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Must read in the New Year, the FT & McKinsey Business 2015 book of the year: "Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future", by Martin Ford. ISBN-10: 1480574775
If America misses the next Industrial Revolution, where will that leave us? The new Industrial Revolution. Federal government warned…
Experential Learning
Brickineers classes raise the bar on all aspects of STEM education. The Brickineers philosophy is "Experential Learning", which means "think, do, reflect and do again". Let's grow and learn together!
Emotional & social development often takes a back seat to cognitive processes involved in math readiness and reading readiness when the topic of academic learning is being addressed. Even though rhetoric is often employed to make it seem as if it is possible to isolate cognitive development from emotional and social development, it cannot be done. Emotional health and social competence provide the foundation for emerging cognitive abilities. (Dr. W. Mosier, Lynda A. Cohen Center for the Study of Child Development, Wright State University)
Robotics can be a gateway for children to learn about applied mathematical concepts, the scientific method of inquiry, and problem solving. Working with robotic manipulatives engages children in social interactions and negotiations while playing to learn and learning to play. (Tufts University Dev Tech Research)
The Education Minister is ok with that. Are you? Alberta elementary schools show little improvement_ Calgary Herald
Hopefully Brickineers classes and camps are designed to inspire your child to learn more about science and math.
Alberta students … performed "significantly below" the mean Canadian score of 511 in 2015, according to the newly released Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study.
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Advanced Kindergarten, Grades 1 to 4, Junior Brickineers We will build and program robots using Lego bricks, gears, sensors and motors. We will then use the Lego WeDo drop down visual programming environments to make them move, react and make sounds. Learn and apply programming concepts and improve all the various skills necessary for building and modifying robots. Please keep in mind that over simplification of physics concepts can result in lifelong difficulties in understanding them in the future. Junior classes are experiential and do not rely nor promote formulas that rely on over simplification.
Grades 4 to 7. Senior Brickineers: Build, program and modify more complex Lego robots and machines and use Scratch, the programming language from MIT, to control them.
Grades 4 to 8. Robot Engineer 1 and Robot Engineer 2: Learn more complex principles of Robots and programming using VEX IQ Robot Superkits. The programming concepts are directly transferable to Mindstorms, so anyone with a NXT or EV3 can join the camp! Develop confidence in analyzing and solving problems, then implementing solutions using RobotC graphical and natural language programming. Please navigate the main menu to read and select the class or camp for your child.
Read a recent article about Robotics Education: Stop educating students for jobs that won't exist.
Google Robots and the End of Manual Labour Boston Dynamics
"After just a few hours of training and configuration, the RSS' UR5 was up and running on its first simple project: feeding materials to a tube bender. With manual labor, this was a three-day job. The robot completed it in four hours." From Industryweek.com. Does anyone think that unemployment for unskilled and semi-skilled labour is going to go down?
Two Brickineers won first and third prize at the Lego Competition on February 6th. Brickineers also showed off a 'motorized and computerized' DC SuperHero Jokerland Lego build: Jokerland
Brickineers classes are now organized along grades and will incorporate new research based ideas on learning.
Carnegie Mellon (CMU), the University of Pittsburgh's Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC), conducted a two year study in middle school (grades 6, 7 and 8), during which they found that most teachers across hundreds of schools miss the "key STEM teaching moments that a robotics project places into a real-world context". The researchers found that: "Students are haphazard in their design process and mathematics is avoided, and guess-and-check strategies lead to weak solutions and poor learning."
The researchers advise that focus be placed on a narrower set of mathematical principles to teach fractions, ratios and proportions, and that engineering design methods should be used. These mathematical principles are foundational, however, they are difficult to learn and many students do not understand them even in high school and university. According to the research: "Robot math demonstrates specific mathematical principles in a focused-applied setting. Students apply ratio, proportion, conversion of units, and measurement when they program their robots; the robot math context is much different than what is being taught in the mathematics classroom and assessed".
My thoughts about "guess-and check" strategies are that they are very important in education and engineering, if the "guess" is based on problem solving experience, or on logical reasoning. Children by middle school years would be better prepared for the future if engineering problem solving strategies were taught earlier in their education. For example, a teaching moment occurs when a guess-and-check strategy bears fruit, and the student is asked to explain why it worked, and why the other strategies did not work. The formation of a guess-and check strategy is central to the scientific method and subsequent reflection is extremely important in learning, not only during the school years, but for lifelong learning. Schools for the most part, do not test reflection or problem solving strategies that students create for their own style of learning. Tests are focused on memory and standardized problem solving strategies. I think that robotics is a subject that can enhance the kinds of learning that schools avoid, as teachers are forced to reach strict minimal objectives handed down by school boards and governments, and work in classes that have far too many students of differing abilities.
In my experience in Brickineers classes, children in grades 1 to 6 cannot be expected to solve robot math problems using fractions, ratios and proportions because the Alberta math curriculum does not begin proper coverage of these topics until grade 6. Robot math problems, however, can be presented graphically in different ways, and the children can experience ratios by observing and feeling the 'strength' and speed of rotation of motors, gears and robotic appendages. The focus for children in grades 1 to 3 in Brickineers courses is to begin the process of reflection based on play, while learning to build and program robots. They will be asked to explain their reasoning using prompts and descriptions of how the robots work. Logical thinking is supported by exposure to programming and control of the robots as well as by their design.
