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Research that looked at 53 million births says Black and Hispanic mothers and those in lower socioeconomic groups most at risk  Heatwaves increase rates of preterm births, which can lead to poorerhealth outcomes for babies and impact their long-term health, a new studyfound. Black and Hispanic mothers, as well as those in lower socioeconomicgroups, are particularly at risk of delivering early…

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The election of Finland's woman-led government brought hopes of a more equal future. Sadly, that’s not happening on the internet.

A new report from the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, based in Latvia, has found that the Finnish government, headed by Prime Minister Sanna Marin, is overwhelmingly targeted by misogynistic online harassment.

The country made headlines in 2019 when all the leaders of its five-party center-left coalition were women, but women ministers received "shockingly high levels of abusive messaging" over the course of the Centre's monitoring period, said researcher Rolf Fredheim in a presentation on the findings.

"The five most targeted ministers, all female, were overwhelmingly victimised by misogynistic abuse attacking their values, demeaning their decision-making skills, and questioning their leadership abilities," the report states.

Some Twitter posts included in the Centre's findings targeted the prime minister herself, using misogynistic epithets and tropes about women and household duties.

Many in the Centre's findings were more explicit.

Democratic impact

In part, misogynist online abuse discourages women from participating in government. A 2019 studyfound that 28 percent of municipal officials targeted with hate speech said they were less willing to participate in decision-making as a result.

This is in line with the experiences of Iiris Suomela. The Green politician, whose party is in the ruling coalition, said in an interview that for both herself and her colleagues there's a "fear factor" involved in taking certain decisions that are likely to unleash a torrent of abuse they're all too familiar with.

"If I'm really tired, or if I've had a really heavy working week, then I do notice that I'm less likely to talk about these issues, or I think a lot of people try to find ways in which to address these issues in a softer, less direct way to avoid getting harassed as badly," she said.

"And that seems to be something that men don't have to do as much, even progressive men, anti-racist men can be more open and direct about these issues without getting harassed as badly. That certainly is a fear factor."

In trying to get people to run in upcoming local elections, Suomela has noticed young women and minorities are particularly reluctant. She said they point to fear of online harassment as a reason why, adding that this has a "severe impact on democracy."

Finland's first Black woman MP Bella Forsgrén — also a member of the Greens — has had a similar experience: "I must think at least twice which discussions to take part [in]," she said. "Always it's not a matter of the subject — it's a matter of how women or POC [people of color] are allowed to talk! Any criticism isn't wanted. Anyhow, I feel it doesn't affect my public policy, yet."

"I think here in Finland we really should have a better legislation what comes to hate speech or online harassment," Forsgrén added.

Fredheim, the researcher, was keen to point out that Finland's case is still better compared to other countries, where it's "even worse."

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The report found that the majority of these messages do not come from "bots" but from genuine accounts — most of them anonymous.

That poses a problem for policymakers. "It's quite easy to get everybody to agree that it's a problem that we have bots posing as citizens disseminating these fake opinions from outside the country," Fredheim said, adding that it's harder to police authentic online content: balancing the tightrope between maintaining free speech and limiting hate speech isn't easy.

And while Fredheim and his fellow researchers conclude that governments should "raise public awareness on the issue," they hold that the responsibility for content moderation lies with the platforms themselves.

The algorithms used by the likes of Twitter to optimize engagement are far more advanced than the algorithms Fredheim's team used to detect harmful content, he said, adding that social media platforms could be doing a lot more.

"They do not throw the same kind of effort and money at these problems as they do at some of the other problems that are more core to their business. And that is a question of priorities," Fredheim said.

Disinformation researcher Nina Jankowicz, who also wrote Malign Creativity: How Gender, Sex, and Lies are Weaponized Against Women Online, pointed out that tech companies are "dominated by cis-gender white men" who "can't conceive what it's like to be on the receiving end of one of these campaigns."

Like Suomela and Forsgrén, she said she has to think twice about what she says online.

"These multibillion-dollar companies should be able to do a lot more."

But Suomela feels there is more the Finnish government could be doing, namely enforcing hate speech laws, giving police the resources and skills to “really tackle online harassment,” and better identifying when people are working in groups to coordinate online attacks.

