The Cabinet has plans to use the barracks in Budel, which is currently used as an asylum shelter, for military purposes, sources told De Telegraaf That will be a real blow to the already scarce asylum reception in the Netherlands The Budel barracks is the second largest asylum shelter in the country Defense needs more space to expand and train in an increasingly safe world The Cabinet is seriously considering not renewing the lease for the Budel barracks with the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) when it expires in 2028 A spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense did not want to anticipate the decision He said that the asylum reception at the barracks is not in danger in the short term but acknowledged that a different decision may soon be made about the use of the space in the long term It is well known that State Secretary Gijs Tuinman of Defense is looking for suitable locations for soldiers to train in the country The advantage of the Nassau-Dietz barracks in Budel is that it already belongs to Defense and is still zoned for military use Tuinman has a visit to the barrack scheduled for next month The COA told the Telegraaf that it was talking with Defense about the barracks “The defense site in Budel is approximately 100 hectares in size of which the COA uses approximately 30,” the agency said “Simultaneous use of the surrounding site by Defense is not an obstacle to the current use of the COA.” Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information Nyrstar’s Budel zinc smelter in the Netherlands 2022 at 2:21 PM EDTBookmarkSaveLock This article is for subscribers only.Zinc surged after one of Europe’s largest smelters said it would halt production next month as the continent’s energy crisis threatens to hobble heavy industries The Budel smelter in the Netherlands -- controlled by Trafigura Group’s Nyrstar -- will be placed on care and maintenance from Sept. 1 “until further notice,” according to a company statement. Zinc trading on the London Metal Exchange jumped as much as 7.2% to the highest intraday level in two months as traders priced in even tighter supply. 2025 Photo: Depositphotos.comDutch rail operator NS is threatening to close down a railway station in Noord-Brabant because of nuisance caused by asylum seekers and wants government compensation for extra security measures which is within 30 minutes walking distance from an asylum seekers’ centre in Budel with asylum seekers threatening staff and dodging fares saying “talks with those involved have not resulted in a permanent solution” The train operator also wants compensation for safety measures around the station such as security gates and extra surveillance at “risk hours” which links Maarheeze with Eindhoven and Weert could disappear given it was only established in 2010 Some 1,200 people use the station on a daily basis “The council is not impressed by the threat and I think it feels NS is just upping the pressure on The Hague and that it won’t really happen. But we are not so sure,” Harm van Leuken, spokesman for local crime prevention group told the Telegraaf. Maarheeze station is used by students and people who work in Eindhoven Its ample parking also attracts people from outside Maarheeze who park and take the train to continue their journey “You will likely find yourself in slow-moving traffic to Eindhoven but the train takes just 17 minutes to the centre,” another local said Van Leuken said locals will fight the decision by NS In 2023, bus company Hermes closed the stop outside the refugee centre because of probems The Budel refugee centre is the biggest in the country after Ter Apel and is partly housed in former army barracks Part of the centre is used to house people who come from safe third countries and are probably ineligible for asylum We could not provide the Dutch News service without the generous support of our readers Your donations allow us to report on issues you tell us matter and provide you with a summary of the most important Dutch news each day Many thanks to everyone who has donated to DutchNews.nl in recent days We could not provide this service without you Please help us making DutchNews.nl a better read by taking part in a short survey Zinc Market Analysis: Industry Market Size Copyright © ChemAnalyst - 2020 | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy Metrics details Deserts represent an extreme challenge for photosynthetic life they are often inhabited by diverse microscopic communities of cyanobacteria These organisms are commonly found in lithic habitats where they are partially sheltered from extremes of temperature and UV radiation living under the rock surface imposes additional constraints and enrichment of longer wavelengths than are typically usable for oxygenic photosynthesis Some cyanobacteria from the genus Chroococcidiopsis can use this light to photosynthesize in a process known as far-red light photoacclimation This genus has commonly been reported from both hot and cold deserts not all Chroococcidiopsis strains carry FaRLiP genes thus motivating our study into the interplay between FaRLiP and extreme lithic environments The abundance of sequence data and strains provided the necessary material for an in-depth phylogenetic study Pigment analyses revealed the presence of red-shifted chlorophylls d and f in all FaRLiP strains tested eight genus-level taxa were defined within the encompassing Chroococcidiopsidales clarifying the phylogeny of this long-standing polyphyletic order FaRLiP is near universally present in a generalist genus identified in a wide variety of environments while it is rare or absent in closely related including those preferentially inhabiting deserts This likely reflects the evolutionary process of gene loss in specialist lineages combined with the large number of strains available from culture collections make Chroococcidiopsis an ideal test subject for the study of adaptations to extreme environments As desert Chroococcidiopsis strains have been frequently isolated from lithic habitats they might provide models for understanding not only the evolution of far-red light photoacclimation The availability of cultured strains sampled from all over the world together with the recent expansion in sequencing data including metadata and metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) this work presents a fine-grained evolutionary history of far-red light photoacclimation within the genus Chroococcidiopsis and reveals a stark contrast in FaRLiP maintenance in generalist versus specialist taxa this work also clarifies phylogenetic relationships