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Shell Ups Investment in LNG Transportation Fuel Market
ALBERTA, CANADA – Energy industry giant Shell said it plans to have liquefied natural gas (LNG) available for heavy-duty fleet customers beginning in 2012 at select Shell Flying J truck stops in Alberta, Canada. In addition, Shell confirmed it is pursuing engineering and regulatory permits to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) by 2013 at Shell's Jumping Pound gas processing facility in the foothills of Alberta, Canada.
Pending regulatory approval, this endeavor is the first investment of its kind for Shell globally and will include production facilities and downstream infrastructure. Until such production begins, LNG will be supplied to the Shell Flying J truck stops from third-party supply agreements.
"With an abundance of natural gas and a growing need for low-emission transportation fuels, today signals a very important step for a significant North American resource," said Marvin Odum, president of Shell Oil Co. "Our strong portfolio and worldwide LNG leadership puts us in a unique position to grow LNG in key markets. And to meet growing demand, natural gas for larger fleet vehicles delivers reduced emissions and offers a cost-competitive alternative to other fuels."
Odum added that LNG represents a "welcome addition to Shell's portfolio of quality transportation fuels."
Shell said it is also actively developing new business opportunities with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to substitute LNG for diesel and propane in a number of industrial sectors, including trucking applications.
As part of its efforts to expand the use of LNG, Shell announced an agreement with Westport Innovations Inc. to launch a co-marketing program in North America. The program will provide fleet customers a better economic case for LNG-powered vehicles by consolidating key value chain components, such as fuel supply, customer support and comprehensive maintenance.
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30 Thomas topped the field with 30 birdies through four rounds, a feat accomplished by just 8 other players since 1997. He made at least one birdie on 17 of...
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The new season kicked off much like the last one ended — with a youngster hoisting the trophy. 1 The rookie led the field in both strokes gained tee to green...
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Who's hot? A look at the world's hottest players as they gear up for the 2015-16 season. 1. Jason Day – 384 points If winning the PGA Championship was the...
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96 Total number of matches Phil Mickelson has competed in the Presidents Cup, Ryder Cup and Walker Cup play, the most by any player in team competitions and a record...
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Where's the cheapest place to get Samsung's Galaxy S5 in the UK?
Which UK operator is offering the cheapest plan for Samsung's Galaxy S5 when it reaches stores this Friday?
Samsung might not have rocked the world with the specs for its Galaxy S5, but its new flagship is still probably going to be a massive seller when it arrives later this week.
The S5, with its perforated plastic backplate, runs on Android 4.4 KitKat and has a 5.1-inch high-definition 1080p display, a Snapdragon 800 2.5GHz quad-core processor, and a 16-megapixel camera.
Its launch couldn't come soon enough for Samsung , which is employing its own fingerprint scanning technology in the S5 to win back some territory Apple has gained with its TouchID-equipped iPhone 5S released last September.
The device is officially released in the UK on 11 April — so who's got the best plan?
Vodafone has exclusive rights to sell the gold version of the Galaxy S5 — which is also available in blue, white, and black — in the UK.
Vodafone has separate 3G and 4G pricing for the Galaxy S5, but since the device is LTE-compatible, we'll take a look at 4G pricing. On Vodafone, the lowest monthly fee on a two-year plan is £42 if the customer trades in another Galaxy device. There's no upfront cost for the device in that case, and the plan comes with 3GB of data per month, along with six months of either Spotify or Sky Sports.
Without a trade in, the cheapest offer on Vodafone for the S5 is £47 a month with a £19 upfront cost, which also brings with it 3GB of data every month and a six-month subscription with Spotify or Sky Sports.
The Galaxy S5 with Vodafone costs roughly the same as the 16GB iPhone 5S on a two-year contract — although the iPhone doesn't come with expandable storage options, of course. The 16GB iPhone 5S costs £47 a month with no upfront fee and includes a 3GB monthly data allowance. The iPhone 5S 32GB model on a 3GB per month allowance costs £47 a month with an upfront fee of £179.
EE is selling the black, white, and blue Galaxy S5 on 24-month 4G plans and is promoting its 4GB allowance as the optimal package for the device.
It doesn't offer a 3GB plan to compare directly with Vodafone. However, the 4GB plan for the Galaxy S5 costs £37.99 a month with an upfront fee of £59.99, while a 2GB plan costs £37.99 with an upfront fee of £49.99.
EE also offers a 5GB allowance for £49.99 a month with a £9.99 upfront fee.
Three also stocks the three colours without the gold option on 4G-ready plans from £38 a month, which carry a £29 upfront price tag. The carrier is offering the S5 at that price for its 'all-you-can-eat' data plans, which include 600 minutes of voice calls, or alternatively a 2GB data allowance with unlimited calls per month.
O2 is only selling the black Galaxy S5 and is offering the device from £38 a month for a 4G-ready plan with a 2GB allowance, which carries an upfront fee of £69.99. Its 5GB plan with no upfront fee costs £48 a month.


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Genesis' Steve Hackett Announces 'Selling England by the Pound' U.S. Tour
One of Genesis's early masterworks will be brought back to life on stage this year by one of the men who helped create it.
Interview: Steve Hackett on Performing Unreleased Genesis Songs
On the latest installment of Kyle Meredith With…, former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett discusses his new album, At the Edge of Light, and how it once again boasts band members from all over the globe.
The Genesis Years by Steve Hackett
During the last few years I have been re-exploring much of the classic Genesis music through my Genesis Revisited albums and shows.
Steve Hackett Announces 'Selling England By The Pound' UK Tour For 2019
Steve Hackett has announced a Genesis Revisited UK tour for 2019.
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Sadly, this album is yet another example of some ex-girlfriend asking, "Exactly how many copies of that record do you really need?"
Peter Gabriel Just Performed a Genesis Song for the First Time Since 1983!
For the first time since an impromptu performance of "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" at a Steve Hackett show in 1983, Peter Gabriel has performed a Genesis song live in concert.
Genesis: 'I Was Aware There Was Something Going On With Peter...'
On August 16, 1975, Melody Maker posited a front-page question. Pushing a story regarding Frank Sinatra's return to the UK down-page, it pictured Peter Gabriel in his full Watcher Of The Skies batwings, next to the legend: 'GABRIEL OUT OF GENESIS?".
Steve Hackett selects his all-time favorite Genesis album
Steve Hackett didn't just play on six Genesis studio albums between 1971-77. He's also twice now returned to that era as part of the Revisited projects, pulling apart those signature works even as he celebrates them.
Selling England by the Pound remains Genesis' most complete album: 'It fights off its shackles'
Selling England by the Pound, released on October 12, 1973, represented a culmination of sorts for Genesis — deftly combining the flights of fancy that lifted 1971's Nursery Cryme with the more determined edge of 1972's Foxtrot.
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Incredibly based on an ugly 1988 Kawasaki GPZ600, this lakester was built in Indonesia in 2012 by Donny Ariyanto of Studio Motors in Jakarta for Mr. Fajar Prayoga, a huge fan of the RSD Project Victory 200 bike. Awesome.
Main specs. One off bodywork by Studio Motor. Painting and airbrush by Komet Studio. Wheels: front 120/60-17; rear 190/55-17; Michelin Pilot tyres. Kawasaki ZX1000 swing arm. Nissin brakes. Custom aftermarket headlight. Flash Custom Muffler exhausts.


