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New US research finds "worrying" evidence linking Monsanto weedkiller to cancer
New research by top US government scientists has found that people exposed to the widely used weed killing chemical glyphosate have biomarkers in their urine linked to the development of cancer and other diseases.
The study, published last week in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, measured glyphosate levels in the urine of farmers and other study participants and determined that the presence of the pesticide was associated with signs of a reaction in the body called oxidative stress, a condition that causes damage to DNA. Oxidative stress is considered by health experts as a key characteristic of carcinogens.
The authors of the paper – 10 scientists with the National Institutes of Health and two from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – concluded that their study "contributes to the weight of evidence supporting an association between glyphosate exposure and oxidative stress in humans." They also noted that "accumulating evidence supports the role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of hematologic cancers," such as lymphoma, myeloma and leukemia.
"Oxidative stress is not something you want to have," said Linda Birnbaum, a toxicologist and former director of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences. "This study increases our understanding that glyphosate has the potential to cause cancer."
The study findings come after the CDC reported last year that more than 80% of urine samples drawn from children and adults contained glyphosate. The CDC reported that out of 2,310 urine samples taken from a group of Americans intended to be representative of the US population, 1,885 were laced with detectable traces of glyphosate.
Glyphosate is the most heavily applied herbicide in history, both in the US and globally. One of the best-known glyphosate-based products is Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller. Roundup has been used by farmers as well as consumers for more than 40 years. Monsanto has always assured the public and regulators that exposure to the weed killer does not pose a threat to human health, but many independent scientists say there is a wealth of evidence to contradict those assurances.
People are exposed to glyphosate by using products made with the chemical and also by eating food and drinking water contaminated with the pesticide. Scientists have found glyphosate residues in an array of popular foods and in waterways across the US.
Notably, in the new paper, the NIH and CDC scientists said that while their study focused on farmers who were exposed to glyphosate when they sprayed it on fields, they saw similar results in "non-farmers."
The findings suggest "these effects may apply more broadly to the general population who are primarily exposed through ingestion of contaminated food and water or residential applications," the study authors wrote.
The study is so significant that it warrants regulatory attention, said some independent scientists.
"This is a top level team of investigators and a highly credible study to which regulators need to pay attention," said Phil Landrigan, a pediatrician and epidemiologist who worked for years at the CDC and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and now directs the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College.
Michael Antoniou, a scientist with the department of medical and molecular genetics at King's College in London who has been researching glyphosate for years, said the results were "worrying," with "major health implications."
Common food additive associated with type 2 diabetes risk
By Grace van Deelen
Chemical compounds commonly used to cure ham, bacon and other meats are associated with type 2 diabetes risk, according to new research.
Nitrites are often used to extend the shelf life of food products. While harmless nitrites also occur naturally in foods, nitrite additives have been linked to certain cancers. A study published this week in PLOS Medicine has determined another health risk from the chemicals: type 2 diabetes. Researchers found people with elevated intake of nitrites, specifically from food additives and drinking water, had a higher risk of eventually developing the disease.
The study authors wrote that their findings show a "direct association" between nitrite additives and type 2 diabetes risk. The study is the first to find an association between the chemicals and type 2 diabetes.
The research team, which included scientists from the World Health Organization, the University of Paris, and Sorbonne University, used data from a nationwide study of over 100,000 French adults that tracked their dietary choices and health status between 2009 and 2021. From that data, the team estimated nitrite exposure. Participants with higher exposure to nitrites from food additives, and specifically those with higher exposure to sodium nitrite, had a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Processed meats were the biggest source of nitrite additives consumed by study participants, at 60%, followed by ready-to-eat meals with processed meats at 16%. Other foods with processed meats made up virtually all of the nitrite consumption.
Fishing fans take note: New study shows eating what you catch could be hazardous to your health
People who eat just one US freshwater fish a year are likely to show a significant increase of a cancer-causing chemical in their bloodstream, new research warns.
An analysis of US government data derived from more than 500 fish samples revealed that the majority of freshwater fish in the country are highly contaminated with per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at levels almost 300 times higher than those found in commercially farmed fish, according to the paper published recently in the journal Environmental Research.
Importantly, perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), a type of PFAS known to be particularly harmful, was the largest contributor to total PFAS levels found in the fish, averaging 74% of the total, according to the study. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers PFOS a hazardous substance that "may present a substantial danger to human health."
The research found that eating one serving of fish at the median PFOS contamination level was equivalent to consuming one month's worth of drinking water contaminated at 2400 times the recommended health advisory limit set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The study determined that "even occasional consumption" of fish meals would likely be a significant source of exposure.
Locally caught fish represent an important US food source, especially for people living on a low income. About 660,000 people in the US eat fish they catch themselves 3 or more times per week.
"Consuming a single freshwater fish could measurably increase PFAS levels in your body," said David Andrews, a senior scientist at the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and one of the authors of the paper. "These fish are incredibly contaminated."
California produces far more food than any other US state, but we throw a lot of it away. Meanwhile, more than one in five Californians don't always know where their next meal is coming from. Food insecurity is higher among Black and Latino households, and inflation is making the problem worse.
