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Connecting at the Water’s Edge

By Maryann Helferty

Young Red Belly Turtle seen at Lardner's Point

Young Red Belly Turtle seen at Lardner's Point

Late on a warm spring afternoon a few weeks ago, I walked along a newly restored tidal wetland and gazed at the young sedge grasses and arrowhead plants.  The line, “If you build it they will come” from the movie Field of Dreams passed through my mind.  Here at Lardner’s Point Park in Philadelphia, PA, both wildlife and people were reclaiming their spot at the water’s edge.

Earlier that week, the opening ceremony for the park celebrated the creation of 300 feet of shoreline access and four acres of open space.  After the ribbon-cutting, a visitor spotted a small baby turtle climbing up the fresh soil bank.  It was a red-belly turtle, a threatened species in Pennsylvania.  It had emerged from the river to welcome the park supporters, just as the early players from baseball’s past entered the cornfield ballpark of Kevin Costner’s dreams. A local water scientist reported that in ten years of boat surveys, he had not seen a young turtle of this species in this area.

Creation of the park was truly a Cinderella story, as the shoreline had been wrapped in a concrete bulkhead from its days as a ferry terminal, and was later fouled by an oil spill.  Over $500,000 in federal funding was dedicated to the restoration and mitigation project.

The ecological restoration of Lardner’s Point is about more than the re-emergence of a living marine ecosystem for plants and animals.  Along the industrial riverfront, open space is as rare as the threatened turtle. The design of this site features a fishing pier, connection to a bike trail and picnic tables.  Check out our podcast on the Lardner’s Point restoration to learn more.

These amenities bring a breeze of recreation to the dense, row-home neighborhood of Tacony nearby.  That’s why as part of the Urban Waters Movement, EPA is seeking to help communities — especially underserved communities — as they work to access, improve and benefit from their urban waters and the surrounding land.

As I left the pier, I said hello to a 10-year old boy carrying a fishing rod.  He happily reported that this was the first time he could walk with his grandfather and fish on the Delaware.  By reconnecting the river to wetlands and greenspace, the park was also connecting friends and family with great memories along the river.

With summer coming, how are you going to connect at the water’s edge?  May is American Wetlands Month, so take some time to learn how you can protect and restore wetlands near you.

About the Author: Maryann Helferty is a water quality scientist with the Mid-Atlantic Regional office of the EPA.  She has worked on groundwater and watershed protection in both the rural Pacific Northwest and the urban corridors of the Atlantic.  One of her passions is teaching urban youth about water through the poetry curriculum: River of Words.  You will find her this summer walking the water’s edge in the Wissahickon Watershed.

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If You Dread Christmas…

This time of year some of us get into a holiday mood. We get involved with decorating, shopping, baking, and listening to favorite Christmas songs.

Others hate the season.

If you're one of them, you really are missing out on enjoying a twelfth of your life, so take some time to figure out why, then order some flower remedies from Feel Bach! and start getting over it.

Is this a holdover from childhood? Maybe you didn't get the gifts you hoped for. Maybe something traumatic happened at Christmastime – like the death of a loved one or a break-up in the family.

Is it about money? Maybe you don't have enough to buy the gifts you'd like to give.

Is it insecurity? You're expected to entertain family or business acquaintances and think you won't measure up.

Is it seeing family members who always put you down?

Is it loneliness – because you've lost someone or because you've never found your soul mate?

Right now, before the season gets into full swing, come overto Feel Bach! and take the questionnaire. Then let our experts mix the blend that will help you begin to enjoy the Christmas season.

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Top Team at Lower Birgham for 2014

Tom and RyanTom Davis has been Head Boatman at Lower Birgham beat on Tweed for three years now, having served as Boatman for six years prior to his promotion. Tom knows the beat like the back of his hand and has done a tremendous job in making significant improvements since he took over the head role. Not surprisingly, he has earned an excellent reputation on the River.

There are further plans for improvement on this very attractive and productive beat, and to help achieve these, a new Boatman has been appointed for the 2014 season. Ryan Morrison, who joins on 1st February, started Salmon fishing at an early age with the Tweedstart Programme and developed his excellent Boatman and Ghillieing skills at Makerstoun and, latterly, Milne Graden.

Tom says “I am really looking forward to Ryan coming to Lower Birgham. He is so enthusiastic and keen to catch fish, I know our Rods will enjoy their fishing with him. We can’t wait for the season to start!”

For further information contact:Martyn Wright Secretary, Lower Birgham Fishing Club

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November 8, 2018

10 Must-haves for a good Shred Trip

Hey y'all, Dirk here again with some random jargon for you to digest. Today I'm going to write about 10 things I find are must-haves for a top quality shredfest with your Freebording buds. As someone who has had his fair share of Freebord trips at this point, I feel…
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Why 100% Raw Food Diets Don’t Work

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A 100% Raw Food Diet Has Serious Problems

This post might draw the ire of a few people who are passionate about a raw food diet, but for newcomers there are important lessns to understand about how far you ought to go with eating raw foods.

Before I begin I’ll let you know that mostly raw food diets tend to work very well. I’m not arguing against that. I’m talking about 100% raw food diets which can be very harmful over the long run.

In my experience people who adopt a 100% raw food diet fail eventually, and they’d be better off eating cooked food.

The reasons usually boil down to the following five flaws.

Flaw #1: Vitamin B12 and Iron Deficiency

I know many plant based diet evangelists like to emphasize the misperceptions about nutrients like vitamin B, iron, calcium, and protein provided by non-animal sources.

They’re mostly right.

However, the long term data on hardcore raw-foodists paints a fairly bleak picture about vitamin B12. For instance, a study published in the Journal of Nutrition in October 2005 found that 40% of pure raw-foodists were vitamin B12 deficient. See also here and my own thoughts on long-term raw foodists.

That’s not good.

I agree that risking a little bit of vitamin B12 deficiency is better than risking the near certain chances of developing heart disease, cancer and diabetes that come with animal foods, but pure raw-foodists are unnecessarily subjected to certain nutrient deficiencies.

Flaw #2: Many foods are better digested cooked rather than raw

The thinking about raw foods is that they’re more enzymatically active and in their “pure” state, and thus more nutritous than cooked foods.

That’s true some of the time, but not all.

The truth is there are a lot of really great foods that are digested better when cooked.

The most obvious example is legumes, which have a lot of their nutrients blocked with phytic acid and fibrous outer shells. Their enzymes and phytochemicals break down when cooked, but so do the branched chain compounds that completely mess up your digestion and inhibit the absorption of other minerals.

The difference between raw legumes and sprouted, steamed legumes is huge. The latter is unedible, while the former is ridiculously good for you.

Flaw #3: Raw vs. Cooked Isn’t the Most Important Indicator of Diet Quality

Sometimes raw foodists will start eating raw meats or other animal products to compensate for the lacking components in their diet.

Here’s a hint: just eat the steamed broccoli.

That’s an extreme example, but the greater overall point is that many times there are more important dimensions than cooked vs. raw.

