest of it. I don't know exactly how to apply Chandler's commentary to his game on the whole, maybe it relates to perspective or the reality of things being beyond parody or belief, but the paleontologist's find does make me think specifically about the vorpal blade and huge corpse of the beast on the moon. That and Dmitri saying the vorpal blade "can cut through anything simply because it doesn't exist" has got me thinking if there's more to it than just absurdity. I hope other people will add their thoughts about this! There's a lot of facets of the game I wonder about even if I'm completely off about them, and it's my favorite of the three for that reason.
Btw I never found anything else about Matilda, but I think she's the reason the countess hates you, thinking you killed her friend. It's the best guess I have for what the "rumor" could be.
"thought the sequence in which you fly to the moon as a pig, which was probably my favorite bit in the game, could be compared with Magical Makeover's sense of getting a huge, unexpected result from trying something out of the blue"
Yeah, likewise. Also Dmitri's seemingly-huge body of responses to your keyworded inquiries. I love that sense of stumbling into deep water.
"Btw I never found anything else about Matilda, but I think she's the reason the countess hates you, thinking you killed her friend. It's the best guess I have for what the "rumor" could be."
Oh, interesting theory! Dmitri is so evasive about the rumor — "if it wasn't this rumor, then it would have been another …"
"Oh, interesting theory! Dmitri is so evasive about the rumor — "if it wasn't this rumor, then it would have been another …" "
I've noticed that, he has a lot to say but he likes to dance around the truth of the more vague subjects, which I guess makes sense thematically. Might be more likely that what the rumor itself doesn't matter. Besides, I don't know if my theory works so well now that I think about it; the countess did say she's dueling you out of revenge, but that's a pretty broad description. The one common thing between the rumor and Matilda's murderer (she does imply she was murdered at least) is that we don't know what/who both are.
"Yeah, likewise. Also Dmitri's seemingly-huge body of responses to your keyworded inquiries. I love that sense of stumbling into deep water."
Yes me too, that's a good way of putting it!! The dress up parts in all three games are cool in how they lightly encourage you to try all your options for laughs or greater world detail, but as someone who wants to try everything those parts in Midnight were so rewarding.
I'm playing it again and only now did I remember the Red Death reference was from Poe's story! I'm kinda embarrassed I couldn't recognize it even though I knew it was a reference to something. I'm seeing more clearly now the fairy tale/masquerade stuff in Midnight Swordfight, compared to Secret Agent Cinder's French Revolution take on Cinderella and Magical Makeover's own internal fantasy lore, as a hodgepodge of references to Poe and Carroll (and probably others), meant to take familiar gothic and surreal elements and load them with a stranger thematic weight. Reading the description of the beast's colossal size for example, it really strikes a chord and forces you to think about it outside the level of straight literary reference. And I'm pretty sure no one else thinks the Jabberwocky was THAT big in the poem, anyways.
Let's see if I can put together some thoughts about Midnight Swordfight.
It's obvious pointing that one of the most important characteristics of the game is its extreme artificiality. The language is baroque; the plot is a convoluted fantasy without the slightest hint of consistency; the setting is a mix of every available anachronism; the gameplay, finally, is the absolute opposite of the naturalistic, simulationist, world-model classic parser style.
I specially like this last point. I've sucked at parser for decades. My mind simply doesn't work that way. I have problems thinking things to do, and often I also have problems finding the correct English word to do that (I didn't start learning English until 9).
So I love games that ease that. MS, with its very limited verb list and its in-game and in-story help system, the script, completely solves the problem for me. I wonder if its solution is widely applicable to other games. The script in MS makes lots of sense in-story; it suggests that this is all a play (ask Dimitri about the script), which has an obvious connection with the dress-up mechanic, and it all fits great in the overall artificiality.
The script is immersion-breaking, but everything in the game is immersion-breaking. That's why I wonder how this kind of thing could be done in a classical parser style, where the player expects to have a world (model) where all kinds of verbs can be consistently used with all kinds of nouns.
