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I have downloaded as400 emulator TN5250 (free trial version). After installing the setup it took the IP address automatically. But if I say connect by giving a session name, it says "Sorry, unable to connect to the selected mainframe"
Hi, Email from our iSeries stopped. How do I check what's wrong? Devan
Retrieving data from AS/400 tables with PHP?
I think I will die! Does anyone know how to get data from a table on AS/400 displayed with PHP through ODBC? I'm starting to go mad. I tried ODBC drivers (iSeries Access client, Client Access). Nothing helps. I have Apache server as localhost on my machine and PHP installed and that works fine. The...
Trimming leading zeros in as/400
Hi, I have a character input parameter of length 8. I have a customer number which may vary according to a query that user enters. This customer number is searched in an input file where the key field is numeric. I want to change this input parameter to numeric without any trailing zeros/blanks....
DB2 to Text File Conversion and Transfer
I have created a Text File from my AS/400 DB2 table. I want to transfer this file from one iSeries system to another. How to do this?
AS/400 Macros causing program crash/lockup
My IT guy at my company is not familiar with using macros, so has been of limited help on this issue. I have some macros setup just to insert a string of letters for item#. Example, LUDCSS4. I have the macro set on the keyboard to Alt+A. They worked fine until the session was changed to fix another...
Subfile processing – Incorrect record number in subfile SFLRCDNBR or SFLSIZ field.
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In a single CL Program, can we read a database file more than once?
In a single CL Program, can we read a database file more than once
F22 step into in STRDBG not working
Using STRDBG, I use to be able to hit f22 to step into a program or procedure but now nothing happens when I hit the key. Is there a setting that enables this?
How are DB2 files different from Physical files in AS/400?
May i know how database tables are different from Physical files in as400
Hi, I want to throw error messages based on following validation on the display screen. 1) If field type is character and it's length is 50 and if someone put numeric value in it's first position then error message should be populated as following:- "The value of 1 is not valid for this field" It...
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What causes the last used date to be updated on a file?
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Reading a file in Reverse Order in CL Program
) In CL program how can we read a data base file in reverse order.
AS/400: Use PUSH Button for a numeric field
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Records in subfile are put in another order
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Best way to migrate big data from Oracle to DB2 for i
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Remove message from display file
In my program I'm placing this message on the display after pressing page down again after the end of subfile has already been reached. When paging back up, control doesn't return to the program because the records exist in the subfile. How do I go about displaying this message, then removing it...
Maximum number of records that can be stored on AS/400 file
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Leaf owners can use an EZ-Charge card for access to chargers with ChargePoint, Blink Network from Car Charging Group, AeroVironment and NRG eVgo. "No Charge to Charge and EZ-Charge are a winning combination, making public charging free and easy for new LEAF buyers," said Fred Diaz, senior vice president, Nissan Sales & Marketing, Aftersales. "Public charging is an important way to provide added range confidence to EV buyers and persuade more shoppers to join the more than 110,000 LEAF drivers around the world."
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We will be holding an afternoon of presentations and discussion of museum specimens from South Georgia and related regions with scientific staff members of the museum, followed by wine and canapés and the option of dinner at Carluccio's afterwards.
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The South Georgia Association was formed to give voice to those who care for South Georgia. South Georgia is a remote mountainous island of exceptional natural beauty in the Southern Atlantic, with abundant wildlife both on the island and in the surrounding ocean. Uninhabited apart from two small research stations and a few government employees, it is an unspoilt wilderness with a fascinating heritage that is none the less environmentally vulnerable.
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PASCO's compact Stress/Strain Apparatus shows the stress and strain during the entire process of stretching and breaking a material. The sample is stretched by turning the knob by hand until the sample breaks. The force used to stretch the sample is measured using a Force sensor. Calculate both the stress and the change in length of the sample using a both PASCO Interface and Software.
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PASPORT sensors connect directly to all current PASCO interfaces.
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At the heart of the Stress/Strain Apparatus is a high quality hand crank that allows the user to generate the force needed to stretch and ultimately break the provided test coupons of different materials.
In order to accurately measure the forces involved a force sensor is used. However, it's limit is 50 N, a number easily surpassed by the forces needed to break some of the materials. That's why the Stress/Strain Apparatus employs a metal bar with a 5:1 mechanical advantage, increasing the maximum force that the sensor can read to 250 N.
A drive belt connects the hand crank to a rotary motion sensor which translates the turn of the crank into the corresponding change in length of the sample. Either PASPORT or Science Workshop sensors may be used with the Stress/Strain Apparatus.
Tension is applied to the sample by turning the knob by hand until the sample breaks. The force used to stretch the sample is measured using a Force Sensor connected to a PASCO Interface. A metal lever provides a five-to-one mechanical advantage, increasing the maximum force that the sensor can read to 250 N.
The stress is calculated using Capstone or SPARKvue software by taking the force over the cross-sectional area. No adjustment is made for any change in the cross-sectional area during stretching.
The change in length of the sample is measured using a Rotary Motion Sensor. The resolution is 0.007 mm. The strain is calculated by dividing the change in length by the original length.
The software automatically calculates stress by dividing the applied force by the cross-sectional area and the strain by dividing the change in length by the original length. Data points are taken continuously creating a graph in real time. A linear curve fit of the initial straight line provides Young's Modulus while integrating under the curve determines the material's toughness.
