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Last September, Twitter's outgoing CEO announced that the microblogging platform had 15 million users in the UK. The networking site has enjoyed exponential growth since its creation in 2006. It is one of the most popular social networks, so you should be making the most of it for your business and your marketing. Twitter can aid you in all sorts of ways; content promotion, customer service or to drive traffic to your website (to name but a few). If you want to be a success on Twitter, then follow these tips to get off to a great start.
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First things first, you need to make sure you have a good profile:
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- username - this should be simple and short; if you want people to retweet your content, then they may be discouraged by a long twitter handle that doesn't fit in to the word limit well.
- bio - it's recommendable to include a bio in your profile section; this gives people a good idea of your company and what you stand for. A good call for action will most likely result in more followers.
- background - your background picture is as important as your profile picture; make sure it fits to your brand. A good way to do this is to create a custom background that represents your company and provides more information about it.
- quantity is not quality - try not to have multiple accounts for your company; this can be confusing and could result in you having less followers.
Once your profile is established, then you can start following people:
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- again, quantity is not quality - make sure you only follow relevant people; as Twitter has a follow limit. Twitter looks at reasonable usage on accounts, and will block accounts that appear to be 'aggressively following'. Make sure you're in the know before you get carried away with follows!
- don't reciprocate too much - you don't have to follow back everyone that follows you, just choose people that are helpful to your business.
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As soon as you've started to build up your followers/following count, then you should start tweeting to attract more attention:
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- think before you tweet - don't tweet just for the sake of it, make sure you have a clear goal in mind before you start posting.
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Twitter is just as much about listening as it is talking, so make sure you retweet, and encourage others to do the same:
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- think strategically - don't just retweet everything that catches your eye; really think about what benefits you can gain from retweeting others content.
- ask for help - it's not taboo to ask people to retweet your content, in fact, 'retweet' is one of the top 20 words for retweeted content!
- don't forget your manners - it's good to thank people occasionally for retweets and mentions, especially when you are first building up your account. Make sure to not go too overboard though, you don't want to bore your followers with countless thank you notes.
It's also important to follow the trends and drive more people to your Twitter account by using hashtags:
- search - there may be specific hashtags that are trending to your business; by using them you can get a wider audience for your tweets. Including hashtags like #marketing or #socialmedia in your tweets can categorise them into specific conversations.
- be human - hashtags are a great way to add some personable fun to your business, so use them to show your human side.
- be strategic - hashtags are also a great way to drive campaigns; create a hashtag for a certain product or competition and ask your followers to include it in their tweets to take part. This way, you are promoting your business and widening your reach.
- be short - if you are creating your own hashtag, make sure it's short, so that people can include it easily in their tweets.
- and again, quantity is not quality - too many hashtags can be really, really annoying, so make sure you don't go overboard!
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Once you're established, and happily tweeting, retweeting and building up your followers, then it is important to monitor your success on the platform:
- Twitter Analytics - this feature allows you to 'measure and boost' your impact on Twitter; you can see what works, and what doesn't, to make sure you are getting the most from the microblogging platform.
- be clever - find out when the most of your followers are online, and then tweet, to ensure the highest number of clicks.
- promote - it's important to promote your Twitter presence on your website or blog, so that you can drive traffic between the two and increase your social reach.
Most importantly, make sure you're having fun! Once you get the hang of it, Twitter is a great way to boost your marketing efforts and benefit your business.
Charlotte is a trainee journalist, who loves writing about anything and everything. Currently an intern at Social Media Frontiers, you can follow her @charlotteatsmf and @CharlotteR_4
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I am a commercial baker, and we are going through lots of sourdough starter. But I wanted some ideas or help for growing sourdough starter without throwing away lots of starter. Will the sourdough starter be strong enough if we do a three day turn around. day 1. 1LB starter, 1lb, water, 1Lb Flour. Day 2. 3LBS starter, 3 lbs water, 3 lbs flour. Day 3. 9Lbs starter, 9lbs water, 9lbs flour and then us on day 4? will that work? anyone know? thanks
3I'm just a home baker, but: Isn't the basic concept of sourdough continuously feeding an established culture and using only parts of it for baking? That's how I and every other baker I know do it. – Stephie♦ Jun 27 '16 at 20:33
As Stephie hints at -- the throwing away bits are just for when you're getting the culture going the first time ... and that's just so you're working with a reasonable amount for home use (need enough for it to work, but not so much it's taking over your whole kitchen) – Joe Jun 27 '16 at 21:16
@Stephie I've heard of a commercial process where sourdough starter is used as a flavoring, not at all for leavening. (Indeed, having it get so acidic all the yeast dies is perfectly OK, then). But that also shouldn't be discarding huge amounts... – derobert Jun 27 '16 at 21:18
You generally want to feed twice a day (not once - which I'm inferring from your description) - if the business is occupied long enough, 12 hours is "ideal" but "the beginning and end of the workday" is far better than 24 hours. Otherwise answer and comments are spot-on. – Ecnerwal Jun 28 '16 at 3:00
I've only baked at home, not commercially, but something sounds amiss if you're throwing away a ton of starter. [And wow, having a multi-lb starter!]