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Q: Can I add a condition to CakePHP's update statement? Since there doesn't seem to be any support for optimistic locking in CakePHP, I'm taking a stab at building a behaviour that implements it. After a little research into behaviours, I think I could run a query in the beforeSave event to check that the version field hasn't changed.
However, I'd rather implement the check by changing the update statement's WHERE clause from
WHERE id = ?

to
WHERE id = ? and version = ?

This way I don't have to worry about other requests changing the database record between the time I read the version and the time I execute the update. It also means I can do one database call instead of two.
I can see that the DboSource.update() method supports conditions, but Model.save() never passes any conditions to it.
It seems like I have a couple of options:

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*Do the check in beforeSave() and live with the fact that it's not bulletproof.

*Hack my local copy of CakePHP to check for a conditions key in the options array of Model.save() and pass it along to the DboSource.update() method.

Right now, I'm leaning in favour of the second option, but that means I can't share my behaviour with other users unless they apply my hack to their framework.
Have I missed an easier option?

A: When using save() to update a record, Cake expects an id to be present and will update only the record with this id.
What you're looking for is updateAll():

updateAll(array $fields, array $conditions)
Updates many records in a single call. Records to be updated are identified by the $conditions array, and fields to be updated, along with their values, are identified by the $fields array.
For example, to approve all bakers who have been members for over a year, the update call might look something like:
$this_year = date('Y-m-d h:i:s', strtotime('-1 year'));

$this->Baker->updateAll(
    array('Baker.approved' => true),
    array('Baker.created <=' => "$this_year")
);

A: I went with hacking my local copy of CakePHP. I haven't looked recently to see if the latest versions of CakePHP offer any new options.