Certain phytonutrients and carotenoids are actually more bio-available when cooked because they’re locked up the cell walls of their foods which breakdown after being cooked. The lycopene is pasta sauce is actually more bio-available than in raw tomatoes for this reason.

Diet regimens like fruititarianism are almost certainly lacking in essential fatty acids, and one might gravitate towards raw meats and animal products to compensate, when they’d be better off with cooked plant alternatives.

Flaw #4: The Biggest Benefits of a Raw Food Diet Don’t Come From Raw Foods

Perhaps this point seems paradoxical, but the biggest benefit of a raw diet is that it’s exclusionary, and not necessarily raw.  If you’re eating raw, you’re not eating processed foods, you’re probably eating mostly vegan, and your calories are almost certainly going way down.

That’s all great, but it has nothing to do with whether or not the food is raw.

Of course raw food does confer a lot of health benefits, but I’d wager that all by itself it accounts for 20-25% of the benefits of the raw food diet most of the time.

Flaw #5: The Raw Food Diet Can Impair Muscle Development and Athletic Activity

If you go 100% raw it’s almost certain that you’re going to reduce your calories drastically.

Bank on it.

That’s mostly good, except that it can have an inhibiting effect if you have difficulty putting on muscle or lead a particularly active lifestyle.

In my experience people with naturally light frames can be harmed by a purely raw food diet and can feel lethargic as a result. This is also true for athletes of various sorts.

Overall I like the raw food diet, but find myself hesitant recommending a  permanent switch to a 100% raw lifestyle.

And for what it’s worth, I’m not alone. Even noted raw food evangelists like Jameth Sheridan have recommended against doing so.

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Vitamin B12: Are You Taking It The Right Way?

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Well, well, WELL!

Guess who’s back after taking a brief 39 day blog-o-batical?

That’s right — it’s me, Mr. Vitamin Man.  (Oh yeah, and sorry about that delay…..what can I say, being a neurotic misanthrope really complicates things).

A big reason for my writing hiatus is I’ve had a difficult time settling my brain down.  Clearing my head for a few hours to think straight.  Blocking out the noise.  Flowing.

Every time I sit down to put words to paper the whirring ambulance outside leaves a nettlesome rattling inside my head that I can’t make go away.  To help mend my concentration I’ve tried all sorts of remedies that never seem to stick:  vipassanic meditation, pagan seances, staring at my courtesan night light before I go to bed each night…….none of it seems to work.

Until suddenly……

I had a moment of recognition.

My brain’s feeding tubes aren’t working right.  Perhaps my methionine shunt needs its wheels greased so I can stop under-producing Sam-E and re-stimulate my methylation cycle.

So that got me thinking……where does this process start?  What’s commonly lacking?

And then the light bulb went on.

Problem solved.  [footnote]To be brutally honest, this didn’t literally solve all of my problems.  Consider these last couple sentences as a way to grab your attention to get you hooked on the REAL info of this post, which is contained below.[/footnote]

Why B12?

Your body’s daily requirements for B12 are about 2.4 specs of dust (micrograms) per day, but don’t let these minute quantities fool you into thinking this amount is easy to get or unimportant if not consumed.

B12 works with folate (as 5-MTHF) and B6 (as pyridoxal-5-phosphate) to both help your body produce its DNA and regulate various brain cycles.

When it comes to your brain, it’s important to note that folate/B12 interactions are at the base of various other pathways that determine the amounts of serotonin, dopamine, and sam-E circulating in your brain.  So if you don’t have enough B12 (or folate) then the higher gears of these processes will begin to stall out.

Not surprisingly lack of adequate B12 is a common reason for senescence among the elderly and high homocysteine levels (the indicator used for low folate/B12) are a strong predictor of poor performance on mental tasks like information recall, spatial reasoning, and short term working memory¹. [footnote]Although it’s important to note that B12/Folate supplementation doesn’t reverse these conditions all by itself.[/footnote].

Up to 90% of B12 deficiencies manifest themselves with some sort of neurological symptom².

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Why It Can Be Difficult to Get Enough

B12 is often sprinkled into packaged foods like pixie dust and if you look at a label you’ll often see that cyanocobalamin is added in sufficient amounts in lots of packaged foods that ought to supply more than enough of your daily supply.

Why then, is it often difficult for people to get adequate amounts of it?

The problem has less to do with how much we get and more to do with how it’s digested once it’s inside our stomach.

The issues are two-fold:

  • Insufficient Stomach Acid.  Food based B12 usually comes attached to proteins which need the digestive enzyme pepsin in order to properly break it down and release B12 so it’s available for absorption.   In order for your body to activate pepsin you must have a sufficient level of stomach acid.  If the pH of your stomach isn’t low enough then you can’t metabolize the B12 from your diet.  Insufficient stomach acid is quietly becoming one of the more persistent public health issues, and is a leading cause of digestive issues like GERD, which affects approximately 1 out of 5 adults.
  • Autoimmunity.  For B12 to get out of your stomach it needs to attach itself to a protein called Intrinsic Factor.  Intrinsic factor is the limiting step in B12 absorption.  AT MOST your body makes enough intrinsic factor to absorb 5 micrograms/day.  However, if you have an autoimmune disease your body will likely make much less than this.  IF is secreted by your parietal cells, which are a frequent point of attack for overactive immune systems.

Sublingual Absorption and B12 Mega-Doses: Mega-Good or Overkill?

If you buy a B12 supplement you’ll likely be taking tablets that are meant to be absorbed sublingually.  Ie, you let them dissolve in your mouth so they can bypass your stomach (and the IF bottle-neck) and go right into your bloodstream.

And the pill you pop will probably contain B12 in amounts that are yuuuuuuuuuggggggeeeee compared to the standard RDA of 2.4 µg.

You can get B12 tablets that contain as much as 10,000 µg/serving.

A lot of these supplements are taken with a mega-dose of misconceptions about how they work.

  • They mostly go unused.  Just like your body has limits to how much B12 can go out of your stomach, so to does it have limits to how much can go in your muscles.  When intrinsic factor leaves your GI tract the B12 gets transferred to a protein called transcobalamin (TC) and you need TC to carry B12 into tissues.  TC can deliver about 1.5 µg/day to your tissues, an amount that’s……..less than the RDA for B12.

So clearly, the vast majority of B12 in these products is being pissed away.

If there is an effect by taking these super high dose B12 supplements it’s not because you’re getting anything close to that amount in your tissues, but rather because that extra amount is saturating your plasma TC enough so that you’re getting just enough extra to feel some sort of effect, even though the amount that’s actually being used is no more than a microgram or two.

You can read some stories of people treating their diabetic neuropathy with 10,000 µg B12 tablets and how nothing less than this amount has any effect.  If we can assume they’re being honest about this, it’s probably because of something similar to what I mentioned in the last paragraph.   The B12 saturation is intense enough to tip the TC-scales enough in one direction so that their body is getting those extra micrograms of B12 that they weren’t before.

Is There An “Ideal” Form of B12?