You throw away starter to keep your starter from getting too big, when you're not baking with it. And I'd hope a commercial bakery is always baking with it.
Example: if your starter is 4lbs and you're keeping half (so feeding 1lb flour, 1lb water), then you discard 2lbs, which you promptly replace with the new flour & water. This keeps your starter at 4lbs consistently. Ideally, that 2lbs removed from the starter is what you'd use for your baking (possibly after doubling it, to feed it).
You don't have to remove the 2lbs, either. You can just add 2lbs flour + 2lbs water, doubling your 4lb starter to an 8lb starter.
Completely agree with derobert's answer, though the way to do all of this efficiently is through simple calculation.
You just need to calculate how many feedings between batches of bread and then tailor the amount you save from your previous batch based on that.
For example, the regimen you describe would be appropriate if your bakery requires 26 lbs. of starter for a recipe baked after 3 feedings.
- Day 1: 1 lb. starter, 1 lb. water, 1 lb. flour
- Day 2: 3 lbs. starter, 3 lbs. water, 3 lbs. flour
- Day 3: 9 lbs. starter, 9 lbs. water, 9 lbs. flour
- Day 4: Use 26 lbs. of starter in recipe, leave 1 lb. starter as "Day 1" for next batch and add flour and water to feed
If you think about this a bit, you can derive a general formula for any situation.
For example, assuming you're doing a 1:1:1 starter to water to flour feeding, you should follow these guidelines, depending on the number of feedings you anticipate between batches. Suppose you need amount X (in pounds or grams or whatever) for your recipe.
- 1 feeding: after taking X out for recipe, of the remainder of starter, save 1/2 of X from previous batch as starter for next batch (discard any excess beyond 1/2 of X before feeding)
- 2 feedings: save 1/8 of X from previous batch as starter
- 3 feedings: save 1/26 of X from previous batch as starter
- 4 feedings: save 1/80 of X from previous batch as starter
- n feedings: save 1/(3^n-1) of X
Example: Suppose you need 15 pounds of starter (=X) and will feed twice between batches. In that case, you should start with 1/8 of X = 15/8 = 1.875 pounds. Feed 1.875 pounds of starter with 1.875 lb. water and 1.875 lb. flour, for a total of 5.625 pounds. On next day, feed 5.625 lb. starter with 5.625 lb. water and 5.625 lb. flour for a total of 16.875 pounds of starter. Then you take 15 pounds of needed starter for your recipe, and you're left with 1.875 pounds to begin the process again for the next batch.
In fact, you can use that last formula for a general case of different starter recipes. For example, some people might use a 1:2:2 feeding of starter to water to flour. In that case, you are multiplying the size of your starter by 5 with each feeding, so you'd just put 5 in the denominator of that last fraction instead of 3. If you do a 1:1.5:1.5 feeding, then put 4 (=1+1.5+1.5) instead. In general:
- If you do n feedings which each enlarge starter by factor p, then save a fraction equal to 1/(p^n - 1) of X, where X is the amount needed for each batch
This formula will ensure no wasted starter at all, assuming you have a predictable baking schedule where you always need X amount of starter from every n feedings.
If your baking schedule isn't as predictable, you can always make a slightly larger or smaller batch of starter as necessary.
Some bakers prefer to do different size feedings of starters at different stages of the build. (This is most typical when making "mild" flavored breads using natural yeast, where one of the last stages before the final mix is usually diluted a lot more during feeding to lower acidity.) In that case, the calculation is more complex, but you can still sort it out by working backwards a bit from your final weight of starter for the dough to how much you'd need initially before feedings. In general, there's no need to be producing excess starter that you're not going to use. Many bakers who don't plan to bake again for several days will only save a few ounces of starter (thus feeding and discarding very little) and then gradually build it back up when needed for a large batch.
Thanks for all your help. I think I will try it out and see if we can keep the quality up, and increase the volume. thanks again I will update after a week or so. – John Jun 29 '16 at 13:44
@John As a general rule, once you have a stable sourdough culture and continuously feed it correctly, it is very resilient against contamination with other microbes. Actually, in my experience at home in the past 6 years or so, the first starter was always a little more difficult to handle than the following ones. – Anpan Aug 4 '16 at 23:37

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My 21 year old nephew was repeatedly stabbed in a brutal attack in London on Thursday night. The police & hospital are being fantastic. Thank you for all your messages. It is an appalling time for him & our family. The police will be appealing for witnesses.
