In recent years, graphene has received a lot of attention from society, and the media is full of news about "graphene batteries".
At this point the broad masses may wonder: graphene how many use this material, can rely on it to solve the present materials, batteries, etc, in a series of technical bottleneck, help electric vehicles, energy storage, and other industries to realize the leap?The following is the correct answer given by the online combination.
Traditional conductive carbon black and graphite are sold for tons of tons (tens of thousands of yuan). Can the price of graphene be reduced to this price?Even if the graphene in some media reports is reduced to 3 yuan per gram, it will cost 3 million yuan per ton.Want to know, are now used in lithium batteries of various materials, are about a ton of tens of thousands of things, and every day under the social from all walks of life demand price pressure, replace completely unrealistic with graphene.
If could be more cheaper, there are also companies claim to graphene can approach generally the price of carbon black and graphite, in fact, the materials used in is graphite piece (there may be dozens of layers), no single or several layers of graphene.At this time, the problem that the manufacturer appears is false publicity hype concept, contrary to the integrity of the government and the general taxpayer.
2. The process features are not compatible
It is that the surface area of graphene is too large, which will bring a lot of technological problems to the process of dispersing the existing lithium ion batteries.If the battery factory tuning process is dead, and there is no performance indicator breakthrough, enough profit space drive, who is willing to go to this technology?The surface characteristics of graphene are greatly affected by chemical status, the batch stability, cycle life and so on are many problems, so far, we can't meet the detailed requirements of lithium battery production.
3. Low efficiency
If graphene does the negative pole, it is theoretically at most two times the capacity of the graphite cathode, the first time it is inefficient and the performance is greatly affected by the surface state.
4.It is expensive to make graphene as a conductive agent
Graphene can be used as a conductive agent to promote fast filling, which can theoretically improve the performance of the multiplier. However, if the dispersion process is not in place, all are in the air.There is no reason to use expensive graphene.And graphene is a 2D material, and if you combine it with an electrode active material, it can clog up the passage of lithium ion diffusion.So if it's practical, it's good or bad, it's hard to say.
5. High cost of graphene functional coating aluminum foil
As for the function of graphene coating aluminum foil, its actual performance with the average carbon coated with aluminum foil (A123 joint henkel development) and the much improved, but the cost and process complexity increase many, the possibility of the technology is very low.
Anyhow, graphene anode materials for lithium ion battery, compared with the traditional carbon materials, there is no obvious advantages on performance, and nanometer materials is difficult, costly, development prospects are grim.


Everyone is hopping onto the social networking train and social networks are fast becoming not only outlets for news but also sources of news. Making the most of social networks as a journalist is not as simple as creating an account and tweeting away. It takes a little bit of work to really turn them into useful tools. What follows are some ideas of how we, as journalists, can best use Twitter. It’s not an exhaustive list and the ideas here may apply equally well to other social networks but for simplicity’s sake I’ve focused on Twitter.
Expand your network
Don’t just follow the people you know and work with. Reach out to new people, search for experts in your beat and add them to your following list. Similarly, look for people that live in your community or work in the areas you cover. Twitter is not just about broadcasting your news, it’s also a powerful tool for gathering news. Limiting your following list to people you know personally limits the information you can discover.
As journalists we write for readers. They are our audience. Twitter gives journalists a special opportunity to connect with readers. Make the most of it. Even if it is as simple as welcoming new followers, make an effort to talk directly to the people that follow you. Avoid doing this in an arrogant or automated way and make readers feel comfortable talking to you. And recognise followers when they post something interesting or help out with a question.
Twitter is a two-way medium. If you see something interesting, ask your followers about it. Chances are at least one of them knows more than you do. Or ask them for ideas. This comes hard for those of us in print where reader interaction has always been limited to irate letters after publication. Asking followers for ideas, more information or help doesn’t make us bad journalists. If anything it makes us more informed and able to produce a better final result. Don’t be afraid to ask for help, or even offer help where appropriate.
Avoid rumours. Provide clarity
The internet is fertile ground for rumour. Nothing spreads faster than a juicy rumour on Twitter. But, being on Twitter doesn’t mean you should lower your guard. Never simply forward tweets that sound like breaking news without checking them out. Many of your followers view you as a professional news source. Re-tweeting rumours reinforces the rumours as true. And ultimately, when the rumours are proved to be baseless, your reputation will suffer. Similarly, if you see a rumour being spread through social networks and you know it to not be true, inform your followers.
Twitter is more than just a constantly scrolling timeline. Learning to use Twitter’s search features properly is a valuable skill for journalists. Using Twitter Search journalists can find people that are close the scene of an event, people that are witnesses, or even links to videos, pictures and commentary around events. The recent killing of Osama bin Laden is a prime example where a Twitter user tweeted events as they unfolded. Take a look at Media Hack’s guide to using Twitter search for tips on advanced searches.
No-one likes a loudmouth. The same is true on Twitter. While it’s important to post regular updates (else why would people bother following you?) it’s equally important not to flood everyone’s timeline with minute-by-minute updates on your life. There’s probably no perfect number of tweets to post per day (although this study claims 22 is exactly that) so you need to feel out how many your followers can handle. If you’re reporting from a breaking news story frequent updates are probably in order. If you’re posting pictures of your pets then err of the side of fewer updates.
Don’t post everything
This requires judgement. Tweeting about a story that you’re working on puts it into the public domain. If the story is already public knowledge it’s probably not a problem. But if it’s an exclusive story it probably won’t be exclusive for much longer. It’s also worth checking on your publication’s social networking policy (see below) as far as breaking news on Twitter goes. Some organisations encourage breaking news in this way. Others frown on it.
Not just links
This is the opposite of encouraging conversation. If you’re only posting links to articles then you’re probably wasting your time. In fact you’d be better off finding someone to automate Twitter for you so you don’t have to bother to update your timeline at all. Seriously though, no matter how good your links are, simply posting links doesn’t give your followers any sense of who is behind the account, which for many is a major put-off. Don’t go overboard on personal updates, but a little bit of personality can go a long way.