Your body uses B12 in three different forms:

  • Methylcobalamin – This is the dominant form in circulation and the type that interacts with folate in the methylation cycle.  It exerts its effect by acting as a co-factor for an enzyme called methionine synthase.  It helps with mental clarity.
  • Adenosylcobalamin – This is the form that’s used in your mitochondria.  It exerts its effect by acting as a cofactor for an enzyme called Methylmalonyl CoA mutase.  It helps with energy.
  • Hydroxycobalamin – Your body takes circulating B12 that’s attached to TC and turns it into hydroxycobalamin once it gets inside your cells.  Hydroxycobalamin then gets turned into methylcobalamin and adenosylcobalamin.

For most people there’s probably not a big difference between taking one of these or the other.  Since your body converts them all to hydroxycobalamin when going into a cell the end result for all of these will be about the same.

Some people might experience an advantage for taking the form that’s specific to what they’re trying to accomplish since it might bypass some enzymatic bottlenecks, but the postcard version for most people is that these are pretty interchangeable.

There’s also cyanocobalamin, which is the red-headed step child of the B12 world.  It replaces the “methyl”, “adenosyl”, and “hydro” of the previous three forms and sticks a cyanide molecule in its place.  This form of the molecule is cheap to make since it’s the most stable when exposed to air.

In the body it behaves in a manner similar to the other forms of B12 but some people can get sick with cyanocobalamin mega-doses since the cyanide gets transported to your kidneys, where your body flushes it out.

The methyl- and hydroxy- forms are easy enough to find so it’s just as well to use those instead.

2).  Stipanuk, et. al.  “Biochemical, Physiological, & Molecular Aspects of Human Nutrition.”  Ch. 25, pgs 693-732.

4 thoughts on “Vitamin B12: Are You Taking It The Right Way?”

  1. 1. Any info on B-12 shots? e.g., effectiveness comparison.
    2. Do you subscribe to the “inevitable aging effects” theory. If so, how does one differentiate between the “aging effects” and the “effects” of B-12 supplements.
    3. I’ve been experimenting with B12 shots (no notable changes), B12 supplements (no notable changes),
    and a combination of B12 shots and supplements (no notable changes). No notable as in a step function change in performance. Comments?

    1. Hi Gary,

      1). In general B-12 shots are more effective because they go right into the bloodstream and don’t rely on IF to get transported out of the stomach. Shots are usually used in medical interventions for this reason.

      2). I’m not familiar with the inevitable aging effects theory, sorry. I’m familiar with the Telomerase, Mitochondrial/Oxidative stress, and endocrine theories of aging, but that ones new to me.

      3). What exactly are you trying to accomplish with your B12 supplements? It’s hard to say without knowing more.

  2. Very helpful article,thank you. But I still don’t know what’s the equivalent in micrograms of 2.4 µg?

    I’ve been taking daily 1,000 mgs of sublingual, and now I’m taking it twice a day. I wonder if I’m overdoing it? Thanks so much. :o)

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An Alternate Definition of Cloud Computing

August 05, 2013 | Heroix Staff

As discussed previously, one of the problems with cloud computing is that there is no one authoritative definition.  If you are considering cloud computing as an option, having multiple definitions  can end up giving you a moving target if you want a definitive set of standards – but comparing different definitions can provide valuable insights into how cloud computing operates, and what should be considered when implementing a cloud architecture.

In previous posts, I’ve discussed the US National Institute of Science and Technology’s (NIST) definition of the cloud, but that isn’t the only government sponsored definition.  The European Commission issued a study in Sept. 2012 on Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe, which describes the NIST’s definition as “highly abstract”.

The European Commission’s more concrete definition lists the following cloud computing features:

• Hardware (computers, storage devices) is owned by the cloud computing provider, not by the user who interacts with it via the internet;

• The use of hardware is dynamically optimized across a network of computers, so that the exact location of data or processes, as well as the information which piece of hardware is actually serving a particular user at a given moment, does not in principle have to concern the user, even though it may have an important bearing on the applicable legal environment;

• Cloud providers often move their users' workloads around (e.g. from one computer to another or from one data centre to another) to optimize the use of available hardware;

• The remote hardware stores and processes data and makes it available, e.g. through applications (so that a company could use its cloud-based computing in just the same way as consumers already today use their webmail accounts);

• Organizations and individuals can access their content, and use their software when and where they need it, e.g. on desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones;

• A cloud set-up consists of layers: hardware, middleware or platform, and application software. Standardization is important especially at the middle layer because it enables developers to address a wide range of potential customers and gives users choice;

• Users normally pay by usage, avoiding the large upfront and fixed costs necessary to set up and operate sophisticated computing equipment;

• At the same time, users can very easily modify the amount of hardware they use (e.g. bring new storage capacity online in a matter of seconds with a few mouse clicks).

For the most part, the European Commission’s definition is compatible with NIST’s definition, but it does differ in the following points:

  • The EC definition specifies that hardware should be remote, while the NIST definition does not specify where hardware should be located.  As a result, the EC definition would not include locally hosted private clouds.
  • The EC definition points out that the location of the remote servers may vary, and that could “have an important bearing on the applicable legal environment”.  This concern is more appreciable in Europe, where strict data protection laws are being drafted.
  • The EC definition breaks the cloud into hardware, middleware/platform, and application layers, vs. NIST’s SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS layers.  The overlap is that the EC definition lumps IaaS and Paas together, and stresses the need for standardization to allow for portability.

The NIST definition is, as mentioned previously, quite abstract, and subject to a certain amount of interpretation.  If you are under a legal or corporate mandate to explore cloud computing options, then the abstraction can provide flexibility in addressing your needs.

The more concrete guidelines in the EC definition, however, provide a set of features to check for when comparing cloud providers, and are more useful as a guideline of considerations when implementing a cloud infrastructure.  The downside of concrete guidelines is that they are more likely to need modification in the face of new technological developments.

The important thing to remember is that you first need to determine the infrastructure components you need to support your organization, and then work back from there to determine what form of cloud, virtualization and bare metal servers will provide the most productive architecture within your economic reach.  Cloud definitions, as they exist today, are guidelines for how clouds can be used in supporting your organization, not mandates for how to change your organization in order to fit into the cloud.

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Turning Social Events into Networking Opportunities

Tweet Job seekers often hear that holiday gatherings are a great place to network. But how do you do that without being annoying? After all, no one likes being hit up for job leads at a party.  Here are tips on converting a social event into a networking opportunity in a tactful way.

Avoiding Job Application Mis-Steps

Tweet You found a job that looks really interesting.  The last thing you want is for a lame mistake to ruin the chance for making a good first impression, or worse, cost you a shot at a job. Here are some classic mis-steps and how you can avoid them:


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Kitware Presenting at the Triangle C++ Developers’ Group: dockcross

dockcross: C++ Write Once, Run Anywhere

Want to maximize the portability of your C++ application with minimal effort?   Want to share your application with a broad audience without having to address complex and corner-case installation issues?

