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VERIFY: Moderate drinking should not weaken COVID-19 vaccine's effectiveness

A WCNC Charlotte viewer heard alcohol suppressed the immune system and asked if getting the COVID-19 shot at a bar-based vaccine event would dampen its effects.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Vaccine providers are getting more creative in an effort to increase visibility and ease of getting the COVID-19 shot.

In North Carolina, Mecklenburg County has been conducting vaccine events at local breweries and other hangout spots. In South Carolina, the Department of Health and Environmental Control has partnered with the South Carolina Brewers Guild to offer free beer and sodas to people 21 and older getting vaccinated on site.

But one WCNC Charlotte viewer wanted to know if this concept could backfire since doctors had previously warned alcohol could weaken the vaccine's effectiveness.

The Question

Can you get vaccinated while drinking at a bar or brewery without dampening the effects of the COVID-19 vaccine?

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  • Dr. David Priest, an infectious disease specialist with Novant Health
  • Becky Bean, Novant Health's Chief Pharmacy Officer
  • Dr. Brannon Traxler, Public health director with SCDHEC

The Answer

Heavy drinking or binge drinking could pose a problem for several reasons, including suppression of the immune system, and the immune system is the part of the body that is supposed to respond to the vaccine. However, moderate drinking should be OK.

"I think everything in moderation," Priest said. "If you happen to be somewhere, and you've had one drink or part of a drink and someone offers you a vaccine, I think it's perfectly fine to get vaccinated."

Bean agrees.

"Certainly, we're seeing a lot of nontraditional locations where a lot of vaccines are administered, but again, the goal is to increase those access points," Bean said.

"DHEC very strongly encourages people to drink responsibly and follow all health and safety protocols," Traxler said.

VERIFY is dedicated to helping the public distinguish between true and false information. The VERIFY team, with help from questions submitted by the audience, tracks the spread of stories or claims that need clarification or correction. Have something you want VERIFIED? Text us at 704-329-3600 or visit /verify.

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Even without several thousand supporters cranking up the atmosphere, Stephen Bradley insists that Dublin derbies remain intense affairs.

The last time his Shamrock Rovers side clashed with Bohemians at Tallaght Stadium before the pandemic, in the 2019 season, there was a record 7,021 in attendance to see the Hoops claim a 1-0 win which ended an eight-match hoodoo against their bitter rivals.

They met again at a sold-out Dalymount Park at the start of last term to see another 1-0 Hoops win, before last September's behind-closed-doors clash in Dublin 24 which ended with the same result, and Bradley felt the players showed that they can still get up for the big one in the capital.

"I think that's natural between two good teams and rivals in a derby," said Bradley ahead of tomorrow night's visit of Bohemians in the Premier Division.

"That intensity will always be there. It's just obviously not the same without the fans. That's every game but more so in a Dublin derby. The natural rivalry will be there but it's definitely not the same without the fans."

The supporters feel the same, watching on their televisions and devices is a frustrating experience and nowhere near as exhilarating but it is the fixture that both sides of the divide looked out for when the 2021 SSE Airtricity League fixtures were released.

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"Not for players or staff," replied Bradley, when asked if Bohemians is the first name they look for on the fixture list.

"We concentrate on the next game and like any game, it's about concentrating on the next one and being ready to play and win it. I'm sure the fans look for the derby straight away but for players and staff it's all about the next opponent."

5 September 2020; Neil Farrugia of Shamrock Rovers in action against Andy Lyons, left, and Dawson Devoy of Bohemians during the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division match between Shamrock Rovers and Bohemians at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

The 36-year-old was impressed by Bohemians last Tuesday night, despite them losing 3-1 at home against Sligo Rovers, which he described as an 'even and competitive' match.

On the same night, and for the second match in succession, Rovers bagged all three points with an injury-time goal away to Drogheda United.

It was Longford Town the week before and they have also nicked draws with goals at the death against Sligo Rovers and St Patrick's Athletic.

"I think [the players] have shown that over a period of time," said Bradley. "They believe in what we do and they don't stop believing until the final whistle is blown.

"They keep probing and keep looking for the opening and it takes a lot of courage and bravery to do that because you can get sucked into just kicking it long when it comes to the latter stages of the game. But the players don't, they keep probing and they get their rewards."