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Sarah wrote a piece on her blog about the expanding world in which she lives, starting with her earliest memories in which the street she lived on was her entire universe to being a world traveller with friends all over the globe. Although I'm not nearly as travelled as Sarah is1, I thought I'd give this a try myself. But rather than an expansion, my life has been more of the proverbial3 "Go West".
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Accessing Health Professionals About Antipsychotic Medication Related Concerns
Boardman, Gayelene ORCID: 0000-0002-1582-8746, McCann, Terence ORCID: 0000-0003-1109-0438 and Clark, Eileen (2008) Accessing Health Professionals About Antipsychotic Medication Related Concerns. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 29 (7). pp. 739-754. ISSN 1096-2840Full text for this resource is not available from the Research Repository.
The purpose of this research was to describe mental health service users' access to and satisfaction with health care professionals, including nurses, as related to users' antipsychotic medication concerns. Eighty-one service users were interviewed using a questionnaire. Participants stated that case managers were the most accessible, while psychiatrists were the least accessible. It was perceived that most professionals, apart from general practitioners, had adequate knowledge of medications. Most participants were satisfied with the way health care professionals dealt with the service users' concerns about medications, but almost 16% were dissatisfied with general practitioners. The findings emphasize that access to and satisfaction with health care professionals is an important factor in medication adherence.
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Association of Capecitabine Pharmacokinetics and Toxicity With Aging
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03465202
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified March 2018 by Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust.
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
First Posted : March 14, 2018
Last Update Posted : March 14, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|Breast Cancer Colorectal Cancer
|Drug: Capecitabine
|Phase 4
|Study Type :
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|Estimated Enrollment :
|100 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Basic Science
|Official Title:
|A Prospective Evaluation of Capecitabine and Metabolite Pharmacokinetics in Elderly Breast and Colorectal Cancer Patients and Their Association With Toxicity and Molecular Markers of Enzyme Activity and Aging
|Study Start Date :
|May 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|May 2018
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|November 2019
|Experimental: Capecitabine
Drug: Capecitabine
Other Name: Xeloda
- Area under the curve (AUC) of capecitabine and metabolites [ Time Frame: 0 (pre-dose), 0.5, 1, 2, 4, and 6 hours post dose ]Measurement of AUC of capecitabine and its metabolites 5'deoxy-5-fluorocytidine (5'DFCR), 5'deoxy-5-fluorouridine (5'DFUR), and 5-fluorouracil.
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17 to 23.5 points: At risk of malnutrition. Less than 17 points: malnourished.
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- Plasma cytidine deaminase activity (measured in units/mg protein by spectrophotometric assay) [ Time Frame: 0 hours post dose (pre-dose) ]Plasma cytidine deaminase activity (measured in units/mg protein by spectrophotometric assay).
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- Time of maximum plasma concentration (Tmax) of capecitabine and metabolites [ Time Frame: 0 (pre-dose), 0.5, 1, 2, 4, and 6 hours post dose ]Cmax of capecitabine and its metabolites 5'deoxy-5-fluorocytidine (5'DFCR), 5'deoxy-5-fluorouridine (5'DFUR), and 5-fluorouracil.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
1) Histologic or cytologic diagnosis of breast cancer or colorectal cancer. Patients should have disease that is suitable for capecitabine monotherapy as defined by the NICE Guidelines.
2) Patients must be within the first week of their first cycle of capecitabine treatment.
3) Estimated life expectancy of greater than 3 months. 4) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2. 5) Total serum bilirubin less than or equal to 25 micromol/L. 6) Serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels less than 2.5 times the upper limit of the normal range.
7) Serum albumin level greater than 32 g/L. 8) Creatinine clearance greater than or equal to 30 mL/minute. 9) Blood haemoglobin level of greater than 9 g/dL, with transfusion allowed. 10) Absolute neutrophil count greater than 2.5 x 109/L. 11) Platelet count greater than 100 x 109/L. 12) 18 years of age or older. 13) Written informed consent.
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- Known HIV, Hepatitis B, or Hepatitis C infection.
- Known Gilbert syndrome.
- Uncontrolled diabetes (HbA1c greater than 7.5%).
Any condition or disease that might affect oral absorption of medications, including:
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Interpretive rangers are on hand to explain Fraser Island's significant natural and geological features. We can arrange Ranger-guided nature walks, talks, presentations and touring - for student groups of all ages - and provide insight into the formation of Fraser Island; the island's fascinating flora and fauna; bush tucker; or the island's complex dunal systems. Or we can take you back-of-house and show you the inner workings of an Eco resort.