Dr. Matt McCormick will be giving a talk that will describe how it is possible with CMake and Docker (via dockcross) to effectively build native executables for nearly any platform!

When: November 17, 2016, 6:00pm

Where: Triangle C++ Developers Group Meetup
Align, 2121 RDU Center Dr, Suite 200, Morrisville, NC (map)

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U.S. Bank Stadium's Bird Toll

Posted on November 27, 2019
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Over the last few years of living in Minneapolis, there has been a substantial amount of conversation about the new Vikings stadium, particularly about its cost (substantial) and its toll on migrating birds (uncertain). In 2017, the Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis published a study they performed during the Fall migration season in 2016, concluding “this level of migratory bird mortality … will establish U.S.Bank Stadium as the top bird-killing building in the Twin Cities.” Minneapolis Audobon Society US Bank Stadium Bird Mortality Report

Lots of people are paying attention to the risk to birds presented by the US Bank Stadium, and the Vikings funded “a two-year, $300,000 bird collision study” MPR U.S.Bank Study Summary to quantify that threat. This was performed by Scott R. Loss and a team of researchers from Oklahoma State and the University of Minnesota. They did surveys near the stadium for 6 months of the year, finding 111 dead birds near the stadium. They conducted surveys at the buildings in the study for six months, and though these observation times include the peak migration times, this isn’t the full toll the stadium takes on birds annually.

As best as I can tell, this study resulted in 2 papers: one hosted by the MSFA and prepared with them as an audience, and one published in PLOS, an open-access publisher. The MSFA one gives some suggested window treatments, and I looked at their first suggested treatment, CollidEscape. The ceiling on cost of materials for all the stadium’s windows given the listed prices on their website would be around $600,000, and though there should be ways to cut down on that number, I’m not sure what installation costs would be, so lets take that as a very rough cost estimate. 200,000 square feet of glass, according to the Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis’ initial report presented on February 24, 2017. The listed price for 50 square feet of “CollidEscape Guaranteed - White” treatment is $149. 200,000 * (149/50) = $596,000. I imagine buying 4,000 of these would lower the price substantially. I don’t have a good estimate of installation costs. I will take the life of the stadium to be 31 years. This is the lifetime of the Vikings’ last stadium, the Metrodome, which they occupied from 1982-2013. Assuming the window treatment lasts the entire lifetime of the stadium, this will total to 3,441 birds. With the generous assumption that a bird in 2050 is worth the same as a bird today, this treatment has an efficiency of around $175/bird. A reminder that these are very rough numbers, but they ought to at least be in the ballpark (pun intentional). Michael W. Fox’s Star Tribune Op-Ed mentions Minnesota’s Animal Humane Society’s release of 3,175 cats over four years. If each cat from this policy lives 5 years outdoors (cats often live to be 15), and this rate of release continues, this translates to 3,969 feral cats in Minnesota at a time attributable to this policy. Loss’ previous work with Will & Marra estimates that each of these feral cats is likely to kill 38 birds annually, bringing the annual bird toll from this trap-neuter-release (TNR) program to 150,425 birds a year. Per feral cat bird predation in the United States is roughly (51.4 + 24.4)/2 = 37.9 birds per cat annually, or one third of a stadium. The same paper estimate’s the impact of owned cats with outdoor access, at roughly (1.0 + 34.1) /2 = 17.55 birds per cat annually, or a sixth of a stadium. From a little searching online, it looks like spaying or neutering a cat is comparable to euthanasia: if anything, it’s more expensive, meaning replacing the TNR policy with euthanasia may save money and birds at the same time. Regardless of price, it’s worth putting in perspective: the Minnesota Humane Society’s policy’s bird toll is equivalent to over a thousand stadiums 150,425/111 = 1,355 , and it would be much, much cheaper to change.

I understand that the suggestion of euthanasia may be morally repugnant to some, and that the Vikings are unlikely to support this proposal. I don’t expect they will pursue a window treatment, given the small estimated number of bird deaths that would be avoided with it. If someone wanted to do something comparable, they could sponsor the culling of 3/5 feral cats a year. I’m not sure what this would cost, but this is the math you have to do if you’re genuinely interested in saving birds. The only way to responsibly make policy decisions is to compare the means to accomplish your desired ends based on something like price A great start to thinking in terms of utility is Eliezer Yudkowsky’s post Coherent decisions imply consistent utilities , and the truth of the matter is that the cost of window treatment is very high.

There are some considerations that still might make the math defending a stadium window treatment. I would defend such a proposal if:

  • I could be convinced that the selection pressure presented by reflective windows could not be adapted to.
  • The population of birds killed by cats and windows were very different. For example, if birds too large to be hunted by feral housecats disproportionally died colliding with reflective windows, or if reflective buildings impacted many more migratory birds than local birds (this seems to be the case), and
  • the population selected for by reflective windows was undesirable: reflective windows killed more valuable birds for some definition of “valuable”
  • there was not a cheaper way to save a comparable number of these birds
  • I could be convinced these birds were a more valuable policy goal than other low-hanging policy fruit

The point, though, is that all of these considerations can fit into your definition of “utility,” and they should! It’s not responsible to have a policy opinion without making at least some vague consideration of efficiency. You may highly value feral cats, and value outdoor-access for owned cats, and find it unreasonable to suggest impacting cat numbers. If you also value birds, you may support treatment of window glass to save birds, but it’s still worth knowing the tradeoffs you are supporting. It’s worth thinking about that when arguing for window treatment, you should also be ready to defend feral cats. There is a feral cat ↔ stadium window exchange rate, and it is good to have some vague idea what sort of trades on that exchange strike you as fair.


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CEOs Don't Trust Marketers?

From a study in the UK:  70% of CEOs have lost trust in marketers (click here).

Is the percentage right?  Who knows.  Who cares?

There are three ways to prove that marketing works.

  1. Be excellent.  Just a guess - I'll be that fewer than 10% of marketers are excellent (just like fewer than 10% of anybody in any profession is excellent), so you're probably not going to be able to prove that marketing works in this fashion.  You're just not going to ever find a person who can deliver breakthrough results via marketing.  So this is the hardest thing to do (and yet, on Twitter, you'll read a lot of content that tells you just how easy it is to be excellent ... maybe that's why CEOs don't trust marketers).
  2. Stop marketing altogether.  This works really well.  In catalogs, you execute holdout tests.  In email, you execute holdout tests.  In search, you shrink the budget to nothing for a few months, measuring what happens.  In display, you execute holdout tests.  In offline marketing, you execute matched markets.  In social media, you stop doing all outbound efforts for three months (yes, you do this).  Do all of this at the same time, and you'll see sales drop by 50%.  You just proved that marketing works.  You just proved that your tiny little department is accountable for half of the business.  Now somebody will trust you.
  3. Screw things up.
Let's talk about #3.

When I became a VP at Nordstrom, way back in 2001 (think hanging chads and the bust), we mailed clearance catalogs.  The inventory executive at the time thought he was way smarter than the team I was inheriting (he might have been right).  So he told my team (the week before I arrived) that he would select the names/addresses of individuals who would receive "his" catalog.