Before firing up your Twitter account it’s worth checking if your news organisation has a policy on social media. Some may demand that you post a disclaimer to distance your tweets from them. Others may encourage you to tweet on their behalf but set guidelines as to what you can and can’t do online. Rather check this out before you forge ahead and tweet about your wild weekend.
Always assume that what you posts on Twitter, or any other social network, will remain public forever. They may not but it’s better to assume it will. What you post today could come back to haunt you in weeks, months or even years to come.


Monday 8th September 2008
John Condeelis, PhD
John Condeelis is Professor and co-Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM). He is the director of the Cancer Center program “Tumor microenvironment and metastasis” and co-Director, with Robert Singer, of the Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center of AECOM, a center dedicated to the development and application of optical imaging technologies. His training is in nuclear physics, optical physics and cell biology. He worked for the US Navy on particle accelerators and wave guides, and was a PhD student of Robert Allen, the developer of video microscope imaging, with whom he learned live cell microscopy and polarized optics. His current research interest is in tumor cell motility, chemotaxis and invasion during metastasis. He has pioneered the use of combined multiphoton imaging with expression analysis to derive gene expression signatures that define the pathways used by tumor cells in mammary tumors to move and invade blood vessels. He discovered the Invasion Signature of breast tumors. He has devised optical microscopes for uncaging, biosensor detection and multiphoton imaging for these studies and has used novel caged-enzymes and biosensors to test, in vivo, the predictions of the invasion signature regarding the mechanisms of tumor cell chemotaxis to EGF. He has authored more than 200 scientific papers on various aspects of cell and cancer biology, and optical imaging. He has held elected office in national societies including President of the New York Society of Experimental Microscopists, 2006-2009 Council of the American Society of Cell Biology, and 2006-2007 Centennial Program Committee of the American Association of Cancer Research. He has served on numerous study sections at NIH and the ACS and as Chairman of the Physiology and Cell Biology Study Section, the Gordon Conference on Motile Systems, and the Board of Scientific Councilors of the Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at NIH. He has served on editorial boards of prominent journals including Journal of Cell Biology. His honors include the Allen Foundation Scholar Award, the Hirschl Career Scientist Award, and election as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has served as a consultant to the NCI for planning 3 programs: 1.Tumor Microenvironment, 2.Tumor cell dormancy and 3.Tumor Metastasis.
High resolution optical in vivo imaging of tumor cell motility, chemotaxis, invasion and metastasis in breast tumors
John Condeelis, PhD
The recent convergence of technologies for expression profiling and multi-photon based intravital imaging has revealed the behavior of individual tumor cells in mammary tumors in vivo, and the identities of the genes involved in the survival, adjuvant-resistance and chemotaxis of invasive cancer cells in vivo. These genes fall into well defined pathways and are coordinately regulated in invasive tumor cells. This pattern is called the Invasion Signature. The Invasion Signature indicates that invasive cancer cells are a population that is neither proliferating nor apoptotic but highly chemotactic to macrophage-secreted EGF. Of particular relevance to the migratory behavior of invasive cancer cells is the finding that the genes coding for pathways leading to chemotaxis and invadopod formation are up-regulated. Several pathways of the Invasion Signature are particularly relevant to the contribution of the tumor microenvironment to metastasis because 1) they describe the molecular basis of chemotaxis to blood vessels as it is involved in the escape of cancer cells from primary mammary tumors, and 2) these pathways contain makers that can be used to define the microenvironment of metastasis including the stromal cells that support tumor cell invasion and intravasation. Key genes in the Invasion Signature have been studied for their ability to alter metastatic outcome and these results confirm the importance of the Invasion Signature in predicting metastasis. The Invasion Signature predicts that invasive tumor cells, upon escaping the primary tumor, are non-dividing and resistant to chemotherapy, predictions that have been confirmed in animal models using high resolution optical intravital imaging. The Invasion Signature provides several new target opportunities both as biomarkers for predicting prognosis and as therapeutic targets.
Wang, Goswami, Sahai, Wyckoff, Segall, Condeelis (2005) Tumor Cells caught in the act of invading: How they revealed their strategy for enhanced cell motility. Trends Cell Biol. 15:138-145.
Condeelis, Singer and Segall (2005) The great escape: When cancer cells hijack the genes for chemotaxis and motility. Annual Rev. Cell and Developmental Biology. 21:695-718.
Condeelis and Pollard (2006) Macrophages: obligate partners for tumor cell migration, invasion and metastasis. Cell 124:263-266.
Wyckoff , Wang, Lin, Li, Goswami, Stanley, Segall, Pollard, and Condeelis (2007) Direct visualization of macrophage mediated tumor cell intravasation in mammary tumors. Cancer Research. 67:2649-56.
Wang, Eddy, and Condeelis (2007) The cofilin pathway in mammary tumor invasion and metastasis. Nature Reviews Cancer 7:429-440.


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This October, your Neighboring Food Co-ops here in the Northeast are joining over 40,000 co-ops and credit unions across the United States in celebrating Co-op Month. For 2018, the National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International (NCBA CLUSA) has identified “Co-ops See the Future” as the theme for the month, inviting co-operatives and their members to dream big! As we look to the future, how can we work together to build a more sustainable and inclusive economy for everyone?
For more information on how your Neighboring Food Co-ops are celebrating , visit http://nfca.coop/co-op-month-2018/. And for ideas on how your co-op can spread the word, see below. The NFCA will be sending resources to Member Co-ops and organizing a special Co-op Month Contest!
Below are some ideas on how your food co-op can celebrate Co-op Month and promote the difference that food co-ops make every day. By working together with other co-ops and credit unions in your community, we can communicate the impact of the co-operative business model across the food system and economy. However you decide to celebrate, let us know so we can spread the word!