As for the EU, she recognizes harmonization of laws on this subject will be tricky — but holds that some level of action is needed.

“I know that criminal law is something that nation states aren't keen to completely harmonize on, but there are definitely some basic requirements that should be fulfilled,” she said. “I think all countries should strive to fulfil some basic criteria on properly tackling criminalizing hate speech.”

Cowardly men harass women from anonymous accounts.

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Laboratory tests conducted nearly 20 years ago that have gone largely unreported found high levels of the toxic fluorinated chemical known as PFAS a number of popular supermarket foods. The tests were commissioned by 3M, the giant chemical company that first manufactured the two most notorious members of the PFAS family, PFOS and PFOA. Last year, 3M paid $850 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the state of Minnesota that showed the company knew for decades about the health hazards of PFAS but hid that information from the public. According to documents published in June 2001, a 3M-commissioned studyfound PFOA and PFOS in samples of beef, pork, chicken, milk, green beans, eggs, bread and other foods purchased in six cities in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. EWG first cited the 3M study in a Dec., 2002 petition to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, urging inclusion of PFOA and PFOS in the agency’s National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals. The chemicals, which have been linked to cancer, weakened childhood immunity and other diseases, were detected in six of 11 food types tested For more info read here; https://www.globalresearch.ca/how-long-has-fda-known-about-fluorinated-compounds-food-supply/5680589 https://www.instagram.com/p/BywbMIfjncr/?igshid=1ljr1dvoxdasu

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8 of Pentacles. Bruegel Tarot

8 of Pentacles. (Autumn.)

Agreement. Ability.

Learn a trade and leave it aside.

(Don't brag about your abilities for no reason.)

Unfortunately for humblebraggers, a Harvard Business School studyfound that observers of humblebragging find the act insincere.

“Humblebragging may constitute a particularly miscalibrated case,” say the researchers. “Humblebraggers experience the positive effect from bragging and the positive feeling that they are not actually bragging, while recipients react negatively to both the self-promotion and the attempt to mask it.”

The study examined more than 300 people and found that examples of humblebragging were least appreciated compared to outright bragging and complaining. The study says: “Faced with the choice to (honestly) brag or (deceptively) humblebrag, would-be-self-promoters should choose the former,” the researchers write. “And at least reap the rewards of seeming sincere.”

So, how do successful people show off their skills and accomplishments without coming off as pompous and insincere? Below are a few examples to consider:

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t was enraging and exhausting to read comments on social media in the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder from men suggesting she had made a “poor decision” to walk home alone in the dark. Every day, women and gender non-conforming people reflexively make calculations about their safety in a way that most men do not have to – and yet sometimes, tragically, it still is not enough.

We have normalised a society in which men can move around as they please while the rest of us fear for our lives for the simple act of travelling home.

Entrenched gender norms and expectations are a large part of the picture, but they are compounded by the physical design of our public spaces, which is often based around the needs of men – white, cisgender, heterosexual men, in particular. The UK’s cycling infrastructure is especially hostile to women – and it is time we looked at it again.

Cycling does not eliminate the risk of harassment or violence for women, but it at least gives more personal control over route, speed and time of travel, and removes some of the vulnerability that comes with walking or being trapped in a dangerous situation on public transport or in a taxi. As cycling and urban design expert Tiffany Lam says, “When I ‘became a cyclist’ in 2013, I felt liberated from street harassment. I was never still long enough for someone to try to harass me and even if I were, I could get away so much more quickly on two wheels.”

Evidence from other countries shows that women are more likely to cycle than men when there is supportive cycling infrastructure in place, such as bike lanes that are well-lit and fully separated from traffic, and safe routes that facilitate diverse journeys (not simply commuting from the outer to inner city). In the Netherlands and Copenhagen for example, 55% of journeys by bike are made by women. In Paris and Lisbon, the number of female cyclists has increased with recent investment in protected bike lanes and other measures.