within this genus and its associated order apart from Antarctic BCCM/ULC strains (10 °C) Far-red light incubators used LEDs centered at 750 nm (LED750-03AU Cultures were grown in parallel under white light The photon flux ranged between 10 and 30 μmol photons m–2 s–1 Spectral analysis was performed using Jupyter Notebook (version 6) running Python 3 Pigments were extracted and analyzed by HPLC using an Agilent 1100 HPLC system Samples were run on a Supelco Discovery HS C18 column (5 μm particle size Solvent A was 64:16:20 (v/v/v) methanol:acetone:H2O while solvent B was 80:20 (v/v) methanol:acetone Solvent B was held at 50% for the first 2 min and f was detected by monitoring absorbance at 665 Genomic DNA (gDNA) was extracted using Quick-DNA Fungal/Bacterial Miniprep Kit (Zymo Research) DNA concentration was measured with a NanoDrop spectrometer or a Qubit fluorometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific) Based on their phylogenetic position, Chroococcidiopsis sp. SAG 39.79, SAG 2023, SAG 2025, and Chroococcopsis gigantea SAG 12.99 were sequenced using Illumina and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (Table S3) Samples were sequenced according to vendor protocols on a MiSeq and MinION (MinKNOW version 1.10.23) the former using Nextera XT v2 and the latter a R9.4.1 flowcell with base-calling via Albacore (version 2.1.7) a metagenomic dataset from the Atacama Desert (NCBI codes SRR2394720 and SRR2396013) Its sourcing is described in the following section both the 16S rRNA gene and the genome labeled Scytonema millei VB511283 (JTJC00000000.3) clustered with Chroococcidiopsis strains This category also included sampling sites from unspecified deserts together with citing literature when necessary / available 22 were positive for the presence of apcE2 A Phylogeny of ApcE2 marker sequences from Chroococcidopsis strains There is a clear split between two branches with the largest one (I) associated with Chroococcidiopsis sensu stricto Type species Chroococcidiopsis thermalis PCC 7203 is listed in bold B Distribution of FaRLiP in the genus Chroococcidiopsis sensu stricto (I) The 16S rRNA gene phylogeny includes strains which tested positive for apcE2 and/or strains with a known FaRLiP cluster (red) Most of them also survived under far-red light except for a minority of non-axenic strains (CCALA 44 One strain tested negative for apcE2 and did not survive under FRL (black square) HPLC data showed the presence of chlorophylls d and f (circles) or only chlorophyll f as reported in previous studies (triangles) None of the 8 apcE2-negative strains tested survived these conditions The synthesis of red-shifted chlorophylls and their incorporation into photosystems can be seen in confocal micrographs (left) In addition to florescence emission from chlorophyll a and phycobilisomes (magenta there is emission from chlorophyll f (yellow Rightmost micrographs mark the overlay of both channels Spectral characteristics can be also observed through a fluorescence emission scan with the aforementioned channels highlighted (second column from the right) Pigments were extracted and analyzed by HPLC (right) indicating the presence of chlorophyll d (16.3 min) the detection of chlorophyll d might thus be more difficult under certain conditions and explain its apparent absence in some cases we suggest that having one chlorophyll d per PSII may be a conserved attribute of all FaRLiP strains Future studies could consider growth phase in their chlorophyll d pigment analyses This seemingly contradicted our initial expectation that extreme endolithic environments would be enriched in FaRLiP cyanobacteria in order to investigate the connection between FaRLiP and habitat and whether this is influenced by phylogenetic history we set out to understand phylogenetic groupings within the Chroococcidiopsidales and the adaptive niches they may be associated with Phylogenetic trees of the Chroococcidiopsidales order based on 16S rRNA genes (A) and genome information (B) The two trees mirror and complement each other it can be seen that the genus ‘Chroococcidiopsis’ is currently polyphyletic Strains identified as such actually belong to multiple clades but whose relationships with each other is sometimes unclear highly supported clades and/or clades with type species have been collapsed some with associated genome information (B) These taxa include well-defined genera such as Chroococcidiopsis sensu stricto (I) Haliplanktos (VII) and Pseudocyanosarcina (VIII) They also encompass yet-undefined genera lacking a type species—Hot desert Chroococcidiopsidales (II) and ‘Additional desert clade’ (V) ‘Gloeocapsa’ (III) represents a cluster of taxonomically ambiguous the Sinocapsa (IV) branch is stable across multiple tree-building methods The related Nostocales are indicated by a gray rectangle (see “Materials and Methods”: Single-gene phylogenies and rooting) for the purposes of this paper they will be discussed together Our work highlights two additional genus-level clades (II and V) which have been commonly mislabeled as ‘Chroococcidiopsis’ The present phylogeny considers all the data available (16S rRNA genes MAGs) to produce a state-of-the-art understanding of evolutionary relationships within the Chroococcidiopsidales We hypothesize that these genes could have been co-selected for living in shaded environments such as soil or microbial mats The latter group included sequences sampled a wide variety of desert environments (Utah Yet widespread geographic dispersal undoubtedly also plays a significant role for generalists as they encounter diverse environments where survival may involve relying on various acclimation processes Chroococcidiopsis has been previously defined as an extremophile cyanobacterium many of the strains known under this name form separate genera Some of them are specialists adapted to extreme environments such as hot or cold deserts; others are generalists By combining bioinformatics data mining with large-scale laboratory assays FaRLiP has been inherited from a common ancestor and it remains near-universal in Chroococcidiopsis sensu stricto it has been commonly lost in specialist extremophile genera It may have been co-selected with genes for hypoxic environments Chlorophyll d was present in all our FaRLiP samples supporting its predicted significant role in FaRLiP Strategies of adaptation by antarctic cyanobacteria to ultraviolet radiation Characterization of freshwater benthic biofilm-forming Hydrocoryne (Cyanobacteria) isolates from Antarctica Microbial ecology of hot desert edaphic systems Microbial colonization and controls in