CORE MESSAGING & MATERIALS
- Use the Theme. Every year, NCBA CLUSA chooses a theme to unite co-ops and credit unions in celebrating Co-op Month. Use the theme “Co-operatives See the Future” in your promotions and social media communications to help spread the word.
- Tell Our Story. Download our customizable Co-op Month Press Release / Newsletter Story for use in your food co-op’s newsletter, website or blog post, or as a press release promoting the shared impact of our food co-ops in the Northeast. Check out these examples from Member Co-op newsletters:
- Co-op Month Images. Include the NFCA’s Co-op Month Logo in your co-op’s advertising, newsletters, flyers and other materials during October.
- Organize a Co-op Month Ad in Your Community. Invite other co-ops and credit unions in your community to pitch in on a shared ad in your local newspaper. For an example from the Valley Co-operative Business Association, click HERE.
- Social Media. Use the hashtag #CoopMonth in social media posts. Follow them with themes such as #community, #local, #sustainability, #goodjobs, and #fairtrade as you promote the #coopdifference.
IN THE STORE
- Display the NFCA’s “Go Co-op” Rack Cards. Use the NFCA’s “Go Co-op” rack cards to promote Co-op Month to members and shoppers in your food co-op and at special events. NFCA member co-ops receive a bundle of cards in September in preparation for Co-op Month, or you can request a bundle by e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.org.
- Use “Go Co-op” Shelf Tags to Promote Co-op Products. Use the NFCA’s “Go Co-op” Shelf Talkers (photo above) to promote co-op suppliers in your food co-op. Every September NFCA member co-ops receive printed copies to update their shelves. You can also download templates here to print on pre-perforated channel tag paper: Bulk, Grocery, Refrigerated & Wellness items, and Cheese & Dairy items.
- Co-op Month Buttons for Staff, Board Members and Volunteers doing outreach. We will be mailing a set of buttons to member co-ops in time for Co-op Month. Let us know if you want to request a certain number.
- Co-op Month Sales. Set up an end cap or special Co-op Month Specials on products from co-op suppliers. Visit www.nfca.coop/co-opproducts for a list of co-op suppliers.
- Demo Co-op Products. Invite area co-ops to share their products with shoppers at your food co-op. Some co-ops in our region that you may want to reach out to include:
- Invite Other Co-ops to Table at Your Food Co-op or Event. Invite local farmer co-ops, worker co-ops, energy co-ops, credit unions, etc., to share information at a busy shopping day at your food co-op or at a speical Co-op Month event. For a map of co-ops in our region, visit www.nfca.coop/co-opeconomy.
- Fundraise for Co-op Development during Co-op Month. Set aside a day, week or the whole month to invite shoppers to round up at the register to raise funds for the Howard Bowers Fund (www.cdf.coop/howard-bowers-day/), the Cooperative Fund of New England (www.coopfund.coop), Food Co-op Initiative (www.fci.coop)or NFCA start-up members that are seeking donations for development such as Amherst Community Co-op (MA) and Assabet Village Food Co-op (MA).
ENGAGING MEMBERS & STAFF
- Co-op Month Membership Drive. Co-op Month is a great time to build your food co-op or start-up membership! Use this opportunity to help potential members understand what makes your co-op different and why they should join.
- Co-op Month Talking Points. Your staff and members are your best ambassadors for your food co-op. Provide them with talking points on Co-op Month and how your food co-ops builds community every day. It could be as simple as:
“Did you know that October is National Co-op Month? We’re celebrating the many ways that our co-op is committed to our community, including [share any special events or promotions that your co-op has planned].”
Or more detailed:
“We’re excited to celebrate how our food co-op is committed to our community. Did you know that we’re locally owned by over ____ members, provide good jobs to ____ people, and purchase more that $____ from local producers every year?”
“And we’re not alone! The Neighboring Food Co-op Association includes more than 35 food co-ops and start-ups that are locally owned by more than 130,000 people across the Northeast, providing good jobs to 2,000 people, and purchasing more than $60 million from local producers every year.”
- Share the What is a Co-op? Our Co-op and the Wider Co-operative Movement presentation with your co-op’s staff, board, and/or members. Email us for a version you can customize or invite NFCA staff to do a presentation: email@example.com
- Help Your Members Share Your Co-op:
– “Bring a Friend to Your Co-op Day.” Offer some incentive for every member who brings in a friend who has never shopped in their Co-op or who brings in a friend to join, or…
– “Bring Your Co-op to Work Day.” Create basic materials for how members can share about their Co-op at work (in staff meetings, bulletin board) or in community groups (book club, sports, etc.).
IN THE COMMUNITY
- Co-op Month Proclamation. E-mail us for a template “Co-op Month Proclamation” to adapt and submit to your city or town for approval. Contact your local city or town government for information on how to submit a proclamation and remember to plan ahead as local governments may need time to consider your request. (Note that the NFCA is already filing proclamations with state governments in our region.)
- Organize a Co-op Month Event. Work with other co-ops and credit unions in the community to organize a Co-op Month Cookout with information tables, or a Lilm Showing and discussion forum with a video that includes information on co-ops such as:
– The Visionaries PBS program (2016) celebrates NCBA CLUSA’s 100th anniversary and will be ready for release this fall — your food co-op can sign up to host a screening for Co-op Month!
– “Food for Change” (2014) is an 82-minute documentary film focusing on food co-ops as a force for dynamic social and economic change in American culture.
– “Shift Change” features Spain’s Mondragón co-ops and worker co-ops here in the US.
- Reach Out to Your Local School or Community Organization. Use the New England Farmers Union Curriculum, “Co-operatives: The Business of Teamwork” in education & outreach programs at your co-op, or share it with local schools and community organizations that do educational programs. Curriculum includes content for grades 1 to adult. Download a copy HERE or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.org for more information on printed copies.
- Start a Co-op Month Book Group on for members at your food co-op. Some recent titles include:
– “Building Co-operative Power,” is the story of worker co-ops in western New England and the potential for cross sector collaboration in growing the Co-operative Economy.