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Rachel Bailey is an artist I’ve got to know through the artist peer mentoring group over the course of the past 2 years (she was one of our original members). As artists, we have shared a common preoccupation with themes of identity and draw upon the theoretical influences of our respective trainings as Art Therapists. Rachel has been supportive of my practice and continues to signpost me towards artists, texts and exhibitions that she feels might be relevant to my work. Recently she has drawn my attention to an interesting article about the Claude Cahun/Gillian Wearing exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery – Behind the Mask, Another Mask. I have since seen this exhibition and hope to write about it through the blog.

As a means of repaying the favor, I was keen to promote Rachel’s upcoming exhibition – The Transgression of Dolls (Exploring myth, fiction and its relation to self and identity – through material objects) at Waterstones on Gower Street in London. The following blog entry is an interview I conducted with Rachel on Friday 31st March where she outlines her current art practice and the rationale for the exhibition. Please be sure to check it out!

Can you say a little bit about your training/ art practice?

Well my MA was at the Ruskin which is Oxford. It was quite hard as we were mostly left to our own devices so it was kind of sink or swim. I spent the first two years floundering but by the third year I had found my feet and did well and enjoyed it. I was making sculptural objects mostly out of paper, scrunched up and gathered paper (paper made into textiles).

I then went to the Slade where I applied and got into the painting department, which may have been an error because I was never a painter. I don’t know why they accepted me, but they did. I could never make the things that were inside my head because I didn’t have the technical support. It was quite compartmentalized. I always seem to be a bit of an outsider, maybe that’s what I choose for myself.

After the Slade I won a really big prize – The Vordemberge-Gildewart Art Prize. He was a Swiss Constructivist Artist. It’s given annually in a different European country and I was nominated. I didn’t know what it was, I remember I had to take my work to the Annely Juda Gallery, but they wouldn’t tell me what the prize was so I just left my stuff there. I ended up winning it and received £18,000 which just came out of the blue. It was a really good thing, but I didn’t know how to become an Artist off the back of it. Maybe I was already too isolated; maybe I wasn’t speaking with my own voice.

You also previously trained as an Art Therapist at Goldsmiths. Can you say how this has informed your art practice?

I think my art education set up a lot of mental prohibitions; all the things it shouldn’t be. So, it shouldn’t be craft, it shouldn’t be narrative, it shouldn’t illustrative and I added a few more like it shouldn’t be detailed or decorative…. And I think by the time I got to thirty I reached a dead end, I couldn’t do anything. I remember my partner at the time saying that my work was so quiet it was virtually silent. Anyway we split up and in the emotional trauma that followed I reevaluated many things, including my art making self.

I did an Art Therapy foundation course at City University. It was very directive and I think the first or second session we had to make a mask to represent ourselves. Goldsmiths was so anti that, you’d never do anything like that there. But it was amazing. I remember going up and getting sugar paper, a feather, glitter and the pipe cleaners. I felt exciting and creative. I think I was quite surprised by what I did. It so expresses something about me, and nobody else could see how deeply it really resonated. I seemed to be able to get myself back into my work again after that but in a different way.

It sounds as though your art education narrowed your field of vision. And then, something about studying to become an Art Therapist kind of broadened it out a bit so you were less blinkered.

Yeah, nicely put.

Your exhibition is called The Transgression of Dolls (Exploring myth, fiction and its relation to self and identity – through material objects). Where did this title come from?

Well, I had a life coaching session (about the exhibition) with a new friend of mine who I met through the open studios. It was helpful to have someone I didn’t know ask me what I wanted to get out of it. She suggested that it would good to include some sort of provocative statement and ‘transgression’ does kind of hint at something a bit dark and potentially sexually alluring. I quite like that dirty world aspect of it. But it does have a link to play and play as transgression: an activity that, as an adult, it’s hard to find the time to do and it just feels a bit naughty. So, transgression has a link to play and getting a creative energy from not doing something that you think you should (being a trickster to yourself).

The subtitle is a bit labored. I’ve been working in solitude for such a long time, just allowing myself to do what I want to do. It’s very hard now to stand back and say, “this is what it is.”

A thread which seems to run through your work concerns the juxtaposition between concealment and exposure. Similarly, within your blog, you speculate on which side of yourself will be ‘seen’ at this exhibition. I wondered how it felt to show these works publicly for the first time.

I seem to be oscillating between a dogged, “I’m just going to do it” and sheer demented terror, but that’s under control. I think my friends and colleagues will be interested and that’s fine.

What relevance, if any, is there to showing your work at Waterstones?

