The Duke of Bedford Model barn has sat with its rolling hill views over Bedfordshire for 170 years, used for the majority of its life as a grain store for the local farm. With the intensification of farming and centralisation of stores the barn was in recent times become derelict and a new lease of life was awaiting. Set back from the rural road and with some 6 acres the barn acts as a beacon on top of the hill during the day and particularly at night when lit up. The barn is some 40 metres long and 6 metres wide. Constructed from local ʻsoft reds' (bricks) with a 9'' lower brick plinth and oak timber frame with brick infill. The roof (which has been entirely retained and fully visible from the inside) is made of a series of elm trusses at 3.5 metre centres with inch thick, foot wide boarding running the entire length of the barn.
The sketch design for the project sought to ʻslide' a new home into the old building, retaining all that was possible. The barn originally covered some 275m2 which after excavating the ground floor to an almost semi basement and introducing a new first floor level increases this to 387m2. The excavation meant we were left with a building of two and a half storeys high. The first floor level enjoys for the glory of the original roof, whilst in certain areas of the ground floor there are openings upwards which create generous spaces which reach from ground floor up to the old roof level. The barn sits on top of a hill which suffers from high shrinkable clay and artesian water. These issues instigated foundations as deep as 2.5metres which run in parallel from one end of the barn to the other in long underpinning strips enabling a suspended beam and block floor which will not be affected by clay movements. This suspension of the floor also enabled a control mechanism of upward seeping ground water which would be ʻallowed' to collect under the building and runs into chambers which then pump the water to a lake which is effectively the soak-away for the building.
the ʻbridge'. The first floor has 4 bedroom with 2 wash facilities and a floating ʻbridge' that connects them. Each bedroom has its own views of open landscape and the lake. Each window is framed to throw your eye out to the view beyond, each window unit also encompasses a recessed roller blind and hidden lighting that floods the roof line above. Construction The barn volume meant serious consideration was needed on how to heat and insulated the building. The insulation significantly exceeded the standard requirements with high levels of insulation, highly insulative blocks and triple glazed units. Heating is provided by under-floor hot water heating through an oil-condensing boiler.
The use of natural materials, which are healthy to humans, was upper most in my thoughts when designing. Non-toxic, low allergen healthy products were investigated thoroughly. Lacquers you could drink without harming yourself, sustainable timber and of course re-use of timber all formed part of the brief, there is even the use of organic paints! There are also centralised control systems, lighting, heating, air movement, vacuum and computer systems all built in.
Lighting design with barns is often awkward due to the spaces and rooflines. This is intriguingly solved in some areas by the use of a 22metre suspended fitting that travels through the long barn in circulation spaces, over the bridge and into triple height spaces. On ground floor level 8 metre long recess fittings connect living areas, these are all controlled by central Lutron panels which enable you to scene set. Fluorescent lighting was an unusual selection for the building but with it being 80% more efficient than standard lighting, dimmable which meant more control and less energy, very low heat output all equated to an ideal product. For a residential scheme the lighting is certainly unusual.


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Spiritual Development: Faith development, personal prayer and group worship are an integral part of the curriculum and student life. Students and faculty are afforded opportunities to develop and participate in individual and communal expressions of the Catholic faith.
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According to the Burlington Press, hiking during winter conditions has grown in popularity. We collectively have either discovered our inner Eskimo or realize that with the continued onset of global climate change snow will become like dinosaurs or junior high snap bracelets.
Vermont's Long Trail is seeing more winter traffic than ever, thanks in large part to changes in equipment, says Pete Antos-Ketcham, director of trail stewardship for the Green Mountain Club.
"With the advent of better backcountry skis and snowshoes, more people are on the Long Trail in the winter," Antos-Ketcham said.
The change in snowshoes from clunky wood to lightweight aluminum in particular has made all the difference in getting people out on trails in the winter, Antos-Ketcham says.
I think MSR's development of all-plastic snowshoes (with crampons attached) like their Denali line can take particular credit for this. What's more complicated than the idea that a plastic snowshoe can help you walk better across deep snow? But if you walk into an outdoor outfitter and you see something like Tubbs shoes hanging on the wall, their shiny metal outer frame reflecting the store lights, claw-like crampon and synthetic frog-foot-like covering, just the appearance can look intimidating and convoluted. A lot of people would shy away for just the fear of having to repair a shoe like that in the backcountry, while the MSRs don't seem to be all that complicated. It's just a lightweight plastic lid for your feet.
I'm not saying Tubbs shoes are bad. I've used them. They perform well if you've selected the right shoe to match your activity. I'm just saying for a novice, they can be intimidating to look at; a potential turnoff.
That being said, I think it's healthy if winter hiking and snowshoeing grows a little in popularity. It may encourage more preservation and endearment of our wild areas.
Have to agree with the improvement-in-gear theory. Having hiked/peakbagged the 'Dacks in winter with mixed success using Tubbs, a recent switchover to MSRs has turned me into Superclimber. Better physical conditioning helped, sure. But even at optimum fitness, the summit of Algonquin, reached by going straight up its side from Lake Colden a week or so ago, would have been unattainable with the Tubbs. I'd have been forced at some steep, sugary pitch to abandon my attempt and return to base camp to make tea for the successful summiters — all of whom were in MSRs. Been there, done that, prefer the summit.


