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The power of purpose
“Never underestimate the power of purpose; it is the driving force of success!” – Anonymous
Even though I’m no longer a homeowner I still love watching the home renovation shows on TV; there’s something almost magical about the way one person’s vision can transform the most terrible looking space into something that looks like it belongs on the pages of a magazine. I enjoy the creativity that goes into developing the project and the way the designers have to constantly battle with both the homeowners and the unexpected hiccups that inevitably crop up along the way. The part I like most though is seeing how each project adds value to the home and weighing up whether the investment justifies the return. I’ve noticed recently though, that when it comes to renovations that involve turning all or part of a home into an income property the potential rental income is often pitched as a way for the homeowner to reduce their own mortgage payment rather than as an additional income stream that can be purposed for something else. While it’s definitely true that turning part of your home into a rental property can make homeownership more affordable it seems to me that it can also be a great way to build wealth and greater financial security.
Related article: Lessons from homeownership
I have friends who purchased a home just after they got married. The husband had bought his first rental property several years earlier at age 19 and so it made perfect sense to him for them to buy a home that had either an existing basement apartment or the potential to easily create one. They found a house that would be big enough for the family they hoped to have, renovated the existing basement apartment and rented it for $600/month to a great tenant. It would have been very easy for them to have used that income to reduce their own mortgage payment but my friends decided instead to take the attitude that, as they were both earning more than enough to cover their living expenses each month, they would save the rental income and use it to pay down their mortgage faster. This turned out to be an excellent idea; their tenant ended up staying in the apartment for 10 years and the rent that he paid knocked an additional $72,000 off their mortgage, saved them thousands more in interest and allowed them to become mortgage-free years sooner than they would have.
This is a great example of the power of purposing your money and a great incentive to apply your creativity to thinking of different ways that you can create passive income streams or generate additional income that can be put to work creating future wealth. Whether it’s buying an income property, investing in someone else’s business, taking on a second job or building your own business in a manner that will allow you to sell it at some point in the future, there are plenty of ways you can plant seeds now that will bear fruit in your retirement years.
Sometimes the best way to uncover these ideas is to talk to people who’ve been successful or who have the benefit of hindsight. The reason my friend decided to buy a house at 19 and rent his spare rooms to friends was that he was working at a company where most of his fellow employees were in their 50s. As he chatted with them each day at work, he would often hear them comment that they wished they’d been smarter with their money when they were younger and spent more on investments and real estate and less on beer and vacations! He took their comments to heart and applied the benefit of their hindsight to building his own financial security.
Related article: Do you have a money mentor?
I talk to people every day who share stories of their own success and those of people they know; sometimes you can learn just as much from stories of things that didn’t work as you can from stories of those things that did. Why not try initiating those conversations amongst your own circle and see what ideas you can uncover? You may be surprised at how much of an impact re-purposing your income can have over time and how much of an impact it could have on your own financial future. | <urn:uuid:6eefab6c-6c53-45d7-a9a2-dd408fd2c1c6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://retirehappy.ca/power-purpose/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.983837 | 833 | 1.5625 | 2 |
One thing in my WiFi journey I’ve found interesting, is how well the technology works over what seems a very large range of WiFi signal strength. A bit like Conor McGregor in the ring, WiFi just keeps coming at you, no matter how you try to run or shield your face from it’s blows..
Let’s not get too Isaac Newton, but basically in the radio world, signal strength varies exponentially as distance varies linearly. This is why when we look at WiFi using a linear scale, such as milliwatts, we see such small values alongside such large values.
Download the Wireshark for WiFi profile now or read on.
Even if you’re an avid user of some of the premium packet analysis tools out there, such as Savvius’ excellent Omnipeek, every so often most people will be opening up the free Wireshark to look at a capture.
Unfortunately the default view included with Wireshark is very poorly suited to 802.11 packet analysis:
I recently attended a Certified Wireless Design Professional (CWDP) course, host by Spectrotech and trained by Wi-Fi expert and CWNE #1, Devin Akin.
One of the highlights of a week of intense training was an exercise on the last day. Devin asked the class to break into teams and each team was to come up with as many ways to increase Wi-Fi airtime as possible. We would then reconvene and deliver our results one-at-a-time in round-robin fashion. If one team gave an answer, the others couldn’t give the answer and had to come up with their own, until all responses had been delivered. The team with the most answers would be declared the winner.
Well, with so many great professionals in each team, it’s no wonder that Devin managed to fill the whiteboard and then had to declare a tie. | <urn:uuid:fa758702-0b57-4076-a0e9-ec783349e8b4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.airxperts.net/index.php/category/blog/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00264.warc.gz | en | 0.970876 | 407 | 1.914063 | 2 |
It is located on the Mae Klong River, Soi Fa Sub-district, Photharam District, Ratchaburi Province. Area about 55 rai
Wat Khanon was built when there was no clear evidence. but if the age is determined from the stone semas located around the ubosot
There is an inscription in the year 2327 which corresponds to the reign of King Buddha Yodfa Chulalok the Great. presumably
Wat Khanon was built around 230 years ago.
The word "Khanon" means the location of the tax checkpoint. The villagers called that place Dan Khanon.
Due to the duty of collecting farm tax, forest tax and various taxes that are traded along the Mae Klong River
When King Buddha Yodfa Chulalok the Great His Majesty the King appoint government officials from
The capital comes to checkpoint Khanon. making contact between the capital and the city of Ratchaburi always
Wat Khanon is known to the general public. Later in the reign of King Chulalongkorn
This Kanon checkpoint was canceled, leaving only the temple. Therefore, the villagers called it "Wat Khanon" after the name of the Dan.
Wat Khanon is one of the most important temples in Thailand.
Organized as a temple that preserves the arts and culture of Nang Yai performances
and won Listed by UNESCO as a heritage
world culture of the Asia-Pacific region when june
2007 and June 8, 2007 , the committee
UNESCO experts declared "the succession and restoration of
Nang Yai Wat Khanon" has been honored as one of 6 outstanding communities.
of the world with works in the conservation and restoration of abstract cultural heritage
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Dive into GraphQL
Material used by myself to do an introductory workshop on GraphQL
How many times do you find API’s that re not well documented?
How many time you don’t agree with your workmates about the HTTP status?
How many times do you disagree with the chosen endpoint for a REST Service?
GraphQL is not a programming language, nor a a framework. GraphQL is just a specification that tells how we must implement our API’s
GraphQL is focused on API’s consumers, being the clients the ones who decide with data want bring from the server side.
GraphQL was invented by an engineering team at Facebook by 2012.
GraphQL was announced in 2015 and It’s currently maintained by the open source community.
Having a look at Facebook we find that a lot of information is showed in any page.
User details, family details, list of friends, working experience… Thinking of REST, this would imply several services requests….
Since GraphQL was published several companies have been adopting this specification in order to implement their own services.
Some of the most known companies are the ones in the picture.
Awesome this article written by Mark Stuart (Lead at Paypal)
A good way to understand GraphQL can be comparing it to REST.
REST provides an endpoint per each implemented service. Since Rest is implemented over HTTP protocol we need decide not only the endpoint but also the verb for our service.
GraphQL provides a single endpoint (usually /graphql) and all the services can be consumed pointing to this endpoint.
GraphQL is typed. This means that both, client & server known which information is sent. Even most importante the fact that we also know the type of the data.
GraphQL establishes a contract between client & server that makes communications easy.
Do you agree with your workmates when the API needs to be upgraded to a new version?
Versioned API is a .common practice in REST but GraphQL doesn’t bet for it. GraphQL proposes that API mustn’t be versioned. However, it provides mechanisms to deprecate old or unused data from our API’s
GraphQL is highly focused on making the life easier to the clients. The clients can always decided which data want to retrieve from the server.
However, in REST architectures this decision is taken by the server.
Again, as REST is coupled to HTTP protocol, it makes use of HTTP statuses in order to represent an error:
All GrahpQL responses will be a 200OK even when something failed. Error is defined inside the response body
Cache is implemented in HTTP protocol, so REST take advantage of this.
GraphQL cache doesn’t implement a cache mechanism so must be the client the one that decided how their data are cached. (In future posts I will explain how we can do it)
An amazing list of good practices to make safer our GraphQL service can be found here
Let’s do it
First of all, we need to write the contract for our service. This will permit both client and server establish the services endpoints.
If you have experience with OOP you see what an easy to understand is.
The best way to understand GraphQL is implementing a GraphQL service.
We will implement a GraphQL API that will helps us to organize meetings in a company. The requirements for this application are:
- The API must provide a way to add rooms, employees and meetings
- Meetings can only be organized by employees but invited people can be both employees and external workers.
Write the domain models in the contract (the GraphQL schema)
Adding descriptions and comments to our API
Below, we see how API’s are described in GraphQL. This is really important when a client needs to understand our API’s.
Write operations provided by our API (query and mutations. Subscriptor will be explained in a future post)
Since this workshop is not focused on how implement a GraphQL you don’t need to spend time on it. On the hand, please checkout this project that implements the operations in the above GraphQL schema
A graphql project used with workshop purposes. Contribute to wesovilabs/workshop-graphql development by creating an…
To run the project, take one of the options
- make run: Docker is required
- make local: In this case you need to get a mongodb running locally on port 27017.
Once our GraphQL application is up and running we can consume the services.
- Open your browser and go to http://localhost:7000/graphql
Now you can save data into the database by making use of mutations
or read data with queries
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As someone who has worked nights the past 7 years, there usually isn’t anything good on television overnight. Despite trying to sleep on my nights off, my body is use to staying up late. Thus, I have a tendency to channel surf from time to time. Over Thanksgiving I caught an author who was speaking about an intriguing account from Cambodia. While talking with a psychologist doing research oversees, an unlikely cure for depression was discovered.
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise, Jeremiah 17:14.
This psychologist was studying Cambodian techniques on treating depression. One case study centered around a rice patty farmer who lost his leg when a land mine exploded. Doctors initially provided an artificial limb to continue his occupation after being medically cleared to return to work. Unfortunately, the strength to stay under water and added pain from this injury was too much for this man to overcome.
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand, Isaiah 41:10.
When depression overwhelmed this man’s soul, medication was considered, but not prescribed. Instead, doctor’s listened to this man pour out of his heart, trying to come up with an alternative solution. After several days of discussion, this man was given a cow instead of drugs. This gift enabled this man to transition to a milk farmer. After one month of changing occupations, this man’s depression disappeared. Perhaps, its time that America adopts similar policies by stop handing out drugs and start being creative so that more unlikely cures for depression are discovered.
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The nature of our species, we have to nourish ourselves as well as eliminate the toxins from our body and mind to attain a healthy balance in our living.
Meditation allows you to immerse yourself in the art of spirituality, which can help you shape your thoughts and create a balance between your heart and mind. The habits of living meditation help us to live life differently, learn to take care of ourselves much better, and filter the negative energy surrounding our spirit.
Practices of movement like yoga and martial arts can help to establish an impenetrable connection between the mind and body.
Morning Lazziness is bringing to you an illuminating interview session with Dr. Jenelle Kim.
Jenelle Kim is a Doctor of Chinese Medicine, author, speaker, and educator of finding happiness by incorporating Tao philosophy and mindfulness into daily life through Living Meditation.
Jenelle has been devoted to integrating the philosophy, medical wisdom, and expertise of East Asia with the advancements of modern life and medicine of the West for the past 20 years. She is also a loving mother of 2 young boys, for whom she finds time amidst her professional career.
“I am the custodian as well as the guardian of the herbal formulations passed down directly within my family line for many generations”- Dr. Jenelle.
Myung Sung incorporates the three essential pillars: medicine, meditation, and movement. It shapes you to look at a situation with a greater perspective. It can empower you to become more decisive in life. One of the universal principles I believe in is “We as human beings are so connected to each other, to the universe through our time”- Dr. Jenelle.
“I have walked down many roads, but the road of becoming an author is certainly on the top of the list.”
Her debut volume, Myung Sung – The Korean Art of Living Meditation, will be released shortly. Based on my reading, I am delighted to extend my reader’s experience. I was not really a fan of self-help books before reading this one, but after reading it, I’ve vowed to read more in the genre.
Myung Sung is a book that exposes you to the Korean practice of living meditation. It has been broken down into eight easy chapters. It is a symbolic representation of the relationship between tao philosophy and mindfulness. I see it as an antidote that has the ability to heal stress, teach you to become absorptive with pure reserves of natural energy engulfing your body and spirit.
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MiiR designs every product in-house with an emphasis on four design elements: minimal, sustainable, functional and enduring.
Koko Vida throw rugs are made using 100% recycled cotton from textile leftovers and cotton waste.
from plastic bottles to beach towels
Plastic pollution is a ferocious beast but when it’s recycled into good strong fabrics, it can give single use plastics a second life. Every ‘Towel For Two’ is made from 40 recycled plastic bottles.
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With a mission to empower people for a better future, MiiR is a design-forward and generosity-driven brand.
Their iconic line of drinkware products combines beauty, performance, and sustainability. They're a certified B Corp, Climate Neutral Certified, and proud members of 1% For The Planet and The Conservation Alliance.
They recognize that their premium stainless steel vessels — for coffee, beer, food, wine, and everything in between — are commodities that bring people together. And these commodities all rely on three things at their core: water, earth, and the relationship that people have with both. In order to close the loop and support the entire supply chain, we need to make sure these basic ingredients are considered, cared for and nourished. With this in mind, MiiR continues to emphasize and celebrate these fundamental elements by aligning their giving projects to support clean water, a healthy environment, and strong communities.
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Your study involvement would be in addition to your medical care. You will not need to change any of your current treatments or medications.
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1. HISTORY AS A SCIENCE
1.1. Subject of study, scientific categories of history
1.2. Methodology and principles of history
2. RELIGIOUS-HISTORICAL THEORY OF THE STUDY OF HISTORICAL FACTS
3 WORLD-HISTORICAL THEORY OF THE STUDY OF HISTORICAL FACTS
4. LOCAL-HISTORICAL THEORY OF THE STUDY OF HISTORICAL FACTS
Interest in the past has existed since the human race was born. This interest is difficult to explain by human curiosity alone. The fact is that man himself is a historical being. It grows, changes, develops over time, is a product of this development.
The original meaning of the word "history" goes back to the ancient Greek term meaning "investigation", "recognition", "establishment". History was identified with the establishment of authenticity, the truth of events and facts. In Roman historiography, this word began to mean not a way of recognition, but a story about the events of the past.
Soon "history" began to be called in general any story about any event, incident, real or fictional.
Currently we use the word "history"; in two senses: first, to refer to the story of the past, and second, when it comes to the science that studies the past.
The object of the work is the science of history.
The subject of the work is history as a scientific discipline.
The subject of the work is the consideration of history as a science.
The objectives of the work are to consider the subject and scientific categories of history, as well as to consider various theories of the study of history
History of Russia IX-XX centuries / Ed. by N. P. Ionichev. – M.: INFRA-M. – 2006. – 816 p.
History of Russia from ancient times to the beginning of the XX century. Ed. Froyanova I. A. / / based on the materials of the site http://www.gumer.info/bibliotek_Buks/History/Frojan/index.php (accessed 18.04.2011)
History of Russia from ancient times to 1861 / ed. by N. P. Pavlenko. – M.: Higher School. – 2006. – 536 p.
Kuzmin A. G. History of Russia from ancient times to 1618. – Moscow: Higher School. - 2003. 448 p.
Lichman B. V. History of Russia. Theories of study. – Yekaterinburg: Publishing House "SV-96". - 2001 // Electronic version of the publication
Fedorov V. A., Moryakov V. I., Shchetinov Yu. A. History of Russia from ancient times to the present day. – M.: knorus. – 2005. – 544 p. | <urn:uuid:8aac28b4-dbb3-42d6-9d1a-8537d4d2f9a1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://infostore.pro/readyworks/631 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.887059 | 626 | 3.21875 | 3 |
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The Central Eastern European Labour Legislation database (CEELEX) is a legal database containing labour and industrial relations related legal texts. It covers thirteen Central and Eastern European economies, including the five project economies. The ILO developed and continuously updates CEELEX with the purpose of providing a data platform to support informed policy making decisions with regard to labour and industrial relations.
It aims to identify national legal and institutional solutions set out in the national legal systems in Central and Eastern European countries using as benchmarks the provisions of ILO Conventions: Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 (No. 87), Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100), Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 (No. 151), Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154) , Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144), Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158).
The ILO implemented ESAP 2 will support national legal experts to update CEELEX and generate knowledge in the field of labour and industrial relations based on the collected information.
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WW2: The White Rose Resistance
2022 marks the 80 year anniversary of the White Rose resistance against Nazism. The White Rose was made up of 5 students and an academic in Munich, who saw the atrocities of the Nazi regime and knew that somebody had to stand up against it. At great personal risk, they typed up anti-nazi rhetoric and disseminated it across universities in the hopes of stopping World War 2, and preventing the Nazi party from further bloodshed. Eventually giving their lives, this important story is being shared by Alexandra LLoyd from Oxford University, providing a detailed explanation of what happened, and what lessons can be learnt from this remarkable sacrifice.
The Senior Producer was Elena Guthrie. The Assistant Producer was Aidan Lonergan.
Edited and mixed by Annie Coloe
Extracts performed by Sophia Fabian
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A map of gene activity has been created that scientists hope will shed new light on the causes of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. The research is the most detailed analysis to date of gene activity in the brains of mice.
Neurons in the cortex of mammalian brains, including in mice and humans, form six layers which scientists believe contribute to the higher intelligence of mammals. Cells in each layer perform different tasks as a result of genes being turned on and off. By finding out which genes were in use in each layer scientists hope to better understand how the brain works and how neurological diseases affect it.
The researchers determined the activity of genes by measuring mRNA levels. mRNA is a molecule produced by an active gene, carrying the information held within the gene to other parts of the cell where protein is made using that information. Unlike in previous studies, scientists looked at every gene in the genome, which meant they could build a comprehensive map of which genes were turned on and off in each layer. They were then able to look at specific genes linked to disease. For example, genes involved in Parkinson’s disease were especially active in layer five.
The data have been made freely available allowing scientists from around the world to look at the huge amount of information in detail, and determine how specific genes contribute to brain activity and disease.
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May 8th, 2021—
Many modern automobile manufacturers have switched from traditional analog gauges to digital LCD screens. These let the driver configure their dashboard to suit their needs. When driving on the highway, they might want to see a map and a speedometer. When on the track, they can switch that to a tachometer, g-force meter, and shift light. To modernize his NA Miata, Jroobi used two Arduino Due boards to create an LCD dashboard.
The first Mazda MX-5 (the Miata for Americans), referred to as the “NA” by enthusiasts, went into production way back in 1989, which was decades before LCD gauge clusters became common. Jroobi has spent years modifying his NA Miata and one of those modifications was a Raspberry Pi in place of the stereo that lets him control and monitor the car. His newest modification is even more impressive, because it gives him a customizable touchscreen LCD right behind the steering wheel.
Jroobi has been working on this dashboard upgrade for years, but it was on the backburner for 18 months due to problems caused by a bad power supply. But he has now reached the point where it seems to be working very well. A pair of Arduino Dues control the touchscreen, which fills the two large gauges. The two smaller gauges, for fuel level and oil temperature, remain analog. The LCD gauges can display all kinds of information and are customizable. Jroobi can, for example, adjust the soft redline shown on the tachometer. There are far too many features for us to cover here, so check out Jroobi’s video to get all the details. | <urn:uuid:cec47bfb-fe94-4588-9217-422564d7e29c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hyperedge.tech/2021/05/08/mazda-miata-gets-arduino-dashboard-upgrade/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.964065 | 346 | 1.742188 | 2 |
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Retired Circus Elephants Move To New Home With Plenty Of Room To Explore
Sep 17, 2021
After years of intense public pushback, the now-shuttered Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus finally announced the retirement of their Asian elephant performers in 2016.
While the decision was a resounding victory for animal lovers and activists, it raised a new issue. The mighty pachyderms were raised in captivity and lacked the skills to survive in the wild. Now, thanks to Florida-based White Oak Conservation, the animals have a new home — one where they can roam freely. Located about 30 miles north of Jacksonville, Florida, the sprawling 17,000-acre facility is home to between 350 and 400 animals comprising 35 endangered species. They include rhinos, cheetahs, giraffes, and okapis.
The conservation center welcomed the first batch of retired circus elephants in May 2021. The 12 female elephants, which include two sets of full sisters and numerous half-sisters, range from 8 to 38 years old. To make the transition easier, they were socialized together for several months before being moved. The majestic animals will be joined by the remaining 20 as soon as the additional areas to house them are completed.
The 2,500-acre sanctuary is modeled after the elephant's natural habitat in the wild. The diverse environments include pine forests, meadows, and wetlands, all connected for easy transition by foot. The animals can wander in the woods, relax in the mud, or swim in one of the eleven specially-built water holes. The elephants can also spend their days relaxing inside the specially-built barns close to their human caregivers.
"We are thrilled to give these elephants a place to wander and explore,” said the conservation center's owners Mark and Kimbra Walter. "We are working to protect wild animals in their native habitats. But for these elephants that can’t be released, we are pleased to give them a place where they can live comfortably for the rest of their lives.” White Oak Conservation is not the only non-profit helping rehabilitate retired circus elephants. On September 23, 2021, Georgia-based Elephant Refuge North America (ERNA) will welcome Bo. The 34-year-old male elephant has spent the past 30 years performing for the George Carden Circus.
Bo will be housed in a seven-acre habitat complete with pastures, woods, a pond, and a new custom-designed, fully automated elephant house. The pachyderm's habitat will be expanded to 100 acres once ERNA can raise sufficient funds to reinforce the perimeter fencing. The conservation center also hopes to add nine more retired elephants to the sanctuary. | <urn:uuid:b8fe9eb8-1d4e-4479-85ad-0218fb456be3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.assameseunlimited.com/news-1/retired-circus-elephants-move-to-new-home-with-plenty-of-room-to-explore | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.942712 | 560 | 2.171875 | 2 |
2 edition of Women on the job found in the catalog.
Women on the job
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Men's and Women's Definitions of "Good" Jobs: Similarities and Differences by Age and Across Time. Abstract. Whether and to what extent men and women hold differing preferences for particular job attributes remains the subject of debate, with a sizable number of empirical studies producing conflicting results. The Hebrew Book of Job is part of Ketuvim ("Writings") of the Jewish much is known about Job based on the Masoretic text of the Jewish Bible. The characters in the Book of Job consist of Job, his wife, his three friends (Bildad, Eliphaz, and Zophar), a man named Elihu, God, and angels (one of whom is named Satan).It begins with an introduction to Job's Major shrine: Tomb of Job.
While it is often common to think that women work because they “need” to do so for their families, our work supports findings from Sarah’s first book, which argues that women who have the. I n the Book of Job, his wife says "Baruch Elokhim, ve mos" which in most Masoretic texts is translated "Curse G-d, and die". The Author: Alexander Goldberg.
We're a company of pioneers. It's our job to make bold bets, and we get our energy from inventing on behalf of customers. Success is measured against the possible, not the probable. For today’s pioneers, that’s exactly why there’s no place on Earth they’d rather build than Amazon. Editor’s Note: This study on Judges originated from a handout and class notes in Dr. Robert Chisholm’s Hebrew class at Dallas Theological Seminary. Background Today we are going to study the book of Judges, but I think it always helps to understand the context of a book before you study it, so first I want to show how Judges fits into the history of the nation of Israel.
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Oh, foolish women. Later, Job comments that his misery is due at least in part to the fact that his wife can't stand his bad breath (). We mean, when it's bad, it's bad—there's nothing worse than bad breath mixed with ash and sackcloth.
We couldn't make this stuff up if we tried. Job is 7 weeks long, starting January 10 and ending February You’ll get to watch the full video teaching for free for a limited time!** You’ll need to grab a copy of the Job Bible study the Bible study book here or grab one off the shelves at your local LifeWay Store.
(Friends outside the U.S., check out this list of online retailers around the world.). In the well-known biblical story dealing with the problem of undeserved suffering, Job loses his children, his possessions, and his health. Job’s nameless wife turns up after the final blow, after Job has been struck with boils.
The attention to Job’s suffering usually ignores the fact that she too, after all, is a victim of these divine tests in addition to being pained by exposure to his. Developing a consistent set of book club discussion questions enables employees to apply the concepts on the job.
It builds camaraderie, comfort, and teamwork in the group of employees who attend. It is a team building activity that works as well as these more formal : Susan M. Heathfield. Joy is the constant companion of the woman who trusts in the Lord. And while you can find it in friends, family, and circumstances, unfailing, persistent joy will only ever overflow from your relationship with Jesus.
Just ask Job, the man from Uz who clung to God’s goodness while all his worldly joys were stripped away. But how is it possible to hold onto such joy in times of Height: Discover the Redemptive Side to Job's Story of Suffering.
Joy is the constant companion of the woman who trusts in the Lord. And while you can find it in friends, family, and circumstances, unfailing, persistent joy will only ever overflow from your relationship with Jesus. Part of a midcentury wave of young women seeking new lives in New York City, Maggie works for legendary Port Authority public relations maven Lee K.
Jaffe affectionately known to her loyal staff as Mrs. Pauline Moreau is running from the past. She arrives in the city on the brink of despair, saddled with a young daughter who needs more love, attention, and. Women stand to lose $,ooo over the course of their careers by not negotiating their first salary, according to some estimates.
Even today, millennials and women are the least likely groups to Author: Ruchika Tulshyan. If you've ever taken a drab job because you were desperate for the health insurance, you'll relate to Sophia Amoruso's book.
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Job asks Jemimah to play the lyre, Keziah to hold the incense pan, and Keren-happuch, to beat on the drum. Only the daughters are privileged to see the chariot of light that comes to take Job’s soul, and they accompany the chariot with song (chap.
52). Adapted from Hananel Mack. Job and the Book of Job in Rabbinic Literature (Hebrew). Ramat.Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (–) which was originally published in two volumes in and Alcott wrote the book over several months at the request of her publisher.
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The wireless Internet has arrived – and now the sky's the limit.
We stand at the brink of a transformation. It is a moment that echoes the birth of the Internet in the mid-'70s, when the radical pioneers of computer networking - machines talking to each other! - hijacked the telephone system with their first digital hellos. Or that jaw-dropper a decade later when the FCC official whose job it was to track the growth of communications networks suddenly realized that his neat tabulation of local and long-distance had been made moot by the unforeseen rise of local-area networks: an unregulated, unmonitored, uncontrollable phenomenon of the upstart PC industry that would soon shake the telecom world. Or the arrival of the Web browser, which blew millions of minds, making a mouseclick feel like teleportation.
This time it is not wires but the air between them that is being transformed. Over the past three years, a wireless technology has arrived with the power to totally change the game. It's a way to give the Internet wing without licenses, permission, or even fees. In a world where we've been conditioned to wait for cell phone carriers to bring us the future, this anarchy of the airwaves is as liberating as the first PCs - a street-level uprising with the power to change everything.
The technology is Wi-Fi, and it's the first blast in a revolution, called open spectrum, that will drive the Internet to the next stage in its colonization of the globe. Like the Net itself, Wi-Fi was confined to technical circles for years before exploding into the mainstream, seemingly out of nowhere. Over the past two years, it's become one of the fastest-growing electronics technologies in history.
What makes the new standard so alluring? Wi-Fi is cheap, powerful, and, most important, it works. A box the size of a paperback, and costing no more than dinner for two, magically distributes broadband Internet to an area the size of a football field. A card no larger than a matchbook receives it. The next laptop you buy will probably have Wi-Fi built in. Wires may soon be for power alone.