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Potassium Changes Associated With Blood Transfusion in Pediatric Patients
Storing packed red blood cells (pRBCs) increases the potassium concentration. This effect is characterized in citrate phosphate dextrose/citrate phosphate dextrose adenine units but not published for Adsol (AS-5) units. The change in whole-blood potassium concentration in pediatric patients during routine transfusion is also poorly characterized. In this study, pediatric patients undergoing transfusion had pre- and posttransfusion whole-blood potassium measurements. The pRBC unit transfused and the unit's segment were sampled, with potassium concentration measured. In addition, potassium concentration in AS-5 units was measured over 42 days of storage. Unit extracellular potassium increased in AS-5 units after day 7 at 0.83 mmol/L/d. The mean change in patient potassium concentration was 0.08 mmol/L (range, −0.5 to 0.5 mmol/L). No correlation with unit age or unit potassium concentration was identified with change in patient whole-blood potassium concentration. The lack of clinical effect on patient potassium does not support the use of "fresh" pRBC units with routine pediatric transfusion.
- Pediatric transfusion
- Potassium
- Storage
- Segment potassium concentration
A known effect of storing and irradiating packed red blood cells (pRBCs) is an increase in potassium concentration in the supernatant suspending the pRBCs.1 When a transfusion is given, thought must be given to the amount of potassium being infused. Children with disturbances in their potassium levels are susceptible to muscle weakness, paralysis, cardiac arrhythmia, and death. The changes in serum potassium in children due to transfusion have been poorly characterized and may or may not be clinically significant. These changes have been studied in the past,2 although in the past 30 years, many changes in transfusion medicine practice have occurred. These include different anticoagulants, storage, and additive solutions. We set out to determine what effect transfusion has on a patient's whole-blood potassium concentration with modern transfusion practice.
Since the 1970s, there have been 11 case reports of transfusion-associated hyperkalemia in children; 4 of those 11 cases resulted in death.3 To mitigate this risk, some providers have switched to using washed RBCs in pediatric patients. However the evidence supporting this use is weak,4 although the reasoning behind it is judged to be sound by some authors.5 We quantify the changes in whole-blood potassium concentrations in patients undergoing small-volume (up to 450 mL) transfusions in a routine manner.
When blood is stored, potassium passively leaks from the cells, building in the medium surrounding the cells and leaving the red cells deficient in intracellular potassium. When the stored unit of blood is transfused, this extracellular potassium is also infused. The RBCs restore intracellular potassium by active transport after the transfused RBCs recover metabolic activity and adenosine-5′-triphosphate production.6 Because of the delay in recovery of metabolic activity by the transfused RBCs, a transient increase in plasma potassium may occur in the recipient.
This unintended "transient hyperkalemia" is an undesirable adverse effect of transfusion. Much has been written about strategies5–8 to deal with this potassium influx. However, in the setting of routine, nonemergent, or high-volume transfusion, the changes in serum potassium caused by giving nonwashed, irradiated RBCs are not well characterized.
Published data exist for potassium concentrations in units preserved with citrate phosphate dextrose (CPD)9 and citrate phosphate dextrose adenine 1 (CPDA-1).10 However, to our knowledge, no published data have detailed potassium concentration as Adsol (AS-5)–preserved unit ages. In this study, we also determine potassium concentration in AS-5–preserved RBC units as they age.
Materials and Methods
This study was reviewed and approved by the Penn State Hershey Medical Center Institutional Review Board (protocol number 38407). The study was powered to detect a significant change in serum potassium of 0.1 mmol/L. With the laboratory methods being used, this results in the need for 17 transfusion events to be analyzed. Because of the (relatively) high number of pediatric hematology and oncology patients undergoing transfusion, this patient population was selected to be representative of the pediatric population receiving transfusions at academic medical centers and to shorten patient accrual time. When a patient with central venous access was to undergo transfusion for any reason, the clinicians identified the child, and the child and parent or guardian provided consent. Only patients with central access were accrued in the study to maximize patient comfort, minimize hemolysis with blood draws, and ensure more uniform infusion rates.
A pretransfusion blood draw of 3 mL was performed through a central venous catheter and sent for analysis by the GEM3500 (Instrumentation Laboratories, Bedford, MA) blood gas analyzer, which uses an ion-selective electrode to assess whole-blood potassium in the core clinical laboratory. Whole-blood potassium was measured for ease of sampling, speed of specimen handling, speed of analysis, and to avoid the small and variable increase in potassium that occurs during centrifugation of whole blood to prepare plasma.
Concurrently, a 3-mL sample was taken from the unit to be transfused. In addition, the segments from the unit were sampled. Both the unit sample and segment sample underwent measurement of potassium concentration on the VITROS 5,1 (Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Rochester, NY) chemistry analyzer using ion-selective slide technology. The details of the unit, such as draw date, volume of transfusion, and date of transfusion, were recorded.
All analytic instruments used in this study, which undergo daily in-house calibration, were always within calibration limits during the study.
The transfusion was then given as clinically indicated. No patients in the study received a transfusion of more than 450 mL at one time, and transfusions were given at a rate of 50 to 150 mL/h based on the clinician's orders, the patient's weight, and the patient's clinical situation. No transfusion-related complications were noted during or after transfusions. All units were leukoreduced by filtration at the time of initial unit processing and irradiated within the 24 hours prior to sampling and transfusion. No product was irradiated without a transfusion ordered and scheduled within the 24 hours after irradiation occurred. All units were anticoagulated and preserved with AS-5 solution (Terumo, Tokyo, Japan).
A second patient blood sample was drawn through the patient's central venous access 1 hour after the transfusion and analyzed on the GEM3500 blood gas analyzer (Instrumentation Laboratories), measuring whole-blood potassium.
Patient information was obtained by medical record review. The most recent available result prior to transfusion was recorded for age, weight, sex, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), serum creatinine, and primary diagnosis. Total blood volume was calculated using the patient's most current pretransfusion weight and pediatric blood volume normal values.11 eGFR was calculated by the electronic medical record with established formulas12 using serum creatinine, age, and height.
Data were entered into computer spreadsheet software (Microsoft Excel 2011; Microsoft, Redmond, WA) and analyzed with STATA version 12 software (StataCorp LP, College Station, TX). Correlation coefficients were calculated by STATA using the product-moment correlation coefficient. A paired sample t test was used to determine whether unit potassium and segment potassium concentrations were equal. Significance for all statistical tests was set at P ≤ .05.
