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Sri Lanka and Geopolitics in the South China Sea
By Raveen Ubeysekera
Geography still matters, especially for economics and politics, and in these aspects Asia plays a prominent role. Asia is the world's largest continent and generally looked at in segments based on geography; as East Asia, South Asia etc. Many scholars predict that the region would play a vital role in the years to come in terms of military presence and probability of conflict. Territorial and coastal disputes are highly likely and tensions in the South China Sea today are indicators of such scenarios. This is mainly fueled by the growing Chinese military reach, expanding militaries of smaller countries and the paranoia of the United States about these matters. In shifting political tides, even smaller countries like Sri Lanka have an important role to play.
Spratly Islands consist of about 100 small islands in the South China Sea, and recently have become vital in terms of politics and territorial disputes. These islands are located in fish rich seas, and potentially gas and oil deposits. However the excess fishing in the area is threatening the fish stock around the islands. About 45 of them are occupied by military personnel of China, Taiwan, and Vietnam and recently by Malaysia and the Philippines. Only economic activities around these islands are commercial fishing by these countries.
Main conflicts
One of the main reasons behind political tensions regarding the South China Sea is China's initiative of building artificial islands in the Spratly archipelago. China has created 8 new artificial islands in the last year. Even though China has halted their operations now, the initiative and the progress made did cause considerable friction between the ASEAN states, United States and China.
The United States claims that China's actions are a threat for freedom of navigation and a violation of International Maritime Law. On these grounds Beijing and Washington have been in a cat-and-mouse game in the past few months which started with U.S. dispatching a P-8 Poseidon patrol aircraft close to one of the artificial islands which was ordered by Chinese military to "leave immediately". There is a history where Chinese forces have confronted U.S. surveillance vessels in China's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) which is 200nm from the coast. Each of these situations has been handled diplomatically but with the new islands, it is interesting to see how the maritime law plays out.
It is difficult to apply economic benefits to explain China's push towards these land reclamation projects. If at any significance, most of the natural resources are outside areas of China's focus. However applying military strategy provides us with better answers to this question. China has already built a runaway on Fiery Cross Reef and increased military presence in the area.
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Outposts in this area give great mobility to Chinese naval vessels as well as aircrafts. Helipads in these areas would multiply the efficiency of China's air based anti- submarine unit. And each of these outposts could act as refueling and re-supply hubs which would give an advantage to their vessels in time of need. This new reach gives China advantage of one of world's most prominent Sea Lanes of Communication (SLOC) which accounts to some $5 trillion in trade and the lifeline for China's regional rival; Japan.
Even though initially China has been vague and brief about any justification of her actions, on the 9th April the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said the following about the purpose of the islands.
[O]ptimizing their functions, improving the living and working conditions of personnel stationed there, better safeguarding territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, as well as better performing China's international responsibility and obligation in maritime search and rescue, disaster prevention and mitigation, marine science and research, meteorological observation, environmental protection, navigation safety, fishery production service and other areas.
The implications and the accountability of such an explanation still remain untested.
Flexing Naval Muscle
Many issues that have strategic implications have a 'causal and effect' mechanism which works along a central issue. With tensions in the South China Sea and the media coverage about the importance of the area and the propensity for future conflict, other nation-states are trying their hand at expanding naval capabilities.
Vietnam's navy is acquiring advanced frigates from Russia and Netherlands, Russian submarines and anti-ship cruise missiles. The Philippines has almost doubled its fleet of surface combat vessels over the past few years. Malaysia is adding new advanced submarines to their fleet and new frigates. These are few examples of the Asian military expansions underway.
Logistic, technical and operational limitations should be taken into consideration by these states before indulging in costly military transactions. Simply, peer competition is not legitimate enough for such expansionist policies but if these states do foresee a threat to national interest, it adds to our argument of the instability in the region.
India and Australia will embark on their first bilateral naval exercise which will be based on anti-submarine warfare. This was mainly triggered with increasing Chinese submarine presence in the region. Over the past year India has been nudged by worries regarding Chinese submarine deployment in the Indian ocean. A visit by a Chinese Song Class submarine to the Colombo port last October sparked slight political tensions between Sri Lanka and India during which India accused Sri Lanka of violating existing protocols. This was topped off with a Chinese Yuan Class submarine visiting Karachi, Pakistan. The increasing ties between Pakistan and China are another burden over Indian analysts and leadership.
How Sri Lanka handled the tensions regarding the Submarine issue clearly made a statement regarding the country's political alliance. However with the changes in Sri Lankan politics recently, India and the United States seem to be having the upper hand in forming new ties. This sort of switching of power alliances has been rare since the end of the cold war. Sri Lanka is situated in the heart of one of the world's busiest maritime routes and even historically been significant for her location. Sri Lankan leadership should not underestimate the leverage they hold over any power bloc rather they need to understand the potential which the country could benefit from, under the circumstances. The island symbolizes the importance of small nation states in global politics as global powers try to extend their reach. The United States have found significant interest in Sri Lanka especially with their top priority security threat in the region; China. U.S. secretary of state John Kerry visited the island in May 2015 signifies the attempt to ease ties between the countries. Nonetheless Sri Lankan leadership should not completely shut doors to the Chinese. 14% of Sri Lanka's imports are from China and Chinese construction companies are indulged in infrastructure projects within the country. This highlights China's economic importance to the small $74 billion (2014) economy of Sri Lanka.
Geopolitics will take an interesting turn over the next few years, especially in areas such as Asia. The changing political dynamics however gives smaller countries like Sri Lanka some leverage over negotiations which should be capitalized to further development processes. This needs to be internalized by both Washington and Beijing which will likely continue to expand their reach over the geographic space.
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Tesla, Australia To Provide Free Solar Panels And Batteries To 50,000 Homes,Elon Musk's Tesla, in partnership with South Australian government officials, announced their free provisions of solar panels and batteries to at least 50,000 homes in South Australia on Sunday. They are turning the solar-enabled homes into the "world's biggest virtual power plant" that could lower energy bills by 30 percent.
In 2017, Elon Musk built the world's most extensive Li-ion battery and has now been operating and providing energy to more than 30,000 houses in South Australia. This project aims to resolve the power outages in the state.
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill said they will now deliver the world's largest virtual power plant after building the world's biggest battery last year. He further said that they would utilize homes to produce energy for the South Australian grid, with participating households benefiting with significant savings in their energy bills.
The companies will conduct their trial to about 1,100 public housing properties. They will be provided with a 5KW solar panel system and 13.5kWh Tesla Powerwall 2 battery, free of charge, that will be financed through the sale of electricity.
After the trial, they will install another network of solar panels and batteries to 24,000 public housing properties and then will commence their plan for at least 50,000 households over the next four years, according to South Australia's virtual power plant website.
Tesla stated that the virtual power plant would be powered by 650-megawatt hours of battery storage and 250 megawatts of solar energy. It further noted that it would deliver a capacity as massive as the gas turbine or coal power plant, according to Phys.org.
Currently, there is ongoing registration for those households who want to participate in the project. The rollout will be financed by the state government with about Aus$2 million or $1.6 million USD grant and an Aus$30 million loan from the taxpayer renewable technology fund.