dryland systems Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union; 2018 Community composition and photosynthesis by photoautotrophs under quartz pebbles Endolithic blue-green algae in the Dry Valleys: primary producers in the Antarctic Desert ecosystem Patterns of growth and development in Pleurocapsalean cyanobacteria strain histories and properties of pure cultures of cyanobacteria Anhydrobiotic rock-inhabiting cyanobacteria: Potential for astrobiology and biotechnology Adaption of Microbial Life to Environmental Extremes: Novel Research Results and Application Microbial profiling revealed strong effects of cleanroom maintenance and routes of contamination in indoor environments The case of Chroococcidiopsis: New phylogenetic and morphological insights into ecological important Cyanobacteria Technische Universität Kaiserslautern; 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gradient in northern China Download references This research was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; Emmy Noether project award no the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC; Grant ref the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance at the University of Oxford in partnership with Public Health England (PHE) (HPRU-2012-10041 to DJW) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI LAA was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Freie Universität Berlin and a Schrödinger fellowship from Imperial College London DJW by a Big Data Institute Robertson Fellowship and a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society (Grant ref We would also like to acknowledge the assistance of the Core Facility BioSupraMol supported by the DFG for confocal microscopy The HPC facilities at Imperial College London and Freie Universität 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consultation company DeciBio is leaning on the power of data to handle the increasing entry fees needed by companies to compete in a precision medicine space dominated by deep-pocketed organizations With four proprietary insight databases and two market platforms included in its offerings the Century City-based company sees data as the way to attract and retain startup clients that range from mid- to large-scale diagnostic and life science tools companies to pharmaceutical and digital health organizations “The idea over the last nine years has been to try to find ways to interact with as many of the key stakeholders in precision medicine (as possible),” said David Cavanaugh “We want to be at the center of this multi-dimensional hub of precision medicine.” DeciBio refers to the research tools market as one that produces instruments reagents and other technologies that are acquired as part of medical research as opposed to tools being used for patients “The idea (with MarketBook) is to 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A glance around the flat she shares with her husband and two Boston Terriers confirms this: a sketch of a Boston Terrier covers their front door; mosaics of polished rocks adorn small patches of their entry-way sidewalk Fjerkenstad-Büdel has a pen pal with whom she exchanges “art cards,” paintings the size of baseball trading cards Fjerkenstad-Büdel, who lives in St. Paul, has been submitting her crop art entries to the Minnesota State Fair “Division of Farm Crops: Crop Art and Arrangements” [PDF] since 2000, when her portrait of Olga Crop (or seed) art is created by gluing seeds or panicles of grains to a board or other surface To qualify for entry to the Minnesota State Fair the seeds must be from crops grown in Minnesota as expressly defined in the Ag-Hort Bee premium book  Though “It’s not about winning,” according to Fjerkenstad-Büdel over the years her submissions have been awarded 11 ribbons The late Lillian Coulton may be Minnesota’s most famous crop artist, but the Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD is “Mecca for crop artists” according to Fjerkenstad-Büdel. Alan Carpenter’s Triptych and Myron Floren is among Fjerkenstad-Büdel’s favorites and the subject is an homage to a great Midwestern subject but it’s respectful and funny at the same time.” Fjerkenstad-Büdel’s neighbors, David Steinlicht and his wife Dolores Says Fjerkenstad-Büdel: “Anyone can do this The materials are cheap and it’s not too elitist.” The crop art community is “very open and welcoming Crop art is not without controversy, however: “Seeds can be racy.” Fjerkenstad-Büdel’s prize-winning “Sunbather” of a woman in a bikini received so many complaints the year it was displayed at the fair that it was taken down. “Banned at the fair!” she says. “That shows you the power of seeds. Cathy Camper had one [taken down] The crop art community debates whether white rice is a legitimate Minnesota crop Says Fjerkenstad-Büdel: “But sometimes you need white.” She confesses that sometimes she struggles to stay within the rules which are very rigid and not always in line with her artistic vision She also finds crop art is hard on the hands “Corn is fun to work with; it’s very tactile And soybeans line up easily.” Crop art requires a lot of sitting Hunching over her board while working “until the wee hours the night before it’s due” has required at least one massage over the years “Although there are a million things you can do and the ideas are endless It’s easy to frame and easy to finish.” Fjerkenstad-Büdel recommends solid wood as a base She says “seeds have to be kept fresh to keep the bugs away.” Some people keep them in the freezer but says Fjerkenstad-Büdel: “It’s best to start fresh you should put hooks or a way of hanging on the back.” She sketches her ideas on 8 ½ x 11  graph paper “Wild rice is good for outlining before you start filling in with seeds frame your art with a row or two of seeds:  “They like some kind of finished element.” She says: crop art “Brings you back to being a kid three girls ranging in age from nine to 11 sat at Fjerkenstad-Büdel’s dining table while meticulously gluing seeds on boards One piece of art featured an inspired pair of ballet slippers made of pinto beans I found the ballet slipper piece in the middle of a stack of half-finished crop art that Fjerkenstad-Büdel had on her hearth The kids change their minds a lot; apparently the ballet slipper artist found an even more exciting subject she admitted: “The last minute isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.” Update: Both of Fjerkenstad-Büdel’s 2009 crop art entries discussed in this story garnered ribbons:  one for fifth premium and the other Ryanne’s and the ballet slipper artist’s entries were