But the appeal goes deeper. Wi-Fi represents a fundamentally different approach to the airwaves that could lead to a new era of wireless policy. Like other open spectrum technologies rising in its wake, Wi-Fi is a way to use the handful of frequencies set aside for unrestricted consumer use. That's true of the old CB radio, too, but unlike the trucker channels Wi-Fi is digital and smart enough to avoid congestion. After 100 years of regulations that assumed serious wireless technologies were fragile and in need of protection by monopolies on exclusive frequencies (making spectrum the most valuable commodity of the information age), Wi-Fi is fully capable of protecting itself. It has turned the airwaves into a commons without tragedy, and turned the economics of wireless on its head.
Among the geeks, Wi-Fi has become a fascination, a glimpse of the future of the Internet. Like the Web, it's open, unregulated, and free. It doesn't require a loyalty oath to some corporate behemoth. Anyone can deploy it, and millions have. For many it's an epiphany - the unforgettable impact of being in the presence of something important and new. | <urn:uuid:aff80a8c-d324-4675-91af-cdba33c47ea6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wired.com/2003/05/wifirevolution/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.949544 | 677 | 2.34375 | 2 |
Composite Fillings in Las Vegas, NV
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What Are Composite Fillings?
Dental cavities are created when bacteria attack your enamel. In the past, cavities were treated with an amalgam material, which is a mixture of different metals, like mercury or silver. Now we know that amalgam fillings do not adhere very well with the teeth and the mercury may be hazardous to your health. At Elegant Smiles in Las Vegas, NV, our dentists use tooth-colored fillings made with a composite resin to fill cavities and protect the tooth. They also can take out metal fillings and replace them with composite resin fillings for a safer and better-looking treatment for cavities.
What to Expect with Composite Fillings
Composite resin tooth-colored fillings usually fill in the decayed area once it's been cleaned out by one of our dental experts. Composite resin is a versatile material that may be used to treat other problems with your teeth, such as chips or wear on the enamel by teeth grinding (bruxism). Since the composite resin is colored to match your natural teeth, fillings may be placed on both the front and back teeth for a great appearance. Getting a filling with composite resin at Elegant Smiles is typically an easy treatment. The treatment area will be numbed to help you feel more comfortable. Stronger forms of sedation may be discussed for any fears or anxieties to help keep you relaxed during the procedure. After you're prepared, the affected enamel can be treated using a special drill that we will select based on where the cavity is located and the amount of decay. Once the enamel is treated and the area is disinfected, the area will be replaced with the composite resin and hardened. You should be able to return to your day after your composite filling is done, but you might notice a sensitivity to cold and hot foods and beverages for a few days. You can use over-the-counter pain medication to treat any discomfort; however, you should not have any major problems. If after a few days the filling feels high or uneven, please contact our office. Your tooth-colored filling should be cleaned by following a normal home oral care routine with daily brushing and flossing. At your annual exam, our dentist will check your filling to decide if it should be repaired or replaced at any point.
Elegant Smiles Reviews
What is unique about Elegant Smiles is that the dentists are husband and wife who take the time to understand your dental needs and goals. They truly care and it shows in their process. They are a very skilled and kind hearted team. They use the latest in technology, yielding beautiful results. The office is new and super clean. It's always a pleasure to visit! I highly recommend Elegant Smiles for all your dental needs.
Absolutely incredible. Very caring and professional. Everyone at the office takes attention to detail customer service to the next level. Highly recommend.
These guys are great! Starting from the receptionist, to the dental assistants all the way to Drs. Huynh and Phan. Everyone treats you so well. They make sure you know what's happening (if you wanna know, at least) and that you're comfortable the whole time. They've even taken care to put in amenities for you: like a massage dentist chair and a TV right above it for when your teeth are getting worked on. It's a great office, great practice.
This dentist office is truly a gem in Las Vegas! Dr. Eileen and her husband are so nice and competent. The receptionists always promptly call back and they will go above and beyond to squeeze you in if you need an emergency repair for a broken tooth for example. They won't try to sell you treatments you don't need and they don't lie to their patients. Been to so many bad dentist offices in the past, they are one of the best in Las Vegas. Prices are very reasonable too! Highly recommend this dentist office. Thank you Dr. Eileen!!
Thank you for the wonderful service I received today😊. I needed to get a lot of work done and was nervous about potential pain, because of my past experiences with other dentist offices. Dr. Huynh is the best dentist I have ever had, and treated this cry baby with the most gentle hands. She individually cleaned each tooth in my mouth, and I didn’t even need numbing gel lol. Everywhere else I have been in the past left me traumatized and in pain, so what a relief it was to be given that extra reassurance and perfect end results. I had an awesome teeth cleaning, and was numbed up perfectly to have my fillings put in. I look forward to all of my future teeth cleanings and check ups with Dr. Huynh!!!
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Cavities may begin as a small issue, but it's crucial to have them fixed before they become a big issue. At Elegant Smiles in Las Vegas, NV, cavities can be corrected with tooth-colored or composite fillings. We will match the shade of your teeth so you get a healthy, beautiful smile. If you suspect you or a family member has a cavity, contact our office to make a dental exam with one of our doctors. If you have amalgam (silver) fillings, talk to our team about having them taken out and replaced with composite resin. | <urn:uuid:1f660fa8-0aa8-4fac-ae2d-9210400266eb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://elegantsmileslv.com/services/restorative-dentistry/composite-fillings-las-vegas-nv | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.955857 | 1,146 | 1.59375 | 2 |
TESLA Inc chief executive Elon Musk said the US electric carmaker and his rocket company SpaceX are facing significant inflationary pressure in raw materials and logistics.
Musk in a tweet on Sunday also asked about the inflation rate outlook and said his companies “are not alone”, retweeting an article saying the Ukraine-Russia conflict sent commodity prices to their highest levels since 2008.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to a surge in prices of metals used in cars - from aluminium in the bodywork to palladium catalytic converters to the high-grade nickel in electric vehicle batteries - and customers are likely to foot the bill.
Tesla and SpaceX were not available for additional comments.
Soaring raw material prices has raised concerns about electric vehicles (EV) economics, as legacy vehiclemakers and startups prepare to launch new cars this year after overcoming problems related to chip shortages.
Additionally, geopolitical challenges arising from the invasion have affected factory operations in the US and made it difficult for raw material suppliers to quote prices.
“Just as hopes of the semi-conductor shortage was easing ... the invasion has thrown up fresh disruptions to the supply of essential materials and a worrying surge in prices,” Hargreaves Lansdown analyst Susannah Streeter said.
Wells Fargo analysts noted that prices of nickel, a key material used in batteries, were up 130 percent, while cobalt, lithium and aluminium surged 16 percent to 88 percent this year.
Tesla last week raised prices of its popular SUVs and sedans in China and the US by $1000. Rivian Automotive Inc warned it would cut its planned production in half, while Toyota Motor Corp said it would scale back production due to supply-chain issues.
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A Brief history:
The Uniting Church in Australia came into being on 22 June 1977, after three denominations – Congregational Union in Australia, the Methodist Church of Australasia, and the Presbyterian Church of Australia – joined together. In uniting, the members of those bodies testified to “that unity which is both Christ’s gift and will for the Church” (Basis of Union, para. 1).
The Basis of Union is the document that set the platform for how these churches came together. It outlines the roles of the different councils of the Church including congregations (local), presbyteries (regional), the synods (statewide – although Uniting Churches in Victoria and Tasmania form the one same synod), and the Assembly (national). It states the central affirmations of the Christian faith and is a guide to what is central in the life of the Uniting Church.
Croydon Uniting Church was formed in 1996 by the coming together of Croydon Central Uniting (which was Croydon Methodist Church prior to church Union) and Tallent Street Uniting (which was Croydon Presbyterian Church prior to Church Union) to be one single visible and vibrant Uniting Church presence in Croydon. Centenaries Celebrations were held in 2007 to celebrate over 100 years of Making a Difference (the title of the centenary history) in mission, witness and service through the current Croydon Uniting Church and its predecessors. It continues to make a difference in the lives of the church community and the local community through its active and vibrant life, mission, witness and service – through what it is, and what it does.
Vision Statement prior to 2017:
For over a decade, Croydon Uniting had been committed to the following Vision Statement. (On August 6, 2017, a new vision statement, for a new era, was approved which is presented on the Vision page)
We at Croydon Uniting Church with God’s grace and guidance will witness and proclaim the good news of God’s love through Jesus Christ to the local and wider community.
We will focus particularly on:
. our prayer life, contemplation and discernment
. pastoral care of the frail and aged
. ministry with children, youth and their families
. actively serving the local and wider community
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- 1 What is a good midsole drop?
- 2 Why is midsole drop important?
- 3 What is a 12mm drop in shoes mean?
- 4 What does 8mm drop in shoes mean?
- 5 Is heel drop good or bad?
- 6 Is midsole drop same as heel drop?
- 7 What is midsole height?
- 8 Do marathon runners wear Zero Drop shoes?
- 9 What is shoe midsole?
- 10 What does 4mm drop mean?
- 11 Is 12mm heel drop good?
- 12 What is insole and midsole?
What is a good midsole drop?
A high heel-toe drop (over 7 mm) is best for runners who land heel first, have issues with their Achilles tendon, or who often wear shoes with an elevated heel. A low heel-toe drop (from 0 to 6 mm) is best for runners who land on the middle or front of the foot.
Why is midsole drop important?
The lower the drop, the more a shoe will help promote a midfoot strike—considered by many to have a lower impact stride than a heel strike. Keep in mind that the lower the drop, the more your Achilles tendon will have to work.
What is a 12mm drop in shoes mean?
A drop of 12mm would mean that the heel sits 12mm higher off the ground than the forefoot. The importance of the HT drop value is that it's thought that the lower it is, the easier it will be to land on your midfoot or forefoot while running.
What does 8mm drop in shoes mean?
Drop (or offset) refers to the difference in height between the heel area of the shoe and the forefoot, as measured in millimeters (mm). … As running popularity began to increase in the 1960's, running shoe drops were in the 4-8mm range. This means the heel was 4-8mm higher, than the forefoot area.
Is heel drop good or bad?
The heel drop can contribute towards getting injured. … If they run in a shoe which has a high heel drop, i.e. 10mm-12mm then decides to buy a shoe which has a much lower drop, i.e. 4mm-6mm then this will put extra strain on the tendon and may result in further problems and injuries.
Is midsole drop same as heel drop?
The 'drop' of a running shoe is essentially the difference between the height/thickness of the midsole under the heel compared to the same measure under the ball of the foot.
What is midsole height?
Midsole Stack Height Or better yet it's the distance your foot is from the ground. The higher the stack height the more cushion the lower the stack height the more you will feel the hard surface below. It's really that simple.
Do marathon runners wear Zero Drop shoes?
Zero-drop shoes are more popular in the trail running and ultra-running worlds, where paces are slower but long endurance is paramount. Standard running shoes still rule in the road running and marathon world, where runners still prefer cushioning and comfort…at least for now.
What is shoe midsole?
The midsole is the cushioned material (material, density, and thickness may vary) that is directly between your foot and outsole. The midsole provides cushioning and rebound and helps protect the foot from feeling hard or sharp objects. Sep 16, 2020Knowledge.
What does 4mm drop mean?
Zero drop means that the toe and heel of the shoe are the same distance from the ground. … A shoe with a 4mm drop, which seems to be a popular heel drop these days, means that the difference between the height of the toe or forefoot of the shoe is 4mm less than the height of the heel portion of the shoe.
Is 12mm heel drop good?
Most shoes will have a moderate heel-to-toe drop, which simply suggests you avoid trail runners that are at or near the 0mm and the 12mm ends of the spec range. If you wear flats or flip-flops all the time, then low-drop shoes might be fine. A low heel drop encourages a midfoot or forefoot strike.
What is insole and midsole?
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These baby led weaning recipes are great for babies from six months old. The recipes are easy to make, tasty and nutritious. They are low in sodium, contain no added sugars or sweeteners and the majority contain fruit or vegetables.
Search this category for recipes your baby can enjoy at home or out and about. You will find breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack and side options that hopefully your baby will love.
Baby-led weaning recipes are often considered as finger foods, however, it isn't limited to just this.
Most of these family meals are already baby-friendly or can be adapted so your baby can join in. By doing this babies are exposed to a variety of tastes and textures. Allow your baby to explore foods and get messy!
Don't forget soup! Even though it isn't the easiest thing to serve babies at first, many soups can be made thicker to be more nutrient-dense and to make self-feeding easier.
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“I’m a good driver; it’s the other guy I worry about.” This video training refreshes every driver on the basic defensive driving skills to prepare you for whatever the “other guy” does behind the wheel. Most accidents are caused by speeding, failure to stop, following too closely or crossing the center line. All of those driving faults can be compounded by snow, ice, rain or foggy conditions. A smaller number of crashes are due to vehicle malfunction. The seven defensive driving techniques this video shows will prepare any driver to expect the unexpected. Be sure your employees know how to defend themselves against others’ poor decisions, impulsive actions and erratic behavior behind the wheel. Empower them to expect others’ mistakes and make themselves noticed. Help them see trouble coming down the road before it gets to them. | <urn:uuid:98314471-d0b7-4bc1-9be8-090e629a0f79> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.masterytcn.com/courses/driving-defensive-driving-step-vans/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00264.warc.gz | en | 0.906526 | 223 | 2.125 | 2 |
Ovulation induction is the process of using medications to stimulate ovulation in women who have irregular or absent ovulation (anovulation). According to the National Institutes of Health, 25 to 30 percent of women with infertility have problems with ovulation.
Normal ovulation occurs when the ovary releases a mature egg in preparation for that egg to be fertilized. Normal ovulation occurs roughly once every 28 days during a woman’s menstrual cycle. Intervals of 21 to 35 days are considered acceptable and reflective of normal ovulation. If fertilization does not occur, the mature egg and any supplementary tissues are broken down and cleared from the uterus naturally.
When ovulation happens less than once every 35 days or is unpredictable, it is considered to be irregular. When ovulation is completely unpredictable – in interval or duration – it is considered oligoovulation. If it doesn’t occur at all, it is called anovulation. Ovulatory problems impact fertility by taking away the predictability of ovulation and potentially the availability of an egg to be fertilized.
The goal of ovulation induction is to increase a woman’s chances of conceiving a child, either through sexual intercourse or by using intrauterine insemination (IUI) or another fertility treatment. However, when the absence of ovulation is a symptom of another fertility issue, treating the underlying problem can also restore normal ovulation and fertility.
Who could benefit from ovulation induction
Ovulation induction is a common treatment for women with absent or infrequent ovulation. Women with ovulation-interrupting disorders such as PCOS can also benefit from ovulation induction.
Ovulation induction also works in conjunction with in vitro fertilization (IVF) by stimulating multiple mature eggs to release for collection and use in lab fertilization. This is typically called controlled ovarian hyperstimulation.
When determining whether or not to use ovulation induction, physicians usually look at:
Disorders that can directly inhibit normal ovulation such as PCOS.
A woman’s hormone levels, specifically the presence of FSH), AMH and LH.
Disorders than can indirectly affect ovulation, such as thyroid disorders, eating disorders and obesity.
The amount of exercise a woman does.
For women who continue to experience abnormal ovulation after ovulation induction treatment, physicians can also try superovulation. Superovulation uses the human chorionic gonadotropin hormone to induce the release of potential mature eggs in the follicle.
Risks and side effects of ovulation induction
Ovulation induction medications can sometimes cause OHSS. The side effects of OHSS range from mild to severe, and usually fade after a few weeks without treatment. They can include:
Loss of breath.
Tenderness in the pelvic region.
The ovarian superovulation treatment can cause multiple eggs to release, increasing the chance of multiple fertilized eggs (embryos) and a high-risk pregnancy.
Benefits of ovulation induction
Ovulation induction is usually one of the first treatments used for infertility because it is noninvasive and relatively low cost compared with other fertility treatments, such as IVF that includes costs of tests, medications, minor procedures and lab work.
For more severe cases of anovulation or other causes of infertility, ovulation induction can also be an effective treatment in conjunction with IVF, intrauterine insemination (IUI) and other holistic treatments.
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Just added: A new page featuring the passages from the Constitution mentioning presidential electors. (Interestingly, the term “Electoral College” never appears in the Constitution, although it has been established in statute.)
Specifically, this includes the texts of:
Article II, Section 1 (1789)
- The concept of electors was introduced.
- The original voting process was laid out. Each elector was to cast two votes; The top vote getter became president, and the second became vice president. (This was changed with the Twelfth Amendment.)
- Established the House contingency whereby if no one received votes from a majority of electors, the president would be elected by the House, one vote per state. The vice presidency did not require a majority, but there was a Senate contingency in the case of a tie for #2.
- Set the requirement that the electors vote in their own states on a day chosen by Congress.
Twelfth Amendment (1804)
- Changed the rules such that the electors would now cast separate votes for president and vice president.
- A majority vote for vice president was now required to avoid triggering the Senate contingency.
Fourteenth Amendment (1868)
- Overrode the provision under which slaves counted as 3/5 of a person for purposes of Congressional and Electoral College apportionment, yet had 0/5 right to vote. Also theoretically reduced apportionment for states that blocked ex-slaves from voting.
- If I’m not mistaken, contained the first constitutional reference to popular election of presidential electors: “But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States…”
- Banned officials who had participated in insurrection, rebellion, or treason (in the Civil War context) from holding federal office, including that of elector.
Twenty-Third Amendment (1961)
- Granted electoral votes to the District of Columbia.
Twenty-Fourth Amendment (1964)
- Banned poll taxes in elections for federal offices including presidential elector.
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The deaf and the dumb: the biology of ErbB-2 and ErbB-3
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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a transmembrane glycoprotein, is classified to the prototype of receptor tyrosine kinases (TKs) family that includes eGfR, ErbB-2, ErbB-3
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Andren-Sandberg, "K-ras oncogene subtype mutations are associated with survival but not expression of p53, p16(INK4A), p21(WAF-1), cyclin D1, erbB2 and erbB-3
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Elevated expression of activated forms of Neu/ErbB-2 and ErbB-3
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Competitive-differential polymerase chain reaction for gene dosage estimation of erbB-1 (egfr), erbB-2, and erbB-3
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A trip for historical shops of Ferrara
Our Hotel Annunziata, located in the city center, is an excellent starting point for exploring Ferrara, its museums, its historic center, its walls, and why not, its historic shops. They are an important testimony of culture, craftsmanship, tradition and memory; scents, colors, flavors, furnishings that some shops still retain make them unique.
The first is located in the building of the Municipal Theater of Ferrara, and is the Pistelli and Bartolucci Historical Shop; founded by Galeazzo Bartolucci in 1857 and initially a bazaar, it has specialized over time in discography, music and the sale of musical instruments. The brand of the shop took its name from the surname of the founder, Bartolucci, and from the surname of his wife, that is Pistelli. At the turn of the century, the Bartoluccis decided to sell the shop but, given its historical value, the sign and brand were not changed.
The second is the Farmacia Navarra Historical Shop, which has the oldest pharmacy furnishings in the city and which was founded in 1738 in Piazza Della Pace, now Corso Martiri Della Libertà. Traditional meeting point for pharmacists, doctors and local historians, it enjoyed great fame for the countless preparations required throughout the Kingdom of Italy. In the 1960s it was the protagonist in the film The long night of ’43, directed by Florestano Vancini and based on the story Una notte del ’43 from Giorgio Bassani’s Five stories from Ferrara collection.
The third is on the ground floor of the Municipal Residence, in Corso Martiri della Libertà, the Borsalino Historical Shop, the oldest clothing, hats and accessories boutique in Ferrara, founded in 1845. Even today the place is characterized by the ancient sign, house logo.
The Italian company, known for the production of hats, experienced great growth after obtaining the Grand Prix at the Universal Exposition in Paris in 1900, while today it has transformed from a hat shop to an elegant fashion shop.
The fourth is the Felloni Tessuti Historical Shop , specialized in the sale of the best fabrics, garments and clothing accessories and which was created in 1946 by two young entrepreneurs, Giancarlo and Dina, and located in via Mazzini (the tradition of textile processing in Ferrara was already flourishing in the fourteenth century, when the sector and the specific processing of wool were mainly managed by the Jewish community, which made the economy of the Este duchy flourish), in a narrow and long room, with a small window that gave light and color to the whole road. The company grew and developed quickly, so much so that in 1951 it moved to a larger shop in Piazza Trento and Trieste and, subsequently, in 1961, to its current headquarters in Via Canonica n. 6.
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I try and use our globe as often as possible. I do this because I am way too ignorant about geography and because I do not want to remain that way and because I do not want Norah to grow up as ignorant as I was.
So, anytime a location comes up in conversation or in news or in our study of history, I try and find it on the globe. I do this no matter how inconvenient it is at the time. This means I feel like I am always stopping what I am doing and pulling the globe off the shelf. And it means that the globe I paid $60 for is getting used (abused), but at least it isn't just collecting dust on the shelf, right?
A few days ago, for example, we read about the first Sumerian dictator and the Akkadian empire he created by conquering all the city-states. We even colored a map of that area in history. We made it a point find that area on the globe and saw that Akkadia is now the current day countries of Turkey, Syria and Iraq. Till then, I had never realized the Tigris and Euphrates were connected to the Persian Gulf.
When we read stories from the Arabian nights the next day, the book said that the Arabian empire once stretched "...across northern Africa, the Middle East and all the way into India..." We found all of those places on the map and I realized that Saudi Arabia is about as far from India as our east coast is from our west. I hadn't realized they were so close together.
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Overstudying has become a culture of our society in recent times. A student is studying too much only for securing high grades or high marks. On the other hand, overstudying may cause harm to your health as well as your career. A strong belief is made into our minds that overstudying can bring us success. Our teachers instruct us to study more. Students are even forced to study more by their parents, teachers, and other guardians. Nowadays the main motto of our education system has become only to score high grades anyhow no matter what you are learning. And if you have not succeeded to fulfill this motto you will be considered to be good for nothing.
Therefore the students study a lot for securing high grades and sometimes they overstudy without knowing the consequences of it. It may bring you high grades but you can not just imagine what happens to your brain when you study too much. Overstudying can be harmful to your physical as well as mental health. The consequences of it fall on your academic life.
In this article, we are going to discuss the overstudying effects. So let’s come to the main topic without wasting time.
A Short Note On Overstudying
We do not know how much studying is too much. We human beings can not focus or concentrate on any topic for a long time. Overstudying is such a term that shows you are crossing your limit while you are studying.
How Will You Know That You Are Overstudying
We do not know how much studying is too much. But when you are overstudying you will find a few changes in you. This will help you to know whether you are studying too much or not. The symptoms are as follows:
A feeling of boredom at the time of studying
Sometimes you carry on your study without having an interest in that particular topic. Sometimes you feel tired but still, you carry on your study. This signifies that you are doing something too much. Overstudying will make you feel bored. You will feel your study to be a burden. You can not stop to study even when you are tired or have an interest in that topic.
You will become a bookworm
Sometimes you will find that you can not take off your eyes from books. You will be then known as a bookworm. Bookworm is a term that is given to those who study too much for the whole day. They tend to stick to books and notes at any time. This will keep you away from your hobbies and games. You can not be socially attached to anyone so easily.
Unable to send replies to important messages
If you study all the time you can not check your email or messages. That is why often you skip sending replies to even any important messages. Human beings are social living beings. So they need to contact the people through calls or messages as we can not always meet with people. Overstudying will not allow you to respond to those important messages or calls as you will be always busy with your studies.
Lose interest in social life
When you can not get attached to social life due to studying it indicates that you are studying more than enough. If you want a healthy life you must have an interest in social life. If you can not do this you will not have any interest to meet with your friends or spend some quality time with your family. In this way, you will become a person who is confined in a room.
Feel your eyes twitch
Excessive studies will not allow you to focus your eyes on the books. It means that your eyes can not take the load. So overstudying can bring harm to your eyes.
Unable to get exact information
Sometimes it happens that we are reading a topic for a long time again and again but we can not get exact information. That means you studying the topic as your compulsion you do not have any concentration on that topic. It is one of the most important effects of studying excessively.
Differences in sleep
Sleep has an important role in our life. Adequate sleep makes our life healthy. If do not have adequate sleep at night you will start to doze at the time of the study, in the classrooms, or at the time of eating your food. If you do not sleeping properly will cause a great impact on your body and your brain. If you study for a long time at night without any plan your studies can get hampered.
Can not take food properly
Excessive studies will make you think only about studies all the time such as at the time of eating, bathing, etc. That is why you can not even take your food properly. You can not have your breakfast, dinner, or lunch timely.
Why OverStudying Is Bad
There is a saying that “excess of everything is bad”. This means if any work you do is more than enough it will be bad for you. Stress and tension will grow in you due to over-study. You will not be able to make healthy and positive thinking as your body becomes unhealthy due to studying excessively. Overstudying effects will fall on your brain, health, social life, and so on. It will also set a high impact on your exam results. The bad effects of overstudying are as follows:
Always feel tensed, Can not take food properly, and stressed
If you sink into your studies for a long time without having any proper plan a lot of problems will grow in your body. You will soccer from depression and stress. If you suffer from all these it will hamper your studies and you can not reach your goal. Sometimes the problem becomes extreme. You should take proper intervals during your study. Excessive study can inflame your brain. It can cause memory loss or depression. You should draw a line in everything. Anything much can never be better for us. Tension will result in various diseases like high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. You can lose your memory due to these brain problems.
If you study for a long time you have to sit on a chair during that time. That is why you may suffer from back problems. Sitting for a long time means oppressing our bodies. You should carry on with your physical activities.
Otherwise, you will feel tired and this will lead you to have a lot of health problems.
Suffer from a bad headache
Sometimes we ignore headaches as a normal issue. But it can be a dangerous disease in your life. It is a long-term disease. If you study excessively it is quite obvious that you will suffer from bad headaches
You will be made unsmart
The academic score is not the only key to judging you. Your appearance tells a lot of things about you. Overstudying will not allow you to get smart. Those who study more think a lot before taking any decision. They always avoid doing any work shortly and more smartly. Overstudying can bring you high grades or make you the topper of the class but it can not make you smart which is very important to survive in this modern world. Otherwise, anyone can cheat you as you have only knowledge of books, you have no social knowledge.
Loss of confidence
The only purpose of overstudying is to achieve higher grades in the exams. If for any cause yin is unable to reach that goal you will lose your confidence. If you study hard always but that should be within a limit.
Keep you away from social life
If you study excessively you will go far away from your social life. You will have no interest in meeting your near and dear ones, friends. Even you do not like to go out for a cup of tea. You can not take part in your family get-together party. You will like to study at that time. All these will seem to you as a waste of time. It will make you a completely unsocial person.
Change your sleeping habit
A night of good sleep is required to keep all the things you have read in your memory. Good sleep is also required to start any topic for studying. Inadequate sleep can leave a great impact on your motivation, mood, energy level, and other senses. Proper sleep is integrated strongly with learning and memorizing.
Detach you from your friends and family
You do not like to meet or call your friends due to studying. Even you do not like to spend quality time with your family members. Studying will become the only priority in your life. You will feel that these things are meaningless. So you will be detached from your friends and family gradually and become a long person.
Addiction to drugs
Sometimes the students can not take the pressure of studies. It seems like a burden to them. But the guardians always compel them to study more and more. It has become the rule now that you have to become first at any cost. So the students are compelled to study hard and that is why they get sometimes addicted to drugs to lessen their stress and depression.
How Will You Avoid Overstudying
You can avoid overstudying by following a few simple tricks. They are as follows:
Do your work regularly
You must check what you are learning every day. You do not tend to study on the day or night before your exam. It is not possible to cover a complete course in one night. All the work should be done regularly so that you do not need to overstudy.