I worked at Waterstones myself for a very long time so I have a history with the company. I like the idea of doing it there because when I started writing my blog I didn’t realize that my inspiration comes so much about what I’ve been reading. I discovered that books seem to inform me more than the things I look at. It was interesting going through that Tate Etc. article you sent me [Are We All Anxious Now? By Jill Bennett] as she talks about how reading is between yourself and the book whereas as soon as you show and make work it’s immediately more sociable. Much more is revealed. So I feel quite good about the exhibition being in Waterstones. I had intended to have a little display of books and also a copy of The Doll Dossier which is featured on my website. This is a collection of images and quotations that I have gathered about dolls, puppets, transitional objects etc.

One’s association of dolls is that they are to be touched, held or handled in some way. Do you have any expectation as to how people should interact with your dolls given their materiality as objects?

Well because the space is not completely invigilated, I’ve made boxes for them. I’ve got a couple that I’ll bring out on the days when I’m there, but mostly they’re not going to be handled. They’ll either be in little boxes or there will be photographs of them. The thing that has really remained with me is this quote from the French feminist-thinker, Luce Irigaray who talks about using dolls as a handmade object between mothers and daughters to communicate what they can’t say (to take up a special relationship). I don’t think I really understand it, but for some reason it’s kind of stuck with me. There’s definitely something about the exchange and I really liked passing my doll around at the [peer mentoring group] meeting. They were envisaged to be passed around, but they’re not. They don’t fulfill their destiny in some way.

In my blog, I’ve been looking at a Brazilian Artist called Lygia Clark as she did happenings with objects which are passed around. People interact with them. Although, my dolls take a long time to make and if they are handed around they’ll be spoilt and dirtied. I don’t know how to get around that. Lygia Clark’s objects are things like rubber bands, balls, inflated plastic bags – quickly replaceable or mass produced things; not loaded with crafting hours like mine.

There’s also something quite erotic about other people handling something you’ve made. Maybe it’s an extension of yourself? There’s one doll that I showed at an open studio event, it’s the doll that’s disappearing into a horn shape. A woman visitor to the studio just pulled the doll out and I could feel it in my body, it was electric. It was as though she had touched me.

What would you like people to take away from this exhibition?

I’ve mostly invited people that I know, like people that I’ve lost touch with from Goldsmiths and from the Ruskin. I’m also hoping that I’ll have some nice conversations with people who just pop in. I sent an invite to UCL’s department of Psychoanalysis because that’s been a big thing that’s informed the work. I don’t know if anyone will come.

Because I haven’t really shown before, it’s like a big experiment. I’m thinking of it like a big laboratory of things I think are quite good and things that are maybe less good, but I’m still glad I made them. I don’t know how to articulate what I want someone else to get from it. I hope I will find out!

Will there be an opportunity for you to gain feedback?

Because I’m planning on being there for the tail end of the week I thought I might take some work, or sewing, and think about it almost like an open studio because those conversations are really nice. I would’ve liked to have had some workshops, but I can’t get my head around it at this point. Being there and seeing how people respond means that hopefully they’ll be an invitation to share (instead of it just all being about me).

The Transgression of Dolls…. will be showing from April 19th – 20th May 2017 at The Gallery, Waterstone’s, 82 Gower Street, WC1E 6EQ.

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Last time, I mentioned the importance of having the blog to share ideas and to strike up dialogues with other artists about things I’m working on. However, I must also highlight how helpful it has been to receive peer mentorship through regular meetings with other like-minded artists/ Art Therapists.

The artist peer mentoring group that I set up two years ago (loosely named Art + Me) was devised as a means of primarily identifying other Art Therapists, both trainees and fully-qualified professionals who would also call themselves active artists. The initial callout drew artists of various disciplines who share this dual role, although over the years we have relaxed our criteria to also artists who have an interest in Art Therapy or are training in other therapeutic disciplines.

Last month we had our 11th meeting together and the growing number of members means that we’re now looking to meet once a month. We’re also discussing options for a group exhibition together this year. The meeting was also an opportunity to give selected artists a space to talk about their work and to receive feedback from the rest of the group. On this occasion, I had an opportunity to share my work, a prospect that filled me with a certain degree of panic.

As mentioned previously within my blog, I have really struggled to stay motivated as an artist. Prior to the peer group meeting, I felt as though I had lots of ideas or things that I had started on, but very little to show since our last meeting together. As a result, I decided to present the group with an appraisal of my artworks-in-progress to date so that I could disseminate my energies in the upcoming months. As an artist, it can often be difficult to give a concise summary of what it is you do, or your overriding themes, but talking about my practice within the group always feels safe and encouraging. I enjoy the discipline of retelling people what my work is about.