"I have problems thinking things to do, and often I also have problems finding the correct English word to do that (I didn't start learning English until 9). … MS, with its very limited verb list and its in-game and in-story help system, the script, completely solves the problem for me. I wonder if its solution is widely applicable to other games."
Right! I think I first heard of "Midnight. Swordfight." in Emily short's column "Text Adventures For People Who Hate Guessing The Verb", which has a few other recommendations in that framework.
I went back to ask Dmitri about the playscript just now, and noticed another detail — he mentions that he doesn't like to go to sleep, because he never wakes up. He just goes to sleep, dreams, then goes to sleep in that dream, and so on, nesting forever deeper in a dream-within-a-dream-within-etc. Meanhwile, the player only ever wakes up! The command to exit the swordfight is "wake up" but it's also the command to return to the swordfight.
"The script is immersion-breaking, but everything in the game is immersion-breaking."
Yeah, it's great! It's like Brecht :]


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It's still not got a name, and I haven't fully figured out the gameplay, but that will all have to wait until tomorrow. Time for sleep.
I got a lot of stick for requiring a PlayStation Move to play my LD34 entry. So in order to enable people to play and rate the game I have added gamepad support. It sorta works, but the game is designed around the Move controller.
Express Bonsai Cultivator. Enjoy!
So I entered the compo this time, I usually enter the jam. Pretty pleased at how it turned out.
I went more with the growing theme, but I may have scuppered any chance of getting votes by choosing to require PlayStation Move controls.
I enjoyed making my entry for Ludum Dare 32 so much that I decided to polish it up a little today and release a post jam version. I know it can't be used for rating, but I would appreciate it if you could check it out and let me know what you think. I had a blast making it.
Here are the links: Web(Unity Player) | Win | Mac | Linux
And of course you can still check out the jam version and rate it here.
I liked the idea of my Ludum Dare entry so continued to have a play with it. Added a bunch of extra stuff. Please feel free to give it a go.
Added download versions for Windows and Mac of my comp entry. These run a lot smoother than the Flash version. Get them here
I'm done with 3 hours to spare. Here it is
My comp entry laserbug now has a downloadable Windows and Mac version for if the Flash version doesn't work for you or you wanna play offline.
And strangely the sound loops better in the Win/Mac versions. Probably something to do with the flash sounds being mp3s and me being rubbish with flash.


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- Offers additional services (such as sports betting)
- Top-notch games and high provider quality
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- Member of IBAS
- Owner of two different licenses
- PayPal supported.
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Some games under the live casino category include a trivia contest. The players who answer the questions correctly can win free spins and other bonuses. For example, at the time of this review, Halloween events were going on, and a trivia option in live roulette games was being offered. By using this feature, gamers could earn free spins to use on a particular slot machine. The free spins obtained as a result of this bonus are subject to a 20x wagering requirement.
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Every Boyle Sports Casino member can win Comp Points (CP) for playing games. Each bet of 10 EUR/GBP gives 1 CP. As you earn points, you also gain levels and start receiving various personal bonus offers. You can see your current points on your account page. Points can be converted to real money after reaching a certain amount. You can do this conversion on both desktop and mobile devices.
Overall, Boyle Sports doesn't offer a lot of bonuses compared to other casinos, but this is normal for UKGC licensed websites. The UKGC license limits the number and scope of bonuses that can be offered. Indeed, you can see the same practice at all online casinos based in England.
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As mentioned above, Boyle Sports has one provider - Playtech. All the games at the online casino are offered by Playtech. This is not a problem as there are more than 600 games in this provider's collection. It is possible to find a game that will appeal to every taste. The slot machines and jackpot slots have an important place in the collection.