You should make a routine on how much time you will read a subject. You must put an interval after each study session. A snack break will help you to refresh your mind and you will be able to concentrate on your studies without getting bored.
Take adequate sleep
Proper rest and sleep help your brain to work well. If you do not sleep properly you can not recall everything you have read on the day of your exam. Studying is like an exercise that will be affected if you do not sleep properly.
Yes, you can get mentally distracted and find it difficult to retain information. You can not keep new information in your memory for a long time. This your brain will be damaged due to over study.
No overstudying is not at all good for us. Sometimes the students fail to score well in the exams for it. Also, it causes harm to our health.
You should take a break after studying for 1 or 2 hours. You must sleep and eat timely.
To Sum Up
Success is important for living in a society. So often the parents wish to make their children perfect at any cost without thinking of their physical or mental health. It has now become just like a competition. Students are sometimes unable to take the pressure of assessments. They are compelled to study for a long time without their wish. Continuous overstudying can affect the student’s performance and results. Their brains get inflamed due to excessive stress and lack of sleep.
A healthy and productive study plan can help you to reach your goal. It will help you to give a better performance in your academics. In this way, the balance of your life will be maintained. You should teach your child how to study following the routine. Do not pressurize your child to become always first in the class. Make your child a perfect human being, not a machine. We are not saying that studying is bad but anything unlimited is always bad. So keep your child away from the pressure of overstudying. | <urn:uuid:fe5f28aa-2631-482a-8b22-822581a1d624> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thetechnoninja.com/education/overstudying/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.966571 | 2,341 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Healthy, athletic men and men with type 2 diabetes are being sought by researchers trying to better understand the link between fat and blood sugar.
The study by the University of Aberdeen and funded by the British Heart Foundation and NHS Grampian, is looking to recruit 25 athletes and 25 men with type 2 diabetes controlled by diet or Metformin.
The recruits will be asked to undergo a number of blood tests and will also have a fitness test before and after an exercise intervention program to try and find out how this intervention affects their fitness and their ability to process fats.
Dr Dana Dawson who is leading the study, said: “Early research found that high levels of fat within muscle meant poorer control of blood sugar. However, more recent research has shown that athletes have similar levels of fat within muscle, but in contrast, they have very good control of blood sugar.
“We are not sure why this is and want to find out if the fat within muscle can be changed to improve blood sugar control, as good blood sugar control reduces the risk of heart disease, diabetes and stroke.”
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Cloudflare was integrated by Mindflow to enable users to automate their incident management and better protect their information system.
Cloudflare is a global network providing a secure, private, and reliable connection to the Internet and all major cloud providers and interconnects with nearly every service provider worldwide. The company has data centers in over 270 cities that deliver sub-50-millisecond latency to 95% of the Internet users in the world.
Its’ architecture gives you an integrated set of Layer 3 to Layer 7 network services, accessible from Cloudflare’s dashboard.
Every service is run on every server in every data center across the solution’s global network. It also gives your developers a flexible, Internet-scale platform to deploy serverless code instantly across the globe. No software or hardware is required. Simple to set up, use, and maintain.
Cloudflare is developed with security into every component. Its network blocks billions of threats per day, particularly DDoS attacks. The solution also harnesses machine learning capabilities to ingest login, requests, and responses to learn and apply to detect and block threats before they can inflict damage.
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EDITORIAL – The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 will be the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It will take place in the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, Ukraine, following Ukraine’s victory at the 2016 contest in Stockholm with the song “1944”, written and performed by Jamala. This will be the second time the contest takes place in Kiev, after 2005, and the fourth Eurovision event after hosting the Junior Eurovision Song Contests in 2009 and 2013. The contest is expected to consist of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May and the final on 13 May 2017.
Forty-two countries will participate in the 2017 contest. Portugal and Romania are to return to the contest, both having been absent from the 2016 edition. After returning in 2016, Bosnia and Herzegovina has withdrawn again due to financial difficulties. Russia announced their withdrawal on 13 April 2017, after their singer, Yulia Samoylova, was banned from entering Ukraine after the government said she had illegally travelled directly to Crimea, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014, to give a performance. The European Broadcasting Union condemned Ukraine’s actions.
The contest will take place in the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, following Ukraine’s victory at the 2016 contest with the song “1944”, performed by Jamala. The International Exhibition Centre, which was announced as the host venue on 9 September 2016, has a capacity of approximately 11,000 attendees and is the largest exhibition centre in Kiev. Located in the western portion of Livoberezhna microdistrict, the centre was opened in October 2002, and the head of the centre since its construction was Anatoly Tkachenko.
NTU announced on 22 July that the bids from Dnipro, Kiev and Odessa had been shortlisted for further consideration. The EBU announced on 30 July that the host city would be announced “in due course”, rather than on the previously stated date of 1 August, with Executive Supervisor of the contest Jon Ola Sand stating that the EBU “really want to take the time it takes to come up with the right decision”. The Deputy General Director of NTU, Oleksandr Kharebin, stated on 10 August that the host city would be announced on Ukrainian Independence Day, 24 August. The announcement was later scheduled to take place on 25 August; however, it was postponed at 14:00 EEST, one hour before it was due to take place, with NTU citing the need to further consider some fine details regarding the decision. After several delays in announcing the host city, NTU announced on 8 September that they would be meeting with the Ukrainian Government and the LOC on 9 September and that a press conference to announce the host city was scheduled to take place at 13:00 EEST on the same day from the Government Press Centre in Kiev. Kiev was announced as the host city for the contest with the International Exhibition Centre selected as the venue.
The preliminary dates for the contest were announced on 14 March 2016 at a meeting of Heads of Delegation in Stockholm, with the semi-finals expected to take place on 16 and 18 May and the final on 20 May 2017. These preliminary dates were chosen by the EBU to avoid the contest coinciding with any major television and sporting events scheduled to take place around that time. However, the EBU announced on 24 June that the preliminary dates for the contest had been brought forward a week, with the semi-finals scheduled for 9 and 11 May and the final on 13 May. This was reportedly due to a request from NTU, as the initial preliminary dates conincided with the Remembrance Day for the victims of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatars on 18 May. However, the current preliminary dates coincide with the second leg of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League semi-finals.
On 30 January 2017, it was unveiled that the theme for the 2017 contest would be Celebrate Diversity; executive Jon Ola Sand explained that “The notion of celebrating diversity is at the heart of Eurovision values: it is all-inclusive and all about countries around Europe, and beyond, joining together to celebrate both our common ground and our unique differences, as well as some great music.” The logo and visual design of the contest incorporates imagery of stylized beads, with the main logo using the beads to form a traditional neck amulet.
On 27 February 2017, it was announced that the presenters for the contest would be Oleksandr Skichko and Volodymyr Ostapchuk, Timur Miroshnychenko being the “Green Room” host. It will be the first time that the Eurovision Song Contest will be presented by a male trio, and the second time, after the 1956 edition with a solo male presenter, that the contest won’t feature a female presenter. Miroshnychenko has previous experience in hosting Eurovision contests, having presented the Junior Eurovision Song Contests in 2009 and 2013.
On 31 October 2016, EBU announced that forty-three countries will participate in the 2017 contest, equalling the record number from 2008 and 2011. Portugal and Romania will return after being absent from 2016 contest, while Bosnia and Herzegovina withdrew due to financial difficulties.
O’G3NE (Lisa, Amy and Shelley) will return to a Eurovision event after having previously represented the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song “Adem in, Adem Uit”.
Imri Ziv will return to represent Israel after being a backing vocalist for Nadav Guedj in 2015 and Hovi Star in 2016.
Omar Naber will return to represent Slovenia after previously representing the country in 2005 with the song “Stop”, which failed to qualify for the final.
The SunStroke Project will return to represent Moldova after previously representing their country in 2010 alongside Olia Tira with the song “Run Away”, which placed 22nd in the final.
Tijana Bogićević will return to represent Serbia after being a backing vocalist for Nina in 2011.
Koit Toome and Laura Põldvere, who will perform as a duo representing Estonia, have both represented their country in different years: Toome performed as a solo artist in 1998 with the song “Mere lapsed”, reaching 12th place with 36 points, and Põldvere performed in 2005 as a member of the group Suntribe with the song “Let’s Get Loud”, which failed to qualify to the final.
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NASA announced that the Psyche asteroid mission, the agency’s first mission designed to study a metal-rich asteroid, will not make its planned 2022 launch attempt.
Due to the late delivery of the spacecraft’s flight software and testing equipment, NASA does not have sufficient time to complete the testing needed ahead of its remaining launch period this year, which ends on Oct. 11.
The mission team said it needs more time to ensure that the software will function properly in flight.
A planned to launch this month was to send the spacecraft to Psyche, an asteroid made largely of nickel-iron metal that is orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter, in the hope of obtaining a unique look into the violent collisions that created Earth and other terrestrial planets.
NASA had planned to launch the Psyche spacecraft for travel to the asteroid using solar-electric propulsion.
After flying by Mars in 2023 for a gravity assist, the spacecraft was to arrive at Psyche in 2026 and spend 21 months orbiting the asteroid, mapping it, and studying its properties.
“NASA takes the cost and schedule commitments of its projects and programs very seriously,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. “We are exploring options for the mission in the context of the Discovery Program, and a decision on the path forward will be made in the coming months.”
The independent assessment team, typically made up of experts from government, academia, and industry, will review possible options for next steps, including estimated costs. Implications for the agency’s Discovery Program and planetary science portfolio also will be considered.
The spacecraft’s guidance navigation and flight software will control the orientation of the spacecraft as it flies through space and is used to point the spacecraft’s antenna toward Earth so that the spacecraft can send data and receive commands. It also provides trajectory information to the spacecraft’s solar electric propulsion system, which begins operations 70 days after launch.
As the mission team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California began testing the system, a compatibility issue was discovered with the software’s testbed simulators. In May, NASA shifted the mission’s targeted launch date from Aug. 1 to no earlier than Sept. 20 to accommodate the work needed. The issue with the testbeds has been identified and corrected; however, there is not enough time to complete a full checkout of the software for a launch this year.
“Flying to a distant metal-rich asteroid, using Mars for a gravity assist on the way there, takes incredible precision. We must get it right. Hundreds of people have put remarkable effort into Psyche during this pandemic, and the work will continue as the complex flight software is thoroughly tested and assessed,” said JPL Director Laurie Leshin. “The decision to delay the launch wasn’t easy, but it is the right one.”
The mission’s 2022 launch period, which ran from Aug. 1 through Oct. 11, would have allowed the spacecraft to arrive at the asteroid Psyche in 2026. There are possible launch periods in both 2023 and 2024, but the relative orbital positions of Psyche and Earth mean the spacecraft would not arrive at the asteroid until 2029 and 2030, respectively. The exact dates of these potential launch periods are yet to be determined.
“Our amazing team has overcome almost all of the incredible challenges of building a spacecraft during COVID,” said Psyche Principal Investigator Lindy Elkins-Tanton of Arizona State University (ASU), who leads the mission. “We have conquered numerous hardware and software challenges, and we’ve been stopped in the end by this one last problem. We just need a little more time and will get this one licked too. The team is ready to move forward, and I’m so grateful for their excellence.”
Total life-cycle mission costs for Psyche, including the rocket, are $985 million. Of that, $717 million has been spent to date. The estimated costs involved to support each of the full range of available mission options are currently being calculated.
Two ride-along projects were scheduled to launch on the same SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket as Psyche, including NASA’s Janus mission to study twin binary asteroid systems, and the Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration to test high-data-rate laser communications that is integrated with the Psyche spacecraft. NASA is assessing options for both projects.
ASU leads the Psyche mission. JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, is responsible for the mission’s overall management; system engineering; integration and test; and mission operations. Maxar is providing the high-power solar electric propulsion spacecraft chassis. NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is managing the launch.
The NASA Psyche mission is led by principal investigator Lindy Elkins-Tanton of ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration and ASU’s Interplanetary Initiative.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is responsible for the mission’s overall management, system engineering, integration and test, and mission operations.
Maxar Technologies has provided the high-power solar electric propulsion spacecraft chassis.
The Psyche spacecraft is being built by Space Systems Loral (SSL), Palo Alto, California.
In order to support the new mission trajectory, SSL redesigned the solar array system from a four-panel array in a straight row on either side of the spacecraft to a more powerful five-panel x-shaped design, commonly used for missions requiring more capability.
Much like a sports car, by combining a relatively small spacecraft body with a very high-power solar array design, the Psyche spacecraft will speed to its destination at a faster pace than is typical for a larger spacecraft.
The Psyche Mission is under NASA’s Discovery Program, a series of lower-cost, highly focused robotic space missions that are exploring the solar system.
The scientific goals of the Psyche mission are to understand the building blocks of planet formation and explore firsthand a wholly new and unexplored type of world.
The mission team seeks to determine whether Psyche is the core of an early planet, how old it is, whether it formed in similar ways to Earth’s core, and what its surface is like.
The spacecraft’s instrument payload will include magnetometers, multispectral imagers, and a gamma ray and neutron spectrometer.
According to the Jet Propulsion lab, a division of NASA, this asteroid has been named 2016 CZ31.
As per the naming convention of asteroids, the four-digit number represents when the asteroid was first discovered, and the two letters afterwards represent the month and the date.
For reference, this asteroid was discovered on February 5, 2016. As per recent observations, this 400-feet or 122-meters wide asteroid has been predicted to fly past the Earth at a distance of 2.8 kilometers.
While this may seem like a large distance, in astronomical terms, it is a minuscule number.
But luckily, at the moment it appears that the asteroid will make a safe passage across the Earth. NASA: An asteroid, almost double the size of the Qutub Minar, to approach the EarthAccording to NASA Small-Body Database, the last time this asteroid came close to the earth was in 2015, and it will not come this close till 2028. The asteroid is part of the asteroid belt situated between Mars and Jupiter. At its aphelion, it goes as far as the orbit of Jupiter and during its perihelion, it comes as close as the orbit of Venus, meaning it crosses 4 planets to complete one revolution.
For the asteroid enthusiasts, this is a unique opportunity to watch this asteroid, as it will not come this close to the Earth till 2110. Do note however, that you will need a powerful telescope to see this asteroid clearly. While at the moment, it appears that the chances for an asteroid strike is minimal, things can change at a moment’s notice. That is why the Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) closely monitors all NEO asteroids for any deviation in its path that can make it a threat for Earth.s”, | <urn:uuid:a26a8c67-9a12-42a0-9080-8d9534413610> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://njtoday.news/2022/08/01/psyched-out-nasa-scrubs-the-985-million-psyche-asteroid-mission/?noamp=mobile | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.939553 | 1,737 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Art is the progenitor of civilizations. Artists elevate to provide a 'seat at the table' for all.
Eliseo Art Silva is the artist behind the “Gintong Kasaysayan” Filipinotown mural of Los Angeles, described by the Smithsonian as "bold and daring", it is the first artwork to honor Larry Itliong and the Filipino American farm worker's pivotal role as the catalyst of the great 1965 Delano Grape Strike. It is also honored as one of the "10 Monumental Murals of Los Angeles," the "most significant Filipino mural in the country" by the LA Times, and as one of the "20 iconic murals of Los Angeles" by LA Weekly. It is also recognized as the "most famous Filipino American artwork". (Ling, Austin, 2010)
Created by Silva when he was 22 years old, its presence in the district inspired the designation of the neighborhood as Historic Filipinotown. Furthermore, its enduring impact as the earliest cultural landscape to depict the most significant Filipino American event (1965 Grape Strike), help forge the annual celebration of Larry Itliong Day (October 25) in 2010 in the City of Carson, CA; and the official, state-wide, annual celebration of Larry Itliong Day in California (launched in 2015).
According to a City of Los Angeles Public Works Commissioner:"Gintong Kasaysayan, Gintong Pamana is the largest mural dedicated to Filipino heritage in the United States; and its presence partly inspired city officials to designate the community surrounding the mural as Historic Filipinotown in 2002" (Asian Journal, November 28,2016).
Though the mural was formally dedicated on June 24, 1995, it was completed and unveiled with a second celebration (only after eight months of work ever since actual painting commenced) on Saturday, October 21,1995, the earliest Larry Itliong Day celebration in the country.
Silva was born in Manila in 1972- the same year Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law. A martial law baby, Silva completed his first mural on February 28, 1986 at the age of 14, just a few days after becoming part of the EDSA People Power Revolution. He received his first commissioned public art a year later from Colegio De San Juan De Letran Alumni Association, while still a sophomore at the Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA). In 1989, Silva emigrated to the United States at the age of 17, after graduating from the PHSA with full honors.
Silva emigrated to the United States the same year that the "Laguna Copperplate Inscription" (900 AD) was discovered and advanced the historical record of the Philippines six centuries prior to Spanish conquest in 1565, validating the existence of multiple Indianized Kingdoms of the Philippines, and demonstrated how integrated Luzon, Mindanao, Java (Indonesia), and India was as early as 10th Century Philippines. This provided a solid foundation for artists such as Silva to surface the memories of the land, to elevate the very core of the Filipino story as the protagonist and the main event of their work.
He was an undergraduate student at Otis College of Art and Design, when the 1992 LA Riots erupted; and was a junior at Otis when he began the Gintong Kasaysayan Filipinotown mural two years later. The Martial Law era in the Philippines, the 1986 Philippine Revolution and the 1992 LA Riots shaped Silva’s work; and his art directly addresses the visual dehumanization of his culture by reconciling the history of his lineage with the history of painting.
His work has been featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and the Conner Contemporary in Washington, D.C., the Cue Art Foundation Gallery in New York, the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Plug-In Gallery in Canada, the Painted Bride Art Art Center in Philadelphia, Piramide Cultural Center in Mexico, Nehru Gallery in India, Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Other nationally and internationally advertised public art competitions which he won the commission for includes: the Millennium War Memorial for US Veterans of all the Wars of the 21st Century in Lompoc, CA; the Jewish American Mural for the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles; the 7,000 sq. foot Gateway Underpass Mural of Riverside, CA and Colton, CA; the Choose Respect Mural in Sitka, Alaska; the Normandie Village Mural in LA`s Little Armenia, and the Carlos Bulosan Memorial in Seattle, WA.
Silva`s contributions to the art world have not gone unnoticed. He has been the recipient of awards and fellowships from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Getty Arts Institute, the Independence Foundation, the Ahmanson Foundation, the National Arts Association, the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Center of the Philippines and was a finalist for the Paul and Daisy Soros Foundation for New Americans. The National Centennial Commission of the Philippines commissioned him to create interactive public art for the Philippine Centennial celebrations as part of the first International Arts Festival in Boracay Island, and his works was included in the Philippine Centennial Time Capsule.
Eliseo's other public art designs beyond painted walls, ultimately became landmark destinations and cultural treasures of Los Angeles. These include the Western Gateway Marker for Historic Filipinotown and the Filipino features of Unidad Park which includes the entrance walkway shaped like a yo-yo, the centerpiece gathering place (after the Cordillera Dap-ay) and the community garden honoring the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras. Silva also co-designed two floats entered by the Philippines at the 1997 and 1998 Rose Parade in Pasadena to celebrate the Philippine Centennial. These two Rose Parade floats co-designed by Silva both won the coveted "International Trophy."
He has recently completed cultural heritage destinations from both coasts in the United States: four paintings, wall and ceiling murals for the "Philippine Nationality Room," University of Pittsburgh, PA; and the Mabuhay Credit Union's "Philippine Masters Collection" series of monumental oil on canvas paintings in Carson, CA. Both sites are the very first in the United States to honor 19th Century Filipino masters in the Fine Arts.
Silva has been profiled by the Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Juxtapoz Magazine, Art in America, Smithsonian Magazine, Manila Bulletin, Sacramento Bee, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Philippine Daily Inquirer, and the Seattle Times.
He has taught at California State Dominguez Hills, Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA), the Asian Arts Initiative in Philadelphia, Big Picture and Mural ArtCorps of the Mural Arts Program of Philadelphia, the School District of Philadelphia in partnership with the Mural Arts Program, the Institute for the Arts in Education in Philadelphia, the California Polytechnic State University Pomona and the California State University in Sacramento, CA.
He received his BFA at Otis College of Art and Design and obtained an MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He also attended Riverside City College where he was awarded the ASRCC Roaring Tiger Award for Inspirational Leadership as well as attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Artist Residency in Maine as a Skowhegan and MICA Fellow. Prior to immigrating to the United States in 1989, he attended San Beda College in Alabang and Colegio De San Juan De Letran. He was selected as a full-time scholar by the Philippine government, after a nation-wide search to attend the prestigious Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA).
He graduated from PHSA with a MARIA Scholarship (full-scholarship with stipend to any arts school in the Philippines), the model student of the year award and the gold medal for most outstanding student in the visual arts. He is the founder of the Larry Itliong Day Committee (LIDC) in Los Angeles and the Pennsylvania chapter of the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS-PA) and served as its first president. Silva was awarded the 2014 Alumni Achievement Award and is among 400 most outstanding alumni bestowed the Grandes Figuras Award from Colegio De San Juan De Letran in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines in celebration of the school's 400th Anniversary in 2020.
In 2018, Unidad Park and the Gintong Kasaysayan Filipinotown mural was both named "Cultural Treasures" by Promise Zone Arts and administered by the Department of Cultural Affairs of Los Angeles who worked with residents to identify cultural assets of their neighborhoods that were deemed significant.
Ling, Huping and Austin, Alan (2010). Asian American Heritage and History: An Encyclopedia, 1:297.
Blending-in is not American.
What is American is elevating your own story and identity to a point that they become a protagonist of the American narrative and the US cultural landscape. By doing so, a new idea or innovation surfaces, which can advance American culture by creating something unique to both your own country of origin and your new home.
That's what being "American" is all about.
It's about valuing and elevating our stories so everyone can earn that equal "seat at the table."
I am a weaver of history and heritage. My artistic goal is to reconcile the history of my lineage with the history of painting. Through the process of palimpsest and automatic painting, cultural energy is harvested when images and voices originating from the margins, the discarded and invisible define the originator of the gaze, flipping the subject into the object, the amphitheater into the stage and the spectacle into a surveillance. This concept was culled from the panopticon designed by Jeremy Bentham and expounded on by Michel Foucault in Discipline and Punish (1975).
I am drawn towards the inherent power of folk art and folk tales and fascinated in converging its myriad of possibilities in imagery and storytelling through a process that involves serendipity, layering and invention. It is in folk art and folk tales that we discover the memories of the land, a people`s voice in any culture, a gateway to release and liberate our umbilical cord connecting us to our origins and silenced voices. The contemporary voice I intend to manifest from the art of the people is in a form that is in constant state of flux; a vehicle that is constantly shifting, animated and out of control.
I intend to recreate the kind of intensity that can only be found in nature and our immediate surroundings into works of art. I want that transformative experience enhanced by experimenting with images, materials and techniques to achieve multiple surfaces and arrive at "new" discoveries and artworks that can open up and herald the emergence of new worlds and innovations.
I believe art is the best way to document communities; providing an effective means for communities to connect, thrive and flourish in urban environments: inviting all to make the first step towards compassionate interaction.
I also believe in the positive impact of large scale wall art because I am witness to the transformation of people involved in the creative process. Through my public art installations I want to experience new ways of expression, while incorporating new materials and techniques. I intend to foster my artistic vision while deepening my connection with the community.
I have over thirty years experience in creating murals and more than a hundred award-winning public art projects, exhibits and installations in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey, Seattle, Lompoc, Sacramento, Oxnard, Pomona, Carson, Riverside, Hershey, Wisconsin, Maine, Alaska, Vallejo, Pittsburgh, Hawaii, Canada, India, Mexico and the Republic of the Philippines.
My collaboration with neighborhoods in creating public art, as well as my personal work in the studio, is an introspection of decoding (a): encrypted forms of personal and social forms of expression and how suppressed cultures re-identify themselves through the matrix of oppression; as well as, (b): how various cultures promote their patrimonial resources from ancestral cultural sites, to natural wonders, to contemporary public markets, down to toys. By rendering memory and blood relations in a process that manifests knowledge in a private voice vs. projecting information in a public stage, my lineage has found its translation from murals to painting.
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For anyone who finds it difficult to communicate effectively, this can be socially isolating and impede professional progression. Hypnotherapy and NLP can help you to improve your communication skills by identifying how the words you use and the manner in which you express them are perceived by others.
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You may be so concerned that you will say the wrong thing at the wrong time, that you choose to say nothing at all, giving the appearance of being antisocial and unapproachable. In the work place, lack of communication can result in poor relationships with colleagues and being overlooked when promotion opportunities arise.
Hypnotherapy is an extremely effective therapeutic tool which can assist in recognising the self-limiting thoughts which have developed over time due to past experiences and detrimental influences. You may have a distorted view of how others see you, due to your own lack of self-worth and confidence, resulting in speech anxiety or a social phobia.
A breakdown in relationships is often due to inadequate communication, resulting in arguments and misunderstandings. Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) can help you to become more aware of how your words are delivered and the impact they have on others. Non-verbal influencing with the tone of voice, body language and gestures, affects how well you are able to mediate and negotiate in both your personal and professional life.
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How To Design In Full Sheet Mode
When creating a new label in Maestro Label Designer, you're prompted to choose a design mode. While "Standard Design Mode" is most popular, there are specialized uses to choosing "Full Sheet Design Mode."
If you have a large quantity of unique designs, this method could be easier than using the multi-design tool.
If you want to have a flowing background.
How to Select "Full Sheet Design Mode"
Launch Maestro Label Designer.
Click "Create a New Label."
Select your template by scrolling through the list or typing your product number into the search bar at the top of the page.
Note: This number will most likely begin with OL or RL and can be found on your packing slip, confirmation email, or in "Order History."
Select "Full Sheet Design Mode," then click "Start New Design."
Design across the full label sheet on your canvas.
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Elysian Chants, the Caverna delle Rose’s first release, takes us on an evocative journey through seven Orphic Hymns (Late Hellenistic Period) and a Song of Creation.
DI AIMA IL SEGNO
Poems in Music
“Di AimA il Segno” contains 15 songs, inspired by AimA’s concept, interpreted by various artists with the vocals of AimA.
Lyrics coming from: Orphic Hymns, Angelo Tonelli, AimA, Alcman, Zosimo di Panopoli and finally you will find a cover by Jefferson Airplane. | <urn:uuid:77e6eda4-2a36-4d6f-a6b4-5a3e74a26166> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cavernadellerose.com/shop/elysian-chants-di-aima-il-segno-bundle/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.872463 | 153 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Principles of microeconomics, The 3/e
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- ISBN: 9780627025525
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- 302 Pages | Published: 2002
Throughout this book the author asks key questions to get the student thinking about the problems facing an economist. In this edition over 150 new multiple-choice questions as well as discussion questions have been added. The text tries to minimise the use of technical jargon and there are clear discussions on difficult concepts. The book is suitable for students doing a short course as well as students who wish to continue with the subject.
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS
Appendix A: Working with graphs and numbers
CHAPTER 2: CONSUMER CHOICE: MARGINAL UTILITY
Appendix B: Another explanation of consumer demand: Indifference curve analyses
CHAPTER 3: SUPPLY AND DEMAND
CHAPTER 4: ELASTICITY
CHAPTER 5: INPUT/OUTPUT RELATIONSHIPS
CHAPTER 6: MARKET STRUCTURES: THE PERFECT COMPETITIVE MARKET
CHAPTER 7: MARKET STRUCTURES: THE MONOPOLY
CHAPTER 8: MARKET STRUCTURES: IMPERFECT COMPETITION
CHAPTER 9: PRIVATISATION AND DEREGULATION
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For most workers, retirement means an end to employer-sponsored health coverage. But your 65th birthday usually comes with a pretty sweet gift from the federal government: Medicare.