Children in grades 4 to 7 will continue to learn the value of reflection, and will be able to visualize the ideas of of ratios and proportions based on geometric relationships. They will be asked to write their reflections in organized fashion using tables, figures and charts. They will prove they understand programming concepts by writing down program steps, pseudocode or flowcharts, and by using variables in programs and equations. More complex robotic builds will be offered, and new designs or design modifications encouraged, based on logical "guess and check" strategies. The concept of logical and arithmetic algorithms will be introduced with more complex programming based on MIT's Scratch programming environment.
Children are all not the same, and it is difficult to use age as an indicator for classification, which is why grade equivalent knowledge is suggested as a guide. It is advised that children with grade 1 to 3 knowledge be registered in Junior Brickineers classes, and children with grade 4 to 6 knowledge register in Senior Brickineers classes. Robot Engineer classes are open from grades 2 to 7. Please refer to the Alberta Curriculum guidelines: http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mychildslearning/grade2.html for more information on what the standards are for Alberta.
Parent's Expectations
Parents should bear in mind that children in grades 1, 2 and 3 enrolled in Lego or VEX robotics classes, will be involved in experiential learning which is difficult to test, explain or demonstrate. Parents should not put undue pressure to provide measurable results, but they should be comfortable with the idea that experiential learning has taken place on many levels, which standardized testing would not show. Children in these grades do not have the arithmetic knowledge to solve robotic problems or the communication skills necessary to explain what they did in detail. The children can, however, begin to feel at least on a visceral level, if unable to understand on an intellectual level, as to how things work and why arithmetic knowledge and communication skills are important for their future.
Lead Brickineer
As Lead Brickineer (and an engineer), Wolly Barabash brings two decades of instructional experience in electronics, computer and robotics engineering at the college level, and a decade of high technology work experience into the classroom. He believes that "strong trees require rich soil" – a metaphor for: "meaningful activities and a rich environment help children grow intellectually strong". The Lego and VEX Education curriculums, with freedom to modify, is well suited for fertile imagination and unbounded creativity.
After enrolling his own son in various classes and camps around Calgary, Wolly decided that they were not meeting the family's educational goals. He has embarked on this Brickineers journey to provide high quality experiential learning for his son Michael, and to extend the experience to other children in the community. Michael is now in Grade 3, has completed many of the builds, and attends most of the classes as an assistant helping other children build and program the robots. Sometimes Michael changes roles and builds the robots along with the class as a participant. Brickineers is very much a family effort, and we invite other families to join and help improve the learning experience with suggestions and advice.
For any questions please use the contact form below or call 587-966-5346 (LEGO).
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Congressman Bob Brady greeted Rep. Jim Roebuck. Brady challenged Corbett, Wolf, and Congressmen Fitzpatrick and Meehan to ante up $500 each to make Stu Bykofsky's Variety Club Comedy Night pass the $500,000 mark on the 24th anniversary event.
READY to take their turns at microphone were Rep. Brendan Boyle, candidate for Congress in the 13th District; Rep. Jim Roebuck; and Congressman Pat Meehanphoto by Bonnie Squires
AMONG Celebrities attending were Controller Alan Butkovitz; candidate for Governor Tom Wolf; and Jerry Jordan, president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers. photo by Bonnie Squires
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Innovative snap pack design for Walls sausage rolls
A new joint venture from Pork Farms, part of the Addo Foods Group, and packaging manufacturer Parkside has seen the creation of a new snack pack for Pork Farms' Walls sausage rolls range.
The new design is capitalising on the on-the-go snacking trend with the option to snap off one of five individually wrapped trays.
With the new school year starting, the snacks have been designed as 'perfect for lunch boxes'. The design allows for consumers to control their portion intake, which subsequently results in less food waste, whilst the cardboard outer allows retailer to show off the tray contents.
A unique printed lidded seal from Parkside features an integral waved perforation pattern created by the firm's specialist multi-directional laser technology, resulting in a consistent and clean snap when breaking the trays apart.
Market research from Addo Foods Group identified a consumer demand for a tear off lunchbox pack. The packaging has a heat sealed lidding film which meets this request.
"Pork Farms were supportive of the innovation process for fulfilling this challenging snap-pack brief," said Pete Ford, new business manager at Parkside. "The benefits of the resulting pack will be seen throughout the supply chain; it sets Walls apart as an innovator, has great shelf appeal for the retailer and offers many USPs to the consumer in terms of portion control and food waste reduction.
"The easy-snap process, made possible by the integral perforation in the heat-sealed lidding, is completely new to this market sector. The actual functionality of the packs when used is superb and very satisfying when snapped. In terms of convenience and functionality, it achieves all that we set out to do."
The collaboration was a result of the recommendation from tray sealing machinery manufacturer, Packaging Automation.