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A 105-year-old ARRL member, Cliff Kayhart, W4KKP, of White Rock, South Carolina, is claiming the title of "World's Oldest Operating Ham." No official record of such milestones exists, but ARRL is not aware of any radio amateurs senior to Kayhart, and he is now quite likely the oldest active ham at least in the US. Early this year, Charlie Hellman, W2RP, died at 106; he also may have been the longest licensed. Hellman outlived the former "oldest US ham," Harry Wolf, W6NKT, by 8 days. Wolf was a couple of weeks shy of turning 108. Kayhart now lives at The Heritage at Lowman Home.
"I have had to get help getting set up after moving here from Tennessee," he said in his QRZ.com profile. "Two local clubs, Dutch Fork Amateur Radio Group and Columbia Amateur Radio Club, have been there to help. It has been slow going. They tell me I may be the oldest operating ham." Kayhart is active on 80 meters as well as possibly other bands.
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Kayhart graduated from high school just a few months before the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and he worked as a runner and messenger on Wall Street for a short time. He then got a job with AT&T as a Morse operator. After the company told him he'd need a college degree to advance, he studied aeronautical engineering at Tristate University in Indiana. But by 1934, during the Great Depression, no jobs were to be had in the aeronautical industry.
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2017 R 1h 33m Blu-ray / DVD
Reclusive screenwriter Paul is suffering from a case of writer's block when he crosses paths with edgy drifter Jack and offers him shelter. But Paul soon discovers he's made a big mistake as Jack holds him hostage and forces him to pen a script.
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At some point during the development process for "Intolerable Cruelty," the Coen brothers supposedly told producer/Ron Howard enabler Brian Grazer that the movie didn't really seem like their kind of project. That, Grazer told them, was exactly why they should do it. "Intolerable Cruelty" is without a doubt the most different movie that the Coens have done yet, and for a filmmaking duo that always seemed just barely a half step away from self-parody, that has to be a good thing.
Fortunately, the result is a great movie. It's apparent early on that the Coens (who reworked a script by Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone, the first time they've ever worked on someone's else's project) are in a pretty goofy mood, more so than at any time since "Raising Arizona." The names alone (Miles Massey, Rex Rexroth, Heinz the Baron Krauss von Espy, and so on) present a significant departure from reality, as does the highly stylized banter between arch divorce lawyer Miles (George Clooney) and professional divorcee Marilyn Rexroth (Catherine Zeta-Jones).
You see, Marilyn hired private eye Gus Petch (Cedric the Entertainer, likely the most prominently billed black actor ever to appear in a Coen production) to follow her hubby Rex (Edward Herrmann in high doofus mode) to get videotaped evidence of his philandering, which Gus does. Divorce proceedings commence, with both sides out for blood. The uncompromising nature of the legal battle, along with Marilyn's obvious allure, gives Miles, who's become bored with his heretofore-limitless success at being filthy rich, admired, and relentlessly single, a life-changing bolt of energy. A romantic dinner and a few courtroom skirmishes later, Miles is completely hooked by Marilyn, which begins his downfall.
Not only are Zeta-Jones and Clooney the most beautiful people in Hollywood, or possibly the world (if this film is any evidence), but they're also one of the best scrappy screen couples of recent years. We should let them have a few more films under their belt before announcing the two to be the new Hepburn-Tracy, but since you need to dig back in time to remember marquee star wattage like this, let's just say it: George Clooney is the new Cary Grant. Sure, it's been rumored for years that Clooney had the looks and the charm to rival old Cary, but based on even some of George's better work like "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" it was hard to imagine him being up to Cary's standard in, say, "His Girl Friday." That is, until now. For the proof, just listen to Clooney's verbal jousting with Zeta-Jones (who is less of a revelation only because she never had somebody this good to go up against), or watch the way he uses every inch of his face and body (including a brilliant running gag involving teeth-bleaching) to back up every line.
As for the Coens, they've managed a sneaky sleight-of-hand that's very similar to what Richard Linklater just did with School of Rock – crafting a mainstream, star-quality studio vehicle that retains just enough of their trademarks to keep things distinctive, but not so much to keep them from potentially raking in huge money. There are times when you miss the usual suspects on screen – where's Hunter, Turturro, McDormand, Goodman, and Buscemi? – but at least the regular crew is on behind the scenes (Roger Deakins providing the lustrous camerawork, and Carter Burwell the bouncy score).
Probably the Coen's funniest movie since "Raising Arizona" and, while some of their trademark moves have definitely been watered down, better this than their other big budget attempt: the lamentable "Hudsucker Proxy."
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1) This is the first World Cup to be staged on African soil. And while part of his reasoning for doing so is questionable, FIFA President Sepp Blatter deserves credit for trying to make football a truly global game. The potential for positive progress is huge. If the World Cup suceeds in Africa, it can not only generate a worldwide feeling of goodwill towards the nation, but bring more tangible benefits. Investment, sporting and non-sporting, is needed for a country that is still bedevilled by a combination of HIV, crime, and economic inequality. If South Africa can show the best of themselves, it could be a momentous time in the region's development.
But the worry is that Blatter has tried to do much too much, too soon. While he is trying to spread the word of football far and wide, his motivations are not purely altruistic. Blatter has an eye on the Nobel Peace Prize, for bringing the world together through football (I guess he figures that since Barack Obama got one, they're easy to get hold of). In his desire to be seen as a pioneer before he retires, he may have given South Africa a level of responsibilty that they're not yet ready for. Blatter is like a mother bird that has pushed its youngest child out of the nest. I dearly hope that South Africa has the wings to fly and carry football's showpiece occasion on its back.
2) Everyone loves an underdog, especially in Britain. South Africa are huge underdogs to impress at this World Cup. Despite home advantage, avoiding elimination from the group stages would be a magnificient achievement. In 2002, one of the stories of that World Cup were the co-hosts, South Korea, reaching the semi-finals. Despite being assisted by some very dubious refereeing decisions, the fervour that took over the country was wondrous to behold.
And how splendid it would be if the same could happen to the South Africans. One of my favourite sporting memories was the Rugby World Cup in 1995, also held in The Rainbow Nation. Watching the Springboks win in front of a rapturous home support was incredibly uplifting, much more so than was documented in the Clint Eastwood film, 'Invictus'.