But how does Medicare work, anyway?
Whether you’re about to turn 65 or you’ve been enrolled in the program for years, now is a great time to brush up on the federal health insurance program, what it offers, what it costs and how to make changes to your Medicare coverage.
7 FAQs About Medicare and Open Enrollment
Medicare is the largest health insurance program in the United States, covering more than 60 million Americans.
It’s also one of the most confusing and complex programs.
Contrary to popular belief, Medicare isn’t free and it doesn’t cover all your health care costs either.
Here’s what you need to know to get the most out of your Medicare coverage.
1. What Is Medicare?
Medicare is the federal government’s health program for people age 65 and older, as well as some younger people with disabilities or kidney failure.
If you’re at least 65 years old and entitled to Social Security benefits or Railroad Retirement benefits, you’re eligible for Medicare. You don’t need to be retired or taking benefits to qualify.
Younger people who have been on Social Security Disability for at least 24 months, or have been diagnosed with end-stage renal disease or ALS are also eligible.
2. How Is Medicare Funded?
Medicare is funded via payroll taxes, also known as FICA taxes, which are automatically withheld by your employer.
FICA includes a 6.2% Social Security tax and a 1.45% Medicare tax on your earnings — or 7.65% total.
Self-employed people face a double whammy from the federal government because they pay both the employer’s and the employee’s share of FICA taxes — a total of 15.3%.
No matter how much you make, 1.45% of your paycheck will be withheld for Medicare.
An additional 0.9% Medicare tax may apply to earnings over $200,000 for single filers, or $250,000 for married couples filing jointly.
3. How Does Medicare Work and What Are the Different Parts?
Original Medicare, also known as traditional Medicare, includes Part A and Part B. Original Medicare covers hospital stays, doctor visits, durable medical equipment, home health care and other medical services. However, it doesn’t cover vision, dental or hearing.
Medicare Part D is optional prescription drug coverage, and serves as a supplement to Original Medicare.
Medicare Part C, better known as Medicare Advantage, is an alternative to Original Medicare. It’s provided by federally approved private insurance companies and bundles features of Part A, Part B and usually Part D drug coverage into a single plan.
You can have other insurance, such as employer coverage, and Medicare at the same time. In this situation, Medicare pays first and your other insurance is the secondary payer.
Part A: Hospital Coverage
Medicare Part A is basically hospital insurance. It’s premium-free for most Medicare beneficiaries because you paid into it during your working years via those Medicare taxes.
However, Part A isn’t completely free. You’ll still have Part A deductibles and coinsurance costs.
Medicare Part A covers:
- In-patient hospital care
- Skilled nursing facility care
- Home health care
- $0 monthly premiums for most people.
- A deductible of $1,556 per benefit period. (This is how much you pay out-of-pocket before Medicare picks up the rest of the bill).
- $0 for the first 60 days in a hospital. Then $389 per day for days 61 through 90. After day 90, you can dip into a reserve of 60 days that you get over your lifetime, but you’ll pay $778 a day. Once you run out of lifetime reserve days, you’re responsible for the full cost.
- $0 for the first 20 days in a skilled nursing facility following a hospitalization. Then $194.50 per day for days 21 through 100. Beyond day 100, you pay all the costs.
- $0 for hospice care and related services.
All the costs above are per benefit period. The clock for a benefit period begins when you’re admitted to the hospital or a skilled nursing facility as an in-patient. It ends once you haven’t had any in-patient care for 60 days.
So if you had a 75-day hospitalization, you’d pay a $1,556 deductible, plus coinsurance of $5,835 (for days 61 through 75 at $389 per day).
If you were hospitalized again six months later, you’d start a new benefit period. You’d owe another $1,556 deductible. So it’s possible to owe the Part A deductible multiple times in one calendar year if you’re hospitalized multiple times.
However, so long as you didn’t remain hospitalized for more than 60 days during your second visit, you wouldn’t have any coinsurance costs.
Over 95% of people don’t pay a monthly premium for Part A. But if you worked less than 10 years prior to your 65th birthday, you may owe up to $499 in Part A premiums per month in 2022.
Because of the potential for high out-of-pocket costs, many recipients purchase Medicare supplement insurance policies, better known as Medigap, that help shoulder some expenses.
Part B: Medical Coverage
Medicare Part B covers you for doctor’s services and outpatient care, including:
Medicare Part B covers:
- Doctor visits (including telehealth)
- Lab work
- Diagnostic tests and preventative care
- Mental health coverage
- Physical therapy
- Durable medical equipment
- Outpatient surgeries
- Ambulance services
If you have Medicare Part B, you can see any health care provider or primary care doctor who accepts assignment and who is accepting new Medicare patients.
Unlike Medicare Part A premiums, your Part B premiums aren’t free.
Some people who are still working and covered by employer medical insurance or are covered under their spouse’s health insurance plan opt to postpone Medicare Part B coverage until their other coverage ends.
2022 Medicare Part B costs include:
- Monthly premium of $170.10. This amount is higher for single filers with an income above $91,000 , and married couples with an income above $182,000. People with limited incomes may qualify for Medicaid services or other programs that help cover this cost.
- A $233 annual deductible.
- 20% coinsurance for Medicare Part B services after your deductible is paid.
- $0 for most preventive services.
If you receive Social Security, your Medicare Part B premiums are automatically deducted from your benefit each month.
Medicare determines your premiums using your tax returns from two years earlier, so your 2020 return will be used to determine your 2022 premiums.
Part D: Drug Coverage
Medicare Part D is an optional prescription drug coverage program for people enrolled in Original Medicare. This coverage is provided by a private insurance company that Medicare later reimburses.
All Medicare prescription drug plans are required to cover certain categories of prescription drugs, but plans can vary widely in terms of what specific drugs they cover. Thus, your prescription drug costs can vary, depending on the Medicare Part D you choose.
You can shop for a Part D plan on Medicare’s website.
Medicare Part D costs include:
- Your costs will depend on your income, your prescription drugs, the plan you select and the pharmacies you use.
- Premiums: Vary by plan. CMS estimates the average premium for basic Part D coverage is $33 a month in 2022.
- Deductible: According to the Kaiser Family Foundation: 82% of Part D prescription drug plans will charge a deductible in 2022. The Part D deductible is capped at $480.
- High income earners (single filers making more than $91,000 or joint filers making $182,000 or more) pay an additional monthly surcharge of $12.40 to $77.90 a month.
The average Part D premium for 2022 is projected to be $33 a month.
Medicare Advantage Plans (Part C)
Medicare Part C, better known as Medicare Advantage, is an all-in-one alternative to Original Medicare.
You can buy a Medicare Advantage plan offered by a Medicare-approved private insurance company.
Most Medicare Advantage plans bundle in Part D prescription drug coverage, allowing you to get all your Medicare benefits in a single plan. Many include additional benefits Original Medicare doesn’t cover, like hearing, dental and vision coverage.
These plans may also lower your out-of-pocket costs.
Think of Medicare Advantage like this:
Part C = Part A + Part B + Part D (usually) + some extra services
Medicare Part C covers:
- All the services covered by Original Medicare, including emergency and urgent medical care.
- Vision, hearing and dental (usually).
- Most plans offer some coverage for prescription drugs.
2022 Medicare Part C costs include:
- Deductibles and coinsurance, which vary from plan to plan.
- You may pay a premium for your Medicare Advantage plan in addition to your monthly Part B premium.
- Some plans have a $0 premium or may help pay some of your Part B premiums.
In 2022, the average monthly premium for a Medicare Advantage plan is projected to be $19 a month.
Unlike Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage plans restrict you to health care providers and services within the plan’s local network. You may also need to get prior authorization and approval from your plan for certain services and supplies.
Medigap (Medicare Supplement Insurance)
Medigap policies help cover some out-of-pocket costs, such as deductibles and coinsurance, for Original Medicare beneficiaries.
You can only purchase a Medigap policy if you’re enrolled in Original Medicare. Medicare Advantage enrollees can’t buy these supplement insurance policies.
Medicare supplement insurance plans are sold by private insurance companies. You’ll pay an insurer a monthly premium for your Medigap coverage in addition to all your other Medicare costs.
4. What Doesn’t Medicare Cover?
There are several major medical expenses that aren’t covered by Medicare Part A or Part B.
But remember: You can get some of these services covered if you add a Part D plan or switch to a Medicare Advantage plan.
- Long-term care: No part of Medicare — including Medicare Advantage plans — covers extended nursing home or assisted living facility stays. Medicare coverage for nursing care is mostly limited to short-term rehabilitative stays. If you can afford long-term care insurance, it’s worth considering, given the high costs of nursing care. Medicaid — which assists people with low income, regardless of age — can pick up the tab for long-term care, but only after you’ve depleted your financial resources.
- Prescription drugs: Part D coverage is necessary.
- Dental: Original Medicare doesn’t cover routine dental care, including cleanings, fillings, tooth extractions and dentures, but Part A may cover emergency dental work you incur during a hospital stay.
- Vision: Original Medicare won’t pay for eye exams, glasses or contact lenses.
- Hearing aids: Original Medicare doesn’t pay for hearing aids or exams for fitting hearing aids.
Other services not covered by Medicare:
- Most cosmetic surgery
- Sterilization, including a hysterectomy (unless it’s considered medically necessary)
- Medical marijuana
- Massage therapy
- Health care outside the United States
Funding a health savings account (HSA) before you’re eligible for Medicare is a good way to save for the costs that Medicare won’t cover.
5. How Do I Sign Up for Medicare?
If you’re already receiving Social Security benefits, you’ll be automatically enrolled in Medicare. You don’t have to do anything.
Otherwise, your Medicare eligibility begins around your 65th birthday, and you have a seven-month window to sign up.
This initial enrollment period begins three months before your birthday month, includes your birthday month and extends three months after that. So if you were born on Jan. 5, you could sign up between Oct. 1 and April 30.
You can also sign up during Medicare’s general enrollment period between Jan. 1 and March 31 if you missed the seven-month window around your 65th birthday. But your benefits won’t start until July of that year.
The Medicare enrollment process is handled by the Social Security Administration. If you’re not automatically enrolled, you can sign up by visiting Social Security’s website, calling 800-772-1213 or visiting your local Social Security office.
You can enroll in Medicare even if you don’t plan to retire right when you turn 65.
6. What Is Open Enrollment?
Medicare open enrollment, also known as the annual election period, runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7 each year.
It’s the time when people who are already enrolled in Medicare can make changes to their plans.
If you’re happy with your coverage, you don’t need to do anything.
During open enrollment, you can:
- Switch from Original Medicare to Medicare Advantage, or vice versa.
- Switch to a different Medicare Advantage plan.
- Sign up for Part D if you didn’t enroll when you first became eligible.
- Change to a different Part D plan.
Whatever changes you make won’t go into effect until Jan. 1. So if you make changes during the 2022 open enrollment period, your new benefits will kick in January 2023.
7. Is Signing Up for Medicare Mandatory?
In some cases, yes.
If you have coverage under the Affordable Care Act, COBRA through a past employer or TRICARE for retired military members, you’re required to enroll in Medicare when you turn 65.
You may not have to sign up for Medicare right away if you’re still working and enrolled in your employer’s group health plan coverage or if your spouse is still working and you’re covered under their plan. But be sure to check with your employer. Some companies will require you to enroll in Part A and Part B and use your employer insurance as secondary coverage.
Be sure you’re very clear on the rules. The penalties for late enrollment are steep and, in some cases, can increase your Medicare costs for the rest of your life.
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Part of the Scènes de la vie privée section of Honore de Balzac's series La Comédie humaine. Set in Paris in 1819, it follows the intertwined lives of three characters: the elderly doting Goriot; a mysterious criminal-in-hiding named Vautrin; and a naive law student named Eugène de Rastignac.
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What can I drink to lose weight overnight?
Getting rid of lower stomach fat Exercises like cardio, yoga, and crunches may tone your muscles and strengthen your lower abs, but they won’t “erase” fat deposits. The only way to lose fat on your lower stomach is to lose fat overall. A calorie deficit helps with this.
Swap soda, juice, and sports drinks for water and skim or low-fat milk. Also, some skilled recommendation may help you know what to concentrate on to help your child attain a wholesome weight, no matter their age. If your baby is obese or obese, helping him get to a wholesome weight is among the finest things you can do for him now and sooner or later. Sherry’s stomach fat isn’t merely a flaw on her in any other case age-defying form. Mounting analysis shows it can be dangerous and is related to an increased danger for coronary heart disease, diabetes, and a few types of cancer.
Most individuals know that what you eat is important, however many do not know specifically what they’re eating. Aerobic train — like walking, working, and swimming — can enable main reductions in belly fat .
The finest approach to get extra fiber is to eat plenty of plant meals, together with greens and fruit. Legumes are additionally an excellent supply, in addition to some cereals, such as whole oats. Just avoiding the refined carbs — like sugar, candy, and white bread — ought to be enough, particularly should you keep your protein intake high. This signifies that a number of the fats lost on a low carb food plan is harmful abdominal fats. Protein could also be crucial macronutrient for weight reduction.
Many well being organizations use physique mass index (BMI) to categorise weight and predict the chance of metabolic illness.
When you eat a lot of added sugar, the liver gets overloaded with fructose and is compelled to turn it into fats . Numerous studies have indicated that extra sugar, mostly as a result of massive amounts of fructose, can result in fat increase around your abdomen and liver . For this purpose, dropping this fats can have significant benefits on your well being and well-being. Those shown to scale back stomach fat embrace members of the Lactobacillus household, similar to Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus amylovorus and especially Lactobacillus gasseri . Taking 1–2 tablespoons (15–30 mL) of apple cider vinegar per day is protected for most individuals and will lead to modest fats loss.
How can I lose my belly fat in 3 days?
A cardio workout burns more calories than a weight-training workout. However, your metabolism may stay elevated for longer after weights than cardio, and weight lifting is better for building muscle. Thus, the ideal exercise program for improving body composition and health includes cardio and weights.
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Commentary: Altus Airmen visit historic Black Wall Street in Tulsa Published March 1, 2022 By 2nd Lt. Cameron Silver 97th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- As someone who has always enjoyed learning and studying history, it is not often that I am truly shocked to learn of a particular historical event. However, even with several high school and college history classes behind me, it wasn’t until two years ago that I first heard of the Tulsa Massacre. At the beginning of summer in 1921, an estimated 75 to 300 black Tulsans were gunned down in the uniquely flourishing segregated Greenwood district, dubbed “Black Wall Street”. Roughly 10,000 were left homeless as their houses and businesses were burned to the ground. I was astounded to learn that such a despicable act of hatred and terror was committed period, let alone only 101 years ago and at such a scale. I had many questions. Why was this the first time I’ve ever heard about this? Did the city officials at the time really enable it? Why were airplanes involved in the attack? I had since found the answers to my questions, but when I heard that the Black History Month committee at Altus AFB was organizing a tour of modern-day Greenwood, I knew I needed to see this place in person and learn more about this significant time in our country’s past that seemed to have been largely left off the history books. The tour group of about 25 boarded a bus and made the three and a half hour trip from Altus to Tulsa. Our first stop was a popular black-owned coffee shop named the Black Wall Street Liquid Lounge. The shop was filled with celebrations of black culture, both past and present, with artwork and historical photos covering every wall. After, we made our way across the street to the Greenwood Rising Black Wall Street History Center. It was new, having just been built in the summer of 2021, and contained numerous exhibits painting the picture of life in Greenwood before, during and after the tragedy. As we walked through and saw how it all unfolded, the details of the massacre were gut-wrenching. An allegation of a black man harassing a white woman in a hotel elevator turned into an angry white mob that proceeded to gun down the Greenwood residents and set the area ablaze. It hit even harder to hear the audio recordings of survivors’ first-hand accounts of seeing their family, friends and homes disappear before their eyes. One quote that stuck out was when one man described seeing black birds falling from the sky. Upon further inspection he realized “those weren’t birds, those were bullets” being fired from an airplane that was being used to cause even more damage from above. To make matters worse, historical investigation into the event revealed that city officials, police and the national guard sided with the white mob and even took part in the violence. In the end, many lives were lost, thousands more were changed forever and the equivalent of $35.47 million in real estate and personal property were destroyed. While the atrocity of this horrible event and the gravity it has cannot be overstated, the thing that struck me most from the museum was the resilience of the people of Greenwood. Only a few years after the massacre, Black Wall Street was incredibly resurrected and to some was arguably even more successful than its first incarnation. As the years have gone by, that level of success has fluctuated and numerous other great obstacles have gotten in the way of Black Wall Street being able to fully thrive. But that’s when the name of the museum hit me: “Greenwood Rising.” The focus wasn’t put on the massacre or the devastation that followed. The emphasis was put on the relentless spirit that propelled Black Wall Street to come back stronger and continue to grow and carry on the historic banner of those black-owned businesses back in 1921. After touring the center, we made sure to visit a large mural outside that was particularly powerful. The words “Black Wall St.” were emblazoned on a wall and each was filled with vibrant and colorful depictions of Greenwood through the ages. We then had lunch at Evelyn’s, a local soul food restaurant. It was a unique feeling to be engaging with this growing area and see that it truly is returning to being a hub of business, education and culture. Altus Airmen weren’t the only ones who got to experience Greenwood; some brought their families along too. U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Janiece Lucky, 97th Force Support Squadron first sergeant, organized the trip and brought her two young sons. She shared with me that she wanted to provide them “the opportunity to learn about our history through setbacks, the dark and ugly truths, but also our triumphs.” She hopes that it gives them pride as African-Americans. From an Airman’s perspective, I recognize the importance of absorbing this history and truly appreciating the positive changes that have been made for the diversity and inclusiveness of our military and our nation. There is still plenty more progress to be made, but today I am proud to be able to stand next to my black sisters and brothers in arms to help protect the freedoms that all Americans should be able to enjoy. 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Toyota However, both Toyota and Volvo agreed that they would build a hybrid car with autonomous driving technology before 2025, even if that would mean driving on public roads as well. The idea was revived in the wake of the Brexit vote in May and the success of its F1 team’s plan in the 2017 Formula E season. Although Renault unveiled the hybrid in March in the country after a successful maiden qualifying run, it has since scaled back its focus on autonomous driving, despite having three of its three new driver’s cars in place by this summer. Its F1 team has also announced it is cutting the head distance of its F3 drivers after their last three season in its F1 class, with one of its driver’s seats for the season being swapped to open on Sunday. Olympic teams use electric power to produce electricity Olympic teams are known as “electric power teams” and operate at one of four national grid grids in Europe: grid 1 (Germany) and grid 2 (Belgium). The teams are divided into four teams – in part because the German Olympic team uses electric powered power as part of its practice to practice in the capital, Dusseldorf. The German teams, with the exception of the German Winter Olympics, are based in London and the Netherlands, while the Norwegian athletes only use electric power in their country. The Toyota is being challenged by its own rivals on their next-generation cars while pushing its share of the top five from its rivals to eight. The Japanese conglomerate will offer more than twice as many cars through its three-nation consortium next year as it once offered. The Renault-Nissan partnership could see it make 40 percent better at handling and will add up to more than half the new-car sales it is offering each year. https://jiji.co.rw/kigali/cars/toyota-yFshmQi3H8fmNYb0CcNFbCLl.html However, Renault, the world’s second-largest carmaker if Renault was successful as Nissan, says it is not “a rival to Toyota” for its market share. Marlon Sacks, Renault’s spokesman, who was in Tokyo to support the Ford Motor Company executive with a joint press conference, declined to comment for this report. Nissan, the automaker selling more than 30,000 cars globally, will offer a four-point share to the top three in next year’s sales. The top three will be Nissan, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler divisions, the company said in a statement on Sunday. Shares in Nissan fell 50 percent as the deal took effect in the 24 hours after it emerged that Toyota was planning on offering a fourth tier after six rounds of talks. Shares have slumped in the following weeks to close around $9.27. Shares in Toyota slid 30 percent last month for the first week of trading on Saturday as Toyota announced plans to sell two new models next year. | <urn:uuid:716157aa-b86f-41b8-981c-78bdb8ea7a27> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://qualitydirectory.org/toyota-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.980527 | 615 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Trademark Registrations Are No Place For Pandemic Opportunism
Major cultural and world events, along with even goofy tweets, often give rise to a run on the trademark office by those hoping to strike it rich through being the first to monopolize a phrase. No one ever gets rich from this tactic and these antics only illustrate the profound misunderstanding most of the populace has about what a trademark is.
WARDROBE MALFUNCTION became a popular trademark application after Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson shocked the world during the halftime show at the Super Bowl. After President Trump tweeted COVFEFE to the delight of his critics, it was reported that 42 separate trademark applications were filed. After the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl, the trademark office saw applications for PHILLY SPECIAL and many tried to monopolize BOSTON STRONG and VEGAS STRONG after the tragedies that befell those cities. It should be no surprise then, that the trademark office has begun to see COVID-19 and CORONAVIRUS versions of this phenomenon.
Here is why this never works.
Trademarks are not rights in gross. They are not tangible pieces of property that can be reserved and appropriated in and of themselves. Just because you are the first one that thought of putting COVID-19 on a t-shirt does not mean that you can stop others from doing so by filing a trademark application.
Trademarks are symbols that designate source, and trademarks must actually be used as source identifiers in order for trademark applications to even be viable. So, a mark must be affixed to a good or service to qualify as a trademark and, generally speaking, the mark itself cannot be the reason that the consumer is interested in purchasing the good or service. Simply being the first to submit an application to the trademark office for a nifty phrase will not give rise to trademark protection.
There are also a variety of reasons that something like COVID-19 would not be viable as a trademark even if it were affixed to a good or service. The concepts of genericism and descriptiveness would insure that such a thing could never be trademarked. The trademark office, by way of example, has reported that not a single one of the dozens of applications for COVFEFE or BOSTON STRONG were ever registered as trademarks. These applicants filed useless applications and never got their filing fees back.
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After over a year of hard work by a dedicated core group of volunteers, we have darkened the map for Kentucky by becoming an official chapter! Not a group to rest on our laurels, we are hitting the ground and engaging across the state.
The Kentucky chapter collaborated with a local chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society to provide both volunteers and participants in a mentor hunt, starting with a daylong introduction to grouse hunting that covered everything from grouse biology and habitat, hunting strategies and safety to hunting with bird dogs. All ages attended the event, and it was encouraging to see so many youth interested in a quarry that, in these parts, is truly an upland species.
In April, chapter leadership represented BHA at the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources’ annual R3 (Recruit, Retain, Reactivate) Summit. Kentucky is one of only a few states that has created a statewide strategic plan, and the Kentucky chapter is serving on the committee focused on implementing the access portion of the plan. Increasing awareness and utilization of public lands by creating a species-based guide to hunting public lands, similar to the annual fishing forecast already produced by the department was discussed. The hope is that this will allow the R3 hunter to better identify public lands that will enable them to be successful in their hunt. | <urn:uuid:200995e1-ec27-4299-b80f-ecf1db4f0e71> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.backcountryhunters.org/summer_2019_kentucky_chapter_news | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.956973 | 268 | 1.515625 | 2 |
SOMMARIO: 1. Premessa – 2. Concetto di identità sessuata – 3. Riverberi sul piano teologico e canonico – 4. Conclusioni.
Gender ideology? Some legal-canonical order profiles
ABSTRACT: Today we are facing the threat of a new modus pensandi, which has already achieved its objectives in Europe and in Italy: the gender theories. The latter are intended to assert the superiority of culture over nature, aiming for the recognition of the third kind. In Europe they have already succeeded in their aim, while in Italy we need to reflect more on the term person, focusing on the fact that culture must lie in the nature, only certainty of our existence. Hopefully, starting from Italy, also Europe returns 'his steps'. | <urn:uuid:9879b9aa-f286-469f-ab0f-56da3f95a907> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.statoechiese.it/en/contributi/ideologia-del-gender-alcuni-profili-di-ordine-giuridico-canonico | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.903554 | 165 | 1.820313 | 2 |
“Devotees of the Supreme Lord are twenty-four hours daily engaged in glorifying the pastimes of the Supreme Lord. Their hearts and souls are constantly submerged in Krishna, and they take pleasure in discussing Him with other devotees.” (Shrila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, 10.9 Purport)
“Hey man, how’s it going? I’m calling to let you know that we’re having a special puja at our house this Saturday. It’s an auspicious occasion, something that only comes around once a year. If you do this puja then you’re promised good health, good fortune, and safety for the upcoming year. Such and such is the beneficiary of the worship, and when they are pleased they liberally give out benedictions.
“Why don’t we hold this puja every day, you ask? Well, I mean it’s not required that it be done every day. You only have to do it once on the day prescribed for it. That’s why you should attend. We’re having a lot of people over that day, and we’ll have nice food afterwards. This is a good way to stay in touch with spiritual life, to keep yourself grounded. If we did it every day, it would lose its meaning. I don’t think you’re even allowed to hold this puja every day.”
It’s only common sense to wonder why the worship in this hypothetical scenario doesn’t take place every day. You bathe every day; at least that is the hygienic thing to do. You eat every day. You watch television every day. You go on the internet every day. Why, then, should you only worship on special occasions? Perhaps there are other ceremonies that occur more frequently, but then again, we should ask why they don’t occur all the time.
The day is simply a demarcation of time. It’s like taking a large pizza pie and dividing it up into eight slices. The division does nothing to change the constitution of the pizza. The slices are there to make the pie easier to eat when with others. It’s easier for the establishment to sell the pizza to individuals that way too.
Time is a much larger continuum that is impossible to fully grasp. What to speak of the full existence of the universe, we can’t even get a hold of our own time on earth. That is why we take note of the days, weeks, months and years. We celebrate our birthday as a way to recognize that a certain amount of time has passed. As time really makes no difference on who we are, why should we base our religious activities on it? Why shouldn’t we worship all the time?
The function in the above referenced scenario is known as demigod worship in the Vedas. The puja can also be likened to a yajna, or sacrifice, but in general such kinds of worship are reserved for a particular divine figure who can grant material benedictions. This last point is what automatically prevents the worship from taking place more regularly. The worship of the demigods can be compared to walking up to a vending machine, putting in coins, selecting your item of choice, and then walking away with the dispensed item. Once you have gotten what you want, what is the purpose to going back to the machine to put in more money? You don’t need another item, so the money will go to waste if you offer it to the machine, no?
If I worship a divine figure with the intent of getting good fortune in return, once that fortune arrives, I need to do something with it. I asked for it for a reason. If I want a home gym for my birthday and my parents buy it for me, will I not want to start exercising on it? During that time of exercise, what would be the point in asking the parents for another home gym? Rather, I won’t ask for anything again until I need it.
But should religious life be like this? Should it involve business transactions? I can get stuff without worshiping anyone. Indeed, this is a contributing factor to the widespread lack of God consciousness in the modern day society. With so much material opulence available, what need is there for worshiping God? If I have my tablet computer, high definition television, and fancy automobile, why do I need to waste my time with religion?
The Vedas give us demigod worship and many pujas for acquiring material opulence, so there is a legitimate purpose to them. It is better to worship for things to get them than to think that things appear on their own. If I worship someone to get material opulence, at least I have an understanding that there is a higher power. That is one step closer to the complete realization that I am not the supreme controller. I am a spirit soul, part and parcel of God, but I am not equal to Him. I am always inferior and He is always superior.