also awarded ribbons I can’t wait to see your entries this year Thanks for alerting the public to the white rice controversy Neighborhood queen and artist…We love you Another great article by Lori on one of my favorite topics It’s perfect – absolutely right It left a vivid memory with me after I left the fair Thanks for your generous mention of my Lawrence Welk triptych I look forward to your latest each State Fair Subscribe to our newsletters on Substack. Zinc production at Nyrstar’s Budel smelting operations in the Netherlands will resume during the week of May 13 partly because of higher prices for the metal used to galvanize steel the company owned by commodity trader Trafigura said on Tuesday with capacity to produce 315,000 metric tons per year was suspended in the second half of January and will restart at reduced capacity “This decision (to restart) follows a thorough and comprehensive review and reflects recent improvements in market conditions and the temporary reinstatement of indirect cost compensation in the Netherlands that will help reduce Nyrstar Budel’s overall energy costs,” the company said Benchmark zinc on the London Metal Exchange (LME) hit $2,974 a ton on Tuesday up 30% since the middle of February and the highest since March 2023 Budel has been operating on a flexible basis since the fourth quarter of 2021 “The situation remains under constant review and Nyrstar continues to actively manage production capacity across its European operations to respond to the continued uncertain near-term market conditions,” it added (By Pratima Desai; Editing by David Goodman) and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Gruyere gold mine joint venture partners Gold Fields and Gold Road Resources reach agreement on a friendly deal to consolidate ownership. The initiative will be delivered through the regional joint venture established by Fleet Space Technologies and Tahreez. The US central bank is widely expected to hold rates steady in this meeting. Romania has major reserves of rare earths, gold and copper, which have attracted interest from Canadian and American firms. the Day 6 of the series was held and five matches were played The last day of European Motoball Championship in Budel began with youth team matches: the Netherlands lost  against the youth team of France with the result of 2-6 The youth team Germany drew with France with the result of 2-2 The day before the young Germans defeated the youth team Netherlands by 1-6 The young Germans became the first unnoficial champions of 2016  European Motoball Championship sign that they are capable of becoming senior team players soon.3rd place match: France-Belarus 0-5 The battle for the 3rd place began with great energy by Belarus players They looked much more motivated and gave their all to overpower France in almost all aspects of the game the European Motoball Championship will be held Belarus and Ukraine will compete for the highest honor in Motoball which mixes football and motorcycling and – curiosly – it is going to start shortly after the end of European Football Championship Differently from the European Football series the European Motoball Championship is held every year Motoball then developed towards eastern Europe and as far as Russia which holds by far the largest number of European wins but the last two European Championships were won by Germany there was no international tournament cause of the confusions between Ukraine and Russia The FIM Europe Motoball Commission is responsible for building the schedule the training and classification of the Referees and the media coverage for the fans It consists of 3 persons: the only chairwoman of a commission in the FIM Europe Mrs  Pascale Reschko-Jacquot (France) Dovydas Bonckus (Lithuania) and Thomas Staudt (Germany).Motoball is the self-proclaimed fastest team sport in the world A team consists of a goalkeeper and four players on a 250ccm motorcycle The aim of the game is to shoot the big ball into the opponent’s goal In an attack the player can’t go alone with the ball across the midline The goalkeeper has a protected area in front of his goal No one is allowed to cross this semicircle Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Nyrstar also manages metals processing operations in France Already have an account? Sign in here Mining Magazine provides comprehensive technical insight into mining operations It aims to inform and support mine management in decision-making regarding mining techniques each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector brought to you by the Mining Magazine Intelligence team MMI Future Fleets Report 2025 looks at how companies are using alternative energy sources to cut greenhouse gas emmissions Exclusive research for Mining Magazine Intelligence Automation and Digitalisation Report 2024 shows mining companies are embracing cutting-edge tech The ESG Mining Company Index report provides an in-depth evaluation of ESG performance of 61 of the world's largest mining companies it assesses each company across 9 meticulously weighted indicators within 6 essential pillars A comprehensive review of exploration trends and technologies highlighting the best intercepts and discoveries and the latest initial resource estimates Aspermont Media is a company registered in England and Wales South Australian composer Dr. Jesse Budel will premier his 360-degree listening experience during the Flinders Creative Festival this November Dr.Budel has spent his Artist-in-Residence at Flinders University’s Assemblage Creative Centre recording and mixing his work in a state-of-the-art ambisonic studio that offers a one-of-a-kind immersive experience using future sound technology The $10,000 Flinders’ Artist in Residency will culminate in his new work which has captured the sounds of South Australian national parks using the Buddhist understanding of the Mandala as a three-dimensional visual projection of a deity’s palatial residence Drawing parallels between these three-dimensional visuals and three-dimensional sound Dr.Budel’s inspiration for Mandala came through considering natural soundscapes as residential habitats for non-human beings “For this project, I’ve been making second order ambisonic recordings with a CoreAudio Octomic in various South Australian natural locations including the forested Adelaide Hills on Peramangk Country coastlines of the Adelaide plains on Kaurna Country and marshlands of the Fleurieu Peninsula on Ngarrindjeri Country,” he says “Using the diverse voices of our state’s rich acoustic environments this piece is aimed at cultivating reverence and respect for