– “Humanizing the Economy: Co-operatives in the Age of Capital,” by John Restakis. Available at your local bookstore or from New Society Press, www.newsociety.com.
– “The Cooperative Solution,” by E.G. Nadeau. This short book (109 pp) makes the case that co-ops across sectors are the solution to many of the major economic, social, and environmental problems in the United States today.
For more titles, visit www.nfca.coop/GO.
Don’t forget to tell us what your co-op is doing to celebrate Co-op Month. Send your ideas and copies of your co-op’s ads, press releases, promotions, and newsletter articles to email@example.com so we can share them with other co-ops in our community.


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Honey is nutritious, but be aware of the calories.
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Words can be considered as the smallest independent elements in language and communication. In the English language, words can be classified under 8 major word types or parts of speech namely, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections. In this article, you will learn more about the most common and simplest word type, which is the noun.
What is a Noun?
In the simplest sense, a noun is any word that names people, things, animals, places, events, or ideas. Take a look at the sentences below:
- Jack Gleeson, the actor who plays as Joffrey in Game of Thrones, was the boy saved by Batman in Batman Begins.
- Beatrice and Carla will meet at the coffee shop on Tuesday.
- For me, birthdays are just ordinary days.
All of the underlined words in the sample sentences above are nouns. Now that you already know the answer to the question, “What is a noun?” it’s time to discuss the different functions, genders, and plural forms of nouns.
What are the Functions of a Noun?
A noun can function as a subject, an object (object of the preposition, direct object, indirect object), and a subject complement in a sentence.
- Arya Stark is really cool.
- In this example, the underlined noun serves as the subject in the sentence.
- They were supposed to meet at noon.
- The noun in this sentence functions as an object of the preposition. (at is the preposition)
- Jeremy is a swimmer.
- This sample sentence has two nouns, “Jeremy” and “swimmer”. “Jeremy” is a noun that serves as the subject, while the underlined noun acts as the subject complement.
- The beavers built a dam.
- In this sentence, “beavers” is the subject, the word “built” is the verb, and the underlined word is the noun that serves as the direct object (the thing that is acted upon).
- He gave Maria a love letter.
- This example has two nouns, “Maria” and “love letter.” The thing that is acted upon (direct object) is the “love letter,” while the indirect object is “Maria.” Simply put, an indirect object refers to the recipient or the one who gets the direct object.
What are the Different Genders of Nouns?
Aside from providing the answer to the question, “What is a noun?” and discussing the various functions, this article will also explore noun genders. Basically, there are four genders of nouns, and these are: masculine, feminine, common, and neuter.
- Examples: computer, city, pizza, bus, brownies, oven
2. Common– is the gender of nouns which can refer to either the male or female sex.
- Examples: student, driver, lawyer, criminal, leader, visitor
- Examples: sorcerer, actor, tiger, rooster, prince, fox, stag, bull, ram
- Examples: sorceress, actress, tigress, hen, princess, vixen, doe, cow, ewe
What are the Different Forms of Nouns?
Nouns normally come in their singular form, however, if these nouns name more than one person, place, thing, animal, event, or idea, it is necessary for you to transform them into their plural form.
These are most common ways of pluralizing nouns:
1. Add “s”
- bike- bikes
- trap- traps
- coin- coins
- game- games
- swimming pool- swimming pools
2. Add “es”
- beach- beaches
- potato- potatoes
- hero- heroes
- box- boxes
- torch- torches
3. Change “y” to “i,” and then add “es”
- butterfly- butterflies
- party- parties
- reply- replies
- factory- factories
- baby- babies
Note: Sometimes, you just have to add “s” without changing “y” to “i” (e.g., chimney- chimneys; trolley- trolleys)
4. Change “f” to “v,” and then add “s” or “es”
- wife- wives (“s” only)
- thief- thieves (“es”)
- loaf- loaves (“es”)
- knife- knives (“s” only)
- wolf- wolves (“es”)
Note: Sometimes, you only need to add “s” without changing “f” to “v” (e.g., cliff- cliffs; chef- chefs).
Other ways of pluralizing nouns:
1. For some nouns ending in “um,” change “um” to “a”
- medium- media
- curriculum- curricula
- bacterium- bacteria
- ovum- ova
- datum- data
2. For some nouns ending in “is,” change “is” to “es”
- crisis- crises
- analysis- analyses
- thesis- theses
- axis- axes
- oasis- oases
3. For some nouns ending in “us” change “us” to “i”
- radius- radii
- nucleus- nuclei
- fungus- fungi
- stimulus- stimuli
- bacillus- bacilli
4. Some nouns have the same singular and plural form
This article entitled “Parts of Speech: What is a Noun?” can be a good starting point in your exploration of the different types of words that can be regarded as the building blocks of grammar. If you want to have great grammar skills and improve your writing, you really need to have a good grasp of what is a noun, as well as the other parts of speech. These things can be considered among the most basic yet essential concepts in grammar, so it’s really important for you to be well acquainted with these before moving on to the more advanced topics.


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The answer, it is argued, should include actions in a number of settings that are mutually reinforcing: Ritzer attempts to do this by adding on to Gurvitch s insights. The Muslim and Christian religions or democratic and nondemocratic political ideologies do as well.
Also, governments can know public opinion through new media as reference for decision making.
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Politicians and political operatives can simulate the political virtues of transparency through rhetorical and media manipulation.
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A research team from the University of Rochester has found that playing action intensive video games like Call Of Duty is actually good for the functioning of the brain. The study claims that our brains are always trying to predict what will happen next, and as we grow we develop mental templates that help us figure out what will happen next and what to expect.
The researchers wanted to find out if gamers were better at creating these mental templates because of their rich experiences in playing such genres of games. To find out, they divided their test subjects into two groups. One group was made to play an intense game like Call of Duty or Unreal Tournament while the other group played a slower paced game like The Sims.