Yet too many women in the UK feel that cycling is “not for them”. The 2019 Sustrans Bike Life survey found that 76% of women in the UK never cycle and only 9% of women cycle regularly, compared to 21% of men, with women from ethnic minorities the least likely to cycle. The survey also found that 36% of women who do not cycle would like to start. While concern about danger from traffic was the main reason for non-participation given by all respondents who don’t cycle, it was disproportionately a concern for women. This is hardly surprising: research has found that female cyclists in the UK are twice as likely as men to have faced “near misses” or harassment by drivers, while a US studyfound that drivers are 3.8 times more likely to pass female cyclists too closely than male cyclists.

Interventions to get women cycling often focus on building confidence, rather than designing infrastructure differently. While well-intentioned, these initiatives reinforce the narrative that it is women’s behaviour that needs to change – not men’s actions or the way we plan cities, towns and transit routes.

Instead, we need to build cycling infrastructure that is explicitly feminist, informed by diverse and representative viewpoints. The government’s new cycling and walking strategy, released last year, demonstrates a seemingly genuine commitment to improving cycling infrastructure across the country and outlines some promising steps – including many that would probably benefit female cyclists. But it includes no significant analysis of the gender (or other) inequalities that inform our existing cycling infrastructure, or how to take the needs of different groups into account.

Better analysis of differences in the kinds of journeys made by women and men is vital. Much “signature” cycling architecture, such as cycle superhighways, is designed to take people from outer city to inner, at peak hours – journeys more aligned with men’s travelling patterns than women’s. Less priority is given to facilitating safe cycling on outer-to-outer city routes, shorter trips, and off-road routes, all of which are more likely to be taken by women. Given that women are more likely to use several modes of transport and “trip-chain” (multi-stop journeys), more attention also needs to be paid to linking up safe bike routes with other forms of transport, with greater provision of secure and well-lit bicycle parking at transport hubs.

The recent expansion of cycle-friendly initiatives such as low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) has been criticised for reducing “natural surveillance” from traffic – making women feel less safe walking in the dark. But this sets up a false opposition between female cyclists and pedestrians, who in reality have the same simple demand – to be able to get home safely. This shouldn’t be too much to ask.

It goes without saying that public space will not be truly safe for women without a much broader reckoning with the gendered power structures and inequalities that constrain our lives. But investing in infrastructure that affords women greater control over their own safety and mobility – in a society that simultaneously denies them these and blames them for not protecting themselves – would be a start. We just want to be able to get home. Is that really too much to ask?

Ladies we’re not going to get woman friendly infrastructure unless we vote in more people who will fight for it. In the meantime we have a right to demand that our tax dollars be spent on ways that make us safer.

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Hydroxychloroquine Lowers COVID-19 Death Rate, US Study Finds

Hydroxychloroquine Lowers COVID-19 Death Rate, US Study Finds

The anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine lowers the death rate of COVID-19 patients, U.S. researchers have said.

Researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of over 2,500 patients hospitalized between March 10 and May 2 in the Henry Ford Health System in Michigan.

The studyfound 13 percent of those who received hydroxychloroquine alone died compared to 26.4 percent who didn’t receive the drug.

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Most e-cigarette users want to quit, study suggests

Most e-cigarette users want to quit, study suggests

Washington [USA], May 25 (ANI): Recent findings suggest that most people who smoke e-cigarettes want to quit the habit and many have tried to reduce their use with time. About 10 million U.S. adults smoke e-cigarettes. Most of these users also smoke traditional cigarettes, though many use them while attempting to quit traditional cigarettes. The studyfound that more than 60 per cent of e-cigarette…

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Comprehensiveness, Diversity Matter More Than You Think

We should begin with a troublesome truth about assorted variety: it is human instinct to encircle yourself with individuals who are like you. From social foundations to political influences, it’s simplest to feel most great with individuals who resemble and think like you. Similitudes frequently award a shared view and help set up further associations.

In the work environment—and even in life itself—these inclinations can cause genuine harm. When you incline toward individuals who help you to remember yourself, you pass up on a chance to extend your brain and raise your reasoning. Simply take a gander at the rise of internet based life’s reverberation chambers during the latest race for a study case in conceivable harm.