Since 2015, my practice has been split between multiple works that explore my own identity, primarily through self-portraiture. These works encompass a range of media including video, drawing and assemblage. Although, they are all derived from the same source material – a vast compendium of photographs I’ve been taking of myself over the past two years. I now have an archive of nearly 900 images and I’m still going!

One work that I decide to show was my ‘post-it portrait’ – a large scale wall drawing of myself in pencil, made up of hundreds of post-it notes. However, the enormity of the task has left me feeling demotivated. I recently calculated that the final image will be made up of 609 post-its. Thus far, I have only completed about 180, less than a third. One suggestion from the group was whether the artwork could be developed as a collaborative exercise undertaken by close friends and family in which each person is sent a square to complete independently and sent back. I really liked the idea that the artwork’s construction might become some sort of participatory event. Making an artwork in this way would mean that I would have even less autonomy over what the final image might look like.

I also showed another artwork I’d been working on, a composite image which alludes to the constraints of traditional self-portraiture to capture one’s identity, in any kind of fixed way, due to the way our appearances change with time.

The work started out as an experiment, overlaying multiple self-images which were blown up to A3-size photocopies. Each of the images were then cut into thin strips (3mm wide) using a metal ruler and scalpel and then layered on top of one another. The resulting artwork initially looks like streamers, or a beaded curtain, as one group member described it. However, on closer inspection you start to discern the basic outline of face. I also discovered that when I held the artwork in front of a mirror, and shook it gently, the image would shimmer slightly. It was as if I’d seen my reflection in a pool of water, an allusion to the myth of Narcissus.

I quite liked that the image moved or could be animated in some way, and presenting this work to the group was useful in terms of thinking about how it could be developed and exhibited.

As it was, feedback from group members was mixed. For instance, some identified that they liked the size of the work whereas others felt it should be much bigger. One suggestion was to recreate the image on a much larger scale whereby viewers could pass through the artwork. This idea really captured my imagination and shares similarities with another artwork – Threshold, that I made 9 years ago whilst at Wimbledon College of Art. That artwork was inspired by themes of ritualism and the connections held between physical action and transcendence. It took the form a large curtain, hung from the ceiling, that individuals were invited to pass through. The idea was based on Biblical descriptions of the Holy of Holies – the inner sanctuary within the Tabernacle where God is said to have dwelt. The Holy of Holies was set apart by a veil, and no one could enter except the High Priest, and even he could only enter once a year. These descriptions also provoke comparisons with the Black Lodge – the extradimensional space featured in the television series Twin Peaks, perhaps another unconscious influence at the time.

It is interesting that this veil/curtain motif has arisen within my practice again, although this time in relation to themes of identity. Drawing on the feedback of the group, I liked the idea that the work could be interactive and people could pass through or ‘go behind the veil’ to discover something else about me that might otherwise be hidden. What this might be, I’m still unsure. I feel that the next stage will be to think about how the art work might be developed as some type of installation or environment that others can interact with. Within the peer mentoring group, there was a discussion about whether my self-image needs to be an integral part of the curtain or veil or, alternatively, could it be a projected image. In terms of next steps, it might be worth making some form of small model or prototype to help me make sense of what this might look like.


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A former top cop who was instrumental in John Howard's crackdown on drugs has written to the promoters of the popular Groovin the Moo festival, urging them to go ahead with a pill-testing trial in Canberra.

A proposal to hold a trial at next month's festival at the University of Canberra received the green light from the university.

Late last week former Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Palmer wrote to promotors of Groovin the Moo, noting the university's support was "very positive".

"I am delighted to see the progress being made towards improving the safety of attendees at the festivals and similar events through supporting drug pill testing in the ACT," Mr Palmer wrote.

"I sincerely hope that as promoters you allow a trial to proceed."

Mr Palmer said pill-testing purely armed young people with information about their drugs.

Mr Palmer said authorities were not condoning drug-taking and evidence from pill-testing overseas showed young people often discarded their drugs once told what was in them.

"Any step we can take towards improving the safety of people who use drugs and improving their knowledge of what it is they're intending to take, the better off we are," he said.

Overdoses have occurred previously at Groovin the Moo, but there have been no reported fatalities.

At the festival in Maitland two years ago, a 15-year-old girl was taken to hospital in a critical condition after a suspected overdose.

Mr Palmer said if pill-testing reduced the number of overdoses by even 10 per cent, it would be a step in the right direction.

"People buy from unknown backstreet markets, from the criminal marketplace if you like, there's no regulation over what is sold," he said.