Now the state is aiming to relieve hunger by reducing food waste – and at the same time, help to address climate change.
A state law that was passed in 2016 but took effect this year, requires businesses and facilities that sell or serve food to donate edible food they would otherwise throw out to local food banks. Grocery stores, wholesalers and distributors had to start donating earlier this year. Restaurants, hotels, schools, hospitals, state office cafeterias and event venues must comply by January 2024.
According to the state agency CalRecycle, Californians send more than 11 billion pounds of food to landfills every year. Nationally, about 80 billion pounds of wasted food goes to the dump yearly, making food the single largest constituent of municipal landfills.
While not all discarded food is fit to eat, the newly implemented law – SB 1383 – requires that by 2025 California will recover 20% of wasted food to feed people in need. Washington State has the same goal, but by mandating fines for non-compliance, California's is the strongest "food rescue" measure in the country.
Rescuing edible food is only one front in the war on food waste.
Amid calls for ban on weed killer linked to Parkinson's, a battle over science
When US regulators issued a 2019 assessment of the widely used farm chemical paraquat, they determined that even though multiple scientific studies linked the chemical to Parkinson's disease, that work was outweighed by other studies that did not find such links. Overall, the weight of scientific evidence was "insufficient" to prove paraquat causes the brain disease, officials with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared.
The EPA reiterated its assessment in a 2021 report. The agency said after extensive analysis of numerous factors, including concerns about Parkinson's risk, it determined farmers could safely continue to apply the weed killer across millions of US acres to help in the production of soybeans, corn, cotton and an array of other crops.
The determination has been significant for Syngenta, the longtime maker of paraquat weed killers. The company is facing calls in the US for a paraquat ban, as well as more than 2,000 legal claims brought by farmers and others alleging they developed Parkinson's disease because of their exposure to paraquat.
Syngenta cites the EPA assessment of the science on paraquat in defense of the pesticide, and says scientific research "does not support" a causal relationship between the chemical and the disease. On a Syngenta-run paraquat information website, the company highlights several studies it says also backs that position, including many conducted by company scientists or by outside scientists who received company funding for their work.
Last week the Guardian and The New Lede reported that internal corporate records show Syngenta had knowledge of science linking paraquat to Parkinson's decades ago but sought both to refute the evidence with various secret tactics. The documents are available at the Paraquat Papers Media Library.
US farmworker, health and environmental advocacy groups say in contrast to the corporate science, research conducted by independent scientists provides abundant evidence of paraquat's ability to cause Parkinson's and other health dangers, and the EPA is improperly discounting that body of research.
More than 50 groups have called for the US to follow the lead of dozens of other countries in banning paraquat. The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research submitted a petition to the EPA with 107,000 signatories calling for a ban. The foundation cited a study that found people exposed to paraquat in their teens or as young adults had an increased Parkinson's risk of 200 to 600 percent, depending on the overall exposure.
Secret "Paraquat Papers" reveal corporate tactics to protect weed killer linked to Parkinson's disease
For more than 50 years, Swiss chemical giant Syngenta has manufactured and marketed a widely used weed killing chemical called paraquat, and for much of that time the company has been dealing with external concerns that long-term exposure to the chemical may cause the dreaded, incurable brain ailment known as Parkinson's disease.
Syngenta has repeatedly told customers and regulators that scientific research does not prove a connection between its weed killer and the disease, insisting that the chemical does not readily cross the blood-brain barrier, and does not affect brain cells in ways that cause Parkinson's.
But a cache of internal corporate documents dating back to the 1950s obtained by The New Lede in a reporting collaboration with the Guardian suggests that the public narrative put forward by Syngenta and the corporate entities that preceded it has at times contradicted the company's own research and knowledge.
And though the documents reviewed do not show that Syngenta's scientists and executives accepted and believed that paraquat can cause Parkinson's, they do show a corporate focus on strategies to protect product sales, refute external scientific research and influence regulators.
In one defensive tactic, the documents lay out how the company worked behind the scenes to try to keep a highly regarded scientist from sitting on an advisory panel for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agency is the chief US regulator for paraquat and other pesticides. Company officials wanted to make sure the efforts could not be traced back to Syngenta, the documents show.
And the documents show that insiders feared they could face legal liability for long-term, chronic effects of paraquat as long ago as 1975. One company scientist called the situation "a quite terrible problem," for which "some plan could be made…."
High levels of toxic PFAS found in pesticides used in farming
By Shannon Kelleher
Widely used pesticides contain concerning levels of toxic "forever chemicals" called PFAS, adding to concerns about the human health risks posed by pesticides that are used in growing food, according to a study published last week.
The study found a type of PFAS called PFOS at levels hundreds of thousands of times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers safe in 6 out of 10 insecticides tested, including malathion, one of the most commonly applied insecticides in the world.
PFOS was found at levels ranging from 3,920,000 to 19,200,000 parts-per-trillion (ppt), far higher than the EPA's health advisory for PFOS in drinking water, which is set at 0.02 ppt. PFOS is no longer manufactured in the US and has been linked to cancer, as well as problems with the liver, thyroid, and immune system.
PFAS chemicals, including PFOS, were also found in soil samples, corn kernels, string beans, and peanuts that had been sprayed with pesticides at a government research laboratory in Lubbock, Texas, where the study was conducted.
"The level of PFAS absorption by plants detected in this study suggests that this exposure pathway poses a major threat to the safety of our food supply," Tim Whitehouse, executive director of the government watchdog group PEER, wrote in a Sept. 26 letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan.
"For this reason, it is quite possible that PFAS in our food is a bigger PFAS exposure pathway than water. This threat is not merely to the safety of U.S. agriculture but of the world's food supply, as these pesticides are widely applied in other countries," Whitehouse wrote in the letter.