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My Instant Article love-hate relationship
As a seasoned internet user, wouldn’t go so far as to call myself an addict (although I probably am) I’ve noticed my attention span decreasing over the years. Combine that with slow mobile loading and cluttered content, makes it super frustrating to get to the information I want. So a couple of months back, while scrolling my Facebook feed filtering out all the selfies, dogs, cats and baby pictures (no one wants to look at 700 pictures of your baby, no offence), an interesting article grabbed my attention. I think it was from the Washington Post, maybe not, doesn’t matter. When suddenly BOOM! Everything just loaded instantly. What sort of sorcery is this? Disregarding the article itself, my developer instincts kicked in so I started scrolling and tapping the images that acted as if they were cached on my phone. I must have opened this before I thought, not letting myself believe that something could load that fast on my CAT S50 ‘bulldozer’ android phone.
After literally going through every bit of information I could find about these Instant Articles I shouted “I MUST MAKE ONE!”. Reality kicked in and I realised I’m a developer, not a publishing agency, therefore had no use to make one for our website but still, that didn’t discourage me from testing it out.
So I assumed the role of a publisher with a WordPress website and no knowledge of html5 markup. Followed the Facebook instructions and found a plugin that can convert my dummy posts automatically into Facebook approved RSS feed – Wohoo! Next I downloaded the Pages Manager app for my phone, it turns out that’s the only way to preview my instant article. Tapped to see the magic and whaaaa.. only saw a title and featured image. This can’t be right? So I opened the article on my desktop to see how the plugin transformed it and saw a bunch of errors. Aa a developer they were pretty straightforward to fix but if I’m to assume the role of a publisher I would’ve been lost. For help Facebook would have directed me to the IA format reference on how to format the articles correctly, but as soon as I opened it – HELL NO. Ain’t nobody got time for that. Also in order to play around with the style and format, you’ll need to:
- Go to your Facebook page settings on your desktop, mobile is simply not usable.
- Select fonts and colours to be applied on specific tags of the instant article. If you don’t know the format reference by heart you’ll have no clue how that styling is applied.
- Open the app on your phone to view the changes. (When I changed the style settings, nothing was updated on my android device. At first I thought my phone was the problem but after testing with couple of other devices the same issue occurred. I had to create a new article each time i updated something in order to see the change applied.)
- Simply put, ain’t nobody got time for that.
To sum it up, Instant Articles are great, love them. Don’t even bother opening posts on Facebook unless there is a beside them. However, there are a lot of features that could be improved and make it easier for publishers to get their content “Instantified”. That’s why here at Pogon Collective we’re working on a publisher friendly tool to make this process a lot easier. Stay tuned.
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Felicitation: Dez Mayorz Media’s Boss Congratulates Hon Enyiada Cookey-Gam On His Birthday
Dez Mayorz Boss Felicitates With Hon Enyiada Cookey-Gam.
Dez Mayorz media boss, Okoye Chidiebele Stephens joins the world to celebrate the incoming Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area Chairman, Rt Hon Enyiada Cookey-Gam on his glorious birthday celebration.
Dez Mayorz media joins the LGA incoming chairmen, youth Chairman, the youth leadership in Rivers State, stakeholders of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Rivers State Chapter, friends, and political associates of the local government Chairman-elect, to celebrate a man with leadership qualities, that served the youths of the State as a former executive of the NYCN, thereby being an example to so many youths across the State, by bringing the interest of the youths to the front burner.
Happy Birthday to you. Wish you more prosperous years to come.
Okoye Chidiebele, Stephens,
Dez Mayorz Media director/DMOMA Awards organizer.


Exercise AMAN 2021 kicks off today and will last until 16 February. The seventh edition of the multinational maritime exercise will include 43 countries along with their surface and air assets, special operation forces, marine teams, senior officers, and observers. Aman-2021 will have two phases: a harbour phase and a sea phase.
AMAN is an Urdu word meaning “PEACE” and the slogan of the AMAN exercise is “Together for Peace”. Exercise AMAN-21 is the 7th exercise of AMAN series and is planned from 11-16 February 2021 in Karachi, Pakistan.
“Exercise AMAN is about bridging gaps and making it possible to operate together in pursuance of common objectives,” Rear Admiral Naveed Ashraf, commander of the Pakistani fleet, said Monday.
A total of 46 countries are participating in the Aman 2021 exercise which includes participating fleets from, US, China, Russia, UK, Turkey, Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia, and other countries from ASEAN, South Asia, African Union, EU, GCC, and NATO among others.
For the first time since 2011, the Russian Navy will take part in joint exercises alongside NATO countries. This participation will be in the AMAN-2021 multinational exercises, which is planned for February 2021 off the coast of Karachi, Pakistan.
This series of multinational exercises were started in 2007 with a view to promote regional cooperation and stability, greater interoperability, and to display a united resolve against terrorism and crimes in the maritime domain including Piracy.
The concept of AMAN revolves around information sharing, mutual understanding and identifying areas of common interests for participating navies with emphasis on maritime security operations, counter terrorism operations and humanitarian assistance operation. Based on this, the exercise seeks to develop and practice Response Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (RTTP) for maritime infrastructure, assets and forces against traditional and non-traditional threats.
As many as 46 countries and 115 observers participated in Aman-19 naval exercises and around 11 navies, including those of China, US, UK, Australia, Turkey, Italy, Malaysia, Oman; Sri Lanka participated with their warships.


Become a Global Advocate
DiaperFreeBaby has streamlined its efforts and organizational structure vastly in the last 3 years, mostly thanks to technology but also thanks to partnering with other like-minded organizations.
We are no longer accepting applicants to The Global Advocacy Team, which was formerly a team of approximately 50 volunteers all working together to coordinate DiaperFreeBaby's efforts. We have gone from four different administrative Departments and four different Programs to one Mentorship Program (run by our friends at Go Diaper Free) and one technically-savvy website (this one that you're reading).