AS-5–preserved units for the determination of potassium concentration changes over time were collected and processed at the Hershey Medical Center donor center, per normal protocol, on the day prior to unit selection. All units selected were collected without difficulty during phlebotomy in an Immuflex Terumo BCT bag (Terumo, Tokyo, Japan), leukoreduced by filtration, and processed for plasma and platelet collection as well as pRBCs. Units were then stored on their own shelf in the blood bank refrigerator and disturbed only for sampling. Potassium concentration was measured on the day of selection (day 0) and every 7 days afterward, until day 42. Blood samples were collected for testing with the use of a neonatal aliquot system (Charter Medical, Winston-Salem, NC) to avoid puncturing the unit, and care was taken to avoid hemolysis when samples were obtained. A 3-mL sample was obtained from the aliquot bag into a heparin-Vacutainer tube. This was hand carried to the Hershey Medical Center clinical chemistry laboratory, spun for 7 minutes at 3200 rpm, and measured on the VITROS 5,1 (Ortho Diagnostics) chemistry platform via ion-selective slide technology.
A total of 9 individual patients received 17 distinct transfusions. The children ranged in age from 1 to 14 years and weighed between 8.8 and 57 kg. Six of the 9 patients were female. Their calculated blood volumes ranged from 692 to 4,971 mL. Their eGFR at the time of transfusion ranged between 100 and 308 mL/min; thus, all patients had normal renal function. No patient had auto- or alloantibodies identified on their pretransfusion type and screen, nor was there any evidence of a transfusion reaction or hemolysis posttransfusion.
The change in whole-blood potassium from the pretransfusion sample to 1-hour posttransfusion sample ranged from −0.5 to 0.5 mmol/L. The mean change was +0.08 mmol/L. No patient developed hyperkalemia (as defined by a whole-blood potassium concentration >5.0 mmol/L), and no complication from transfusion was noted.
A total of 17 distinct units were transfused for the 17 transfusions included in this study. Unit age ranged between 3 and 38 days (mean, 26.5 days). Unit potassium concentration averaged 54.9 mmol/L (range, 19.1–79.9 mmol/L). The segment potassium concentration averaged 48.1 mmol/L (range, 8.2–69.7 mmol/L). Unit potassium concentration and segment potassium concentration were significantly different (P = .015). The mean absolute difference between segment potassium and unit potassium was 9.1 mmol/L. Six segments had higher and 11 segments had lower potassium concentrations than the units. The segments had potassium concentrations that ranged from 8.6 mmol/L higher than the units to 28.4 mmol/L lower than the units. The transfusion volumes ranged between 140 and 450 mL (6.1–16.4 mL/kg). By multiplying the unit potassium concentration by the volume transfused, the amount of potassium infused with each transfusion averaged 0.6 mmol/kg (range, 0.3–1.3 mmol/kg).
No correlation was identified between unit potassium concentration and change in patient whole-blood potassium (P = .72) Figure 1A, potassium dose transfused and change in patient whole-blood potassium (P = .18) Figure 1B, unit age and change in patient whole-blood potassium (P = .89) Figure 1C), calculated blood volume and change in patient whole-blood potassium (P = .24), and patient GFR and change in patient whole-blood potassium (P = .18).
There was a positive correlation between unit age and unit potassium concentration (P = .003) Figure 2, unit age and segment potassium concentration (P = .001), and unit potassium concentration and segment potassium concentration (P = .001) Figure 3.
The amount of potassium infused with the transfusion was calculated by multiplying the transfusion volume by the transfused unit potassium concentration. After calculating patient blood volume based on sex and weight,13 the amount of potassium infused was divided by the total blood volume to estimate the maximum expected rise in patient potassium concentration. This obviously does not take into account the tight metabolic control that humans have over potassium and the ability of potassium to quickly redistribute throughout the body. However, for purposes of comparison, a calculation of the "worst-case" scenario for transfusions causing hyperkalemia is made, which is that all the transfused potassium stays in the bloodstream. This calculation is not physiologic, but it is a starting point for discussion.
The mean maximum calculated expected rise was 7.4 mmol/L (range, 3.1–15.2 mmol/L) Figure 4. The mean difference in the observed change as compared with the mean calculated expected change was 7.4 mmol/L (range, 2.8–14.7 mmol/L).
The mean ± SD unit serum potassium concentration on day 0 was 1.4 ± 0.3 mmol/L. The mean ± SD serum potassium concentration was 22.7 ± 7.5 mmol/L on day 7 and 51.0 ± 6.7 mmol/L on day 42. A linear mixed-effects regression was fit to the data starting on day 7, as potassium increases were observed to be linear starting from the day 7 time point. The slope of this was 0.83 mmol/L/d, with a standard error of 0.037 Figure 5.
There is currently much concern regarding hyperkalemia after blood transfusion in children. However, our study did not demonstrate a predictable or clinically significant change in patient whole-blood potassium concentration after transfusion. The changes in potassium observed in this study were also small, ranging from −0.5 to 0.5 mmol/L.
The most likely explanation for our findings is that the transfusions were given at a moderate rate, with the posttransfusion whole-blood potassium measurement performed 1 hour after the transfusion had finished. In our patient population, the mean total infused potassium dose was 54.9 mmol, and the mean calculated expected rise was 7.4 mmol/L. The mean observed rise was +0.08 mmol/L.
The observed value is much smaller than the measured whole-blood potassium increase at 1 hour due to the combined effects of potassium excretion in the kidneys and potassium "redistribution" in the transfused RBCs as they recover metabolic activity and actively transport potassium from plasma to the RBC cytosol.14 As our data clearly demonstrate, the combined effects of potassium excretion by the kidneys and uptake by the transfused RBCs mitigate the changes in plasma potassium after RBC infusion such that the observed 1-hour posttransfusion increase in whole-blood potassium was not clinically significant.