our local flora and fauna.” The Flinders Ambisonic Studio is the first of its kind in South Australia and one of only a few in Australia that allows for unique creative and research opportunities for local musicians and sound artists to explore 360º surround sound and immersive audio Dr.Budel says Ambisonics uses special microphones that capture sound from all directions providing a truly immersive listening experience “Imagine being in the middle of a symphony orchestra with music enveloping you from every angle The Festival of Creative Arts is a fantastic opportunity to immerse oneself in the world of creativity and culture and I’ve been exploring the world of Ambisonics to create a captivating listening experience.” Dr Budel has applied his talent across a range of audio mediums and has seen his music performed by the Australian String Quartet and a range of national and international ensembles Mandala will be presented at 12pm and 3pm on both Monday 20 November and Tuesday 21 November, with tickets available here.  A final residence presentation and discussion will take place on Thursday, 23 November, with more information available here. The countdown is on for the Flinders Festival of Creative Arts from November 13 This two-week-long celebration of Flinders Creative Arts will take place at Flinders’ Bedford Park campus as well as at the Adelaide Festival Centre and CDW Studios Please note: The audio provided is a sampler for Cathedrals, featuring excerpts of several soundscapes that will be featured as part of Mandala. Receive emails when a new article is published an interstellar cloud twisted into the shape of DNA 2017 ShareSave Stephane Budel has an idea for an app You get your DNA sequenced to find out which comic book superhero you are could look at the similarity between genes found in both humans and spiders to give you a Spiderman score—and other genes for a Hulk score and so on who has been kicking the idea around with Eric Lakin the life sciences market research and consulting firm where Budel is partner talking about fictional superheroes and the idea for a hypothetical app this app is going to get developed and whoever does it is going to make a lot of money.”) As the economics of DNA sequencing change consumer genetic tests aimed at lifestyle and wellness—rather than health—are a burgeoning unregulated market These DNA tests won’t tell you about your cancer risk but they might give you wine based on your taste genes or suggest personalized exercise regimens What these kinds of DNA test start to resemble are magazine quizzes or horoscopes the science connecting DNA sequence and test result is just as shaky “Fun” was the word I kept hearing to describe these tests you’re not probably going to shell out $2000 for a DNA test that’s just for fun The world of lifestyle genetic tests can only exist because sequencing DNA has gotten so much cheaper a new company that would create an app store for genetic tests the company is casting a wide net for tests in areas including “genealogy lifestyle.” Helix then gets a cut when customers pay for each app finding new uses for DNA sequencing would also expand the market for its sequencing machines This business model democratizes the DNA test market and allows companies to offer cheaper individual tests the genetic superheroes app in Helix one day When Helix announced its first batch of partners last October, Vinome got some of the most press because—well, duh, it was about wine. But not all of that press was flattering. Some scientists were skeptical how much DNA test could say much about one’s affinity for chardonnay, and one geneticist called it “completely silly.” In defending his company Vinome head Ronnie Andrews pointed out to me that Vinome also surveys its customers on their taste preferences—and uses those results in addition to 10 genetic variants to come up with its wine preference algorithm There are indeed genes that code for your ability to detect certain chemical compounds, like the bitterness in broccoli, but these genes do not necessarily determine preference. “I can tell based on your DNA what you’ll likely to be able to taste, but how much you like something is a different matter,” says Danielle Reed a taste researcher at Monell Chemical Senses Center  It’s not clear what a DNA test would add on top of a taste survey Do you need a DNA test to tell you that you don’t like broccoli Vinome says it has conducted studies that the genetic variants make its algorithm more accurate and it plans to publish in peer-reviewed journals “they would be adding real value to the consumer experience.” Andrews uses the same word: “experience.” “We’re providing an experience,” he says And what is more specific to you than your DNA Andrews used to work in cancer diagnostics and the idea for Vinome literally came up over a bottle of wine at a cancer conference When I asked why he decided to move to consumer genetics “We’re bringing applications that will be fun and exciting and it’ll allow us to do so on a much faster path.” The team behind Vinome also formed Exploragen a company looking for more applications for taste and smell genetics Lifestyle genetics tests have the advantage regulatory barriers that are way lower than those for medical tests. When the Food and Drug Administration cracked down on 23andMe in 2013 it put all companies that want to provide information about disease risks via genetic tests on alert The FDA hasn’t moved to regulate DNA tests in the lifestyle space. Nor has it, so far, gone after DNA tests for wellness—which answer questions like what kind of diet you should eat or what kind of exercise you should do based on your genetic predispositions. STAT reporter Rebecca Robbins recently took 5 such tests directly contradictory information about how she should exercise I felt sometimes like I was reading a horoscope I looked for signs of myself that I could recognize,” she wrote (None of the tests in this case were offered through Helix.) That’s not to dismiss real information that can be gleaned from genetics. In some cases, single genes lead to a clear outcomes, but in most cases, many genes affect a complex trait and in most of those cases, scientists don’t have a completely grasp the complexity. But still, we look to DNA for answers, our desire to understand outstripping our actual understanding of it. A genetic test for Spiderman just takes the idea to a fantastical extreme. Ken Budel doesn’t remember making the decision to donate part of his liver to eight-year-old Gianna-Lynn Favilla the little Russell girl who is a playmate of his own eight-year-old