Advancing various reasoning isn’t just about more prominent’s benefit; it’s likewise about great business. An ongoing report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) proposes that associations with assorted administration—in deduction style, in culture, in sexual orientation, in foundation—are increasingly inventive, proficient and convey by and large 19 percent higher incomes than those without. A Deloitte studyfound that 72 percent of working Americans state they would leave their association for one with a progressively comprehensive culture.

As far as viability and confidence, taking a latent position on assorted variety is setting your association up to come up short. Here’s the means by which you can take an increasingly dynamic and successful job to advance comprehensiveness:

Assorted variety Starts at the Top and Extends All the Way Down

While assorted variety is significant at all levels, it begins at the top.

Organization pioneers are the ones who shape an association’s way of life and procedures. In the event that those pioneers all carbon copy, think alike and share comparable encounters, they may incidentally set desires or arrangements that abandon certain gatherings.

Perhaps they’re not enlisting from a different populace, or possibly passage obstacles support a specific sort of candidate. A different administration group is bound to perceive snags and work to expel them.

Likewise, a different authority group sends a significant message to laborers at all levels at the organization that there are no discriminatory limitations and no shut entryways.

Perceive Unconscious Bias

Regularly, chiefs have the best of goals with regards to advancing decent variety. They have confidence in the standards of equivalent chance, and they concur that a genuinely assorted group is a commendable objective.

Shockingly, that is insufficient to battle profoundly instilled oblivious predispositions that saturate working environment conditions. From execution audits featuring various characteristics for various gatherings to cases where higher-ups pick mentees that help them to remember themselves, oblivious predisposition can have genuine, enduring and hurtful effects.

In the event that your organization isn’t effectively attempting to perceive and battle oblivious inclination, you’re likely enduring accordingly.

Extend Your Definition of Diversity

In the event that you want to check out the room and choose whether your group is various dependent on what you see, you’re off-base.

Decent variety is about something beyond checking boxes, and it stretches out past sexual orientation or race. Those viewpoints are surely significant, however that is the place your decent variety endeavors should begin, not where they ought to close.

At its center, genuine decent variety is tied in with uniting individuals who adopt various strategies to a similar issue. Have a go at considering assorted variety as far as speaking to various ranges of abilities. For instance, rather than siloing representatives dependent on their principle range of abilities, assemble groups that incorporate a salesman, an advertiser, a creator and a designer that work together.

Advance a Culture of Inclusion

When you’ve effectively assembled a differing group, you should find a way to guarantee that each colleague feels enabled to talk up. Give every representative a chance to take possession by making plainly characterized jobs for every individual, enabling them to fill in as the genuine master in what they do.

Not exclusively does that approach help with genuine consideration, however it additionally assists with responsibility. Characterized jobs imply that it will be anything but difficult to perceive a colleague for a vocation very much done. It additionally recognizes the particular commitments of colleagues so you can guarantee that you’re advancing dependent on commitments.

These tips are only the start; encouraging assorted variety is a nonstop procedure. The individuals who organize it will be luxuriously compensated, presently and later on.

