 A team led by a Nanyang Technological University researcher has come up with a chip that can cut down on crackles and hisses in a range of devices.
Kit to tell mozzie viruses apart
Researchers have developed a kit that can differentiate between the dengue and chikungunya viruses, which are both transmitted by mosquitoes and have similar symptoms. The kit works by identifying the melting temperature of the viruses' genetic material.
SPORT
Unknown duo set for upset
A pair of unheralded golfers led the field into yesterday's Women's British Open final round after weathering the wind and rain.
Twenty-year-old Ko Jin Young is playing in her first Major, has never been to Scotland and is new to links golf. She is joined by Taiwanese Teresa Lu, 27, who has had only one win on the LPGA Tour.
LIFE
Catch classic films for free
The upcoming Spotlight On Singapore Cinema series will screen five classic local films shot from the 1950s to the 1970s free at the spruced-up Capitol Theatre.
The films include early P. Ramlee drama Patah Hati (1952) (above), and Hokkien period opera film Taming Of The Princess (1958).
For the past 1-1/2 months, Jack Neo has been based in a kampung in Ipoh, shooting a movie about the large-scale move of Singaporean families from villages to public housing estates. The $5 million movie, Long Long Time Ago, is slated for release during Chinese New Year and its cast includes Aileen Tan and Mark Lee.Applying for SSDI benefits may seem like an overwhelming task, but the Social Security Administration (SSA) has resources online to help guide you through the process. The website offers an Adult Disability Starter Kit to help you get acquainted with everything you’ll need to apply successfully. This kit includes a fact sheet to answer common questions regarding disability applications, plus a checklist and a worksheet, SSA-3381, to help you prepare for your interview appointment.
What is included on the Adult Disability Starter Kit fact sheet?
The fact sheet answers the most common questions that an applicant has when applying for disability. Some examples of those questions are:
- What can you expect during the interview appointment?
- What can you do to speed up the process?
- What process does Social Security use to decide if you’re disabled?
- When will a decision be made?
At the interview appointment, a Social Security representative will complete your application for disability benefits and a disability report using the documents and verbal answers you supply. This interview takes about an hour, either over the telephone or at a local Social Security office. As per the fact sheet, you can complete the interview in less time if you complete the application for benefits and the disability report online.
Once completed, the Social Security Administration will send the application to a state agency. The state agency will then request medical records from your doctors or other facilities where you received treatment. They can also send you forms to complete or request that you have an examination or medical test. The decision on your eligibility may take three to five months, depending on how long it takes to collect medical records and other evidence of your disability.
The Adult Disability Starter Kit checklist
This checklist helps you get ready for your disability interview. Here is some required information that you will need during the interview:
- All of your medical records. If you cannot obtain all the pertinent medical records, the SSA will help you acquire those.
- If applicable, any workers’ compensation information, such as the claim number, date of injury, and settlement agreement.
- The name and date of birth of your spouse, as well as any minor children you have.
- Checking or savings account number with the routing number for Direct Deposit of benefit checks.
- Alternate contact information if you are unreachable.
- Form SSA-827, providing your authorization for the release of medical information.
- Form SSA-3381, providing information about your medical conditions, medical sources, and job history.It’s funny because I actually was trying to reply to the person who replied to you, but it ended up posting it to you, but my response ended up applying regardless 😅 I also work in IPR. I have really stopped saying those simplified versions of things within our scope as ways to describe us because it has pigeonholed us as a profession in so many ways. I’m sure SLP has experienced the same thing, and I tend not to agree when people use those reductionistic methods of describing. You and I may differ in that approach as to how we describe our own discipline and that’s okay with me, but I’d caution against saying “OT’s do fine motor skills” as I try to avoid saying “SLP’s do diets/AAC.” Let me ask you: if I wanted to truly represent an SLP well, how would you recommend I describe what we do to someone? Or is it better I not even bother and just refer to an SLP to describe it?

I’m pretty extreme, but I’d go so far as to say the 3 disciplines scopes overlap A LOT in IPR and that’s great. The more overlap the better in my opinion.Akokuno are what you get when a palm tree has been left to rot. These worms are roasted and eaten in some parts of Nigeria as a delicacy.
Heat a pan of oil and fry chopped onions for a couple of minutes.
Then, add chopped fresh peppers and saute for another minute before adding salt, ehuru and stir fry for 5 minutes.
Pour grilled palm weevil larva and stir fry for a while. Add the scent leaves and saute for another minute. Turn off heat.
Your snack is ready!Kids at a wedding...fun or fiasco?

Mary Littrell, Ph.D., is Professor and Department Head Emeritus of Design and Merchandising at Colorado State University. She received her degrees from Kansas State University (B.S.), Michigan State University (M.A.), and Purdue University (Ph.D.) with an interdisciplinary focus in African Studies, Applied Anthropology, and Textiles. Mary’s first trip to Ghana was to conduct her doctoral research among the market women traders of Ghana’s dramatic printed textiles. She has returned on numerous occasions and is eager to share her Ghanaian experiences with students. Mary currently lives in Santa Fe, NM, where she is a Research Associate at the Museum of International Folk Art.
In her teaching Mary engages students in exploring how people throughout the world communicate and negotiate social situations through their dress and appearance. The study of textiles and retailing offer students a window on the world’s societies and cultures and on the many ways they produce and acquire goods for daily life. Mary has taught at University Pertanian Malaysia, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, and Fu Jen University in Taiwan. While at Colorado State University, she co-led a Fulbright Group Hays project for U.S. faculty to India focusing on textiles and religion. Mary has conducted numerous student and faculty study tours to Mexico, Guatemala, Uzbekistan, and India. Constant in all tours are opportunities for participants to meet with local retailers on global issues, visit textile artists in their workshops, explore museums and markets, and engage with local residents in conversations about daily life in urban centers and rural communities.
In her research, Mary addresses how textile artisan businesses achieve sustainability in the increasingly competitive global market for artisan products. She has co-authored two books: Social Responsibility in the Global Market: Fair Trade of Cultural Products (Sage Publications) and Artisans and Fair Trade: Crafting Development (Kumarian Press). In recognition of their research on fair trade marketing in India, the co-authors were named Rockefeller Center Scholars in Bellagio, Italy. Mary is also widely recognized for extensive research and publication on tourist consumers and tourism retailing. She is currently completing Embroidery Within Boundaries: Women’s Lives in Kandhar, Afghanistan (Thrums Publications), for which she conducted research in Afghanistan in 2015. Across her career, Mary Littrell has received numerous awards, including Iowa State University Distinguished Professorship, Colorado State University’s Distinguished Faculty Award and the Michael P. Malone International Leadership Award from the Commission on International Programs of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities.Rabbit chewing plastered dry walls and paint.
1) She is eating the paint. She seems fine but we are concerned. She does have an appointment in October with a vet.
2) We rent and would like the security deposit back. We have plans to repair the damage.
We have tried Dove and Ivory soap and also a spray called No Chew spray. It was one of the few with the review that read stopped my rabbit from chewing. All of these worked for a bit but stopped deterring her. I do keep putting them back in but sometimes it seems like she likes them.
Any one have any suggestion? 
I've seen my rabbits eat the plaster off walls or eat dirt from the ground. My take is that there is some kind of deficite, I offer them a block of stone salt now and then. I'm not sure this helps, but doesn't hurt either.
I will have to get some. I have tried this with my other rabbits. But then they have not chewed the walls like this one. She also likes to chew the wood running boards but I think this is she likes to chew.
Gotta love it! We get them all these cool toys and enrichment stuff- yet their end goal