daughter When her family made a public appeal for a liver donor earlier this year he just knew he would put up his hand to volunteer Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience There wasn’t a decision that needed to be made The 41-year-old employee of the Ottawa-based Crown corporation Defence Construction Canada is back home in Russell recuperating after about 20 per cent of his liver was removed during surgery at Toronto General Hospital on the morning of April 20 The organ was then rushed across the street to the Hospital for Sick Children where it was transplanted into Gianna-Lynn Budel remembers saying “there is nothing more I can do.” By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc The next issue of The Evening Citizen will soon be in your inbox Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Gianna-Lynn suffers from Crohn’s disease and had a condition that caused inflammation of the bile ducts which had badly damaged her liver. Earlier this year, she was put on a donor list, in need of a new liver to save her life. Her family released a statement last week announcing she had undergone a transplant and that she was recovering in hospital. Budel, meanwhile, has recovered remarkably quickly. He was wheeled across the street to see Gianna-Lynn and her family a few days after surgery and then headed back home to Russell with his wife Stacy and daughters Lily, 8, and Ruby, 11, just four days after the operation. At a time when living organ donations are becoming more routine — live kidney transplants are now more common than deceased transplants — Budel is still a rarity. Liver transplants, which are riskier and more invasive, are less common, and liver donations from unrelated donors are rarer still. In most cases, including the donor for Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk in 2015, the donors remain anonymous. Some have coined the term “super altruist” to describe people willing to give up a piece of an organ — even one that will grow back, as livers do — to help someone who is not a family member. Others call such donors heroes, but Budel shrugs it off. “All I did was show up and lay down when they told me to. The miracle workers are the doctors.” Budel says the fact that Gianna-Lynn is a friend of his daughter, that they live in a small town where everyone was touched by her illness and that she was a child in desperate need of help, made his decision to apply to be a donor an obvious one. “There was no discussion. My wife said she would have done it as well. There was an unspoken understanding that when the plea went out, the forms were going to go in.” Budel’s blood type is O, which was a match, and he is in very good shape. He was confident that if they needed him, he would pass the battery of tests required to determine whether a donor is suitable. To be prepared, he went into “training mode” as soon as he sent his application in, thinking “if you are going to do it, you might as well deliver as healthy a liver as you can.” He eventually did receive a call from the liver transplant program at Toronto General Hospital where he underwent tests including sessions with psychologists. When he learned he would be the donor, Budel says it was a relief. “Was I nervous? Yes, but at no point did I think I was putting myself into significant danger. I was extremely confident.” Budel has since had time to think about the significance of the act and says he believes the scar from the surgery represents the way he will approach the second half of his life. “You start the first half of your life selfish. I am entering the second half of my life; it is an opportunity to be more selfless and compassionate. The scar will be a reminder for me.” The Budel and Favilla families have been in close contact in recent months. While they knew each other before the transplant, Budel said the two families now have a “different kind of connection that will probably last forever.” He said he is pleased his own recovery is going well and is looking forward to Gianna-Lynn coming home. “That will be the next milestone for me. It will be nice to see her around town.” transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy You can manage saved articles in your account The South Australian composer and sound designer discusses his installation featuring decaying pianos and the backlash from some Jesse Budel is an environmentally-conscious Australian composer and sound artist based in South Australia he breathes new life into old and derelict pianos by leaving them outside and allowing them to decay gradually through natural environmental processes this affects their structure and the sound they produce There was some controversy from people living in the area when the project was announced He talks to Jennifer Trijo about the installation Why have you pursued music composition as a career Composition came out of a marriage of interests I had in high school but there were also interests in engineering and philosophy Composition brings together all of those things; obviously the music but also the interest in building things out of sound and exploring some of the deeper questions that we have in life You specialise in composing ecological music and sound art Why is the environment a catalyst for your work Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Contribute to Limelight and support independent arts journalism As the ABC begins a two-month celebration of the piano we look at the heartwarming new TV series The Piano with Andrea Lam and Megan Burslem Limelight puts the pedal to the metal with a list of the celebratory events happening near you for World Piano Day The latest arts appointments and departures Nobuyuki Tsujii began playing his toy piano when he was two and he has lost none of the joy he felt as a child The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music Jim Moginie and Ross Heathcote discuss Piano+Places a new series lighting up historical venues with music Strap yourself in for Joyce Yang's upcoming recital series Sally Greenaway discusses the inspiration behind her new piano music book The Director of Chamber Music Adelaide tells us why the concerts in this weekend festival are free and why accessible chamber music is so important to her A child prodigy in the 1920s and a Decca artist in the 1950s and 60s 97-year-old American pianist Ruth Slenczynska has now been re-signed by the label The Ukrainian-born pianist talks about returning to live performance and his love of the Romantics ahead of his upcoming Sydney recital Check out our playlists from our latest issue Our free Weekly Newsletter