Treebo Ivy Suites is in the heart of South Kolkata, near Ballygunj Station. Close to all kinds of amenities, markets, malls and some of the best neighbourhoods of the city, this Treebo property is a great base to explore Kolkata. Gariahat market nearby happens to be a bargain hunter's paradise and you can shop for literally anything here, from fruits, vegetables, fishes to designer wears and everything in between. For those looking for malls, Gariahat Mall is close by (270 meters) and the very posh Acropolis Mall with tonnes of options for dining, shopping, and entertainment is 2.9 km. Tourists will love this location not just because of its nearness to the market but to local attractions like Kalighat Temple ( 3.5 km) and Birla Mandir (3.2 km).
The usual offerings from Treebo are complimentary breakfast and Wi-Fi. Apart from that, the hotel offers free parking, laundry services for a charge, ironing board, room service and business event hosting facilties.
All rooms here are air-conditioned and comes with an electric kettle, LCD TV with DTH. Private bathrooms have free toiletries.
Treebo Ivy Suites in Gariahat is 23 km from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. Sealdah Railway Station is 6.5 km from here and the Esplanade bus terminus 7.6 km. Ballygunj local train station is a mere 3 minutes walk. Corporate offices nearby include Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, National Textiles Corporation Limited both within 2.3 km and Kolkata Municipal Corporation is 7 km from here. The hotel can be a good place for medical tourists visiting AMRI ( 3.3 km), Apollo Gleneagles Heart Center ( 2.9 km) and Ruby General Hospital (3.9 km).


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AXEL left Stockholm in the 1980s and concentrated all activities to the Nol site near Gothenburg, Sweden. A new grease plant was built there and inaugurated in May 1982. Shortly afterwards, in 1983, AXEL changed place in the supply chain becoming a B2B provider exclusively dealing with lubricating greases. The "Customised Label" era was born.
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A Muslim-Free Parliament in Myanmar
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By Oren Samet
Myanmar's upcoming elections risk further the country's slide away from the much-touted democratic success story.
Election season has officially kicked off in Myanmar. Candidates from more than 90 registered political parties are currently campaigning around the country to win votes in what many are expecting to be the freest election Myanmar has seen in over half a century.
The vote, which is scheduled to take place on Nov. 8, marks a potential milestone for a country that spent nearly 50 years under a series of repressive military regimes.
But the campaign has a dark side. Rising animosity toward Muslims, who make up between 4 and 10 percent of Myanmar's total population, has infected campaign rhetoric and seems to be influencing the decision-making of key actors involved.
For the United States and other Western governments, who are hoping a successful election will allow them to turn a final page on decades of efforts to isolate Myanmar's military-controlled regime, these developments are proving to be an unwelcome reality check on Myanmar's transitional progress.
Muslim politicians have become the latest victims in a broader campaign against Islam's perceived creeping influence in Myanmar. Dozens of Muslim candidates were recently rejected by state and local election commissions around the country. Authorities deemed them ineligible on grounds that their parents were not citizens, a claim fiercely disputed by the candidates themselves. (To run for office in Myanmar, constitutional provisions mandate that both of the candidate's parents must hold Myanmar citizenship.)
Citizenship is a touchy issue in Myanmar, where existing legislation restricts full citizenship rights to a defined number of "indigenous" ethnic groups. But never before have citizenship disputes been so religiously charged, and the grounds for rejecting many of the candidates seem to defy basic logic.
For instance, one of the rejected candidates, U Shwe Maung, is already a sitting member of parliament. He appealed the decision all the way up to the Union Election Commission — the nation's highest electoral authority — to no avail. Throughout the appeal process, he was not given the basic due process rights and provided an opportunity to present evidence in his defense — par the course for a country where the rule of law is already judged by exceptionally low standards.
Candidates haven't been the only targets. Many Muslim voters remain off the rolls for 2015, despite being included during the last general election in 2010 (an election widely seen as marred by fraud). Most of these are members of the beleaguered Rohingya minority that primarily live in the western part of the country near Bangladesh.
It's not only the ruling authorities that have excluded Muslims from participating, either. The leading opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), failed to nominate a single Muslim candidate. A party official later admitted that qualified Muslim politicians were deliberately passed over. This omission by the party that's widely expected to win the most votes means the likelihood of any Muslims making it into parliament is low.
The election commission and the NLD likely felt a need to cave to popular pressure. Since inter-communal violence rocked western Myanmar's Rakhine State in 2012, the country has witnessed an alarming spike in anti-Muslim sentiment. Rohingya Muslims on the country's periphery have been the principal targets. But while longstanding animosity toward Rohingya has historically been cast in ethnic terms, the current discourse has become increasingly about religion.
Buddhist extremism is driving anti-Muslim sentiment. Buddhist nationalist groups, including a prominent association of extremist monks, have consistently warned of the threat the country faces from Muslims in its midst. Now they seem to be pushing for a Muslim-free parliament. And it appears increasingly likely that they will get their wish.
Since the transition to a nominally civilian government in 2011, Myanmar has emerged from intense international isolation. Its government, led by President Thein Sein, has embraced international investment and support as it has eased media censorship, released hundreds of political prisoners, and cautiously backed a shift toward quasi-democracy.
For the United States and other Western governments, the upcoming elections represent an opportunity to further and consolidate that change. The election could bring to power Aung San Suu Kyi and the pro-democracy opposition, which Western actors have supported for years. Such an outcome would validate the Obama administration's approach to Myanmar, one which administration officials — most notably former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — have described as a key foreign policy accomplishment.
But as candidates and voters face complete disenfranchisement and religious extremism rears its ugly head, it appears the elections will not be the democratic coronation many have been hoping for.
Several Western governments recently highlighted this concern, issuing a statement decrying the candidate rejections and the broader lack of transparency. In response, the Election Commission reinstated 11 previously disqualified candidates — an apparent gesture toward inclusiveness the government hopes might allow this issue to blow over entirely.
The exclusion of Muslims is far from the only credibility problem the elections face. Errors on recently compiled voter lists, concerns about the integrity of voting procedures, and the cancellation of polling in certain conflict-plagued regions also threaten to undermine the legitimacy of the vote.
But as opposed to these concerns, few inside Myanmar seem to believe that the exclusion of Muslims is even a problem. With no domestic appetite to combat religious discrimination, the elections — along with a potential Muslim-free parliament — risk furthering Myanmar's already precipitous slide away from a democratic success story.


Although I am behind on the course content for one class, I couldn't resist Anna's newest class, ArtsyFlowers. I love photographing flowers and thought this course might be just the thing I needed to create my own multimedia artsy flowers for the fotoinspired pages I am creating for a book on flowers. I began viewing Anna's video lessons with this specific photo open on a new blank document in Photoshop. As Anna demonstrated the process with her photo, I applied her techniques with brushes, transfers and textures using my photo. I learned that while my process involved more layers for my flower type, I could repeat with the same materials on the different petals. Basically, once I had a couple of petals done, I knew what to do to get the same look on the rest of them.
Below is what my finished multimedia flower looked like. It is a combination of materials provided by Anna for the course, as well as two other brushes, a transfer from ArtPlay Palette Vintage Summer, some artsy stains, threads from UrbanStitching Misc No. 1 and file 8 from UrbanStitchez No. 1. I also added a few splatters. Once I finished my artsy flower, I wanted to use it on a page.
I placed the layers of template 1 from Hipster Plume Template Album No. 1. I placed my flower over the fotoblendz mask and deleted it from the layers panel. I duplicated the photo twice and clipped it to the small frames, extracting the petals from one frame edge. I tacked down one frame with file 4 from UrbanThreadz No. 7.
I then began turning back on some of the template layers that were above the fotoblendz mask that I had deleted. I clipped the same transfer from ArtPlay Palette Vintage Summer or recolored the stains. I added a few splatters.
Finally, I rearranged the position of the stains that were below the fotoblendz mask and again clipped a copy of the coneflower photo or the same transfer from ArtPlay Palette Vintage Summer, moving them around to ensure nothing looked the same.
Not only did I love the course content for creating my own artsy flower, but I used one idea from the course for reshaping stains on the template to better fit with my needs. I will be using the course content again. In fact, I think I'm going to rework what I did with some pansies first. ArtsyFlowers is definitely worth the time to explore if you are into photographing flowers.
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This is just lovely, Linda! Your artsy coneflower is very life-like.
Thanks Trish, glad you like it! Anna's course is great!!!