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Current Mark Zuckerberg Net Worth 2023
Mark Zuckerberg is an inspirational figure for many. He has gone from a college student to the co-founder and CEO of Facebook, one of the world's most influential companies. But how did he get there? What other ventures has he been involved in? And what is the current Mark Zuckerberg net worth? This blog post will explore these questions and more as we closely examine Mark's journey toward success. We'll cover topics such as early life and education, the founding of Facebook, philanthropic ventures, and other businesses that have helped him achieve this success. So if you're curious about how much of a net worth Mark Zuckerberg still has after his expensive metaverse pivot or want to learn more about his inspiring story – read on!
Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984, in White Plains, New York, to Karen and Edward Zuckerberg. His father is a dentist, while his mother is a psychiatrist. He has three sisters: Randi, Donna, and Arielle. Growing up in Dobbs Ferry, New York, Mark showed an early interest in computers and technology from a young age.
At Ardsley High School, Mark excelled academically and developed an interest in programming languages such as Atari BASIC and C++. After graduating high school at 16, he attended Harvard University, where he studied computer science and psychology. During this time, he created Facemash, which allowed students to compare two photos side by side with the ability to vote for who they thought was more attractive; it quickly became popular among students but got him into trouble with the university administration due to its controversial nature.
In 2004, Mark dropped out of Harvard after launching The Facebook, which later became known as Facebook; It started as a social network for college students but eventually expanded worldwide, becoming one of the most successful companies of all time with approximately 3 billion users around the world.[1] In addition to creating Facebook, Mark also had interests outside of technology, including fencing (he competed nationally) and classical music (he plays piano).
Founding of Facebook
The Idea Behind Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg had the idea for a social media platform while attending Harvard University in 2004. He wanted to create an online space where people could connect and share information easily. The concept was revolutionary at the time, as no other website offered this service.
Initial Funding and Growth of the Company
To get his project off the ground, Zuckerberg sought out investors willing to fund his venture. After receiving initial funding from Peter Thiel and others, he launched "The Facebook" in February 2004 with help from fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes, and Andrew McCollum. Initially limited to Harvard students only, it quickly spread across college campuses nationwide before becoming available worldwide by 2006.
As its user base grew exponentially over the years, so did its social influence. It has become one of the most popular websites in history, with more than 3 billion monthly active users. It's a powerful tool for businesses looking to reach potential customers through targeted advertising campaigns or organic content-sharing strategies. Furthermore, it has been credited with connecting people around the world like never before, allowing them to share ideas and experiences regardless of their physical location or cultural background. Building Facebook, holding a large share, and taking it public equity created most of Zuckerberg's net worth. The stock price after the IPO was in an uptrend over the last decade until 2022, when it plunged due to unhappy investors with the financial effect of the metaverse pivot.
Philanthropic Ventures and Other Businesses
Mark Zuckerberg is well known for his success as the founder of Facebook, but he has also been involved in several philanthropic and business ventures. His charitable giving has supported causes ranging from education to health care, while his other businesses have included investments in virtual reality technology and artificial intelligence.
Zuckerberg's Charitable Giving and Causes Supported: Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have donated billions of dollars to various causes through their philanthropic organization, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). Their donations have supported education initiatives such as coding classes for underserved communities, research into curing diseases like cancer, providing internet access to remote areas worldwide, and more. They are also committed to fighting inequality by investing in organizations that help marginalized groups gain access to the resources they need for success.
In a bold move, Facebook changed its name to 'Meta.' This decision reflects CEO Mark Zuckerberg's dedication to what he dubs the "metaverse": a bridge between the digital and physical worlds. Through Meta, Zuckerberg hopes to make augmented reality more accessible and bring people together in new ways. It's an ambitious vision that could have far-reaching implications for how we interact with technology and one another. Whether it succeeds or flops, the rebranding of Facebook as Meta signals a fundamental change in the company's direction, led by Zuckerberg's passion for immersive experiences. It will certainly influence his wealth in the years to come.
In addition to running Meta, Mark Zuckerberg has invested in several other companies, including Oculus VR (virtual reality), Andela (software development), Asana (workplace collaboration software), and Breakthrough Energy Ventures (clean energy). He is also an active investor in AI startups such as Vicarious Systems, which focuses on developing artificial general intelligence systems. These investments demonstrate his commitment to innovation and belief that these technologies can be used positively if implemented responsibly.
Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world. According to Forbes, his net worth is estimated at around $46.6 billion, making him the 26th wealthiest person on Earth.
The future of this figure is tied to the success of Meta in the metaverse and other company ventures.
Bloomberg reported that his net worth reached $142 billion in September 2021. This correlated with the highest closing price of Facebook (ticker FB) stock (now META) when it was $382.18 on 09-07-2021.[2] It's been over a year since social media giant Facebook rebranded as Meta at the Facebook Connect conference on October 28, 2021. [3]
Assets Owned by Zuckerberg: Mark owns several assets, including his 13.6% stake in META. According to an SEC filing, as of December 31, 2021, Zuckerberg owned 13.6% of the company, which makes up most of his wealth. He also invests in other tech companies, such as SpaceX and Lyft, and has real estate holdings across California and Hawaii. In addition to these tangible assets, he holds many cash reserves for future investments or philanthropic endeavors.
Overall, it is clear that Mark Zuckerberg has achieved tremendous success both financially and professionally over the years – something many aspire to but few ever achieve. With an estimated net worth surpassing $80 billion dollars, it is safe to say that he has made quite a fortune from his various business endeavors.
FAQs About Current Mark Zuckerberg Net Worth – 2023
How much is Mark Zuckerberg worth right now?
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder, and CEO of Facebook (Meta) is currently worth an estimated $46.6 billion as of January 2023. He is one of the world's wealthiest people and has made his fortune through investments in various tech companies, primarily Facebook. His wealth had increased significantly since its initial public offering in 2012, when he was worth around $19 billion. Zuckerberg has also donated billions of dollars to charitable causes over the years. He is an active philanthropist and has used his wealth to support the causes he believes in.
Who is the richest man in the world in 2023?
According to Forbes, the richest man in the world in 2023 is the Chairman and CEO of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Bernard Arnault. According to Forbes, his estimated net worth as of 2023 is $193.5 billion, and it's predicted that he will maintain his position at the top of the list for a while as the gap has widened.
Where is Mark Zuckerberg on the list of Richest People in the World in 2023?
Mark Zuckerberg is predicted to have a net worth of nearly $46.6 billion by 2023, making him the 26th wealthiest person globally that year.
His success has been driven by his ambition, hard work, and ability to recognize and capitalize on opportunities. From founding Facebook to investing in philanthropic ventures to investing in new and forward-thinking technologies, Mark Zuckerberg has proven himself a leader who can bring about positive financial and social change. However, his current Metaverse pivot has cost him almost $100 billion dollars in net worth from the Facebook stock peak to today. Facebook has erased approximately $662 billion in market cap from its highest price to date after it was rebranded as Meta. In 2021, Facebook was among the five most valuable US companies, with a market cap of over $1 trillion; Today, its market cap as Meta is $338 billion.
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Q: Count number of repeat rows after multi join statement I have three tables that I need to retrieve info from:  Products, ProductOptions, and OptionChoices.  As of now this is the SQL I am using to get said information
select P.ProductId,P.Name,P.StoreId,PO.OptionId,OC.ChoiceName from Products P
inner join ProductOptions PO on P.ProductId=PO.ProductID
inner join OptionChoices OC on PO.OptionId=OC.OptionId
where P.ProductId=23317