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Can Bodybuilding Nitric Oxide Supplements Really Boost Your Workout?  A few people figure they can speed muscle development and help you work out harder and quicker. In any case, inquire about recounts an alternate story.  • Many wellbeing sustenance stores offer nitric oxide supplements, which guarantee to support exercise execution and upgrade perseverance  • Nitric oxide is a normally happening gas in the body that enables increment to blood stream  • Nitric oxide supplements contain fixings that are said to create more nitric oxide in the body, accordingly enhancing your exercise.  bodybuilding diet • But do they really work? The exploration is blended  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In the event that you invest a ton of energy in enhancement stores, you've presumably gone over nitric oxide (NO) supplements. What's more, in the wake of perusing about the astounding advantages they may have for your exercise, you may have even been enticed to attempt them.  For the uninitiated, nitric oxide is a gas delivered normally by the body that enables increment to blood stream. NO enhancements are said to expand the measure of nitric oxide in your body, which hypothetically could prompt improved muscle pump, better continuance, and quicker recuperation. (To be clear, nitric oxide is altogether different from nitrous oxide, a.k.a. the stuff that gets you high in whip-its.)  In principle, NO enhancements could do ponders for your wellness schedule. Be that as it may, if these eye-getting claims sound pipe dream, well, you may be correct.  What do nitric oxide supplements do?  Nitric oxide is a gas that is made by your body, and one of its main roles is to advance vasodilation, or expanded blood stream.  In the body, "nitric oxide is emitted by the endothelial cells, which line the inward dividers of the veins, and it speaks with the smooth muscle cells, activating them to unwind," clarifies Nathan Jenkins, Ph.D., an associate educator in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Georgia. This blood stream direction assumes a job in different body capacities, including looking after erections, controlling pulse, and that's only the tip of the iceberg.  AB workouts for women (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); NO enhancements, notwithstanding, don't really contain nitric oxide — rather, they contain fixings (or substrates) that are thought to give your body a poke to deliver more nitric oxide, for example, L-arginine and L-citrulline.  "Most, if not all, of [these implied benefits] have not been upheld by accessible proof."  "In case you're ingesting nitrate or L-arginine, the thought is that it gathered fortify the combination of nitric oxide in the endothelial cell. So the more substrates there are, the more NO can be created," clarifies Jenkins.  Since blood is in charge of conveying oxygen to working muscles, the thinking is that the expanded blood stream caused by taking NO enhancements may enable you to work out for a more extended timeframe and accelerate recuperation time. Advocates likewise guarantee that expanded blood stream may build the "pump'" of your muscles, or how huge or articulated they look (since they're actually engorged with blood).  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Alright, yet do nitric oxide supplements really work?  Truly, we don't generally know. There's just insufficient proof to recommend that they do.  "[The thought is that these supplements] will build NO, and after that hence, it'll cause vasodilation, and afterward the downstream impact of vasodilation would be this monstrous increment in blood stream, which prompts expanded exercise execution and upgraded recuperation," says Richard Bloomer, Ph.D., dignitary of the School of Health Studies and The Center for Wellness and Fitness at the University of Memphis. "In any case, most, if not all, of [these implied benefits] have not been upheld by accessible proof."  Weight gain supplements | Weight gain program | Weight gain supplements  While it is realized that L-arginine, L-citrulline, and nitrate assume a job in NO blend in the body, it's not known in the case of taking them in enhancement frame can likewise affect NO amalgamation. Be that as it may, regardless of whether they increased NO union, it's indistinct whether this would really have a recognizable effect in exercise execution or recuperation.  In concentrates that have demonstrated a connection between changes in execution and nitrate levels in the blood, such positive outcomes could just be a consequence of broad preparing, as exercise itself upgrades NO movement. In addition, dietary nitrate originates from different sources, similar to vegetables, and most investigations don't control for this.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Regardless of whether there are advantages to NO supplementation, it's misty whether they would apply to everybody. An audit of 42 contemplates identified with the impacts of dietary fixings connected with NO and practice execution found blended outcomes: the survey inferred that while NO enhancements may "enhance resistance" to high-impact and anaerobic exercise in individuals who either aren't fit as a fiddle or are decently prepared, there is by all accounts no advantage in exceptionally prepared individuals.  I read that beetroot juice can enhance your exercise. Is there any reality to that?  As a matter of fact, possibly. A couple of studies have demonstrated that nitrate oxide supplementation through beetroot juice can be successful at expanding continuance and generally control. One studyfound a connection between 15 long periods of beetroot juice supplementation and an expansion in power max amid moderate– force cycling tests. While more research is required, both Bloomer and Jenkins take note of that of the fixings that may affect NO levels and exercise execution, beetroot juice is the most encouraging.  Do nitric oxide supplements have any reactions?  Despite the fact that the jury's out on whether NO enhancements truly do enhance execution, Bloomer says on the off chance that you need to attempt them at a low measurements, proceed. So, in case you're inclined to hypotension (or low pulse), you should need to skip them, as they could abandon you feeling tipsy or discombobulated.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Jenkins additionally takes note of that high measurements of NO enhancements could put your kidney work in danger, especially on the off chance that you as of now have a nitrate-overwhelming eating regimen. In such cases, "it may really cause a decrease in execution, in light of the fact that your kidneys are worried and endeavoring to process this additional nitrate," says Jenkins. To be erring on the side of caution, don't take much else besides what's told on the bundle.  Weight training program  It's additionally important that the enhancement business is infamous for its absence of control—so on the off chance that you do ridiculously need to take them, don't surpass the recommended measurement, and watch out for some other antagonistic impacts