The performance of "his" catalog was 20% below the baseline for all other catalogs at that time.  His lack of marketing talent (compared with a team that, quite honestly, wasn't all that talented), was painfully obvious in the final result of that catalog.

I never forgot to mention that metric, when folks criticized my team for "not picking the right names".

In other words, you're trusted more when you demonstrate what happens to the business when you don't perform well.

Here's another story.  Nordstrom - 2004.  We have our Anniversary Sale in July.  We mail a 124 page catalog to best customers, and a 64 page catalog to average customers.  In spite of a myriad of audits, my team makes a big mistake, sending the 64 page catalog to best customers, and the 124 page catalog to average customers.
  • Sales impact = $1,000,000.
  • Profit impact = $350,000.
If I remember correctly, the E-commerce VP at that time said to our President, and I quote ... "I want blood".

We learned that about 8% of e-commerce sales in that time frame happened solely because of an additional 60 pages in a catalog.

I volunteered to send an email to 1,500 employees, saying that I was accountable for a mistake of this magnitude.

But more important, we learned a valuable lesson.  The simple act of getting the exact number of pages to offer to the customer right could sway total e-commerce sales results by +/- 8%.

All mistakes need to be documented.  Mistakes clearly illustrate the difference between incompetence and competence.  Testing illustrates the difference between competence and excellence.  Combined, your CEO might just learn to trust you, the marketer reading this essay.

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View a selection of the amazing videos submitted by the community in our GoPro competition – Here is Part 2.

We were overwhelmed with all the great entries in our GoPro video competition! There’s some insane talent in this country – thanks to everyone that shared their videos! We met up with judges Craig Kolesky and GoPro South Africa’s Dewald de Jager last week to judge the entries. The winner will be announced on Friday, but until then we’ll be posting some of the awesome videos that you guys shared with us.

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By Laci - Updated On: 12/30/19

The short answer for how much an inground swimming pool costs depends on the type of pool and size as well as who builds it. However, the average cost (according to's annual review) if you were to buy a common 16 x 32 Rectangle pool, with no upgrades and not considering any extra costs like decking came out to be $66,560 for a Concrete/Gunite pool, $59,900 for Fiberglass pool, $45,592 for Vinyl Liner Pool. But here's what they don't tell you..

Labor and installation can account for up to half of your total cost for the pool project. This means that if you either opt to do some of the labor yourself or hire a builder on your own instead of bundled with your pool purchase, you could easily save thousands of dollars just in labor costs since there wouldn't be any markup. But we'll cover that more in a moment.

Here's that same 16 x 32 Rectangle pool, sold as a pool kit without the labor cost or extras (water features, pool cover, etc). Talk about a price difference! Tens of thousands of dollars saved and here's what is (and isn't) included in that pool price. Crazy because it's EVERYTHING you need for a pool build outside of:

  • Tools
  • Sand
  • Concrete
  • PVC piping
  • Electrical materials
  • Water
  • Labor

Let's break this down a little further as to why there's such a big gap in price and what you can do to save your hard-earned dollars.

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Let's assume you're wanting a pool without the bells and whistles and just talk basics. If you want anything extra like full width steps or a slide just know it costs more.

How much does an inground swimming pool cost

There are two main options for actually obtaining your pool kit; a retail store or an online distributor, like Royal Swimming Pools. This choice alone will affect your budget more than the actual pool you choose. Here's why.

Retail stores often pay the same rates we sell our kits for online, however, they still have to make a retail profit off of those kits. Since sells the same kits at wholesale, the prices are so good that even builders buy their kits directly from us for their customers. However, since that's just the pool kits, many folks who choose to purchase from a retail store do so because that store also offers the installation at an additional cost. However...

how much does a swimming pool cost

Just because you purchase a pool kit online it does not mean that you have to build the pool yourself. Yes, you will save an obscene amount of money if you choose to make it a DIY project but that is not your only option. In fact, while many of our customers do install the pool themselves, most do not. They subcontract some or even all of the work out themselves but the reason why this saves them a lot of money may surprise you.

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The bulk of retail stores do not do their own installations. This knowledge can help save you a lot of money on your new pool so let's break it down.

In many cases, the stores sub-contracts the work out to an excavator, a pool installer, an electrician, a decking company, and a fencing company. But you the buyer, will not just pay for the labor of each of these by going through a retail store. The store will make a high margin off of arranging each one of those for you, on top of the higher margins they make off of the pool itself. quote2-resized

By purchasing your pool kit through an online distributor, outside of buying it at wholesale, you can arrange your own installation crew or do some of the easier work yourself, depending on how handy you are.

If you're buying your pool from an online companies, they can often recommend a builder in your area (sometimes the same one the retail store would have hired) or you can allow several contractors in your area bid on the project. Either way, by cutting out the middle man altogether you'll know the true cost to build and save a great deal in the process.

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There are also materials that have to be bought no matter who does the installation, like sand and concrete. If you go through the retail store, they’ll often times buy those materials from the same locations that you or your builder can purchase them from but once again, will mark-up the costs so they can make a profit on those items. Consider all of this the fee they charge so you don’t have to locate the materials and arrange specialists yourself. A high fee.

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Now let's chat about the costs that aren't really included in "the cost". You're not going to build a pool and then leave it surrounded by broken up dirt. Decks, even a simple concrete one, have additional dollar signs associated with them. And depending on the size of your deck and the materials you choose to use, it could end up being a costly additive that many people don't budget into their final pool project estimate. Another consideration is to see if your county requires a pool fence which yep, you guessed it, requires more dollars.

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Basically this hike is the whole reason we went on this trip. Well, from my perspective anyway haha. We picked a 10km hike (shorter than the one in Taiwan!) with a 1000m elevation gain (more than the one in Taiwan...). But this hike included a summit, a lake, a petting zoo and a cheese farm! Hard to get better than that.

Look how cute I am!

At some point near the beginning, we realized that all the cows were actually wearing cow bells, which resulted in a nearly constant distant clanking all around. The kids loved it, and since I had been reading Heidi to them in anticipation for our trip, M kept going on about how this must be just what Heidi's mountain looks like. She especially loved getting to see a few goats! Much to my surprise, she remembered most of the goats' names from Heidi.

That blue area at the bottom is a lake we hiked back down to after reaching the summit.

Let me tell you, this was not supposed to be a strenuous hike, but that means something totally different in Switzerland. It was a little rough. But it was a loop, and if we were desperate we knew we could just skip the summit, so we pushed our way slowly but surely up the mountain. We saw a lot of other hikers on the way, who all greeted us in French and were all very impressed with M ("Bravo!"). Unfortunately, it was really cloudy the whole time, which made the visibility not great but also made it a lot colder than anticipated.

What we did at the summit--M's souvenir from Belgium, Glitterluck Quartets.