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text: I am a HUGE Cronenberg fan! He is my second favorite director, and I love ALL of his films, and CRASH is no exception. Bizarre films are expected from Cronenberg, but CRASH goes even beyond bizarre, and I loved every minute of it. I've never been a big James Spader fan, but he is quite good in CRASH, as is the rest of the cast, and Rosanna Arquette looks extremely desirable. I'm admittedly surprised quite a bit that these for-the-most-part mainstream actors took such risky roles in this controversial film. The film's score by Howard Shore is just superb, and fits the film's tone very well. Very moody and effective. Some people may find the graphic sex scenes offending, but I have no problem with them, and love Cronenberg's use of them in his warped plot. Cronenberg truly is a master filmmaker, and CRASH is a controversial, but excellent film. I really would like to hear some opinions from any other Cronenberg fans on the board, or anyone else who has seen the movie.


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Back in the 1990s, #Marvel sold the film rights to the X-Men franchise over to Fox. At the time, it was a desperate attempt to stave off bankruptcy after the '90s comic book bubble burst, but it's had long-lasting repercussions. Nowadays, many X-Men fans are constantly looking on in frustration, desperately wishing Fox would let the rights revert back to Marvel. Here's the catch: that may not be a good thing for the X-Men...
Why Do Fans Want the X-Men to Revert to Marvel?
The world of superhero movies was in a very different place back when Fox launched the X-Men film franchise in 2000. Marvel had been trying for decades to get some of their characters on to the big screen, with no real success; worse still, the 1997 Warner Bros. film Batman and Robin was popularly seen as having killed off superheroes in the cinema. Then, to everybody's surprise, along came Blade.
The unlikely success of New Line Cinema's Blade film in 1998 woke studios up to the fact that Marvel superheroes could actually work. Fox went ahead with 2000's X-Men, but learned a lot of lessons from Blade; for example, they ditched spandex, dialled down on the extreme nature of some characters' superpowers, and tried to darken the tone of the film slightly. At the time, X-Men fans didn't really care; they were simply delighted at the unprecedented chance to see their favorite mutants on the big screen.
Today's world is very different. Marvel Studios has proven that lighter-toned, more comic-book-accurate movies can be a tremendous success, and fans have higher expectations. Fox, however, has struggled to adapt the X-Men franchise, constrained somewhat by what went before. Many fans are unhappy with that.
What's more, as Fox's X-Men franchise has grown, it has demonstrated real weaknesses. Fox has a habit of throwing too many mutants in as background characters, and never developing them in the slightest; this was most visible in the future portions of Days of Future Past, where the majority of those mutants took part in two brief fight scenes, and added very little to the film. Instead, the movies tend to focus in almost exclusively on a handful of core characters: Charles Xavier (whether played by Patrick Stewart or James McAvoy); Hugh Jackman's Wolverine; Magneto (played by either Sir Ian McKellen or Michael Fassbender); and Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique. These characters are written into major roles or cameos, regardless of relevance to the overarching plot or continuity of character development.
Worse still, the studio has seemed to be jumping from one film to the next with little overarching plan; Days of Future Past kick-started a new timeline that's already gotten confused, and there are ominous signs that Logan will raise more thorny continuity problems for the franchise as a whole.
These issues have led to frustration for a lot of X-Men fans, who just wish Marvel could regain the rights and make a more solid X-Men franchise.
But What's Happening with Blade?
Here's the catch: that really might not be a good idea. To illustrate the point, let's look to the example of Blade.
Blade — a brutal vampire hunter — is one of the most important Marvel characters. He was the star of Marvel's first successful film franchise, a trilogy made by New Line Cinema. Wesley Snipes's portrayal was so superb that the comics adjusted the character to match with the film version! As part of their deal with Marvel, New Line retained the rights for a set period of time — but, if they didn't make another Blade movie, those rights would eventually revert back. In 2013, that finally happened; Marvel regained the rights to Blade, #GhostRider and #Punisher.
Since then, fans have been eagerly awaiting news of everybody's favorite vampire hunter. Surprisingly, though, no news has been forthcoming; there have been plenty of rumors, and Wesley Snipes has continually pushed for a return to the role, but nothing has ever been confirmed. That's surprising, particularly given that Gabriel Luna's Ghost Rider has now joined the cast of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., while Jon Bernthal's Punisher played a major role in Daredevil Season 2 and now has a solo Netflix series in the works.
We finally got news at New York Comic Con. At the Underworld panel, Kate Beckinsale was asked about the possibility of an Underworld / Blade crossover, and gave an exciting response:
"No. We had that idea. No. They're busy. They're doing something with Blade."
As a fan of the Blade franchise, I freely admit that I was excited. So were countless other Blade fans; it seemed as though we were likely to get some Blade news soon. Unfortunately, Marvel visionary #KevinFeige gave a disappointing response:
"They did ask a long time ago and I think our answer was, 'No, we'll do something with 'Blade' at some point.' That's still the answer... Between the movies, the Netflix shows, the ABC shows there are so many opportunities for the character to pop up as you're now seeing with Ghost Rider on 'AGENTS of S.H.I.E.L.D.' that rather than team up with another studio on that character let's do something on our own. What that is? Where that will be? We'll see. There is nothing imminent to my knowledge."
Why Does This Mean the X-Men Shouldn't Revert to Marvel?