which outputs this:
ProductId   Name               StoreID OptionId ChoiceName
23317   Admiral Ackbar Cereal   629     795      fish
23317   Admiral Ackbar Cereal   629     795      shrimp
23317   Admiral Ackbar Cereal   629     795      traps
23317   Admiral Ackbar Cereal   629     797      box
23317   Admiral Ackbar Cereal   629     797      casket

What would make my life a lot easier is if I could add one more column that would give me the total number of Choices for Each OptionId.  So the first row would read:
ProductId   Name               StoreID OptionId ChoiceName  Count
23317   Admiral Ackbar Cereal   629     795      fish         3

Because there are 3 Choices with 795 as their OptionIds.  I've tried using different combinations of group by and count, but have had no luck.  Anyone have any ideas to point me in the right direction?
Edit:
I am using SQL Server

A: Try this :-)
select P.ProductId,P.Name,P.StoreId, PO.OptionId, max(OC.ChoiceName), count(P.ProductId) from Products P
inner join ProductOptions PO on P.ProductId=PO.ProductID
inner join OptionChoices OC on PO.OptionId=OC.OptionId
where P.ProductId=23317
GROUP BY P.ProductId, PO.OptionId

the Problem is that you dont know what you get for field "OC.ChoiceName" - you can also use GROUP_CONCAT(OC.ChoiceName)
see: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/group-by-functions.html
Result for max:
ProductId   Name               StoreID OptionId ChoiceName  Count
23317   Admiral Ackbar Cereal   629     795      traps        3
23317   Admiral Ackbar Cereal   629     797      box          2

Result for GROUP_CONCAT (only MySQL!!):
ProductId   Name               StoreID OptionId ChoiceName           Count
23317   Admiral Ackbar Cereal   629     795      fish,shrimp,traps      3
23317   Admiral Ackbar Cereal   629     797      box,casket             2