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Mr Palmer was at the helm of the AFP in the 1990s, when Mr Howard introduced his "tough on drugs" policy.

His views have since changed.

"The vast majority of people who use drugs are very decent young Australians who do it for recreational purposes.

"We've got to recognise that reality."

Mr Palmer, now an advocate of Harm Reduction Australia which backs the pill-testing trial, said it was well recognised the current illicit drug policy "fails on almost every count".

He said the trial had police backing because they have first-hand experience with recreational drug takers on the street and in their own lives.

"It's about recognising the reality of the world in which we live and doing whatever we can to improve the safety of people who do things that are risky in that environment," he said.

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Pill-testing advocates have been working behind the scenes for years to secure a trial in Canberra.

Motivated by the overdose death of Georgina Bartter at a Sydney dance festival in 2014, supporters, including youth advocacy group Ted Noffs Foundation, came together to push a proposal.

They fear if Groovin the Moo does not sign on, the window of opportunity could be closing.

Ted Noffs Foundation spokesman Matt Noffs said Groovin the Moo had a responsibility to carry out the trial.

"There's a lot at stake," he said.

"The question we're all asking now is 'why are we waiting?'"

He said there have been years of high-level meetings behind closed doors and he felt, at times, that the police have been the most supportive.

Mr Noffs also acknowledged the ACT Government's role in first approving a trial.

The ACT Government has confirmed its ongoing support for a trial in Canberra, but has not given the official tick of approval for this proposal.

"We've received so many emails from punters, we've received emails from parents who have lost their children at music festivals," Mr Noffs said.

"It's been incredibly frustrating because a lot of those young people didn't need to die."

If the trial does not go ahead at Groovin the Moo, Mr Noffs' biggest fear is people will lose sight of what could be achieved and become cynical.

But he also promised advocates would keep pushing for pill testing to become a reality, as it already is in several other countries around the world.

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Here are some ways vacant commercial land can be a profitable and stress-free investment.

· There is a scarcity of land. In states like Florida this aspect is significant.

· Vacant land is a “hands-off” investment which does not involve all the problems that can arise when dealing with tenants.

· With vacant land you do not need to work on the property like you would with commercial buildings that require regular maintenance and renovations.

· Large, generationally owned land is typically for sale by highly motivated landowners. Therefore, you can purchase valuable large acreage at relatively fair prices.

· The land investment sector has less competition. Many real estate investors focus on retail buildings, professional offices, and apartments.

· Land investments are typically purchased in cash without loans, as loans expose investments to additional risk.

· Whereas a physical building will break and depreciate, land, as a general rule, will appreciate. Unlike buildings, which gradually drop in price with deferred maintenance, vacant land remains in the original state in which you bought it. This allows vacant land to enjoy better long-term value appreciation compared to developed properties.

Vacant Commercial Land Investment Considerations

If you are considering taking the big step of investing in vacant commercial land in Orlando, here is what you will first need to consider before selecting land to purchase.

· Population growth in the area

· Type of development occurring in the area

· New employment in the area

· The property’s price

· The property’s taxes

· AG exemption available?

· Who currently owns the property?

· When the property was purchased by the previous owner

· Information related to the property’s deed and title

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Windows 7 is reaching end of support in January 2020 and whilst Microsoft is offering extended security options for an additional three years, it’s security only and will be more expensive in the long run.

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Every business generates content, and every business with an online presence generates more content than ever: marketing content, product content, user support content, content for internal use and customer-facing content. Content is usually the first impression that customers get of your business, and often the primary way that customers interact with your brand. This begs the question, then, of whether businesses actually recognise content as a business asset and, what’s more, whether they treat content like a business asset.

Content is rarely used to its full potential, because it remains fragmented across multiple corporate departments, managed independently and without consistent standards. As a result, content is vastly underestimated as a resource; the possibilities for utilising content are blunted without the right underlying ecosystem to allow it to thrive.

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Coho salmon are harvested in both commercial and sport fisheries in Upper Cook Inlet (UCI), with a 10-year average of 186,655 fish being harvested by commercial fisheries annually (Shields and Dupuis 2013 - PDF 2,586 kB). Because coho salmon returns in Northern Cook Inlet (NCI) streams have been on the decline in recent years, there is a management need for the ability to estimate the harvest of these stocks in UCI fisheries. Genetic baselines have been developed for sockeye and Chinook salmon for use in mixed stock analysis (MSA) of harvest samples collected from commercial, sport, and personal use fisheries in UCI; however, a genetic baseline for coho salmon in UCI has not been developed yet. This project will develop a comprehensive coho salmon genetic baseline in Cook Inlet to allow for future MSA of coho salmon harvests in UCI fisheries.