Of note, our study did not include patients with severely compromised renal function. In this patient population, potassium homeostasis is more tenuous, and the shifts observed in this study may not be reflective of the changes seen in this population. Our study also did not look at the potassium shifts with extremely rapid or large-volume transfusions.
A limitation of this study is the small sample size. Because of concerns by the institutional review board about pediatric patient blood drawing, efforts were made to reduce the number of participants to the minimum needed to power the study so a clinically significant change in potassium of 0.1 mmol/L could be identified. Because of this, only 17 transfusion events were included in the study. By including more participants, a wider demographic of patients could be observed, including patients with renal failure, patients receiving larger volume transfusions or high infusion rate transfusions, and those in an intensive care unit setting.
An interesting finding in this study was that the potassium concentration of the unit and of the segment was significantly different. The unit potassium concentration was on average higher (54.9 mmol/L) compared with the segment from the unit (48.1 mmol/L). This may be due to the differences in the storage microenvironment. The unit bag is more breathable, and differences in RBC metabolism during storage may account for the differences. However, more investigation is warranted into this poorly studied topic.
To our knowledge, this is the first description of the changes in unit serum potassium concentration in AS-5–preserved units. Although not significantly different from the potassium changes seen in CPD- and CPDA-1–stored blood,9,10,15 the 42-day shelf life of the AS-5–stored units allows for higher potassium concentrations to build in the unit serum. However, our study does not imply that this higher potassium concentration changes the patients' serum potassium levels 1 hour after a routine transfusion.
This study used exclusively nonwashed, irradiated, leukoreduced RBC units preserved with AS-5. Our current blood bank protocol is to irradiate units just prior to the time of issue. However, this should not imply that irradiation within 24 hours of issue provides an RBC product that is significantly different from one that is irradiated beyond 24 hours prior to issue.16 Leukoreduction does not increase unit potassium,17 and although irradiation does raise potassium18 concentration in RBC units,5 it has been shown by this study and others19 that routine washing of these units is not warranted.
This study also used blood that was generally "older." Two units were drawn less than 8 days after the transfusion, but the remaining 15 were older than 16 days, with 8 of these older than 30 days. The potassium concentrations in these units were higher than the "fresh" units. However, there was no correlation to change in whole-blood potassium concentration with the transfusion of these "old" units.
This study provides good evidence that in the scope of "routine" blood transfusion (ie, not as part of large-volume resuscitation efforts) in children with normal renal function, serum potassium is not drastically shifted by transfusion. The need for washing or providing "fresh" or more recently collected blood for "routine" pediatric blood transfusion is not supported by this study.
Upon completion of this activity you will be able to:
predict whole-blood potassium changes associated with routine blood transfusion in pediatric patients.
anticipate potassium changes in Adsol-preserved units.
correlate unit potassium concentrations and segment potassium concentrations.
The ASCP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The ASCP designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM per article. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity qualifies as an American Board of Pathology Maintenance of Certification Part II Self-Assessment Module.
The authors of this article and the planning committee members and staff have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Questions appear on p 828. Exam is located at www.ascp.org/ajcpcme.
We thank Michael Creer, MD, Dani Zander, MD, Teresa Shapiro, MSN, AOCNP, Melanie Comito, MD, and the entire Penn State Hershey Medical Center Blood Bank staff.
Source of support: Penn State Hershey Departmental Research Award.
- © American Society for Clinical Pathology


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A hearty and satisfying meal made from things that are almost always at hand.
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- 8 slice bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 14.79 ml olive oil
- 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
- 2 medium tomatoes, peeled,seeded,chopped
- 10 large eggs
- 78.07 ml chopped fresh basil
- 118.29 ml freshly grated parmesan cheese
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- Add sliced onion and cook over medium-high heat until golden, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes.
- Reduce heat to medium-low.
- Add chopped tomatoes and cook until almost all liquid evaporates, stirring frequently, about 10 minutes.
- Preheat broiler.
- Whisk eggs in large bowl until frothy.
- Whisk in bacon, basil and season to taste.
- Pour into skillet with vegetables.
- Cook over medium heat until bottom is just golden and top is still unset, occasionally lifting edges of frittata and tilting pan to let uncooked egg run underneath, about 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle top with Parmesan cheese.
- Broil frittata until top puffs and turns golden, about 3 minutes.
- Slide frittata onto platter.
- Serve warm or at room temperature, cutting into wedges.
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Delish! I added fat free feta, mushrooms, tomatoes, and spinach. Super easy to make. This is a definite keeper!
I was looking for a frittata recipe to fix on the stove which wouldn't need folded nor inverted when I came across yours. I made many changes, but used your overall method. Even though I had never fixed a frittata, I found it easy to fix! I converted it into a ham cheese frittata, and it was delicious and beautiful! The idea of broiling it at the end was absolutely brilliant!!! I was looking for a way to fix a frittata for 20-25 people, and your method is the way to go! Thanks a lot for giving me the solution to my challenge! I fixed it in an old lodge in Canada where they have very antiquated, unreliable ovens. Instead of using them, I used the stove, and fixed the frittata in a big roasting pan. Everybody was absolutely amazed seeing me fix such a huge frittata, and they all loved the taste of it. Thank you so much! Saulo Saulo
Yum...a delightful breakfast/brunch dish thats easy to prepare. Instead of grating the parmesan I chopped mine into small cubes and added to the egg mixture...so every now and then you got a little oozy cheese bite. Thanks for sharing!


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Cowspiracy – The Sustainability SecretNovember 8, 2015 at 6:42 pm | Posted in Economoney, Health, Media, Movies, Science | 4 Comments
Tags: Cowspiracy, diet, global warming, meat production, plant-based
I've written several articles on this blog on the CHIP program and the many health benefits of shifting to a more plant-based diet – including reduced cancer risks. Recently, the World Health Organization announced that processed meats are carcinogenic and red meat probably also is. This is based on hundreds of studies.