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Guy Smarts: Police departments are testing a weed breathalyzer that can tell if you're stoned

Driving while high is a major risk. Studies show that driving after you toke up can lead to dangerous habits like weaving, steering issues, and late braking, MensHealth.compreviously reported.

A California-based startup is rolling out a super-sensitive breathalyzer that can tell if you've smoked weed in the past two hours. The goal? To help police keep impaired drivers off the road.

Driving while high is a major risk. Studies show that driving after you toke up can lead to dangerous habits like weaving, steering issues, and late braking, MensHealth.compreviously reported.

Currently, officers use field sobriety tests to determine if a driver is high, according to USA Today. They may also mandate blood, breath, or urine tests, which don't always indicate if a person was high when they got behind the wheel. Many can only determine if a driver was high at some point that day or week.

A possible solution? The marijuana breathalyzer

Hound Labs says it has developed a combination weed and alcohol breathalyzer that accurately determines if someone is currently driving under the influence - an increasingly common occurrence as weed laws loosen across the country. (A recent Colorado studyfound that 69 percent of weed users had driven while high in the past year, and 27 percent said they did it on a daily basis.)

The company's co-founder, Dr. Mike Lynn, is an emergency room physician and reserve deputy sheriff who believes officers need a tool for accurate marijuana detection.

"It was clear that we needed a way to solve the problem of identifying people who are potentially impaired and then leaving everybody else alone," he explains to MensHealth.com. "You don’t want to be arresting people who aren’t impaired, right?"

How does the breathalyzer work?

As with traditional alcohol breathalyzers, a user blows into Hound Labs' handheld device. The breathalyzer collects breath particles on a proprietary disposable cartridge, then analyzes it to reveal whether the user has smoked, vaped, or consumed pot within the past two hours. (Research has shown that impairment is most drastic one to two hours after marijuana use.)

The breathalyzer cartridge stores detailed information about a user's levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC - the component of marijuana that gets you high. But the breathalyzer doesn't immediately reveal that data, because there's still no legal limit on the amount of the TCH a driver can have in his system.

"The reading only indicates if you have pot on your breath or you don't," says Lynn.

Hound Labs isn't the only startup developing marijuana breathalyzers, but Lynn says his company is way ahead of the competition. It isn't easy to detect THC on the breath; the cannabinoid is measured in parts per trillion, which Lynn says is like finding two sand particles in several Olympic sized pools. (He wouldn't divulge how Hound Labs overcame those hurdles, but the company works with the University of California San Francisco to conduct clinical tests with human subjects that verify the product's accuracy.)

 How would it work in the real world?

So far, an undisclosed number of police departments have tested the product. More law enforcement testing is planned for the future, but Lynn can't disclose details due to non-disclosure agreements. 

As of now, science hasn't pinpointed what level of THC constitutes impairment, meaning there's no marijuana equivalent of the Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) used by law enforcement. Right now, 18 states have zero-tolerance laws for driving with THC in your system. But again, it's difficult to know from urine and blood samples whether someone smoked just before driving or just sometime that week.

Stephen Lankenau, a community health and prevention expert at Drexel University who researches medical marijuana, says it's complicated to determine whether it's safe to drive after using marijuana.

Factors like body weight, tolerance, and the influence of other substances like alcohol could impact your high. So when it comes to law enforcement using the breathalyzer, "There needs to be a better measurement other than just 'yes' or 'no,'" he tells MensHealth.com.

 A viable breathalyzer would need to offer a more nuanced reading, Lankenau says. But first and foremost, science needs to determine a safe level of THC that doesn't make it dangerous to drive.