So as you can see from the picture above, the summit was literally like being in a cloud. We couldn't see ten feet away. Oh well. But the kids found it really cool, and they dubbed the mountain "Cloud Mountain." They especially enjoyed playing M's new card game I had secretly packed in my bag. It's basically Go Fish but with pink and glitter and unicorns. But the best part was that the story of the unicorns playing the game takes place in Cloud Land, which was basically where we were. That was M's favorite part of the hike.

These ladies were in the hiking trail.

After we reached the summit, we headed down towards the lake, where M got the idea that we should sing "The Hills are Alive" from The Sound of Music. It was so perfect!! The lake was beautiful and there was, in fact, a little restaurant with a petting zoo outside, but by the time we got there, we were pretty exhausted. So the kids just looked at the animals for a little while and we continued down the mountain.

A cheese farm by the trail head.

We originally planned to stop at that cheese farm to get to see them make cheese, but I guess they only do that in the mornings. Oops. So instead we just got to look at their equipment for making cheese and buy some. I loved it, but I think by that point H was DONE with cheese, so I'm the only one that ate it.

It was a fantastic hike. So beautiful. But the cloud cover made it so cold that I'm pretty sure it made M sick, which made the rest of the trip a little painful. (Literally, for her.) But overall, I think we're becoming quite the hiking family! I'm already thinking about how we can get tougher for our next hike.


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5 Ways to convert conventional classrooms into high-tech classrooms

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“We need technology in every classroom and in every student and teachers hand, because it is the pen and paper of our time, and it is the lens through which we experience most of our world.”

– David Warlick

These days everybody is a tech-geek with mobile phones in their hands and technology based ideas in their mind. When nothing is being left without the influence of technology, then how can we not expect it to get into the main stream of learning too? Keeping in line with the innovation of new technology trends, teachers are offering students the privilege of education they truly want and need.

High-tech classrooms

Schools have started to recognize the importance of wireless gadgets and its significance in shaping the brand new tech enhanced learning ecosystem in the classroom setting. More and more classrooms at K12 level and even in higher education are adopting this meaningful change and it is only subject to rise in the coming years.

It was way earlier prophesized by Market research firm Global Industry Analysts that “E Learning” would reach $107 Billion in 2015 and it did. Now, Research and Markets forecasts show triple the revenue of 2015 – e-learning will grow to $325 Billion by 2025.”

With all the jargon regarding the rise of technology in the educational sector, what exactly are the educational technology trends that are gaining fame amongst the students as well as the teachers?

Here is a list of top 5 technology trends that are bringing a fresh wave of change to our ever existing conventional classrooms:

Flipped Learning

This is an evolved form of blended learning in which the students initiate into learning activities from the space of their home. The technology behind flipped learning is the advent of E Learning apps and studying content online. Many learning apps provide various descriptive videos and solutions that make learning instant, easy and fun. The role of classroom in flipped learning is to assess what students have learned, and do their homework in class (as goes the name “flipped”). This type of learning eliminates the restriction of teacher being the only source of knowledge provider; instead students can learn from each other in groups created on the eLearning apps and other similar platforms.

Online Assessment Platform

Not just classroom learning but classroom assessments are also experiencing a vast change in terms of technology. Specially designed online exam platform for schools are simplifying the assessment task both for teachers and students making it much more efficient, accurate and prevalent than before. With the integration of a single online test platform in the classroom system, teachers can create, conduct and evaluate assessments all at once. It completely eliminates the hassle of manual assessments and augments the core value of examination with a twist of innovative creativity.

Long gone have those days when games used to be abhorred by parents and teachers! Now games are the most significant part of our recent times learning methods. Gamification uses the basics of game system that involves providing reward winners, challenges, increasing the level of challenges with accordingly bigger rewards. This makes various classroom tasks fun and more engaging in comparison to any other type of method for learning.

All types of games are created on the concept of intense release of dopamine which is a chemical in the brain that gets triggered when you win at a game. This gives a positive experience to the students related to learning and naturally increases their interest in gaining more of knowledge.

Social Media

Social media such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are quite popular amongst today’s generation but it still considered as a distraction in the classroom setting. No doubt that it has made its way in the domain of education but it is still not much acceptable. It is important to put light on the fact that students these days are more comfortable with social media platforms and so it can be powerful tool for both students and teachers.

There are many platforms in the educational market that are replicas of social media but are solely used for the purpose of education. One of which is Study24x7, platform created for both learners and educators to augment learning and knowledge sharing process in a real time environment. Such platforms serve various purposes and provide courses and varied educational materials. Connecting with mentors or discussing with similar aspirants all in all is possible through Social media platforms for learning.

Mind Mapping

“Just as in every great idea, its power lies in its simplicity”. Mind Mapping is a way to represent ideas and concepts in a graphical manner. It is a tool that uses visual thinking factor that helps in structuring information, helping students to better understand, comprehend and recall existing ideas and generating new ideas as well.

It has been developed to take place of traditional note taking methods replacing it with a technique that resembles more closely to how the brain actually works. Since it is a task that is both artistic and analytical in nature it engages the brain in a more active manner and best of all it is fun!

Right from online assessment platform– automating assessments, to social media platforms-that were once abhorred but now embraced, educational sectors are moving towards an era where technology knows no bounds and will replace even the slightest of manual involvement. E- Learning is becoming the present and future of education; it is quite possible that what Research and Markets believe- “e-learning triple to $325 Billion by 2025” will definitely become the truth and finally believable by all of us too!

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Our 119th store in the nation is at 13887 Manchester Road in Manchester Meadows — join us for our weekend of Grand Opening festivities starting Thursday, September 3 at 4 p.m. Click here to see more about our newest store and all of the Grand Opening activities.

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Stop by the store September 3-6 for Grand Opening events and join us in supporting the St. Louis Area Foodbank! Total Wine & More will donate a portion of our Grand Opening weekend sales to benefit this local charity partner.

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Can Someone Pass A Hair Follicle Test

Recent study has actually revealed that hair drug examination is proliferating as the very best medicine examination technique in the USA. The hair medication examination has expanded in appeal because it is considered more accurate than various other drug testing methods such as urinalysis and also mouth swab. When utilizing a hair medication examination, it will certainly take approximately 5 days for a medicine such as weed to appear on your hair; however, it will proceed being detectable in your hair follicle when a medicine test is taken after a number of months. The majority of individuals have a tendency to stop working hair examinations while in a meeting; thankfully, there are techniques that you can utilize to defeat a drug examination with the utmost convenience. As a result, in today’s article, I shall be taking you via how to pass a hair medicine test quickly when called for in interview or a police.

Pass A Hair Drug Test Guaranteed

Toxic Substance Rid Shampoo-Old Design Aloe (lowest cost here)

Passing a medication hair test is critical, especially when seeking a job. With the best item, you will certainly be able to pass your medication examination with miraculous convenience. The Contaminant Rid Shampoo-Old Design Aloe is among the most effective as well as most efficient shampoos that get rid of medication traces in your hair. With hair medicine examinations being taken into consideration one of the most efficient approach of testing medicines over urinalysis as well as other approaches, passing this examination is highly crucial.