Think about Kevin Feige's comments. According to Feige, Marvel turned down a possible Blade/Underworld crossover — not because they had plans, but simply because they might get round to doing something with him sooner or later. I'm pretty sure that, if the rights to Blade had still been owned by New Line, we'd have gotten that Underworld / Blade crossover — New Line wouldn't have just left the franchise sat there gathering dust if there was an actual viable pitch.
Marvel Studios can only make so many movies at once. Every year, the studio releases two-to-three films based in the #MCU, but for every film they choose to make, there's another franchise that goes undeveloped. Worse still, Blade's example demonstrates that the studio will actually choose to keep a franchise in limbo rather than allow it to be given new life, just because they might do something with it eventually.
Right now, Marvel has a lot of franchises in play; Ant-Man, The Avengers, Black Panther, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Thor. It's true that some of the stars are nearing the ends of their contracts with Marvel, but most are sounding more amenable to stay on; even Robert Downey Jr. has hinted he'd be game for Iron Man 4. Added to that, some of the supporting characters in the franchises have real potential for development; there's huge demand for a Black Widow solo movie, for example.
If Marvel regained the rights to the X-Men, the reality is that we'd have no guarantee they'd do much with them. All those other franchises are already firmly established as part of the #MCU, whereas introducing the X-Men would raise thorny continuity issues (most notably, why haven't mutants been mentioned before?). All those other franchises are already blockbuster hits, typically outperforming Fox's X-Men movies in the box office. Why would developing the X-Men be a major priority for Marvel?
Here's the disturbing truth: if the X-Men returned to Marvel, the franchise could share the fate of Blade. It could end up shelved, for future consideration, with Marvel not allowing it a chance to develop and grow with another studio just because they might get round to doing something with it sooner or later.
Don't Forget the R-Ratings
Another factor is that, right now, there's a real demand for R-rated superhero films. Deadpool's success proved that an R-rated superhero movie could work, and fans are eager to see a range of tones and styles in this genre. Marvel, however, is simply unwilling to scratch the R-rated itch. An R-rating simply doesn't fit with Marvel's brand; it's likely that this is reason why Ghost Rider and the Punisher eventually ended up on Netflix, rather than starring in their own solo movies. The same is true for Blade; when Marvel does eventually get round to using the character, it's almost certain to be on the small screen rather than in a relaunched film franchise.
X-Men fans loved Deadpool; but the character was uniquely suited to his R-rating. The reality is that, if the rights reverted to Marvel, that franchise would be dead. Likewise, all this excitement about Logan? That film wouldn't be happening. The impact would be immediate, and successful aspects of the X-Men franchise would actually be shut down.
See also:
- "They're Doing Something With Blade": What Does The Future Hold For Marvel's Vampire Hunter?
- The X-Men Peace Accords: 3 Signs Marvel And Fox Are Sorting Things Out
- Fox's Legion Will Coexist With the X-Men Films! What This Means For Fox's Universe…
All in all, I think this whole issue is a case of "Be careful what you wish for". X-Men fans should take Blade's example as a cautionary tale; if Marvel were to regain the film rights for the X-Men, then there would be no guarantee we'd see more from Marvel's Merry Mutants. In actual fact, it might just mean we see a lot less.
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Most teddy bears, regretfully, face a lonesome retirement once their owners grow up or move on.
With few parents wanting to purchase second-hand teddy bears, and no quick or easy way to sanitize or recycle the toys, most teddies and other plush animals inevitably end up relegated to basements, attics, and landfills.
This somber treatise on product lifecycles motivated three Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students to create Sustain-a-Bear. The plush bear, developed as a class project, tackles the challenge of infusing a new, green consciousness into every stage of the teddy bear production timeline, from sourcing raw materials to manufacturing, use, and disposal. The team's hard work garnered first place in the recent 2009 Manufacturing Student Design Competition held by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Made out of fleece sourced from recycled PET plastic, Sustain-a-Bear is inexpensive to produce, easy to assemble, fully recyclable, and undeniably cuddly. In place of thread and glue, the assembly process uses ultrasonic welding, which employs heat and vibration to bond together the seven pieces of fabric that comprise a Sustain-a-Bear. This lack of adhesives and stitching, paired with the fact that the bear is stuffed with scraps of the same fleece from which its exterior is made, means a Sustain-a-Bear at the end of its days can be tossed in the recycling bin and easily find a second life as brand-new bear. (Or maybe a soda bottle.)
The Sustain-a-Bear team is mechanical engineering doctoral students Christina Laskowski and Todd Snelson, along with mechanical engineering senior Saadia Safir, working under the guidance of Associate Professor Daniel Walczyk and Professor Michael Jensen from Rensselaer's Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering. The group has filed a provisional patent, and plans to pursue a full patent in preparation for one day commercializing or licensing this new technology.
"We tried to pick an idea that would have a big impact," Laskowski said. "The teddy bear market is huge, and despite all the billions of dollars of sales every year, no one has really looked into manufacturing stuffed animals in a sustainable way. That's where the idea for Sustain-a-Bear was born."
The team went through several iterations of Sustain-a-Bear, from the initial, one-color, hand-sewn prototype, Alpha, comprised of 19 individual parts, to its more advanced, ultrasonically welded, and considerably cuter cousin, Epsilon, who is made from seven distinct parts. Along with Sustain-a-Bear's recyclable nature, the team said manufacturing the bears requires little water, and takes about the same time to produce as a stitched bear of the same size but uses 90 percent less energy. The low cost and quick manufacturing time should enable economies of scale attractive enough to mass-produce Sustain-a-Bears in the United States, the students said.