But this does come with a caveat. I don't want to see the 'Bafana Bafana' succeed due to luck, uneven refereeing, or bending the rules of sporting acceptability. If South Africa can't raise their level for the World Cup, then they deserve to be swiftly eliminated. Logic dictates that this will be so. But what a wonderful story it would be, if they could produce a quality that they themselves didn't know they had, and make the tournament a greater spectacle as a result.
3) With days remaining till the Opening Ceremony, the sniping towards the host nation from the British punditocracy has already begun. Specifically to do with the vuvuzelas. The vuvuzela is a plastic horn, used by many of the home support in and around the stadiums. During a game the sound emitted by the thousands used by fans is not too dissimilar to a hoard of swarming bees. Well, it seems that people on these shores don't care much for the vuvuzela, regarding it as a silly, infantile annoyance.
Tough. Last time I checked South Africa were the hosts. If you go to a party and don't like the colour of the carpets, you are perfectly entitled to disapprove. But it takes some nerve to publicly complain while sampling the rest of the delights on offer. So here's a message for you complainers; shut up or go home. From what I gather, the organisers aren't too bothered about the vuvuzela dissenters. Good, the party's going to continue whether these killjoys are around or not.
And the most laughable complaint I've now heard is that the noise from them is so great that the coaches will struggle to get their instructions over to the players, while the players themselves won't be able to hear each other during a match.
Have you ever heard such twaddle?? Been to a game in the UK recently? Trust me, South Africa are hardly the last bastion of noisy atmospheres when it comes to football. Yet in Britain, it's called passion when a crowd can be heard bellowing, "You're getting sacked in the morning" at an opposition manager. If "Who are ya, who are ya" is fine, then so is the vuvuzela.
4) I always dread the saturation of football adverts during the World Cup, but by the gods of commerce, those minions of Satan - sorry, I mean advertisers - have outdone themselves this time around.
Two in particular have raised my ire. Carlsberg have used their "If Carslberg did..." series of adverts to ostensibly inspire the England side to victory. As well as roping in a series of ex-British sportspeople of renown in cameo appearances, the voice-over artist uses a bunch of phrases that are meant to be rousing, but are as vacuous as the world of advertising itself. Imploring the England players to "stand tall" and "show bottle". Good Lord, I hate terms like that. Reductive tosh that doesn't actually mean anything. But what disgusts me more than all of that is the use of the recently deceased ex-England boss, Sir Bobby Robson in the commercial. The man's corpse is barely cold and he's being used to sell lager to the nation. Just beyond sick.
5) And to be honest, while I hope that England defy the odds to succeed, it may not be the worst thing if they were to be eliminated early. Not for the domestic economy of course, or even for the mood of the country. But remember it's the World Cup, and is bigger than our own understandably selfish hopes. One of the best international tournaments of them all was the European Championships of two years ago. Euro 2008 was an absolute joy to watch, and I think England not qualifying contributed to that. Not only did it mean that those who weren't fans of the sport could avoid being dragged into being part of a game they don't even like, but the television & print media actually had to focus on football for a change. Rather than devote attention to suspect metatarsals, pub opening hours, England flags flapping out of car windows, the WAGS and what David Beckham's latest hairstyle is, they did what they were paid to do. And those who genuinely like the game were richly rewarded. The football was expansive and entertaining, and the side that performed the best even went home with the trophy. It was the best international tournament of my lifetime. I'd settle for this World Cup to be half as good.
6) A combination of coaching incompetence and sheer cruel luck means that we'll be without some of world football's bigger names in South Africa. I understand why some have bemoaned this fact, but the flipside is that it gives the chance for fresh names to project themselves onto the football psyche of the planet. In the aforementioned Euro 2008, Russia's Andrey Arshavin went from being a key cog in the Zenit St Petersburg side that won that year's UEFA Cup, into one of football's most sought-after names. Producing your best at a major tournament can catapult you into the big time. And while we should feel emapthy for the likes of Javier Zanetti, Karim Benzema and Michael Essien, it means that this is an opportunity for others. Steven Pienaar, Mesut Ozil, Marek Hamsik, Luis Suarez, Alexis Sanchez, are you listening? This could be your time. It'll be someone's. Maybe the most exciting thing leading up to The World Cup is that we stand on the cusp of the beautiful game's grandest stage. The opportunity for football immortality is there. I look forward to see who will grab the occasion and make it theirs.
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Assad's Father-in-law 'Horrified' by Syria Violence
March 5, 2012 15:21 GMT
The father-in-law of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is reported to be horrified by the violent suppression of the Syrian uprising and fears for his daughter's safety.
Dr Fawaz Akhras, the father of Asma al-Assad, told the Sunday Express Assad should proceed with democratic reforms "before it's too late".
The London-based doctor also revealed that he fears for his 36-year-old daughter's safety after rumours suggested that she was being held as a virtual prisoner in Damascus in an effort to prevent her from fleeing the country.
Akhras has been tight-lipped about the situation in Syria. He allegedly told friends at the British Syrian Society that he felt like he was in an impossible situation, torn between loyalty to the Assad family and international condemnation of the brutal crackdown.
The Syrian-born Harley Street cardiologist founded the society in 2003 to promote bilateral ties.
He and his wife, Sahar Otri Al-Akhras, were forced to be move from their terrace house in Acton, west London, after protests were organised outside their property.
The Syrian first lady is British-born and was educated in west London, before graduating in computer science from King's College London in 1996. She still has a British passport.
Throughout the uprising, there have been persistent rumours that she had fled Syria with her three children, but she has repeatedly been seen in Syria standing by her husband.
She appeared at a pro-Assad rally in Damascus in January and was most recently seen in late February, when she cast her ballot at a polling station in Damascus in a referendum on a new constitution for the country.
The constitution, which was approved by some 89 per cent of voters according to Syrian officials, will establish a multi-party system in Syria, which has been governed solely by the Baath Party since 1963.
While the creation of a multi-party system was one of the main demands of protesters at the beginning of the year-long uprising, the brutalisation of the country has hardened opponents into demanding nothing less than the departure of Assad.
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Mike Mangini (* 18. April 1963 in Newton, Massachusetts) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schlagzeuger, der seit 2010 Mitglied der Band Dream Theater und damit Nachfolger von Mike Portnoy ist. Von 2002 bis 2005 stellte er fünf Rekorde im Schnell-Schlagzeugspielen auf.