"Getting those levels right would be really key," he says. "Otherwise someone could be in some kind of legal jeopardy if they haven’t done anything wrong."

Currently, recreational weed is legal in nine states, while medical marijuana is allowed in 31 states, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. It's still unclear how marijuana breathalyzers will work in the real world, but the need for better THC intoxication guidelines is growing stronger. 

source http://www.newssplashy.com/2018/08/guy-smarts-police-departments-are.html

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Why Hotel Sales Teams Need to Up Their Digital Game

This article originally appeared on Tambourine. Advances in digital have dramatically altered the ways group planners/buyers do business. Today, B2B customers are doing 80% of their pre-purchase research in the digital world. Meeting planners/buyers are relying far less on hotel salespeople for information, instead choosing to educate themselves on potential venues via the web and peer referrals. These clients no longer want cold calls, or even emails; 90% of C-level executives claim to never respond to these tactics, according to Salesforce. Quite simply, hotel salespeople have to adapt… and quickly. Traditionally, hotel sales teams use classic old-school textbook techniques, relying heavily on relationship selling and cold calls to book business. At branded hotels, sales teams often receive very little digital help or “air cover” from their corporate parents (other than lead flow). While Independents tend to be a bit more resourceful, since they’re wholly responsible for leads. But both hotel types need to enhance their digital skills, to keep up with the latest evolution of B2B buyers. Here are the three most effective ways hotel salespeople can elevate their digital game: 1. Get Data The first step of a digital sales effort starts with conducting digital research, to obtain key information about both your customers and competition. Discovering where to go on the web and various databases to research potential clients and do your homework on prospects’ needs should be done before you engage with those prospects. Take some time to read their blogs, LinkedIn pages, website and other “digital footprints.” You can also employ affordable, easy-to-use tools to better understand prospects’ profiles and behavior. Helpful tools include: * LinkedIn Sales Navigator – LinkedIn’s subscription-based sales tool helps sales reps target buyers and companies, with features to save leads and create various contact lists. The system contains an algorithm that helps find the best potential leads for each user, while sales research and insight tools help reps study their prospective clients. Communication tools are also built into the software, and it seamlessly logs and imports sales activity to and from CRM systems. * Knowland Group Data – Knowland Group’s market intelligence products help sales reps find targets that meet their group revenue maximization goals, understand trends in the market and tap into undiscovered opportunities. Their data includes planner buying behavior, group booking patterns and market benchmarking, as well as actionable leads, educational resources and an archive of lead contact data. 2. Get in Sync with the Marketing Team Hotel sales leaders need to work closely with their marketing and IT colleagues to create an ideal digital workflow and lead flow. A proven method is to implement a CRM system to track activity, append clean targeting data and track lead behavior. There’s a huge payoff from the approach: An App Data Room and Marketo studyfound that sales and marketing alignment can improve sales efforts at closing deals by 67%. Both sales and marketing departments should also cooperate on marketing automation, which can send the right message, at the right time, to the right meeting planner or group lead, while keeping teams informed as target prospects engage with company websites and marketing materials. In addition, sales teams should provide marketing with guidance and feedback on which digital channels, social media, etc., that sales prospects are currently using. 3. Get Social Embracing digital doesn’t mean the longstanding practice of relationship-based selling no longer applies; it’s just moved into a different medium. According to LinkedIn, three out of four B2B buyers now rely on social media to engage with peers about buying decisions. More than three-quarters (82%) of B2B buyers say vendor content shared on social channels (like LinkedIn) has a significant impact on their buying decision, while B2B buyers are five times more likely to engage with a sales rep who provides new insights about their business or industry, according to LinkedIn research. With that in mind, today’s sales teams should be using digital to enable “social selling,” which essentially means building relationships and nudging leads along through the sales process via savvy, helpful, UNSELFISH social media interaction, rather than outdated and ineffective methods like phone calls and email. This is primarily done by providing content that solves the problems and answers the questions of customers, as well as by interacting one-on-one with leads through social media. It’s different from wide-swath “shotgun marketing” on social, where branding-related content is shared everywhere in hopes of going viral and building awareness; social selling, rather, makes the customer the key dictator of the type of content shared, based on their specific wants and needs. And remember, social interaction doesn’t end with that sale, either. Social platforms are also employed post-sale to retain and upsell customers, especially by creating a channel for customers to share feedback and vent frustration. Referrals are now essential to lead generation, with 84% of B2B buyers beginning the buying process with a referral and more than 90% of purchase decisions influenced by peer recommendations, according to a 2016 Harvard Business Review article. So now, more than ever, the time you spend on digital sales efforts—especially building and maintaining your social media network and reputation—will have a direct and meaningful impact on your sales pipeline. This is one game you want to be sure you’re playing to win. About Tambourine Tambourine uses technology and creativity to increase revenue for hotels and destinations worldwide. The firm, now in its 33rd year, is located in New York City and Fort Lauderdale. Please visit: www.Tambourine.com Logos, product and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Request Information from this organization Please click the link below to request more information from the organization or company featured in this article.