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Leftist Kurds with US Air Support breach Walls of ISIL Capital, enter Old City
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – –
Al Jazeera reports that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) supported by the US Air Force and other international allies, has breached the walls around the old city of al-Raqqa in eastern Syria and managed to get into the old city itself. Al-Raqqa is the capital of Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) and the seat of its phony "caliphate," a reference to a long-lapsed medieval Muslim institution analogous to the papacy in Christianity. It is not clear the "caliph," Abu Baker al-Baghdad, is still alive. He may have been killed in a recent Russian airstrike.
The core of the SDF is is the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) of the leftist Democratic Union Party, based in the Kurdish northeast of Syria. Daesh had menaced the leftist Kurds, as a far right wing Sunni Arab organization. The Kurds were therefore virtually the only group in the region willing to fight Daesh, right into the capital of the terrorist organization itself. The US Air Force and its allies have given the YPG air support. In fact, it appears to have been US fighter jets that made the holes in the walls of the old city of the Daesh capital, through which the YPG flooded in.
The Kurds have taken the Hashim Abd al-Malik quarter in the south of the city as well as the Yarmouk district in the west. They lost 7 men in this recent assault, while Daesh lost 5.
There are some Arab auxiliaries of the YPG in the Syrian Democratic Forces, but the Kurds form the bulk of the fighters. That is a problem, since Kurds conquering Sunni Arab townsmen could raise the hackles of Arab nationalists.
Although the US is intervening heavily in Eastern Syria from the air, it only has about 1000 special forces on the ground.
Once Daesh is rolled up, the question is raised as to whether Syria's Kurds will be allowed to continue their quest for semi-autonomy.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson apparently told the Russians that the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is up to Moscow.
Reporter's Notebook: Holly Williams in Raqqa, Syria
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Book Review: Living The Dream
This one's a little late as I got caught up in the exams rush while reading it, but thank you to Little, Brown for sending me a copy of Lauren Berry's charming and cheeky debut, Living The Dream.
Living the Dream follows two twentysomething best friends in London navigating their careers and love lives past post-collegiate turmoil and into adulthood with lots of pints along the way.
Emma is a rising star at the marketing firm she works at as a "creative," but would have trouble describing what exactly it is she does all day. She pours most of her actual creative energy into a popular blog that all of her friends agree is brilliant, but she has yet to make a cent on it. Clem is a massively talented screenwriter just back from New York, where she picked up a fancy graduate degree in film. But until she convinces an agent to take on her masterpiece script, she's stuck hostessing at the bar she frequented as an undergrad, and the only calls she's getting are about bills past due and overdrawn bank accounts. In their ironclad friendship both girls find a reliable break from the post-collegiate absurdities and indignities that seem to abound in life right at the moment they feel they should finally be getting it all together.
With a rotating cast of lovably insufferable friends, from Emma's fabulous DJ and ladies man roommate to Clem's painfully ordinary and predictable childhood chum, the girls wind their way through the twists and turns of aging parents and terrible bosses and regrettable one night stands, unforeseen setbacks and blessings that present as anything but, and remind each other that while their ships might not have come in yet, the after work drinks are cold and the company can't be beat.
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Listen, I'm always going to have a weak spot for chick lit that features good ol' British humour and awkward mishaps. Bad dates, dull job, lost and broke – I could see slithers of myself within Emma and Clem along the way. I guess one issue is that they can be seen as Mary Sues, but that didn't bother me too much while reading as it's a bit like a Richard Curtis film and his idealisation of London where one can be struggling financially, slaving away at a 9-5, but still afford rent, have an attractive musician roommate, a famous actor ex, a degree from one of the best universities in the United States and many who praise your work. The reader sort of has to suspend disbelief for a bit so we can accept that while Emma only has £500 in her back account, she's doing fine. I suppose this is before she's done the weekly shop?
I don't want to be overly critical of Living the Dream because I did enjoy it. It hasn't got a patch on Bridget Jones, of which it has closely borrowed elements for certain scenes, and most of the male characters seem to be one-dimensional, but Berry has a knack for snappy, witty dialogue and knowing just when to throw Clem, Emma, and the reader, a curveball.
One thing that did stand out to me was how Berry tackled abortion, a topic that can still be seen as taboo in society. It would have been easy to gloss over it, maybe even have Emma return to her god awful ex-boyfriend who knocked her up and have the two of them try raise the baby. Thankfully, Berry did not take that route and was frank in her writing. Emma may not be as confident when it comes to throwing in the towel at her advertising job, but she is headstrong in knowing that having the baby wouldn't be right for her and that an abortion was what she wanted. Those close to her supported her, and the naysayers were ignored which is exactly how it should be.
However, for every good, there's a bad. One thing that was slightly unsettling was the novels issue when it came to addressing women who weren't the two main protagonists. Living the Dream screams 'Look at Emma and Clem, two smart and funny women with great talent. Look at them risking everything to chase their dreams'. Berry's practically next to you with a megaphone bellowing in your ear 'If they can do it, so can you!'. Except, Living the Dream isn't about girl power. Emma and Clem's trouble with women who weren't them is shown in their problematic attitude to not just their "friend" Yasmin, but in the way Emma dismisses the women at work as 'PR bimbos' as though she's on some advertising pedestal. In an age where women are taking back the reins and rising up against negative stereotypes, it's so so disheartening to read a book written by a woman that features these 'strong' women characters putting other women down.
I do see the message Berry wants to convey in Living the Dream. That if you're good at something and you enjoy it, pursue it. Despite this, it comes across a bit like one of those cheesy ads narrated by an overenthusiastic male basically going 'Tired of your day job? Well quit and chase the same dream millions of others are also chasing!' And I get it, I'm a creative. I write freelance, I've done unpaid work experience in publishing houses, I stay up until the wees hours working on the first draft of my novel that I know will be rejected. In an ideal world all us writer types would all be Emma and be able to get hot writing jobs right off the bat and earn hella money. Yet, the reality is so far from that and as an anxious person who craves stability and structure, I don't think there's anything wrong in playing it safe and having an office job while you pursue those things which is something Living the Dream heavily criticises. In Berry's novel, if you want your dream to come true, you can't do anything else on the side. You have to be unemployed. She seems to forget that bills are real and not everyone has the luxury of giving up their 9-5 for what's likely to be a pipe dream.
Anyway, I digress. Living the Dream is a fun, easy read. It's a quintessentially British novel with a lighthearted tone, a ton of boozing and a friendship at its core that'll make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Plot-wise, there's not a lot of action and twists and turns, and I had a few issues with it, but you do become so invested in Emma and Clem that you will root for them and enjoy following their journeys.
A humour debut about growing up and finding your place in the world.
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Hear ye Hear ye… calling all suckling pig fans! For the whole month of July, The Oriental Group of Restaurants are hogging the limelight with their roast promotions in various restaurants in the city. It's a month of indulgence filled with plenty of classic as well as modern roast meats from suckling pig to Peking duck and more.
We headed to Oriental Pavilion at Jaya 33 for an oinking good time with a few swine lovers recently. Oriental Pavilion, voted as one of Asia's Finest Chinese Restaurants by The Miele Guide and also rated as the only Chinese restaurant in KL's Top 20 restaurants by CNN Travel Guide, has always been a popular hot spot for classic Cantonese cuisine. From dim sums to Cantonese roasts and dishes, diners can opt to dine at their main modern dining room or one of the eight private rooms available.
From now till 31 July, Oriental Pavilion is running specials on their famed Roast Suckling Pig and Iberico Pork Ribs. It takes special skills of a roast master to achieve luscious roasts, so diners like us can savor sumptuous roast suckling pig, roast Peking duck and more. The Oriental Group of Restaurants roast masters has certainly nailed their roasts to perfection!
What makes a perfect Roast Suckling Pig? For me, the skin is the most important part of the dish. I need the acoustic sound of crunch upon savoring the skin as well as the even lacquered hue of the whole suckling pig as the main judging point for a perfect roast suckling pig. Choosing the right size of the piglet would yield just the right amount of meat and fat for a solid roast as well. Then one needs to also ensure that the little amount of meat is also tender, juicy and well-seasoned. The roasting skill is another crucial factor to achieving even roast as well as fabulous crispy skin.
First up, Finest Macau Style Roast Suckling Pig, served with Chilled Citrus Juice and crisp greens. Brownies point goes to how gorgeous this piglet looked and from every angle too! The skin is beautifully and evenly lacquered with such a glistening skin that rendered many sounds of excitement from everyone at the table that evening.
Unlike those suckling pig that one only enjoys the skin, this one has a little meat that oozed with much juiciness. A closely guarded dry rub recipe, the special rub is what makes this Macau Style Roast Suckling Pig superior to all the other roast piglets. We heard the rub is so good, only the top two chefs in the group has the recipe for this special rub.
After our homage to the pig with our lens, our Macau Style Roast Suckling Pig was cut up in thick pieces for easy consumption.
The skin was literally to-die-for! The acoustic of the crunch of the skin was music to my ears. The little bits of meat was sublime and moist while the special spice rubs on the bones had me succumbing cavemen style (or cavewomen in my case) in gnawing the piece clean in doing justice for the piglet.
Next up, another variation of the Roast Sucking Pig, BBQ with Glutinous Rice. This one is quite different from the Macau style one as the Roast Suckling Pig is deboned and served with steamed glutinous rice.
Though it doesn't have the same smoothness of the skin as the earlier one, this one still rendered a solid crispy lacquered skin with a lot of crunch. We enjoyed the leaner skin on this one and it certainly paired well with the soft and sticky glutinous rice studded with bits of mushrooms and Chinese sausage. It is served with a side of scallion and hoisin sauce though we think it didn't really needed it because the glutinous rice was already very tasty with the Roast Suckling Pig.
There is also a third variation of Roast Suckling Pig, BBQ with Foie Gras Sauce, which also sounds wonderfully delicious. All 3 styles of Roast Suckling Pig is priced at RM238++ each (normal price RM350++ each), available until 31 July, 2017.
There is another special swine that also stole much limelight that evening. Charcoal Grilled Iberico Pork Ribs Spanish Style served with Chilled Citrus Juice and crisp greens is a modern Chinese take on using the sublime black Spanish pig.
An order of this dish features a whole rack of Iberico Pork Ribs Spanish Style served at tableside with crisp greens and Chilled Citrus Juice. The picture shown here was for two orders hence two full racks of ribs. The restaurant was so thoughtful to provide disposable gloves for the dish though we felt that we should just dive right in to savor the full finger-licking good sensation of the ribs.
Look at the glorious rack of Iberico ribs! Generously seasoned with dry herbs as well as special marinade before roasting, the Iberico ribs were unctuously succulent with tasty fatty bits.
The Charcoal Grilled Iberico Pork Ribs Spanish Style served with Chilled Citrus Juice is available on promotion at RM138++ per rack (normal price RM198++ per rack) until 31 July, 2017.
While you are there, you might as well end your meal with Oriental Pavilion's long list of desserts. We had their Lemongrass Jelly, Summer Coconut Jelly and Chilled Yam dessert that was light, fresh and a sweet way to end the dining experience.
No reservations required for the Roast Suckling Pig and Iberico Ribs Promotion, just make sure you have a table booked ahead as Oriental Pavilion gets very busy, especially in the evenings. There are other Roast promotions going on at all other restaurants featuring different choices such as Peking duck and more so check out their website or Facebook for more information. Don't miss this great promotion!


Naruto is a ninja-in-training with a need for attention, a knack for mischief and, sealed within him, a strange, formidable power. His antics amuse his instructor Kakashi and irritate his team-mates, intense Sasuke and witty Sakura, but Naruto is serious about becoming the greatest ninja in the village of Konohagakure! Sasuke delves deep to remember how his brother Itachi became the feared ninja he is today! In the bloody battle that ensues between Naruto and his best friend, Naruto realizes that being close to an Uchiha brother could mean his downfall.
Reid, Ian, translator., Shapiro, Kyoko.
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The Systems Neuropsychiatry Group aims to understand how different parts of the human brain interact with each other to produce complex behaviour and why these astoundingly complex interactions breakdown in individuals with serious mental illness. We model the brain in both health and disease using networks of interconnected neural elements that interact in time and space across a hierarchy of scales. We develop new methodologies to perform statistical inference on brain networks and undertake research into computational models that describe the emergence and progression of network pathology over the course of disease. We aim to discover new ways to prevent, treat and cure mental illness. Our group brings together a diverse range of expertise from basic science, engineering and psychiatry in order to tackle these aims using innovative, interdisciplinary approaches.