Beautiful scenery and interesting commentary about the Great Sandy National Park is the order of the day aboard this one day tour ex Hervey Bay and Rainbow Beach. Local guides manage tides, traffic and navigation leaving you time to explore Fraser Island's famous dune lakes, fresh water creeks, stunning sub-tropical rainforest and the historical heart of the island - Central Station. The tour includes return marine transfers, National Park fees, expert local guide and all-you-can-eat buffet lunch at Eurong Beach Resort.
Extend your Fraser Island eco-adventure with two days and one night on World Heritage-listed Fraser Island - with accommodation at Eurong Beach Resort on Fraser Island's eastern beach. On this two day tour, we slow it down so you can enjoy more time at more of the island's historical and ecologically significant sites and the commentary is a little more in-depth. You have the option to enjoy an optional Air Fraser Island joy flight and see the world's largest sand island from the air. The tour also visits perched dune lakes, barrage lakes (Lake Wabby), the gorgeous Hammerstone Sandblow, The coloured sands of The Pinnacles, Wanggoolba Creek and its sub-tropical rainforest and an easy climb to Indian Head - where an abundance of wildlife and Humpback Whales can be seen during their annual migration (01Aug-31Oct).
Lake McKenzie, with its clear blue water and white sandy beaches, is a Fraser Island must do. Walk in the rainforest at Central Station, drive along Seventy-Five Mile Beach to find a shipwreck and coloured sands and swim in Eli Creek. Ranger-guided tour includes morning tea, lunch and refreshments.
Cool Dingo Tours combine amazing scenery, great people from all over the world, laughs and good times into one action-packed, eco-accredited adventure on Fraser Island. Prepare to tick this World Heritage-listed wonder off your bucket list! Explore crystal clear lakes, towering rainforests and endless golden beaches in one unforgettable adventure!
The 'no worries' Cool Dingo Tours do away with the need for tents, sleeping bags, cooking, fuel cost and navigating tides, traffic and tricky sand tracks... leaving you plenty of time to enjoy the pristine wild. Lonely Planet wholeheartedly recommends our all inclusive 3-day 2-night tours.
Resort activities allow guests to enjoy and learn about the island, without impacting on the environment. Guests can go whale watching, canoe, sail, swim or fish. Full-day group or personalised tours visit the island's top attractions in air-conditioned comfort.
Rooms with World Heritage views. Kingfisher Bay Resort nestles amongst tree-covered dunes on the edge of the Great Sandy Strait. The Fraser Island resort opened in 1992 and was designed to integrate with the environment, not impose upon it.
Aboard a custom-built boat, Sea Explorer offers immersive, eco marine cruises along the pristine coastline and remote surrounding islands within the UNESCO-awarded Great Sandy Biosphere.


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Reasons for food loss
A big problem in the food supply system is food loss and food waste. In this Step, you will explore the differences between the two terms, and what this means for food sustainability.
What food loss is and how it differs from food waste [1]
FAO proposes a distinction between food losses and food waste: "food losses take place during agricultural production, post-harvest, and processing stages in the food supply chain", while "food waste occurs at the end of the food chain (distribution, sale and final consumption)" (Figure 1). The former is due mainly to logistical and infrastructural limitations, while the latter is primarily related to behavioural factors [2].
Figure 1: Commonly accepted distinction between food loss and waste. Source: The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste © Second Harvest
Both food loss and waste have a huge environmental footprint (video hosted on YouTube). Two main categories can be identified on food loss [3]:
- Food that is grown but not harvested
- Food that undergoes loss post-harvest before it reaches consumers/retailers
Reasons for food loss [4]
The on-farm losses mostly originate from uncontrollable or unpredictable causes.
1. Risks of production
Fear of infestations from pests or extreme weather phenomena usually leads farmers to plant more than what they would need to supply. The higher cost of production is overpassed by the security farmers obtain that they will be able to meet their supply contracts without looking for secondary markets [5].
2. Losses from farm incidents
Even with proper planning, a disease outburst may cause further losses to farmers than just the costs of initial inputs. A bad quality grain or produce that does not meet the distributors' standards may yield harvesting a crop even more costly and wasteful of farm's equipment and resources. [6].
3. Unfavourable market conditions
Farmers choose to waste their crops when their returns are not breaking even the costs of labour, transportation and packaging. This is more prevalent nowadays that farmers face labour shortages. Less and less people want to be involved in agriculture or they might face strict migration rules [7].
Steps to tackle food loss
Some of the causes of food loss could be prevented if better infrastructure, markets and price mechanisms existed. With minimum but well organised effort there is capacity to reduce surplus food and increase the potential of distribution networks [8]. Here are some ways:
During preparation for a new growing season, a successful farming plan requires precision customising the demand for resources and inputs required to achieve a performance closer to the expected yield. Also, good management skills and negotiating power to secure a profitable deal, as early as possible. Professional associations and industry bodies provide overviews of the markets and risks for the production seasons [5].
