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Author: Takeshita Hiroo
竹下弘夫 (TARC)
Date: 1988-1990
Description: RD1 は奨励品種第一号である。(1969)タイの奨励品種は47種で、粒型が殆ど長さ 7mm以上の長粒種である。アミロース含量は品種の85%が20%以上の高含量である。
Project: タイにおける米のポストハーベスト ロス防止と品質保全に関する研究
Country: タイ (Thailand)
Place: Thailand (タイ)
Keywords: タイにおける米のポストハーベスト ロス防止と品質保全に関する研究,タイ,タイ,稲作,利用加工,Post Harvest.Strage.Variety Of Thai Rice. Grain Quality.Utilization And Processing.
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This building was utilized as a mortuary up until the 80's under several different names over the years such as: P.J. Barry, Barry & McDonnell, Barry & Scully, Darling Chapel, Driscoll's (before they moved into the former United Undertakers location on Van Ness) and California Funeral Service before closing and is now a restaurant.
SYNTHI 100 utilizes a patch board instead of cables. You can see Brandon, the interpreter, pointing to it in this photo. The SYNTHI 100 had the coolest knobs, of which a crop shot of it is my current avatar.
I think I failed to mention I took around a couple hundred photos during this tour, yes?
Visited the Cantos foundation museum of electronic instruments and keyboards in February 2009 and got a lovely tour of the facilities. Took a lot of pictures & videos.
Today is Thursday! Another tour tonight (I'll be armed with tripod and a clear empty memory card).
Medical billing service software can be utilized for managing the people' documents. These functions have made the medical billing service software preferred in the healthcare field. Medical Billing service software has decreased the use of papers and handling documents, which may occasionally bring about confusion and a great deal of errors when done physically. When you will certainly use this medical service software you will be assured that all records will certainly be thoroughly saved in the data source and there will be no lost record issues, which otherwise can easily result in aggravation not just to your clinical facility but to the clients also. Likewise you can easily read here regarding medical practice management software.Visit our site www.medicalbillingsoftware.com for more information on Medical Billing Service Software
Utilized by SeaDek professionals around the world, the Slice Tool is an essential SeaDek installation accessory. By ensuring a perfect cut that completely splits the PSA liner without damaging the pad, the Slice Tool protects your hands and your new SeaDek kit during installation and features a long-lasting micro-ceramic blade to prevent rust.
I recently joined the Latow Photography Guild as they offer a full darkroom for their members to utilize. As I have been developing my own film and scanning the negatives, I am hoping to take the next step and learn to print in the Wet darkroom environment.
My first assignment with Latow was to shoot a roll of Ilford HP5+ and develop it. I was excited to do this as I have not had a chance to shoot any Ilford film as of yet. Most of my B&W has been shot on Kodak TMAX so I was looking forward to seeing the different characteristics that this film has to offer.
To my eye versus TMAX, I find this film offers a little more grain and contrast in the image which I quite like. If you are looking for a deal, Downtown Camera in Toronto has bricks of 10 rolls of HP5+ on sale for $3.49 a roll
The other variable in the processing of this film was the use of Kodak D-76 as I have been using TMAX developer at home.
And now for the next dilemma ... which camera to use for this assignment ??? Well, I've been dying to dust off my Spotmatic-F as i picked up a few new lenses to try out, a Super-Takumar 55mm f2.0 and a Super-Takumar 28mm f3.5
Developing Process was as follows @ 20'C ...
1) Pre-Wash - Water @ 5 min
2) D-76 Developer - 10 sec initial agitation and at 1 minute for total @ 11 minutes
3) Stop Bath - 30 sec - Kodak Indicator Stop Bath
4) Fix @ 5 min - Ilford Rapid Fix
5) Wash - approx 10 minutes with final dunk in Photo Flow
This shot was taken with the Super-Tak 28mm f3.5 lens, I spot-metered off the road to set my medium grey point and shot at f5.6 @ 1/500 @ 400 iso in variable cloudy/bright conditions View Large On Black
This project utilizes social networking to site urban interventions in the form of green roof modules. It capitalizes on community building to introduce urban environmental issues and remediation tools. The modules and their accompanying flags and street level signage will track the growth of the network throughout the neighborhood. Online resources will include mapping of the project, tools for tracking local urban heat island effect and resources to recreate the project worldwide.
[url=http://www.seedingthecity.org]www.SeedingTheCity.org[/url]
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View from rooftop, showing green roof module and flags. Computer generated image.
2009 OKACRL Conference
Tulsa Community College, Southeast Campus, Tulsa, OK
Submitted by: Amanda Lemon, Sarah Clark, Emily Brown, Toni Hoberecht, Tom Thorisch
Ning it, Tweet it, F and B it… Utilizing Social Networks for More than Just Friends
For the 2009 unCOILed workshop, COIL members decided to try something new-- marketing their summer workshop via social networking websites. One such social networking site was Ning.com, an online service that allows groups to create, customize, and share small social networks devoted to their interests or events. COIL used the unCOILed Ning to not only host and market the workshop’s content, but to also allow presenters and attendees to communicate before the workshop. Presenters posted their presentation content to the ning, and encouraged attendees to ask questions and steer presentation content via the network’s discussion board. In addition to increased collaboration in workshop planning, the unCOILed Ning brought COIL a first—out of state workshop attendees!
In addition to Ning, the group started a Twitter account (@coilok) that marketed the workshop’s theme, date and sign-up and also served as a communication tool during the workshop with different presenters and attendees twittering about their unCOILed experiences. Finally, besides the usual email list-servs, the group reached out to various Facebook librarian groups both locally and nationally by pasting workshop details and their Ning link on Facebook group pages and discussion boards. By using social networking in addition to traditional marketing channels, COIL's marketing efforts created a buzz that resulted in a record summer workshop attendance and a great deal of positive feedback for their use of new marketing channels.
This Snow Partridge, Lerwa lerwa, was photographed in China, as part of a research project utilizing motion-activated camera-traps.
You are invited to go WILD on Smithsonian's interactive website, Smithsonian WILD, to learn more about the research and browse photos like this from around the world.
"Utilizing Cultural Diplomacy to Unite the World's Cultures before Hard Power takes the Lead"
(New York City; September 19th - 23rd, 2017)
Utilized a few different levels adjustments, and some selective sharpening to accentuate the ice.
Best viewed on black. Press L.
VA Hosts Veteran Small Business Conference in New Orleans
Supports Veteran-Owned Businesses and Helps Them Compete for Federal Contracts
The Department of Veterans Affairs will host the upcoming National Veterans Small Business Conference and Expo, Aug.15-18 in New Orleans. It will be the largest nationwide conference of its kind focused on helping Veteran-owned businesses succeed in winning federal contracts.