The mission of Gandhi Samaj of Chicago is to help keep inherited culture thriving while assimilating into diverse society for the current generation and beyond.
Gandhi Samaj of Chicago (GSC) was founded in 1984 in Chicago, IL, USA by immigrants from South Gujarat part of India. GSC is a community of over 600 members living in Chicagoland and surrounding cities. Our community members are from South Gujarat district of India (Surat, Mandvi, Navsari, Bilimora, Gandevi, Chikhli, Amalsad, Valsad and Vapi to name a few).
The objectives of GSC are to achieve and promote unity amongst members while helping the community to enhance cultural awareness via education, programs and through celebration of our festivals such as Diwali and Navratri.
Our activities include but not limited to Annual Summer Picnic, Community Service Day, Food Donation drive, Navratri and Diwali Celebrations and more. If you are not a member of GSC, please join us via Membership Page of the website.
GSC elects it's President every 2 years. Application for 2020-2021 President term starts 1-Jan-2019. In order to contest for the Position of a President of GSC, kindly fill-out below form and submit to the current President before May 31, 2019. If more than one application is received format ballot election will be held at the Picnic. If only one application is received he/she will be elected unopposed and declared President for the next term.
Each year GSC partners with local food pantry to collect any non-expired dry food items or consumables that can be donated. Some of the items you can donate are canned food, cereal, baby food, rice, oatmeal, etc. Food Donation box is kept near the food area at the Picnic for collection.
Gandhi Samaj of Chicago continues its tradition of a community picnic each year at a Forest Preserve in Chicago. More than 400 members join to mingle with each other, play games and have a good time bonding with others. We serve breakfast, lunch and ice-cream for this event.
Back on August 14th, we partnered with Shree Jalaram Mandir in Hoffman Estates for our third annual Community Service Day event.
Since a number of our members attend this mandir, this was a great way to help out and volunteer during the Shrimad Bhagvat Katha. A number of our Samaj members volunteered during the event. This was a rare opportunity to help the Mandir and many in our Samaj were delighted to take this opportunity. We spent our time helping serve lunch to the hundreds of people who attended the event. It's amazing the memories we can help create with a few hours of our time.
GSC celebrates Navratri night each year for an evening full of music and dance. Hundreds of members and devotees gather to take part in Aarti. For last few years we are happy to bring live band with a singer to make event more lively.
Diwali or the festival of lights is the biggest festival of Hindu. It also marks the beginning of new year for many people. For GSC this is a big event where community attends traditional dinner and program by kids and adults for 3 hrs. It's an evening filled with joy and happiness. Community members present awards for Community Service and Best Leadership. Graduates also receive recognition for academic achievement from the Gandhi Samaj of Chicago.
Is your child confused about what career to choose? Do you need help and guidance from experts in our community? Then, mark your calendar for 31-Jan-2016 for Youth Career Planning Seminar, where you will get first hand information as well as get to talk to leaders from our community.


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You are here: Home / Awards & Funding / ASPB Awards / Adolph E. Gude, Jr. Award
This monetary award honors the Gude Family, who made possible the establishment of the Gude Plant Science Center. The award, established by the Society and first given in 1983, is made triennially to a scientist or lay person in recognition of outstanding service to the science of plant biology. Membership in the Society is not a requirement for the award.
2019 Winner: Maarten Chrispeels
Maarten Chrispeels (University of California, San Diego) is the 2019 recipient of the Adolph E. Gude, Jr. Award, in recognition of his outstanding service to the science of plant biology. Maarten is awarded for his elucidation of the plant endomembrane and secretory systems, vacuoles and water-transport proteins; his advocacy of plant biology and biotechnology in international agriculture as author of three textbooks and as science ambassador, most notably in the Americas; his improvement of the editorial and peer-review process as Editor-in-Chief of Plant Physiology from 1992-2000; and his tireless promotion of diversity and education in plant science.
Julia Bailey-Serres, Chair (2015-2022)
Joe L. Key, Past Winner (2018-2019)
Wendy Boss (2015-2022)
Joseph Hirschberg (2018-2025)
Sharlene Weatherwax (2018-2025)
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Q: Using Tidyverse to Output a Series of Summary Statistic Tables per User/Participant I am trying to produce a table of mean scores for each participant in my tibble. The number of observants is much larger than the data given below, but this tibble should be sufficient. I need to produce a table for each unique user_id. I would like the table to have 10 rows, 8 of which are the means of the indicators 1-8 per timepoint, and the other two are domain means per timepoint. The mean of domain 0 is the mean of indicators 1-4, and the mean of domain 1 is the mean of indicators 5-8. I would also like the outputted tables to have four columns, one per timepoint. Thus, each teacher_id's outputted table should be a 10 by 4. I have attempted this with tidyverse and would appreciate help. Also, some users (read several) will not have values at all timepoints.
structure(list(Group = c(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1), user_id = c("Kim", "Kim",
"Kim", "Kim", "Kim", "Kim", "Kim",
"Kim", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob",
"Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob",
"Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob",
"Bob", "Bob", "George", "George", "George", "George",
"George", "George", "George", "George", "George", "George", "George",
"George", "George", "George", "George", "George"), indicator = c("1",
"2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "1", "1", "2", "2", "3", "3",
"4", "4", "5", "5", "6", "6", "7", "7", "8", "8", "1", "1", "2",
"2", "3", "3", "4", "4", "5", "5", "6", "6", "7", "7", "8", "8"
), Timepoint = c(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3,
4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4,
3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4), score = c(3.5, 3.5, 2, 3, 3.5, 4,
3, 4, 2, 3, 2.5, 3, 1.5, 1.5, 0.5, 3, 2, 4, 2.5, 4, 2.5, 3.5,
3, 3.5, 3.5, 3, 2.5, 2.5, 2.5, 2, 2, 3, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3,
3, 3, 2.5)), class = c("tbl_df", "tbl", "data.frame"), row.names = c(NA,
-40L))