A: You need a separate query to count up the options.  In this MS SQL SERVER example I've use a correlated sub-query to do the counting.
SELECT
  P.ProductId,
  P.Name,
  P.StoreId,
  PO.OptionId,
  OC.ChoiceName,
  (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM OptionChoices WHERE OptionId = OC.OptionId) AS option_count
FROM
  Products   P
INNER JOIN
  ProductOptions PO
    ON P.ProductId = PO.ProductID
INNER JOIN
  OptionChoices  OC
    ON PO.OptionId = OC.OptionId
WHERE
  P.ProductId=23317

A: You are so close...
Do:
Select p.Productid, p.name,
P.storeid,P.optionid, Count(choicename)
From ( your actual query here) p
Group by p.productid,p.name,p.storeid,p.optionid

A: select
      P.ProductId
    , P.Name
    , P.StoreId
    , PO.OptionId
    , OC.ChoiceName
    , count(PO.OptionId) over (partition by P.StoreId) as OpCount
from Products P
inner join ProductOptions PO on P.ProductId = PO.ProductID
inner join OptionChoices OC  on PO.OptionId = OC.OptionId
where P.ProductId = 23317

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Mortuary attendant arrested for selling corpses body parts i n their custody
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested seven persons working as mortuary and cemetery attendants at the St. Raphael's Devine Mercy Specialist Hospital Mortuary in Ikorodu, Lagos state over a missing corpse.
Parading the suspects before newsmen on Friday November 23rd, the state commissioner of police, Edgal Imohimi, said one Athony Lawani, lodged a complain to the police that the body of his sister, 51 year old Mary Ehinlaiye which was deposited at the morgue was nowhere to be found. He had gone to the mortuary to collect his sister's body for burial but the attendant's could not present the body to him.
It was later discovered that the mortuary attendants had erroneously handed over the body to another family.
"However, one Olusesi Owamade, aged 41 years, a mortuary attendant, with the approval of his supervisor, Michael Olusegun, aged 65 years, erroneously released the corpse to another family. When the relations of the deceased woman came for the release of the corpse for burial, it was nowhere to be found. At this juncture, it dawned on the mortuary attendants that they had released the corpse to the wrong persons. To recover the corpse, five grave diggers working at Sabo Cemetery, Ikorodu were contracted by the mortuary attendants to exhume the corpse for onward handover to its owners," he said.
Edgal said the suspects, Michael Olusegun and Olusesi Owamade who are mortuary attendants and the five gravediggers identified as Razaki Abesopiti, Okeowo Kazeem, Babatunde Giwa, Ade Aliu and Musiliu Yakubu, conspired among themselves and dismembered the body of the deceased by cutting off the two wrists and heart for a yet-to-be determined reason.
"Investigation into this case is in progress, while efforts are on to arrest one of the grave diggers named Anifowoshe, who is currently at large. The case will be charged to court and case file forwarded to the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice," he said.


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Meet Orlando Scampington, the newest (and fakest) thought leader in Boston tech
Orlando Scampington, a self-described author, thought leader, dreamer, visionary, and believer in unlimited human potential.
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If you were one of the roughly 14,000 people who attended HubSpot's last customer conference, you might have been lucky enough to catch a presentation from consultant, author, and all-around thought leader Orlando Scampington.
Scampington doesn't make many public appearances, but it's not because he's a busy startup investor or jet-setting executive. Scampington is actually the comedic alter-ego of Tyler Littwin, who works as an art director at HubSpot.
Littwin created the character after finding it harder than expected to write a standup comedy set for an amateur open-mic performance. But soon enough, it morphed into a channel for parodying the cultural quirks of the tech and business worlds, where people are drawn to big ideas delivered with confidence.
Today, Scampington can be found delivering nuggets of business wisdom over at his Twitter account and longer musings on — of course — Medium. "Marketing (along with art, science, religion, & philosophy, etc.) is one of the pillars of society," one recent post begins. "It is perhaps the most important pillar. It's at least in the top three."
Scampington's speaking style is a play on the legions of self-styled "thought leaders" who tend to populate tech conferences and business meetings of all sizes, fueled in large part by the made-for-YouTube phenomenon of TED talks.
There are a few hallmarks of a Scampington presentation. He discusses extremely broad concepts, but delivers them "as if he's the one who's discovered some secret — like, `Leadership is really important,'" Littwin said.
Self-promotion is also essential. "Orlando will have slides where he quotes himself and has his Twitter handle because he wants people to share his ideas. Which is kind of a silly thing to have, but is something I've seen," Littwin said.
And no matter how laughable the idea, Scampington is straight-faced. The silliness is reserved for the slideshow, such as an insanely complicated geometric graphic illustrating the "Zone of Persuasion" approach to winning customers (which relies in part on exploiting a fear of snakes).
Funny business aside, Littwin said there's real value in staying grounded by poking fun at the seriousness of the white-collar working world. "My wife works in the pediatric ICU. There's no way I can say that the work I'm doing, or most of the people I know, is more significant than somebody working as a doctor or a social worker," he said.
Littwin has long been interested in humor and performance. His comedy tastes were formed early by watching TV with his parents, who were big fans of Monty Python. "That was one of the earliest things I remember — you can be very smart and totally absurd at the same time," Littwin said.
Littwin helped run a satirical newspaper in high school, and a sketch comedy show in college. He also got into music, playing in bands for about a decade — his last band was the rock foursome Thick as Thieves.
He figured he'd wind up in another band eventually, but when that didn't materialize, comedy emerged as a possible creative outlet. Taking the stage as Scampington, Littwin said, produces the telltale jolt of excitement that can only come from performing in front of a crowd.
"Anytime you're on stage, you're going to have some kind of act going on, whether you're giving a third-quarter sales presentation or doing standup or in a band," Littwin said. "A lot of the stuff that I try to poke at with Orlando are the people who take it too far. Like, 'I'm onstage because I'm a visionary, and I want to share it with people because I care about you.'"
The name "Orlando Scampington" was born when Littwin worked at a shipping company — he'd amuse himself by submitting lunch orders under fake monikers that sounded funny when the order was called out.
But Scampington's persona wasn't formed until Littwin tried his hand at standup comedy and found it surprisingly hard to write a set. It might be easier, he thought, if I came out in character. "It was a combination of fear and laziness," he said.
After some fine-tuning with friends and co-workers, Orlando Scampington was ready for a bigger stage. He got it at Inbound, HubSpot's huge annual customer convention. The topic was "The Pillars of C.L.A.M.," Scampington's supposed rubric for business success that focuses on Culture, Leadership, Analysis, and Marketing.
In the YouTube video of his talk, scattered laughter can be heard as Scampington flips through some of his clearly ridiculous slides, including a list of startups he's supposedly advised.
"The Brimbbler app has disrupted the way deli meats are consumed," Scampington says. "And, I think it's safe to say this now, but Google has acquired HorsePunt, which is a big win for me. I'm very proud of that."
Having one of your employees poke fun at the entire idea of business speakers, the tech industry, and the conferences they populate seems like a slightly risky idea for a company. So why did HubSpot decide to let Littwin try out his satire at its most important event of the year?
"I always think whenever there's an elephant in the room it's good to go straight to it," said HubSpot's Laura Fitton, who organized the Inbound speaker roster. "Orlando does such a great job of Onion-esque lulling the audience from reality to, `Oh wait, I'm in the middle of absurdity and I didn't even know you were taking me here.'"
The ruse definitely worked on a few people, Littwin said. Although the Scampington character is not meant to be an aggressive or insulting parody, Littwin was still surprised and a little happy when a handful of people at his Inbound presentation didn't get the joke and left.
"They had their notebooks open and were taking notes," he said. "And about five minutes in, they looked at each other and stopped taking notes, and walked out the back thoroughly disappointed."
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Though Dr Miller proposes complete isolation in an environmentally controlled hospital unit as a way to discern cause and effect when TILT is very advanced, that is not practical for most of us. A good place to start is by cleaning your internal laboratory, through ensuring that everything that is consumed is low-toxin and anti-inflammatory for a period of time.
But Matthew and I know from experience that reversing the TILT phenomenon will probably need to include reducing toxicity in the environment outside of the body as well.
In part two I'll outline Matthew's experience with TILT and the strategies he has been using to tip himself back to good health, as well as recommendations from other experts in the field.
I gueess that must be what happened when I suddenly lost all my hair to alopecia (autoimmune) at age 12. Never came back.
There is so much junk and poison everywhere. Could have been anything although I know my mother tried to be healthy.
Hanna, have you seen Stella Arenillas García's youtube series about reversing alopecia through diet and lifestyle? The first video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8d1yEd480Y The origin of autoimmune conditions is complex, and certainly TILT can be a factor. Many people have had success with managing diverse autoimmune diseases and reversing all kinds of symptoms, including hair loss, with the Autoimmune Protocol.
I find this really interesting and can't wait to read more about Matthew's experience with treatment. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, Mickey. I will write more about that soon!
Hello have you considered metal fillings as a major source of the toxin load?
I have TILT, wouldn't mind seeing part two. It's driving me insane for the last 15 years!
Thanks for the feedback, James. I will write a part 2 once i get my new blog site up & running.