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However, finally I found a working solution. Setting the Windows SDK Version to 10.17763.0 produces a working executable for Windows 7, the newer SDK versions do not. How can this be explained? Am I doing something wrong or is it a bug? The latest Windows SDK supposedly supports Windows 7 SP1 still so why does it still cause this DLL problem?

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Former Manchester United star Clayton Blackmore believes the Red Devils should re-acquire the services of Zlatan Ibrahimovic when the transfer window reopens at the turn of the year. The 37-year-old was a huge success for the Red Devils during his debut season between 2016 and 2017 but he was sidelined with a serious knee injury towards the end of that campaign.
Thereafter, he could not quite make the breakthrough to the starting XI and he was ultimately allowed to join LA Galaxy on a free transfer in March 2018. Zlatan has since been a huge success with a staggering 49 goals scored from 53 appearances and the veteran has personally acknowledged that he could favour a comeback with the Red Devils previously.
As a result, Blackmore has now presented the suggestion that the Swede should be re-signed by the Red Devils, given he can act as the target man for the young attackers to prosper around him, he tweeted: "I definitely think we should ask Zlatan to come back, we need a target man – he's the best target in the world. 6ft 5in black belt, he's proved in the MLS he can still do it.
"I thought we let him go because his knee was dodgy – we've now given Zlatan and Rooney [away] for nothing. We won [the] Europa League, League Cup and Community Shield when he played for us. We need a target man so all our kids with pace can play off him [in a] 4-4-2 [system], and close [them] down quicker. Here ends the lesson, it's a no-brainer."
The Red Devils have made an average beginning to the season and they have accumulated just eight points from the opening six games. Their away form has continued to remain a concern once more with just two points accumulated from three league matches on the road. Manchester United are scheduled to face Arsenal in the forthcoming league encounter.
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Q: The directory name of obj/Debug/android/src/{name space} is a MD5 hash? In Xamarin Android, I am working with a DialogPreference class and need to access the full path of the class from the XML. I was having a hard time doing it and checked the obj/Debug where I found this:

The name of the namespace is "IntervalAndroid", and all the corrosponding files are placed in the directory with the hash name.
What am I doing wrong?

A: I suspect you have updated to Xamarin.Android 5.1, and that this md5 directory is a consequence of the breaking change in the "name mangling scheme for Android Callable Wrappers".
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*The release notes: http://developer.xamarin.com/releases/android/xamarin.android_5/xamarin.android_5.1/#Breaking_Changes

*The "Android breaking changes" section of the release announcement on the forums http://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/37277/stable-release-xamarin-android-5-1-0-breaking-changes-new-features-and-bug-fixes/p1


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Q: Touchpad doesn't respond when power is plugged Upon upgrading Ubuntu 11.04 through 12.04 on a Dell System, the touchpad doesn't respond until the power plug is unplugged. Any idea why? To better clarify the behaviour of the touchpad: The touchpad moves in slow motion when the power is plugged otherwise, it works perfectly.

A: My guess is that there might actually be something wrong with the power supply as suggested in this clip from Wikipedia:

If the computer is powered by an external power supply (PSU), the
  detailed construction of the PSU will influence the virtual ground
  effect; a touchpad may work properly with one PSU but be jerky or
  malfunction with another (this does not imply any electrical risk
  whatsoever, a delicate capacitative ground, not a contact ground, is
  at issue). This has been known to cause touchpad problems when a
  manufacturer's PSU, which will have been designed to work with the
  touchpad, is replaced by a different type. This effect can be checked
  by touching a metallic part of the computer with the other hand and
  seeing if operation is restored. In some cases touching the
  (insulated) power supply with some part of the body, or using the
  computer on the lap instead of on a desk, while working can restore
  correct operation.

Maybe try another charger and see if the problem resolves.

A: As I said here and some other people say, a fast workaround is to touch notebook ground: Make a couple of loops around power plug with a clip and touch it while using the touchpad. You can also use any USB cable, just plug it and touch the other end, the metal shield (grounded). You can buy or make a DIY anti-static grounding wrist strap connected to the notebook ground (USB or clip/power plug), like  Roreru's answer.
It's a ground loop problem with Synaptics touchpad (Dell Inspiron 14 in my case), maybe related to a bad power supply. I'll edit this reply if other PSU fix the problem.
More info here and here.


The core of patient-centered healthcare is to engage the patient in decisions about their own care and treatment.
Shared decision making (SDM) has been defined as "an approach where clinicians and patients share the best available evidence when faced with the task of making decisions, and where patients are supported to consider options, to achieve informed preferences".2 It can also be defined as a process in which patients are involved as active partners with the clinician in clarifying acceptable medical options and choosing a preferred course of care and treatment.3 This would also take into account the patient's needs, desires and lifestyle.
SDM is not just about sharing information, but also honoring the patient's preferences, which are influenced by psychological, social and emotional factors.
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Q: Notepad++ virtual left padding after gutter? Is there a way to add some sort of padding or "virtual spacing" along the left edge of a file in Notepad++?
I don't want the spacing to actually be in the file, just a bit of virtual separation from the gutter.
Is this possible?

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A Plugin can make help to achieve the same name LuaScript
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*Install and setup value for editor.MarginLeft using plugins->LuaScript->edit startup script

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A: Actually, there is a space reserved for the folding feature, similar to what you want, but you need to set the language of the file (for php and most of the languages it does do and for normal text it doesn't).
You can set this feature in

Settings>Preferences>Editing  Folder Margin Style

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A: I was finally able to make it look like there is a margin on the left by going to:
Settings => Style Configurator, and then under Style: => Fold margin, I made the Foreground colour and the Background colour the same color.
At least it made it look more like I wanted it to look (easier to read).
I'm using Notepad++ v7.8.4 (32bit)
It was the best I could do for myself, hope it helps.


I'd been looking forward to this Kangaroo Valley Wedding for some time now. Matt and I used to work together back in my office-job days, and it's always a pleasure to shoot a mate's wedding.
Matt and Christine's Kangaroo Valley Wedding took place at the picturesque Kangaroo Valley Bush Retreat – about as Ozzie a location as possible, especially fitting since half the guests were coming from Germany to Australia for the first time.
One of the benefits of having a wedding all in the one location is that it makes it much easier to include the little ones. As you'll see in the photos, a certain little one got a lot more involvement than had been planned, but it all worked out as one of the most heart-touching ceremonies I've seen in a long time.
The party to end the reception also deserves a special mention, with Matt taking to the drums for one last thrash with his former band, the awesome Furnace and the Fundamentals.
If you're planning your wedding and looking for venues, I'd highly recommend somewhere in the great outdoors like this Kangaroo Valley wedding. It helps if you're the kind of awesome bride like Christine who doesn't mind getting her heels a bit dirty too! Get in touch with me today to reserve your wedding date.
Congratulations to Matt & Christine!
Off to the 'cathedral' we go!
Time to test out those heels, Christine!