Since 1992, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has collected genetic samples from coho stocks throughout Cook Inlet, with a majority being collected in Kenai and Kasilof rivers. In the early 2000s, the USFWS Conservation Genetics Lab developed a statewide baseline, which included 8 UCI coho salmon populations for 9 microsatellite loci (Olsen et al. 2003). The baseline demonstrated that genetic markers could be used to distinguish coho salmon populations in Alaska, and the possibility for distinguishing stocks within Cook Inlet.

Coho salmon samples have been collected throughout UCI by department staff opportunistically since the early 1990s, with the majority collected between 2006 and 2012. In 2013, the State of Alaska funded a three phase study to develop a Cook Inlet coho salmon single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) baseline. The first phase was completed in spring of 2013 and involved determining whether sufficient genetic diversity exists in Cook Inlet coho salmon stocks for genetic stock identification using existing samples and genetic markers. Statistical analysis of these data indicated that sufficient variation exists in Cook Inlet coho salmon stocks for genetic stock identification.

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Five easy steps to defrost your freezer

Here's how to defrost your freezer quickly and easily

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Defrosting your freezer is important to do as soon as you notice any big build-up of ice. Ice takes up valuable food room, and means your freezer needs to work harder, which will cost you money on your energy bill.

Here’s our five step guide to easy and safe freezer defrosting.

  1. Preparation is key

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There are a number of things to prepare before you begin defrosting your freezer. First of all, the food. Your food will need to go somewhere while you defrost the freezer. If you’re fortunate enough to have a chest freezer, clear some space in it beforehand and keep your freezer foods there for the duration.

Otherwise, freeze some ice packs beforehand and prepare a cold space away from sunlight to store your food for the time being. A bathtub is a great for temporary storage. Worst case scenario, wait until your freezer is a little bit emptier and have yourself a frozen food feast!

Once that’s ready, you’ll need to prepare the room for the defrost itself. Clear a space in front of your freezer, and have plenty of towels and rags ready to soak up the water as it defrosts.

  1. Turn the freezer off

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Just leaving the freezer door open won’t be enough, so make sure you’ve turned it off at the wall, and be prepared to wait for the temperature to rise on its own.

You may be tempted to hack the ice away yourself, or pull out a hairdryer – but resist! Remember there’s lots of electronics and machinery involved in a freezer, and you run the risk of damaging it or hurting yourself when you start busting tools out.

Be patient and come back to it in a few hours.

  1. Empty it completely

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Now that the freezer is well and truly starting to defrost is the time to make sure it’s emptied completely. You’ve already put the food somewhere safe, or eaten it, but now take all of the drawers out and place them by the sink – you’ll want to clean and dry them separately before you put them back. They’ll be a lot easier to remove from the freezer once the defrost is taking effect.

The ice will be starting to melt, and you can even scoop out the big chunks by hand once they’re loose. It’s around now that you’ll probably need to wring out or replace the towels when they become saturated with water.

  1. Clean and dry

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Once it’s completely defrosted, now is the time for you to get in there with your cleaning supplies and really freshen up your freezer. Firstly, ensure all the walls and sides are completely dry of water to prevent ice building back up later, and then you can clean away!

Once you’re satisfied, go over it again with a clean towel to ensure it’s dry – otherwise you may find yourself defrosting it again before too long.

And don’t forget to clean and dry the drawers you took out earlier, ready to go back.

  1. Restart and restock

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Once the freezer and drawers are clean and dry – it’s time to get back to normal! Put the drawers back in the freezer and switch it back on. All you can do now is wait as the freezer drops to the correct temperature of -18°C, which will take a few hours.

Once it’s cold enough, refill it with your frozen goods. This is also the perfect opportunity to get the freezer organised, so you know exactly what’s in there and where everything is.

And you’re finished! You now have a de-iced freezer which is more efficient and spacious than it was when you started.

There’s no set time on how often you need to defrost your freezer, but at least once a year is perfect, and more so if you notice a thick build-up of ice.

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Rectangular windows are fine, and appropriate for most applications. However, just because they are the easiest to draw doesn't mean that all your windows have to be curve impoverished. The !Square sample application creates a window based on the ellipse, rather than the rectangle. The window uses vector graphics for most of its chrome, so there are no issues with bitmap scaling to limit the window size or aspect ratio.