“Those whose minds are distorted by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-gita, 7.20)
If I remain stuck on demigod worship, I have not made the most out of my existence. As mentioned before, there is no purpose to going back to the vending machine once you have gotten what you want. Similarly, there is no reason to repeat the puja once you have asked for and received your specific reward. If you do want to continue worshiping, you have to change the beneficiary. Ironically enough, we can look to those who are worshiped for material opulence to understand to where we should turn.
Lord Shiva is one of the famous divine figures of the Vedic tradition. He is known as Ashutosha because he is easily pleased. As Goswami Tulsidas mentions in his Vinai Patrika, just by a simple offering made to Shiva people have turned from paupers into wealthy kings instantly. There is practically no limit to the material opulence that Lord Shiva will give you if he is pleased by your worship.
The wise person takes a step back and reflects for a second. “Wait, I’m getting all of this material opulence, but what about Lord Shiva? I heard that he lives on a cold mountain wearing the garb of an ascetic. He has the most beautiful and chaste wife in Parvati Devi, but he spends all his time muttering the name of Rama. He has the power to destroy the entire creation, and yet he is not interested in any kind of material activity. He gives away opulence, but he obviously doesn’t think that the opulence is very important. He must have something more valuable.”
A devotee of Lord Shiva once had a similar epiphany. It came to him after interacting with a famous Vaishnava saint. Sanatana Gosvami was living in Vrindavana. Previously he was a government minister and very wealthy. He also had a touchstone that could turn iron into gold. Yet he gave all that up in order to live a renounced life in Vrindavana. There he spent all his time worshiping Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Krishna expands into Vishnu and also Rama, who is Lord Shiva’s worshipable figure of choice.
This Shiva devotee heard that Sanatana Gosvami had previously owned the touchstone, so he went to find out where it was. Sanatana Gosvami told the devotee where to find it. He did not hesitate to give away the location. While feverishly pursuing this touchstone, the devotee began to wonder why Sanatana Gosvami didn’t want it. He eventually realized that Sanatana Gosvami had something much more valuable. He had devotion to God, which could be practiced every day. Indeed, this is the same valuable gem that Lord Shiva and other famous Vaishnavas possess.
“There is a nice story about Shrila Sanatana Gosvami. He had a touchstone with him, and this stone was left in a pile of refuse. A needy man took it, but later on wondered why the valuable stone was kept in such a neglected place. He therefore asked Sanatana Gosvami for the most valuable thing, and then he was given the holy name of the Lord.” (Teachings of Queen Kunti, 10 Purport)
When you worship God every day, not desiring any material benedictions, you are practicing bhakti-yoga. In this age Lord Chaitanya, the spiritual master of Sanatana Gosvami, has made the practice of bhakti-yoga available to everyone. One doesn’t have to attend a specific puja held only once a year. They don’t have to pay money to get this most valuable gift. They simply have to have the good fortune of meeting a Krishna devotee and hearing from them the most powerful mantra of “Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.”
Now, imagine if you were to call up your friend and say, “Hey, man, I’m having a bhakti-yoga program at my home this Saturday. For what reason, you ask? Just because; it’s fun. It’s a way to show our love for God. The worship is itself the reward. We don’t have to hold it this particular Saturday, for we worship every day by chanting the holy names, but we figure the more of a routine we can make, the better off we’ll be. If we’re supposed to love to make our lives truly worthwhile, why not love God, who is superior to the temporary manifestations effected by time and space? Isn’t it common sense to want to be happy all the time through service?”
Demigod worship, ritualistic worship to attain benedictions, cleansing rituals to remove evil spirits, and other such events will always have more patrons than bhakti-yoga programs. This is the reality, as the material world is the home for those who are averse to divine love. Nevertheless, if one just hears the holy name and then gets the itching to repeat it, even with a little discomfort in the beginning stages they can reach the point where they understand that life is meant for worshiping God without motivation and without interruption. And through the holy name that worship can go on and on, carrying forward into the next life as well.
“Come over to my house at end of the week,
For puja, material benedictions to seek.
Why not do the worship daily you inquire?
What is use after coveted gift acquired?
After candy from vending machine you have got,
Why again money into it will you drop?”
Real worship meant to be available to all,
Not only to specific item in hopes to call.
Sanatana Gosvami threw away his touchstone,
Higher taste in worshiping Supreme Lord alone.
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How to Engage Students Using Retargeting
A student comes to your education institute’s website. He clicks over to the Music courses and stars browsing through the different qualifications. Then he closes his browser and leaves for work. Is that it? Is there any other way to re-engage lost website visitors who may still be interested in studying at your institution?
Luckily, there certainly is a way with retargeting. This method of marketing involves tracking the movements of leads across different sites and using what is known about them to redirect them back to your site. This can be done through Google Adwords, banner ads and tracking codes, similar to what Facebook does with its ads.
So how can you effectively engage students using retargeting methods? What are some retargeting best practices that you should be implementing. Here is our complete guide to retargeting for education institutions.
Understand the Student Lifecycle
Choosing a place of study is not the same as choosing what to have for breakfast. Many students toil over this decision for months and do plenty of research so that when they send out applications, they feel confident that they’ve made the right decision overall.
Not all students are at the same place when they visit your website or check out your Facebook page. That’s why it’s so important for you to understand the lifecycle of a prospective student so you can better understand their needs and tailor your content and marketing strategies to address those needs.
Consider this lifecycle:
Stage #1 – Not Graduated: You can start targeting prospective students long before they are eligible to enter your institution. Obviously, you can’t retarget here, but you can send out ads on certain websites. For example, Facebook advertising allows you to market to certain demographics. If you market to 18 year olds, you can introduce your institution to them before they even start searching.
Stage #2 – First Google Search: Students are just starting to think about studying at a TAFE or university. Most of the time, they don’t know what they want to study, they might have idea about which city or state they’d like to study in.
Stage #3 – Course Search: Now searches are getting a little more specific. Students are bouncing around among institutions that offer qualifications mainly in one or two fields.
Stage #4 – Realist Search: After students get a better feel for what they want to study, it’s time to start looking into the financial side of things. Students will want to have a clear idea of how much they will have to pay, and they will want to be more prepared for book costs and well as housing costs.
Stage #5 – What Else? Search: Once students have a better idea about where and what they want to study, they can start looking at competing factors between education institutions. They might look at what is available to do around campus, teaching credentials of staff members and other perks of a certain institution. Anything that can help sway a student from one institute to another will be leveraged here.
By this point, a student should be ready to make an informed decision about his or her education. At the very least, the search should be down to two or three schools. With the right retargeting advertising strategy, you can keep your institution in the back of your prospective student’s mind.
Identify What Visiting a Page Could Mean
For any prospective student, an education institution’s website is going to be the best source of information, which is why it’s so important that your website is high quality. Assuming it is, you can track the movements of visitors on your site and send them ads based on what they’re looking at.
When a student visits certain pages of your site, it usually correlates to one of the stages in the lifecycle we mentioned above. Identify these actions and start retargeting:
Home page: Students who don’t make it past the homepage have probably just started their search. To keep them on your site longer, make sure you have pages for prospective students that provides basic information about your institution and encourages them to look around.
Course page: Students looking here are probably at Stage 2 or 3, depending on how well a student knows what they wants to study. Remember to make these pages as welcoming and inviting as possible. Use tabs to make it easier to organise information while still making each tab accessible to all visitors.
Financial ad pages: As student finances are a huge concern at Stage 4, these pages should be your most polished and clean. Be sure to include contact information here for students who read the information but still have questions.
All of your pages should include links to your blog, where students can sign up to receive newsletters. As your blog should be posting useful articles on the application process, students may find this to be an excellent resource, and it presents your institution in a positive light.
Visiting a blog or other pages about campus and housing are strong indicators of a Stage 5 student. Now is the crucial time when you should be remarketing to your leads. Using Google Analytics, you can track the movements of site visitors and retarget them in a way that better coincides with their needs.
Retarget the Lead
Now comes the fun part: the remarketing itself. Using all the data you’ve collected about your leads thus far, it’s time to use it to remarket your institution and brand to prospective students who have left your site. Try a few of these methods:
Site remarketing: For students who visit course pages and financial aid pages, you can create specific ads to remind visitors why they would want to come back to your site. To track pages, Google Analytics will provide you with a snippet of code that you will embed in each page. The ads will appear to other websites that have contracted with Google, and their message will mirror the prospective student’s behaviour. If a student is browsing a certain course, the ad will be promoting the course.
Email remarketing: After a lead opens an email from you, you can start displaying ads based on that email, even if the receiver never clicks through on it. Since parents as well as students often sign up for these ads, you can send a positive message about your institution to parents so you can keep them interested.
Social media marketing: As most of your students and parents will be on social networking sites, you can also retarget them using Facebook advertising. With the Custom Audience feature, you can target coinciding email addresses in your database that match up with Facebook accounts and send them advertisements and promoted posts that showcase a relevant blog article or promote an upcoming information session.
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What most Americans know about the British Army in North America is this: they were the most powerful Army in the world, partnered with the most powerful navy in the world, and that the American colonists in rebellion never stood a chance. This, of course, is only true in the context of a refined, well trained army sent to confront farmers, shopkeepers, barmen, and boat builders who were drafted into the colonial militia.
In 1754, the British Army had about 4,000 regulars serving in the North America [Note 1]. To understand what this means, in terms of manpower strength, the average size of an infantry regiment was between 700-800 men. Given these numbers, then there were five regiments assigned to the colonies, each consisting of ten companies, the entirety being a brigade. The brigade commander may have formed battalions of five companies each. It is likely that British Army units were placed where they were most needed; given the size in area of the thirteen colonies, they were hardly an effective fighting force. The soldiers in residence had been long neglected by the home government; they had become complacent in their duties and posed no threat to anyone, much less the French or their Indian surrogates.
Regimental Colonels were honorary positions of well-placed gentlemen. The colonel’s frequent absences from the regiment made the lieutenant colonel the officer commanding, and he was assisted by a major. Aiding the officer commanding was a small staff of five men (excluding personal batmen). If the lieutenant colonel and major were absent from the regiment, then the senior captain stepped in as officer commanding. In such conditions, with captains commanding the regiment, then it fell upon the lieutenants to command the companies.
The British infantry company was composed of 3 officers, 2-4 musicians, 6 noncommissioned officers, and 56 privates. Sickness, desertion, and battle losses meant that British companies/battalions/regiments/brigades seldom — if ever — went into combat at full strength.
Young men of the eighteenth century often joined the British Army for economic reasons. The onset of the Industrial Revolution and land closure brought enormous social changes in Great Britain. Common laborers, textile workers, and displaced artisans joined the army to escape poverty. The British private received eight pence per day before taxes — about £1.00 per month. It was’t much, but it was better than the soldier could make “back home” as a laborer — £1.00 being somewhere in the neighborhood of $25.00/month in 2021 currency.
Where the British Soldiers Came From
The common soldier enlisted in the British Army under widely varied circumstances. The unemployed textile worker may have sought out the recruiter and accepted the King’s shilling for his service “at the pleasure of the King.” In other words, this recruit may have been recruited for life. But the British Army also hired mercenaries; men who fought for money, and only when the money was right. Most recruitments in the British Isles came from poverty stricken sections of the larger cities. Each regiment recruited for itself and regimental colonels would often lead recruiting parties into towns and villages. Some people were, with the permission of the Crown and local courts, pressed into service. They were vagrants, homeless people, drunkards, and some were prisoners who thought it would be a better life in the Army than eating rat meat in a dark, dank prison in the midlands.
British military officers purchased their commissions (and sold them). The purchase price of a military officer’s commission was high enough that it precluded men of moderate means from becoming British officers, or ascending higher in rank. Most officers up to the rank of major were of the middle class. Only sons of nobility could afford high command; they had to be well-born, and as such, they served concurrently as politicians and general officers.
The Braddock Expedition
On 20 February 1755, Major General Edward Braddock arrived in the colonies with two regiments and assumed command of all British land forces as Commander-in-Chief of the British North American Army. He met with several of the colonial governors in Alexandria on 14 April. They persuaded him to undertake vigorous actions against the French, who had instigated native populations against British settlements. With colonial militia reinforcing British regulars, Braddock planned his punitive expedition against the French around the following: a militia officer from Massachusetts would lead an attack against Fort Niagara; General Sir William Johnson from New York would lead an assault against the French at Crown Point; Colonel Monckton would lead an attack on the Bay of Fundy, and Braddock would himself march an expedition against Fort Duquesne (Pittsburg) on the Ohio River.
The main thrust of the British attack was Fort Duquesne. General Braddock commanded the 44th and 48th Regiments of Foot (1,350 men), an additional force of 500 regular and colonial militia, field artillery, and other support troops, for a total of around 2,100 men [Note 2]. A twenty-three year old lieutenant colonel of militia accompanied Braddock — a surveyor, who knew the landscape, and a man capable of serving as Braddock’s aide-de-camp. His name was George Washington. Major General Braddock fell mortally wounded at the Battle of Monongahela on 9 July 1755, carried from the field by Colonel Washington and Colonel Meriwether. Although Washington had no official position within the chain of command, he nevertheless brought order to the regiments and commanded a rearguard for the evacuation of the British expedition from the field. Of Braddock’s regular force, 456 were killed, 422 wounded. Of his officers numbering 86, 26 were killed, 37 were wounded. There were 50 women in the Braddock expedition, all but four were killed. Subsequent defeats along the frontier prompted London to expand the British Army in North America. It was easier said than done.
The average Englishman had little interest in serving in the British Army; it was a challenging lifestyle at the best of times. Between 1755-57, only 4,500 Englishmen enlisted for service in the colonies. At the same time, 7,500 British colonists enlisted in the British Army of North America. After Grat Britain formerly declared war against France in 1756, recruiting efforts on the Homefront were more successful. Some 11,000 regulars were sent from Britain to America in 1757. Simultaneously, the flow of colonial recruits diminished to a mere trickle of what it had been.
In early 1758, the British government appointed General James Abercromby to serve as Commander-in-Chief in North America. Abercromby brought reform and improvement in an army that grew to twenty-three battalions (about 8,000 men). That year marked the turning point of the war and the British Army reclaimed its prestige. After the Treaty of Paris of 1763, the regular British Army serving in North America was raised to 10,000 men. Americans living on the frontier welcomed these men; the British regular represented colonial security. On the other hand, while Americans enjoyed the peace of mind and safety provided by the British Army, no one wanted to pay for them in the form of taxes. This made no sense to any thinking person, but it is difficult to argue that most American colonists in 1770 were skilled in that regard.
The American Revolution
In terms of the sentiments of American colonists, there were only two sorts where the British soldier was concerned: those who loved them, and those who hated them. There was no middle group. The rabble-rousers in Boston fell into the latter category and sought to create confrontations with the symbol of British authority at every opportunity [Note 3]. By 1775, the British North American soldier was a highly proficient, extremely professional soldier — one could not look upon the colonial militiamen with anything but contempt. British soldiers didn’t run away from a fight.
The colonist’s fuss about paying their “fair share” of taxes to support the British Army in the colonies brought disdain from the British regular. He didn’t respect the colonist, and he didn’t respect the leaders of the emerging American government or its militia. A few years earlier, no one wanted to serve as a British regular officer more than George Washington, but the British establishment responded to his every effort with scorn. After 1770, colonial farmers, shopkeepers, and militia came to realize that despite all they did for England, the British would always regard them as second-class citizens.
France’s entry into the colonial revolution on the side of the Americans changed Great Britain’s strategic calculus. The British were no longer masters of the sea along America’s sea coast. While the British Army was widely distributed from Canada to Florida and the West Indies, the French could deliver fresh troops to any place along the East Coast at a time of their own choosing — unchallenged by either the British Army or the Royal Navy. Because the West Indies was more valuable to the British than the rebellious colonies, a large number of British Army and Royal Navy resources were diverted to protect British interest there.
The government in London soon realized that the colonies in New England were probably beyond saving. British loyalists living in New England were few in number. The southern colonies, on the other hand, had large populations of loyalists; there was hope that these colonies might be saved, and so the British Army and Royal Navy turned its attention to the Carolinas and West Florida. Britain’s effort toward saving the southern colonies was the match that lit the kindling in the southern colonies; capturing Charleston added logs to the fire.
General Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown (Oct 1781). One key feature in the southern campaign was the number of British Loyalists who fought the British fight. The Battle of King’s Mountain in 1780 was an exclusively American engagement. The outcome of King’s Mountain prompted the Loyalists to reconsider; after all, there was never a guarantee that the British would win the war — and if they didn’t, then what would happen to the loyalists? Loyalists would have been suicidal to throw their lot behind the British if there was any chance at all that the patriots would end up as the victors — which, of course, they were.
British regular soldiers continued to fight well and the colonial militia always maintained their fear of British regular formations. The problem was that the British Army was getting smaller with each battle. Cornwallis did not have a regular pipeline for troop replacements, which meant that each British victory came at a high price. The British soldier was poorly fed, poorly cared for, and quite often poorly led … but they steadfastly performed courageously in battle after battle — at the beginning of the conflict and at the end of it.
The Age of Sail
It was never easy to support the British Army 3,000 miles away on the North American continent. To feed these soldiers a daily ration, the British government contracted with food producing companies who transported the rations in bulk across the Atlantic. By the time they arrived and found their way into the Red Coat’s mess kit, the rations were inedible. Biscuits were full of weevils, the bread was moldy, the butter rancid, the flour spoiled, insects infested peas, and then came the maggoty beef. It is no surprise to learn that the British soldier was seriously malnourished and toothless by the time he reached 30 years of age. Senior officers did register complaints, but they fell on deaf ears.
Adding to the difficult task of crushing rebellion was the corruption of British bureaucrats, contractors, ship’s captains, and commissary officers in the supply chain. Corruption didn’t begin with the British war ministry, and it certainly didn’t end there. One may wonder how well the family of Lyndon Baines Johnson profited from the Vietnam War.
Thirty Years Later
Many historians will argue that the American Revolution ended in 1783 with the Treaty of Paris of that year. I disagree. Oh, there may have been a treaty with Great Britain, but the behavior of the officers commanding British Army forces in North America never changed toward the Americans, nor — for that matter — did the behavior of the Royal Navy toward American flagged ships. Among more than a few senior British Army and Navy officers, an American Revolution “re-do” was a worthwhile undertaking. Officers commanding British forts in Canada never once stopped instigating Indian attacks against American western settlements or westward migrations — even to the extent of paying Indians for American scalps.
Renewed conflict with Great Britain in 1812 favored the Americans because, at the time, the British were up to their nickers in a fight with Napoleon Bonaparte. Because the priority for army forces was given to Europe, the British manned their North American forts with cadre staffs. Sadly, by 1812, America no longer had a George Washington to lead them. They had to rely on much older revolutionary era generals who, truth be known, weren’t all that good as generals when they were much younger.
While it was true that the early conflict favored the Americans, we should recall that America was once more at war with a powerful nation — and one that had one hand tied behind its back. It would have been advantageous to the Americans to win its War of 1812 early on — but no. Incompetent generals and one disaster after another denied the Americans a clear victory, even while confronting a much-diminished British army. It may have been too much for the Americans to covet Canada.
In 1814, Napoleon was soundly defeated, and when this occurred, the British were then able to turn their full attention to the United States. In that year, the British mauled the American army at Bladensburg, Maryland (See also: At Bladensburg, 1814), burned the city of Washington, and reasserted the Royal Navy’s control over the Eastern Seaboard (See also: Joshua Barney). It wasn’t until after the Treaty of Ghent, which officially ended the War of 1812, that General Jackson destroyed the British Army in New Orleans — (See also: At Chalmette, 1815) an American victory at last, but it was a superficial victory. The Americans did kill a lot of British soldiers — but to no good purpose.
- Anderson, F. The War that Made America: New York: Penguin Books, 2005.
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North America included the thirteen British Colonies and after 1763, Canada.
General Braddock’s overwhelming defeat was partly due to his lack of understanding about French activities and their shenanigans with native tribes. He also didn’t understand the Indians and had no interest in recruiting them for service with the British Army, which may have been a product of his aristocratic arrogance. Several additional issues plagued the operation from the beginning, including the difficulty in procuring the necessary supplies that would sustain his force while in the field. One the expedition began, he found the roadway was too narrow and in constant need of widening to move artillery and cargo wagons, it was rutted and painfully slow. His frustration in the lack of speed caused him to split his force. With 1,300 men in his “flying column,” he crossed the Monongahela River on 9 July, ten miles away from Fort Duquesne … but it was difficult terrain. The collision of both British and French/Indian forces surprised both groups. Braddock’s advance guard was under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Gage. The Indians immediately assumed their usual practice of independent action; most of the French fled back to the Fort. Gage’s line of soldiers, wearing red coats, were difficult for the Indians to miss. As the soldiers began taking casualties, somewhat shaken by the war whoops of the Indians, Gage’s line became a shamble. Several of the British, in their confusion, fired on other British formations. Thereafter, the battle became a rout. Though Braddock exhibited personal courage and tenacity, the advantage went to the Indians, who were able to fire at the red coats from behind trees. It was the first time in North America where a British force was destroyed by an inferior number of enemy.
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Within the first couple scenes of King Lear, it becomes clear that some characters are meant to be perceived as “good” and others as “bad.” Goneril, Regan, and Edmund are bad; Cordelia and Kent are good. Lear is maybe the only one whose goodness isn’t set in stone at the end of the first act. Although Goneril, Regan, and Edmund all have legitimate grievances tied to their lack of options to gain wealth and power in a patriarchal society dominated by inheritance, they are marked from the beginning as evil. In later acts, their evilness becomes clear in the violence that they either take part in or allow to occur, but in Act 1 their only bad action is trying to push back against an unfair system.
The reason for these snap good/bad divisions in the play is loyalty, but only loyalty to the “natural” power, which is Lear. This is shown through the treatment of Goneril’s servant Oswald, a very loyal character who is repeatedly harassed by Lear in Act 1 Scene 4 and Kent in Act 2 Scene 2 for showing Lear less than complete devotion. But it’s unclear why Lear deserves this devotion in the first place, when his unpredictable temper and lack of compassion for Kent and Cordelia suggest that he is not a capable or worthy leader. Why is Lear, who begins with the advantages of complete power via the “natural” system and still treats the people around him poorly, the one who gets a redemption arc? | <urn:uuid:5365c562-ce0d-40d5-88a6-090a626a856c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://storypower.criticsandbuilders.com/author/dsturtevant44/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.973432 | 315 | 2.859375 | 3 |
The first Go Red for Women® Circulation special issue was published in February 2004. Since then, the journal has featured articles related to women and cardiovascular health most every February in recognition of American Heart Month.
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The current issue of Circulation features new clinical trial research, state of the art reviews and scientific perspectives exploring the unique challenges women face in their fight against heart disease and stroke. The journal received more than 100 manuscripts for consideration this year, the most ever in the five years the current editorial board has published a special Go Red for Women® issue.
“Undeniably, cardiovascular disease remains the number one killer of women around the world, taking the lives of 1 in 3 women. Even one life lost is too many, because we know much of heart disease and stroke is preventable and treatable,” said Circulation Editor-in-Chief Joseph A. Hill, M.D., Ph.D.
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Today, the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office (VAGO) released a report on mine rehabilitation.
Victorians should be very proud of their mining sector, a sector which creates over 120,000 jobs, and contributes $13.6 billion to the State’s economy (p 21).
However, it should be no surprise that the Auditor-General has found that the Andrews Labor Government is failing to properly regulate this sector.
[The Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions] is not effectively regulating [mining] operators’ compliance with their rehabilitation responsibilities. This exposes the state to significant financial risk because some sites have been poorly rehabilitated or not treated at all. If not addressed, these sites also present risks to Victorians and the environment (p 1).
The Report had the following devastating findings about the Andrews Labor Government’s failure to safely regulate Victorian mining, which could cost taxpayers up to $361 million (p 36).
1. The Government has only collected $813 million in bonds for rehabilitation of mine sites. However, VAGO estimates actual rehabilitation costs may be up to $1.2 billion, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill (p 2).
2. Almost 1,400 Victorian mines or quarries should have rehabilitation bonds, yet VAGO estimates the levels at which they are set is ‘not sufficient to cover rehabilitation costs’ (p 2).
3. The way in which rehabilitation bonds are calculated has not been updated since September 2010. Therefore, the calculation does not account for a 19.8 per cent increase in the Consumer Price Index, leading to excessively low bonds being set (p 4).
4. Earth Resources Regulation (ERR) has no database to prove that mine operators have actually finished their rehabilitation works prior to ERR returning their bonds (p 4).
5. Bond rates must be reviewed and adjusted over the life of a project to account for increased rehabilitation costs. Damningly, 91.7 per cent of these reviews are behind schedule by an average of 9 years (p 5).
6. An initial review shows that 72 per cent of rehabilitation plans submitted to the regulator do not have the amount of detail required under the relevant legislation (p 6).
7. Of the 262 enforcement notices issued by ERR between 2011-12 and 2018-19, none of them related to rehabilitation issues. This is despite the clear failures outlined above (p 8).
8. No comprehensive list of rehabilitation works completed, or the costs for those works is maintained by ERR. When VAGO requested such a list, they were provided with the names of 19 projects. Yet, no information was give on if those works were completed, or ever begun (p 9).
Comments attributable to Shadow Minister for Resources, Ryan Smith:
“Today’s VAGO Report shows yet again you cannot trust Daniel Andrews and Labor when it comes to mining.
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The immunoglobulin superfamily is a group of proteins, each made of one or several domains sharing key structural features with either the variable (V) or the constant (C) immunoglobulin domains. It includes such functionally important members as the immunoglobulins themselves, major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and class II and T-cell receptor (TCR) molecules. Several members of this superfamily are expressed on lymphocytes where they are membrane-bound and capable of interactions with other members of the family, thus taking part in cell-cell recognition. In screening mouse cytolytic-T-cell-derived cDNA libraries, we came across cDNA clones defining a sequence, CTLA-4, which could encode a 223-amino-acid protein clearly belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily. It consists of one V-like domain flanked by two hydrophobic regions, one of which has a structure suggestive of membrane anchoring. CTLA-4 is mainly expressed in activated lymphocytes and is coinduced with T-cell-mediated cytotoxicity in inducible models of this process. The mouse ctla-4 gene maps to band C of chromosome 1. | <urn:uuid:f6d854ba-64a3-420b-a39f-74ac083d5181> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3496540/?dopt=Abstract | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.95179 | 252 | 2.734375 | 3 |
What to Know Today
A majority of gun owners favor several gun reforms — but not a ban on assault weapons. That’s from a new NPR/Ipsos survey finding support for universal background checks (84 percent), raising the minimum age to buy an AR-15-style rifle from 18 to 21 (72 percent), raising the minimum to age buy any gun from 18 to 21 (67 percent), and red flag laws (65 percent). There was a predictable split between Democratic and Republican gun owners, but a majority of the latter nonetheless supported the policies. At the same time, just 42 percent of gun owners — fueled by 25 percent support among Republicans — supported a ban on assault-style weapons. “This NPR/Ipsos survey of American gun owners shows that the majority of gun owners are supportive of moderate gun control measures like background checks or increased age requirements, but harbor deep distrust of government suggesting the barriers that exist to more actions on guns,” said Ipsos senior vice president Chris Jackson.
The White House marked the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. President Biden gave a speech honoring the first federal gun law in nearly three decades in an event drawing many leaders in the gun reform and community-violence prevention space. “It matters,” Biden said of the law, while adding that he still wants more action on gun violence including new safe storage laws and a ban on assault-style weapons. “You have to do more than this”: Gun control activist Manuel Oliver, who lost a child at Parkland, momentarily interrupted Biden’s speech before being escorted out by security. “You have to open an office in the White House; name a director,” he said, referring to an office in the executive branch focused on gun violence that some advocates have called for.