In Bands wie Extreme, Annihilator oder als Studiomusiker bei Steve Vai und James LaBrie sammelte er Erfahrungen, die er als Professor am Bostoner Berklee College of Music für den Unterricht umsetzen konnte. Als einer von sieben Schlagzeugern wurde er im Oktober 2010 von der Band Dream Theater zum Vorspielen geladen, um einen Nachfolger für Mike Portnoy zu finden, der die Band im September 2010 verlassen hatte. Mangini gab seine Lehrtätigkeit auf, als er als neuer Schlagzeuger ausgewählt wurde. Bei dem Album A Dramatic Turn of Events war er erstmals als Dream-Theater-Mitglied zu hören. Auf der Bonus-DVD des Albums ist die Dokumentation über die Suche nach Portnoys Nachfolger enthalten.

Diskographie (Auswahl)

 Annihilator · Set the World on Fire (1993)
 Steve Vai · Fire Garden (1996)
 Steve Vai · G3 live (1997)
 Steve Vai · The Ultra Zone (1999)
 Mullmuzzler · Keep It to Yourself (1999)
 Steve Vai · The 7th Song (2000)
 Mullmuzzler · Mullmuzzler 2 (2001)
 Annihilator · All for You (2004)
 Annihilator · The One (EP, 2004)
 Tim Donahue · Madmen & Sinners (2004)
 Rush Tribute · Subdivisions (2005)
 James LaBrie · Elements of Persuasion (2005)
 Annihilator · Metal (2007)
 Dream Theater · A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011)
 Dream Theater · Dream Theater (2013)
 Dream Theater · Live at Luna Park (2013)
 Dream Theater · Breaking the Fourth Wall (2014)
 Dream Theater · The Astonishing (2016)
 Dream Theater · Distance over Time (2019)
 Dream Theater · Distant Memories - Live in London (2020)
 Dream Theater · Images and Words - Live in Japan, 2017 (2021)
 Dream Theater · A View From The Top of The World (2021)
 Dream Theater · ...And Beyond - Live in Japan, 2017 (2022)
 Dream Theater · Live in Berlin (2019) (2022)
 Dream Theater · Live at Wacken (2015) (2022)
 Dream Theater · Distance over Time Demos (2018) (2023)

