Work/Life Balance in Biotech – Webinar
August 17th 2021
Update
I attended this on the 17 August, as with previous events, this wss really interesting. Looking at some useful hints on how to strike a good balance and ensuing people look after themselves and others at work. A useful discussion on strategies people can use. I posted a link to the perfectionism video which may be helpful.
Worker mental health is essential and key to being more productive. So another thank you to the Scismic team
Looking forward to the next event.
#Work,#Biotech,#Life,#Balance,#LifeScience
First look at the IPCC climate report
An interesting article [1] examining the recent IPCC [2] report on climate change, highlighting six of the most important takeaways from this. The full report is at [3] while I have set up a discussion on discourse at [4]
Links
1 First look at Climate Change Report
2 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
3 Sixth Assessment report
4. Discourse Discussion
Tags
#IPCC,#Climate,#Science,#Earth,#Report,
Torbay Covid update 17/8/2021
From Monday 16th August self-isolation rules for contacts are changing
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What is changing?
- It is no longer a legal requirement for people who are fully vaccinated to self-isolate if they have been in contact with someone testing positive for COVID-19.
- Contacts are strongly advised to take a PCR test and to limit social contact.
- Anyone with symptoms is still advised to self-isolate and get a PCR test as soon as possible.
Fully vaccinated means:
- People who have been vaccinated with an approved vaccine in the UK
- There were 14 days between the final dose of the vaccine and last contact with the case.
Other groups who are exempt from isolation if they are a contact:
- Children and young adults under 18 years and 6 months
- People who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons
In summary:
- Contacts who are fully vaccinated or otherwise exempt will be advised to take a PCR test and limit social contact but will not be required to self-isolate whilst waiting for results of their PCR test.
- Under 5s will only be required to take a PCR test if they were in contact with a case in their own household.
- Those who are not fully vaccinated and are not exempt will still be required to take a PCR test and isolate for 10 days from their most recent contact with a positive case.
- If you are in isolation on the 16 August and fully vaccinated, you can stop isolation from 16 August.
https://www.torbay.gov.uk/coronavirus
#Torbay,#Devon,#Covid19,#Update
History of Afghanistan
As of 17th August 2021, the Taliban swift take over of Afghanistan [1] is in the news. I decided to look up the history of Afghanistan, which is really interesting.
Granted Wikipedia is NOT considered an academic source of information, nevertheless this article makes interesting reading and if you are writing an essay or paper then there are citations and references to the authors sources of information. Which would make further reading too.
Interesting quote in the article
“Afghanistan is “easy to march into, hard to march out of.” was made by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE, assuming I have read understood the article correctly, the situation is not much different now.
I will have another look later as the article is right up August 1t5th at the time of writing this.
I think by understanding the history of the country more, then it does make understanding the current situation better . Given that it has been invaded so many times, and each time the culture has been influenced, both in what seems positive and negative ways.
Tags
#Afghanistan,#History,#Wikipedia,#Article
- Afghanistan
- History of Afghanistan
Biomolecules imaged at record-breaking resolution using localization atomic force microscopy
This is an article [1] from Physics World. We now have the ability to take really detailed images of molecules. This is really important, if not rather complex but we have made huge progress in this. Should aid study of molecules and perhaps open up new fields of research.
Back in 1989 IBM made their logo from Xenon atoms [4]. So I guess this shows how much progress we have made since then.
Links
- Bio-molecular Imaging
- Physics World
- Discourse Discussion
- IBM Logo with Xenon Atoms
Tags
#Physics,#BioMolecules,#Imaging,#PhysicsWorld,#News,#Research
Novel food solutions for a more sustainable future – CNA
Interesting article from Channel News Asia (CNA) on sustainable food production.
As climate change and disasters jeopardise food security, could the switch to alternative proteins be the solution to the region’s need for a sustainable food ecosystem? Money Mind reports.
Looks like some good innovation here. This was posted by GreenPeace [1] to Mastodon. The article [2] is worth reading so I am not going to try and paraphrase and sum up here as the message could end up getting lost that way. If you are not sure what Jackfruit are, I have also included a link to a BBC Food page on this [3].
I wasn't however aware that rice production was being affected by climate change. This really isn't good given how widespread rice is, for so many in Asia.
Links
1 Greenpeace Mastodon
2 Article on sustainable food
3 JackFruit BBC news
4. Channel News Asia
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#GreemPeace,#Food,#Sustainability,#Environment,#Solutions,Asia,#Rice,#Climate,#JackFruit,#Research,#Solutions
Debconf 2021 – Planning meeting : August 22nd
The next planning meeting for this years Debian Conference will be Monday 22ndAugust @ 18:00 UTC (19:00 United Kingdom time UTC+1) on IRC.
LINKS
1 Debconf 2021 Website
1a Contact info
2 Mailing list sign up
3 OFTC IRC
4 Poster (work in progress)
5 Salsa Gitlab
TAGS
#Debian,#Conference,#Developer,#Planning,#Meeting
CONTACT
The Mailing list sign up page has a sign up form, however you can just send a message to the e-mail address given to request more information, you need to ask for replies to be cc'd to you.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
Debconf 2021 – Planning meeting : August 16th Reminder
The next planning meeting for this years Debian Conference will TODAY. Monday 16th August @ 18:00 UTC (19:00 United Kingdom time UTC+1) on IRC.
LINKS
1 Debconf 2021 Website
1a Contact info
2 Mailing list sign up
3 OFTC IRC
4 Poster (work in progress)
5 Salsa Gitlab
TAGS
#Debian,#Conference,#Developer,#Planning,#Meeting
CONTACT
The Mailing list sign up page has a sign up form, however you can just send a message to the e-mail address given to request more information, you need to ask for replies to be cc'd to you.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
World’s largest solar powered green Hydrogen plant begins operation in China
Another post on Mastodon this one posted by SilverSpookGames. Sharing here as I doubt that the BBC et al will bother even giving this a mention.
Looks like a really good project, shows what CAN be achieved too.
Links
Tags
#China,#Environment,#Solar,#Hydrogen,#NoMoreCoal,
#NoMoreFossilFuels