Harvesting stage in crops or stages of maturity for livestock production entail many dangers associated with the marketability of the final plant and animal products. In many developing countries or for farmers with poor infrastructure, harvest or slaughtering takes place too early resulting in sub-optimal yield. Constant monitoring with yield indicators and close compliance to industry standards will ensure homogenous crop yield and consistent quality of animal products [6].
Post-harvest losses occur between harvesting and distribution. Proper storage maintains produce while it undergoes cleaning, drying, safety checks or processing. Storage facilities are a critical element that prevents produce from being contaminated while storing it within a protected environment with ventilation-controlled temperature, levels of humidity, and air circulation levels. Another parameter is handling and storage that allow for a safe and undisturbed transport preventing bruising and squashing or spoilage [9].
Alternative distribution channels where small farmers and agribusiness can sell their produce directly to consumers in secondary markets with no distinction in weights or looks. These can be local farmers' markets, restaurants and hotels or charity through programs that bring together farmers, communities and those in need [10].
"Wonky" or "imperfect" fruits and vegetables are becoming more and more popular as many retailers and supermarkets contribute to the movement for changing consumers' perceptions of how healthy and nutritious food should look (video hosted on YouTube) [11]. In Europe, many supermarket chains and retailers have introduced wonky vegetables either in a form of separate product line, as cut salads and pre-made meals, a cheaper basic private label brand, or through imperfect vegetable boxes [12].
Figure 2: Wonky veg © Anthony Davison from Pexels
- Upcycling is a term defining the transformation of any food production residue and by-product that remain unused as food moves along the supply chain into new products of better environmental value [13] [14]. Examples of marketed products that you can find in this additional resource include alternatives to familiar products or even new uses that technology has allowed us to explore. Vegetable-based snacks and cereal bars have ingredients are "rescued". Innovative refreshment lines that use cocoa fruit pulp or yogurt whey. Finally, organic matter residue is used to create wood-alternative logs, fruit fibre-based clothing and leather.
References can be found under the 'Downloads' heading at the bottom of this Step.
What initiatives are being taken where you live to tackle food loss? Do you know of any additional initiatives taken around the world? What do you think of wonky veg and upcycled foods?
Have a look at the comments from other Learners. If you can relate to a comment someone else has made, why not 'Like' it or 'Reply'?
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US vicious attacks against China at security meeting prove futile
At the 56th Munich Security Conference, which ended on Sunday, the US delegation launched a vicious attack on China and Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei in a desperate bid to coerce the United States' European allies to toe Washington's line on China and its companies.
But while US officials such as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who led the smear campaign, might believe that their strategy has worked, all indications seem to suggest otherwise.
The largest ever US team sought to hijack the security conference agenda on key global issues such as climate change and Libya. And the anti-China speeches delivered by Pompeo, Esper and Pelosi showed the United States is becoming increasingly isolated in the international community, which has categorically rejected unilateralism and trade protectionism. The conference, in short, showed the growing gap between the US and its European allies.
Surprisingly, this is also the conclusion of many Western journalists who generally have been biased against China. The lead article in Politico, a US politics and policy newspaper, titled "Trump's US and EU in parallel universe on security" by its chief European correspondent Matthew Karnitschnig said it all: For decades the Munich Security Conference served as a powerful symbol of the strength of the Western alliance. The 2020 installment offered a testament to its accelerating decline.
An article in Foreign Policy,"The US and Europe are speaking a different language on China" by Berlin-based journalist Noah Barkin has been re-tweeted by many China watchers. And its subhead summarizes the issue beautifully: Dire American warnings about the threat from Beijing fail on deaf ears".
A report in The New York Times by veteran reporter David Sanger and chief European diplomatic correspondent Steven Erlanger was headlined:"'The West is winning,' Pompeo said. The West wasn't buying it", while The Washington Post echoed the message in an article titled:"At Munich Security Conference, an Atlantic divide: US boasting and European unease".
Besides, an article in The Atlantic on Feb 17 titled,"America is alone in its Cold War with China", was not filed from the security conference, but its staff writer Uri Friedman seemed to know that the US' attacks on China were destined to fail no matter how nefarious and threatening they were.
If Pompeo, Esper and Pelosi had done their homework, they probably wouldn't have made such fools of themselves in Munich.
Despite the US hyping up the "China threat" theory, what the rest of the world has seen is a China that consistently upholds multilateralism, contributes to global economic growth and plays a responsible role on the global stage.
The Pew Spring 2019 Global Attitudes Survey revealed that most countries, including most European countries, had a huge net disapproval rating for US policies, from 86 percent in Germany and 82 percent in Spain to 80 percent in France and 70 percent in the United Kingdom.
More important, the US is by far the biggest violator of global rules and norms. By withdrawing from international agreements and organizations, such as the Paris climate accord and Iran nuclear deal, the US has alienated itself from the international community. And by abusing its outsized economic and financial power to implement extraterritorial measures, it has hurt countries in Europe and the rest of the world.