A friend recommended the film Cowspiracy, a surprising documentary about the meat industry. Not only is excess meat a health issue but it's also the number one cause of global warming. Simply because of volume, cows and their processing produce well over twice the greenhouses gases than all forms of transportation. Really?
"Livestock and their byproducts account for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, or 51% of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions."
Goodland, R Anhang, J. "Livestock and Climate Change: What if the key actors in climate change were pigs, chickens and cows?"
"Livestock is responsible for 65% of all human-related emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas with 296 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide, and which stays in the atmosphere for 150 years."
"Livestock's Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options." 2006.
"Even without fossil fuels, we will exceed our 565 gigatonnes CO2e limit by 2030, all from raising animals."
Oppenlander, Richard A.
"Agriculture is responsible for 80-90% of US water consumption."
US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, 2013. 54% is for growing feed crops.
Conservatively, 2,500 gallons of water are needed to produce 1 pound of beef. Eating a single hamburger will negate any individual efforts you can make to conserve water.
"Animal agriculture is responsible for up to 91% of Amazon destruction."
World Bank, 2003
"Today, humans and the animals that we raise as food make up 98% of the zoomass." (animal biomass on earth)
Vaclav Smil, Harvesting the Biosphere, 2011
"We are currently growing enough food to feed 10 billion people." But half of it goes to feed animals, even in countries with starving children.
much more, with references An infographic
Meat production is the largest cause of deforestation, water consumption, ocean pollution, and desertification. A third of the planet is now desert. And yet the film-maker found that most environmental organizations refused to talk about it. His primary funder suddenly backed out over the "controversy".
Turns out it's illegal in the US to speak against the meat production industry. There is now an "Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act". In other words, speaking about this in the US can be considered a terrorist act. In South America, people are shot for protesting against agribusiness.
Yet – on a given land area, we can produce 15x the protein with plants rather than animals.
"A person who follows a vegan diet produces the equivalent of 50% less carbon dioxide, uses 1/11th oil, 1/13th water, and 1/18th land compared to a meat-lover." Just with diet.
A little more effective than a low-flow shower head, biking to work, and turning out a few lights. And if we're actually serious about addressing climate change, we need to address the elephant in the room…
The CollectionAugust 26, 2015 at 3:58 pm | Posted in Computers, Media, Movies, Online services, Software | Leave a comment
Tags: database, EMDB, Eric's, IMDB, movie
Movie Buffs come in many forms. There are those who like movies only in the theatres – perhaps at a favoured cinema or an art house. Others like to manage their own schedule and subscribe to various on-line services like Netflix to stream what and when. And still others like the physical media so they are independent. Or maybe they just like to collect. And of course there are mixtures – those who collect just fav films but go to the cinema for the big screen spectacles and stream others. And so on.
Over time, those collections can get to be large. We can start loosing track of what we have, what we've watched, what we've loaned and so forth. Myself, I began a simple spreadsheet. When that got too large, I migrated to a simple database. I looked at available free cataloging software like I use for my archive discs but didn't find what I needed. I also recognized the benefit of storing the data external to the database, something most home office apps don't do (Access, Base, etc). Good databases store their data externally, so I set up a jdbc database. That worked well for a year and then Java updated in a way that my office software didn't. Broken.
Time for a new solution. After doing some online research and going over Gizmo and Lifehacker, I narrowed my choices down to 4 programs. DVD collection software has come a long ways. After trying several out, I found Eric's Movie Database best met my needs.
It took a bit of fiddling to get the data out of the old broken database, then convert to csv format, then to add a couple of custom fields to EMDB (easy). It's also good to review your old data to make sure its in a standardized format. Some of mine like dates was in shorthand that another database wouldn't recognize. Then I was able to import a large collection into Eric's. You can then run a batch update through IMDB and it downloaded a great deal more info than I ever tracked. So much easier than all that typing and now I had visual references too. A quick review allowed me to correct a few identification errors plus load TV episodes for those items.
EMDB is a vast improvement over my little custom database. I just enter the name and a couple of details and it collects all the rest. It's packed with customization options. It has both manual and automatic backups. You can easily add another database for a different collection and cut and paste those titles over. And you can make the whole thing portable. I'm still discovering features.
If your collection is digital, such as on a NAS or media server, EMDB includes a file Location field. You can index an entire digital collection by file name (if you have good naming habits). And you can also launch the movie from within the software, if that works for your setup. Adding a new file, it will index it without even having to type the movies name.
For a small donation, Eric will send you a file to rename the program in your name.
Dolphin's are Non-Human PersonsJune 24, 2014 at 2:30 pm | Posted in Economoney, Media, Movies, Nature, Science | Leave a comment
An interesting article on news that India has declared dolphin's to be non-human persons. They're banning the "import, capture of cetacean species… for commercial entertainment, private or public exhibition and interaction purposes whatsoever."
"Whereas cetaceans [marine mammals] in general are highly intelligent and sensitive, and various scientists who have researched dolphin behavior have suggested that the unusually high intelligence; as compared to other animals means that dolphins should be seen as 'non-human persons' and as such should have their own specific rights and is morally unacceptable to keep them captive for entertainment purpose…"
This does not mean human rights but rather "Unlike… positive rights, such as the 'right' to education or health care, the animal right is, at bottom, a right to be left alone… It only requires us to stop killing them and making them suffer."
This comes out of a 2011 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science gathering support for the 2010 Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans:
1. Every individual cetacean has the right to life.
2. No cetacean should be held in captivity or servitude; be subject to cruel treatment; or be removed from their natural environment.