Philly sees more female shooting victims amid pandemic shooting surge. The 659 women who were a shooting victim from 2020 through July 7 of this year compares to 560 such victims from 2015 through 2019. The share of female shooting victims has also gone up — from 8 percent of all shootings in 2015 to 13 percent so far this year. Moreover, about 90 percent of the female victims since 2020 were Black or Latino women between the ages of 12 and 55, and the Philadelphia Inquirer identified at least a dozen women who were pregnant at the time they were shot. See more from Up the Block, our Philadelphia community engagement project.
“It was supposed to be an easy day:” A fourth-grade teacher’s harrowing account of the Uvalde shooting. The New York Times spoke to Arnulfo Reyes, a teacher at Robb Elementary School, about the tragedy, the interminable time that he and students waited during the attacks, and his recovery from injury. “Act like you are asleep,” he recalls telling his students. “I kept waiting for someone to come.”
Gun control measures are likely to make it on the ballot in Oregon this fall. Initiative Petition 17 would ban magazines containing more than 10 rounds, mandate a permit for gun purchases, and collect some data on the permits that the Oregon State Police would publish in a yearly report. The ballot initiative will go to voters so long as the Secretary of State’s office verifies a minimum of necessary signatures that were submitted late last week.
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Birch Grove Elementary Art Exchange Box Brings Smiles to Seniors
Students across the Osseo School District will be sending smiles to seniors through art.
This past spring, Birch Grove Elementary School art teacher Kori Brown noticed distance learning students didn’t have equal access to art supplies. The teacher came up with a way to donate free art supplies by turning two old newspaper stands into art exchange boxes.
One art box is permanently located at Birch Grove Elementary, while the other travels throughout the Osseo School District, primarily Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center.
This month, students discovered the true power of art.
“The Birch Grove PTO and myself wanted to do a December or winter service project, giving back to the community. What came of that was this program called ‘Smiles for Seniors,'” explained Brown.
Inside the art exchange boxes, students find kits that includes two blank postcards. Students are instructed to draw on the post cards and write a nice message then drop it in the mail. The cards are already stamped and pre-addressed. Brown said the postcards will benefit five senior living facilities.
The pandemic has caused separation struggles among seniors, so the hope is that these hand-drawn cards will make a huge impact.
“They might not know the people that are receiving these cards but they are bringing joy to them.”
Birch Grove third-grade student, Ellie Schuette has already dropped one card off in the mail. She told CCX that bringing others joy makes her also joyful.
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June 22, 2020 By Ground Water Canada
Flomatic has expanded Break‐Off Plug selection on its Model PLG (stainless steel) and Model PPLG (composite). Designed for domestic well water pump systems, municipal well water systems, and irrigation and sprinkler system applications, Flomatic Break‐Off Plugs are available in different plug sizes: 1/8-inch, 3/8-inch, 1/2-inch and 3/4-inch. All are available in an NPT male connection.
The plugs are designed to drain the well water in the riser pipe to make the pulling of a submersible pump much lighter and more convenient. They are field replaceable after use and made of corrosion-resistant materials.
When the water is drained, from the break‐off plug, the piping system will become much lighter and there will be less well water at the well head. The weight of the riser pipe is reduced between 25 and 50 per cent, depending on pipe size. For example: By using a Flomatic Model 80 DIPLG, the weight can be reduced by 1,224 pounds, or by nearly 40 per cent. This greatly simplifies pulling the well piping and submersible pump for servicing. In addition, approximately 150 fewer gallons per 100 feet of pipe will spill on the surface of the wellhead site.
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A convoy of protestors continues to stay put in Ottawa’s downtown core, refusing to leave until all COVID-19 mandates are lifted. Officials have described the country’s capital as being “under siege”, with Ontario premier Doug Ford calling it an “occupation.”
The demonstration, which has been in place since January 29, is being labelled as unprecedented, leaving many Canadians asking how we got here and what we can expect to happen next.
Many have brought up the point that if social justice protestors, like Black Lives Matters or Indigenous land activists, had staged similar tactics, they would not have been met with such a hands-off approach.
Michael Kempa, an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa, says the lenient and slow response the Ottawa police have taken is a result of historical experience.
For the last 10 years, we’ve told police services to have a containment focus in dealing with public protests than they had in the past. Police used to be much more of the front foot, where they used sovereign power to maintain control over the street.Michael Kempa, Associate Professor of Criminology, University of Ottawa
That came to a head in 2010, during the G-20 summit in Toronto. The global event drew all types of protestors – from moderate to extreme to those who were simply curious – but the demonstrations ended up in mass detainments and arrests, as well as all out chaos on the streets. The police and city were sued, tens of millions in damages were paid out and the outrage in how that transpired led to certain legislative changes.
“The Ottawa police basically started by doing exactly what experience and the new laws were told they should be doing as a fall out to the G-20 - allow them to protest,” says Kempa. “Cordon them off a little bit, contain it, only get involved if there’s serious and flagrant violations to the criminal code - like assault, hate speech, arson or damage to property - and then allow things to fizzle out on their own as they naturally do over the course of time.”
It didn’t turn out to be that type of protest. Days into the demonstration, police are attempting to increase their enforcement.
“We all saw this protest coming, literally and figuratively,” says Kempa. “We saw it coming across Canada. We had a pretty good idea, but it was a failure of the imagination because it was so far outside of the conventional Canadian experience, that we couldn’t conceive that what we actually saw was coming.”
Kempa says the current demonstration in Ottawa is layered. There are people genuinely aggrieved by mandates, lockdowns and the government’s management of the pandemic. But the other layer are the streams of a political movement that was looking for an opportunity to organize grinding halts to cities through trucker convoys, which Kempa says predated COVID lockdowns.
This is a far-right political movement, anti-state, anti-Canadian charter, liberal tradition approach to government that has been looking for a cause to attract enough support to execute precisely this type of strategy.Michael Kempa, Associate Professor of Criminology, University of Ottawa
Ottawa police's response to protests 'disheartening but unsurprising'
Camisha Sibblis is a social worker and assistant professor of criminology, law and society at the University of Toronto. She calls the co-opting of the word 'Freedom' in the Freedom Convoy "crafty irony" as it elicits strong emotion and invokes heroism and valour, while at the same time, some demonstrators have donned the Confederate flag, which is a symbol directly associated with unfreedom and oppression.
Sibblis says the Ottawa police’s reaction to the demonstrators was not a result of them attempting to prevent similar circumstances as what happened at the G-20.
“There’s been so much happening since the G-20, where the police have taken action and have acted with force that was unnecessary, I don’t think we can go back to G-20 and make excuses,” she says.
She calls Ottawa police’s soft-action to the demonstrations “disheartening but also unsurprising,” saying that it shows that Black and racialized bodies represent risk in the eyes of enforcement and the public, as well as a lack of trust.
“When we see peaceful protests, there is automatically an inquiry into who can actually behave in peace and who is intrinsically dangerous,” she says. “And the police being as it is, it was designed to protect white bodies, protect and serve certain people. That’s because there’s an underlying idea that Black and racialized bodies present various degree of risk and danger.”
Kempa says police have responded differently to other protests, in part, because numbers are smaller and there hasn’t been heavy machinery like trucks involved.
“Police have been quick to move in on other protests simply because they feel that they can,” he says. “If numbers are small enough and or explicitly or implicitly they’ve been biased against the message of those groups, they have moved in.”
He suspects that the demonstration in Ottawa will impact how protests are managed in the future.
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Minorities are at a greater risk for type 2 diabetes. Here’s why.
Diabetes isn’t an equal-opportunity disease. It hits some groups harder than others. American Indians develop type 2 diabetes at nearly twice the rate Caucasians do. Latinos, Asians, and African Americans are also at higher risk.
All in the Genes?
Researchers used to think the differences in type 2 diabetes rates were because of genetic differences between racial and ethnic groups. But while different racial groups do seem to respond to insulin and accumulate fat in different ways that can affect their risk, that’s not the full story. Researchers now say that, with some exceptions, genetics linked to race play a much smaller role than we once thought. In other words, race isn’t diabetes destiny.
A Family Affair
A family history of type 2 diabetes is a much more powerful predictor of whether you’ll develop the disease than the color of your skin.
Skin color and other visible differences among people—the basis for categories like “white” and “black”—represent a tiny fraction of our total genetic makeup. What makes us look different is only about 0.2% of our genome. That’s why, when talking about health, racial categories can confuse and conceal as much as they reveal.
“Hispanic” is a category based on whether you or your parents speak Spanish at home and has nothing to do with your genes or skin color.
“Latino” means you are descended from someone who lived in Latin America.
“American Indian” is a catchall term that includes hundreds of different tribal groups.
“Asian” is another broad category that includes people of Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Laotian, Thai, Filipino, and Pacific Island descent.
Not surprisingly, there are big differences in health outcomes within racial or ethnic groups such as African American, Latino, Asian, and white. Such broad categories can also conceal more meaningful trends. For example, type 2 diabetes is much more common among people of Puerto Rican descent or Mexican Americans living in the Southwest, and comparatively low among Cuban Americans.
If differences in diabetes risk don’t come from our genes, where do they come from?
One answer might be external challenges that different racial and ethnic groups face. Chronic stressors such as low income and racism can negatively affect both health and lifespan. Where your family is from and the color of your skin can contribute to how much stress you encounter or how poor you are. Thus, differences in diabetes risk between racial and ethnic groups can often be traced to larger social trends.
Ethnic and racial minorities are more likely to be poor, face discrimination in the job market, lack a college education, and live in neighborhoods plagued by crime. When parents are afraid to let their kids play outside, it’s no surprise childhood obesity is high. By the same token, being treated differently because of the color of your skin, or being eyed suspiciously on the street because of how you look, is stressful.
Research shows that such experiences put people at higher risk for type 2 diabetes. One study found that food insecurity (a lack of consistent access to enough food) doubled diabetes risk. Another study showed that the less walkable a neighborhood was, the more likely its residents were to develop diabetes.
The Big Picture
The shifting understanding of race’s role presents health care providers and policymakers—and people with diabetes—with new challenges. Although genes as they relate to family history play a big role, the role of genes as they relate to race is small compared with other issues. And those other issues—called social determinants of health—are something society can do something about.
Here are a few examples:
Since 2000, childhood obesity rates have leveled off for white kids, while more and more African-American and Latino children are overweight or obese.
A 2017 study found that almost half of Latino and African-American kids attended low-income schools where most students qualified for free school lunches; for whites, it was 8%.
Poor neighborhoods are often called “food deserts” because they lack nearby grocery stores, making fresh produce harder to find.
The Work Ahead
More researchers are beginning to look into the social and economic factors leading to greater type 2 diabetes risk and why they affect minorities more often.
For some social determinants of health, straightforward fixes—such as creating green spaces and parks in low-income areas or encouraging grocery stores to open in inner cities—could make a big difference, not just in narrowing the diabetes gap for minorities but also in improving health for low-income people of all races.
Fixing racial discrimination and inequality is a far more complex problem. But recognizing that these problems, and that they have real health consequences, is a start.
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Institution or Organization Name,
Subject: Proposal for Enhancing the Quality of Open Online Courses
This is a report that addresses the issue of the quality of today’s open online courses at Smoke River Valley, North Carolina. It was assigned in accordance with the college curricular that seeks to enhance research skills for the students. This research report would be titled ‘Enhancing the Quality of Open Online Courses’. It will address the ability for open online courses to provide the necessary skills and supervision to these online students and ensure that the quality of the education offered by the college is not undermined. The proposal will base its findings on research statistics, publications, journal articles, and other pertinent resources. These resources will act as references for supporting the solutions provided for enhancing the quality of open online courses. They will give examples and statistics on strategies that have been used and their subsequent positive and negative effects, as well as providing the problems associated with open online courses.
The second report would examine the role of the media in influencing peer-to-peer relations and social welfare of the students. It would be titled ‘influence of the media on student lifestyles’. The research would focus on investigating the diverse types of media such as television, internet, and print media, and how student lifestyles are determined by the content aired or portrayed in these media. It utilizes the use of survey and interview as the primary research methodology, and the use of other peer reviewed articles as the secondary research methodology.
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We've all kept secrets in our lifetime. Some of those can remain wrapped up in years. Others are out in the open in hours.
All in all, secrets are really difficult to keep - no matter how hard we try.
New research has now found that keeping a secret isn't great for your mental well being.
A study published on PsycNEThas found that concealing a secret can increase an individuals anxiety and is a draining influence on the mind.
A team at Columbia University surveyed 600 participants and found that 96 percent currently had a secret, mostly of a romantic nature.
From there they asked them, in the space of the last month, how often they were having to hide the secret or how frequently they were thinking about it.
The latter, mind-wandering, was found to be twice and it was the reason that caused the most damage.
The result was the same amongst random tourists that the team spoke to in New York City.
This would suggest that it is not necessarily the nature or the content of the secret but more how the mind reflects on the information which has an effect.
Further analysis found that poor wellbeing had less to do with the secrets importance but the repetitive nature of keeping it in your head, instead of telling anyone.
In an interesting turn, the researchers asked 186 people how constantly reflecting on a negative life event, that was public knowledge, mentally effected them.
Although the negative event group admitted that the experience was unpleasant it was still the secret group that had a worse sense of wellbeing and weakened authenticity.
The research concludes that having people think about secrets can further the study on the subject, with the hope that they can develop a way top help people deal with secrets in the future.
Therefore, heed the advice of Cumberbatch...
HT Research Digest, PsycNET
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What is supervision?
- Supervise: To direct or oversee the performance or operation of.
- To watch over so as to maintain order, etc.
- Word Origin: Medieval Latin supervidere, from Latin super- + videre to see.
Professional supervision is no small thing, in fact its rather ‘super’ in size. It’s all about ‘doing no harm’ and that includes client, therapist, employer, and employee. For counsellors / psychotherapists, supervision ensures that you are practicing safely and effectively, it helps you grow and learn as a therapist, integrate theory, untangle what is yours and what is theirs, and support you in your work with clients, as well as the growth of your business. For employees it ensures you are heard and seen by your employers, appreciated for the work you do well, and encouraged to learn new skills and challenge your ‘growing edges’ (areas for growth). For employers, owners and directors, having supervision means you have somewhere to off-load and get supported yourself.
Who do you offer supervision to?
We offer a choice of either individual or group supervision for:
- Counsellors and psychotherapists
- Counselling and psychotherapy students
- Professionals working in a therapeutic way with others, such as social workers, nurses etc.
- Employees, as an external service that either compliments or replaces existing supervision
- Employers, business owners, and directors
What supervision models do you use?
There are many different supervision models out there, as we are primarily relational psychotherapists we believe that you are the most important resource, which frees us all up to explore and experiment with a variety of different approaches and models, depending on what fits at the time.
At the beginning of new groups, and for new members / clients, we will set out a business contract to begin with, outlining fees, conduct, dates, times and location, and how we may all work together. We will also set a contract with you about each piece of supervision brought, which will typically include what is being brought and what you may want from the supervision process.
We have separated out organisational supervision from professional counselling / psychotherapy supervision, dedicating two separate web pages to further explore the different models used, and what to expect. These are currently under construction and we hope you will be patient.
- Supervision for qualified / student counsellors and psychotherapists, and other professionals
- Supervision for professionals, organisations, and employees
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"Muscle Memory" is a common phrase, and is what many people call their physical reflexes and reactions.
Our muscles really do remember — our brain learns how our muscles should work in certain situations, and implements what it thinks the best thing to do is. This can be very helpful for athletes, who may want to control and optimize their muscle memory to help them with their sport performance.
Unfortunately, many athletes accidentally create muscle memory that is counterproductive to their success. Here’s how our brain and muscles learn, and how we can harness that process and use it to our advantage.
MAKE THE RIGHT MEMORIES
It’s important to be conscious of what we’re teaching our bodies to do. Lifting weights over and over again may make us good at it, but it might not create muscle memory that’s actually helpful to our sport or everyday life.
Lifting weights teaches our bodies to perform short, slow movements. It makes our muscles tight and stiff. It creates a lot of muscle memory that isn’t useful in most fast-paced sport environments.
To prepare our brains and bodies for a game, our training needs to include movements that simulate in-game activities. If we focus on the capabilities we need for our sport, we’ll create muscle memory that’s beneficial to us. Training at the speed of sport is training how we play, so we can play how we train.
TRAUMA CAUSES MUSCLE MEMORY
When our muscles are challenged, a serious connection between brain and body is made. This challenge could be intentional, such as heavy weight lifting, or accidental, like falling down or getting hit. Either way, the brain and muscles react to the impact, or trauma, and remember it.
By remembering trauma, the brain is trying to protect against it. Any movement we do that is difficult for our muscles causes a form of trauma, which leads to muscle memory. This is because the brain stores trauma in its neural pathways for future reference.
The more we perform a certain movement, the more prepared for and used to that movement our bodies become. For example, the more we lift weights, the better at it we become. Pliability work provides positive trauma to the muscles to teaches them to be more resilient.
CREATE POSITIVE TRAUMA
We create helpful muscle memory by utilizing positive trauma, which teaches our body to perform well. We’ll create some positive trauma during a hard workout, but there’s another important thing to do that teaches our muscles how to improve overall.
Pliability work provides positive trauma to the muscles to teaches them to be more resilient. Muscles that learn to be stiff and dense have a low range of movement and are prone to injury. Pliable muscles, on the other hand, are long and soft, and have a wide range of movement and capability.
Our muscle pliability improves through positive trauma in the form of deep-force body work. This can be achieved with the help of a partner or assisted device, like a TB12 Vibrating Roller or Vibrating Sphere. Vibration causes the positive trauma we need to make a real, lasting connection between brain and body. For specific at-home pliability instructions, download the TB12 Method mobile app and pick up The TB12 Method: How to Do What You Love, Better and For Longer. | <urn:uuid:ba077d72-d8ce-423d-a7e7-964754b5b897> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tb12sports.com/blogs/tb12/how-do-i-create-muscle-memory | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.939802 | 702 | 3.484375 | 3 |
#MuftiMenk mentions that on the day of Qiyamah a person who’s made an effort to memorize and put into practice part of the Quran if not all of it, the person will be told on the day of judgement read recite as you used to in the dunya that’s why I told you read melodiously in the dunya from hadith.
#NoumanAlikhan highlights that Allah Azzawajal described it with light and that light is the only thing that matters on Judgement Day from the verses 12-15 of Surat Al-Hadid and how is it that we can continue to preserve our light and continue to remind ourselves because the day of judgement day is completely dark and the only light is the light coming out of my chest to show us the path to the Jannah (paradise). We can make stronger the light in this world by remembering Allah (swt) more and more through reciting His book.
#AliHammuda cites that the second lawyer of a person on the day of judgement is the book of Allah-the Quran. Quran will speak, defend and intercede for people on the day of judgement and give special attention to two surahs of the Quran Al-Baqarah and Al-imran chapter 2 and Chapter 3 Of The Quran Because they will come on the day of judgement in the form of two clouds or in the form of two canopies or in the form of two flocks of birds and they will be arguing for their people on the day of judgement from hadith. | <urn:uuid:c303ba06-5c89-41e9-b780-3ef129acdade> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://theall-loving.com/2019/01/20/have-the-quran-as-a-lawyer-for-judgement-day-mufti-menk-with-nouman-ali-khan-ali-hammuda/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.940907 | 329 | 2.109375 | 2 |
What a day. Global markets are down by record levels. Europeans can’t enter the U.S. Virus numbers are jumping everywhere. Even Dogecoin is much collapsing. The world appears on fire. Things are looking dark.
It bears mentioning that, like Bane from the Batman movie, Bitcoin was born in the dark.
Today echoes of the prior financial crisis. “Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.” This quote, from the January 3, 2009 edition of The Times, was inscribed into Bitcoin’s genesis block way back then; a brilliant memento of the time and place — a dark time and place — when Bitcoin emerged.
Bitcoin was created because of, and in response to, the very same financial machinations that are collapsing once again. Bitcoin exists to be an alternative; to show the world a different way for money and the markets built from them to operate.
So why is Bitcoin so bloody today? Because people with money are panicking, they are selling everything they can to get cash. And it is precisely in moments like this when it’s important to zoom out and see the big picture. Bitcoiners love to talk about the transition of the global financial order into something new. Well, does anyone think that happens gradually, in a calm and orderly manner? No, it happens upon shocks and crises. It happens in fits and starts as the world is shaken from comfortable normalcy. That is happening in front of us right now.
This coronavirus, dangerous as it is, will pass. Weeks? Months? We will see, but it will pass. The more material effects of the outbreak are economic — an entire globe reeling from uncertainty and financial chaos. This chaos is going to continue, not because of the virus itself, but because the financial system has been built on lies and witchcraft. It has been an illusion, and illusions are painful when shattered.
I don’t mean to diminish the pain and suffering, which many are and will go through because of the virus itself. It is a devastating human tragedy. Yet there is a more historically important story unfolding in front of us, a chapter of societal change.
Most of us at this company are here because we have a passion for this technology and the social and economic change that necessarily comes with it; we believe Bitcoin and the universe of digital assets orbiting around it are a truly better way for money, and thus society, to work. It is times like today — times when the world lunges chaotically back from its complacent standards — that Bitcoin has been preparing.
For over a decade, Bitcoin has overcome every obstacle and doubt. In that time, it has gone through dozens of wild shocks. We have been through many drops of 20% or 30% in a day. Yes, they’re brutal, but they are always short term. The fundamental value of a borderless, apolitical financial system is overwhelming. And it is times like this — global crises — when we as builders of this industry need to be at our best. This is where we need to focus, while the rest of the world writhes in confusion.
I’m here to help crypto grow, not for the daily gainz and moon memes, but for times like this, when the world violently awakens to the mirage upon which finance has been foolishly constructed. I know most of you are with me on this, and ShapeShift is the instrument through which we do it. You all are an extraordinary team: we are building the best way for humanity to interact with digital finance. It is important work.
As these financial markets fall apart, and crypto itself swings around wildly, remember why we are doing this. Remember why crypto exists in the first place. We don’t know the extent of this calamity ahead, but the tools we’re building can help humanity on the other side.
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When I was 18, I was sexually assaulted. It was early in my first year of college and I was attending a party off campus with a group of girls I barely knew. A man I didn’t know grabbed and groped me from behind, and when I broke free and tried to defend myself, he and his friends surrounded me. I was able to run out of the party and get a cab. I cried the whole way back to my dorm. I have to admit, even now, it feels foolish to call what happened to me sexual assault. It was 1999 and at 18, I just considered it a bad experience. I assumed it was part of being a woman. By the next morning, I had even decided I was lucky. It could have been worse. For so many women, it was so much worse.
The fact is, sexual assault is “any type of forced or coerced sexual contact or behavior that happens without consent.” It can include rape, attempted rape, molestation, unwelcome touching, sexual harassment or threats. According to the Office of Women’s Health, “in the United States, nearly one in five women has been raped and almost half of women have experienced another type of sexual assault.”
This fall, my husband and I are expecting our third boy. When I found out he was a boy, I have to admit, a small part of me, was relieved. Though living as a Black man in American society has it’s own risks, I knew I’d never have to worry about them being ogled in the street as adolescents or insulted when they refused to reciprocate a stranger’s advances or be groped as college freshman at a party. I allowed myself to believe that sexual assault was a “girl problem” and not something my boys would have to worry about. Recent headlines have proved my comfort misguided again and again.
In many ways, there rests a greater onus on us, boy parents, to make sure the world is a safer place for our girls. We are obligated to teach our boys accountability, even when no one is holding them accountable. We are obligated to teach our boys about consent, about boundaries and about respect. Perhaps just as importantly, we are obligated to teach our boys not to be bystanders.
When people hear I am a mother of three boys, they use adjectives like “crazy” and “wild” to describe what my sons must be like. They depict my boys as “full of energy” and “hard to control.” While the energy level of my young boys is undeniable, I am always hesitant to wholeheartedly subscribe. There is this underlying idea that their gender somehow renders then irrational and unable to regulate their behavior. I realize this kind of thinking is what contributes to our society’s failure to place accountability on our sons. As if their masculinity makes them incapable of thought or reason. It’s the same line of thinking that calls a presidential candidates musings about sexual assault “locker room talk” or informs a system that calls a young college student’s vicious rape of an unconscious woman behind a dumpster “20 minutes of action.”
I realize now that my misguided idea that I could be “less” worried about my boys when it comes to sexual assault was dangerous. In many ways, there rests a greater onus on us, boy parents, to make sure the world is a safer place for our girls. We are obligated to teach our boys accountability, even when no one is holding them accountable. We are obligated to teach our boys about consent, about boundaries and about respect. We are obligated to teach our boys about self-control and responsibility. Perhaps just as importantly, we are obligated to teach our boys not to be bystanders. We live in a society permissive of the objectification of women and steeped heavily in the culture of rape. Especially in our communities. Not only do I want to raise men who never perpetuate these crimes, I want them to be the type of men who actively stand up against them.
Now, as a mother, over a decade since I ran from that party in tears, I can’t help but wonder what conversations the mother of the man who assaulted me had with him when he was a boy. What conversations the mothers of the men who stood idly by and witnessed my fear had with them. What examples their fathers set and how they treated the women around them. I can’t help but wonder if it would have made a difference in the man they chose to be. If it would have spared me the stain of their memory. I know our children ultimately become adults with free will. They will inevitably make choices that are contrary to the lessons we have taught them. However, their free will doesn’t negate our obligation to try. We all bear the burden of changing the way women are viewed in this society. That task necessarily begins with doing a better job raising our boys.
About The Author
Faye McCray is an attorney by day and writer all the time. Her work has been featured on My Brown Baby, AfroPunk, AfroNews, For Harriet, Madame Noire, Black Girl Nerds, Black and Married with Kids, and other popular publications. Faye also has a number of short stories and a full length novel available for purchase on Amazon. Most importantly, Faye is a proud wife and mother to three beautiful and talented young boys who she is fiercely passionate about raising. You can find Faye on Twitter @fayewrites and on the web at fayemccray.com. | <urn:uuid:55d173c9-a213-47ff-8692-d51514adbea8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://weemagine.com/tag/sexual-assault/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00264.warc.gz | en | 0.979068 | 1,169 | 1.859375 | 2 |
Serge Mouille was an enlightening presence of the Mid-Century Modern design and one of the most outstanding French light designers of all time. His minimalist aesthetic, combining streamlined shapes with the vibrant luminosity of both metal and light, contributed to a body of work that still maintains its timeless appeal
Serge Mouille (1922-1988) was attracted to the sculpture field for the first time. His admission to the Master Silversmith Diploma at the School of Applied Arts in Paris at the young age of 15 was a symbol of his fascination and passion for architecture. Mouille continued to work as an apprentice under Gilbert Lacroix (who was also his mentor during his student days) following his graduation in 1941. By the following decade, Mouille had set up his studio and began designing a wide range of lamps and sconces with unique minimal and undulating metal designs soon afterward. He died on December 25, 1988 in Monthiers, France.
Serge Mouille’s sculptural, minimalist lighting fixtures continue to appear in trendy interiors. Mouille’s models have not aged a day since they were first published in 1953, they are flexible and elegant, new, and expressive. Mouille’s work has not been produces in large scale, so relatively very costly to find originals. His family recently started making new editions of the most popular designs, using the same fabrics, molds, and equipment as the originals. He aimed for a kinetic, sculptural style that evoked a sense of spatial movement. He also claimed that his lighting fixtures were “a reaction to the Italian models that began to invade the market in 1950,” and that he considered being “too complicated.” His designs from this period were shown primarily at the Steph Simon Gallery in Paris.