But you can still help support in a very BIG way!
If you wish to apply to serve as a Local Mentor, that is the best way to make an impact on the local level. Our Mentor/Coach network regularly tables at expos and events worldwide. Please visit the Become a Mentor page to learn more about serving your community in this way.
If you wish to volunteer your time and efforts in some other way, please contact us. We welcome all volunteer efforts and look forward to speaking with you!


With Plexus Connect, several database views can be created for a data set. This way, you and your colleagues can look at data in a project from different angles. For example forms and tables can summarize compound information, such as physico-chemical properties or synthesis data, while other forms can show biological information, such as activity, toxicity etc.
By default, Plexus synchronizes those views which display the same data set, ( i.e. , which belong to the same "data tree"). This means that when you open two or more such forms, they will always be filtered and sorted the same way, and their active records will be the same as well.
Those forms and grids which can be synchronized with the currently active database view are marked by a small blue line in the Forms and Tables menu, respectively. When you open such a view, it will be filtered down and sorted automatically so that its state will match that of the active view. The same blue line will be visible in the header of all of those open forms and grids which are synchronized witht the active view.
Synchronized forms can be decoupled easily: if you click on the blue line in the header of one of the synchronized forms, it will turn to white indicating that it is not synchronized anymore. Running a search on such a decoupled form will not affect the other forms which are still part of the "synchronization group".
There can be cases when you want to avoid synchronization, for instance, to see the results of different search filters. In such cases, you can open the same form or grid view twice and they will not be synchronized, so you can use different search filters on them.


The Ultimate Hygiene Exam
We all aspire to provide ‘ideal’ treatment for our clients and feel we can’t because of restrictions placed on us outside our control. If it was your practice, what you your protocol look like?
Greet patient by name with a handshake
- “Hi, Ms. Jones. My name is Rachel and I will be taking care of you.”
Escort patient to treatment room
Ask patient for any questions/concerns they may have
- “Have you noticed any changes with anything in your mouth? Do you have any questions or concerns before we start today?”
- Address any specific concerns
Take blood pressure and record in chart
Review medical history
- “Are you taking any medication, supplements or over-the-counter drugs? Are you taking aspirin daily? Have you had any surgery or new diagnoses since your last visit?”
Take radiographs if necessary
- Observe bone level and compare to periodontal probe readings
- Observe decay visible on x-rays
- Observe margins of restorations
- Observe any lesions in the bone
Do extra-oral head/neck oral cancer screening
- “Ms. Jones, I am going to be my exam by feeling for any unusual lumps or bumps on your face and neck. Is that ok? Have you noticed any lumps or bumps?”
Do intra-oral cancer screening
- Complete a visual exam
- Utilize technology for oral cancer screening-Velscope or Vizilite
Complete general intra-oral exam
- Observe restorations, teeth and gums
- Calculus detection
- Decay examination
- Evaluation of existing restorations
- Cosmetic evaluation-shade guide analysis
- Breath Analysis
- Oral Hygiene Evaluation
- Occlusal Analysis
Complete 6-point periodontal examination
- “Ms. Jones, I am now going to do a very thorough exam of your gums. This exam looks for signs of gum disease. I will be taking several measurements on each tooth and you will hear me call out lots of numbers. If you hear numbers that are 1-3 with no bleeding, that indicates that your gums are healthy and normal. Any numbers you hear that are 4 or higher or if you hear me say there are many areas of bleeding, that is a sign of gum infection. I will review all the numbers when the exam is finished”
- Using a periodontal probe, measure the depth of each pocket.
- Start on the upper right facial moving around the arch taking 3 measurements on per tooth. Then move to the lingual and take 3 measurements per tooth. Repeat on the lower arch.
- Say all perio numbers aloud from the upper right to the upper left facial. Then look back at upper facial areas and say aloud any points of bleeding, pus. Repeat on lingual and on lower arch.
- Measure recession from the CEJ to the gingival margin. Say all numbers aloud with surfaces to be recorded on perio chart.
- Record mobility and furcation aloud and record on perio chart
- Read aloud the total number of bleeding sites and pockets over 4mm
- Print perio chart in color.
- Highlight infected areas on periodontal chart (4mm or greater).
Determine patient’s periodontal status: healthy, gingivitis, periodontal disease
Share your observations with the patient
- Share with patient their periodontal status-healthy or infected
- Share with patients any teeth you are concerned about
- This is a good time to discuss whitening, fresh breath solutions
Take intra-oral photographs
- If patient has periodontal disease, take photos of inflamed, bleeding tissues and/or visible calculus.
- If patient has healthy gums, it is now time to discuss their restorative needs. Take photos of next restorative priority (area of concern).
Create periodontal treatment plan or preliminary restorative plan for doctor approval
Call Doctor for exam (doctor may do exam any time after hygiene exam is complete)
- Doctor confirms all findings and makes final diagnosis
- Doctor reinforces need for perio therapy as first priority when there are no emergency restorative needs
- Doctor reinforces need for restorative treatment when patient’s periodontal status is healthy
- This may occur immediately following hygiene exam or closer to the end of the appointment depending on doctor’s schedule
Begin hygiene service
You may now begin scaling.[Reprinted with Permission. Original appeared as a blog post by Rachel Wall, at Inspired Hygiene April 26th, 2010 Step-by-Step System for the Ultimate Hygiene Exam. Rachel provides office consulting, online programs, books, CDs and host of other valuable practice managment supports for dental/hygiene practice, her specialty, Dental Hygiene Practice]
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After two seasons of uncertainty and indecisiveness, the “Dwightmare” is finally over. In a tweet sent out Friday night, Dwight Howard announced that he will resume his playing career with the Houston Rockets next season.
The surprising decision to leave the Los Angeles Lakers comes after a disappointing season in which the Lakers barely found a way into the playoffs and were swept in the first round by the eventual Western Conference Champion San Antonio Spurs. Despite being hampered by back and shoulder injuries all season, Howard led the league in rebounding for the fifth time and started for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game.