When making use of the Old Design shampoo together with ultra-clean, you will certainly have the ability to pass a hair test. This 8-ounce hair shampoo should be made use of daily up until the day you will certainly be opting for a hair examination. It is highly suggested that you utilize it around 3 to 10 days earlier. Nevertheless, if don’t have sufficient amount of time, it is highly recommended that you have several showers throughout the day as preferable. You must make certain that the shampoo stays lathered on the hair for roughly 10-15 mins. Furthermore, ensure to utilize hair shampoo around 15 times before taking the examination; by doing so, you will have the ability to obtain a significant result.

The proper way in which you can use this shampoo is to wash the hair making use of a regular hair shampoo and rinse effectively prior to making use of the Contaminant Rid hair shampoo. As soon as you are via, you will proceed to saturate it prior to washing it and also wash it utilizing your routine conditioner.

You should keep in mind that you will have to place even more emphasis on your scalp considering that contaminants have a tendency to gather right here. While doing so, you should remove all the older layer of oil. Utilizing a deep-cleaning method, you will certainly not trigger any damage to your hair; otherwise, it will aid eliminate residual accumulation, chemicals, environmental pollutants, water minerals, chlorine as well as hair-dulling contaminations. It achieves this with making use of microsphere innovation that provides a constant release. It would certainly be best if you considered using ultra-clean and also Aloe Toxic substance hair shampoo for significant results within a short duration.

The Hair Confirm Express Hair test package

The hair confirms express hair drug testing package is a terrific way to evaluate if the Toxic substance Rid Shampoo-Old Style Aloe before going for the hair drug examination throughout your interview. This screening set is extremely vital, as well as the most essential part is that it offers maximum privacy. If you are looking to do hair medicine testing anonymously, you must consider utilizing the hair confirm reveal hair medicine testing kit. There is no any personal information called for, and each sampling is noted making use of a distinct sampling ID number.

Furthermore, this testing set is not only exact but likewise highly reliable. The Hair Confirm Reveals nationally accredited and recognized testing center. Their laboratory uses some of the most up to date modern technology in screening hair drugs.

It supplies a detailed evaluation of drug history, revealing unfavorable or positive outcomes for every solitary hair class. When utilizing this testing set is reasonably straight forward and also convenient. All you need to do is take hair sample while in the house and afterwards send it to Hair Confirm Shares laboratory in a bundle that is pre-paid attended to you.

Exactly how to test your hair?

Pass A Hair Drug Test Guaranteed

By now, you have actually recognized that the hair medicine examination is stated to be one of the most trustworthy drug examination approach by the police in addition to various organizations. The hair medication test supplies drug outcomes of roughly 90 days, as well as; additionally, it is verified to be extra precise than urinalysis and also saliva.

When it pertains to evaluating your very own hair, the HairConfirm is thought about the initial multi-drug test kit intended for both people and adult usage. It supplies a 90-day substance abuse history record. When accomplishing this test, you will certainly have to comply with a simple home sample collection process; your hair sample will certainly be taken swiftly and also easy and afterwards mailed to a HairConfirm lab making use of a delivery container that is pre-paid.

The HairConfirm screens numerous popular drug classes, and also it is available with over night delivery or routine mail. The most effective part is that HairConfirm is very personal and does not require any type of individual details. Every test kit includes a collection package along with total instruction, pre-paid delivery bag, as well as research laboratory analysis fees.

A Hair medication screening approach is taken into consideration a very efficient and also exact method utilized to discover drug addict. HairConfirm screening technology is developed to aid in revealing drug existence and level that is commonly constant when consuming a specific medicine. Every sample is examined making use of a radioimmunoassay screen. Before a favorable examination outcome is submitted, the example will certainly be subjected to one more test, a confirmatory test making use of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Usually, this is taken into consideration as the gold standard for all forensic drug examination.

The hair drug examination is created to identify the medication for a duration of as much as 90 days. For that reason, you will need to make use of premium items that will assist pass this test with miraculous simplicity. The Toxin Rid Shampoo-Old Design Aloe is taken into consideration the best item out there to remove toxic substances in your hair, permitting you to pass a hair medication examination without encountering any problem.

Cleansing shampoo for hair is something many individuals consider when they begin to have a loss of hair trouble. If your hair starts to slim, especially on the sides or rear of your head, then you might intend to think about using among the numerous hair shampoos on the market today that are made to aid clean and also purify the scalp.

If you determine to utilize one of these shampoos on your hair after that you might locate on your own drew right into an unpleasant scenario when you take a drug examination at work or throughout a college project. You do not wish to show up to operate in this circumstance, so it is necessary to know what to expect. Here is some recommendations to get you began.

When you are asked to take a medication test, you have the option to sit for the examination alone or to be accompanied by a moms and dad or guardian. If you are taking the drug test with a moms and dad or guardian then you will be asked to remove any type of sort of hair products from your hair. Your garments will be gotten rid of also, though they can be washed before you most likely to the test.

During the hair drug test you will be asked to remove all sorts of makeup, perfumes as well as various other chemicals from your hair. You will certainly after that be asked to shave your head and afterwards to scrub your hair intensely versus an unique material.

At the time you are asked to eliminate your clothing from the room as well as enter the examination area, you may really feel a tingling experience when the medicine test is operated on you. This is in fact regular for the majority of people and also it does not suggest anything significant is wrong.

As soon as you are seated in the examination area, it is very important to keep in mind to keep your hair completely dry. After the medicine examination, you need to bath as well as return your garments to the wardrobe. If you pick to make use of hair care items in your hair, do so very carefully to prevent scrubing the test product right into your hair. The examination product is not really thick, so you might require to utilize multiple applications of the shampoo to obtain your hair without product.

As soon as you are finished shampooing as well as drying your hair, clean your hair again. Doing this will help to get rid of any type of residue as well as to help in reducing the quantity of time required to finish the examination.

After you complete the hair medication examination, your test outcomes will be returned to the office where they will certainly be reported to you. In many cases, the tests will merely reveal you have been offered a caution so you do not have to go to the hospital. nevertheless, you might discover that your loss of hair is because of some other medical problem. If you do have some kind of health issue, then you might need to embrace a more comprehensive test.

If the hair drug test reveals that you do have some sort of clinical problem, then you may be needed by law to take an alcohol or medication treatment program. If the medication or alcohol therapy program does not work, after that you could be condemned of a violation and also be compelled to head to prison. If your examination results program no criminal activity, then your instance may simply result in some financial settlement for your difficulties.

You need to likewise be aware of how the results of the hair medication test might affect your credit rating. If your hair examination shows no unlawful task, your credit history score may not be detrimentally affected. however, if you are founded guilty of a felony, the effect could be severe.

Understand that your credit rating might be influenced by your hair drug examination even if you are not guilty of a criminal offense. If you take any kind of illegal substance, such as alcohol or medications, you ought to promptly report the violation to the authorities.