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The Friar and nurse knew that they were married because they helped them do it and helped them while the parents just made things worse. For example Lord Capulet making Juliet marry Paris when she clearly did not want to. Both of the children also trusted the caretakers much more than the parents. This proves that family is the theme because everything leads back to problems in the family or between the two families.
Your counterclaim paragraph goes here: On the other hand, they may argue that Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet chose to hide their love from their families instead of reveal it. The only reason that they didn’t tell their families is because they were in a blood feud. They are both and they are married to the enemies of their families. The only reason why he bought the poison was because of his friend telling him the Juliet is dead. If he never told Romeo then none of it would have happened.
Romeo and Juliet’s “bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next [they] meet” (2.2.128-129). Even though Romeo and Juliet claim to love each other, they can a hostility for each other after they get married. In order to receive marriage, Romeo and Juliet must foolishly have a private wedding. Since no one from their family apperceives about their wedding, hiding the honorable moment alters to an irrational decision. If Romeo and Juliet convert an animosity for each other, they will retain miserable lives.
In the dramatic story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare in Act III, Juliet’s father arranges a marriage between the county Paris and his daughter. As it says,, Juliet doesn’t even have a clue who Paris is and is still married to Romeo even though he now resides in Mantua. Marriage is a wonderful thing as well as a life-changing experience of marrying “the one”, but if parents are choosing who their child marries, that’s a problem. Arranged marriages by parents should not happen because children choosing their own spouse builds confidence, forces the child to think for themselves, and makes them figure out what they want in their lives.
Firstly, Friar Laurence married Romeo and Juliet knowing that their families hated each other and that it could end very poorly (Shakespeare 944-45). Friar knew this was a bad idea, but he continued with it and married the two. However, if he did not do this he would never be in trouble and Romeo and Juliet would then have to get married the ordinary way, thus, letting both families know. Next Friar decides to give Juliet a vial which will put her in a death-like state and sends a letter to Romeo about the plan, but it does not get to him (Shakespeare 993-1012). If Friar Laurence did not give Juliet the vial, Romeo would not kill himself because he thinks Juliet is dead.
Romeo and Juliet have been in the wrong since the day they talked at the Capulet's party. Both households have the knowledge that Prince Escalus is not pleased with the families fighting one another in the streets. However, having an enemy like Tybalt, who is constantly looking for a fight, is challenging. In Document A, it says “Do with their death bury their parents’ strife”, meaning that the only possible way that Romeo and Juliet could escape their parents rage was to take their own lives. If the two families would accept each other instead of fighting, Romeo and Juliet might have had a fair chance at love.
Not only do people sacrifice those they love for interest, but also for tradition. In The Lottery, Mrs. Hutchinson’s family and close friends turn against her in seconds for the sake of tradition. The children had stones already, and someone g[ives] little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles (Jackson 28). The people in these books deem the sacrifice necessary and end up making the world a darker place by make it okay to kill others.
History will live on in the present as discoveries about the past can affect the present. The love story within the movie puts further insight on this predicament. Sam Deeds and Pilar Cruz were teenage sweethearts who fell deeply in love with one another. However, the two was never able to understand why her mother and his father strongly disapproved their relationship with each other.
These people are her family, they gave her a roof under her head, with clothes and food. So all that they've given to her the least Juliet could do is follow their plans for her and let them decide who she marries. After all her parents think that she is too young to experience love anyways, she should wait and marry Paris later. However the minute Lady Capulet and Lord Capulet heard Juliet was marrying Romeo, they threw her out of the house. If they were her blood why would they treat her this way?
Lord Capulet who also known as Juliet’s father, wants to make all Capulets happy from the grief of Tybalt’s death by using Juliet. But Juliet does not want to follow Lord Capulet’s order. Which is married to Paris, even it will be the good news for all Capulets. Juliet doesn’t want to marry Paris because she loves Romeo and both of them are already married by Friar Lawrence.
Question 2 With the text Enuma Elish, we can theorize that their society was violent. When Apsu is first faced with the issue of noisy children inside of the belly of Tiamat, he plans to murder them. He doesn 't decide to ignore or try to calm and quiet them down, but instead chose to kill his children. The children do not lie down to die, but instead preemptively kills their father.
She thought her mom had stole the letter she was waiting for from an agent who could get her into her career; she assumed her mom stole it because she thought her mom would have wanted her daughter to do what “normal” women do. Also, she is not considered a “normal” wife; “normal” for that time meant she was supposed to stay inside and do chores and cook. Instead, she goes around, talks to the men working and hides from her husband. Curley’s wife is lonely because no one talks to her to prevent trouble. George said to Lennie, “well, you keep away from her, ‘cause she’s a rat trap if I’ve ever seen one (Steinbeck 32).”
In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie merely wants to love someone, but that choice is ripped out of her hands when Nanny makes her marry someone she does not love. This marriage as well as another one does not work out because she never learns to love them. Finally, she meets Tea Cake, and falls madly in love with him even though he is a lot younger than she is. He is someone that she can truly love while still being able to be herself. They go through their struggles as well and sadly, he dies by the end of the novel.
The definition of unconditional love is affection without any limitations, it can also be love without conditions. Most people might not believe in unconditional love, but in Romeo and Juliet's case, they might agree. Romeo and Juliet love each other unconditionally, so much so that they are willing to die for each other. Romeo and Juliet fell in love with each other at first sight. Even though some could say they are young and stupid, Juliet is a loyal and wise young lady who makes good choices.
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The JR Tohoku Main Line runs from Tokyo station in Chiyoda ward, Tokyo to Morioka station in Morioka city, Iwate prefecture.
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The JR Tohoku Main line started as a line from the Nippon Railway company, which connected Tokyo to Aomori prefecture, running through Urawa, Omiya, Utsunomiya, Gunma, Fukushima, Sendai, Ichinoseki, Morioka, and Hachinohe, an important line connecting Tokyo to the northeastern region. The line was established in 1891, and in 1925, the Yamanote line portion between Tokyo station and Akihabara station was added to the line, for a total of 739.2 km, the longest in Japan. During the economic boom there were many different express services, but in 1982 the Tohoku shinkansen bullet train began service from Omiya to Morioka, and the Tohoku Main Line became close to its current form. After Japan National Railway was privatized, it became known in 1990 as the Utsunomiya line, and in the Kanto region most people did not call it the Tohoku Main Line. In 2002 the Tohoku shinkansen began service from Morioka to Hachinohe, and in 2010 from Hachinohe to Shin-Aomori station. The current Tohoku Main Line runs from Tokyo to Morioka over 535.3 km, the 3rd longest in Japan after the San'in and Tokaido lines.
Places to see
Starting from the gateway to Tokyo at Tokyo station, the JR Tohoku Main line goes through Saitama, Tochigi, Fukushima, Miyagi, and Iwate prefectures. It covers a lot of land on the main Honshu island, and there are many ways to enjoy each area. Around Ueno station is Ueno Park, which is home to the Ueno Zoo, famous for its giant panda. Omiya station is home to Saitama Super Arena and the railway museum. Utsunomiya is famous for its gyoza dumplings, as well as the historical Utsunomiya Castle Park. Nasu Shiobara station is a great place to escape summer heat, and in the winter you can ski or snowboard. Sendai is famous for Zundamochi, beef tongue, Sasa kamaboko, and seafood. Throughout Iwate you can enjoy many other foods too such as wanko soba, Morioka cold noodles, jajamen, Maezawa beef, and more.
Until Kuroiso station, and the south of Koganei station, there are many trains every hour, and you can get to Tokyo in 1 train so it is good for commutes to work or school. Plus with through service via the Shonan Shinjuku or Ueno Tokyo lines, you can get to Yamanote line stations like Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Shimbashi, Shinagawa, or other stations like Kawasaki and Yokohama without transferring. Not only is this good for commuting but for weekend days out too. Cost of living and rent prices may be high until Omiya station, but further north things are more affordable and still convenient.
JR-Tohoku line stations
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The builder you choose to construct your new home is just as important as the new home itself. It is crucial that you find a builder that you can trust. Because you will be working closely with your chosen builder for several months on one of the largest investments you will ever make, it is obvious that your decision is an important one. There are ways that this decision can be made easier. Doing your research and speaking with several builders can help ease the pressure and make a wise and informed decision.
The Builder’s Role
Making a decision on your builder should only be done when you understand what the builder’s role should be. Your builder should be an advocate for you. They will help you to determine your budget, select a plan that will meet your needs, help determine the design you desire, and monitor the entire construction project until you move in. An experienced builder will have extensive knowledge of all areas of construction. They will provide and manage all subcontractors including framers, plumbers, electricians, roofers, and all other necessary professionals. It is the builder who will examine the work of these subcontractors to ensure it is of the highest quality and fully meets any building codes. Permits, approvals, inspections, and any other legal requirements should also be managed by the builder. Once the home is completed, the builder will thoroughly inspect the home and work with the subcontractors to correct any issues. Finally, the builder will provide the homeowner with knowledge about the property and advise them of maintenance needs.
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It’s helpful to hire your builder early in the project, but can be difficult to know which builder to choose. Seek out referrals from your realtor, your banker, friends, family, or any other professional or trusted individual. Many will have working relationships and can provide a good list of contractors to begin the process. Once you have narrowed your suggestions, contact the builders and research them. During this process, be on the lookout for some key things in the builders. These include:
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Village of Hempstead Mayor Don Ryan joined the community and religious leaders on Thursday to officially rename Main Street in Hempstead as Black Lives Matter Way.
This marks the first street on Long Island renamed after the “Black Lives Matter” movement, which began several years ago and has spread nationwide in the wake of recent killings of unarmed black men by police.
The Village of Hempstead has the largest African-American population on Long Island and has played host to many protests and rallies.
Joined by officials with the NAACP and the National Action Network, village officials unveiled the new street sign and announced plans to paint “Black Lives Matter” in yellow letters along Main Street as a show of unity and solidarity in the community.
The Black Lives Matter movement began on social media in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in February 2012.
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Washington, DC – One of the main architects of US President Donald Trump’s long-delayed Middle East peace plan is resigning and one of the individuals set to take his place is a 30-year-old aide with little to no major foreign policy experience.
US officials announced last week that Jason Greenblatt, US special envoy to the Middle East, will leave the Trump administration after the US peace plan for the Israelis and Palestinians is released, which is expected after the September 17 Israeli elections.
Taking on at least some of his duties will be Brian Hook, the State Department’s special representative on Iran, and Avi Berkowitz, a little-known young aide of Jared Kushner who, until his promotion, reportedly handled everything from ushering foreign officials around to attending to his boss’s phone calls while he was in meetings. White House officials said the pair will “take on an increased role in the team”.
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Greenblatt’s decision to leave the White House was announced only days ahead of the firing of Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton, a hawk on Middle East policy. Both of these departures add to the great uncertainty for the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan, often referred to as the “Deal of the Century”.
While the economic portion of the plan reached the public in June – drawing significant criticism from Palestinian officials and analysts as fundamentally unactionable – it is unclear if the rest of the plan, once released, will lead to substantive negotiations.
Regardless, Berkowitz will likely play a significant role after the plan’s release but, with minimal experience beyond attending to Kushner’s day-to-day needs, some analysts argue the young aide’s appointment means very little apart from ensuring that negotiations surrounding Middle East peace remain firmly within the grasp of Trump’s son-in-law and adviser.
The Berkowitz-Kushner relationship
Until recently, Berkowitz has remained one of the more discreet members of the Trump entourage. Press reports frequently describe him as a glorified coffee runner, responsible for little else outside of Jared Kushner’s schedule and general comfort.
“Officially a special assistant to the president and assistant to the senior adviser, Berkowitz is Kushner’s right-hand man in the White House,” explained a Business Insider profile in 2017. Quoted in that same article, Hope Hicks, then-White House director of strategic communications, said Berkowitz’s job “was primarily administrative and involved assisting Kushner with daily logistics like getting coffee or coordinating meetings”.
What Berkowitz – who graduated from Harvard Law School only three years ago – lacks in experience and gravitas, he appears to make up for in what counts most for the Trump family: loyalty and close personal ties.
Berkowitz’s relationship with the Trump family began during his undergraduate years at New York City’s Queens College, when he travelled to Phoenix, Arizona, to take part in a Passover celebration, according to Business Insider. There, he met Jared Kushner, soon-to-be Donald Trump’s son-in-law and, reportedly, the two quickly became good friends.
Kushner and Berkowitz appear to have a lot in common. Both were raised in Jewish homes outside New York City, Kushner in New Jersey, and Berkowitz in Long Island. Both have strong lifelong ties to Israel.
Kushner, an Orthodox Jew whose father was a real estate developer and a major donor to pro-Israeli causes, once slept in his family’s basement as a teenager in order to let Benjamin Netanyahu sleep in his bedroom. Berkowitz was also raised in an Orthodox Jewish home, speaks fluent Hebrew, and lived in Israel for two years as a teenager.
As their friendship blossomed, Berkowitz began working for Kushner in various capacities, including writing articles for his newspaper, the New York Observer, between 2013 and 2016.
Berkowitz would go on to work for the Trump campaign, producing “Trump Tower Live” a Facebook live discussion show the New York Times would dismiss as “essentially agitprop presented as news”.
As far as his personal politics go, Berkowitz’s former classmates described him in a Business Insider profile as generally quiet about his views, though his articles at the Observer reveal a preoccupation with political correctness and the threat of liberal values to conservative speech.
From Trump Tower, Berkowitz followed Kushner to the White House as an assistant, a role frequently described as low-level. A member of the Trump administration quoted anonymously by Politico expressed surprise at Berkowitz’s promotion.
“People will walk past his desk and he constantly has the Drudge Report and Twitter up. No one thinks of him as a policy person,” the administration official told a Politico reporter, adding “He is in the service of Jared, not Trump… Some people are scratching their heads to watch this guy go from keeping Jared’s schedule and secrets to brokering peace in the Middle East.”
However, while relatively minor, Berkowitz’s involvement with the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan isn’t without precedent. According to Reuters news agency, Berkowitz is one of few people with access to the unreleased plan and in September 2018, he helped Greenblatt and Kushner organise a private dinner for Jewish leaders in New York to discuss the Israel-Palestine issue.
‘No real interest for just resolution’
Responses to Berkowitz’s appointment have generally underlined his lack of experience.
“If Avi Berkowitz is [Greenblatt’s] replacement it’s a considerable downgrade in the position. He’s Kushner’s 29-year-old assistant. Nice guy but does not have the weight or experience of Trump’s former real estate lawyer,” tweeted Martin Indyk, former US special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations from 2013 to 2014 and distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Indyk also described Greenblatt as “a well-intentioned person who dedicated himself to an effort that was hopeless from the outset”.
Other analysts see this as another sign the Trump administration is happy to let the Israeli-Palestinian saga unfold completely on the terms of the Israeli far right.
“[This appointment] makes it very clear that the administration has no real interest in seeking a just resolution but are essentially just stepping back and allowing the right-wing fanatical fringe in Israel and the US to dictate what the reality on the ground is for Palestinians,” said Yousef Munayyer, executive director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
Munayyer told Al Jazeera that US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, a self-described “unapologetic right-wing defender of Israel”, still had the most influence on US policy towards Israel and that, so far, he promoted the views of the Israeli far right, particularly when it came to territorial expansion.
makes it very clear that the administration has no real interest in seeking a just resolution but are essentially just stepping back and allowing the right-wing fanatical fringe in Israel and the US to dictate what the reality on the ground is for Palestinians.”]
In a June interview, for instance, Friedman supported Prime Minister Netanyahu’s promise to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, a violation of international law and likely a death knell for any sort of peace process. Netanyahu has since doubled-down on the pledge, saying on Tuesday Israel will “apply Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea immediately” if he wins next week’s snap election.
“I think what we have seen since the outset of this hands-off policy is that the Israeli government has free reign to continue to violate international law, to expand Israeli settlements, to expand its reach in terms of home demolitions and land seizures, and to continue to do all of those things that Palestinians have experienced over many years and at a faster pace than before because there are no breaks whatsoever,” Munayyer said.
Natan Sachs, director of the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings, said that it was important not to invest Berkowitz’s appointment with any great significance outside of maintaining Kushner’s prominent role on the Israel-Palestine issue.
“Kushner is consolidating the portfolio mostly with him since Berkowitz is essentially his assistant. He’s very young and inexperienced …it does mean that Kushner himself will continue to play a central role,” Sachs told Al Jazeera.
Sachs is sceptical that the peace plan is an attempt to create an avenue for serious mediation between Israelis and Palestinians.
“This is not an attempt to come with an American plan between the Israelis and the Palestinians,” he said. “It is an attempt to move the goalposts and change the terms of the conversation.”
As evidence, Sachs pointed to Greenblatt’s argument to the UN Security Council in July that international law and consensus were irrelevant to achieving peace in the Middle East.
“That’s a huge break with the past, one that the Israelis would prefer much more than the Palestinians would,” Sachs said.
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Entlebucher Mountain Dog
|Entlebucher Sennenhund, Entlebucher Mountain Dog|
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Entelbucher Cattle Dog
Bouvier de l'Entlebuch
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The Entlebucher Sennenhund or Entlebucher Mountain Dog is a medium-sized herding dog, it is the smallest of the four regional breeds that constitute the Sennenhund dog type. The name Sennenhund refers to people called Senn, herders in the Swiss Alps. Entlebuch is a region in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. The breed is also known in English as the Entelbuch Mountain Dog, Entelbucher Cattle Dog, and similar combinations.
The Entlebucher is the smallest of four Swiss mountain dogs, the others being the Appenzeller Sennenhund, the Bernese Mountain Dog, and the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog. During the 1800s these dogs were variable and were not regarded as distinct breeds. In 1908 the Swiss Kennel Club set about classifying them. In 1913, four bobtail Entlebucher Sennenhund were shown to Albert Heim, an advocate for the increasingly rare Sennenhund breeds. The breed was entered into the Swiss Kennel Club stud book, but World War I intervened, and at first, after the war, no examples of the breed could be found. The first breed club was not formed until 1926, 16 dogs of the type were found in 1927, and the breed slowly was restored. Although originally kept for guarding and herding, today the breed is usually kept as a lively companion.
Four breeds of Sennenhund
The four breeds of Sennenhund, with the original breed name followed by the most popular English version of the breed name, are:
- Grosser Schweizer Sennenhund, Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
- Berner Sennenhund, Bernese Mountain Dog
- Appenzeller Sennenhund, Appenzeller Mountain Dog
- Entlebucher Sennenhund, Entlebucher Mountain Dog
The Entlebucher breed shares many characteristics of other livestock guardian dogs from around the world.
The female Entlebucher Sennenhund is a square; the male is a longer, less square, sturdy, medium-sized dog. It has small, triangular ears and rather small brown eyes. The head is well proportioned to the body, with a strong flat skull. The long jaw is well formed and powerful. The feet are compact, supporting its muscular body. The smooth coat is close and smooth with symmetrical markings of black, tan, and white. This tricolor coat has white on its toes, tail-tip, and the chest and blaze where the fur is soft and fluffy; the tan always lies between the black and the white. It has muscular, broad hips. The hocks are naturally well angled. The tail is sometimes docked, a practice which is now prohibited by law in many countries, or it may have a natural bobtail. Height at the withers is 19-20 ins (48–50 cm) and weight is 45-65 lbs (20–30 kg).
As with all large, active working dogs, this breed should be well socialized early in life with other dogs and people, and be provided with regular activity and training. Temperament of individual dogs may vary. The Standard says that the breed is "good-natured and devoted towards people familiar to him, slightly suspicious of strangers."
Kennel club recognition
The Entlebucher Sennenhund is recognised internationally by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, using the standard written in the breed's native Switzerland. Other national kennel clubs not affiliated with the Fédération Cynologique Internationale also recognise the breed, often writing their own versions of the breed standard.
The Entlebucher is recognised by The Kennel Club (UK) and the Canadian Kennel Club and placed in the Working Group. The United States Kennel Club (US) places the breed in the Guardian Dog Group. It is not yet recognised by the New Zealand Kennel Club or the Australian National Kennel Council. The breed is recognised by numerous small clubs and internet-based registries, where it is promoted as a rare breed for puppy buyers seeking a unique pet.
Inbreeding due to the small foundation stock numbers has led to Entlebuchers suffering from congenital defects, the most common of which is hip dysplasia. Hemolytic anemia also is known to occur. Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) is also present in the breed. The National Entlebucher Mountain Dog Association (NEMDA), in collaboration with other organizations, is working to eliminate these issues from the breed through responsible breeding, genetic testing, and fact dissemination.
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- Clark, Anne Rogers; Andrew H. Brace (1995). The International Encyclopedia of Dogs. Howell Book House. p. 214. ISBN 0-87605-624-9.
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- AKC Entlebucher Mountain Dog News Archived 2010-10-22 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved April 9, 2011.
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- "Breed – Entlebucher Mountain Dog Club of Great Britain". Retrieved 2019-05-29.
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Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?
The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to go.
Can People Really Change?
David Lucero knows where he wants to go: He wants to go to El Paso, Texas.
David is about sixty years old, I think. For the last three months, he has been living on a sidewalk
across the street from a Greyhound bus station.
I don’t know how long David has been homeless. He is one of America’s walking wounded–
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David is losing his hearing.
One day I tried to take him to a shelter for the homeless. All he had to do was get in the pickup
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started the cycle of healing and change, but it was more than David was capable of doing that
morning. He decided to stay on the street, waiting for his imaginary ride to El Paso.
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By George E. Curry
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the oral arguments last week before the Supreme Court to determine whether a key section of the Voting Rights Act should be upheld, Justice Antonin Scalia referred to the provision as “perpetuation of racial entitlement.”
It was the kind of comment that could easily spark a demonstration in front of the court. But when Scalia made his comment about the pre-clearance provision of the 1965 law last Wednesday, there were already protesters in front of the U.S. Supreme Court marching in support of the Voting Rights Act.
The Voting Rights Act was originally passed in 1965. When Section 5 was scheduled to expire, it was extended by Congress in 1970, 1975, 1982 and for another 25 years in 2006. It was approved the last time with broad bipartisan support. It passed the House by a 390-33 margin and the Senate 98-0.
Under Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination must receive pre-clearance from the Justice Department or a federal court before they are allowed to make any changes in their voting procedures.
Inside the court, Scalia addressed the various extensions of the Voting Rights Act since its passage.
“…The initial enactment of this legislation in a – – a time when the need for it was so much more abundantly clear – – in the Senate, there – – it was double-digits against it. And that was only a 5-year term. Then, it is reenacted five years later, again for a 5-year term. Double-digits against it in the Senate. Then it was reenacted for seven years, Single digits against it. Then enacted for 25 years, eight Senate votes against it. And this last enactment, not a single vote in the Senate against it. And the House is pretty much the same.
Scalia then said, “Now, I don’t think that’s attributable to the fact that it is so much clearer now that we need this. I think it is attributable, very likely attributable, to a phenomenon that is called perpetuation of racial entitlement. It’s been written about. Whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political process.”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor did not let Scalia’s entitlement comment go unchallenged.
She pressed Bert W. Rein, the lawyer representing Shelby County, Ala., four times on the issue. She asked, “Do you think that the right to vote is a racial entitlement in Section 5?” Rein finally answered, “…May I say Congress was reacting in 1964 to a problem of race discrimination which it thought was prevalent in certain jurisdictions. So to that extent, as the intervenor said, yes, it was intended to protect those who had been discriminated against.”
Stephen G. Breyer said the case should be looked up through a historical context.
“So in 1965, well, we have history,” he said. “We have 200 years or perhaps of slavery. We have 80 years or so of legal segregation. We have had 41 years of this statue. And this statue has helped a lot. So, therefore Congress in 2005 looks back and says don’t change horses in the middle of the stream, because we still have a ways to go.”
If Section 5 is upheld on this conservative-leaning court, it would probably be on the vote of Anthony M. Kennedy. The right-leaning justice hinted that the Voting Rights Act may have run its course.
After Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. praised the effectiveness of the Voting Rights Act, Kennedy said, “Well, the Marshall Plan was very god, too, the Morale Act, the Northwest Ordinance, but times change.”
Sotomayor said Shelby County has not changed enough.
“Assuming I accept your premise, and there’s some question about that, that some portions of the South have changed, your country pretty much hasn’t.” she said. “In the period we’re talking about, it has many more discriminating – – 240 discriminatory voting laws that were blocked by Section 5 objections.”
Shelby County went to court after the Justice Department rejected a redistricting plan that evidently played a role in the defeat of Ernest Montgomery, the only Black member of the 5-member city council in Calera, Ala., a bedroom community of 12,000 people near Birmingham.
Montgomery was elected to the council in 2004 from a district that was nearly 71 percent Black. The district was redrawn two years later, reducing the Black presence to 23 percent. Montgomery narrowly lost his 2008 re-election bid to a White challenger. But the Justice Department invalidated the election because district changes had not been pre-cleared. Shelby County went to court to overturn the decision. In meantime, Montgomery won a newly-called election.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote an opinion in 2009 that might signal how he will vote in this case.
He said at the time, “Things have changed in the South. “The evil that Section 5 is meant to address may no longer be concentrated in the jurisdictions singled out for preclearance. The statute’s coverage formula is based on data that is now more than 35 years old, and there is considerable evidence that it fails to account for current political conditions.”
Elena Kagan, an Obama appointee, referred to Senate support of the Voting Rights Act.
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Where is insulin injected ?
Insulin is injected subcutaneously – into the fat layer just under the skin –
If the syringe needle is injected too deep and reached the muscle, the insulin will be absorbed too fast as all the administered dose will move Quickly into the blood stream .
Common sites for injecting insulin :
The usual sites for insulin injection are shaded as illustrated in the previous photos :
1 -Abdomen ( away from the belly button )
3- Outer thighs
Hint : The fastest absorption rates of Insulin is from the abdomen , followed by the arms, then the thighs, and finally the buttocks.
Before performing any kind of injection make sure you properly wash you hands with soap and warm water .
Ingredients ! :
alcohol swabs , insulin bottle & insulin syringe
firstly , Have a look at the insulin bottle
– Check the label on the insulin bottle to make sure you are using the right kind
– discard the bottle if you noticed precipitated crystals or change in the insulin colour , also there shouldn’t be any particles attached to the corners of the insulin bottle
if you are not sure wether your insulin bottle is Okay or not , Consult a health care professional .
if you are using Cloudy insulin type ,mix the bottle contents by rolling the it between your hands until the white powder is distributed equally in the vehicle and you see one homogeneous phase ,
Never shake the bottle as this leads to formation on air bubbles and could also make the insulin clump together
Tip : if you keep your insulin ( clear or cloudy ) in the fridge , warm the insulin by gently rolling the bottle between your hands before injecting it as Injecting cold insulin can make your shot more painful
Remove the plastic cap of the insulin bottle
clean the rubber stopper with an alcohol swab
Push the syringe needle straight into the rubber top of the insulin bottle
pay attention while pushing the syringe into the bottle because hitting the the metal edges rather than the rubber center could contaminate your syringe or even break its needle if you are pushing fast
Inject air into it by pushing the plunger in.
With the needle still in the bottle ,Turn the insulin bottle upside down
Tip : Make sure the needle is in all the way in the insulin bottle to prevent breaking the needle while flipping the insulin bottle .
Pull the plunger back while Making sure the needle is dipped into the insulin & Draw the correct dose of insulin into the syringe
if you find air bubbles stuck in the syringe with the up taken insulin ,
push the insulin back into the bottle slowly
then re-draw the insulin carfully and slowly making sure your syringe is under the insulin surface all the time
Hint : If small air bubbles are present , tap the syringe head ( Not needle ) with your finger , air bubbles will float to the top ,carefully Push the plunger to move the air bubbles out of the needle , then draw more insulin units from the bottle to adjust your dose .