"It's hard to know what to do with old teddy bears, because they're difficult to clean, they get damaged when you wash them, and they usually end up in a landfill," Snelson said. "We wanted to make a bear that didn't end up in landfills, something that still had utility at the end of its product life."
The team of students presented their Sustain-a-Bear project at the annual ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC) conference in October, and took first prize in the Manufacturing Student Design Competition. In addition to the sustainable manufacturing process, low cost, and ease of recycling, the team showed that the bears are durable, can be machine washed, are stain resistant, and melt rather than burn when exposed to fire. Overall, the team is confident that Sustain-a-Bear is competitive with conventional plush animal designs, results in a net energy savings, and can help to inject new, sustainability-minded thinking into the teddy bear industry. The students plan to continue refining their process and methods.
"Everything on the Sustain-a-Bear — its shell, face details, and stuffing — are made from the exact same material," Safir said. "So instead of throwing out an old Sustain-a-Bear, you can just melt down the whole thing without having to separate any materials or pull out any stitching, and use it to create pieces of a new bear."
The Sustain-a-Bear team was one of three student teams from Rensselaer to place as finalists in the national Manufacturing Student Design Competition, and presented at the MSEC conference. The Sustain-a-Bear project originated in Walczyk and Jensen's Sustainability and Design course, and utilized facilities at the Rensselaer Center for Automation Technologies and Systems (CATS).
Walczyk, the primary faculty adviser of the Sustain-a-Bear project, said it is critical for young engineers and scientists to keep an eye toward recognizing opportunities for boosting sustainability, optimizing manufacturing processes, and correcting inefficiencies.
"New engineers have to understand that design must take a product's entire lifecycle into account, including its impact on environment and ecology; employment and economics; as well as equity and equality," he said.
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With several moving parts at The Commons you likely will become more familiar with some parts than others. Therefore we have regular meetings designed to ensure we are communicating and letting other team members know what's happening from your perspective of the business. We also have our weekly team meeting we dub "Baseball" which helps keep us all accountable to the tasks to which we've ageed.
When you first start Zach and Erynn will meet with you monthly to see how you're doing. After about three months we do quarterly check ins with all staff. These check ins are informal conversations to provide an opportunity to identify accomplishments and strengths and discuss areas for improvement.
Peer reviews
We also do peer reviews quarterly where each team member is asked to (constuctively) review each other's performance and thank each other for help.
What if I screw up?
Nobody has ever been fired at The Commons for making a mistake. We expect mistakes to be made and genuinely look at them as opportunities to learn. Messing up is a great way to find out our assumptions are wrong or the process doesn't work – and then we can analyze it and fix it.
However, there are still some bad ways to fail. Repeating the same mistake over and over and not taking responsibility to fix it is one. Not owning up to the mistake or not listening to clients or peers before or after a failure is another. We aren't looking for perfection, however we are looking for integrity and problem-solving.


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This was super cool and it worked! And it is so, so good!! Super fresh and tasty. I used a guinea egg, lemon, salt and half olive oil, half grape seed oil.
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What is sustainable food?
Prof. Dr. Dirk Strijker – Professor, Cultural Geography, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen
What is sustainable food?
There is a lot of support for a more sustainable food production. Modern agriculture is large in scale, has certain problems with animal welfare, and has many environmental impacts. However, it is not so easy to define which aspects are related to sustainable food production. The general accepted definition of sustainable development is the Brundtland-definition: "development which meets the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". But how does the scale of production or animal welfare fit into it? And what should be the scale of analysis? Minimal pollution on a global scale could require concentrated production, which could be heavily polluting on a local scale. There are many fundamental aspects to be solved and implemented by smart students.
The psychology of meat – why is our attitude changing?
For centuries, the consumption of animal products in most parts of the world was accepted as normal and even a prerequisite for human survival. More recently meat consumption is increasingly criticized. This is partly related to health issues (obesity), partly to environmental issues (inefficient use of resources), but also partly to psychological factors (ways of production, animal welfare, the relation between humans and animal). Are health and environment the underlying factors of this change in attitude, or are there other factors that could explain this development?
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Anushka Sharma shares her childhood picture with father
Actress Anushka Sharma has shared a throwback photograph of herself along with her father Col. Ajay Kumar Sharma.
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The 27-year-old actress took to photo-sharing website Instagram to share the image with her fans and followers.
The 'NH10' actress, then a toddler, sported a red frock along with her hair all pleated standing next to her father, donning an Indian Army uniform.
Anushka captioned the image, which she shared on Wednesday,: "#ThrowbackTime little miss with papa".
The actress will next be seen in Anurag Kashyap's forthcoming film 'Bombay Velvet'.
The film is a romantic thriller, set against the backdrop of the 1960s Bombay. The film has Ranbir Kapoor playing the role of the angry, young lover Johnny Balraj and Anushka, essaying the role of the singer Rosie Noronha. It also stars Karan Johar as a villain. 'Bombay Velvet' releases on Friday.