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AGATHÓN | International Journal of Architecture, Art and Design
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Architecture | Research & Experimentation
Three case studies in virtual preservation. Applying virtual reality to Cultural Heritage
Kai Reaver The Oslo School of Architecture and Design
DOI: https://doi.org/10.19229/2464-9309/6202019
Keywords: preservation, experimental, virtual reality, virtual preservation, 3D scanners
The paper documents three case studies researching the techniques of Virtual Preservation upon various Cultural Heritage sites in order to preserve material aspects that, in the near future, can be irreparably damaged by the impact of climate change. Through the use of 3D scanners, photogrammetry, virtual and reality, and rendering software, the study documents how emerging technologies may be used together to digitally recreate full-scale Cultural Assets, for digital exhibition and archival. Although Virtual Preservation demands a substantial change of established working methods and tools, the paper argues that the realism obtained can compensate for the loss of the material of the Asset and still allow future generations to experience Cultural Heritage sites. The article concludes on illustrating the limitations and strengths of the study and foreseeing that Virtual Preservation can help experts to establish guidelines integrating virtual reality into traditional practice.
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Kai Reaver, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design
He is an american-norwegian Architect and Researcher working on developing conceptual and practical frameworks for the convergence of physical and digital space. His focus is on the nominally titled Digital City as it manifests at the intersection of interaction, computation, architecture and city planning. He places a specific emphasis on the evaluation of augmented reality and digital media as embedded infrastructural components of collective urban experience, design and planning, while analysing the respective regulatory policies these technologies entail with respect to the public realm, user privacy and data distribution. He has worked for multiple international architecture, design, and technology companies in the US and Europe, and has taught and lectured widely in public and academic settings.
E-mail: Kai.Reaver@aho.no
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Barford, W. (ed.) (2017), Fundamentals of Wearable Computers and Augmented Reality, 2nd edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton (USA).
Bratton, B. H. (2016), The Stack – On Software and Sovereignty, MIT Press, Cambridge (MA).
Buthke, J., Larsen, N. M., Pedersen, S. O. and Bundgaard, C. (2020), "Adaptive Reuse of Architectural Heritage", in Gengnagel, C., Baverel, O., Burry, J., Ramsgaard Thomsen, M. and Weinzierl, S. (eds), Impact – Design with All Senses. DMSB 2019, Springer, Cham, pp. 59-68. [Online] Available at: doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29829-6_5 [Accessed 30 October 2019].
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Graham, J., Blanchfield, C., Anderson, A., Carver, J. and Moore, J. (eds) (2016), Climates – Architecture and the Planetary Imaginary, Lars Müller Publishers, Baden.
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Otero-Pailos, J., Fenstad Langdalen, E. and Arrhenius, T. (eds) (2016), Experimental Preservation, Lars Müller Publishers, Baden.
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Sesana, E., Gagnon, A. S., Bertolin, C. and Hughes, J. (2018), "Adapting Cultural Heritage to Climate Change Risks: Perspectives of Cultural Heritage Experts in Europe", in Geosciences, vol. 8, issue 8, pp. 1-23. [Online] Available at: doi.org/10.3390/geosciences8080305 [Accessed 10 September 2019].
Sposito, C. and Scalisi, F. (2018), "Processo conservativo e significatività. Un approccio metodologico per la progettazione dei sistemi di protezione nei siti archeologici | Conservation process and significance. A methodological approach to plan shelters in archaeological sites", in Agathón | International Journal of Architecture, Art and Design, vol. 4, pp. 45-58. [Online] Available at: doi.org/10.19229/2464-9309/462018 [Accessed 19 November 2019].
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Research shows switching to organic food can reduce pesticide levels in urine
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Tokyo, 19 December 2016 – Traces of pesticides in urine have been found to decrease significantly among people, particularly children, who moved from a conventional to an organic diet. The findings come from a study involving two Japanese families, commissioned by Greenpeace Japan, and which backs up similar research into lower pesticide exposure in individuals who consume organic food.
"The study demonstrate how switching from a conventional diet to an organic diet can reduce the amount of pesticides in the body. This effect was most pronounced for exposure to pesticides such as organophosphate, pyrethroids and glyphosate," said Professor Thomas Göen, from IPASUM at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
The two Japanese families recruited for the study, both with two children, ate a conventional diet for five days and then switched to an exclusively organic diet for 10 days. Samples of their urine were taken at three times during the study (at the start, after a period eating conventional food and then after another eating organic food) and analysed at a laboratory at the Institute and Outpatient Clinic of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine of the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg.
The findings showed comparatively higher levels of some pesticides among the four children, compared to the adults. Children can be very susceptible to the effects of toxic chemicals as their organs are still in development. A child's developing brain is also more susceptible to neurotoxicants, and the dose of pesticides per body weight is likely to be higher in children due to their small size.
The study investigated the urinary levels of six types of pesticides, including organophosphates, pyrethroids, carbamates, neonicotinoids, phenoxy herbicides and glyphosate, and the substances produced after they have been metabolised in urine (metabolites). This study did not try to assess the potential health implications of the pesticide exposure, but simply to determine the impact of diet on the pesticides concentrations found. Longer term effects of mixtures of chemicals to which humans may be exposed however remain poorly researched and poorly understood.
"Ecological food that is locally grown, without agrochemicals and antibiotics, can minimise exposure to these chemicals, as well as any risks like those associated with glyphosate – a probable carcinogen. Eco-food can also connect people closely with a more natural food system where farmers take greater care of the food they produce and the environment that they produce it in," said Davin Hutchins, Food Campaigner at Greenpeace International.
"Governments and companies around the world must start investing more in ecological food to make it more affordable and more widely available. Access to healthy and abundant food is a fundamental human right."
While there is debate on the level of risk from pesticide exposure through the average diet, eating ecological food reduces exposure and associated risks. Ecological food also prioritises the cultivation of biodiverse, seasonal and native food crops rather than monocultures like corn and soy, which are used for food additives and ingredients in processed food.
Greenpeace Japan has also released the findings in a mini-documentary (here).
[1] The study "Greenpeace-Japan-Study of the Effect of Nutrition Change on the Pesticide Exposure of Consumers " can be found here.
[2] Ecological food is any food that is produced according to seven principles of ecological farming outlined in Greenpeace International's 2015 report – Ecological Farming: The seven principles of a food system that has people at its heart.
[3] Organic food: All the organic products provided to families was certified in accordance with Organic Japanese Agricultural Standard(JAS) and its equivalent standards in the EU and USA, which ensures products grown organically without GMOs, applying neither chemical synthetic pesticides, herbicides, nor fertilizers for more than three years.
[4] For the analysis of the individual exposure, morning urine voids were collected from each participant on the first (family A) or second (family B) day, as well as on the sixth and sixteenth day of the study, at the ends of the conventional and organic food consumption periods respectively.
Greenpeace International Press Desk, [email protected], phone: +31 (0) 20 718 2470 (available 24 hours)
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J-Village still contaminated – major uncertainties over decontamination and Olympic torch route
by Greenpeace International 17 December 2019
Radioactive contamination still remains in the parking lot and the nearby forests at J-Village sports complex in Fukushima prefecture, according to Greenpeace Japan's most recent survey.
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Climate Emergency: The best of Greenpeace images 2019
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It's that time of the year again, where we take a moment to step back and have a look at everything that was accomplished in the past 12 months.
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High-level radiation hot spots found at J-Village, starting point of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay
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High-level radiation hot spots have been found at the sports complex where the 2020 Tokyo Olympic torch relays will begin.
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Q: Accessing multidimensional array data with flat array This problem is driving me up a wall and I can't figure out what's going over my head here:
I'm trying to instantiate a 1D array in order to simulate a 3D array.
I'm instantiating my array as:
int *cache = new int[width*heigh*depth];