delivers the latest arts news reviews and features to your inbox each Saturday the decision comes in response to various external factors affecting the operations Belgium-based multi-metals business Nyrstar plans to place its zinc smelting operations at Budel The decision will be effective from 1 September 2022 until further notice It comes in response to various external factors that are affecting the business A source close to the situation was cited by Reuters as saying that the factors include surged electricity costs that reached as much as ten times in addition to increased costs of labour With an annual production capacity of 315,000tpa of zinc the Budel operations have been operating at a reduced production level since Q4 2021 Nyrstar said it cut production at its operations in Balen France; as a result of rising electricity prices Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis The firm said in a statement: “No redundancies are planned as a result of the care and maintenance Employee duties will be redirected to focus on maintenance Nyrstar’s Budel smelter is located at Budel-Dorplein in the south-east of the Netherlands and is close to major industrial centres in the Netherlands The smelter is equipped to produce zinc and zinc alloys It also operates a water treatment plant to help reduce its environmental footprint Budel’s feedstock primarily consists of high-grade sulphide concentrates Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network Almost 100 Dutch residents have invested in one of the largest solar farms in the Netherlands raising EUR 250,000 in just six weeks as part of a successful crowdfunding campaign raised through Rabo&Crowd (a joint initiative between Rabobank and Nxchange) are to part refinance the 44 MW Budel solar farm which already provides clean power to the equivalent of 12,500 homes after being connected to the grid in November last year the 96 new investors are made up of local residents of Cranendonck and members of the wider Dutch public who can expect to receive interest payments every six months over a five-year term in exchange for their contribution in addressing climate change and accelerating the transition to renewable energy in the Netherlands Solarcentury said: “The energy mix in the Netherlands is evolving every day with solar becoming an increasingly popular choice for both investors and the wider public thanks to the falling cost of new solar technology and growing demand to tackle the global climate crisis “As the Netherlands further develops its solar capacity Budel solar farm is a great example of what can be achieved on a national scale; both in terms of producing significant amounts of renewable energy for the grid while creating exciting opportunities for the general public to contribute to their country’s clean energy transition This is just the beginning of opportunities for the public to invest in our low carbon future." executive vice president Strategy & Innovation Rabobank added: “This solar farm really exemplifies our mission at Rabobank: Less impact on nature grounded in society – ‘growing a better world together’ We are incredibly proud of this crowdfunding campaign which not only demonstrates the opportunity solar provides for consumer investment but also the public appetite for positive investments that deliver good returns while benefiting society and the environment.” CEO of Encavis AG added: “We are pleased to show our commitment to the Dutch Energiewende by investing in Budel the largest solar farm in our portfolio so far.” The project was developed in collaboration with the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant and the community of Cranendonck and is built on land previously used by the Nyrstar zinc smelter. Greg Belland General Manager Nyrstar Budel said:  “We're proud to support one of the largest solar parks in The Netherlands Besides the fact that we are one of the most energy efficient smelters this park demonstrates our wider commitment to the transition to a sustainable future.” (HCN) Stay informed, get our free newsletter twice a week. Register here Looking to stay on top of all relevant industry and business news? Click here to subscribe to our free twice-weekly pv Europe newsletter. A podcast for investors on the opportunities and risks of the solar market The pv Europe editorial team offers their own analysis and discusses current topics with experts Dollar Tree has announced plans to move into the 13,000 square foot main unit of the complex located at the corner of Kingsway and Windhorst Roads. The news also helped bring the first Brickhouse Cardio Club to East Hillsborough County two doors down, leaving only the two end units at Kingsway Plaza vacant. Dollar Tree is known for having all items priced at $1 or less, such as greeting cards that are two for a dollar. It is the largest single-price-point retailer in North America with more than 5,000 stores across the 48 contiguous U.S. states and five Canadian provinces. Store spokeswoman Shelly Davis said their consumers — mostly married women on the go — will have more depth when it comes to brands and choices. This retail outlet will be slightly larger than the 10,000-12,000 square foot stores Dollar Tree tends to operate. "All Dollar Trees have what we call our four pillar categories: health and beauty, seasonal, party and food and snacks," Davis said. "But this store will have more than one variety." The shelves currently are empty, but when it opens later this fall, Dollar Tree will be adjacent to longtime plaza retailer Dollar General, which dubs itself as the nation's largest small box retailer with more than 11,500 stores in 40 states. Both competitors currently are trying to acquire Family Dollar. Having an anchor tenant is one reason Brandon native Sandra Budel chose to open her first fitness franchise in the complex to offer group fitness classes, such as Zumba, Body Combat, Insanity, Silver Sneakers, and more in the future. She said members will be able to enroll in unlimited classes for one monthly fee that she still is finalizing and that there will not be any "intimidating" machines. "It will be women-focused," said Budel, who has been a personal trainer for the past 3 1/2 years. "I want to give them a place to come to feel comfortable and meet other people." Budel just moved back to town after spending time in North Carolina and Maryland and also has plans to open later this fall. She will offer morning classes from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and evening classes from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. She also wants