The latest US new attack on Huawei's 5G technology came at a bad time, just days after it was revealed that the CIA had long used Swiss company Crypto AG to spy on 120 countries-another devastating revelation after the one made by former US National Security Agency official Edward Snowden in 2013.
US officials have long insisted that governments from Europe and Asia to Africa and Latin America are not capable or smart enough to make their own decisions, but the rest of the world begs to disagree.
The author is chief of China Daily EU Bureau based in Brussels.


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Found this quote which was recently posted up by a good friend, B-Lee:
There's a whole girl culture that exists when you're little. There girls have their own scene. And it always gets totally fucked up when girls start dating boys. Like two of them like the same guy. Or they just start dating guys and that becomes their life. Then they get married and that's traditionally how women get into these situations where they are totally separated from each other in these domestic spheres. What we want to say is, "No, that's not happening to us. This is girl culture and these are our rituals."
– Tobi Vail, of Bikini Kill
This was extracted from an article on Riot Grrrls. The article (which is essentially about fashion) is irrelevant here. It did re-ignite this thought that keeps occurring to me which is how can I connect with my daughter as she grows up, and help her foster a sense of confidence, self-esteem, self-empowerment, and expose her to punk thought and ethics, and maybe even Riot Grrrl philosophy? As a man, it's a paradox. I feel like I should work on writing a book about feminism for fathers, mostly just to get myself to learn about it. Anyway, this is where I hope I might be able to lean on the women (womyn?) I grew up with to help impart these alternative philosophies to Ellise (A!!ison? B-Lee? etc, etc.). This is unfamiliar territory, on which I tread with much trepidation. Is it possible to overcome the inherent conflict and help "guide" my daughter on a path of feminism?
Looking for a lot of advice here...
June 9, 2010
Start a Riot
Found this quote which was recently posted up by a good friend, B-Lee:


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Dir En Grey's drummer Shinya has started a solo project called "SERAPH"! So far there's not so much information about it, but please have a look at the links below. I'm super curious for sure. ^_-
SERAPH (Shinya solo project)
Solo career start: March 31st 2017
Artist: Shinya
Member History
- Dr. Shinya→ Siva → Ruby → Haijin Kurobarazoku → La:Sadie's → DIR EN GREY, SERAPH
Categories: seraph


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20535/ibb.2018.2.3.140332
Technological Solution of Biogas Output Increasing at Grain Distillery Spent Wash Fermentation
Background. Distillery spent wash is the main waste of the alcohol industry. This is highly concentrated wastewater, which is characterized by high chemical oxygen demand (COD) values – up to 60–120 g O2/dm3 – and low pH values – up to 3.7. It makes its processing a complicated task. One of the methods of its utilization is anaerobic fermentation with the production of biogas. Inert carriers for microorganism immobilization or granulation are used to intensify the process of anaerobic treatment and increase sludge concentration. Due to the high concentration of anaerobic microorganisms in granules, compared to the number of microorganisms in free-floating active sludge, the process of methanogenesis is more intensive with a high yield of biogas and a decrease in COD.
Objective. To determine the possible centres of anaerobic sludge granulation in highly concentrated waste of alcohol production to increase biogas output in the process of waste treatment.
Methods. Activated carbon, modified carbon on which surface calcium ions were precipitated, FeCl3, silica gel based sorbent, talc based sorbent were used to form pellets as the centres of microorganism accumulation.
Results. Pellets have not been formed with the use of activated carbon; modified carbon with calcium ions; silica gel based sorbent and ferrum compounds. Pellets of activated sludge were received with the use of talc based sorbent – formation of initial biofilm on a carrier was observed on the third day of fermentation and then it was growing in pellets.Conclusions. It was demonstrated that for highly concentrated waste effluents of a distillery (grain distillery spent wash), which after co-fermentation with poultry manure contain volatile fatty acids in concentration 800–2000 mg/dm3, it is needed to use sorbents to receive microorganism pellets as a centre of granulation. Sorbents must contain donors and proton acceptors. It was established that the use of granular activated sludge for the distillery waste purification improves the efficiency of COD and Biochemical Oxygen Demand removal by 15–17%, increases biogas output by 26 ± 2% and biogas methane content by 8 ± 1%.
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The photos are divided up to speed up download times. Yes, there are a number of pictures. No, there is no easy way to choose what you want to see. Maybe next time I will create tiny gif files that you will have to click through to figure out what it is anyway.
There are some repeats of shots from the slideshow I really like. There may be more lobster shots than you care for.


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Have former BFFs Will.i.am and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini fallen out?