State College, PA, located in Centre County, PA, is the largest designated borough in Pennsylvania. Bellefonte, PA, the Centre County seat, is just 10 miles away. State College is a college town, dominated economically and demographically by the presence of Pennsylvania State University. Interstate 99 passes through State College, making access to Interstate 80 to northern Pennsylvania cities a few minutes travel.
Sargent's Court Reporting State College, PA, office, which is located in downtown State College, a block from the Police Department, opened in 1997.


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Ladder Rewarded Elevated Plus Maze
The Ladder variant of the Elevated Plus Maze was originally described by Bettis Et al (2009). In the ladder elevated plus maze, each arm comes with a wire mesh ladder that functions like a speed bump to increase the energetic cost to choosing an arm. A ladder is included on one arm to allow escape into an environmentally enriched area.
In the original protocols, a surrounding environment is included to encourage movement off of the elevated plus maze. This includes four plastic tunnels with different in color and textures (5 cm diameter × 14 cm length) and a round barrier of transparent acrylic (70 cm high, 122 cm diameter). Other environmental enrichments include artificial flowers, colored foam, a hula hoop, and hard plastic shapes. This is not included in the base price but can be ordered separately.
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Price & Dimensions
Arm Length: 45 cm
Arm Width: 4 cm
U-shaped wire mesh ladder (8 cm high) is fixed to the maze arm.
Height: 31 cm above a white floor
Flooring: 122 cm × 122 cm × 5 cm
A ladder (4 cm × 34 cm) is included and constructed from white acrylic (1 cm × 1 cm cubes)
U-shaped wire mesh ladder (12 cm high) is fixed to the maze arm.
Optional Flooring: 183 cm × 183 cm × 7.5 cm
A ladder (6 cm × 50 cm) is included and constructed from white acrylic
The Ladder Rewarded Plus Maze is an adaptation of the conventional Elevated Plus Maze. This elevated maze exploits the natural tendency of the rodents to explore novel objects and environments to assess place learning. In addition to the elevated height, the Ladder Rewarded Plus Maze also uses 'speed bumps' on each arm to increase the energetic cost associated with each arm. Unlike the traditional Elevated Plus Maze, the motivation aspect of the Ladder Rewarded Plus Maze is the reward for exploring novel objects placed in unexplored areas. The novel area is accessible via the goal arm that has been equipped with an invisible ladder. This paradigm allows understanding of how, and if, intra-maze and extra-maze cues affect the place learning performance of the rodents.
The Ladder Rewarded Plus Maze consists of an elevated '+' shaped maze with unwalled arms. Each arm is equipped with a wire mesh bump that the rodent must cross to reach the end of the arm. Of the four arms, one arm is equipped with an invisible ladder that leads the rodent to the unexplored area below. As a reward for finding the correct goal arm, the subject is given novel objects, such as tubing, to explore. The entire maze and the exploration area are enclosed within a barrier to prevent the subject from exiting the test area. Visual cues such as geometric shapes and plastic flowers are often attached to this barrier to be visible from the arms of the maze.
Apparatus and Equipment
The Ladder Rewarded Plus Maze consists of an elevated plus maze with 'speed bump' structures. The arms are perpendicular to one another and are of the dimension 45 x 4 cm. Each arm has a U-shaped wire mesh of height 8 cm attached to it, to increase energetic cost of choosing the arm. The entire maze is at an elevation of 31 cm above the floor. The maze and the exploration area (floor) is enclosed within a 70 cm high and 122 cm diameter transparent acrylic barrier. One of the arms is attached with an invisible ladder made of latticed plastic (1 x 1 cm cubes) to allow access to the floor (exploration area).
Training Protocol
The Ladder Rewarded Plus Maze and the exploratory area is cleaned before and after every trial to avoid unnecessary stimuli from influencing the performance of the subjects. Intra-maze cues are attached to the circular barrier in an offset position from the arm directions. Extra-maze cues are also used, which can be masked by white curtains to surround the maze area. The entire apparatus is well-lit. For tracking and recording, software such as the Noldus Ethovision XT can be used.
Pre-training
Pre-training for each subject is carried out to habituate to the subjects to ascending and descending the mesh 'speed bumps' and the ladder. Four trials, two trials familiarize with descending on ladders and two for climbing the mesh, are performed. An inter-trial interval of 20 seconds is maintained. The sample arm (equipped with the speed bump) and the ladder led to the subject's home cage.
Training on the Ladder Rewarded Plus Maze
The arms are labeled (North, South, East, and West) for the ease of tracking and recording. The exploration area consists of tubes as a reward for the correct choice. The subjects are assigned either the East or West arms as the goal arms and are released from one of the non-goal arms chosen pseudo-randomly. Each training session consisted of 3 trials, with inter-trial interval lasting between 60 to 90 seconds. During the interval, the maze is rotated to minimize association of odor cues or symmetry imperfections with goal arm location.
When the subject chooses the correct arm by climbing to the top of the speed bump, it can descend the ladder to the exploration area. The exploration area consists of tubes that the subject is allowed to explore, as a reward, for 20 seconds (Bettis and Jacobs, 2009) . The training and testing last between 3 to 5 hours and is conducted on the same day.
Probe test
Probe sessions consist of 3 training trials and one probe trial. The probe trial is carried out between the training sessions and immediately after the training criterion is fulfilled. The ladder is removed, and the subject's choices are observed for 60 seconds in the probe trial. The probe trials are carried out in the following order,
Probe 1: All intra-maze cues including the tubes from the maze and the exploratory area.
Probe 2: Extra-maze cues are masked using a white curtain around the maze area.
Probe 3: Intra-maze cues are removed, and extra-maze cues are masked.
The goal arms and start arms are counterbalanced across the trials to eliminate side-turning bias effect. The measure of performance is limited to the first choice the subject makes. (Bettis and Jacobs, 2009)
The performance measure of place learning is based on the first choice of the subject. During the sessions, the number of error (entry into non-goal arms) is recorded. A subject is said to have met the criteria for place learning if it correctly chooses the goal arm as the first choice in two consecutive sessions.
Strengths & Limitations
The Ladder Rewarded Plus Maze is a novel adaptation of the Elevated Plus Maze. The maze eliminates aversive conditioning and food deprivation often associated with an Elevated Plus Maze. The place learning task employed is reward based that exploits the natural tendency of rodents to explore novel environments and novel objects. The 'speed bump' feature on the maze arms adds an energy cost factor to arm exploration. The Ladder Rewarded Plus Maze is also a good maze to assess spatial strategies used in cognitive mapping.
The Ladder Rewarded Plus Maze can be time-consuming with each session lasting over 3 to 5 hours every day. The performance of the subjects in the maze could be influenced by the type of reward or their handling. It is important to rotate the maze between trials to avoid the influence of any odor trails or asymmetry in the maze from affecting the performance. Other factors that could potentially affect the performance include auditory and olfactory cues surrounding the test area.
Summary and Key Points
The Ladder Rewarded Plus Maze is an adaptation of the conventional Plus Maze.
The Ladder Rewarded Plus Maze uses reward motivation to assess place learning.
The arms of the maze are equipped with 'speed bump' mesh to increase energy cost associated with each arm.
One of the four arms serve as the goal arm and is attached with an invisible ladder that leads the subject to the novel environment and novel objects.
Probe sessions are carried out under three different conditions in the following order: without intra-maze cues, without extra-maze cues, and without both intra- and extra-maze cues.
The Ladder Rewarded Plus Maze doesn't use aversive motivation such as food deprivation.
Bettis TJ, Jacobs LF (2009). Sex-specific strategies in spatial orientation in C57BL/6J mice. Behav Processes. 82(3):249-55. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.07.004.