Attempted tidyverse code:
user_tables <- d %>%
  group_by(user_id,indicator,Timepoint) %>%
  summarise(Time1 = mean[which(indicator == 1 & Timepoint == 1)], mean[which(indicator == 2 & Timepoint == 1)], mean[which(indicator == 3 & Timepoint == 1)], mean[which(indicator == 4 & Timepoint == 1)], mean[which(indicator == 5 & Timepoint == 1)], mean[which(indicator == 6 & Timepoint == 1)], mean[which(indicator == 7 & Timepoint == 1)], mean[which(indicator == 8 & Timepoint == 1)],
            Time2 = mean[which(indicator == 1 & Timepoint == 2)], mean[which(indicator == 2 & Timepoint == 2)], mean[which(indicator == 3 & Timepoint == 2)], mean[which(indicator == 4 & Timepoint == 2)], mean[which(indicator == 5 & Timepoint == 2)], mean[which(indicator == 6 & Timepoint == 2)], mean[which(indicator == 7 & Timepoint == 2)], mean[which(indicator == 8 & Timepoint == 2)],
            Time3 = mean[which(indicator == 1 & Timepoint == 3)], mean[which(indicator == 2 & Timepoint == 3)], mean[which(indicator == 3 & Timepoint == 3)], mean[which(indicator == 4 & Timepoint == 3)], mean[which(indicator == 5 & Timepoint == 3)], mean[which(indicator == 6 & Timepoint == 3)], mean[which(indicator == 7 & Timepoint == 3)], mean[which(indicator == 8 & Timepoint == 3)],
            Time4 = mean[which(indicator == 1 & Timepoint == 4)], mean[which(indicator == 2 & Timepoint == 4)], mean[which(indicator == 3 & Timepoint == 4)], mean[which(indicator == 4 & Timepoint == 4)], mean[which(indicator == 5 & Timepoint == 4)], mean[which(indicator == 6 & Timepoint == 4)], mean[which(indicator == 7 & Timepoint == 4)], mean[which(indicator == 8 & Timepoint == 4)]) %>%
  split(., .$user_id)

Ultimately, I would like a table like this per user (where the NAs are the appropriate means) (Note: This one is for Bob - he didn't have scores for time 1 or time 2):
structure(c(NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA,
NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 1.625, 2, 2.5, 1.5, 0.5, 2.5, 2,
2.5, 2.5, 3, 2.625, 3, 3, 1.5, 3, 3.75, 4, 4, 3.5, 3.5), .Dim = c(10L,
4L), .Dimnames = list(c("Domain  0", "Ind 1", "Ind 2", "Ind 3",
"Ind 4", "Domain 1", "Ind  5", "Ind 6", "Ind 7", "Ind 8"), c("Time 1",
"Time 2", "Time 3", "Time 4")))

Thank you!

A: Since you are adding rows, you could do:
df %>%
  group_by(Group, user_id, Timepoint, domain = +(indicator>4), indicator) %>%
  summarise(sc=mean(score),.groups ='drop_last') %>%
  pivot_wider(c(Group, user_id, indicator, domain), Timepoint,'Time_', values_from = sc) %>%
  group_nest()%>%
  mutate(data = map(data,
                ~rbind(c(NA,colMeans(select_if(.x,is.numeric), na.rm = TRUE)),.x)))%>%
  unnest(data)%>%
  mutate(indicator = ifelse(is.na(indicator),
                            paste0('Domain ', domain), paste0('Ind ', indicator)),
         domain = NULL)

A tibble: 30 x 6
   Group user_id indicator Time_3 Time_4 Time_1
   <dbl> <chr>   <chr>      <dbl>  <dbl>  <dbl>
 1     1 Bob     Domain 0    1.62   2.62    NaN
 2     1 Bob     Ind 1       2      3        NA
 3     1 Bob     Ind 2       2.5    3        NA
 4     1 Bob     Ind 3       1.5    1.5      NA
 5     1 Bob     Ind 4       0.5    3        NA
 6     1 Bob     Domain 1    2.5    3.75    NaN
 7     1 Bob     Ind 5       2      4        NA
 8     1 Bob     Ind 6       2.5    4        NA
 9     1 Bob     Ind 7       2.5    3.5      NA
10     1 Bob     Ind 8       3      3.5      NA
# ... with 20 more rows

A: Same basic idea as in @Onyambu's answer, but simplified a bit with new dplyr
1.0.0 features that allow summarise() to increase the row count:
library(tidyverse)

have %>%
  mutate(domain = (as.numeric(indicator) - 1) %/% 4) %>%
  group_by(user_id, Timepoint, domain, indicator) %>%
  summarise(score = mean(score)) %>%
  summarise(
    cur_data() %>% add_row(score = mean(score), .before = 1)
  ) %>%
  arrange(Timepoint) %>%
  pivot_wider(
    values_from = score,
    names_from = Timepoint,
    names_prefix = "Time "
  ) %>%
  filter(user_id == "Bob")
#> `summarise()` regrouping output by 'user_id', 'Timepoint', 'domain' (override with `.groups` argument)
#> `summarise()` regrouping output by 'user_id', 'Timepoint', 'domain' (override with `.groups` argument)
#> # A tibble: 10 x 6
#> # Groups:   user_id, domain [2]
#>    user_id domain indicator `Time 1` `Time 3` `Time 4`
#>    <chr>    <dbl> <chr>        <dbl>    <dbl>    <dbl>
#>  1 Bob          0 <NA>            NA     1.62     2.62
#>  2 Bob          0 1               NA     2        3
#>  3 Bob          0 2               NA     2.5      3
#>  4 Bob          0 3               NA     1.5      1.5
#>  5 Bob          0 4               NA     0.5      3
#>  6 Bob          1 <NA>            NA     2.5      3.75
#>  7 Bob          1 5               NA     2        4
#>  8 Bob          1 6               NA     2.5      4
#>  9 Bob          1 7               NA     2.5      3.5
#> 10 Bob          1 8               NA     3        3.5

Data setup:
have <- structure(list(
  Group = c(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
            1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1),
  user_id = c(
    "Kim", "Kim", "Kim", "Kim", "Kim", "Kim", "Kim", "Kim", "Bob", "Bob",
    "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob",
    "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "George", "George", "George", "George",
    "George", "George", "George", "George", "George", "George", "George",
    "George", "George", "George", "George", "George"
  ),
  indicator = c(
    "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "1", "1", "2", "2", "3", "3",
    "4", "4", "5", "5", "6", "6", "7", "7", "8", "8", "1", "1", "2",
    "2", "3", "3", "4", "4", "5", "5", "6", "6", "7", "7", "8", "8"
  ), Timepoint = c(
    1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4,
    3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4
  ), score = c(
    3.5, 3.5, 2, 3, 3.5, 4, 3, 4, 2, 3, 2.5, 3, 1.5, 1.5,
    0.5, 3, 2, 4, 2.5, 4, 2.5, 3.5, 3, 3.5, 3.5, 3, 2.5,
    2.5, 2.5, 2, 2, 3, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3, 3, 3, 2.5
)), class = c("tbl_df", "tbl", "data.frame"), row.names = c(NA, -40L))

want <- structure(
  c(NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA,
    NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 1.625, 2, 2.5, 1.5, 0.5, 2.5,
    2, 2.5, 2.5, 3, 2.625, 3, 3, 1.5, 3, 3.75, 4, 4, 3.5, 3.5),
    .Dim = c(10L, 4L),
    .Dimnames = list(
      c("Domain  0", "Ind 1", "Ind 2", "Ind 3","Ind 4",
        "Domain 1", "Ind  5", "Ind 6", "Ind 7", "Ind 8"),
      c("Time 1", "Time 2", "Time 3", "Time 4")
    )
)