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Women Motivated By Clinton Loss, Inspired By Other Elections
Despite the fact that Hillary Clinton couldn't break the highest glass ceiling and win the presidency, she was the first woman to ever receive a a major party nomination in the race. There are plenty of other women who won big as result of the 2016 election.
Local women's advocate Amy Scott-Stoltz said, "Women are finding their voice in lot of different arenas, in lots of different ways."
Especially in the political arena. In November, many made history. ,Catherine Cortez-Masto from Nevada just became the first ever Latina to be elected to the U.S. Senate. Illinois just elected Tammy Duck-worth, the second Asian-American to ever win a Senate seat and the first to see combat. But many are talking about the woman behind Donald Trump; not his wife, but his campaign manager. Kellyanne Conway is the first woman to ever run a successful presidential campaign.
Scott-Stoltz said, "We haven't necessarily looked at the roles behind the scenes that women have in politics and they don't have to run for office in order to be influential."
Scott-Stoltz says while some are disappointed that a woman hasn't yet won the presidency, they're using it as motivation.
"Women are saying what can I do, how can I get more involved in my community, in my elections and so forth, so I see a lot of women stepping up and deciding they want to take (on) a bigger role," said Scott-Stoltz.
She says it's also inspiring younger generations, which tells her that a woman in the white house, with the title of President, isn't too far out of reach.
"A woman was talking to her very young daughter about the election saying that she was bummed that the first woman wasn't elected president and the daughter said, 'well then, maybe then I can be the first woman President'," said Scott-Stoltz.
While women have made huge strides, there is still more work to do. Right now, before new candidates take office, women make up just 19 percent of the U.S. Congress. Of the 535 members, 104 are women.


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Ah, November! It's full of so many things to celebrate: the release of Beaujolais Nouveau, Thanksgiving, and Dungeness crab season! Today is the first official day of San Francisco's annual crab season, and it's supposed to be a great year for crab. Although there's nothing like fresh cracked crab dipped in a delicious sauce, one of my favorite preparations is crab toast. This addictive appetizer is a great way to serve a little crab to a large crowd. It's the perfect start to any holiday celebration. The mixture is quick and simple to make, and just before serving all you have to do is broil until warm. Offer with a glass of bubbly and your guests will be in heaven. Check out the recipe here.
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Established in 1982, the physical medicine and rehabilitation clinic provides primary follow-up care for patients who are recovering from traumatic incidents such as head or spinal cord injuries, strokes, amputations, and various surgeries. Our goal is to help medically stabilize patients with acute, subacute, and chronic musculoskeletal injuries to regain as much functional ability as can be expected in a reasonable period of time under the care of a specially trained interdisciplinary team. We provide general musculoskeletal services, specialized services such as independent medical evaluations, impairment ratings, and manual manipulation techniques, and specialty clinics in pursuit of that goal.
Two faculty members conduct multiple half-day electrodiagnosis clinics each week. This schedule allows about a 15-20 EMG/nerve conduction studies each week. These procedures help make diagnoses and prognoses by determining the level and severity of an injury.
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This is a comprehensive clinic for individuals with spasticity due to neurological insults such as spinal cord/head injury, stroke, or multiple sclerosis. Treatment includes oral medications, phenol/botulinum toxin injections, and the intrathecal lioresal delivery system.
Sara Shahid Salles, D.O., and Vice Chairperson. Dr. Salles completed medical school at the Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences in Kansas City, MO in 1996. She has since completed her transitional year internship at The Medical Center in Columbus, GA followed by her residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Kentucky in 2000. Dr. Salles is board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation as well as Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, and specializes in neuron-rehabilitation specifically spasticity management, spinal cord injury rehabilitation, movement disorders to include management of Deep Brain Stimulators and cancer rehabilitation.
Susan M. McDowell, M.D. , (1990, Medical College of Georgia; Residency in PM&R at the University of Kentucky, 1994), specializes in spinal cord rehabilitation and the rehabilitation of persons with amputations. Dr. McDowell is also the Medical Director of the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the Kentucky Clinic.
Gerald V. Klim, D.O. (1980, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; Residency in PM&R at Thomas Jefferson University, 1984), specializes in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) rehabilitation, musculoskeletal rehabilitation.
Robert B. Nickerson, M.D. and Chairperson of the Clinical Competency Committee(1989, Medical College of Georgia; Residency at University of Kentucky, 1993). He is board-certified in electrodiagnosis and PM&R.
Nancy Stiles, M.D. Dr. Stiles is director and attending physician for the University of Kentucky Geriatric clinic. This clinic provides subspecialty geriatric care to adults experiencing aging syndromes such as dementia, failure to thrive, and falls. In addition, this clinic also provides care for adults interested in 'successful aging'.
Silke Bernert, M.D. Dr. Bernert graduated with a medical degree in 2000 from University of Wuerzburg, Germany. She graduated her residency program at the University of Kentucky Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 2010. Dr. Bernert is now an Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She has outpatient clinics at both Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation as well as the University of Kentucky. Dr. Bernert heads the inpatient Brain Injury Unit at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation and works with Disorders of consciousness, Neurocognitive Rehabilitation, and Spasticity.