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Kaina Lisibach's professional dream is to become a product marketing manager and work towards making tech products more inclusive. She's a senior at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where she's majoring in business administration and management. She's so grateful that her journey has been supported by mentors, educators, family, friends, and organizations who have invested and believed in her. "Being a New Face of Tech means a lot to me; it's a sign that I'm going in the right direction and the resources I will receive as part of this grant will be priceless as I embark on my career especially at this pivotal moment," she says.
It means being an advocate for those who come after me, as I receive resources that allow me to get closer to my goals. Personally, I'm honored to receive this show of support as I pursue my dreams to work in the tech industry.
There are many things that must be done if we want to accomplish equity and equality in STEAM. According to data from Pew Research, this sector has outpaced the growth of overall employment in the country, growing 79% since 1990. Yet, women only make up 25% of the tech workforce, and "Asian women make up just 5 percent of that number, while black and Hispanic women accounted for 3 percent and 1 percent, respectively."
It's obvious that there's a disconnect between this boom of opportunity and the accessibility provided to historically underrepresented groups. One way to improve this is to ensure that HR teams reflect the talent that companies wish to find.
Forming recruiting partnerships with organizations that aim to build talent pipelines of high-achieving individuals from diverse backgrounds, such as Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) which I am actually a part of, can also go a long way in bridging these gaps. Furthermore, promoting mentorship and committing to sponsorship is vital to improving equity in the long term. In other words, those who hold a seat at high-powered tables must advocate to bring others there. Personally, one of my goals is to be able to leverage my experiences as I progress through my career to help other women who aspire to break into technology and assist them in achieving their goals.
As a first-generation college student and daughter of Venezuelan immigrants, access to knowledge has definitely been one of the biggest challenges I have faced. Even when I was applying to college, it was an obstacle to figure out how to navigate the whole process. Then, when I arrived at college and started realizing everything I would need to do to get to where I wanted to go professionally, it took years of trial and error to understand how to break into corporate America, specifically the tech industry.
In fact, I didn't even find out about business roles in tech like product marketing until my second year in school. There were also many semesters when I was juggling three jobs/internships and spending countless hours building my network from scratch in order to make myself competitive for the type of positions I wanted to obtain.
While I believe I have been able to stay focused on my goals mostly due to the work ethic that I developed as a result of my background, there have definitely been moments of doubt when I questioned if my hard work would ever pay off. I once came across the saying "you didn't come this far to only come this far" and that mentality is one that has guided me during difficult times. I also remain motivated by the possibility of, one day, having the resources and being in a position that allows me to empower others from my community; others who have big dreams, but who might find it hard to access the opportunities that can get them to their dreams.
It will go towards the cost of finishing my business degree as well as educational pursuits to bridge any gaps in my technical knowledge. My education will allow me to excel as a CEO of a digital services business and in my full-time product marketing role which I will be starting in 2021. This, in addition to the career coaching generously provided by HARMAN, will help kickstart my career in technology.
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As Smart Cities emerge across the globe, there is a 'huge opportunity' in Africa to embrace and evolve towards this concept. This is the view of Mahmoud El-Banna, Head of Digital Industries Sales for China, India and MEA at Nokia. He talks us through some of the existing and new initiatives in the region, as well as how Nokia is at the forefront of such projects across the globe, including Africa.
Mahmoud El-Banna, Head of Digital Industries Sales for China, India and MEA, Nokia.
The African continent is poised to leapfrog other continents when it comes to the adoption of Smart City technologies. The Smart City industry is expected to grow exponentially over the next couple of years, with International Data Corporation expecting spending on Smart Cities in the Middle East and Africa region to cross the US$4.4 billion mark in 2025.
For years a lack of infrastructure has been cited as one of the continent's biggest drawbacks. The lack of infrastructure, however, means that countries in Africa can implement smart technologies without incurring the cost of maintaining legacy infrastructure, paving the way for the emergence of Smart Cities at a rapid rate.
According to Mahmoud El-Banna, Head of Digital Industries Sales for China, India and MEA at Nokia, there is a huge opportunity in Africa to evolve towards the Smart City concept.
"Smart Cities are focused on three important pillars for country and community – smartness, safety and sustainability. The level of emphasis on each of the pillars differs between countries, depending on the needs and focus of that specific country," he said.
"Smart Cities are developed to address sustainability and safety issues, which represent some of the most fundamental issues faced by the continent today. The enablement of safety specific use cases such as smart surveillance, video analytics, crowd control and central command and control platforms will directly address the safety pillar and provide safer lives for the citizens of African countries."
As the world continues to focus on preserving natural resources, sustainability becomes a priority.
"Key sustainability use cases such as smart water, smart grids and the digitalisation of key sectors such as mining and oil and gas will become key priorities over the next couple of years as governments in Africa strengthen their commitment to environmental sustainability," said El-Banna.
Smart Cities emerging as part of Digital Transformation
With most countries in Africa prioritising Digital Transformation, developing Smart Cities is one of the core focus areas in their plans. Already, there are a few national and private initiatives for Smart Cities in Africa at multiple scales and levels and this is expected to grow over the next couple of years.
"The new administrative capital city in Egypt represents a prime example for the establishment of the Smart City model, along with the multiple other Smart City initiatives underway in the country. Apart from Egypt, we see multiple Smart City initiatives in South Africa, Nigeria, Rwanda and Kenya, to name a few," he said.
Egypt is building a new administrative capital as a megacity to host more than seven million inhabitants.
"The city will host a major governmental district where all the governmental entities will operate from the city in the future. Situated in the far eastern part of Cairo, the city is built according to the latest modern standards of Smart Cities with state-of-the-art use cases providing a unique living experience to the citizens of the city. It also includes a new monorail line that links the city to the city centre in Cairo," said El-Banna.
Egypt is also establishing a handful of other Smart Cities across the country. New Alamin is a major expansion on the north-western coast of Egypt on the shore of the Mediterranean. The city will host a couple of million inhabitants in the future with full governmental, educational, healthcare and transportation infrastructure. Other initiatives include Galala city, new Mansoura and major renovation in other cities in upper Egypt.
Proper transportation across the country is also critical to Smart City success.
"The ministry of transport in Egypt is currently building two monorail lines that connect the Eastern part including the new capital of Cairo to the West. Egypt is building a high-speed rail line that will connect all the major cities in the country including the new ones. The line will start from Al Ain El Sokhna, passing by the new capital to New Alamin and Marsa Matoruh," El-Banna said.
"New residential districts offering the latest standards of Smart Cities are also being developed by the private real estate sector in Egypt. There are already multiple examples and showcases in the country and some real estate developers have already announced the establishment of a 5G-based city."
He added that Smart Cities play a pivotal role in boosting countries' economies and improving GDP.
"It creates a massive opportunity for foreign and local investors to establish new projects inside the Smart Cities, such as real estate, transportation, manufacturing and energy-related projects. Smart Cities also help in preserving natural resources, contributing to the reducing the wastage of these resources and improves the lifestyles of citizens, which in turn increases productivity."
Nokia at the forefront of Smart City initiatives
Nokia is at the forefront of Smart City projects across the globe, as well as in the Middle East and Africa.
"We have a strong proposition for Smart Cities through our comprehensive technology stack, which addresses multiple layers within these projects. Nokia provides a unique offering for connectivity networks in Smart Cities based on a combination of wireline fibre broadband access and wireless 4G/5G access which enables a seamless experience to the city operators to enable multiple use cases.
"The use cases range from high-speed residential and enterprise Internet access to a variety of Internet of Things (IoT) use cases and specific safety-related use cases," said El-Banna.
"Nokia also provides a very powerful offering for IP and optical networks which represents a robust backbone layer for the city traffic. On the application and security control layer, Nokia is focusing on a selective offering to control and manage the IoT layer deployed in the city through the company's IoT and device management platform, unified IT layer for billing, charging and orchestration purposes, command and control platform to manage and control all city operations and comprehensive cyber security stack with a focus on managing all security aspects of the deployed networks in Smart Cities."
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What is Your United Way's Purpose?
As we enter into a new year, many people have made resolutions to improve in various aspects of their life, from choosing to eat healthier or going to the gym more often, to traveling more frequently or spending more time with family and friends.
At your United Way, you have probably reviewed how you did the previous year and set a goal to raise more money this year. However, as workplace giving decreases and campaigns continue to decline, many United Ways across the country have recognized that something needs to change in order to succeed.
The essential question you must be able to answer is "What is your United Way's purpose?" However, just like New Year's resolutions, it can be challenging to have the discipline to answer this question.
The good news is that we are here to guide you. During our Introductory Board Retreat, we will facilitate a conversation with your board and staff about your United Way's reason for existence, and whether your United Way exists to raise money or make an impact. If you feel passionately that your role is to serve as a fundraiser in your community, then it's important to have a conversation about what you are currently doing, whether or not it's working, and to discuss ideas for how to improve and be the best fundraiser you can be in your community. However, if you decide that making an impact in your community is your United Way's purpose and you truly want to maximize your impact, then you may want to consider looking at becoming issue-focused.
During our retreat, we will explain what it means to become issue-focused and share the benefits of being issue-focused. Your board and staff will leave the retreat with an understanding of how to maximize your impact with an issue focus, and with enough information to determine if an issue focus is the right direction for your United Way.
Don't wait to have this important conversation – make the commitment to get this year off to a great start by scheduling a retreat to have a conversation with your board and staff about your United Way's reason for existence.
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United Auto Workers union backs Democrat Biden for president
FILE - In this March 15, 2020, file photo, former Vice President Joe Biden, participates in a Democratic presidential primary debate with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., not seen, at CNN Studios in Washington. This may be the best of times politically for Biden, who won three massive endorsements over the last week, none bigger than former rival Bernie Sanders. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
DETROIT – The United Auto Workers union is endorsing Democrat Joe Biden for President.
The roughly 400,000-member union says in a statement Tuesday that the nation needs stable leadership with less acrimony "and more balance to the rights and protections of working Americans."
The union says Biden has committed to reining in corporate power over workers, encouraging collective bargaining, and making sure workers get the pay, benefits and protections they deserve. Biden also has committed to expand access to affordable health care, the union said.
Union negotiators are currently in talks with Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler about restarting U.S. factories that have been closed for the past month due to fears of spreading the coronavirus. "This issue demonstrates the need for presidential leadership to follow the guidance of science and give workers a seat in discussions over their safety and well-being," the union's statement said.
In its own statement, President Donald Trump's campaign said Biden voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement, and said workers know Trump always puts America first.
The UAW usually backs Democratic candidates, but internal polls showed just over 30% of its members voted Republican in the past three presidential elections.
The union represents about 150,000 workers with Detroit's three automakers. But its membership also includes factory workers in other industries as well as nurses, casino workers, and university graduate assistants.