There were rumours the rapper was due to join his old pal Cheryl Fernandez-Versini at the judges' houses stage of The X Factor a few weeks ago.
But when the 39-year-old was quizzed about how the singer - who also used to be managed by him - handled it when he bailed, Will.i.am brushed it off, saying his schedule is so hectic and constantly changing.
The Voice judge told us: "I don't really know my schedule like that. My schedule is wild - I travel so much. He continued: "My schedule is clay and always changing, so nothing is ever solid until I'm there."
Cheryl's spokesman denied the pair had falling out, saying the newlywed wasn't counting on Will.i.am for judge's houses.
Though he did say his replacement, Brit rapper Tinie Tempah, was "awesome".
Last year the singer reportedly ditched him as manager in a bid to relaunch her pop career. Talking ahead of the launch of his bespoke Lexus NX, the musician also spoke about Rita Ora landing a coveted role judging role on The Voice alongside him.
"If it wasn't Rita, I wouldn't have done it. So I'm happy that it's Rita. Because when Kylie left I was like, 'Who else are you going to get?'"
Will.i.am was speaking ahead of the Lexus NX launch where he unveiled his personally designed bespoke Lexus NX F Sport


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Aline Becker, MD, PhD
Arthur G. James Hospital/Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center: Employee: Employee
Central Nervous System
SS 13 - CNS 2 - Gliomas
Aline Becker, MD, PhD
Arthur G. James Hospital/Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center: Employee: Employee
Purpose/Objective(s): In glioblastomas, one of the main mechanisms of resistance to treatment with radiation + temozolomide (Stupp protocol) is carried by the DNA-repair protein MGMT. Methylation of the MGMT promoter region is a key prognostic factor for glioblastoma, however, the current administered standard of care is the same for methylated and un-methylated tumors. Since MGMT protein expression is regulated by alternative post-transcriptional and post-translational mechanisms beyond promoter methylation, we hypothesized that MGMT protein expression assessed by immunohistochemistry could stratify the prognoses of patients with glioblastoma and add prognostic power to MGMT methylation, improving the decision-making process for glioblastoma treatment.
Materials/Methods: We retrospectively analyzed an institutional cohort of 436 adult patients comparing MGMT immunohistochemistry, using a monoclonal antibody and ≥15% of positive nuclei as cut point for high MGMT expression, and MGMT promoter methylation, assessed by the platform EPIC, from FFPE glioblastomas. Log-rank test for the univariate analysis (UVA) and multivariable (MVA) Cox-regression models accounting for classical clinical factors (age, KPS, IDH1 status etc.), as well as MGMT expression and MGMT promoter methylation were employed to determine association with OS.
Results: Low MGMT expression according to the 15% cutoff was correlated with better OS and was a stronger predictor of survival than MGMT promoter methylation both in UVA [HR: 1.7(1.3-2.3 CI), p=0.00057 vs. HR: 1.6(1.2-2.3 CI), p=0.0028] and MVA [HR: 1.99(1.33-2.98 CI), p=0.001 vs. HR: 1.37(0.96-1.95 CI), p=0.081]. MGMT promoter methylation was strongly associated with low MGMT expression (p=0.005, Fisher's exact test); nevertheless more than 70% of un-methylated tumors had low MGMT expression levels. In response to Stupp protocol, un-methylated tumors with low MGMT expression had significantly better OS than their counterparts with high MGMT expression (p=0.001), while rare methylated tumors with high MGMT expression had OS similar to the un-methylated tumors (p=0.270). MGMT promoter methylation significantly split OS only in the tumors with inherent low MGMT expression (p=0.02), but not when MGMT expression was ≥15% (p=0.270).
Conclusion: Our data provides evidence that MGMT protein expression is an independent prognostic biomarker for newly diagnosed glioblastomas and the immunohistochemistry test may identify, upfront and at a lower cost, those patients who may not respond to the Stupp protocol. FUNDING: R01CA108633, R01CA169368, RC2CA148190, U10CA180850-01 (NCI), Brain Tumor Funders Collaborative Grant, and the Ohio State University CCC (all to AC).
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i'm sitting by the pool, sweating. a lot. i should just jump in but i have other things i need to do. see, i found out yesterday that my role here is to be the social networker for the family business: a tourism/accommodation company based in lahaina, maui.
works for me.
i feel a little more settled now, knowing what i am doing. i haven't got anything off the ground yet, but i am in the process of reading books and researching sites to get me better prepared. this should be fun.
my papaw has nearly turned to liquid. my attire has changed from track pants and hoodies to bikinis and banana boat. i'm trying to get some colour. yesterday on the beach, a man walked past me, smiled and said in a thick french accent, "be careful, or you'll burn!" to which i replied with an embarrassed laugh, "er, it's okay, i'm wearing sunblock." he chuckled as he walked off. i really need some colour. so i'm working on it. slowly, but surely.
people here think i'm from england. i don't really mind, though. they can think what they like. everyone is laid back, slow moving. the days don't fly by, they kind of just coast along. i want to be productive here. learn something new, but i'm so happy to just relax, write, read. talk to people. it's a life everyone needs to experience somehow. among locals.
so, as my sunnies slip down my nose and clouds bring a shady relief before the sun takes over again, i'm writing and not thinking about too much. something in me has been yearning for this lifestyle for a while. and for now, i'm content. he was right, maybe it is the me time i deserve.