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ece 2 texte de colle à préparer par le premier de chaque groupe. Semaine du 2 octobre 2017

No wallet, no worries: Denmark considering cash-free shops (Adapted from) The Guardian, 14 May 2015 In Stockholm you can pay a street hawker with a credit card. In Copenhagen you can buy a single shot espresso with your smartphone. In Helsinki, you can go grocery shopping but leave your wallet at home. Scandinavia has long been the most cashless place on the planet. Now Denmark is considering whether to go a step further and allow retailers to ban cash altogether. The Danish Chamber of Commerce is recommending that shops and services be given the option of going completely cash-free. The proposal needs to be approved by parliament but if it gets the green light, retailers could begin rejecting cash from January 2016. “We’ve recognised what merchants have been telling us for some time now,” says Sofie Findling Andersen of the chamber of commerce. “Using cash is expensive, because it takes time for salaried employees to handle, and it’s also a security concern. Carrying cash opens you up to attack and even though we have relatively low levels of violent crime in Denmark, this is something business owners and employees tell us they worry about.” There has been little resistance to the proposal from Danish media, consumers or businesses so far, with the country’s largest supermarket group, Dansk Supermarked, working on a system for cash-free grocery shopping with the mobile money transfer system MobilePay in the near future. “Customers will be able to swipe their smartphone; scan their food; tap ‘accept’ when they’re done and then just leave,” says Mark Wraa-Hansen from Danske Bank, which runs MobilePay. Small businesses seem equally keen on going cash-free when weighing up potential costs versus the convenience of the new move. “So few customers pay with cash anyway now that it’s a bit of a hassle when they do,” says Mette Schmidt, who runs a hairdressing salon in Jutland. “I have to go to the bank to drop off the takings at the end of the day, looking over my shoulder to check there’s no one suspicious around, and then the bank charges me 30 DKK a time to drop off money. It’s easier to be paid by card or MobilePay - as long as my customers are happy and ready to make the change.” However, change won’t happen overnight, say experts. “If we look to Sweden, the country leading the way in terms of a cash-free society, we see that plenty of people are still paying with kroner,” says Findling Andersen. “It’s up to customers and businesses to decide which works best for them – if a shop switches to cash-free and they lose a couple of customers, they may decide it’s worth it to make their jobs easier and safer. There is plenty of evidence to suggest this is the case. Barista Soren Jensen, 27, says: “It’s much better for us when people pay by card – it’s quicker, simpler and cleaner – cash can be pretty dirty!” Last year a US studyfound 3,000 types of bacteria on bank notes. But opponents of the concept express concerns about loss of liberty. German central banker Carl-Ludwig Thiele recently criticised the Danish government’s proposal, saying that “abolishing cash would hurt consumer sovereignty - the free choice of citizens about their payment instruments”, and citing Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s famous line: “Money is coined liberty.” While Swedish pensioner groups say elderly citizens may feel alienated or unable to cope with the demands of new technology, Danish pensioners are remarkably sanguine about reliance on smartphones. “We have one of the highest rates of 60-plus citizens who already shop online and are tech literate, so this shouldn’t be too much of a problem for them,” says Findling Andersen. http://eman.free.fr/prepa-colle/ (625 words)