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We can say that there are more than 100 options in the card and table games category. The games such as blackjack, roulette, video poker, and sic bo are available under this category. Live casino service is also offered by Playtech. You can play a total of eight games against real dealers. These include Football Roulette, Age of Gods Roulette, Live Holdem Poker, and Live Baccarat. It is quite possible to say that it is a unique collection of live casino games.
You can try out all the games for free, but this option is only available to members. In other words, you cannot try the game collection of Boyle Sports Casino without being a member, and it is not possible to use the site as a free online casino. The design is a little complicated, and it's not that easy to find a game you're looking for. Nevertheless, it should be noted that the site has a very impressive game collection. Moreover, there is also a native mobile application, so mobile gaming is fully supported. RTP rates of the games are not announced, but Boyle Sports is a UKGC licensed site, and you won't be experiencing any problems in this regard.
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Boyle Sports casino has a fairly modern and advanced code infrastructure. Therefore, it runs smoothly on different platforms and offers the same performance and features on each of them. You can see what these are in the table below:
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You can use several methods at Boyle Sports Casino to make a deposit and/or a withdrawal. Let's take a look at the supported payment methods first:
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- BOKU (pay by mobile)
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- The minimum deposit amount is not specified, but we estimate that it is 20 EUR/GBP as at other UK casinos.
- The minimum withdrawal limit is probably the same. However, we know the maximum withdrawal limit: you cannot withdraw more than 50,000 EUR within 24 hours.
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Boyle Sports Casino Customer Service
Boyle Sports Casino offers multiple options to reach customer service. You can see them in the list below:
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You can access all these options by clicking the "show menu" button at the bottom of each page. Doing so opens a striped menu which allows you to select the method you want to use. Alternatively, you can use the "support" link in the upper right corner. Live chat is pretty fast, and we never had to wait more than a few seconds. However, we recommend that you use the email option for payment-related problems.
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Boyle Sports Casino natively supports all of these currencies: Pound Sterling, Euro, US Dollar, Swedish Kroner, and Norwegian Kroner. When you become a member, you are asked to select one of these currencies. After you make this selection, you can still use a different currency, but it will automatically be converted to the unit you selected. We recommend that you make your choice carefully, as conversion will cause a certain financial loss.
The Boyle Sports website is only available in English. This is not surprising, because almost no casino based in the UK offers any other language support. This also applies to game interfaces. So you have to know English to play at Boyle Sports.
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Innovation happens where it's welcome
If we want European SMEs and farmers to be innovators and compete at the highest levels, then we must ensure that the EU's legislative framework is focussed on incentivising innovation and applied science, argues Léon Broers.
Innovation makes a huge difference, also in agriculture. Just look at the humble sugar beet. Today, thanks to innovation in plant breeding, sugar beet yields and crop quality have improved remarkedly in Europe compared to what they were over 100 years ago.
In addition to yields over 15 times larger today than they were in the mid-19th century, other improvements include improved disease and pest resistance as well as nutrient efficiency.
In essence, agricultural progress allows us to produce on 1.8 million ha today what otherwise would have taken 26.6 million ha – a progress of which 50 percent can be attributed to plant breeding, thereby sparing millions of hectares of precious land and inputs.
- Mixed reaction to EP's decision to adopt recommendations of special pesticides committeee
- Europe is lagging behind on breakthrough technologies in the field of agricultural biotechnology, explains Joanna Dupont-Inglis
- Hundreds of farmers from across Central and Eastern Europe staged a protest in Brussels on Thursday, calling for "equal pay for equal work."
- CAP reform: A new delivery model?
- Peter Jahr: CAP reform: There is an opportunity in every crisis
- Jacob Hansen: EU must get serious about promoting the circular economy
So, who could ever doubt that innovations in breeding are economically and ecologically viable?
Yet, we know the challenges facing farmers across the board are tremendous, ranging from climate change with more extreme weather patterns to new pests and diseases.