Erika Erlandson, M.D. Dr. Erlandson received a B.A. in psychology with distinction from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. She received her M.D. with distinction from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY. Her residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation was also completed at the University of Kentucky. She was the chief resident in 2012-2013 and then joined the faculty in July of 2013. She was awarded the "David L. Cowen" award for outstanding performance as a resident in 2011-2012and 2012-2013. Dr. Erlandson is currently attending the Stroke Unit at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital. She also has outpatient clinics at Cardinal Hill and the University of Kentucky. Her clinical interests include pediatric rehabilitation, neurorehabilitation, animal assisted therapy, spasticity management, movement disorders, gait analysis, and amputation management.
Jessica Colyer, M.D. Dr. Colyer graduated with honors from Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH) with a B.S. in biology. She received her M.D. degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 2006. She completed Medical Acupuncture for Physicians coursework through the Helms Institute (sponsored by Stanford University) in 2008. She completed a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Kentucky in 2010. She is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Colyer joined the UK faculty in 2016. She took the role of Residency Program Director in July 2016.


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Over the years, smartphone applications have transformed into some very powerful and prevalent savvy tools. Now that even many small businesses have become 24/7 operations, a large number of entrepreneurs and small business owners rely on such mobile apps to further expand and smoothly operate their companies. So, if you - like most small business owners want - want to augment the success of your business smartphone applications, then here are 5 apps you should start using today. 1. Gusto Gusto is an inexpensive payroll app with an attractive and simple interface. The payroll tools The payroll tools that have been incorporated into this app are ones that your small business likely already needs, or may require in the future.
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Lukoil, Russia's biggest private oil producer, said on Wednesday that net profit more than doubled to over two billion dollars in the first quarter from the equivalent figure last year on the back of higher oil prices.
"The positive dynamics of our net income were mainly due to a sharp increase in hydrocarbon prices in the first quarter of 2010, compared to the respective period of 2009," the company said in a report on its operations for the period from January through March.
The company's net income was 2.05 billion dollars, which is 1.1 billion dollars more than in the same period of 2009, an increase of 126.9 percent, Lukoil said.
"At the same time our results were affected by an increase in extraction taxes and export tariff rates, appreciation of the Russian ruble and increase in transportation expenses," the company added.
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A Mass was held Saturday, March 17, at St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church in Caldwell for Florence Gross Reinig, 98, of Fairfield, who died Tuesday, March 13, 2001, at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. Born in New York City, Mrs. Reinig lived in Fairfield for 35 years. She was a parishioner of St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church in Caldwell. She is survived by her daughter, Ruth Weinert of Fairfield Townsip; a grands on, Geoffrey Weinert of West Caldwell and a granddaughter, Kristen Dacey of Mount Olive Township; and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Reinig was predeceased by her husband, Charles Reinig.
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Prince William and Kate's three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand may have been intended to give the royals a look at an undervisited corner of their kingdom, but in the process it's also served as an official coming-out party for Prince George, the 9-month-old baby who will eventually rule the British Empire.
With his chubby cheeks, mop of wispy hair and impeccable sense of style, young George would be a cute baby even if he were a civilian. But the conflict between George's cherubic innocence and the vast (if mostly ceremonial) power he will eventually wield has led to a whole host of amusing GIFs imagining the boy's typical infant behavior as that of a megalomaniac boy king.
Below, our favorite mashups of the adorable royal. (All GIFs via Tumblr users Everything Royalty and Royal Watcher.)
Dictating royal protocol
Greeting his subjects
Debuting the royal wave
Throwing infant shade
Embarking on a quest
Quoting Beyoncé
But if you prefer to think of George as just a normal baby and not a power-hungry monarch, well, there are GIFs for that too. He's a prince, he contains multitudes.
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text: Joel Kotkin calls for a truce between public sector workers and local governments. The recovery hasn't been strong enough to allow state and local governments to sustain the rising burden of pension and health benefits without putting enormous pressure on other core local government functions, like public safety and K-12 education. So either public sector workers have to restrain some of their wage and benefit demands, at least in the short term, or they must risk driving local governments to bankruptcy. Kotkin references the fact that a number of state governments have been devolving a number of responsibilities to cash-strapped local governments. And as Daniel DiSalvo has explained in a report for the Manhattan Institute, there has been a structural decline in retail sales tax revenues, due to a shift from goods to services and from physical to online retail, as well as in revenue from taxes on gasoline, alcohol, and tobacco. One way or another, local governments are going to have to go through some kind of serious restructuring.


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The members of Monty Python knew that humor could be a great teaching tool in getting across serious ideas, such as when Eric Idle explained the ways of the galaxy in song during the film The Meaning of Life: "The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding/In all of the directions it can whiz/As fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know/Twelve million miles a minute, and that's the fastest speed there is/So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure/How amazingly unlikely is your birth/And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space/'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth." Another effective way to introduce an idea or concept (especially to those darn kids these days) is to employ great special effects, as the makers of the new IMAX film Cosmic Voyage understand.
Put out by the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and the Motorola Foundation, Cosmic Voyage is designed to introduce children to the wonders of the universe and get them interested in science. It does a good job, placing the big ideas and big questions on a big screen with big sound. It puts science up in their faces and holds their attention much better than any science teachers we ever had. After all, it is hard to ignore an image of an exploding sun placed on a seven-story film screen backed by a sound system that KISS would envy.