Tucked away from the modern boulevards of Karasuma and Oike Streets is Shishin, which means the heart of samurai in Japanese.
With nightfall, as darkness blankets over the city, the charcoals on the heath takes on a warm red glow, breaking the ice as I met the owner for the very first time.
Set inside a historic merchant's house, this is not just a place to go back in time, but to rediscover how your thoughts and actions can contribute to world peace and understanding.
As you can imagine from his dreams, Mr Hamamura is softly spoken yet filled with passion. Sometimes you may see him, with his period drama like beard and in the traditional samurai garb of an indigo cotton cloth, on his way to Doshisha University. As we sit crossed legged in the tatami room around the charcoal heath, Hamamura san recalls his tales on the Silk Road, and with the small bookcase of novellas and coffee table books behind us, it is like we have been given a private audience with an old friend, rather than eating at a restaurant. If we were here a century or so ago, perhaps Ryoma Sakamoto, a visionary who reformed feudal Japan, would have joined us around our little campfire, drinking sake and eating the choicest Ohmi Beef. Little did I know, but this Shiga beef is even more of a delicacy than Kobe Waygu beef, and in between our deep conversations about world peace, bushido and food sufficiency, he would seamlessly stoke the charcoal or keep a watchful eye over his izakaya style skewers, each to be savored in quiet deliberation. It wasn't a rushed or heavy meal, as we remembered his concerns about the shame of wasting food. Rather, we would study each morsel, remembering the story of the farm or the waterway where it came from, and then lovingly dip each succulent morsel into the soy sauce or dip before taking it all in. The now fashionable concept of paddock to plate takes on another dimension with Mr Hamamura. If we can limit our food intake so we don't have to take it from other countries, we may play our part in eliminating a cause of war.
There is something about a charcoal grilled meal that spoke of warmth and community. It is as if each skewer of sweetfish or beef filet had taken in the glow of the red embers, themselves taking on a honeyed, caramelized glaze, a bit like meeting someone bronzed and suntanned from a tropical holiday.The butterflied sweetfish is just lightly marinated in soy and sesame, which doesn't overwhelm the fish, but makes it so finger licking delicious, you want to chew at the tail.
Of course, if you don't want to sit cross legged on a tatami mat, the more conventional wooden tables and chairs are comfortable without compromising on the charm of dining at a machiya, a traditional merchant's house. You may have a view of the small garden or the hearth by the window. The small space ensures intimacy, but you should book or come early to avoid disappointment.