A: Great question. How about a nest solution? Here, you create a function to summarise, nest the data by user_id, then apply the function to each participant.
library(tidyverse)

df <- structure(list(Group = c(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
                         1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
                         1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1), user_id = c("Kim", "Kim",
                                                           "Kim", "Kim", "Kim", "Kim", "Kim",
                                                           "Kim", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob",
                                                           "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob",
                                                           "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob", "Bob",
                                                           "Bob", "Bob", "George", "George", "George", "George",
                                                           "George", "George", "George", "George", "George", "George", "George",
                                                           "George", "George", "George", "George", "George"), indicator = c("1",
                                                                                "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "1", "1", "2", "2", "3", "3",
                                                                                "4", "4", "5", "5", "6", "6", "7", "7", "8", "8", "1", "1", "2",
                                                                                "2", "3", "3", "4", "4", "5", "5", "6", "6", "7", "7", "8", "8"
                                                           ), Timepoint = c(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3,
                                                                            4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4,
                                                                            3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4), score = c(3.5, 3.5, 2, 3, 3.5, 4,
                                                                                3, 4, 2, 3, 2.5, 3, 1.5, 1.5, 0.5, 3, 2, 4, 2.5, 4, 2.5, 3.5,
                                                                                3, 3.5, 3.5, 3, 2.5, 2.5, 2.5, 2, 2, 3, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 3,
                                                                                3, 3, 2.5)), class = c("tbl_df", "tbl", "data.frame"), row.names = c(NA,
                                                                                -40L))

output <- structure(c(NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA,
            NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 1.625, 2, 2.5, 1.5, 0.5, 2.5, 2,
            2.5, 2.5, 3, 2.625, 3, 3, 1.5, 3, 3.75, 4, 4, 3.5, 3.5), .Dim = c(10L,
                                                                              4L), .Dimnames = list(c("Domain  0", "Ind 1", "Ind 2", "Ind 3",
                                                                                "Ind 4", "Domain 1", "Ind  5", "Ind 6", "Ind 7", "Ind 8"), c("Time 1",
                                                                                "Time 2", "Time 3", "Time 4")))

dfnest <- df %>%
  group_nest(user_id)

my_summarise <- function(.data) {
  .data %>%
    group_by(indicator,Timepoint) %>%
    summarise(mean = mean(score, na.rm = TRUE)) %>%
    pivot_wider(values_from = mean,names_from = Timepoint,names_prefix = 'Timepoint')
}

map(dfnest$data,my_summarise)
#> `summarise()` regrouping output by 'indicator' (override with `.groups` argument)
#> `summarise()` regrouping output by 'indicator' (override with `.groups` argument)
#> `summarise()` regrouping output by 'indicator' (override with `.groups` argument)
#> [[1]]
#> # A tibble: 8 x 3
#> # Groups:   indicator [8]
#>   indicator Timepoint3 Timepoint4
#>   <chr>          <dbl>      <dbl>
#> 1 1                2          3
#> 2 2                2.5        3
#> 3 3                1.5        1.5
#> 4 4                0.5        3
#> 5 5                2          4
#> 6 6                2.5        4
#> 7 7                2.5        3.5
#> 8 8                3          3.5
#>
#> [[2]]
#> # A tibble: 8 x 3
#> # Groups:   indicator [8]
#>   indicator Timepoint3 Timepoint4
#>   <chr>          <dbl>      <dbl>
#> 1 1                3.5        3
#> 2 2                2.5        2.5
#> 3 3                2.5        2
#> 4 4                2          3
#> 5 5                3.5        3.5
#> 6 6                3.5        3.5
#> 7 7                3          3
#> 8 8                3          2.5
#>
#> [[3]]
#> # A tibble: 8 x 2
#> # Groups:   indicator [8]
#>   indicator Timepoint1
#>   <chr>          <dbl>
#> 1 1                3.5
#> 2 2                3.5
#> 3 3                2
#> 4 4                3
#> 5 5                3.5
#> 6 6                4
#> 7 7                3
#> 8 8                4