“Veteran-owned businesses provide world class services and expand employment opportunities for some of our Nation’s most highly-trained and motivated men and women,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. “That is why VA is proud to host this annual conference to help better prepare these veteran-owned businesses to compete and win contracts with the federal government.”
The conference, scheduled for the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, will provide Veteran-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small businesses of all sizes with an opportunity to learn, network, and market their businesses.
The conference will offer a variety of new training sessions on navigating the federal acquisition process, including finance, compliance, business development, marketing, strategy, contract management, human resources, technology, and program management.The conference track sessions will be targeted for a variety of businesses from new business owners just back from theater to well-established Veteran-owned businesses looking to expand opportunities or increase market share.
The National Veteran Small Business Conference is open to both government and non-government personnel. For more information and to register for the conference, go to w w w . na t i o na l ve t e r a n s c o n fe r e nc e . c o m. VA photos by Robert Turtil.
Built in 1999 utilizing traditional styling cues to help it fit in with the neighbourhood.
"Leesburg is a town in the state of Virginia, and the county seat of Loudoun County. Settlement in the area began around 1740[citation needed], which is named for the Lee family, early leaders of the town and ancestors of Robert E. Lee. Located in the far northeast of the state, in the War of 1812 it was a refuge for important federal documents evacuated from Washington, DC, and in the Civil War, it changed hands several times.
The town is situated at the base of Catoctin Mountain and adjacent to the Potomac River, 33 miles (53 km) northwest of Washington, D.C., for which it has largely become a commuter suburb. Its population was 48,250 as of the 2020 Census and an estimated 48,908 in 2021. It is Virginia's largest incorporated town within a county (rather than being an independent city)." - info from Wikipedia.
The fall of 2022 I did my 3rd major cycling tour. I began my adventure in Montreal, Canada and finished in Savannah, GA. This tour took me through the oldest parts of Quebec and the 13 original US states. During this adventure I cycled 7,126 km over the course of 2.5 months and took more than 68,000 photos. As with my previous tours, a major focus was to photograph historic architecture.
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Queen bee marked as No. 84 in hive surrounded by workers, CNE © Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto.com 2010, Toronto, Canada
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Thursday March 27th, 2008 informationliberation.com
Death of the Bees: GMO Crops and the Decline of Bee Colonies in North America (Global Research)
Commercial beehives pollinate over a third of [North}Americas crops and that web of nourishment encompasses everything from fruits like peaches, apples, cherries, strawberries and more, to nuts like California almonds, 90 percent of which are helped along by the honeybees. Without this pollination, you could kiss those crops goodbye, to say nothing of the honey bees produce or the flowers they also fertilize.[1]
This essay will discuss the arguments and seriousness pertaining to the massive deaths and the decline of Bee colonies in North America. As well, it will shed light on a worldwide hunger issue that will have an economical and ecological impact in the very near future.
There are many reasons given to the decline in Bees, but one argument that matters most is the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) and "Terminator Seeds" that are presently being endorsed by governments and forcefully utilized as our primary agricultural needs of survival. I will argue what is publicized and covered by the media is in actuality masking the real forces at work, namely the impact of genetically modified seeds on the reproduction of bee colonies across North America
Genetically modified seeds are produced and distributed by powerful biotech conglomerates. The latter manipulate government agricultural policy with a view to supporting their agenda of dominance in the agricultural industry. American conglomerates such as Monsanto, Pioneer HiBred and others, have created seeds that reproduce only under certain conditions, often linked to the use of their own brands of fertilizer and/or insecticide.
The genetic modification of the plant leads to the concurrent genetic modification of the flower pollen. When the flower pollen becomes genetically modified or sterile, the bees will potentially go malnourished and die of illness due to the lack of nutrients and the interruption of the digestive capacity of what they feed on through the summer and over the winter hibernation process.
I will argue that the media reports tend to distract public opinion from the true cause which underlies the destruction of bee colonies. As such, outlined are four major arguments which the biotech conglomerates (which produce and market GMO seeds) have used to mislead the public regarding the demise of the bees. These arguments include Varroa mites, parasites, cell phones, and terminator seeds
Argument 1: Varroa mites[2]
Firstly, while there are some people who want to pin the blame on these mites, such views are unconvincing in that the argument does not make any sense because the main source of disease for these bees is intestinal disease. In fact, many bee experts assumed Varroa mites were a major cause of the severe die-off in the winter of 2005. Yet when researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, traveled to Oakdale, California, where Anderson and a number of his fellow beekeepers spend winter and spring, they could find no correlation between the level of Varroa mite infestation and the health of bee colonies. We couldnt pin the blame for the die-off on any single cause, says Jeff Pettis, a research entomologist from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland,[3] However, treatments against mites may be leaving hives open to the onslaught of powerful pathogens, much in the same way the overuse of antibiotics lead to super bugs in society today. What does that say about our future? We have learned that in the 1960s and 1970s, among other human ailments, DDT was a major cause of cancer in humans and animals; however, the substitution of such pesticides was a closely guarded secret. Unfortunately, the long term effects on the human population has yet to be understood as the compromise of the immune system may be happening quicker than we are ready to accept, even regarding the advent of super bugs. One can see that even this medical implication has severe economical implications.
Argument 2: Parasites
Secondly; Crops and even hedges, verges, and woodlands, and even where bees remain are sprayed with pesticides or herbicides. These chemicals are the practical extension of an exasperating belief that nature is our enemy. Pouring poison on our food is a very simplistic way of dealing with our problems however it ignores the root causes. New genetically modified crops, designed to be immune to certain pesticides and herbicides, have resulted in the increased usage of these chemicals. Pesticides, particularly Bayers imidacloprid, a nicotine-based product marketed under the names Admire, Provado, Merit, Marathon, and Gaucho have been concretely implicated[4] in the destruction of bee populations before (see also)[5]. The fact that other bees and insects are not raiding deserted hives to feed on the honey as they normally would lends some credence to the theory of a toxic overload. The toxic overload is certainly a concern, but wouldnt it also need to be considered that this is systematic in the degeneration of the digestive process, such as in humans inability to digest preservatives and not absorb the enzymes to break down the foods eaten for survival?
Argument 3: cell phones
Thirdly, there was also a misconstrued study on cell phone radiation [6] and its effects on the bees ability to navigate which turned out to be an over-zealous unthinking reaction by an article in the Independent news. Some have also mentioned other navigational hindrances such as UV radiation, shifting magnetic fields and even quantum physics[7] as a reason to the destruction of the bees.