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This article is about rationales against the Iraq War. For parties opposing it, see Opposition to the Iraq War.
The U.S. rationale for the Iraq War has faced heavy criticism from an array of popular and official sources both inside and outside the United States. Putting this controversy aside, both proponents and opponents of the invasion have also criticised the prosecution of the war effort along a number of lines. Most significantly, critics have assailed the U.S. and its allies for not devoting enough troops to the mission, not adequately planning for post-invasion Iraq, and for permitting and perpetrating widespread human rights abuses. As the war has progressed, critics have also railed against the high human and financial costs.
Some academics see such costs as inevitable until US foreign policy turns away from expanding US hegemony. Professor Chip Pitts asserts that an American empire exists, but argues that it is profoundly at odds with better instincts of US citizens and policymakers, and that rejecting neo-colonialism by military means as employed in the Iraq War is a prerequisite to restoring domestic civil liberties and human rights that have been infringed upon by an imperial presidency – while crucial, as well, to promoting peace and stability in the Middle East and other places of vital US interest. The Center for Public Integrity alleges that President Bush's administration made a total of 935 false statements in a two-year period about Iraq's alleged threat to the United States.
A British investigation (Panorama, 9 June 2008) estimates that around $23 billion (£11.75 billion) may have been lost, stolen or not properly accounted for in Iraq.
The United States Department of Justice has imposed gagging orders that prevent further investigation.
The use of force by a state is prohibited by Article 2 (4) of the UN Charter. The only exceptions are with Security Council authorization under Chapter VII, which was not obtained, or in self-defense against an armed attack by another state under Article 51. The US government stated that an armed attack by Iraq did occur against the US and its coalition partners as demonstrated by the assassination attempt on former US President George H. W. Bush in 1993 and firing on coalition aircraft enforcing the no-fly zones over Northern and Southern Iraq since the 1991 Gulf War ceasefire agreement. Under Article 51 of the UN Charter, the US reserved the right to self-defense, even without a UN mandate, as were the cases in the bombing of Iraq in June 1993 in retaliation for Hussein's attempt on former President Bush's life and again in 1996 in retaliation for Hussein's targeting of American aircraft patrolling the no-fly zones over Northern and Southern Iraq and the launching of a major offensive against the city of Irbil in Iraqi Kurdistan in violation of UNSC Resolution 688 prohibiting repression of Iraq's ethnic minorities.
On September 16, 2004 Kofi Annan, the secretary general of the United Nations, said of the invasion, "I have indicated it was not in conformity with the UN charter. From our point of view, from the charter point of view, it was illegal."
Furthermore, before the invasion even the then UK Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, advised that the war would likely be illegal for several reasons including the lack of a Security Council resolution. He later changed his mind when it appeared that the invasion would take place regardless of the legal situation.
However, UN's failure to force Iraq to comply with the 1991 ceasefire agreement, specifically Resolution 687, for 12 years made their argument moot and that the UN was not the governing body over the U.S. or any other nation; it only allowed UN members to discuss freely about the issue regarding Iraq's disarmament obligations. On the day Resolution 1441 was passed, the US ambassador to the UN, John Negroponte, assured the Security Council that there were no "hidden triggers" with respect to the use of force, and that in the event of a "further breach" by Iraq, resolution 1441 would require that "the matter will return to the Council for discussions as required in paragraph 12." However, he then added: "If the Security Council fails to act decisively in the event of further Iraqi violations, this resolution does not constrain any Member State from acting to defend itself against the threat posed by Iraq or to enforce relevant United Nations resolutions and protect world peace and security."
The troop level for the initial invasion of Iraq was controversial throughout the run-up to the war, particularly among U.S. military personnel. In 1999, then head of United States Central Command Marine General Anthony Zinni (ret.) organised a series of war games known as Desert Crossing to assess an invasion aimed at unseating Saddam Hussein. His plan, which predicted much of the violence and instability that followed the actual invasion, called for a force of 400,000 troops. Consistent with the Desert Crossing scenarios, the original U.S. army plan for the invasion of Iraq contemplated troop levels of up to 500,000, but Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld declared this plan "the product of old thinking and the embodiment of everything that was wrong with the military", and decided on an invasion force of approximately 130,000, bolstered by some 45,000 British troops and a handful from other nations. The plan to invade with a smaller force was publicly questioned by then Army Chief of Staff General Eric Shinseki, who, during a February 25, 2003 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, suggested that an invasion force would be "on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers." In a November 15, 2006, hearing of the same committee, General John Abizaid, then head of U.S. Central Command, confirmed that "General Shinseki was right that a greater international force contribution, U.S. force contribution and Iraqi force contribution should have been available immediately after major combat operations."
In addition to raising questions about troop levels, critics of the Iraq War have argued that the U.S. planning for the post-invasion period was "woefully inadequate." In particular, critics have argued that the U.S. was unprepared for the widespread looting and the violent insurgency that immediately followed the invasion. Soon after the invasion, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, a leading architect of the war, acknowledged that the U.S. made assumptions related to the insurgency that "turned out to underestimate the problem." Pre-war beliefs about the occupation were inherently rosy, with Vice President Cheney noting on "Meet the Press" that U.S. forces would be "greeted as liberators". Subsequent reports have indicated that oversights such as the failure to control access to the Qa'qaa munitions factory in Yusufiyah allowed large quantities of munitions to fall into the hands of al-Qaida.
The U.S. plans for reconstructing Iraq have also come under heavy fire. In a February 2006 report, Stuart W. Bowen Jr., the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, wrote that: "There was insufficient systematic planning for human capital management in Iraq before and during the U.S.-directed stabilisation and reconstruction operations." Critics have particularly chastised the Pentagon, which was charged with preparing for the post-invasion period, for largely ignoring a $5 million study entitled the Future of Iraq Project, which the U.S. State Department compiled in the year preceding the invasion. In a 2013 report, the Watson Institute at Brown University concluded that, as the report was described by Daniel Trotta for Reuters, "the $212 billion reconstruction effort was largely a failure with most of that money spent on security or lost to waste and fraud".
As the Iraq War progressed from the relatively short invasion period to the considerably longer and more costly occupation, many critics argued that the war was no longer worth the growing number of casualties among both U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians. For example, the U.S. organisation Gold Star Families for Peace, launched by anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and other parents of soldiers killed in Iraq and other wars, advocated "bringing an end to the occupation of Iraq" by raising "awareness in the United States about the true human costs of the invasion/occupation of Iraq."
Just as the human costs mounted, the total financial costs also rose from the initial Bush Administration estimates of $50 billion to more than $400 billion total, most of it coming from the United States, but at least £4 billion from the United Kingdom. As the war bill grew, many U.S. politicians, including some who supported the invasion, begun to argue its cost outweighed its benefits, and that it was jeopardizing the preparedness of the U.S. military. For example, on March 29, 2007, Nebraska Senators and longtime rivals Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) released a joint statement saying that "there is now a 'significant' risk that the United States military will not be able to respond to an emerging crisis."
During the run-up to the invasion a group of 33 international relations scholars took out a full-page ad in The New York Times suggesting, among other things, that invading Iraq would distract the United States from its fight against al-Qaeda and further destabilize the Middle East.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was advised prior to the invasion, "that the greatest terrorist threat to Western interests came from al-Qaeda and related groups, and that this threat would be heightened by military action against Iraq." The International Institute for Strategic Studies agreed, saying in late 2003 that the war had swollen the ranks of al-Qaida and galvanised its will by increasing radical passions among Muslims. Ten years later, a report from the Watson Institute "concluded the United States gained little from the war while Iraq was traumatized by it. The war reinvigorated radical Islamist militants in the region, set back women's rights, and weakened an already precarious healthcare system".
In January 2004, an Army War College report said the war diverted attention and resources from the threat posed by Al Qaeda. The report by Jeffrey Record, a visiting research professor at the Strategic Studies Institute of the Army War College, called for downsizing the nebulously defined "war on terrorism" and focusing more narrowly on the threat from Al Qaeda.
As early as October 2004, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that Jewish support for the war had declined, due to fears of its negative impact on Israel, as well as the broader controversy.
After the invasion there was a general lawless state in Iraq which is directly attributable to the invasion. This has allowed some Islamic extremists to take roots in the country and attack people of religious minorities which they consider to be infidels. Among these religious minorities are the Chaldeans and the Mandaeans.
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20 DEC | Yesterday, today and tomorrow
with Pedro Armocida and Boris Sollazzo
When: Palazzo Fruscione / Sala Robert Altman
Where: 20 December, h 11:30 pm
Where is the new Italian cinema heading? Surely one of the trends is the return to experimentation with film genres. Many are the names of authors – from Alemà and Carrisi to Mainetti, Manetti Bros., Rovere and Sibilia among others – who are confronting themselves with new forms of narration, always keeping an eye on the past and on a certain tradition that has made our cinema.
Boris Sollazzo and Pedro Armocida, respectively artistic director and expert juror of the LineaDoc competition section of our festival, talk about these topics as journalists / film critics and authors of the book, published by Marsilio in 2019, which gives the title to the meeting.
PEDRO ARMOCIDA
Pedro Armocida (Madrid 1971) graduated in Literature at the Sapienza University in Rome. He is a professional journalist and film critic for "Il Giornale", "Film TV", "Ciak" and "8e1 / 2", is the director of the International New Cinema Show, the general secretary of the Italian Film Critics Union (SNCCI), lecturer of "Film criticism" at the Sapienza University of Rome and member of the executive committee of the Italian Film Festival Association (Afic). He edited, alone or together with others, several publications, including: "Romanzo popolare: Narration, audience and stories of Italian cinema in the 2000s", Marsilio, Venice, 2016; "Contemporary Argentine cinema and the work of Leonardo Favio", Marsilio, Venezia, 2006.
BORIS SOLLAZZO
Boris Sollazzo is a film critic and journalist, sports commentator, political analyst. He writes, as a freelance, for the daily Il Dubbio, for the monthly magazines Ciak, Rolling Stone and Riders, for the periodical Acqua&Sapone, and works for Radio 24, Radio Rock and Radio Sonica. He is co-director of the Ischia Film Festival, director of the Cerveteri Film Festival, responsible for planning of the 'La Maddalena La Valigia dell'Attore' festival, in the scientific committee of the Pesaro Film Festival and contributor for about a decade of the Locarno Film Festival. Six years long he has been part of the committee of the Venice Days selection at the Venice Film Festival and has collaborated in the past with Liberazione, Pubblico and many other newspapers and festivals. For almost 4 years he has been part of the Cinema Commission for the financing of cinematographic works and their recognition of cultural interest by MiBact and is still a consultant.