to eventually add Les Mills Body Pump classes in the future. Brickhouse will occupy 2,080 square feet and join nearby locations in Tampa and Lakeland. Brickhouse began in 2010 and has clubs in 20 states as well as Ontario, Canada. Budel said people are trying to live healthier lives nowadays and she wants to add an element of entertainment to their workouts. "People do want to be more fit," she said. "Zumba is a fun way to get fit with some social interaction." For more information about Dollar Tree, visit www.dollartree.com and to find out about West Virginia-based Brickhouse Cardio Club, visit www.brickhousecardio.com. If you know of something that should be Everybody's Business, email Eric Vician at ericvician@yahoo.com. The NS is considering driving past the train station Maarheeze (Noord-Brabant) due to the nuisance caused by asylum seekers A spokesperson for the railway company confirmed a report by De Telegraaf This concerns nuisance-causing asylum seekers from the Budel asylum seekers' center who are creating unsafe situations The company has written a letter to the Tweede Kamer It said in the letter that the NS has been confronted with “disruptive and aggressive behavior” in and around the station Extra measures have been taken at the station These measures cost the transport company 2.3 million euros a fee that the NS would like compensation for from the government FNV Spoor said that the costs of the measures in 2023 were fully compensated by the government but the NS has had to pay for it themselves in 2024 The union states that the government is turning a blind eye to measures and that NS staff and passengers are the victims of this "This is yet another example of the government washing its hands of a social problem and passing the consequences on to society," said Henri Janssen The Cabinet’s promise to solve the issues of a group of asylum seekers who are causing trouble on the track by the train station Maarheeze has not come to fruition yet This was said by the State Secretary of Public Transport after the weekly Council of Ministers meeting He added that the Cabinet will continue to discuss the matter over the coming days Jansen had promised before the meeting to report “concrete steps” after the meeting The NS raised the alarm about the situation at Maarheeze this week Asylum seekers from the reception center in the nearby Budel are causing so much trouble that the railway company is considering not stopping at the station “That is certainly not going to happen,” Jansen said on Friday morning Jansen said that the Cabinet’s inability to decide on measures instantly is partly because the Minister of Justice and Security then we also have to think about possibilities via the prosecutor's office via enforcement," said the PVV state secretary he needs not only asylum minister Marjolein Faber for that but also Van Weel The three ministers will continue discussions over the coming days Jansen hopes to have a solution to the problem at some point during next week a new form of inequality has developed in the asylum registration process People who came to the Netherlands before the opening of the overflow processing location in Zoutkamp often have to wait longer than those who arrived after Those people await their registration procedure elsewhere in the country and was confirmed by a spokesperson for the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) The situation that has surfaced has to do with the new system in which people who cannot immediately go to the Ter Apel registration center due to crowds are taken to Zoutkamp and assigned a number This ticket system prevents asylum seekers from sleeping outside for fear of losing their place in line instructing them when to return to Ter Apel for the registration and identification procedure people who could not go to Ter Apel were taken to crisis shelter locations in various places in the country They were then able to register and identify themselves in Budel The COA hoped to get these people caught up within six weeks from 15 September but it may indeed be the case "that if you came to the Netherlands earlier and were accommodated elsewhere you may have to register later," the spokesperson said The Ministry of Justice and Security agreed that people who entered the crisis emergency shelter earlier sometimes have to wait longer to start the procedure According to a spokesperson for the ministry the situation began with the introduction of the number system it was decided to send the others who came earlier to Budel for registration This created relief at Ter Apel and the backlog can likely be eliminated more quickly The COA did not know how many people were still in crisis shelters awaiting the start of the registration process The ministry also does not know exactly how many people are involved and how much longer they will have to wait the issue concerned about 2,000 people on 16 August but more recent figures were not available Ter Apel and Budel want to close asylum seeker reception centers for refugees from safe countries in an attempt to deter them from staying in the Netherlands asylum seeker reception seekers across the country have been struggling to accommodate refugees chair of the Central Organ for Asylum Seeker Reception (COA) refugees in Ter Apel had to sleep on chairs due to a shortage of beds It has been estimated by the Immigration and Naturalization Services that the around 70 asylum seeker reception centers in the country have been housing around 30 thousand refugees The shortage of asylum seeker reception centers has been increasing and could lead to refugees having to sleep in gym halls as occurred during the refugee crisis 2015 where there are two large refugee reception centers residents have been complaining about an increase in shoplifting and disturbance for years The two villages were the only ones who were willing to take in refugees from safe countries as part of an experiment that will end this year Ter Apel and Budel now said it is time for other places to step up "You also see an increase in the number of disturbance complaints from asylum seekers from safe countries," CDA council member in Ter Apel Herma Hemmen said Hemmen said she was against bringing more refugees from safe origin countries to the village The COA has been trying for years to convince municipalities to house refugees from safe countries separately Schoenmaker already warned in 2019 that the COA required more capacity to house refugees we said that we needed five thousand extra spots It would be nice if the new Cabinet took note of this in the new coalition agreement."