There is certain implications to this theory, and it has been proven that electromagnetic radio wave lengths to affect the navigation of the bees. However the sun emits radiation spurts all the time, yet this has not offered a hindrance to the bees.
Argument 4: Terminator Seeds
Lastly, Leaked documents seen by the Guardian show that Canada wants all governments to accept the testing and commercialization of Terminator crop varieties. These seeds are genetically engineered to produce only infertile seeds, which farmers cannot replant, also to mention that the bees that are trying to collect pollen, found to have their digestive tract diseases, such as amoeba and nosema disease[8]. These diseases are mainly located in the digestive tract system. After studies of the autopsy, the most alarming trait is that the lower intestine and stinger have discolored to black vs. the normal opaque color, Synominus with colon cancer in humans.
Figure 1: Extreme discoloration of intestinal tracts of bees.
When thoracic discs were cut from sample Georgia A-2 the musculature of bees was notably soft and discolored (A) when compared to healthy thoracic cuts (B).
This discoloration suggests that the bees were dead upon collection. When questioned the beekeeper confirmed that the bees were alive at the time of collection. Further, the tracheal system of these bees did not show signs of desiccation usually associated
with the collection of dead bees. Thoracic discs from this sample, after being placed in KOH for 24 hours, revealed peculiar white nodules[9]
As seen above, it is certain that the digestive shutdown is due to hard material in the digestive tract that compromises the immune system. Circulatory problems would without doubt. Could it be that humans are going through the same process with the rise of Colon Cancer? As seen below in the comparison of the healthy Bee and the unhealthy bee, it is obvious that the bees that are ingesting GMO pollen are having severe digestive problems, so severe that the disease is terminal.
Figure 2: Digestive shutdown of the Honey Bee
The rectal contents of Georgia bees (A) were distinctly different then the contents of Pasadena bees (B). The rectal walls of GA bees were notably transparent revealing contents that looked like small stone packets (C). While Fyg (1964) describes similar stone like contents in poorly laying queens, the stones observed in the GA bees were not attached to the epithelium layer as Fyg (1964) describes. When these packets were ground and mounted, some unidentified floating objects (UFOs) were observed. A cubic particle that resembles the cubic bodies of polyhedrios viruses (this viruses attacks wax moths) excepting that the cube observed was ~10x too big for a virus particle. There were fragments of pollen grains husks in all samples examined. All PA samples were found to have nosema spores in their rectal contents while none of the GA samples did. In two samples, epithelial cells were packed with spores.[10]
The North American reliance on bees for pollination is at minimum from 30 to 40%. Does it not seem obvious that the digestion of foreign genetic agriculture directly affects the digestive process of the bees. Could it also be that there are similarities in the human population digestive process? It must also be noted that this increased epidemic of the bee colony collapse has risen significantly since the use of GMO agriculture in our foods. It is also suspect in the rise of new cases of medical ailments in humans such as colon cancer, obesity, heart disease, etc... In the writers opinion, the inability of the bees to pass matter digestively is quite similar to the present problems in the human digestive system
Conclusion:
The proof is obvious that one of the major reasons of the bees decline is by the ingestion of GMO proteins. This is problematic, as there is such an increase of indigestible foods in humans and bees. The situation of colon cancer in humans is somewhat similar in occurrence. This is only a theory but leaves one to wonder what are we eating en mass. The external or complementary good of the bee is obviously a rise for a global concern. The long-term economical and environmental impact has yet to be completely understood.
The Ecological Impact of horizontal gene transfer and increase of rampant disease is not fully examined and if so, is kept silent by these Conglomerates. The Economic Impact of the Colony collapse would mean higher inflation, scarcity of agricultural goods, and ultimately the collapse of North America Agriculture Business.
The Environmental Impact of scarcity and increased demand for resources, will beyond doubt have severe repercussions for our long-term food security. The bio-diversity of the bees causes positive economic and ecological externalities. The negative externalities have yet to be fully grasped or understood.
Organic crops: still relatively untouched
The truth is that organic farming is relatively untouched as the bee crisis is concerned. Organic farming maintains the diversity of the eco-system and preserves the quality of the foods produced. The economic impact that the scarcity of bees will potentially have on our society as a whole is very worrisome. In the end, only our children will fully realize; that it was greed that destroyed our beautiful blue planet.
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Thill, John. Colony Collapse: Do Massive Bee Die-Off Mean an End to Our Food System as We Know it? AlterNet
www.alternet.org/module (Accessed 7/9/2007 10:06 PM)
Colony Collapse Disorder. Wikkapedia Encyclopedia Online
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony Collapse Disorder
(Accessed July 12, 2007)
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)
www.ento.psu.edu/MAAREC/pressReleases/FallDwindleUpdate01...
(Accessed June 30, 2007)
CROP PROTECTION. Monthly 28 February 2001 Issue No 135
Market Scope Europe Ltd.
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HONEY BEE Research Program. RIRDIC Honeybee Research Program Home Page. rirdic. gov.au/program/hb.html#top, (Accessed July 7, 2007)
Ho, Dr. Mae-Wan. Recent Evidence Confirms Risks of Horizontal Gene Transfer. ISIS Contribution to ACNFP/Food Standards Agency Open Meeting 13 November 2002, Institute of Science in Society, PO Box 32097, London NW1 0XR (Accessed July 16, 2007)
ISIS Contribution. Recent Evidence Confirms Risks of Horizontal Gene Transfer. ISIS Contribution to ACNFP/Food Standards Agency Open Meeting 13 November 2002 (Accessed July 17, 2007)
Vidal, John. Canada backs terminator seeds, The Guardian. Wednesday, February 9, 2005.
www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/ (Accessed July 17, 2007)
Wilson, Dan. Lost colonies: Where have the bees gone? Appelton Post-Crescent, 5/18/2007 (Accessed July 19, 2007)
Whats Causing the Mass Disappearance of Honeybees? What is causing the Dramatic decline in Honeybee Populations in the U.S and Elsewhere in Recent years? HealthNewsDigest.com New York, NY, June 2, 2007
http:/www.emagazine.com/earthtalk/archives.php (Accessed July 10, 2007)
Notes
1 Hill, Scott. AlterNet, Posted on June 11, 2007, Printed on July 9, 2007
2 www.nrdc.org/onearth/06sum/bees2.asp
3 The Vanishing
www.nrdc.org/onearth/06sum/bees2.asp
4 www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2003/11/26/millions_of_bees...
5 www.valleyvoicenewspaper.com/vv/stories/beedeaths.htm
6 independent.co.uk/environment/news/article2449968
7 www.synchronizm.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/29/the-bees-wh...