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Frank: Yeah, absolutely. So now talk to us a little bit more about the mental impacts.
Cynthia: Sure. On the mental side of it, once again, we're going to go to science and it's proven that anxiety from isolation can really mess up your brain's wiring. In 2018 a study came out from Florida State University College of Medicine that showed that isolation can cause a 40% increase in the risk of dementia. This is for people that need care as well as their caregivers. It indicates that there can certainly be a mental impact on us individually, but it also points to there being a mental impact on our communities as well if individual are isolated and unable to contribute.
Frank: Right, right. So right now our situation is forcing us to stay isolated. But in a normal setting there are situations where a loved one is sort of self-isolating by staying inside a lot and not really interacting with the outside world. What suggestions do you have in the latter example to families who have that and are in that situation with a loved one to try to make it so they're not so isolated because you know the negative impacts that could occur.
Cynthia: Well, there's a couple of ways to look at it. One is to maybe bridge the gap of what's best for the family and what's going on today. I don't mean the pandemic today, I mean just today in general.
You can plant some flowers or get some flowers planted. You can buy some flowers if you get to the grocery store or you can have a florist deliver flowers. I know what flowers do for me when I get flowers from someplace and I know what flowers do for my clients when I've brought flowers to visit them in their home or visit them in the hospital and it just lights up people's faces. So that's such a simple thing. Send some flowers. Some of the other things that we all talk about probably too much and that everybody knows about is get everybody on digital platforms. So we know there's zoom and Skype and FaceTime and all these different things and that's a good short term, but that's not a sustainable option, since we don't want people who are alone to become too dependent on technology.
Exercising is another great solution. Exercising from home just got a whole lot easier around here in the past few weeks because the gyms were forced to close and they're offering low and no cost alternatives all over, whether it's chair yoga or sitting in a chair yoga or standing behind a chair yoga or laying on a couch yoga. There's all sorts of things that you could do to keep exercising.
Frank: Yeah, there is so much. So you had mentioned the pandemic and obviously that's on people's mind, it's more reality now. Reality has set in that a pandemic can happen. So let's talk about the pandemic versus every day life as we're used to and the importance of isolation relative to both. Do you treat them both the same, it is different, what are your thoughts there?
Cynthia: Well, I'm going to tell you twofold. I think it's the same, but I think it's different. So I think what I know I, as an individual, I'm seeing the true, what it's really like to be isolated. While I may have worked at home most of my career, that didn't mean I stayed at home most of my career. But the elderly sometimes don't have a choice about being inside their homes or getting out. So I think that a lot of families are actually beginning to viscerally understand what their loved one goes through every day. I saw some little joke the other day that had all the beginning words of the days of the week crossed out. And so basically we have seven days. There are no more Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, it's day. And I feel that way sometimes. I'm not sure what day it is. I have to look at my computer to tell me what day it is.
I truly believe that my elderly clients have that every day when they're isolated because they don't have any reason to differentiate between the days. So to me it's the same. On the other hand, there's a lot more anxiety during what's going on in our world today that just exacerbates and overlays these items that are happening to our older members of our family. They were already isolated and now they're confused and they're afraid and they're anxious. So it just, I have to believe, I haven't seen any reports. I have to believe it almost doubles up what they were feeling beforehand.
Frank: What's your feeling on what's going to happen? People are isolated for a certain period of time, are they just going to go back to normal? Are they going to consider, families are going to consider other options because of what they had been going through with a loved one being isolated? Any thoughts there on either what's going to be done now or what's going to happen after things get to some sort of normalcy, let's say?
Cynthia: Well, one of the things that I think I sent in your direction was what can we do after life gets back to normal? I don't know that we know what normal is. I think that our normal, it's going to be a new normal because I believe that this has changed everything. However, I also believe that it is calling to attention what's been going on in these lonely and isolated homes of our loved ones that were kind of out of sight, out of mind for this global world we live in, where children and close family members may live 5,000 miles away and they're going to see that. And there's so many new communities that are being built, were being built, are still being built for this population. And I just think that people are going to see how beautiful and wonderful it is to not be isolated. Why should their loved one be isolated?
Frank: You said exactly what I was thinking. Having the experience that so many of our elderly are having now, may cause some individual's adult children to re-think their plan of a retirement home. Do you think that's going to happen or do you feel that the adult children or other family members are going to want that to happen? Do you have strategies for them on how to get their parent or other loved one to agree to maybe make a move since it would be better for them? I know it's a pretty open question there, but any thoughts on it.
Cynthia: Sure. Well I think it's a very broad question and I will, not to be selfish about your podcast, but I would say that that's a whole topic for another podcast and there's some work I do around that called finding the right words and I'd love to come back and talk with you about that.
Frank: That'd be great.
Cynthia: One of the things that, when I'm working with families, and I would say 50% of the time when we talk, when I talk with them about social isolation, I don't think they really get what it is. And I think after this episode we're in now, they will get it because they've lived it. But they will tell me, oh my dad's never been social. He's never been social. And what they mean is their dad isn't kind of person who wants to go in and play cards and doesn't want to go in and have a book discussion or play Scrabble. But I would posit that social isolation and being social, if you will, is not about playing games and leading a discussion on a recent trip to Europe. That being social may just be sitting down in the lobby reading the newspaper and watching all the activity that's flurrying around you.
That's what I miss in my social isolation. I live alone and I have all of the computer pieces and technology and I could go to an exercise class every hour and I have a lot of people who call me and FaceTime and we discuss things. But there's something about just sitting at a restaurant and watching the activity around you that increases your ability to fight off inflammation and to keep your brain active.
Frank: Yeah, I mean like both of us, between us, we have visited many senior living communities and I have visited many smaller residential care homes, literally probably in the thousands now. And I can't tell you how many times I've seen older adults maybe just sitting on the porch or in the lobby and they're not participating necessarily in any activity. They're just observing. That's an activity for them and they're pretty happy doing that versus sitting alone. And I'm sure, I know I have had people on the show and I'm sure you have statistics that or you may have them, but I know they're out there, that suicide rate is up amongst older adults. Certainly depression is up amongst older adults. And I think so much of it relates to isolation.
Cynthia: I do, I do. And again, while I'm in the baby boomer age because I'm stuck in my home, my day surrounds itself around what's my next meal and when do I get to go to bed? And I know that my adult children would, they bear with me to let me do a FaceTime occasionally, but they don't want to FaceTime with me all day, every day. And I have to find ways to keep myself interested. And there's only so much bad TV that I can watch at night. So again, it's not just about what's going on with the older adults, it's what goes on with us as well. Now I think we're feeling what they were feeling.
Frank: Yeah. So moving in that direction, do you have any recommendations about how someone may begin to have that conversation with their parents about their living situation in retirement?
Cynthia: Sure. The way I look at this whole business that we are in and this whole step-by-step of moving someone is that I look at it and I try to explain to my clients, it's like that old statement of "Do you know how to eat an elephant?" And the answer to that is "One bite at a time." What my team and I like to do is divide the process up into manageable pieces so as not to overwhelm our client.
We usually start by suggesting they do some research and let's get an expert to help us figure out the where. And know that just like you said, it's not about a conversation, it's about conversations. So it's about if you think about it with your kids, it's teachable moments. It's having tiny little bite size conversations about what are going to be the next steps because there's such a danger that people who have been isolated may remain isolated after all this passes and it's time to reevaluate what's best for our lives in general, what's best for our world we live in and what's best for our families. And begin to have maybe more broad umbrella discussions.
Frank: Right, right. And I think that, we didn't even discuss this and I think it's important, that still there is this perception that if someone doesn't live at home, they're going to be going into this "Old folks home." Can you just take a moment or two because I could talk to you all day but we only have a few minutes, but maybe just talk about the options that are out there for people.
Cynthia: Sure. So the thing that I also like to make sure people understand is that this is not what I would phrase. I always use this phrase, it's not your grandmother's nursing home. This is not where people live now. They're living in places with their peers, where they can commiserate and they can celebrate things that happen in their age group. They can show pictures of their grandkids. They can talk about the jobs that they did. There are people that are in assisted living communities that get out and go to work every day. They may go to work volunteering at the hospital, they may go to work as a paralegal in a legal office. They may go to work reading to kids in a school, but they walk out the door every day and live the same life that they were living in their home.