Cosmic Voyage begins by posing the questions: What is really small? What is really large? It forces us out of our normal points of reference with expansive shots of nature's splendor and cityscapes in a way that only an IMAX film can pull off. The way cleared for fresh ideas, the film's voyage begins in Greece by introducing the first philosophers (whose Big Questions we still struggle with today), and in Italy, where the first telescope was constructed. The film then expands its scope, covering the stars and the planets, and wastes little time getting to the edge of the visible universe. Coming back to earth at light speed, we are placed back into our human point of reference in between the swirling expanses of space and the world of single-celled organisms, their nucleus, DNA, molecules, atoms and quarks, all without losing the ties that bind the macro and micro.
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The film covers a broad range of knowledge, examining the entire known universe in 40 minutes. Obviously, it brushes over topics without getting into too much depth on any of them. In this regard, it succeeds at leaving the viewer wanting to find out more and ask questions: What are these mysterious quarks exactly? What might lie on the other side of the known universe or at the center of a black hole? How did life begin? Considering that many of the theories presented as fact here were hypotheses when we were kids, it gives one hope that the march of knowledge is picking up speed.


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Zacks Investment Research announced Avery Dennison Corp (NYSE:AVY), hiking its price target to $87.00 today
- Updated: September 21, 2016
Yesterday Avery Dennison Corp (NYSE:AVY) traded 0.68% higher at $77.75. The company's 50-day moving average is $77.47 and its 200-day moving average is $74.55. The last stock close price is up 4.83% from the 200-day moving average, compared to the S&P 500 which has decreased -0.01% over the same time. 423,164 shares of the stock were exchanged, down from an average trading volume of 668,598
Avery Dennison Corp (NYSE:AVY) had its target price raised to $87.00 by Zacks Investment Research in a report issued 9/21/2016. The increased target suggests a potential upside of 0.12% from the company's last stock close price.
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Avery Dennison Corp has a 52 week low of $55.29 and a 52 week high of $79.27 with a PE ratio of 23.29 Avery Dennison Corp's market capitalization is currently $0.
In addition to Zacks Investment Research reporting its stock price target, a total of 6 brokers have issued a research note on the company. The average stock price target is $81.83 with 0 brokers rating the stock a strong buy, 0 firms rating the stock a buy, 0 firms rating the stock a hold, 0 firms rating the stock a underperform, and finally 0 firms rating the stock a sell.
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Avery Dennison Corporation (Avery Dennison) is engaged in the production of pressure-sensitive materials and a range of tickets, tags, labels and other converted products. The Company's pressure-sensitive materials are sold to label printers and converters that convert the materials into labels and other products through embossing, printing, stamping and die-cutting. The Company's operational segments include Pressure-sensitive Materials (PSM), Retail Branding and Information Solutions (RBIS), and Vancive Medical Technologies (Vancive). It also sells pressure-sensitive materials in converted form as tapes and reflective sheeting. It also manufactures and sells a range of other converted products and items not involving pressure-sensitive components, such as fasteners, tickets, tags, radio-frequency identification (RFID) inlays and tags, and imprinting equipment and related services, which it markets to retailers, and apparel manufacturers and brand owners.
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The Cisarua Refugee Learning Centre (CRLC) is a refugee established and managed school located just outside Jakarta, Indonesia. Operating since August 2014, it now has 6 classrooms, 12 teachers, 6 administration staff and over 100 students. It is supported by the Australian non-profit Cisarua Learning Inc.
Since starting it has attracted support from Australia and around the world. The Australian Education Union sends two teachers twice a year to support the curriculum. Parents and teachers donated materials and furniture, and the Sydney Morning Herald has written two major articles about the school. It is regularly visited by Australian University students, academics, teachers, artists, authors, filmmakers and journalists.
The Cisarua Refugee Learning Centre is filled to capacity, 200 people every day, and Trump is doing his best to ban refugees from America, so they've decided to double down on their commitment to refugees in Indonesia and S.E. Asia.
Founders Muzafar and Jolyon are hitting the road to reconnect with old friends around Australia, meet some new ones, and to let you know their plans for 2017; and they have plenty of plans. This year they plan to reach further into the refugee community, uncovering the sleeping leaders and encouraging them to start their own CRLC style or online learning initiatives.
In the past three years the students, teachers and managers at the CRLC have progressed incredibly. While they stongly believe that Australia should be taking more refugees, and releasing those detained on Manus and Nauru, they also know that they are making life changing, tangiable and positive differences in refugees lives right now.
With your help they'll release their feature documentary, The Staging Post, and create community, school and university screenings across Australia. The Staging Post is a story about a small group of refugees stuck in Indonesia and what they did when Australia 'stopped the boats'. An inspiring story of what is possible.
They are going to need a lot of support. From boots on the ground to people with connections in boardrooms, CSR programs and potential NGO partners. If you know anyone who might like to hear the story of the CRLC and join our #CRLCFamily, then this is the event to bring them to.
Entry is free, so come have some laughs, tell some stories and maybe have a few drinks if you like.
Follow what the CRLC has been up to on their blog.