According to reports, Howard will sign a 4-year deal worth approximately $88 million dollars and an opt-out clause in the fourth season. Contracts cannot officially be signed until July 10.
Howard’s decision has often been compared to LeBron James’ decision in 2010, when the now four-time MVP announced he’d be taking his talents to South Beach. While there may be some similarities, Howard’s divorce from the Orlando Magic (and now the Los Angeles Lakers) has been a bit more “messy.” In March of 2012, Howard waived his Early Termination Option (ETO) to remain with the Orlando Magic after demanding a trade to the New Jersey Nets earlier in the season. Things took a turn for the worse in April when coach Stan Van Gundy awkwardly revealed that Howard had asked for him to be replaced. About a week later, Howard was diagnosed with a herniated disk, ending his season and Magic career.
When the firing of Van Gundy and a brand new General Manager for the Magic did little to repair the relationship with Howard, he was traded to the Lakers in a 4-team blockbuster last August. The change of scenery didn’t do much for Howard’s happiness — he reportedly clashed with Kobe Bryant all season long and was never healthy enough to perform at his usual level. Howard was harshly criticized by national media for getting himself ejected in his final game as a Laker.
With the signing, the upstart Houston Rockets immediately put themselves in a position to contend for an NBA Championship. Led by All-Star guard James Harden, the Rockets dropped a closely contested first round playoff series against the Oklahoma City back in May. Harden and forward Chandler Parsons were instrumental in recruiting Howard to Houston, keeping in close communication with him for several months. The Atlanta Hawks, Dallas Mavericks and Golden State Warriors were also in pursuit of Howard this summer.
What was all the fuss about? Howard is a 7-time NBA All-Star and 3-time Defensive Player of the Year. He also has five rebounding titles, led the league in shot blocking twice and made a trip to the NBA Finals with the Magic in 2009.
So, after landing the biggest free agent of the summer, do you think the Houston Rockets now have enough to win the West and play for an NBA Championship next June? Let us know what you think about the Dwight Howard pickup below.


By Daniel Kerner and Risa Grais-Targow
The Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela is rapidly approaching its biggest test yet: The defiant Hugo Chavez, the man who has personified Venezuelan politics for 14 years, has publicly admitted that his days as president may be numbered. His movement has a slight edge in elections that are likely to be called within months, but much will depend on the president's ability to transfer his personal appeal to his chosen successor.
Throughout multiple treatments for what appears to be cancer, Chavez had refused to publicly acknowledge that he may be too weak to lead his country. But on December 8 he announced that he would need a fourth round of surgery in Cuba, and named Vice President Nicolas Maduro as his successor, setting in motion plans for a potentially rapid transition.
According to the Venezuelan constitution, new elections must be held within 30 days should the president be forced to step aside before inauguration day (January 10) or during his first four years in office. Maduro would likely face Miranda Governor Henrique Capriles Radonski, whom Chavez defeated by about 10 percentage points in the October 7 presidential election.
Anointing a successor is a clear admission by Chavez that he is unlikely to complete his six-year term, making an election inevitable. There are three main reasons the government will likely call for a vote as soon as possible.
The future of Chavismo depends on Chavez's ability to transform a movement that is largely based on a cult of personality to one that can survive without him in perpetuity. Chavez remains popular, despite the fact that a majority of the public thinks poorly of the government's ability to solve problems. Chavez therefore needs to aggressively make the case to the Venezuelan people that Maduro has the talent and vision to carry on the revolution. Chavez's ability to campaign for Maduro is uncertain, but it will only lessen with time.
Second, foreign exchange dynamics are untenable for much longer. The country has an unorthodox three-tiered exchange system, with two different official rates for businesses and individuals needing dollars, as well as a parallel (illegal) rate. Black-market rates indicate that the bolivar should be much weaker than it is in the official windows, and dollars are becoming increasingly scarce.
The government would likely prefer to hold fresh elections before a devaluation, which would propel already-high inflation and be politically costly for Maduro's candidacy. In the meantime, the government can rely on domestic and foreign debt issuance to meet fiscal and foreign exchange needs to buttress the political environment in Maduro's favor.
Finally, Chavismo wants to capitalize on an opposition that remains weak and divided following Capriles Radonski's defeat, by forcing it to compete before an official candidate selection process can take place. Capriles Radonski faces a gubernatorial election on 16 December, which he is likely to win. But if he does not, the opposition will have to scramble to coalesce around a new candidate in a short amount of time.
That said, the opposition is likely to take advantage of its best chance to win since Chavez came to power by uniting around a single candidate. It is far from certain that Chavez will be successful in transferring his personal appeal to Maduro, but Chavismo retains a slight edge in the coming election.
Regardless of who wins, Venezuela faces a very challenging 2013. Maduro would be forced to make difficult economic adjustments and manage divisions within Chavismo. An opposition president would have to make the same adjustments before setting out on a reform course, but would face even more obstruction from Chavismo stakeholders across the state apparatus.
Daniel Kerner is an analyst in Eurasia Group's Latin America practice. Risa Grais-Targow is an associate in the firm's Latin America practice.


Many folks love Firefox Add-ons — those little pieces of code that bring enhanced features to your Firefox browsing. However, sometimes, you might want to do a little “spring cleaning” and disable or delete the ones you don’t use. This also keeps your Firefox running smoothly.
Click on the Firefox button (Tools in Windows XP) and then Add-ons. In the Add-ons Manager tab, choose Extensions. Select the add-on that you want to disable or remove. To turn it off, select Disable. To delete it altogether, select Remove. Restart your browser to make sure changes took effect. (Removing an add-on means you’ll have to download it again to get it back. If you disable an add-on, you can follow the same instructions and choose “Enable” to turn it back on.)