The !Square sample application, shown in Figure 1, illustrates how to extend the NativeWindow class to create windows with alternative visuals and behavior using the AIR APIs and the rich Flash graphics capabilities.

Note: This is a sample application provided, as is, for instructional purposes.

This sample application includes the following files and classes:

  • NotSquare-app.xml: The AIR application descriptor file
  • A stub class that creates the main application window and closes
  • !Square.fla: Flash document for use with Adobe Flash CS3 Professional.
  • Extends the NativeWindow class
  • Extends the Sprite class to create a content container that clips anything outside the window client area
  • Implements the gripper controls for resizing the window
  • Implements a button for minimizing or restoring the window
  • Implements a button for maximizing the window
  • Implements a button for closing the window
  • Loads the images used for the dock and system tray icons
  • A class providing some sample content for the window
  • A visual object
  • Simulates spring forces
  • SourceViewer.js: Implements a source code browser using an HTML window
  • Sample AIR icon files and bitmap graphics used by the window chrome

Testing the application

Launch the !Square application (!Square.air). Resize the window using any of the eight grippers along the window drag bar. Move the window using the drag bar. Drag the white disk to the edge of the window to observe that any part of the disk that is outside the window client area is properly clipped.

Understanding the code

The !Square application uses several graphics functions not specific to AIR. For more information about these functions, see the ActionScript 3.0 Language Reference.

Extending the NativeWindow class

The RoundWindow class extends the AIR NativeWindow class to specialize the constructor and to define the methods and properties to draw its window chrome. Because you cannot use a custom class for the initial application window, the !Square example uses the initial window primarily to launch an instance of the RoundWindow class to serve as the main application window. The initial window created by AIR is never made visible and is closed once initialization is complete.

The constructor of the RoundWindow class creates its own NativeWindowInitOptions object and uses it to create the underlying native window. The constructor then creates the window chrome elements and activates the window to make it visible and active.

public function RoundWindow(title:String=""){ var initOptions:NativeWindowInitOptions = new NativeWindowInitOptions(); initOptions.systemChrome = NativeWindowSystemChrome.NONE; initOptions.transparent = true; super(initOptions); this.minSize = new Point(350,350); bounds = new Rectangle(0,0,viewWidth,viewHeight); this.title = title; stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT; stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE; stage.addChild(clippedStage); //Put buttons on conventional side of window if(isWindows()){ closeButton = new CloseButton(287); minRestoreButton = new MinRestoreButton(283.5); maxButton = new MaxButton(280); } else { closeButton = new CloseButton(252); minRestoreButton = new MinRestoreButton(255.5); maxButton = new MaxButton(259); } addWindowDressing(); addEventListener(NativeWindowBoundsEvent.RESIZE,onBoundsChange); draw(viewWidth,viewHeight); activate(); }

Drawing elliptical borders

The border of the window is drawn using standard Flash drawing functions provided by the Graphics class, which can be accessed through the graphics property of any display object. The border is composed of three rings. When you draw overlapping figures between the calls to beginFill() and endFill(), only the difference between the figures, in this case ellipses, will be filled. The following function draws the three rings by drawing two ellipses for each ring:

with({ clear(); beginFill(bevelColor,1); drawEllipse(0,0,viewWidth,viewHeight); drawEllipse(4,4,viewWidth-8,viewHeight-8); endFill(); beginFill(borderColor,1); drawEllipse(4,4,viewWidth-8,viewHeight-8); drawEllipse(16,16,viewWidth-32,viewHeight-32); endFill(); beginFill(bevelColor,1); drawEllipse(16,16,viewWidth-32,viewHeight-32); drawEllipse(20,20,viewWidth-40,viewHeight-40); endFill(); }

Drawing a section of an ellipse

Because the Graphics class does not have a function for drawing just a piece of an elliptical arc, drawing the resizing gripper onto the border is actually more challenging than drawing the border itself. You could use the curveTo() method, but calculating the proper control point locations to match the elliptical border has its own mathematical challenges. For this task, !Square uses a simpler polyline technique based on the parametric equation of the ellipse. A point on the border is calculated based on the height and width and angle from the midpoint of the ellipse. Then the next point is calculated by increasing the angle a small amount and a line is drawn between them. This process is repeated until the desired arc is drawn.

Figure 2 shows the formula that can be used to calculate a point along the ellipse, given the angle, and the width and the height of the ellipse.

The grippers are arranged around the border at preset angles, so the angle is known. The width and height of the ellipse is the width and height of the window for the outer edge of the window border (viewWidth and viewHeight), and the width and height minus the thickness of the border for the inner edge of the window border.