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Рон Йоком родился 24 апреля 1961 года в Лонг-Бич, Калифорния, в семье офицера ВМС США. Он с детства увлекался музыкой, в особенности роком 70-х таким как Aerosmith, The Cars, Neil Young, и в 20 лет принялся осваивать гитару. Также он работал в гитарной мастерской Alembic, среди клиентов которой были Cheap Trick. В подростковом возрасте его родители переехали в Санта-Розу, расположенную недалеко от Сан-Франциско. В 1981 году на одном из местных концертов Йоком познакомился с Крисом Шлосхартом, который был на четыре года младше его, увлекался панк-роком и мечтал играть на бас-гитаре. Через несколько месяцев они создали группу The Tearaways, в которую также входил барабанщик Барни Элбридж. Первый концерт группы был заснят и показан на местном телешоу Teen Scene, однако группа не продержалась и года, и Крис отправился в Сан-Франциско. В 1983 году Рон также переехал во Фриско, где присоединился к неопытной группе The Nasty Poodles. 31 декабря 1984 года The Nasty Poodles отыграли свой первый и последний концерт, после чего Йоком заявил что недоволен отсутствием энтузиазма у остальных участников и уходит. На следующий день он вновь объединился с Шлосхартом и приступил к написанию песен.

На название их вдохновили две групи Дебби и Кэтрин, проживавшие в одном доме с ними. Со слов Рона, многие рок-звёзды, включая Bauhaus, ужасались просыпаясь с ними и Рон с Крисом прозвали их «морскими ведьмами».  Шлосхарт всегда говорил что это подходящее название для группы, на нём они и остановились. Первыми песнями группы стали написанная Йокомом ещё для The Nasty Poodles «In the Mood for Love». Он была написана после их совместного ЛСД-трипа в канун Рождества 1984 в году на холмах Сан-Франциско. Вскоре была написана так и не выпущенная «Cock-Eyed Crow».

У Шлосхарда и Йокома были разные музыкальные вкусы, что отразилось и материале. Основной упор группа делала на грязный хард-рок не похожий на популярный в то время в Голливуде хэйр-метал.
Группе требовался барабанщик и перепробовав нескольких кандидатов они остановились на Греге Лэнгстоне, игравшем до этого в местной дэз-рок-группе Beast. В составе трио Sea Hags выступали в клубах города и вскоре записали трёх-трековое демо, содержащее две собственные песни «Chicken Boys» и «Hammer in the Bag», а также кавер-версию «Think About It» The Yardbirds.

В это время проходили съёмки фильма Сид и Нэнси под рабочим названием Love Kills, повествующего о жизни Сида Вишеса и его подруги Нэнси Спанджен, куда на роль Нэнси пробовалась подруга группы Кортни Лав. Она подсказала группе написать одноимённую песню для фильма. С помощью Кирка Хэмметта из Metallica, который сыграл партию лид-гитары и выступил продюсером, была записана песня «Love Kills» и отослана режиссёру фильма Алексу Коксу. Однако он отклонил их песню, объяснив что и так получил шесть различных песен с таким названием.

На раннем этапе группа успела выступить вместе с такими группами как Dead Kennedys, Motörhead, Ramones и The Cramps.

 Контракт с Chrysalis и запись альбома
Весной 1987 года они привлекли внимание лейбла Chrysalis Records, а в декабре 1987 года заключили с лейблом контракт. На роль продюсера дебютного альбома лейбл предлагал, среди прочих кандидатов, Рика Рубина и фронтмена The Cult Иэна Эстбури. Однако, группа заручилась поддержкой Майка Клинка, который спродюсировал дебютный альбом Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction.

По настоянию Клинка ушёл барабанщик Грег Лангстон и его заменил Адам Мэплс, игравший до этого в лос-анджелесской панк-группе Legal Weapon. Мэплс был предложен Клинком и был принят в группу после первого дня прослушиваний.

С подачи Майка Клинка и с помощью Джо Сатриани Рону Йокому пришлось заново учиться играть на гитаре. В конечном счете, Йоком сыграл партии ритм-гитары, оставив все лид-партии приглашённому на время сессий Кевину Расселлу. Запись альбома проходила в лос-анджелесской Rumbo Recorders, в которой записывался и Appetite for Destruction. Начало рекорд-сессии было перенесено на день, так как в то же время в студии записывал несколько песен Джордж Харрисон. При записи альбома, Клинк часто заставлял музыкантов перезаписывать свои партии, также как и при работе с GNR. В сентябре 1988 года, после четырёх месяцев студийной работы альбом был завершён.

В ноябре 1988 года, вскоре после завершения записи альбома, к Sea Hags присоединился гитарист Фрэнк Уилси, недавно покинувший другую группу из Фриско Head On.

 Sea Hags, на всех парусах к распаду
Выпущенный в июне 1989 года одноимённый группе Sea Hags получил благосклонные отзывы прессы, которая окрестила группу «новыми Guns N' Roses». Однако, продажи были не так хороши и альбом не поднялся в чарте Billboard 200 выше 163 строчки.

Песня «Night Under the Stars», родившаяся из «Love Kills», прозвучала в фильме 1988 года Кошмар на улице Вязов 4: Повелитель сна, а также попала на диск с саундтреком.

В июне 1989 года группа отправилась в турне по Великобритании на разогреве The Georgia Satellites. Эта поездка дала им возможность также сыграть небольшой тур по клубам в качестве хэдлайнеров, включая бристольский Bierkeller. Вернувшись из Британии, Sea Hags отыграли тур по ключевым городам США, включая концерт в Атланте, где их разогревали недавно образованные The Black Crowes.

После возвращения из Британии в группа стала стремительно двигаться по наклонной. Чему способствовали коммерческий провал альбома, а также сильная наркотическая зависимость участников. В сентябре 1989 года, при переезде из Нью-Йорка в Баффало, штат Нью-Йорк, Шлосхарт и Йоком были арестованы за хулиганство. В результате чего предстоящий концерт чуть было не сорвался. После этого инцидента, Уилси и Мэплс изъявили своё желание покинуть группу, но Шлосхарт и Йоком уговорили их закончить тур. Последние концерты Sea Hags прошли 11 и 14 октября 1989 года в Сан-Франциско. Рон Йоком не хотел на этом завершать историю группы, и собирался вместе с Шлосхартом подыскать новый состав. Однако, делёж прав на наследие группы их поссорил и 1 февраля 1990 года было объявлено об распаде Sea Hags.

 Дальнейшая судьба участников
Ровно через год, 1 февраля 1991 года, 26-летний Крис Шлосхарт скончался от передозировки героина, официально прекратив существование группы. На его похороны пришли Рон Йоком, с которым незадолго до смерти он успел помириться, Кирк Хэммет и Ларс Ульрих из Metallica.

После распада Sea Hags Адам Мэплс недолгое время барабанил в Guns N' Roses, являясь неофициальной заменой уволенному Стивену Адлеру, пока группа не наняла Мэтта Сорума. Фрэнк Уилси сменил фамилию на Уилкокс, а затем на Уилсекс, и присоединился к Arcade, группе бывшего вокалиста Ratt Стивена Пирси. Также с Пирси он играл в группе Nitronic. Рон Йоком долгое время боролся с наркотической зависимостью и находился за пределами музыкального бизнеса. В 2000-х он вернулся в Санта-Розу и объединился с индастриал-готик-рокершой Sarine Voltage в проект The Power of 3, в котором сейчас и выступает.