The only method to identify whether you need to take a hair medication test is to talk to a qualified doctor, a lawful rep of the Department of Wellness as well as Human Being Services or a lawyer with experience around. You may also want to go to the regional region clerk office to examine if there are any kind of regulations that might apply to your situation.

The hair is the crowning glory of a man‘s body  and also it can be  extremely  challenging to  locate a  means to get rid of a  medicine addiction without  harming one of  one of the most  preferable parts of a man‘s body. In this  short article I  will certainly  inform you  concerning a very  distinct drug detox  hair shampoo that has been  revealed to be  very  reliable in  assisting  a person overcome their drug  dependency.

This  hair shampoo was  established by Dr. David Perlis, a licensed medical  physician. Dr. Perlis  saw that the hair of  lots of addicts did not  include  any type of amount of  healthy protein at all.  Healthy protein is needed by the body for the building of new cells  as well as for the  repair service and  upkeep of those cells. There are  different  kinds of  medicines that can affect the body  and also  trigger some  loss of hair,  yet  none can  truly take away the hair from one‘s head.

 Many people with drugs and alcohol problems do not care to notice the hair that is falling out. They just  maintain getting high on their cocaine or heroin and  utilize their hair as the  cover for their  practice.   Sadly, this does not  benefit many people because the hair is not being  changed with  healthy and balanced hair.

The hair  will certainly fall out  as well as not be replaced until a person gets off the  medicine or alcohol  totally. One  reason that  many individuals  do not  understand the  significance of  obtaining their hair  evaluated when they stop  making use of  alcohol and drugs is  since they fear the  humiliation of  entering into a  health center for hair testing.  In the past several years, the  usage of the hair  medication  examination has been made  rather  basic for  any person to  make use of.

Hair drug  detoxification shampoo is a  wonderful  means to  obtain your hair to grow back  solid  as well as  healthy and balanced. This  hair shampoo can be used as a hair growth  hair shampoo to replace all of the hair that is lost. It can be used as well to help to strengthen the hair  and also make it  much healthier  and also  more powerful  to ensure that it  will certainly  have the ability to grow back fuller  and also  more powerful after a person has  quit using drugs and alcohol.

To  utilize the  medicine detox  hair shampoo, you will  wish to  wash your hair thoroughly with it.  However, you will  intend to do this two times before  and also after you  use it.

You will need to make sure that you apply it right after each shower. If you leave the shampoo on your hair for  also long, you will actually do more  damage than  great.

You  ought to  attempt  as well as wash your hair as  high as you can  every day,  particularly after showering. to  offer it  lots of time to  soak up the  hair shampoo. You may  additionally want to  make use of a comb to comb  via your hair after you wash it  to ensure that you can  eliminate as  long as possible from the scalp as it is washed.

When you do  clean your hair, you will  intend to always  secure as  high as you can  in the past you apply your hair drug detox  hair shampoo. It‘s  far better to leave the shampoo on for the  whole time you are taking showers than to  clean it and then  attempt to take it off  right away.

 Additionally, you  need to make sure you dry your hair  totally  later. You  need to  make sure that the  hair shampoo dries  entirely after each bath.  to stop  any kind of build-up from forming on your hair.

After a few days, you  ought to start to see some results from the hair that you have  removed. You  must  see your hair growing back fuller, stronger  and also  much healthier looking. After a few weeks, you  will certainly notice that the hair that you have  removed is  in fact growing back stronger.

If you have an  concern with your hair, it is  suggested that you  make use of a hair  medication  detoxification  hair shampoo  on a regular basis. This is a great  method to  maintain your hair  solid  and also healthy.


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When Francesca Varga embarked on a class project for her Ball State building level administrator (BLAD) license, she wasn’t looking for a career change.

She enjoyed teaching high school English but knew that the growing population of Latino students and non-English speaking families in her building needed to feel a stronger connection to the school community.

After countless conversations with students and families, she designed a project that would not only bridge cultures but also close the achievement gap between majority and marginalized student populations.

Project Targeted Language Gaps

Using technology in strategic ways, the class exercise would help bridge language gaps by producing a Spanish-language newsletter for families, form parent groups to encourage parent participation, and celebrate cultures and diversity in the classroom.

Not only was her Ball State project designed to help close the achievement gap, it also led to a job offer from the University of Notre Dame, where today Francesca is associate director for blended learning with the university’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) program.

ACE works in high-poverty Catholic schools serving underrepresented populations of students and many ELL (English language learner) students.

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Francesca Varga

“My professors at Ball State were incredible and went above and beyond to connect with me through email and video chats,” says Francesca.

Francesca works with ACE’s Higher-Powered Learning team, leading a three-year program that guides teachers and school leaders through the “implementation of excellent and sustainable blended-learning programs” at various building sites.

She coaches teachers, building leaders, and principals on best practice, implementation of blended learning, so they can meet student learning gaps and provide student success strategies.

“The role I have now allows me to impact greater change for students in many schools as we work with schools in Minneapolis-St. Paul and Indianapolis,” says Francesca, noting that the program will soon expand to other areas.

The Classroom Children Deserve

Catholic identity drives the work of the Alliance for Catholic Education.

“Our team’s core belief is that every child is created in the image of God and deserves an education that reflects that,” she says.

Francesca thinks the BLAD licensure program has improved her instructional leadership skills, from learning how to do a thorough classroom walkthrough and evaluation to framing difficult conversations with teachers.

School Principal Class Taught Leadership

For her, Ball State’s School Principal class was a highlight of the licensure program.

“Everything was relevant to leadership, and I feel like I learned the most from that class,” she says.

“To be completely honest, I was shocked and quite overwhelmed with the first two weeks of the class. The workload was super rigorous,” she remembers. “But the instruction I received through this program was some of the best instruction I have ever received in my academic career.”

Francesca is also upbeat about Ball State’s online delivery.

Professors Kept Her Connected

“My professors at Ball State were incredible and went above and beyond to connect with me through email and video chats,” she says.

During her program, Francesca was teaching, raising a toddler, and pregnant with her second child. Email and video chats were perfect.


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How Minnesota student debt compares nationally

Last year I covered reasons Minnesotans are pretty heavy student-loan borrowers compared to their classmates around the nation.

That was based on a report on the borrowing habits of the Class of 2010 by the Institute for College Access and Success‘s Project on Student Debt.

Now this year’s results are in:

We’ve moved up from fourth to third in the amount borrowed ($29,058 last year to $29,793 this year) and stayed at fifth in the percentage of students who borrow (71 percent both last year and this year).

As usual, the most indebted students are in the Northeast and Midwest.

The national story is here.

The full report is below:

  • Jay Sieling

    Is this type of data available for the last decade?  It would be interesting to see if there is an observable correlation to the amount of student borrowing and the disinvestment in public education over the same period.  I’m guessing (pretty sure) there is, but it would be interesting to see it more definitively.

    • Alex Friedrich

      I believe this is the sixth year of the report. I’ve been meaning to compile the annual data (at least for Minnesota and its peers) to spot any patterns. We’ll see how that goes.