and accessing it with
int data = cache[x + width * (y + depth * z)];

where x is the vertical index, y is the horizontal, and z is the depth.
In my implementation, I need n*4 indices, where n = width*height and 4 is the z value.
I have x and I have width, and from these I can calculate height (it can be assumed that x/width is always a whole number).
The problem I am experiencing is that the aforementioned indexing schema only works when the "width" value is 2!
I need to access elements of my array in separate instances where width can be 1, 2, 4, or x(with height of 1).
I wrote the following code to demonstrate the discrepancies.
numWays is the "width" I want.
numSets is the "height".
blockCount is the total number of blocks and is equivalent to numWays*numSets.
The code prints out an error if the calculated index is larger than the maximum index allowable in my array, which should logically be (blockCount*4)-1.
   int cacheSize = 1024;
   int blockSize = 8;
   int blockCount = cacheSize/blockSize;
   int numWays = 2;
   int numSets = blockCount / numWays;

   int maxAllowableIndex = blockCount*4-1;

   for(int set = 0; set < numSets; set++){
      for(int way = 0; way < numWays; way++){
         for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++){
            if(set+numSets*(way+4*i) > maxAllowableIndex) std::cout << "ERROR" << std::endl;
         }
      }
   }

Errors are printed for any run where numWays != 2, even though numWays*numSets = blockCount. Why is this, and how can I modify my indexing schema to do what I want?
Thank you!

A: I would say the 3D access should be:
int data = cache[(width * height * z) + (width*y) + x];

*

*One plane of the cuboid has size width*height, Multiplied by z it gives you your "depth" within the cuboid.

*One plane has width "width". Multiplied by y it gives you the line of the plane.

*And x is just x.

Ok brackets are unnecessary...

A: In the following 2 lines:

int data = cache[x + width * (y + depth * z)];
where x is the vertical index, y is the horizontal, and z is the depth.

I think you have not been careful enough. You should do something like:
int data = cache[z + depth * (y + width * x)];

Indeed, if you think in decimal system, you do
unit + 10*tens + 100*hundreds. But what you are doing is hundreds + 10*tens + 100*unit.
Hope it helps !
Tony

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Q: Weebly - Adsense in the vertical menu I am using weebly as my website builder. I am not able to put Adsense advertisement in the vertical menu - I am only allowed to put it in the content window if I use the editor.

I assume I will have to modify the css/html and create content panel in this area (see screenshot) but unfortunately I have no idea how can I do it. Any ideas please?

A: Put an adsense ad under the navigation menu seems to be impossible without modify the HTML and CSS code.
To do it, you just have to export your theme (Settings > Un-published > Download the archive) and import it (Design > All themes > My Custom Themes > Import theme). An advice, to import the theme with success, read the recommandations because, otherwise, you will have error messages. After, edit the navigation menu in your new custom theme, add your adsense code, probably, in the #sidebar div and save modifications.
I hope I could help you and say me if you have any other problem.