3. All cetaceans have the right to freedom of movement and residence within their natural environment.
4. No cetacean is the property of any State, corporation, human group or individual.
5. Cetaceans have the right to the protection of their natural environment.
6. Cetaceans have the right not to be subject to the disruption of their cultures.
7. The rights, freedoms and norms set forth in this Declaration should be protected under international and domestic law.
8. Cetaceans are entitled to an international order in which these rights, freedoms and norms can be fully realized.
9. No State, corporation, human group or individual should engage in any activity that undermines these rights, freedoms and norms.
10. Nothing in this Declaration shall prevent a State from enacting stricter provisions for the protection of cetacean rights.
(the linked article is missing the last 3)
In my local community, Orcas have been removed from the local aquarium but they still have dolphins and belugas, so there is a move to ban all cetaceans from display for entertainment purposes. What makes it messy is they present as a "research aquarium" and consider that work critical. While I certainly agree marine research is very important, tying it to funding by using research subjects for public entertainment is highly questionable and an inherent conflict of interest.
Waterproof IMAX cameras are far less expensive and invasive to use in exposing us to marine life.
The article closes with this question: "Once we give rights to some animals how do we justify our continued exploitation of others?" Another recent local controversy is violent abuse of dairy cows. But as one article commented, the entire treatment of animals as a commodity on factory farms is abuse. Films like Food Inc. have spoken to this.
The Ultimate MindbombJanuary 23, 2014 at 9:43 pm | Posted in Events, History, Internet, Media, Movies | Leave a comment
At a TEDx talk in Victoria, Ian MacKenzie explores the history of the mask that came to be used by Anonymous, then the Occupy movement. Then he looks at the Occupy movement itself. Then how to Occupy the Noosphere with Memes via Mindbombs.
What is the ultimate Mindbomb we could release?
Ian was also involved in Velcrow Ripper's film, Occupy Love. While not as far reaching as the 2 previous films in his trilogy, it does better explain the Occupy phenomena than anything else I've seen.
Tools for Going DigitalNovember 2, 2012 at 5:03 pm | Posted in Backup, Computers, Hardware, Media, Movies, Music, Software | 1 Comment
Gradually over the last few years, I've been digitizing my stuff. It takes less space, it's easier to find, it can travel with me, and I can work and play with it immediately. I can also re-purpose it, like turning photos into a screen-saver, music into a play-list, and school notes into a reference library. Files are all one style, not stored by media (records, tapes, etc.) or misfiled or needing yet another device to play or piece of furniture to store. The computer becomes a repository of my life.
After getting a digital camera, photos were the first to migrate. Mostly I used an HP scanner with a photo feeder. If you have the option, a quick programmed action in Photoshop to colour balance, despeckle (dust), and sharpen left a polished job reasonably quickly. All is now sorted in folders by year, month and event.
I found a film projector at a garage sale for the old super8 films and videotaped that. A little klutzy but the films were in rough shape and many edits had broken. Home videos I then turned into DVDs using a DVR. The Panasonic model had a built in hard drive so they could be digitized then sorted onto DVD's. That model DVR died prematurely but fortunately after conversions were done.
Another project was all the various music media, including old albums and cassettes. The free Exact Audio Copy is best for CD's (add Lame for MP3 output). Audacity has the pop & noise removal and editing tools for older media. If you have music you own that you don't have the device to play to digitize it, use the power of Google to find replacement files. Google allows you to search for file-types using specific search commands. Tools like Gooload and GoogleMusicSearch make this easier. Read what the second has to say about the technique and spam sites. You're looking for plain directories of stored files, not graphical promotion and spam sites. And you'll also want to check the conversion quality (bit-rate) of the source. (R-click file, Properties, Details, Audio Bit-rate)
I also tackled the family photo albums, some hand-tinted going back 100 years. As the photos and memorabilia were glued to the pages, this required a large format scanner.
There are now 2 types of scanner lights. Traditional bulb scanners like Epson's are great for art and professional uses where there is some depth of field (focus range) and colour precise imaging is required. Newer LED scanners don't have the depth of field but are fine for the flat stuff and much less costly. You'll see reviews are stratified for LED scanners as some are caught unawares by this difference.
I got a Scanexpress A3 1200 for this project. Now, many family members have copies of the old family albums and we don't have to worry about where to eventually store the big pile of crumbling, fading albums.
Slides, I thinned out. The slide attachment for my HP scanner illustrated how the dust on slides is massively magnified and way to much labour to fix. The old travel slides were mostly scenery and had bleached out. Some of the best had been printed anyway. I picked out the very best of the rest and had a photo lab handle the conversion. The cost can add up but a pro shop has the gear to clear dust and do it well.
The last big project was all the paper. Binders of school & course notes, workshops, family records, business cards, writing, recipes, references, correspondence, and on and on. Very little of it needed to be kept in paper form, filing boxes and file cabinets. And some of it would be much more useful if it was searchable.
Enter yet another scanner. This one, the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300i. While the above could do the scanning, it would take far too long. My old company uses Fujitsu scanners to scan thousands of pages of documents every day. They're a real workhorse but not inexpensive. I was pleased to see this one at a reasonable cost but remarkably full-featured and smaller than a loaf of bread. Just flip open the lid and it turns on. Stick in the paper – from business card size to 8.5″ x 14″ – and push start.
In one pass it will:
– scan both sides of the page if they have content
– straighten the image if its sideways or a bit crocked
– determine if it's B&W, gray-scale or colour content
– determine the page size
– combine each batch into a PDF
– and more.
The unit will also scan to email or on-line storage which can be synced to smartphones. The list goes on and on. (see the above link for more)
That PDF can then be made searchable with the built-in Abbyy Finereader OCR (Optical Character (text) Recognition) tool. You can set it to do this automatically but I'd recommend this be a second step after scanning. You can start OCR and scan more at the same time. Also you can skip messy handwritten documents, images and other files unsuitable for OCR.