But someone made their breakfast, someone's making up their bed and cleaning their apartment while they're gone. And if on the days they don't work, there's an activity planned for them and they just don't have to worry about anything. And that's what community living is these days. Now that's assisted living. There's also memory care where your loved one is safe. You don't have to worry about getting the phone call in the middle of the night that they're going to the grocery store with their pajamas on and barefooted. And there's activities that keep them engaged and really are reaching into their reality of where they are at that point.
And that's the beauty of these communities. And the beauty of these communities is also is to figure out when and that when is not when it's a crisis, you want to figure out when before there's a crisis so that your parents can go and develop a social network in their new place. And I will tell you, nine out of 10 of my clients, when they go into a community, they find out there's a lot of people there that they already know. They didn't realize that that's where they were living. And so they can pick up their life and just start it again someplace where they're safe and warm and healthy and fed.
Frank: Yeah. Thank you. Thank you for that explanation. I appreciate it. So unfortunately we're kind of out of time, but why don't you share with everybody how they can get ahold of you and your website. Anything you'd like to share with our listeners.
Cynthia: Sure, sure. Thanks again Frank for having me. I really appreciate it. My website is www.scanyfl.com. So that's SCA like Senior Care Authority, NY like New York, and FL, like Florida. And there's a resource tab there and it has other podcasts and blogs and books and webinars and a variety of things that'll help make your journey easier. I can refer them and I can help them. They can also send me an e-mail at Cynthia@seniorcareauthority.com.
Frank: Perfect. Cynthia, thank you so much for joining us on Boomers Today. I really appreciate it. And I want to thank everybody out there for joining us. Please, please be safe and we'll talk to everybody real soon.
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Ag groups continue to fight EPA label changes to dicamba in a case before an appeals court. (DTN file photo)
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Two agriculture groups made oral arguments last week on a case in federal appeals court that could determine the future of the herbicide dicamba.
On March 15, 2022, the EPA announced approved label amendments that further restricted the use of over-the-top dicamba in Iowa and Minnesota. Those changes were made to federal labels for XtendiMax, Engenia and Tavium.
The American Soybean Association and the Plains Cotton Growers, Inc. filed a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 24, 2022.
In oral arguments before the appeals court on Dec. 8, 2022, the groups asked the court to clarify jurisdictional rules under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, or FIFA, and to require the EPA to use the best available science when evaluating dicamba pesticide registrations and potential impacts to species protected under the Endangered Species Act.
The EPA's decision to revise the federal label, in consultation with the dicamba registrants, for state-by-state needs, was considered to be unusual. It stems from EPA's new policy of no longer permitting states to add further restrictions on a pesticide via Section 24(c) special local needs labels. Now states that want to further restrict dicamba must work through their own state rulemaking or work to create federal label amendments with EPA and registrants.
In the petition to the DC Circuit, the ag groups said the actions taken in March 2022 violated FIFRA, ESA and the Administrative Procedure Act by "imposing registration conditions that exceed statutory authority, are arbitrary and capricious, are an abuse of discretion, are not supported by substantial evidence when considered on the record as a whole and are not otherwise in accordance with the law."
The groups asked the court to remand the amendments back to the agency.
Alan Meadows, American Soybean Association regulatory committee chairman and a soybean grower from Halls, Tennessee, said in a news release last week that the group is hopeful the court will see the new dicamba restrictions released in March 2022 were too restrictive.
"Growers need herbicides like dicamba to protect crops and maintain important conservation practices, for example, reduced tillage," Meadows said.
"By failing to use good science and data, EPA is unnecessarily making the farmer's job harder and hurting our bottom line."
Kody Bessent, Plains Cotton Growers CEO, said his group is concerned about EPA creating "nationwide arbitrary cutoff date" when it comes to dicamba.
In November 2020, the groups sued the EPA in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, following the agency's release of three dicamba labels. The groups argued those labels were too restrictive and would hamper cotton and soybean growers' ability to control herbicide-resistant weeds.
The new labels include a national cutoff date for use -- June 30 for soybeans and July 30 for cotton -- as well as larger buffers to protect neighboring areas and endangered species.
The district judge issued a stay on Sept. 3, 2021, pending the outcome of the current case in the DC Circuit.
Read more on DTN:
"Two Commodity Groups Sue EPA, Demand Fewer Dicamba Label Restrictions," https://www.dtnpf.com/…
"EPA Amends Dicamba Labels to Add Cutoffs for Iowa and Minnesota," https://www.dtnpf.com/…
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"Before" was 1992, after the Soviet occupation. Soviet troops had already gone home when we dispatched the Afghan mujahidin—our proxy Cold Warriors—to bring down the central government they'd left behind. Then we abandoned the country to civil war. Every Afghan remembers that American betrayal.
The consequences the first time around were bad enough. For Afghans, the chaos of civil war led to the rule of the Sharia-law-and-order Taliban, sponsored—some say invented—by Pakistan and funded by Saudi Arabia, America's odd "allies" in the region. For the U.S., a series of al-Qaeda attacks culminated in 9/11 and the belated realization that the Islamist extremists we'd sent against the Soviets in Afghanistan were not our good buddies after all.
But the question today is not simply—as it is framed in regard to Iraq—whether U.S. troops should stay or go. It's more like: Where have we been?
Taking a line from Republicans, Senator Kerry charged that George W. Bush had "cut and run" from Afghanistan to Iraq. A more thoughtful assessment, prepared in 2004 for the Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit in Kabul, found that the U.S. and its international allies had never moved in to Afghanistan, never made "the necessary commitments and investments," in the first place. In March 2004, the Berlin Conference on Afghanistan warned that such "minimal effort" continued "too long" would "adversely affect… the commitments" Afghans were asked to make to the new "democratic" Afghanistan. That's what happened.
But instead of building schools, his troops got ambushed and sucked into what the British press describes as the heaviest combat operations since World War II. Outnumbered, NATO called for reinforcements. It's a measure of international faith in U.S. policies, five years after 9/11, that only Poland reluctantly agreed to send some soldiers "next year." Canada, which had meant to help with reconstruction, agreed to send tanks. The U.S. dropped plans to extract troops and quietly sent more.
All along, Afghans have been yearning for disarmament, security, and peace. But the U.S. did things backward—pushing for a constitution, elections, a government (of the same old warlords)—all the trappings of democracy without ever negotiating anything like peace. "A breathtaking achievement," Donald Rumsfeld called it, only months after the invasion. Yet U.N. Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said recently that it was a "big mistake" not to talk to the Taliban, who are after all Afghans. What is democracy if not a mechanism to enable disparate factions to live together?
Without peace, there can be no security. And without security, no development. American "development" in any case is a peculiarly narcissistic affair: an aid program utterly privatized, with multi-million-dollar no-bid contracts going to American corporations distinguished mainly by their political connections. It's another dandy scheme for transferring taxpayer dollars to the pockets of the already rich.
So it happens that now, having broken our promises—through greed, guile, inattention or simple incompetence—we offer Afghans more war.
Only weeks ago, President Karzai—our very own man in Kabul—pleaded with the U.S. to change course and stop killing Afghans. In response, Secretary of State Rice flew to Kabul to announce that the U.S. would fight to the death of the last Talib. That's a no-win no-brainer since Taliban multiply daily in response to foreign occupation, but it seems now to be American policy.
Only Pakistan has made a kind of peace with Taliban who rule Waziristan (and may well harbor bin Laden) on the Afghan border. Waziri elders recently offered to convene a loya jirga to mediate a similar truce between the Karzai government and the Taliban of southern Afghanistan. It's safe to bet that Condi will quash that—so keen is this administration on military, not diplomatic, "solutions," especially when other armies do the fighting, and so eager to overlook the double-dealing of Pakistan, its peculiar pal in its endless misbegotten War on Terror.
Often it seems that Bush and Karzai are not on the same side. Addressing the general assembly of the U.N., President Karzai complains again about that neighbor (Pakistan) that fosters the Taliban; and he thanks another president for all he's done to maintain peace and stability in the region—President Ahmadinejad of Iran. An Australian news agency asks: Do our troops fight for Afghanistan or for George W. Bush?
To muster such perplexed allies, Secretary Rice warns against abandoning Afghanistan again on the grounds that "we" can't afford to leave a "failed state" in that strategic part of the world—especially not one that this administration, through its own failings, has manufactured itself.
Ann Jones is the author of Kabul In Winter, published by Metropolitan Books. An authority on women and violence, her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times and The Nation.
I wrote "Fundamental Rights," a research paper in November 2000 for a class at the University of Denver. I referenced all rights or lack there of, to "The Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam, (CDHRI). This document was signed by the Organization of the Islamic Conference on August 5, 1990. Obviously none of the human rights prescribed are being maintained, especially for women, by the current government or occupying force in Afghanistan. No official can deny knowledge if a college student can find this information. Sad to say inhumane cruelties continue in every nation where "fundamentalist" Islamic law prevails.


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