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Just booked a stateroom for a 7 night Eastern Caribbean cruise next August. Was given 2nd dinner seating as 1st seating was completely booked. I explained on phone to DCL agent that our youngest child will have a very hard time waiting until 8:15 to begin eating. They put us on wait list for 1st seating as said as people change reservations we could be bumped up. Has anyone had experience being on wait list? Were you eventually given 1st seating? How long did it take after you had made your reservation?
Wait list for first dinner seating
Havent done dcl but friends fed kids earlier in the evening from counter service or room service then kids went to childcare centre while parents had dinner think there was an option for kids to get fed in childcare centre also. Not ideal if you all want to stay together but might help. You could also feed then earlier and then they could sit with you and have a snack.
Even though we fully enjoyed having the kids with us for dinner - we did take advantage of what @djbhcb noted. I have a hard time making it until 8:15. But take advantage of the kids club feeding them and room service - there are certainly options. We would have a late snack as well to help us along
I know all children are different, on our last cruise (youngest was 8) we had second dining. I honestly loved it! During second dining the CMs can bring the children's dinners first, then about 45 min in the kids club members come through the restaurant and pick up the antsy children and take them to the club, leaving the adults to have a leisurely dinner.
It was honestly the best of both worlds. We had family time and it was a relaxing meal.
So no matter what they say before the cruise, DCL will try to accommodate you on the 1st Day. We couldn't get Palo on the night we wanted, and yet after standing in line after lunch on the 1st day, mostly with people who wanted to get early dinner, we got our preferred reservation.
DCL really does a great job "making things work" for their guests.


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Play with your kids, hold their hands, cuddle and kiss them. Don't leave them at the mercy of mobile phones, tablets or TV. As parents we seem to be abusing these gadgets for the sake of keeping our children occupied. It's worse during winter time, when it's cold, dark, gloomy, and there's very little for kids to do outdoors.
If there are no alternative games you could offer to kids, then they have no other option but to spend all the time (possibly until bed time) playing computer games, mobile phones, or watching TV. How boring and poor use of their valuable time. As parents it's our duty to come up with some novel play time ideas where they interact, communicate and learn new skills through play time.
Here are two games that can be played at home with your kids. So, let's get started with the first one.
1. Increasing word count
Suitable age range: 10 and above.
Number of people needed to play the game: 2
Materials needed to play the game: No materials needed
How to play the game: You start with a three letter word, which can be an object, name or an animal. For example, the first player could start with the word "ape", and say "you look like an ape". Because the word "ape" finishes with the letter "e", the opponent has to come up with a 4 letter word beginning with the letter "e" (either an object, name or an animal), e.g., "eggs", and say "you look like a pile of eggs". The word "eggs" ends with the letter "s", so the next player needs to come up with a word starting with the letter "s", but this time it has to be a five letter word. You may have noticed that each time the number of words increases in steps of one, i.e., the first player (say player 1) started with a 3 letter word (ape), then player 2 had to come up with a 4 letter word (eggs, as "e is the last letter in the word ape"), then back to player 1, who needs to figure out a 5 letter word (starting with the letter "s", as "s" is the last letter, e.g., "shelf"), and so on. This game continues until you reach maximum number of letters in a word, and once you hit the maximum and nobody can come up with a word then the game comes to an end.
Benefits of this game on your child: ability to think fast, increased awareness of various vocabulary, and more importantly having fun with a twist of educational benefits.
2. Giraffe-Dwarf
Suitable age range: 4 and above.
Number of people needed to play the game: 2 or more people (the more the better)
Materials needed to play the game: No materials needed
How to play Giraffe-Dwarf: There should one person managing the game (let's call this person the supervisor). All players initially stand up straight facing the supervisor. When the supervisor says "giraffe" everybody should stand up straight, whereas when he/she says "dwarf", everybody should kneel on the floor. Note that the supervisor must follow the instructions too. Occasionally the supervisor should try to trick the players by doing the opposite of the instruction, for instance, kneel on the floor after saying "giraffe". Whoever gets the instruction wrong leaves the game, and the winner is the last person who has managed to get all the instructions right.
Benefits of this game on your child: increased hard motor skills
Play GAMES with your kids, cuddle them, hold their hands, look at them in their eyes, and show your unconditional love.