In addition to being searchable (quick find), an OCRed scan can be used to cut and paste quotes, though the quality of OCR text will depend on the quality of the original. Expect a few typos.
Documents that have been bound or hole-punched together may be prone to stick together. In this case, load a page, then the next, and the next a little ahead of the feeder. This ensures they don't bind and the scan is complete. I've done hundreds of pages in a single file this way.
PDF editing tools may be useful after if you need to combine or separate PDFs or insert pages. You can find free recommendations through here. Note to OCR first. Some tools will change the Meta source info of the PDF. ScanSnap Abbyy will not OCR files identified as from other sources. (that's a more expensive product)
Now that I'm caught up, it's easy to convert new documents. Just flip open the top, stick in the pages and press start. By default, the file-name is the scan date & time so I rename and file it after. No boxes of archives and a mostly empty filing cabinet. I can also use it to scan photos so it's become my day-to-day digitizer.
And of course, order your statements and such digitally rather than in paper. Then you have less wasted paper to scan. I get little postal mail now.
You do want to learn to organize files on a computer. A heap of dated scans really doesn't serve you well long term, though you can use Search to find content. Give the folders and important documents names with dates for faster finding. File them in a sensible folder structure. See more in Digital Filing Cabinet.
Of course, if you go digital, make sure you have an automated backup system. For myself, I copy off the assembled scans to DVD for archive and have an automatic daily backup to an external hard drive. If it's important to you, store those DVD archives in another building.
For Windows 7, the imaging tool included works well. For an extra data backup tool, I use the free Cobain Backup. Both to an external hard drive and both scheduled.
Hope the suggestions are useful.
Batch Downloading YouTube VideosJuly 14, 2012 at 5:18 pm | Posted in Internet, Media, Movies, Online services, Software | 2 Comments
If I run into a YouTube video I'd like to watch again, I enjoy saving the file for future viewing. It's also valuable if you plan to use the clip as a source reference or it's hidden or hard to find. Playing a downloaded clip is much smoother too – none of those buffer delays. Browser Add-ins like DownloadHelper and FlashGot make the job simple.
But if you run into something long, posted in parts, this can be a tedious process. DownloadThemAll helps batch downloading a big page of links or images but YouTube Channels and similar don't serve links directly.
When I Googled for this, I was offered several links and videos that recommended a product that includes a spyware tool-bar installer. It comes up as a safe site in site safety markers but ESET Anti-virus blocked the download. Avoid dvdvideosoft.com
BulkYoutubeDownloader (BYtubeD) to the rescue. It can easily suss out YouTube links on a Channel. While it's capable of batch downloading a number of files, it doesn't manage this part as well. As their help files suggest, use BYtubeD to produce the links and DownloadThemAll to download the links. DTA is very efficient at batch downloading files.
(These instructions are for Firefox or Waterfox. Other browsers will be similar)
How To
1 – install the DownloadThemAll & BYtubeD add-ins and restart the browser
2 – navigate to the Channel in YouTube and Right click, select BYtubeD
3 – set the download destination, quality, etc, check 'select all' and set to Generate Links.
(Use the Enqueue (download) option for downloading up to 5 only – it tries them all at once)
4 – click Start
5 – a web page of file links is produced and opens in your browser, with video quality levels.
(Note this page is just temporary links so prepare links and start download one channel page at a time)
6 – with the page selected, go to Tools, DownloadThemAll Tools, DownloadThemAll.
7 – Select Links, set download location, and click Start.
DownloadThemAll will bring them down in name sequence, 4 at a time. Roll your mouse over a downland to watch how it efficiently downloads multiple parts at once. This can be faster than a straight download.
If you have a large batch, run this process at the end of the day and have it run overnight. You can add more pages to DownloadThemAll to create a larger batch. Just repeat the above process. Note that BYtubeD will overwrite the previous temporary links page you added to DTA previously so add them to DTA first, then make the next page.
Alternatively, you can use AntiContainer. It adds greater link capability to DownloadThemAll so you can use just the one tool. However, you have to go through the links and select the right ones, avoiding menu and other bits on the list. You may find it more useful on other sites though as it's not YouTube specific.
And remember – this is for personal use. Using it to steal or infringe copyright can get you in trouble. And if you think you surf anonymously, you'd be mistaken. The web server has to know your computer address to send you the files.
UPDATE: It's worth noting that YouTube plays Flash video. However, most posted videos are uploaded in another format like MP4 and converted by Youtube to Flash format (and various resolutions (quality levels)). When you download them, the best option is usually the original as it has the highest resolution. BYtubeD will download the highest resolution up to what you set. DownloadHelper will give you a choice. Typically "[Medium]" indicates the MP4 file. The extra advantage of MP4 is that all media players support it while only some support playing Flash FLV files.
UPDATE 2: Recently I ran into some content that was "unavailable" for download as MP4 via BYtubeD or DownloadHelper. Flash Video Downloader could download the MP4 though so it pays to have a few tools in the kit. FVD supports many sites and formats and is also a good choice for mobile uses. It has a slightly less obvious tool for searching for videos across many sites. (Note that some videos may only be posted in FLV so MP4 would require a post-download conversion. In this case it was present but hampered.)
Sacred EconomicsApril 4, 2012 at 3:00 pm | Posted in Books, Economoney, History, Movies | Leave a comment
A local filmmaker has made a short film to highlight the book Sacred Economics.
I've not yet read the book but enjoyed the film. As a number of historians have observed, when the spread between rich and poor gets as great as it is now, it's usually the downfall of the civilization. And we certainly need a better understanding of economics and alternative solutions if we're going to create a more equitable and sustainable culture.
The book is available in print, ePub, and as a "gift" on-line through the site.
"Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to transition to a more connected, ecological, and sustainable way of being.