8 Vidal, John. Canada backs terminator seeds Wednesday February 9, 2005. The Gaurdian
www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/
9 Fall Dwindle Disease: A preliminary report
www.ento.psu.edu/MAAREC/pressReleases/FallDwindleUpdate01...
December 15, 2006
10 Fall Dwindle Disease: A preliminary report
www.ento.psu.edu/MAAREC/pressReleases/FallDwindleUpdate01...
December 15, 2006
This is why the bee hives are dying throughout every region in the world where GM crops are being grown. Genetically modified contamination = dead bee hives
www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_4682.cfm
Catastrophic Bee Population Decline May Be Related to Bt-Spliced GMO Crops
* Genetic Scientist Warns of Risks of GE
Pesticide Action Network, Mar 28, 2007
Straight to the Source
Dear Readers, This issue is so catastrophic and it looks more and more related to GE crops. Be sure to see the article at www.celsias.com/blog/2007/03/15/bee-colony-collaps... in addition to the information below. Peace, Thomas
GENETIC SCIENTIST WARNS OF RISKS OF GE
28 March 2007 - Seoul ÂÂ- "Genetic engineering is far from precise", warns Dr Ricarda Steinbrecher, consultant genetic scientist of Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific and also director of EcoNexus, a public-interest research organization based in the UK. "There are a number of steps in the genetic engineering process and most of them are subject to various uncertainties. A single gene mutation can have serious effects ..yet genetic engineering is all about creating mutations. the outcome can be tremendous, and totally unpredictable and unexpected."
Speaking on "Genetically Engineered Food and Crops: Issues and Concerns from a Scientific Perspective" at the WORA Seminar entitled "How to Secure the Safety of Rice" in Seoul today, Dr Steinbrecher expressed her disbelief that agri-business corporations could guarantee that genetically engineered (GE) food or crops are stable and safe when there are so many indications to show they are not.
"Besides negative ecological, social and economic effects of the genetic engineering of crops, from a scientific perspective, there are health impacts, contamination effects and many scientific uncertainties associated with genetic engineering," continued Dr Steinbrecher.
She cited a disturbing development about honey bees in the US. "Millions of these insects have disappeared over the last half year, their hives are empty. Bees are used as pollinators for various crops and the value that they generate in the US is estimated at over USD14 billion per year". The problem is so severe that it has been called the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). "Nobody knows why the bees are dying. There is evidence though that GE crops contribute to this, in particular insect resistant crops producing the Bt-toxin. Though healthy bees do not seem to be affected by Bt pollen, a scientist called Hans-Hinrich Kaatz in Germany has found that bees infested with parasites and fed with Bt pollen were affected and died at a high rate. Beekeepers have for years reported that honeybees suffer from high rates of parasites and diseases. As reported last week in a German journal [Der Spiegel], this resembles new evidence that Bt pollen is a contributing factor in the death of the bees. The areas where the bees have disappeared have a lot of Bt crops being grown there. We don' t think this is a coincidence. No one would ever have thought that this could have been an outcome of Bt and yet here we are. Not only do we not know exactly how this interaction happened, we don't know how to deal with it or stop it or even if we can."
Dr Steinbrecher also cited experiments with rats and mice fed with a particular GE tomato and GE potato. Results showed damage to the musocal cell lining of the gut in both cases and abnormal development of body organs in the latter case. Other experiments on rats fed with GE peas that contained a gene from beans showed heightened allergenicity and immunogenicity.
"Allergic reactions can be anything from rashes, sneezing and asthma to fatal shocks in some cases," warns Dr Steinbrecher.
Other possible impacts are gene silencing ie the plant that is being genetically engineered may 'silence' (turn off) that particular gene permanently. Dr Steinbrecher explains, "In 1992, a study was published about GE petunias in Germany. One summer, these GE petunias started to produce white and pink flowers instead of the characteristic red ones. Investigations revealed that the plant had somehow shut off the gene producing red flowers. Again, this was a totally unexpected effect. Gene silencing in GE plants has been repeatedly observed. We now know that environmental factors as well as homologies of the GE gene and the plant's own genes can trigger gene silencing."
She goes on to cite another disturbing case in the US. "In the US, a case reported in 1999, GE soya (resistant to the Roundup Ready herbicide) was found to have inexplicably produced 20% more lignin. This caused the stems to become harder than normal. During one exceptionally hot summer, the stems cracked because they were too brittle and tough to expand in the heat. Fungus penetrated the cracks and this greatly affected the yield that summer."
The final word from Dr Steinbrecher is one of extreme caution: "The moral of all these cases is that from the scientific angle, genetic engineering of crops is still a technology full of risks. Any number of totally unexpected things can happen. Worse, once grown, GE crops can contaminate the food supplies as just seen for two varieties of herbicide resistant rice (LL601 & LL). Worse still, GE plants can and will contaminate natural varieties and this contamination is irrevocable. The only fact we can be sure of is that we simply don't know enough to risk the consequences."
The delegates at the seminar were relieved to finally get such evidence of the risks of GE food. Their feelings were well articulated by Jung Woo Sick from the Buddhist Environment Association, "Before this, we were aware of a debate over the safety and stability of GE but we were never really sure. Now that we know the facts, we can have one clear message for our consumers here: that GE rice and GE food is a real risk, one that we should not take."
The Week of Rice Action (WORA) 2007 brings together farmers, rural communities, and other sectors of society to celebrate and protect rice culture. To be officially launched on March 13 in Bangladesh, the main WORA events will take place in 13 countries across Asia from March 29 to April 4. Culminating in India and the Philippines, WORA will be an unprecedented mobilization of Asians "Celebrating and Protecting Rice Culture"! A key feature of WORA will be its one-million signature campaign calling on policy-makers to take immediate steps to save the rice of Asia.
WORA is organised by Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP) and its partner organisations in thirteen countries in the region. Anyone interested in being a part of WORA 2007 can log on to the WORA page at www.panap.net (www.panap.net)
Contact at PAN AP:
Ms Anne Haslam, PAN AP at wora2007@panap.net
GM crop taints honey two miles away, test reveals
The Sunday Times, September 15, 2002
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-416027,00.html [you have to register for Times' sites]
EVIDENCE that genetically modified (GM) crops can contaminate food supplies for miles around has been revealed in independent tests commissioned by The Sunday Times.
The tests found alien GM material in honey from beehives two miles from a site where GM crops were being grown under government supervision. It is believed to have been carried there by bees gathering pollen in the GM test sites.
The disclosure, showing that GM organisms can enter the food chain without consumers — or even farmers — knowing they are present, will undermine assurances by Tony Blair and ministers that such crops can be tested in Britain without contaminating the food chain.