В 2007 году, на короткий период Sea Hags с Роном Йокомом в качестве фронтмэна и под руководством Венди Ки вновь вернулись на сцену, однако вскоре распались из-за неразглашавшегося спора между менеджером и группой.

 Состав
 Рон Йоком — вокал, гитара
 Фрэнк Уилси — гитара
 Крис Шлосхарт — бас-гитара
 Адам Мэплс — ударные

Бывшие участники
 Грег Лэгстон — ударные

 Дискография
Студийные альбомы
 Sea Hags (1989)

Синглы
 Half the Way Valley (1989)

Прочее
 The Hag Of The Sea'' (1986)

Примечания

 Paul Elliott. Hove, England, June 2007. Эссе из буклета альбома, RockCandy Records.

Рок-группы США
Глэм-метал-группы США
Хард-рок-группы из Калифорнии
Музыкальные коллективы из Сан-Франциско
Музыкальные коллективы, появившиеся в 1985 году
Музыкальные коллективы, распавшиеся в 1990 году
Музыкальные коллективы 1980-х годов
Хеви-метал-группы из Калифорнии


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Featuring a Biology superlab, balcony rainforest and woodlands ecosystems, St Patrick's College Sutherland's new Alpha Crucis building is a game-changer for the sciences and applied studies.
The innovative building design is the result of a collaboration between St Pat's teachers, school leadership, Sydney Catholic Schools and JDH Architects.
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The existing tree line provides a natural canopy for St Patrick's College Sutherland's new five-level Alpha Crucis building, while blue aluminium fins complement its radiant white facade.
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"So often, labs are all designed the same way, and it usually represents what is needed for Chemistry, so we designed our labs to cater for the requirements of all sciences," St Patrick's Science coordinator, Jennifer Ming, said.
"Having access for students to see sustainability in action, too, will have definite impacts on their learning" – Jennifer Ming
The Earth/Physics Laboratory was designed to mimic a university lecture theatre. It provides the floor space required for Physics practicals using ramps and data loggers, and the theoretical work in Earth and Environmental Science.
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Flexible areas promote collaborative learning, critical thinking, creativity and problem solving.
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How Do Electric Wires Work?
NEAL LITHERLAND
1 Electrical Wiring
While electricity has been in common use for over 100 years now, the systems that were used to deliver it to homes and other buildings as a power source have changed a lot over the years. Electrical wiring, or the use of insulated conductors to carry electricity, has also undergone a great number of changes, just in the past half dozen decades. Modern electrical wires though are made of copper, and are insulated with sheathes of plastic which are color coded for the ease of electricians. White, black, and green are three of the most common insulation colors.
Without involving devices in the transit of electricity, or those used in its production and adaptation, the way the wires work is really very simple. The core of conductive metal, most often copper though aluminum has been used in the past, is attached to a source of electricity. This could be a production center like a power plant, or just the nodes on a 9-volt battery, the process is the same. The electrical charge is then conducted through the entirety of the wire, and will escape wherever it makes contact with something that will accept the electrical charge.
3 Insulation
The purpose of insulating electrical wires is to keep the electrical charge in the wire. The electrical charge being passed through the wire core is trying to get out on the path of least resistance. If the wire is wrapped in a material that doesn't allow electricity to pass through it, like rubber or plastic, then the charge continues to travel down the wire until it reaches the other end. This has the benefit of both making sure that the charge travels the full length of the wire, and insulation allows people to handle "live" wires without worrying about electrocution. In this way a charge will travel down a wire to the far end, moving the electrical charge from the source, to whatever the wire is plugged into.
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Haier, the world's number one Major Appliances brand (source: Euromonitor International Limited; retail volume sales in units based on 2011 data*) today announces its support of the Science Museum in London. The collaboration started on 1st July 2012 and will run for an initial two years. Haier's sponsorship will help the Science Museum in its aim to be the best place in the world to enjoy science.
As a company, Haier is very interested in the way that science and technology impact our everyday lives. As a worldwide patron of the arts this partnership is Haier's second in Europe following an important partnership with the Louvre in Paris in 2011, and demonstrates the company's willingness to support learning and culture in each of its local markets.
The decision to support the museum was made due to its clear focus on practical everyday science and technology, as well as the important and creative learning experiences engaging school children, families and young people. This comes at a time when science, celebrated by the British public since the industrial revolution, is returning to the forefront of public attention. Haier's two year commitment to the Science Museum will enable British school children to experience practical science in a fun environment encouraging them to pursue important studies in this area.
The partnership will be focused around sharing Haier's key values such as innovation, design and also examining the future of the home. This is an important step for the company as it seeks to establish a four star brand in the UK and to become a source of inspiration for British families.
"At Haier, we were determined to partner with a cultural organisation that shared our values – a commitment to the arts and sciences and to inspiring the next generation of future product designers and engineers. The link between studying science and careers in engineering and technology is increasingly important in the UK and we are eager to play a part in encouraging British children to engage with these topics from a young age," stated Wei Duan, Market Director Haier UK and Ireland.
Haier sets aside over 4% of its turnover for research and development and is a pioneer in its field, applying scientific research to create innovative new products.
The Science Museum is one of London's most visited attractions drawing 3 million visitors a year, and up to 20,000 on very busy days. It also attracts roughly 360,000 young people in booked educational groups per year. "We were impressed by the work of the Science Museum and felt that that sponsoring their new-technology and family-friendly galleries was an excellent opportunity to engage with the British public," continued Duan.
This venture forms an important step in Haier's brand development in the UK and represents an opportunity to reach consumers who share Haier's values and interest in innovation and design. Haier aims to target the UK market with innovative, high quality, design-oriented products and is particularly seeking to build brand awareness amongst young, design-conscious families.
As part of the agreement, Haier will sponsor a dedicated space in the Launchpad – a gallery dedicated to encouraging children and young people to explore science first-hand with 50 hands-on exhibits and shows. Launchpad is the most popular interactive gallery in the museum and since opening in 2007, 5 million people have visited this gallery making it the most visited hands-on gallery in the world. The space within Launchpad that Haier is supporting aims to encourage children and young people to engage with science and to use their creativity to become the innovative designers of tomorrow.
Plans for other activities over the next two years are rapidly taking shape. This support of a key British museum is a clear demonstration of Haier's commitment both to the UK market and to sharing and encouraging its values with the visiting public.
*Source: Euromonitor International Limited; retail volume sales in units based on 2011 data.