This book is about how the money system will have to change and is already changing to embody this transition. A broadly integrated synthesis of theory, policy, and practice, Sacred Economics explores avant-garde concepts of the New Economics, including negative-interest currencies, local currencies, resource-based economics, gift economies, and the restoration of the commons. Author Charles Eisenstein also considers the personal dimensions of this transition, speaking to those concerned with "right livelihood" and how to live according to their ideals in a world seemingly ruled by money. Tapping into a rich lineage of conventional and unconventional economic thought, Sacred Economics presents a vision that is original yet commonsense, radical yet gentle, and increasingly relevant as the crises of our civilization deepen."
Peace, if You want it.September 27, 2011 at 8:20 pm | Posted in Events, Health, History, Internet, Media, Movies | Leave a comment
There's an old saying: Peace begins within. But peace is also something we have to choose. It doesn't begin if we don't start. After we stop, that is.😉
As Velcrow Ripper, the maker of the film Fierce Light observed, activism alone will not bring peace. But nor will meditating alone. Find peace within, then bring it into the world.
As John Lennon famously put it, "If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace."
Did you know of Peace Day? That in 2001, the UN unanimously adopted a global ceasefire and non-violence day every Sept. 21? It's been building for over a decade. With remarkable accomplishments the world over.
It's called Peace One Day and it has quite a story.
Now they're targeting a Global Truce for Sept 21, 2012.
Imagine all the people living life in peace.
You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one.
I hope someday you'll join us,
and the world will live as one.
— John Lennon, Imagine
Food, Inc.July 25, 2009 at 4:22 pm | Posted in Economoney, Health, Media, Movies, Nature | 5 Comments
Last night, I saw the film Food, Inc. It opens with that statement that "the way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000."
They illustrate the imbalance in our modern food system where a few players are so dominant, they effect the majority of available food. It becomes cheaper to buy cheeseburgers for your family than vegetables.
They review the unexpectedly vast dominance of corn byproducts in our diet. The dangers of concentrating on just a few crops (monoculture). The way mass production of food can spread disease. And how agricultural seed production has become concentrated in a single chemical company who is suing farmers to prevent them from saving seeds. This is pushing agriculture into only pesticide friendly, genetically modified crops. These elements are a considerable threat to biodiversity and our health.
The film was unexpectedly balanced considering the potential for going attack. They talk of unintended consequences rather than throwing around blame. They skim over a wide number of aspects of the issue, interviewing a range of farmers and a few of the other players.
They also highlight a very key point. When we buy stuff, we're voting with our purchases. We often completely miss how our economy is supply and demand driven. If we buy it, they'll make more. If they see demand, they'll make it. This is driving such change as organics going mainstream and corporations buying up the major players in what was once a minor market.
(recently read an article that observed that the original breakfast cereals were introduced as health products)
This article on How Does Your Money Work? explores how our money grows whatever we put it into. Mindful spending we could say. The power of your wallet.
The film closes with lots of solutions.
The Food Inc. Trailer:
The Food Inc. web site
Rotten Tomatoes gives it a rare 97% "Fresh".
It's certainly worth a look. While familiar with the subject, it held some real eye openers for me.
Peace through MusicJune 24, 2009 at 9:57 pm | Posted in Media, Movies, Music | Leave a comment
Music has a remarkable ability to cut through barriers of language, religion, nationality, and race. It speaks to the heart, to the soul, to the song of our life itself.
Last fall, I was sent a link to a song "Stand By Me" posted on YouTube. Starting with a street musician in California, through the magic of multitrack recording they gradually add musicians from New Orleans, Amsterdam, Toulouse, Rio, Caracas, Congo, and so on. That original low res clip got about 2 million hits. The official high res is approaching 12 million today.
While it's not the miracle of live concurrent performance from several locations at once, it is a beautiful thing. It blends a vast array of styles and instruments not normally heard together.
It's a great story too. Starting with the inspiration of hearing one street musician (who opens the above), he sought other musicians to add to the recording. They ended up traveling the world, recording over 100 musicians, often found on the street and through word of mouth. Recordings are often little rehearsed and outdoors.
There's an interview with Bill Moyers. Awards for an original documentary. The Irish youth choir brought Bono into the act.
Today when I was shopping, I ran into their "Playing for Change" CD/DVD release in a local store. They were playing it to demo the latest sound and video gear. It's playing in the background as I write this. The web site has some of the clips, plus a few newer ones.
"Talkin' Bout a Revolution" is about a music revolution. A foundation to give back was formed. Some of the musicians gathered a band and are doing benefit concerts for refugee centers and arts facilities. And it continues to grow…
"The idea for this project arose from a common belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. No matter whether people come from different geographic, political, economic, spiritual or ideological backgrounds, music has the universal power to transcend and unite us as one human race."
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Pour la première fois, il est possible de voir une partie de la grotte qui n�a pas été reproduite dans Lascaux 2, la Nef et la scène du Puits. Ce sont donc cinq scènes exposées sous forme de panneaux grandeur nature réalisées à la main par des peintres, des graveurs, des artistes à l�aide du relevé numérique laser du scan intégral micrométrique de la grotte. Véritable première mondiale, cette exposition est monumentale parce que les scénographes de l�agence DU&MA ont eu l�idée originale de construire autour de ces 5 fac-similés une impressionnante caverne que l�on appelle la Nef. L�idée de construire une Nef permet de donner à voir dans l�obscurité, dans le silence, sans texte, dans la contemplation toute la grandeur majestueuse de Lascaux. Cette exposition va permettre de descendre au plus profond de la grotte de Lascaux. »


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The Alto Hotel on Bourke has enhanced its reputation as one of Melbourne's leading hotels in guest satisfaction as well as innovation by becoming the Australia's first carbon neutral hotel. Some food & beverage style hotels, cabins and cottages have offset carbon from some of their services or provide an option for guests to pay for offsets, however Alto is the first city hotel to provide all of its services and facilities as carbon neutral within its pricing.
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