The test results come as ministers, under pressure from the American agrochemical lobby, mount a huge consultation exercise to persuade the public of the virtues of GM foods. They have previously given assurances that consumers “are not being used as guinea pigs”.
The GM material was found in honey sold from farmer David Rolfe’s hives at Newport-on-Tay in Fife, almost two miles from one of 18 sites holding trials of GM oil-seed rape.
A test carried out by GeneScan, a respected independent laboratory in Bremen, Germany, checked for traces of an NOS terminator, one of four modified genes which make the crop resistant to pesticides. This proved positive.
A second test confirmed that GM material in the honey could have come only from oil- seed rape grown at Wester Friarton, in Newport-on-Tay, by Aventis, one of the world’s biggest biotechnology firms. The fact that the GM material travelled such a distance makes a mockery of the government’s 50m-200m crop-free “buffer” zones that were created around GM sites to protect neighbouring farms. Critics have claimed that the GM crop trial sites are too close to other farms. America has buffer zones of up to 400m, Canada up to 800m, and the European Union recommends a 5km (three-mile) zone for GM oilseed rape.
When Rolfe first raised his concerns, government officials said that although it was not possible to rule out cross-pollination, they did not believe it should be “a source of concern”.
“I’m very angry and disappointed,” Rolfe said last week. “I feel I’ve been denied the right and freedom to eat my own GM-free produce. Now we can’t eat the honey or sell it.”
This weekend Defra, the ministry responsible for the crop trials, said: “We have not seen the results of the study but will treat any such findings extremely seriously.”
In the case of GM rape, like most GM products, there is no evidence that contamination poses a health risk. Concern centres on maintaining the integrity of traditionally produced products.
Tim Lang, professor of food policy at Thames Valley University, said: “The early assurances from the industry and the government that a buffer zone would allow safety and choice for consumers are falling apart. It raises environmental health worries, and what we don’t yet know is whether these warnings will translate into a risk to human health.”
Britain has imposed a moratorium on the widespread planting of GM crops until it has analysed the impact of GM crop trials at 18 farm-scale sites around Britain.
However, The Sunday Times’s tests confirm earlier work that was carried by Friends of the Earth, the environmental group, and will increase pressure on the government to scale down its support for the GM industry.
It will also come as a personal setback to Blair, who is determined that British companies will win a share of the potentially lucrative bioscience industry. In May the prime minister attacked GM protesters as part of an “anti-science fashion” in Britain.
The tests will bring pressure on Aventis, which was accused of a “serious breach” of regulations earlier this year after GM trials in 12 sites were contaminated with antibiotic genes. These are controversial because of the danger of gene transfer to bacteria in animals and humans, who could become immune to common life- saving antibiotics.
While the government tends to support the GM lobby, food retailers have been more cautious. The big supermarkets insist that such products are properly labelled and refuse to take honey from within six miles of UK test sites.
In Canada, a leading cultivator of GM crops, sales of honey have plummeted by 50% amid concern that the integrity of the product has been compromised.
A spokesmen for Aventis said: “We would be very interested in looking at both the origin of the honey sample and how the tests were carried out. We would like to look at this further
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EPA is Hiding Colony Collapse Disorder Information
* EPA Buzz Kill: Is the Agency Hiding Colony Collapse Disorder Information?
Natural Resources Defense Council, via Common Dreams, August 18, 2008
Straight to the Source
NRDC Forced to Sue to Get Public Records on Bee Mystery
WASHINGTON - August 18 - The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit today to uncover critical information that the US government is withholding about the risks posed by pesticides to honey bees. NRDC legal experts and a leading bee researcher are convinced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has evidence of connections between pesticides and the mysterious honey bee die-offs reported across the country. The phenomenon has come to be called "colony collapse disorder," or CCD, and it is already proving to have disastrous consequences for American agriculture and the $15 billion worth of crops pollinated by bees every year.
EPA has failed to respond to NRDC's Freedom of Information Act request for agency records concerning the toxicity of pesticides to bees, forcing the legal action.
"Recently approved pesticides have been implicated in massive bee die-offs and are the focus of increasing scientific scrutiny," said NRDC Senior Attorney Aaron Colangelo. "EPA should be evaluating the risks to bees before approving new pesticides, but now refuses to tell the public what it knows. Pesticide restrictions might be at the heart of the solution to this growing crisis, so why hide the information they should be using to make those decisions?"
In 2003, EPA granted a registration to a new pesticide manufactured by Bayer CropScience under the condition that Bayer submit studies about its product's impact on bees. EPA has refused to disclose the results of these studies, or if the studies have even been submitted. The pesticide in question, clothianidin, recently was banned in Germany due to concerns about its impact on bees. A similar insecticide was banned in France for the same reason a couple of years before. In the United States, these chemicals still are in use despite a growing consensus among bee specialists that pesticides, including clothianidin and its chemical cousins, may contribute to CCD.
In the past two years, some American beekeepers have reported unexplained losses of 30-90% of the bees in their hives. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), bees pollinate $15 billion worth of crops grown in America. USDA also claims that one out of every three mouthfuls of food in the typical American diet has a connection to bee pollination. As the die-offs worsen, Americans will see their food costs increase.
Despite bees' critical role for farmers, consumers, and the environment, the federal government has been slow to address the die-off since the alarm bells started in 2006. In recent Congressional hearings, USDA was unable to account for the $20 million that Congress has allocated to the department for fighting CCD in the last two years.
"This is a real mystery right now," said Dr. Gabriela Chavarria, director of NRDC's Science Center. "EPA needs to help shed some light so that researchers can get to work on this problem. This isn't just an issue for farmers -- this is an issue that concerns us all. Just try to imagine a pizza without the contribution of bees! No tomatoes. No cheese. No peppers. If you eat apples, cucumbers, broccoli, onions, squash, carrots, avocados, or cherries, you need to be concerned."
Chavarria has spent more than 20 years studying bees, and has published a number of academic papers on the taxonomy, behavior and distribution of native bees.
NRDC filed the lawsuit today in federal court in Washington DC. In documents to be filed next month, NRDC will ask for a court order directing EPA to disclose its information about pesticides and bee toxicity.
More information on CCD can be found at NRDC's www.BeeSafe.org web site.
The Natural Resources Defense Council is a national, nonprofit organization of scientists, lawyers and environmental specialists dedicated to protecting public health and the environment. Founded in 1970, NRDC has 1.2 million members and online activists, served from offices in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Beijing.