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You are increasingly likely to be fined for lockdown breaches, say police
"It is preposterous to me that anyone could be unaware of our duty to do all we can to stop the spread of the virus."
Britain's most senior police officer has warned coronavirus rule-breakers they are "increasingly likely" to face fines as forces move "more quickly" to enforce lockdown restrictions.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said it was "preposterous" that anyone could be unaware of the need to follow the stringent measures designed to curb Covid-19 cases.
Writing in The Times, she said: "It is preposterous to me that anyone could be unaware of our duty to do all we can to stop the spread of the virus.
"We have been clear that those who breach Covid-19 legislation are increasingly likely to face fines."
However, her comments came as law enforcement sources told the Guardian that police officers would not enforce mask-wearing in supermarkets – despite a Government crackdown on compliance.
Gut bacteria could be secret to ending Long Covid, study says
New rules for holidays and travel come into force this week in England
Supermarket chain Morrisons said on Monday that customers who refuse to wear a mask without a medical exemption will be told to leave stores, while Sainsbury's also said its security staff would "challenge" shoppers who were not wearing masks or entering stores in groups.
Meanwhile, ministers are reported to be mulling over introducing tougher measures in England, with the wearing of face masks outdoors and banning exercise with people not in their household bubble said to be under consideration.
Tory former health minister Steve Brine led calls for an end to non-essential takeaway sales, including coffee, telling BBC Two's Newsnight: "There are so many things that we are doing, which are allowed in the rules… but I just don't think they are wise right now."
Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned on Monday that the NHS is under "very significant pressure" and told the public to reduce all social contact that is "not absolutely strictly necessary" in a bid to cut cases.
His warning came as NHS England data showed there were 32,070 Covid-19 patients in English hospitals as of 8am on Monday. The figure is up 20% compared to last week, and up 81% since Christmas Day.
A further 529 people died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus as of Monday, bringing the UK total to 81,960 – though separate figures show there have now been 97,000 deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK.
Mr Hancock told a Downing Street press conference: "The NHS, more than ever before, needs everybody to be doing something right now – and that something is to follow the rules.
"I know there has been speculation about more restrictions, and we don't rule out taking further action if it is needed, but it is your actions now that can make a difference.
28 areas no longer getting regular post thanks to Royal Mail Covid
Boris Johnson advises people how to behave in supermarkets
"Stay at home, and please reduce all social contact that is not absolutely strictly necessary. That's what is needed: act like you have the virus."
He said vaccination was the "fastest route to safely lifting restrictions" and the Government was on track to vaccinate the 15 million people most at risk by the middle of February.
Almost 2.3 million people in the UK have been given a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, according to new figures, while 388,677 second doses have also been given.
In other developments:
– Prince Charles warned that by destroying the natural world "we are making ourselves ever more vulnerable to all sorts of diseases and problems" – and said: "This pandemic won't be the last one if we're not very careful."
– The United Arab Emirates was added to the UK's travel quarantine list, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced, meaning anyone who arrives in England from the UAE after 4am on Tuesday will need to self-isolate.
– Sitting on a park bench for a "short pause" during exercise is reasonable, but leaving the home just to sit in public is unlawful under coronavirus rules, Downing Street said amid confusion over the regulations.
– Boris Johnson was accused of hypocrisy after reports that he went cycling at the Olympic Park in east London on Sunday – seven miles from his home – after imposing sweeping Covid restrictions on others.
– Two women who received £200 fixed penalty notices after travelling to a reservoir for a walk around five miles from their homes have had their fines rescinded, Derbyshire Police said.
– Scientists advising the Government want the social distancing gap to be increased from "one metre plus" to "two metres plus", according to the Daily Mail.
Elsewhere in the UK, Wales's health minister Vaughan Gething said people should consider keeping their masks on in public places if they are "out and about".
In Northern Ireland, First Minister Arlene Foster defended the pre-Christmas easing of coronavirus restrictions as hospitals struggle to deal with surging admission numbers.
And in Scotland, the coronavirus detection rate was said to be the worst of the UK nations, according to a report from former prime minister Gordon Brown's think tank.
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An Italian Feast Fit For A Tot!
Last year I talked about eating out with kids. The Dream V The Reality. Let's be honest with two small children it can be a bit of a nightmare. So when we were invited to try the new 'The Strada Squad' kids menu at Italian restaurant Strada in The Mailbox, Birmingham? I was more than a little worried. However? Over two hours later, we left happy, full and clinging onto a balloon!
Often when you go to an Italian the kids menu is a bit too posh for kids (well for my kids) however this new menu is perfect. There are veggie dippers or garlic flatbread for starters. The mains feature a range of simple Italian dishes including pizza, risotto and carbornara amongst others things. As well as chicken and steak for those little ones that aren't a fan of Italian dishes.
Now here is the good bit all are mains served with a salad or fries. And I don't mean fancy fries that the kids won't eat? Nope. PROPER fries. Amazing. My two happily tucked into the starter and then tackled the chicken and chips. And whilst we were waiting they happily coloured in their menus and played with the stickers provided.
I ate off the set menu and enjoyed some bruschetta and an amazing mushroom pizzetta. I may also have indulged in a prosecco whilst the lovely staff allowed my two to make their very own pizzas. Due to a snoozing boy (HOORAY!), my girl ended the meal with two puddings including a strawberry ice-cream and a apple and mango lolly. She was living the dream! Well for a four year old.
For further information or to find a Strada restaurant near you check out their site here!


Children can dive into the oceans to discover shimmering shoals of fish, colourful corals, deadly reef predators and more in this new Smart Kids book! Packed with incredible facts this first reference book features amazing underwater photography. An ideal introduction to the bustling underwater world of the coral reef.