A: You can insert anything on your vertical menu. I've done that 100%. I was able to insert a search button on the navigation bar and surprisingly, you can insert anything on it.
The technique is simple, just place the HTML on the Lay out area under Design Tab. Then insert the CSS on your sites header or on the main-style.css.
This is rather a long tutorial to make it clear to you. Here is my tutorial on how to insert an element to your navigation: http://www.myweeblytricks.com/2014/07/inserting-search-box-in-weebly.html
Good luck!

A: Another much simpler way would be add the Column element beside your content, and adjust the settings of the Adsense Element to 'Skyscraper'


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PlayStation All-Stars Island Revealed for iOS and Android
9th August, 1 replies
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The PlayStation All-Stars are back and this time, they're going mobile! Sony has announced PlayStation All-Stars Island, part-game, part-marketing partnership with the Coca-Cola Zero brand. The game offers four playable characters (Sackboy, Nathan Drake, Cole MacGrath and Kat) with others (Jak, Daxter, Ratchet and Clank) appearing during bonus moves.
The game itself appears to have many similarities to one of mobile gaming's biggest titles: Temple Run. According to an FAQ of the game, "The 'All-Stars Island' is a fictional, fantasy island that has been created to host the best and most exciting characters from PlayStation games. The Island is divided into 4 zones, with each zone representing one franchise (Uncharted, LBP Karting, inFAMOUS and Gravity Rush) and containing a mini game...Players are tasked with collecting Coke Zero orbs that are used to unlock special Coke Zero 'MAKE IT POSSIBLE' moves."
PlayStation All-Stars Island is being developed by Zoink Games, whose sparse history of games includes The Kore Gang. Island represents a stark change for the series, which initially debuted as a Smash Bros. inspired fighting game last year.
PlayStation All-Stars Island will be available this summer. You can check out more screenshots of the game here, here, and here, and you can read the full FAQ in the first post of this NeoGAF thread.
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Sustainability is simple in concept: Just leave the world for the next generation as you would have had the previous generation leave it for you. But it can be complex to implement, especially within the priorities and constraints of the industrial environment. Facilities and maintenance professionals can easily identify a multitude of opportunities to save energy, reduce waste, protect the environment, and preserve jobs while improving long-term viability and profitability. But which should be done now, which later and which perhaps not at all?
Improving sustainability quickly becomes a task of calculating costs vs. benefits, determining feasibility, setting priorities and gaining approvals. Converting a plant full of possibilities into a rational plan can be a challenge, especially with the limited resources of small- and medium-sized companies. Add in the potential for multiplying the benefits by involving neighboring facilities and the community, and the challenge can be overwhelming.
Your government would like to help. In September, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) joined the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in signing a memorandum of understanding in support of the Economy, Energy and Environment Initiative (E3 Initiative). Its stated goal is to assist small- and medium-sized manufacturers become more efficient, competitive and sustainable through public-private partnerships.
Ongoing opportunities to report progress and network with others about benefits and challenges.
The initiative already has successful pilot projects underway in Alabama, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Now it's poised to help your facility. "Working together, the signatories to the E3 agreement offer a holistic, integrated and practical approach to tackling a range of sustainability issues, saving time, building off of each other's strengths and reducing complexity for manufacturers seeking to lower their energy costs and sharpen their competitive edge," according to an announcement by the DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).
DOE's participation in E3 is being coordinated through EERE's Industrial Technologies Program (ITP). In addition to offering tools and resources for use in E3 projects, ITP is engaging the DOE-sponsored Industrial Assessment centers to provide E3 partners with on-site energy assessments. The energy assessment program has been in place for years and offers a treasure trove of energy-saving best-practice case histories accessible from the ITP site.
Other programs involved in the initiative include EPA's Green Suppliers Network and Climate Leaders Program; DOC's Manufacturing Extension Partnership within the National Institute of Standards and Technology; DOL's Employment and Training Administration; and SBA's Small Business Development Program.
Perhaps the most critical aspect of the initiative is that each project works with a range of experts and stakeholders at the state and local level, including state pollution-prevention programs, state energy offices, mayors and local county executives, utility companies, manufacturing enterprises and universities. These resources may help you and your plant to recognize and implement opportunities that extend beyond your fence and into the local community, such as center-of-excellence, recycling, waste-to-energy and district energy projects.
To get started, see the E3 fact sheet. If the strong whiff of bureaucracy doesn't daunt you, take a look at the project charter template. Then e-mail or call the listed contacts.