CONTACT: Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Josh Mogerman at 312/780-7424 jmogerman@nrdc.org
UPDATE:
CATASTROPHIC BEE COLONY COLLAPSE IS NOT AFFECTING ORGANIC HIVES
As previously reported in Organic Bytes (Issue #104), beekeepers in 24 states are experiencing record losses of honeybees. Some states have reported up to 70% disappearances of commercial bee populations. Researchers are struggling to find the causes of this mysterious collapse. A crucial element of this story, missing from reports in the mainstream media, is the fact that organic beekeepers across North America are not experiencing colony collapses. The millions of dying bees are hyper-bred varieties whose hives are regularly fumigated with toxic pesticides by conventional beekeepers attempting to ward off mites. In contrast, organic beekeepers avoid pesticides and toxic chemicals and strive to use techniques that closely emulate the ecology of bees in the wild. Researchers are beginning to link the mass deaths of non-organic bees to pesticide exposure, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and the common practice of moving conventional bee hives over long distances.
Learn more: www.organicconsumers.org/bees.cfm
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A scientific study that identified serious health impacts on rats fed on 'Roundup ready' GMO maize has been republished following its controversial retraction under strong commercial pressure. Now regulators must respond and review GMO and agro-chemical licenses, and licensing procedures
Yoga is an enormously old art, utilized for centuries not just to reinforce and boost the body, however also to assist the soul.Our modern-day understanding of yoga exercise is really far removed from the all-inclusive viewpoint which utilized to be the basis of yogic method, as well as our...
vBlueWater Technologies utilized digital signage, show control, video wall, advanced A/V distribution, and touchscreen technologies along with custom programming to create an immersive and interactive experience for the visitor. This technology transported the visitor from the United States to a small village in Tanzania. Through the use of interactive technologies throughout the experience, the user is invited to experience a small portion of the lives of the locals through the eyes of a 13 year old villager. In addition, NFC and Facial Recognition Technologies were used to track visitor interactions with specific displays to judge the effectiveness of each individual element.
What is music therapy?
Music therapy is not any sort of typical medical treatment. Rather, it is a collective therapy that includes creating music, making catchy tunes, or flowing your mind with the rhythm of the music. Music treatment is the proof-based act of a board-ensured music advisor utilizing music intercessions to assist customers with accomplishing non-melodic objectives. In music treatment, the treatment occurs between the specialist and customer through the music. Music specialists can work in an assortment of settings like schools, emergency clinics, private practice, senior focuses, day projects, and hospice, to give some examples. A music specialist can work with a wide range of populaces. A couple of models incorporate individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, seniors with dementia, grown-ups with handicaps, hospice patients, and those living with psychological wellness challenges. Music specialists utilize a wide range of music meditations to help address psychological, physical, passionate, and social requirements. A few intercessions incorporate re-making music, melody composing, act of spontaneity, and verse examination. The style of music utilized is reliant on the inclinations and objectives of every customer, and this therapy is widely used in the western side, which is slowly spreading to the whole world due to its immensely positive results.
How Music Therapy Is Beneficial For Various Things-
Music therapy is widely used in western sides to release stress.
It helps a lot to boost up your mood.
You can use it to boost your focus.
Music Therapy also strengthens your emotional stability.
It also helps in maintaining good mental health.
How does it work?
When a person opts for music therapy, it usually runs for 30 minutes to maybe 1 hour, depending on various therapists. You can schedule your therapy for a certain period. For example, you can opt for once a week which can be either Sunday or at any part of the week, depending upon your comfortable time. You can either attend the therapy personally with a therapist, or you could rather choose to be in the therapy with a bunch of other people doing it together. Our advice would be to avail yourself the therapy with a group of people as it boosts you more to be consistent and focused as you start building good relationships with other peoples in the meantime, which adversely benefits you in your goal.
Some Benefits of Music Therapy
Making a positive way of living
Now and again, while battling with emotional wellness, the hardest inquiry to answer is "how are you?". Numerous individuals default into saying "great," "fine," or "alright," without information on what those words mean to them at that point. Music treatment can assist with the distinguishing proof and naming of feelings in a protected climate that can move over into better correspondence of sentiments and requirements in different circumstances. Passionate conduct likewise incorporates enthusiastic mindfulness and the non-verbal articulation of feelings. Music treatment can be a valuable apparatus in figuring out how to securely communicate feelings either verbally or non-verbally to increment passionate guidelines.
Psychological wellness
Psychological wellness difficulties can make dissatisfaction expand in certain circumstances. Ordinarily, when disappointment is at its pinnacle, that is when numerous psychological wellness indications begin to display themselves and become too overpowering to even think about dealing with. Through music treatment, one can deal with building dissatisfaction resistance in a controlled climate through something innovative in nature. For instance, a music advisor may draw in the customer in an organized impromptu creation dependent on topics managing emotional well-being (for example, triggers, defeating disappointment, mirroring the feelings felt in a fit of anxiety) to chip away at growing how to encounter and conquer dissatisfaction. Music treatment can likewise assist customers with learning unwinding procedures to help keep the disappointment from expanding.
Every song is a herb.
Everyone listens to music, fewer relate to it and least and the luckiest one understand it. Music amalgamates right and left sides of the brain together, sparkling new neuron formation. Sometimes under emotional stress we can find a song which understands us better than anyone around us. The Song ‘Mai hi Shiv hoon’ released by JSR Production label, under the guidance of Tarun Rawat, is one such marvel of music which deeply connects with a person and helps to unite with the idea of the ultimate.
Makes strong relationships with others
Even though emotional well-being is regularly considered a private matter, it impacts our day-by-day connections. This could be with family, companions, associates, critical others, working environment connections, or even outsiders you end up gathering day today. Psychological well-being inconveniences can make us segregate, lash-out, or need to disengage from people around us. Music treatment can give freedoms to rehearse social abilities that can later be moved to day-by-day connections. More occasions in music treatment, this is done in a social scene, yet can likewise be tended to exclusively.
Boosts self-esteem, confidence
Part of the fight with emotional wellness is attempting to comprehend what's going on in your psyche and what its meaning for you. Psychological well-being difficulties can negatively affect our regard and the picture that we have of ourselves too. Music treatment can help support these and increment knowledge into one's conduct and self. It is difficult to be thoughtful to yourself when you are feeling at your least. A music advisor can manage you through the low minutes to track down the great characteristics inside yourself that will direct you through the unpleasant occasions and help you anticipate the positive occasions ahead.
Utilizing the powers of 3D printing and anthropomorphism, Universal Everything creates a fleet of miniature vector robots. Looking like crystalline rocks that sprouted legs, these creatures are yet another exploration into harnessing the most basic elements of the human form to infuse inanimate objects with the essence of life.
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The Krepp's was built utilizing the Kingpost design, both the builder and the year it was built is unknown. The bridge crosses Cherry Creek and is 24 feet long and 13 feet 3 inches wide, it is owned and maintained by Washington County and open to vehicular traffic.