The drawing routine uses the following formula to calculate the x and y coordinates of the four corners of the gripper, points A, B, C, and D:

var A:Point = new Point(); A.x = Math.cos(startAngle) * viewWidth/2; A.y = Math.sin(startAngle) * viewHeight/2; var B:Point = new Point(); B.x = Math.cos(startAngle) * (viewWidth-40)/2; B.y = Math.sin(startAngle) * (viewHeight-40)/2; var C:Point = new Point(); C.x = Math.cos(stopAngle) * (viewWidth-40)/2; C.y = Math.sin(stopAngle) * (viewHeight-40)/2; var D:Point = new Point(); D.x = Math.cos(stopAngle) * viewWidth/2; D.y = Math.sin(stopAngle) * viewHeight/2;;

The start and stop angles are calculated by adding and subtracting half the angular width of the gripper from the preset gripper angle. Defining the length with angles rather than a distance makes the math a bit easier and also provides a more pleasing effect when the window is resized since the gripper length stays proportional to the border diameter.

var startAngle:Number = (angleRadians - spreadRadians); var stopAngle:Number = (angleRadians + spreadRadians);

The routine next draws the shape of the gripper between the four points (see Figure 3).

First, a straight line is drawn from A to B:

moveTo(A.x,A.y); lineTo(B.x,B.y);

Next, a series of line segments is drawn between B and C. If enough segments are used, then the visual effect is indistinguishable from an actual curve. !Square uses ten segments, which seems sufficient.

for(var i:int = 1; i < 10; i++){ lineTo(Math.cos(startAngle + i * incAngle) * (viewWidth-40)/2, Math.sin(startAngle + i * incAngle) * (viewHeight-40)/2); }

Another straight line is drawn from C to D and the shape is closed by drawing a polyline segment from D back to A. The shape is started with the beginBitmapFill() method so when endFill() is called the area defined by the drawing commands is filled with a bitmap texture.

Clipping the client area

The RoundWindow class uses a sprite with a clipping mask applied as the container for its contents. Any content objects that are drawn outside the border of the window are clipped. Window chrome elements are added directly to the stage so that they are not clipped.

Clipping can be implemented in Flash by setting the mask property of a Sprite object with another Sprite object. The masking sprite is not drawn, but only the parts in the first sprite that fall under the shape defined by the mask's graphics commands are visible.

In !Square, the clipped sprite is defined by the ClippedStage class. This class creates a clipping mask using the familiar commands for drawing an ellipse based on the width and height of the window. Any part of an object added as a child of the ClippedStage object that falls outside the ellipse are clipped.

private function setClipMask(bounds:Rectangle):void{;,1);,0,bounds.width,bounds.height);; }

The class also listens for resize events from the parent window and responds by redrawing the clipping mask based on the new window dimensions.

private function onResize(event:NativeWindowBoundsEvent):void{ setClipMask(event.afterBounds); }

This type of clipping is not limited to simple shapes, so the technique can be used for any window that has areas which should be masked.

Resizing an elliptical window

To resize the window, the border and grippers must be redrawn based on the new width and height of the window. The resize event object includes an afterBounds property that reports the new dimensions. The width and height from this property are passed to the window draw() method.

private function onBoundsChange(boundsEvent:NativeWindowBoundsEvent):void{ draw(boundsEvent.afterBounds.width, boundsEvent.afterBounds.height); }

Handling content in an elliptical window

Because the content in the !Square window is aware of its container (the springs are attached to the border), it must react to changes in window size and shape. It does this by listening for the window resize event and recalculating the dependent variables.

private function onResize(event:NativeWindowBoundsEvent):void{ center.x = event.afterBounds.width/2; center.y = event.afterBounds.height/2; eye.x -= event.afterBounds.x - event.beforeBounds.x; eye.y -= event.afterBounds.y - event.beforeBounds.y; for each (var spring:Spring in springs){ spring.outerEnd = calculateSpringAnchorPoint(spring.anchorAngle); } }

Since the content is always animated, it does not need to be redrawn by the resize listener. Redrawing occurs on the next frame event anyway. For non-animated content, you may need to resize or reposition the window content objects directly.

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Motion Graphics templates (MOGRTs) give editors working with Adobe Premiere Pro or Premiere Rush the power of an easy-to-use motion graphics package at their fingertips. Join motion designer and editor Kyle Hamrick as he demonstrates the power of these customizable animated templates. See how they can bring a new level of professionalism and polish to your videos without your spending years learning how to create everything yourself.
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