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The Friday morning discussion of this week’s episode here at Potato Report Central was a bit contentious, since two of us found it high-larious and one felt too many scenes were too painful to be funny. So be sure you let us know what you thought by posting a comment below.
One of the naysayer’s issues was that the episode didn’t build enough on the brilliant cold open, and, I will admit, I was a little disappointed when the Halloween costumes vanished after the opening credits. But, once I got into the episode, I felt that, this far into the show’s run, we got just enough of the Dunder Mifflin Halloween spirit. Once you know there are three Jokers in the office, you see Andy in what appears to be a Rum Tum Tugger costume and Pam dressed as either Charlie Chaplin or Adolph Hitler up at the corporate office, you don’t really need much more than that.
The writers did their typically fine job of balancing the funny with the painful, particularly during the hellacious road trip to Nashua. Not surprisingly, given the fact that this was probably Michael & Holly’s swan song and the fact that his road trip supplies included puppets and a CD that seems to mostly consist of “Life is a Highway,” it was an excruciating drive for everyone in the vehicle (though frequently funny to watch). The deeply pained look on Darryl’s face when Michael told him that he would be driving back to Scranton with him was priceless, as was his quicky aborted attempt to teach Michael to sing the blues on the drive back.
Jim took advantage of Michael’s absence to drive up to New York to meet Pam and his brothers for a sometimes brutal lunch, in which she revealed herself to be, in the context of the Halpert clan, a prankster lightweight. (Which suggests that Jim may have actually been going easy on Dwight all these years.) Having Pam and Jim walk away plotting revenge was an excellent touch that took some of the sting out of the whole thing.
The meat of the episode’s comedy was back in Scranton, where Dwight continued to press for a renewal of his relationship with Angela by mimicking Andy. The entire story thread — from the Cornell sweatshirt to Dwight’s seemingly inexhaustable supply of Cornell trinkets and the dueling evaluations — showed that this show is frequently at its best when one character is needling another. Andy’s revenge — turning up at the end with a basket of beets that he didn’t quite know what to do with– also once again showed us that, in a battle with Dwight, he’s in waaaaay over his head.
What we learned: Michael is terrified that he will wind up re-ensnared by Jan. And Creed is apparently a fan of the Batman franchise.
Best lines: Creed, about Cornell: “It’s pronounced ‘kernel,’ and it’s the highest rank in the military.” And Michael, about his crumbling romance (and many other things): “I’m not going to give up easy; I’m going to make this way harder than it has to be.”
Unanswered questions: How was Darryl conscripted into driving? If Michael had stayed in Nashua, how did he plan to get back to Scranton?


The UVM Horticulture Research Center and The Friends of the Horticulture Farm are seeking two individuals for summer Internship positions offered during the 2013 season; one full-time and one part-time. Applicants will be responsible for care of the plant collections at the UVM Horticulture Research Center (Hort Farm). This will include weeding, pruning, mowing, watering, labeling, updating maps, and removing invasive plants.
Applicants should also be available to give guided tours of the various collections of the Hort Farm and work with volunteers from the Friends of the Hort Farm and the Vermont Master Gardener Program. Applicants must be willing to work a non-traditional work week (Tuesday – Saturday) as to allow contact with the Friends’ Plant Collection Curators and other volunteers. Work conditions are not always dry and sunny. Appropriate rain gear, work boots, gloves, and clothing are required. Applicants will also be asked to assist with various workshops and other scheduled events that are sponsored by the Friends (see our 2013 Calendar of events on the FHF website). Reliable transportation to UVM Horticulture Research Center is required (5 miles south of UVM main campus). Starting wage is $10.00/hour. Applicants are expected to be prompt, professional, and accountable for all work related efforts.
For more information, please contact Jennifer Mills at 802.310.3152. To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to Jennifer Mills at email@example.com by March 9, 2013.


Changes to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard are on the horizon for employers in 2013.
New requirements regarding OSHA Hazard Communications, which will start to take effect next year, are designed to bring the United States into alignment with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals to improve safety and provide additional health protection for America’s workers.
The new system is also being implemented by Canada, the European Union, China, Australia and Japan.
Once fully implemented in the U.S., the new hazard communication system will enhance worker comprehension of job site hazards, provide workers with quicker access to safety data sheet information and reduce trade barriers by making the American system compliant with similar systems already in place around the world.
OSHA’s current Hazard Communication Standard (enacted in 1983) will be revised to help prevent on-the-job injuries and illnesses. The previous standard allowed chemical manufacturers and importers to convey hazard-related information on labels and material safety data sheets in whatever format they deemed appropriate.
The new modified standard provides a single set of standardized criteria for classifying chemicals and specifies hazard communication elements for labeling and safety data sheets. Safety data sheets will be modified to include 16 sections, ensuring consistency in presentation of important information.
In addition, employers will be required to disclose exposure limits established by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists and carcinogen status from nationally and internationally recognized lists of carcinogens on the safety data sheets.
Chemical manufacturers and importers must provide a label including “a signal word, pictogram, hazard statement and precautionary statement” for each hazard class and category.
Information and training sessions will be required to facilitate understanding of the new system before the federally mandated deadline of Dec. 1, 2013. Between June 1, 2015, and Dec. 1, 2015, chemical manufacturers, importers, distributors and employers must comply with all modified provisions of the final rule.
The new standard will affect more than 43 million workers who produce or handle hazardous chemicals in more than five million workplaces across the country. OSHA has already announced that it expects this latest modification to help prevent more than 500 workplace injuries and illnesses and 43 fatalities annually.
Violating OSHA regulations can result in steep fines for companies, so be sure to stay on top of the latest laws and current requirements. An experienced attorney can provide guidance through the new government-prescribed regulations, helping to ensure compliance with OSHA’s revised Hazard Communication Standard in 2013 and beyond.
Brad Harmon heads the transportation and logistics practice group at HunterMaclean and specializes in business litigation and OSHA regulation. He can be reached firstname.lastname@example.org or 912-236-0261.