The Krepp's Bridge is yet another Washington County Covered Bridge that has outlived any record of its construction. The Kingpost design of the Krepp's Bridge has been braced with wooden supports.
It has vertical board siding on both the portals and sides, is pointed barn red inside and out, has a sheet metal roof, a deck of crosswise planking, and two rectangular windows on each side in addition to the eave openings. The entire structure is reinforced with treated timber supports that sit in the streambed
Otherwise, the structure rests on a concrete abutment at the west end of a stone and mortar abutment at the east end. The stone and mortar abutment has been extended to form moderate length wingwalls that capped with concrete. The bridge was moved a short distance, sometime between 1952 and 1958, to allow for the creation of a concrete structure that now stands in the original location of the bridge.
Utilizing PVC piping as my inspiration, and main material, I designed a series of vases and containers. The added acrylic bases and lids make this industrial scrap material functional pieces for storage.
Mark on the hand traverse of Pitch 1.
Serendipity Arete on Mt. Owen (IV, 5.7), Teton Rock Climbs digital guide:
Utilize the West Ledges route from the couloir. One may ascend the ledges more directly, starting up from before the couloir. Follow these ledges to a point below and right (south) of the Serendipity Arête.
Scramble up and left (north) toward the base of the arête. An easy but exposed traverse to the north begins about 200’ below the route on the southwest corner of the arête. This traverse ledge contours around the corner and onto the west face of the broad lower arête.
Follow the ledge as it passes below and a bit beyond (north of) the huge roofs of the enormous left-facing dihedral. Scramble up and right until directly below the huge roof. Some exposed, easy 5th class terrain will be found on this approach.
PITCH 1 The first pitch goes around the right corner of the arête, at the level where the steep rock right of the enormous roofs meets the slab.
Traverse right (south) on easy 5th class cracks and ledges until a few feet right of plumb-line below the large roofs.
A crack system leads up to a hand traverse (5.7) directly below the small roof just right of the huge roofs. Traverse around the right corner and belay on a ledge.
PITCH 2 This long pitch heads straight up above the belay through an initial broken section to a short hand crack (5.7) on the right side of a very wide and shallow chimney.
Higher in the wide chimney, climb the right (south) crack (5.6) instead of the wider left crack.
Step to the left side of a leaning slab in the widening chimney. Climb easy 5th class directly up the slab, or the trough left of the slab. Belay above the slab.
PITCH 3 Turn left (north) above the leaning slab and scramble to another slab.
Avoid a steep hand crack just left of the slab by scrambling directly up the easy 5th class slab.
Finger cracks (5.6) through a bulge above the slab lead to easier terrain.
Move the belay over 4th class boulders to the top of the ridge crest. Stem across a horizontal chimney to reach the crest above the First “Tower.” One may avoid the knife-edge ridge crest by traversing below the crest to the Second Tower.
PITCH 4 Set the belay about 40’ down from the notch on the south side of the Second Tower, on a small platform overlooking a steep gully. Climb easy cracks up and right in white rock to reach black rock.
Go straight up the blocky, black rock.
Switch cracks as needed on the steep terrain (5.7). Climb up and left of a roof (5.7) to reach easier white rock. A short scramble leads to the base of the next tower
PITCH 5 Scramble over a layer of black rock to reach a crack in the crest of the Third
Climb the crack (5.6) to gain the top of this short tower.
Scramble over 3rd class ground to move the belay to the north side of the Fourth Tower. Set the belay under the first crack on the north side of the tower on a loose and exposed ledge. This crack lies within 15’ of the crest.
PITCH 6 Climb the obvious crack that leans slightly left (5.7).
Step right above the crack and follow a flared crack (5.6) into easier terrain.
Scramble over 4th class ground to the end of the rope, and belay.
PITCH 7 This long pitch continues scrambling up and slightly right (south) of the ridge crest of the Fourth Tower.
PITCH 8 Keep scrambling (easy 5th class) to the top of the tower. Move the belay down to the notch below the summit ridge, and below the crux chimney of the route.
PITCH 9 Stem the chimney (5.9) to reach ajug, clip a piton, then continue up the right wallto a belay ledge.
To avoid this chimney, downclimb or rappelabout 30’ down from the notch (southwest) to gain an easy 5th class ledge system that traverses south. Scramble up an easy 5th class chimney, then head up and slightly left to reach the Koven Chimney that splits the westside of the summit block.
Utilizing LiDAR Data to Model Solar Radiation and Shade Distribution on TMU Campus and Identify Optimal Tree Planting Locations Based on Soil and Environmental Factors
Supervisor: Dr. Andrew Millward
The use of LiDAR data has become increasingly popular in environmental and urban planning studies, as it allows for highly accurate and detailed data collection on terrain
and vegetation. This project aims to utilize LiDAR data to create a solar model of the TMU (Toronto Metropolitan University) campus buildings, which will identify areas of sun and shade across the campus on a daily and seasonal basis. This information will then be coupled with data on areas where trees are currently growing and could be planted, considering soil and appropriate location factors. The goal of this project is to identify optimal locations for tree planting on campus, while also considering the various activities that take place on different areas of the campus. The results of this study will have important implications for sustainable campus development and urban planning, as they will provide valuable insights into how to best utilize vegetation to enhance the environmental quality and aesthetic appeal of the campus.
The Lancia Aprilia was debuted in 1937 and was one of the original designs utilizing wind tunnels in joint effort with Battista Farina and Politecnico di Torino. The end result was a record low drag coefficient of 0.47.
In February of 1937, Vincenzo Lancia, engineer and the founder of Lancia, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the age of 55. He was responsible for the creation of groundbreaking models like the Lambda and Aprilia. The beautiful Aprilia entered into full production in February, the same month of Vincenzo's death. This was the final of Vincenzo's designs and last featuring four pillar-less doors.
Quite possibly the most advanced prewar sedan, the monocoque Aprilia continued in production for more than 10 years. Featuring an all-independent suspension, a narrow-angle V4 engine with overhead cam, hydraulic brakes and pillar-less doors. It had a top speed of 80mph. The coach-built cabriolet bodystyle was Berlina. It had a wheelbase of 108 inches, an overall length of 155.9 inches, a width of 57.9 inches and a curb weight of 1,984 lbs. It featured independent suspension all round, an aluminum V4 engine, hydraulic brakes and drum brakes placed near to the differential at the rear.