Population growth, water scarcity and the diminishing availability of agricultural land all add to the need for more sustainable agriculture. Plant breeders consider this multitude of challenges when developing new varieties, and growing complexity in innovation cycles results in a steady increase of R&D intensity: KWS, for example, spends 18.5 percent of sales each year on research and breeding.
Plant breeding research today is highly sophisticated. KWS R&D expenses for sugar beet have gone up by over 89 percent over the past 10 years alone.
Between 2011 and 2017, the amount of data processed by the KWS R&D and sugar beet breeding department increased 50 fold, up from 20.4 Mio. data points to 1119.2 Mio. data points.
However, we know that research is worthwhile. All KWS sugar beet varieties today carry multiple traits thanks to our efforts. But keeping up this progress in Europe is likely to become increasingly difficult, especially in light of the 2018 European Court of Justice ruling on mutagenesis, which equates plants developed with targeted methods of mutagenesis, such as CRISPR/Cas, with GMOs.
"Population growth, water scarcity and the diminishing availability of agricultural land all add to the need for more sustainable agriculture. Plant breeders consider this multitude of challenges when developing new varieties"
The newest breeding methods such as CRISPR/Cas which could reduce the average timeframe of bringing a new sugar beet variety to the market by 20-30 percent are now stifled in terms of their adoption and use in Europe.
CRISPR/Cas is an attractive tool for plant breeders, because it offers us the opportunity to reap and create genetic diversity in plants in a much more precise and faster manner than traditional methods. Integrating it into our breeding programs requires additional understanding and research, both from the private and the public sector.
We know that today, with Europe reliant on imported GMOs for its livestock sector, it costs upwards of €11-17m to get a mere import authorisation for a GMO and takes over 6 years for authorisation.
So speaking of the consequences from the European Court of Justice ruling, the facts are that each genome-edited product will have to undergo a lengthy and costly approval procedure, which takes two to three times longer to move through the regulatory system than variety registration alone.
Furthermore, such products would then face additional barriers in uptake, because two thirds of EU Member States have GMO opt-outs in place - leaving companies with zero business case. Finally, such heterogenic regulatory landscape from a global perspective negatively impacts the exchange of breeding material and ultimately threatens breeding progress.
At KWS, as an immediate consequence of the Court of Justice ruling, we have halted our R&D on an EU-targeted programme for fungal-resistant wheat. Instead, we have decided to continue technology and product development at full speed, but directed at overseas markets.
"The indirect effects of the Court of Justice ruling are less investment in R&D in Europe, including less public funding, more expected brain-drain, and a loss of scientific excellence and training in the EU"
In that sense we can consider ourselves "lucky" because we have been able to shift our activities to other parts of the world. This situation leaves especially small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe at a competitive disadvantage.
The indirect effects of the Court of Justice ruling are less investment in R&D in Europe, including less public funding, more expected brain-drain, and a loss of scientific excellence and training in the EU.
As the Executive Board member in charge of Research and Breeding of a globally leading plant breeding company from Germany with strong roots in Europe, my objective is to contribute to the future of farming both in Europe and beyond.
But helping Europe and European growers to farm better with resource-saving seed varieties, requires more than just know-how. Sustainability starts with the seed, in the field. As a society we cannot afford to let go of the opportunities that plant breeding innovation can offer.
Enabling European SMEs and farmers to innovate and compete therefore also requires proportionate EU legislative frameworks to incentivise innovation and applied science.
Equating plants developed with new breeding methods when they do not carry transgenes to GMOs is a non-starter, because it only considers the breeding method, not the resulting plant.
What we need from a regulatory standpoint is a targeted amendment of the EU GMO Directive 2001/18 in order to clarify that mutagenesis-derived plants are not GMOs, and to avoid regulatory discrimination between 'like-products'.
With its ruling, the European Court of Justice has passed the ball back to the European Commission and the member states. It is now up to the legislator to come around and make that necessary clarification before the ship has sailed for Europe.
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