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Fast rail: Travel from the Coast to Brisbane in 45 minutes
LEADING VOICE: Fairfax MP Ted O'Brien has been pushing hard for the Sunshine Coast rail upgrade. Patrick Woods
by Sarah Barnham
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Sarah began writing in 2014 and for The Observer in 2015. She left the region in 2017 for a reporting stint at the Sunshine Coast and returned to her hometown one year later. From day one she has had a keen interest in police, court and crime reporting.
18th Jan 2018 5:00 AM | Updated: 9:24 AM
THE Sunshine Coast has been shortlisted for a fast rail project that would slash travel time to Brisbane to 45 minutes.
The project, North Coast Connect, is being pushed by an alliance of Queensland federal MPs, led by Fairfax MP Ted O'Brien, and a high profile corporate consortium, including Stockland, KPMG, Urbis and Smec.
Mr O'Brien said the project would revive the CAMCOS link, which would provide a branch line up the coast from Beerwah to Maroochydore. It would also involve an upgrade of the line to Nambour.
The MPs have called on the Turnbull Government to hand over a hefty chunk of the $10 billion funding under its National Rail Program.
The project was the only Queensland submission to make the short-list of 11 from the original 26 proposals.
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Only three will receive a slice of funding, with the winning projects to be announced med-February by Urban Infrastructure Minister Paul Fletcher.
Mr O'Brien said the project could cost anywhere between $3-$5 billion, and would have the potential to create thousands of jobs.
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"Connecting the new CBD and new international airport to fast rail would deliver huge economic and social benefits to our region," he said.
"The fast rail would hugely relieve pressure from the Bruce Highway.
FAST RAIL: The project would see transport from the Coast to Brisbane take just 45 minutes. Courier Mail
"And of course, it provides a dream opportunity to revitalise Nambour.
"If we can get fast rail, as opposed to the standard 100-year-old rail here on the Coast, where somebody can wake up in Nambour at 7am and be sitting at their desk in Brisbane's Adelaide St by 8am then we open up so many opportunities.
"This is far more than a transport solution. It's a vision for a better-connected Queensland and a better-connected Sunshine Coast."
Mr O'Brien said if successful, the Federal Government would fund 50% of the business case for the project with State Government, the Sunshine Coast Council and the private sector to fill the gap.
But the business case could take anywhere from 18 months to two years to finish and up to 10 years for the full project to completed.
However, Mr O'Brien said the fast rail from Brisbane to Nambour would be built within five years.
"There is no game- changer bigger for the Coast than this," he said.
"It's big and its bold.
"What we need to really get the project going in a ticket of unity among all governments, the community and investors.
"With a complicated project like this, it is expected there will be hurdles, but you don't get into politics to walk on egg shells the whole time."
Member for Fisher Andrew Wallace has also throw his support behind the project.
"Sunshine Coast Federal LNP Members understand that our transport woes will not be cured by simply adding lanes to the highway," he said.
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Why We Ask the Big Questions
Jun 18, 2019 | posted by Charles Wiener	| Asia Pacific, Collaboration, Health Innovation, Latin America, Medical Technology, Middle East, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Research | No comments
For more than a century, Johns Hopkins physicians and scientists have investigated the roots of wellness and made countless advances in medicine — developing breakthrough treatments that change lives.
These men and women pioneered surgery for breast cancer, developed CPR, invented the first implantable pacemaker, described the role of Vitamin A to prevent blindness and identified the enzymatic mechanism of aging. Our researchers — Nobel Prize laureates and winners of the Lasker Award (the "American Nobel") — push the boundaries of biomedical discovery. Today, they assess genetic, biologic, clinical and lifestyle data to develop health solutions that are more personalized and precise.
Our investigators are examining how Big Data can reveal broader trends to expand preventive care and improve disease management. They have made the greatest strides in understanding how to individualize cancer treatments using novel biologic inhibitors and immunotherapy. Led by Hopkins' "bench to bedside" approach, we are entering the era of individualized tumor therapies.
Johns Hopkins has evolved into an internationally recognized and well-resourced powerhouse for research. Of all U.S. academic medical centers, we receive the most federal funding and were the first to receive more than $2 billion. We also dedicate the most in total research and development spending, according to the National Science Foundation.
Why is research so important to us? We conduct innovative research, improve diagnostics, make technological breakthroughs, and advance patient safety and quality for one reason: to improve the health of the community and the world.
Exponential Benefits
Our record and resources help us provide the best care for patients who travel to Johns Hopkins from all over the world. Patients benefit from our deep sources of data, cutting-edge diagnostics and technological advances, such as minimally invasive, robotic and laparoscopic techniques.
Our clinicians draw upon the latest research to coordinate and deliver the top-quality care to patients here and at our global affiliates. And we don't confine our research to the basic science laboratories; we also conduct investigations on the clinical wards. For example, we connected researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and two of our affiliates — Al Rahba Hospital in the United Arab Emirates and Hospital Moinhos de Vento in Brazil.
Together, they investigated how they might be able to customize and use HopScore, an electronic triage tool that Hopkins developed. Their joint research shows that HopScore works well in diverse settings — and could work at any emergency room in any hospital across the globe. Sharing this technology has great potential to reduce subjectivity and inform clinical decision-making that will get patients the right care faster.
Besides sharing information so affiliates can apply our medical advances directly at the local level, we also provide training and work with them to develop their own research programs.
At Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá (FSFB), our Colombian affiliate, we are involved in a collaborative emergency medicine residency that not only is training the next generation of ED physicians at the hospital, but also increasing the capacity for independent research while improving clinical operations and patient safety.
FSFB residents teamed up and selected a research topic related to clinical operations or quality improvement that became the focus of a one-year research project. Their projects yielded valuable insights related to bed occupancy, resident burnout, treatment guidelines for specific conditions and lab processes that will help enhance patient care in an in-demand department.
Experts from Johns Hopkins and Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare co-lead a clinical research course and workshop that is helping realize JHAH's goal to launch its own research program and advance medical discovery in Saudi Arabia. More than 30 physicians, nurses and pharmacists participated in the interactive course, titled "Introduction to Clinical Research Methodologies," and began developing research projects they then presented at JHAH's first Research Day held last December. A follow-up course was offered earlier this spring at the second annual JHAH Research Day.
At Johns Hopkins Medicine International, we bring together the best minds to conduct research that may lead to important health discoveries and move medicine forward. We see that firsthand through research collaborations made possible through our global affiliations.
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import React, { Component } from "react";
import { connect } from "react-redux";
import { withRouter } from "react-router-dom";
import { Checkbox } from "office-ui-fabric-react/lib/index";
import {
  paramsToQueryString,
  queryStringToParams,
  trackEvent
} from "../../helpers";

import * as Constants from "../shared/Constants";
import "./SideBar.css";

class SideBar extends Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      filters: this.props.initialFilters
    };
  }

  isChecked(category, item) {
    return this.state.filters[category].includes(item);
  }

  checkboxclicked(ev, checked, category, item) {
    var currentFilters = this.state.filters;
    var categoryArray = currentFilters[category];
    if (!checked) {
      categoryArray = categoryArray.filter(i => i !== item);
    } else {
      categoryArray.push(item);
    }

    currentFilters[category] = categoryArray;
    this.setState({ filters: currentFilters }, () => this.ChangeUrl());
    trackEvent(`/filter/change/${category}`, currentFilters);
  }

  ChangeUrl() {
    var params = queryStringToParams(this.props.location.search);
    delete params["technology"];
    delete params["language"];
    delete params["solutionarea"];
    if (this.state.filters.technologies.length > 0) {
      params["technology"] = this.state.filters.technologies.join();
    }
    if (this.state.filters.languages.length > 0) {
      params["language"] = this.state.filters.languages.join();
    }
    if (this.state.filters.solutionareas.length > 0) {
      params["solutionarea"] = this.state.filters.solutionareas.join();
    }

    this.props.history.push(paramsToQueryString(params));
  }

  render() {
    const checkboxStyles = index => {
      return {
        root: {
          marginTop: index === 0 ? "9px" : "0px",
          marginBottom: "5px"
        }
      };
    };

    return (

Filter by

          Technology
          {Constants.technologies.map((technology, index) => (
            <Checkbox
              styles={checkboxStyles(index)}
              label={technology}
              key={technology}
              defaultChecked={this.isChecked("technologies", technology)}
              onChange={(ev, checked) =>
                this.checkboxclicked(ev, checked, "technologies", technology)
              }
            />
          ))}

          Language
          {Constants.languages.map((language, index) => (
            <Checkbox
              styles={checkboxStyles(index)}
              label={language}
              key={language}
              defaultChecked={this.isChecked("languages", language)}
              onChange={(ev, checked) =>
                this.checkboxclicked(ev, checked, "languages", language)
              }
            />
          ))}

          Solution Area
          {Constants.solutionAreas.map((solutionarea, index) => (
            <Checkbox
              styles={checkboxStyles(index)}
              label={solutionarea}
              key={solutionarea}
              defaultChecked={this.isChecked("solutionareas", solutionarea)}
              onChange={(ev, checked) =>
                this.checkboxclicked(ev, checked, "solutionareas", solutionarea)
              }
            />
          ))}

    );
  }
}

const mapStateToProps = state => ({});

const mapDispatchToProps = {};

const SideBarContainer = connect(
  mapStateToProps,
  mapDispatchToProps
)(SideBar);

export default withRouter(SideBarContainer);