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14 incredibly cool office murals
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Wouldn't you want to work in a place like this? We take a peek at some of the coolest murals from offices around the world...
It's well known that your office or studio environment has a big impact on the work you create. A dull or unpleasant workspace can dampen your mood and hamper your creativity. On the flip side, a well planned, creative environment can inject energy into the workforce and inspire the imagination.
All of the businesses showcased here have taken this to heart, and injected some flair into their offices via imaginative murals. While an awesome workspace won't necessarily equal a top-notch design portfolio, it definitely doesn't hurt. For more envy-inspiring workspaces, take a look at our article on the coolest design offices around the world.
01. Scholastic
Scholastic is the largest publisher of children's books (and home to the world's most famous boy wizard), so it had plenty of creative subjects to choose from when it came to decorating its offices. To do the job justice, Scholastic roped in Pentagram, which rose to the occasion with true style, creating a whole range of fantastic murals to appear all around the company's offices.
These aren't your bog-standard murals either – there are designs that spread across different floors, ones that transform depending on the angle you look at them from, and even ones made of fake fur. Use the arrows to navigate your way through the gallery above.
02. Leo Burnett, Chicago
We'd happily hang out in reception at Leo Burnett with this artwork on show
This show-stopping office mural adorns the reception desk of global advertising agency Leo Burnett's hub in Chicago. The imagery celebrates two sources of pride for the team: creativity and their home city. The mural combines Chicago's skyline and the agency's own icons, such as Alpha 245 black pencils.
03. Hootsuite
Hootsuite's amazing boardroom mural is based on a real encounter with a great horned owl
Inspired by an unexpected encounter with a great horned owl in Vancouver's Stanley Park, husband and wife team Steve and Sandy Pell completed this mural for Hootsuite's boardroom in just two and a half days.
Key to their design is the owl's piercing golden eyes, which caught their attention in Stanley Park. They hoped to evoke the perfect balance of intense singular passion, fear, excitement, the unknown and intensity.
04. Nokia
Graffiti Kings brightened up Nokia's office with an assortment of murals
London-based Graffiti Kings, headed up by pro graffiti artist Darren 'SER' Cullen (who also painted the stage sets for the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony), was contacted by Nokia when it wanted its white office walls jazzed up with some magnificent and mind-blowing graffiti murals. So that's what Graffiti Kings did, including this fantastic Nokia logo created entirely out of artists' tags.
05. Bank of China
Illustrator Abi Daker flexes her attention-to-detail muscles with this wall mural
Cyprus based illustrator Abi Daker created this gorgeously detailed wall mural for the Bank of China. "My attention to detail and strong drawing technique means that my work is ideally suited to creating illustrated maps, panoramic cityscapes and perspective drawings," she explains. We love the use of a singular colour with this one.
06. Twitter UK
Sweaty Eskimo is known for his colourful office murals
This brilliant office mural was created by Tahgasa Bertram, otherwise known as his illustration alias Sweaty Eskimo, for Pitch Marketing group's London office. Bertram has worked with a number of clients to produce some pretty inspiring wall murals.
07. Leo Burnett, Singapore
This wall mural features a huge illustration of the company's founder
We couldn't not include this eye-catching office wall mural. Singapore-based agency Ministry of Design completed this office interior for advertising agency Leo Burnett. It features a drawing of the company's founder spread across the walls and floor, wielding a scaled-up model of a pencil. Incredible work.
08. SapientRazorfish
Vic Lee packs plenty of detail into his murals
London-based artist Vic Lee has created murals for companies and public spaces all around the world. One of our favourites is this intricate design for digital marketing company SapientRazorfish's HQ. Lee is known for packing plenty of detail into his murals, as well as hiding in-jokes and personal references to each company. See more images and close-ups here.
09. The Audience
Who wouldn't want to walk past this on the way to their desk?
Husband and wife Dan and Kozue Kitchens are the couple behind Kozyndan, an LA-based artistic team, known for their digitally painted pencil drawings of contemporary urban cityscapes and surreal interior spaces. On a larger scale, the duo created this 45-foot underwater-inspired mural for PR company The Audience in LA.
There's a huge amount of intricate detail
This piece is seriously impressive, not only for its scale but for the huge amount of intricate detail. Each time we look at it, we find new weird yet wonderful illustration we missed previously. How the team who work in this now aptly-named 'fish bowl' office get anything done we'll never know!
10. Digital Gurus
Meetings are less boring with something to look at
Digital Gurus is a collective based in London, specialising in mural art. It has an impressive client list that includes the likes of Google. It needed something really special for its own offices, and delivered on an impressive scale. This is just a small section of the mega-mural that spreads across the whole Digital Gurus studio, covering walls, pillars, and even lifts. You can see more photos of the mural here.
11. Google
Kate Moross made good use of Google's colours in this New York mural
Google has called upon many talented current designers and creative to bring in a bit of life and energy to its workplaces. Kate Moross combined trademark visuals with the search engine's iconic colours to produce this fresh and exciting mural for Google's New York offices.
12. Walt Disney Animation Studio
Geo Law created this awesome illustration using Posca Paint Markers
Doodle art enthusiast Geo Law was commissioned to create a massive 36m long mural for the Walt Disney Animation Studios technology department in California. Explore the full mural here – there are plenty of classic Disney characters to spot, all reimagined in a new style.
13. NeosCreative
The design was focused around the words 'adventure', 'graphical' and 'timeless'
Design and project management agency NeosCreative wanted an inspirational and unique mural for its new West London office. It commissioned Soulful Creative, a collective of some of the world's most talented and experienced graffiti artists, illustrators, and contemporary artists, who produced this funky masterpiece.
14. Carat
The theme of the mural is 'redefining media'
Norwegian illustrator, graphic designer and art director Remi Juliebo created this beautiful design for the office walls of Oslo-based advertising agency Carat. Juliebo decorated five walls with different murals – some based around illustrations and other including typography – all based around the theme of 'redefining media'.
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