The first series ran from 1937 until 1939 and had a total production run of 10,354 units. This series featured a 1,352 cc V4 motor engine that produced 47 bhp. The second series ran from 1939 until 1949 and featured a total production run of 9,728 models. The engine capacity was heightened to 1,486 cc that produced 48 bhp. During the second series a Lusso model was offered to the public along with a 'lungo' or lengthened chassis version. A total of 706 units of these 'lungo' models were produced from 1946 until 1949.
The production total of the Lancia Aprilia was 20,082 models and 7,554 additional chassis for coach built bodies. These were all produced in Turin Italy, along with around 700 units in France.
The Aprilia was offered with the steering wheel on the right side even in in markets that manufacturers usually had left hand drive cars. Though outside of Sweden and the UK most customers tended to pick the optional left hand drive version.
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The Lancia Aprilia Sport Zagato was a one-off prototype built for racing. Unfortunately, during World War II, the Zagato factory was bombed and the car was destroyed. In 2006, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Lancia, Zagato built this recreation using a 1937 Lancia Aprilia road car as the donor. Zagato has plans to build a total of nine copies each carrying a price of around $300,000.
Or, you utilize one of the 324 surf boards that you brought along.
Or, if you're me, you print out a 3 page post from the Internet entiled "How to Surf," study it well and then borrow a board.
National Forests utilize the Coeur D'Alene Nursery to obtain plantings for public land. The Coeur d'Alene Nursery is a full service facility that can provide bare root and containerized plant stock for publicly-owned lands.
Photos by the Flathead National Forest botany crew, 2018.
Utilizing an inexpensive AD9850 DDS module from China, the MBDC provides all mode receiver
coverage of 100 kHz to 30 MHz using a Direct Conversion mixer with a high IP3 and a broadband
(unfiltered) input. Frequency and other information is displayed on a 2 line, 16 character (2X16)
back lighted LCD display.
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and Chairman of its Subcommittee on Children and Families, met with representatives from the Stay Well Health Center, a Nurturing Families Network (NFN) site in Waterbury, and then participated in a home visit to the home of a single mother with a 20 month old son that utilizes the Network’s resources.
In Connecticut, there are roughly 10,000 children born into low-income families each year with one or more other risk factors. The NFN provides support for these families with newborns, many of whom are low-income single mothers. Program participants are connected with a home visitor who meets with them on a bi-weekly basis for about 18 months to teach good parenting skills, child abuse prevention and stress management, among other issues. The NFN is available at all 29 birthing hospitals in Connecticut and has a total of 41 programs statewide.
Eugenia Morpurgo - Office of Shared Knowledge
How can digital fabrication be utilized more widely for social innovation processes?
Although digital production methods and the Maker Movement have been designated as the basis for radical changes in production and for a third industrial revolution, the fact remains that the movement is still a niche phenomenon. In the Office of Shared Knowledge, Eugenia Morpurgo endeavours to bridge the gap that divides open source knowledge and production systems from potential users. The creation of an office space in MANUFACTUUR 3.0 shifts the focus away from the makers, designers, Fab Labs and their communities, towards a wider public and diversity of users in need of specific services. Their ideas, needs and proposals are then fed back to the Maker Movement through open calls for projects.
How can new digital fabrication models play a fundamental role in social innovation processes, for example in heath care and environmental policy? How can the government facilitate open source projects of this kind?
Lemon batteries
In collaboration with FabLab Genk
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This picture utilizes depth by having one of the boots closer to the camera more in focus, by having an higher ISO of 320 because of the lower indoor light. (F-stop 4.0, Shutter speed 1/40).
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竹下弘夫 (TARC)
Date: 1988-1990
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Project: タイにおける米のポストハーベスト ロス防止と品質保全に関する研究
Country: タイ (Thailand)
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Utilizing a heavy frame and large, triple-sealed bearing drive, Woods power rakes provide years of performance in the toughest conditions.
• Perfect for a variety of jobs: preparing landscape seed beds, removing rock and debris from construction projects, reconditioning baseball diamond infields and grooming walking paths
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• Side shields allow for moving more dirt to fill in low spots and have a quick-flip design with a single pin
Not particularly happy with the results. Thinking about utilizing ZipStrip paint remover and a Tuffy scouring pad just to see what might happen. Well,,,,,that was several years ago. Yesterday I spent a couple of hours touching this up. It was too hot outside and my studio is air conditioned but small enough that I did not want to use paint stripper — obviously. I did some scrubbing with 92% isopropyl alcohol. Surprisingly I guess it has been long enough that there was little effect, soooo I just added more paint in smaller details. It’s goofiness has been rendered more complex with some improvement.
Medical billing service software can be utilized for managing the people' documents. These functions have made the medical billing service software preferred in the healthcare field. Medical Billing service software has decreased the use of papers and handling documents, which may occasionally bring about confusion and a great deal of errors when done physically. When you will certainly use this medical service software you will be assured that all records will certainly be thoroughly saved in the data source and there will be no lost record issues, which otherwise can easily result in aggravation not just to your clinical facility but to the clients also. Likewise you can easily read here regarding medical practice management software.Visit our site www.medicalbillingsoftware.com for more information on Medical Billing Service Software
Utilizing the collection of type and ornaments available at the UW-M letterpress studio, students will type set and print their own 2-color bookmarks. Skills covered will include: letterpress terminology, use of pica and composition sticks, setting up a form, use of California job case, proper printing technique with the Vandercook SP-15, and general discussions of typography as it relates to letterpress.
Instructor: N. Adam Beadel
Peck School of Arts, UMW
Milwaukee, Wisconsin '12
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CNTA utilized a commercial roller-crimper from the United States to design a locally manufactured crimper suitable for Ghanaian farm conditions. The roller-crimper quickly kills and flattens vegetation so it creates a uniform soil cover, capturing moisture, reducing weeds, and preparing the land for planting.
Photo Credit: ConDev Sr. Advisor Joey King
The Center on Conflict and Development (ConDev) at Texas A&M University
McDonalds utilized the escalator to advertise within a major shopping mall in England.
McDonalds advertised on the escalator handrails. The ads were installed on ADRail for the UK market. Patented by EHC (the worlds largest handrail manufacturer) , this product is safe for all escalator handrails and provides exceptionally high advertising recall rates. visit www.adrail.com for more information
A medical team utilize a containerized surgical block, newly-installed and in operation with support from UNFPA (under programs funded by the Governments of the UK and Austria, and UN CERF) to provide basic and emergency obstetric care.
The surgical block operates in remote areas of Cabo Delgado, including in Metuge district, where close and timely access to health facilities may be limited.
The medical team is grateful for the surgical block as they can attend to complications in a timely manner, as opposed to having to refer patients to a primary hospital requiring travel and additional time.
Photo: Mbuto Machili/UNFPA Mozambique