<< Tips for decreasing pain when injecting insulin >>
1- If insulin has been stored in the refrigerator, leave it in room temperature 15-30 minutes before injecting it and warm the insulin bottle by gently rolling it between your hand
2- You can reduce injection pain by choosing a needle length and gauge that are right for you.
3- Make sure you removed all air bubbles from the syringe before injecting insulin
4- Wait a few moments after cleaning the skin surface at the injection site with an alcohol swab to allow the alcohol to dry out , then inject your insulin
5- the person taking insulin should be encouraged to Relax , tensing muscles while injecting insulin can make the injection more painful
6- Be straight and confident during needle insertion and removal , hesitating , shaking & changing direction can make the injection process more painful
7- Do not reuse disposable needles
8- Do not inject close to the belly button , moles or scars as the tissues there are tough so it’s more painful & besides, the insulin absorption will not be as consistent
9- If you inject insulin in the upper arm, use only the outer back area – where the most fat is –
10- It is hard to pinch the upper arm when you are injecting yourself , so instead of pinching try pressing your upper arm against a wall
11- Stay away from the inner thighs and never inject insulin or anything else there because If your thighs rub together when you walk, it could the injection site sore and become very painful
Finally , Do not fall in love with a single injection site ! It might seem a good idea to find a spot that does not hurt and inject there all of the time . . . but unfortunately , this could lead to unpleasant swellings and lumps .
>> talk with your doctor about the ” Rotating technique “ and when & where should you change the injection site
we can mix clear and cloudy insulin in one syringe to give a rapid & prolonged action at the same time , the doctor will prescribe the dose and amount of each insulin type according to life style , habits , diet & the body’s metabolism
Nothing tricky about mixing insulin except that you should withdraw clear insulin first , to prevent it’s contamination with cloudy insulin .
this video shows the right way for mixing up the insulin 🙂 :
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instead of syringes , . . Insulin pens are available and commonly used now by many people
the are easier in adjusting doses and injecting the insulin
watch that video for more information about insulin pens and how to use them :
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to clearly understand , the next video illustrates insulin injection techniques using both syringes and needles .. the previous pics & videos were cartoony but this one is for real 😀
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Hint : insulin that can be inhaled is now available and approved by the FDA
EPA , United States Environmental Protection Agency
Discovery Health official website
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Praise, Thanksgiving, and the Priesthood of All Believers
November 23, 2016
Though it has been obscured during different ages of her life, the Church has taught the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers since the very beginning. Our baptism immerses us into the fullness of the life of Christ, granting us participation in his threefold role of prophet, priest, and king. Scripture goes so far as to call Christians a “royal priesthood.”
But what does it mean to be a priest? Often, we assume that priesthood is limited to the sacramental priesthood and the dispensing of the mysteries of the New Covenant—offering Mass, hearing confessions, and the like.
While these priestly duties are indeed critical to the life of the Church, they are not necessary to the essence of the priesthood, especially since we know laymen do not have the power to do these things. No, at its heart, all priesthood is about sacrificial mediation. It is about offering a sacrifice of praise to the living God.
The Heart of Priesthood
The priestly role goes back to the foundation of creation and the action and reaction at the heart of all reality. In the beginning, God placed mankind in the garden and surrounded him with a world teeming with life.
Man, as the only rational creature, was meant to receive this gift of creation, not passively but with active thanksgiving. He was meant to bless it and return thanks for it. That is why we bless our food—“Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts.”
Physics tells us that for every action in nature, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This holds true from the spiritual realm. God gives. All of creation and all good things flow from his Fatherly goodness. Man is meant to receive all things from God, bless them with thanksgiving, and return for them a sacrifice of praise. The return of praise for gift is what priesthood is at its heart.
God gives. Man receives, blesses, and returns. It is an ebb and flow, like waves washing against the shore. Like a great echo resounding to the praise of God. Action and return, gift and thanksgiving.
But what about mediation? All of creation praises the eternal God with without ceasing. Yet man alone, the image bearer of God, can offer this praise rationally and with conscious worship. We alone can bless and return with conscious participation. We were meant to mediate the praise of all creation back to God on creations behalf. This is our duty, and it should be our delight.
Saved in Thanksgiving
The offering of sacrificial praise is not accidental to man’s nature. It is essential. Man was made to be a priest. The more we offer ceaseless praise to the Almighty Father, the more human we become.
Due to sin, however, we often fail in this priestly role of grateful sacrifice. We do not give thanks, we do not praise God. We grumble and complain, we whine and lament our lot in life. It takes nothing from God, but it is to our own detriment.
It is our salvation to give thanks for all things. We are saved in thanksgiving. In the preface of the Mass, these truths are articulated beautifully:
The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. Lift up your hearts. We have lifted them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right and just.
It is truly meet and just, right for our salvation, that we should at all times and in all places, give thanks unto Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty, everlasting God…
In giving thanks we are healed; in giving thanks we are justified; in giving thanks we are restored to eternal life.
In everything, then, let us give thanks. Let us lift up to the Father of Lights hearts overflowing with praise—for in so doing we are made whole.
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In Howard Good’s Being Digital class, students were asked to visually interpret E.E. Cummings poem ‘pity this busy monster, manunkind’. This video uses subtle images to represent the “progress” of modern technology and how it is increasingly disrupting lives through consumerism and entertainment. Filmed and edited by Liz Gaschler and […]
Students from Professor Howard Good’s Being Digital class created one minute visual interpretations of a technological ideology. For the fall 2015 semester, the students had a choice of many multimedia options, such as stop-frame animation, traditional animation or simply a video. In a dystopian technologically-infused world, we will see no […]
By Holly Lipka and Liz Gaschler “A desire is never simply the desire for a certain thing. A desire to be fully filled in, met so that I desire no longer. It’s always also a desire for desire itself. A desire to continue to desire.” Slavoj Zizek — ‘The Pervert’s […]
Howard Good, a digital media and journalism professor at SUNY New Paltz, gave a poetry reading with special guest Donald Lev at the Honors Center at SUNY New Paltz Feb. 18. Original video produced by the Little Rebellion.
SUNY New Paltz journalism professor, author, and poet Howie Good has published a new book of poetry entitled “Fugitive Pieces,” a collection of collage poems. All proceeds from the book (currently $15) go to the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley. The book is available online here.
After reading Neil Postman’s “Technopoly,” students in Howard Good’s Being Digital class were inspired to create videos which tied in the author’s theories of modern technology advertisements and the issues surrounding them. Kate Bunster and Francesca Caccavale explore the intrusion of technology into the medical world. Produced by: Kate Bunster and […]
The Communication and Media Society at SUNY New Paltz put together a panel of experts to discuss Media Ethics on April 25th. The panel took place in the Lecture Center and consisted of New Paltz professors and members of the media field.
Ethical Analysis of Information Tracking on the Internet by Jon Cappetta, Marietta Cerami, Brianna McDonald and Annie Yu. These four students from Howard Good’s fall 2010 Media Ethics class argue that tracking information on the Internet is unethical. Personal consumer information compiled from weeks or months of one’s personal search data can be monitored by advertisers and hackers. The […]
Chilean Miner Film Adaptation By Pamela Vivanco, Joe Neggie, Brandon Quinn, Beth Curran Students from Howard Good’s fall 2010 Media Ethics class apply Kant’s categorical imperative, along with other ethical guidelines, to the possible Hollywood adaption of the Chilean Miner story. They examine how the movie adaptation would differ from the true […]
Re-targeting Advertisements by Keith Carroll, Kaitlyn Day, and Kevin Harvey Students from Howard Good’s fall 2010 Media Ethics class explore the ethical issues of re-targeting advertisements, such as invasion of privacy, using the Potter Box model. Retargeting Advertisements Media Ethics Fall 2010 from Kaitlyn Day on Vimeo.
Four students from Howard Good’s fall 2010 Media Ethics course explore the media’s responsibility in covering political terrorism. This video examines various accounts of book-burnings throughout history and how they have affected the world, with a focus on Pastor Terry Jones’ recent “Burn a Quran Day” mission. It suggests the overpowering role underlying agendas […]
Inquiring Minds, a local discount bookstore located off Church Street, hosted a poetry reading on Friday, Feb. 4. The event featured the works of SUNY New Paltz professors Frank Boyer and Howard Good. Due to anticipated inclement weather, poet Barbara Blatner postponed her participation in the event. “I didn’t want to […]
A Converse Case Study, created by Amanda Grappone, Bina Fronda, Michelle Pang, and Zan Strumfeld. This is an analysis of a 2010 case from an ethical standpoint, for Howard Good’s Media Ethics fall 2010 course. The case examines the relationship between Converse, a major consumer-driven corporation, and the musical acts signed to […]
Disaster Porn by Alana Davis, Julia Amberg, and Sara Rabot Three students from Howard Good’s spring 2010 Media Ethics class delve into the issue of the media’s coverage of disastrous events such as 9/11 and the earthquake in Haiti. Using the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Code of Ethics, the […]
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Herbarium specimen: Hypericum hirsutum
|Taxon:||Clusiaceae: Hypericum hirsutum L. ("Hairy St John's-wort")|
|Filed in taxon folder:||Clusiaceae: Hypericum hirsutum L. ("Hairy St John's-wort")|
|Locality:||Great Britain, VC34 West Gloucestershire, Symonds Yat, SO51|
|ex herb:||John Wilton Haines|
|Institution:||Gloucester City Museum (GLR)|
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The consumer canon dictates that innovations at the high-end eventually find their way into the mainstream. If it flies off the shelves at Neiman Marcus, sooner or later you're going to find it at Wal-Mart.
That process is about to take place with home videos. Smaller, digital camcorders are coming onto the market that will be able to capture home video so sharp it could pass muster in professional studios. And that laborious process of editing the video? It will be nearly as simple as word-processing on a computer.
Traditional camcorders have not exactly been slouches in the innovation race. They've gotten smaller, steadier, and cheaper in the past decade. Their next step, however, represents a huge leap from the old world of analog signals to the new one of digital bits and bytes.
Already popular in Japan, the digital camcorder is making headway in the United States. Last year, for example, sales of digital camcorders represented no more than 1.5 percent of the overall US market. This year, according to one estimate by Sony, sales will easily double.
"It's just been a phenomenal success," says Gregg Nole, senior product trainer for personal video with Sony Electronics Inc. The company's high-end digital camcorder - the DCR-VX1000 - has become so popular it's on back order, even at a suggested retail price of $4,199.
Amateur video buffs are willing to shell out that kind of money because the digital machines have much better quality than traditional consumer-level camcorders. For example, a standard VHS model has some 240 lines of horizontal resolution. All Sony's digital camcorders have at least twice that number. The more lines of resolution, the finer the picture.
Digital camcorders display even finer resolution than laser discs, which serious film connoisseurs use to watch Hollywood movies. Mr. Nole claims the digital camcorder rivals (in picture though not in features) Sony's professional Beta SP video cameras. And those start at $30,000.
The new cameras, especially the minimodels, are also tremendously compact because they use smaller tapes. "MiniDV cassettes are one-tenth the size, one-fifth the weight, half the cost, and twice the capacity of Betacam camcorder tapes," says Bob Doyle, digital video editor of NewMedia magazine.
In a review of the digital GR-DV1 from rival JVC, he described the camcorder as the "Swiss Army knife of video, audio, and photojournalism." Some retailers are selling it for less than $2,000.
Besides their compactness - some newer models weigh 1.3 pounds - the camcorders make video editing much simpler. Using an emerging standard for transmitting digital video, the new cameras can download their material directly to a personal computer.
And because the format compresses each frame individually (instead of over several frames), each frame is as clear as the next. This makes it much easier to grab still photos off the video and make clean cuts from one scene to another. Last Thursday, Sony announced that it will be shipping in April its first video recorder that can play and edit the new digital cassettes. The cost: $4,999.
Some drawbacks remain, however. Under bright lights, a red sports car tends to bleed over the picture, especially in the less expensive cameras that use one chip to record video, instead of the three chips used on higher-end models.
But the models will improve as chip technology improves. And prices will come down dramatically. Already in Japan, some estimates suggest that digital camcorders will grab nearly 70 percent of the overall camcorder market this year. It will take a few more years before the United States posts similar figures.
But the era of digital video recording is quickly approaching - and with it, a whole new era for home videos.
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This might save you some head aches. The postgresql database dump of the taxonomic universe (according to the USGS) from http://www.itis.gov/ is provided in a latin1 character encoding (specifically it tries to create a database as ENCODING = ‘LATIN1’ LC_COLLATE = ‘en_US.ISO8859-1’ LC_CTYPE = ‘en_US.ISO8859-1’ ). In order to bring this dump into a modern Postgres instance you’ll likely have to deal with the encoding being different in the dump versus your system. Rather than changing the locale of your entire database (which is likely UTF-8). It’s easier to change the encoding of the SQL file they give you.
Using this excellent reference:
I went right for iconv and this worked for me on my ubuntu 12.04 (after installing recode which might have brought in some additional encodings that weren’t there before).
iconv -f latin1 -t UTF-8 ITIS.sql > ITIS-utf8.sql
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Netflix’s original series contain the highest number of smoking depictions — by far — among TV shows that are popular among young people, according to a new study by antismoking group Truth Initiative.
Netflix shows contained 319 “tobacco incidents” — more than twice the number in broadcast and cable TV shows, which had 139, per the watchdog organization’s analysis of top series for the 2015-16 season.
Season 1 of supernatural thriller “Stranger Things,” a breakout hit for Netflix, had a whopping 182 tobacco incidents, the highest total among the shows examined. No. 2 was AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” with 94 scenes showing tobacco use, followed by four Netflix shows: “Orange Is the New Black” (45), “House of Cards” (41), “Fuller House” (22), and docu-series “Making a Murderer” (20), according to Truth Initiative.
ABC’s “Modern Family” had 20 “tobacco incidents” during the 2015-16 season; FX’s “American Horror Story” had 15; and Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” had nine, according to Truth Initiative. The org also looked at Netflix’s “Marvel’s Daredevil” season 2 and found no depictions of tobacco use.
Asked for comment, a Netflix rep said: “While streaming entertainment is more popular than ever, we’re glad that smoking is not. We’re interested to find out more about the study.” Truth Initiative released the study Friday.
Of the Netflix shows cited, “Stranger Things,” “Making a Murderer” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” are rated “TV-14” by Netflix (suitable for viewers 14 or older), while “House of Cards” and “OITNB” are rated “TV-MA” (for adult audiences only). “Fuller House” is rated TV-Y7, intended for audiences over 7.
Overall, according to Truth Initiative’s analysis, 79% of the TV shows it analyzed prominently depict smoking. The org analyzed 14 series that were the most popular with American consumers 15-24, based on nationally sourced sample data.
The group says tobacco use is more prevalent in digital content than traditional TV. And that’s worrisome because younger consumers have gravitated toward streaming services like Netflix while watching less traditional TV, it noted. Truth Initiative cited a UC San Francisco study of 2015-16 top-rated TV shows that found 54% of Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu shows sampled were associated with tobacco incidents, compared with 38% of broadcast TV shows and 22% of cable TV shows.
The rise of subscription VOD services has resulted in “a pervasive reemergence of smoking across screens that is glamorizing and renormalizing a deadly habit to millions of impressionable young people,” Robin Koval, CEO and president of Truth Initiative, said in a statement.
Among the measures Truth Initiative outlined to take action on the issue: working with producers to exclude tobacco imagery from shows; enforcing stricter parental-guideline ratings for content that includes tobacco use; and changing state film-production subsidy policies to provide tax and other incentives for productions that do not promote tobacco use.
Truth Initiative has been among the leading groups urging Hollywood to cease or cut back on depictions of smoking. The MPAA last year announced that it would consider scenes showing adults smoking (along with historical context) as a factor in movie-ratings decisions. According to research cited by the Truth Initiative, 37% of youth smoking initiation in the U.S. is attributable to exposure to smoking in movies.
The Washington, D.C.-based antismoking org (formerly known as Legacy) was formed by and is funded under the landmark 1998 settlement agreement between major U.S. tobacco companies and 46 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and five territories.
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One of the most ancient of the great families of
Scotland, the clan Campbell, has given heroic men and great fighters to
our country from the earliest times.
Among the first of whom we read in old stories was Colin
Maol Maith, a name which means in English the bald, good Colin. This
great chief was highly honoured by Alexander the First of Scotland, who
gave him his niece in marriage, and made him Lord of the Isles and
Master of the King’s Household.
The king was once in the castle of Dunstaffnage with some
of his friends. The rebels in the Western Isles, hearing that he had but
a small following, came over secretly in their boats, thinking to take
him by surprise.
The alarm was given, and when the king looked from the
battlements of the castle, the sea all around was black with the boats
of the enemy.
“They have me now!’ said Alexander "there is no hope of
“My, liege/" said Colin Maol Maith, "disguise yourself as
a countryman and slip out of the castle. I will dress myself in your
Grace’s clothes, so that they will think you are still here, and we will
defend the castle until you reach a place of safety.”
Alexander was very unwilling to risk his friend’s life,
but his followers reminded him that the rebels would be able to do great
harm to the country if they had the king in their power. He consented at
last, and left the castle in a cowherd’s clothing, with one or two
friends in the same disguise.
Hardly was he out of sight when the islanders landed and
surrounded the castle. The defenders fought very bravely, but were
overpowered by force of numbers. With shouts of triumph the wild
islanders battered down the gates and rushed into the courtyard. They
seized Colin, thinking that they had the king in their power ; but when
they found out their mistake, they slew the valiant chief in their
All the defenders were put to the sword, but they did not
fall unavenged. The king reached a place of safety, and when he heard of
the fate of Colin he collected a large following and sailed for the
Western Isles. The rebels were defeated in a great battle, and all their
leaders were slain.
Colin (Callum) More, or the Great Colin, was t noted for
prowess while still a youth. He served his king valiantly, and was
knighted by Alexander the Third on the field of battle. The Western
Highlands are full of stories of his great deeds.
Colin fought on the king’s side against the rebellious
clan of the MacDougalls, whom he defeated in many battles. In a fight
with Ian Barach, or Lame John, chief of the clan, he won a great
victory, and pursuing the enemy too fiercely he became separated from
his followers. All by himself he forced a pass called Ath Dearg, or the
Red Ford, but was slain by the MacDougalls at Ballach-na-scringe, the
entrance into Gleninchur, on a spot still marked by a pile of stones
called Cairn Challum. The hero was buried at Kilchrennan on Lochaweside,
where his grave is still pointed out, and to this day the Duke of Argyll
is called The MacCallum More, or Son of the Great Colin.
Sir Niall, eldest son of Colin, was the first to be
called MacCallum More, after his father. He was a most valiant warrior,
and was created a knight banneret by Alexander the Third.
When Alexander died and Baliol consented to acknowledge
King Edward of England as overlord of Scotland, the pride of the
MacCallum More was touched. He took the side of the Bruce, and became
one of his most trusted friends, being called “the brother of the
The chief of the MacFadyens came from Ireland with a
great following of Scots, Irish, and English, to help King Edward in the
conquest of Scotland. Landing in Cantyre he made his way to Lome, and
was joined by Ian MacDougall, whom Edward had made Lord of Lorne. They
might have overrun Scotland had it not been for Sir Niall, who gathered
together a small body of men and held the pass on the water of the Awe,
that runs out of Lochawe, while he sent a message to summon help from
Sir William Wallace.
Sir William was not slow in coming, and battle was given
in the Pass of Awe. MacFadyen and his men were defeated and routed, and
the chief escaped with a remnant of his following and hid himself in a
cave in the face of a rock. Wallace sent Sir Niall in pursuit of the
fugitives, and MacFadyen and his men were conquered and put to death.
After this Sir Niall became known as the Knight of Lochawe, and the cave
is called MacFadyen’s Cave to this day.
Meanwhile the MacDougalls had been defeated by Wallace,
and in the parliament held at Ardchattan Ian of Lorne was deprived of
his titles and his estate given to Duncan MacDougall for his fidelity to
Niall Campbell followed his king through good and evil
fortune, and was one of the few loyal adherents present at the crowning
of the Bruce at Scone.
“Alas!” said the queen, the Bruce’s wife, after the
coronation, “we are but kings and queens of May, such as boys crown with
flowers and rushes in the summer sports!” The Scots were beaten at
Methven, and Bruce and his little court were compelled to take to the
heather. It was now Sir Niall’s turn to lurk among woods and caves in
company with Malcolm of Lennox, Sir James Douglas, and Gilbert Hay, his
friends and supporters of the Bruce. With their handful of followers the
king and queen wandered among the lochs and mountains, never remaining
long in one place, for the MacDougalls of Lorne were their foes, and
Edward’s men were hot upon their track.
Fleeing through barren glens, or crossing lochs and
rivers in leaky boats or by swimming, King Robert was always cheerful,
and kept up the spirit of the queen and his companions. He had one or
two books with him, and when the wanderers were resting in some cave or
around the evening fire he would read aloud stories of the siege of Troy
and the deeds of great men of long ago. Sometimes he would trust to his
memory, for he had read much, and recite tales from the old romances.
When the king was tired Sir Niall would take up the story
or some one would sing to the harp. It was summer-time, and the outdoor
life was a happy one in spite of danger. The men hunted, and shot deer
and hares with their bows and arrows ; and the ladies cooked the food,
and collected green boughs and heather to sleep upon.
Winter approached, and cold winds swept the leaves from
the trees. The king was obliged to send Queen Elizabeth and her ladies
to Kildrummie Castle in Ayrshire, his one place of strength. The castle
was taken; Nigel Bruce, the king’s brother, put to death as a traitor;
and the ladies handed over as prisoners to Edward.
In the following spring King Robert was once more in the
heather, in worse plight than before. Sir Niall accompanied him when he
was making his way from Tyndrum to Cantyre, pursued by the Lord of
Lorne. Still the king was full of hope, and kept up the hearts of his
men by telling them how Hannibal crossed the Alps in the time of the
Sir Niall was sent to the coast to find ships for the
king. In stormy weather, with the rivers in full flood and snow still
blocking the passes, he forced his way through a country swarming with
enemies, and succeeded in obtaining boats for the Bruce’s little band of
followers. The king sailed for Cantyre, Sir John Menteith, the betrayer
of Wallace, at his heels ; and Sir Niall, with his friends Sir Gilbert
Hay and Sir Alexander Seton, bound themselves by a solemn oath “to
defend with their lives and fortunes the liberties of their country and
the rights of Robert Bruce their king against all mortals, French,
English, or Scots.”
The Knight of Lochawe commanded the loyal vassals who
were sent to Argyllshire to subdue the rebellious Lord of Lorne, the
Bruce’s greatest foe in Scotland. He was given the king’s sister,
Marjory Bruce, in marriage, and accompanied his sovereign in nearly
every battle, until the crowning victory of Bannockburn made his country
The next noted Campbell was Sir Colin Oig, or the young
Colin, son of the brave Sir Niall; “he nothing derogated from the valour
and loyalty of his father.” As a stripling Sir Colin accompanied his
uncle King Robert to Ireland. While the Scottish army was marching
through a wood, Sir Richard de la Clare, King Edward’s commander, laid
an ambuscade to surprise the strangers. In order to draw the Bruce’s
soldiers into the wood he made some of his men leave their shelter and
shoot arrows at the Scots, hoping to provoke them into following, when
they would be surrounded and slain by the English.
The Bruce, like an experienced warrior, suspecting an
ambush, forbade any man of the army to leave the ranks. Young Sir Colin,
however, becoming impatient at seeing two men boldly step forward and
defy the whole army, broke from the rest and galloped forward to fight
both the men. One he killed, and the other fled.
In spite of the youth’s bravery King Robert was very
angry at his disobedience. Riding quickly forward he seized his nephew's
rein and dealt him such a buffet that Colin nearly fell from his horse.
“Rash boy,” cried the Bruce, “knowest thou not that a
soldier's first duty is obedience? Come back to the army and show no
such bad example to my men!”
Colin was ashamed and sorry when his uncle led him to his
place, but he knew how to take a rebuke which he had deserved. He did
all he could to win his uncle’s approval, and became greatly
distinguished in the Bruce's wars. King Robert was pleased with him, and
when Ian of Lorne was driven out of the country the brave knight
received part of his land as a reward for his gallant behaviour.
When Robert the Bruce died his son David was but a child,
and the English invaded Scotland once more. Sir Colin remained faithful
to King David, and fought valiantly against the English.
“At that time none in Scotland, excepting children at
play, durst avow the Bruce to be king.” There were still some true men
left, however. The castle of Duntroon had been taken by the English, and
was under the guardianship of a false Scot, the Cumming. Robert Stewart
and Malcolm Fleming, lurking in Dumbarton, planned to surprise the
castle in the absence of the governor, and confided their plan to Sir
Colin. That gallant knight levied four hundred of his clan, and, with
Stewart and Fleming, stormed the castle and took it from the English.
Afterwards he won back the strong castle of Bute, and after a great deal
of fighting Scotland was free once more.
A noble and valiant knight was Sir Colin of Glenorchy. He
was a great traveller, having visited Rome three times, and was made a
Knight of Rhodes for taking part in the Crusades.
An old story tells that this Sir Colin had been seven
years fighting the Saracens in Palestine when one night he dreamed a
strange dream. When he awoke he was greatly troubled, for he could not
understand the meaning of the dream.
In the Christian host was a monk, who was reputed to be a
very wise man. Sir Colin consulted him, and the monk told the knight to
return at once to his native land, as a great trouble threatened him,
which only his presence could avert.
Sir Colin set out, and met with many adventures on the
way. Weary and footsore he at last reached home, and found that his
wife, the Lady Margaret, believed him to be dead. After long persuasion
she was just about to marry his neighbour, the Baron MacCorquodale, who
had told her that Sir Colin had fallen in the Crusades.
Sir Colin made a plan to prevent the marriage and find
out if his wife still loved him. On the day 2 of the wedding he appeared
under the walls of Kil-churn Castle disguised as a beggar.
The servants came and asked him what he wanted.
“To have my hunger satisfied and my thirst quenched,”
replied the seeming beggar.
They brought him food, which Sir Colin ate ; but he
refused to drink.
“I will drink only from the hand of the lady of the
house,” he said.
The servants mocked at his strange whim, but at last they
went and told their mistress that there was a strange beggar in the
courtyard, a dusty, sunburned fellow, who looked as though he had come a
long distance, and refused to drink save from her hands.
Wondering very much, the Lady Margaret thought she would
like to see the beggar. Bearing a cup of wine, she came into the
courtyard and offered the stranger a drink.
Sir Colin took the cup and drank the contents; then he
handed it back with a ring in it which his wife had once given him.
Greatly surprised the Lady Margaret looked at the ring
and then at the beggar, and in the tired sunburned face under the
pilgrim’s cowl she recognized her husband. She went to her servants and
told them their master had come home. They hastened to greet their lord,
and there was great rejoicing. As a punishment for the untruth he had
told, MacCorquodale was driven from the castle with all his fol- j lowing,
and after that day the Knight of Glenorchy and his lady lived happily to
the end of their lives.
The second Earl of Argyll was a faithful henchman of King
James the Fourth, who appointed him Lieutenant of the Isles and Governor
of the Castle of Tarbert. In this position he saw much fighting, and
rendered good service to the king. He imprisoned Donald Dhu, who called
himself Lord of the Isles, and would not obey his sovereign. Argyll
secured Donald in a strong castle, but the men of Glencoe rose and
Donald fled into the Macleods’ country, and was sheltered
by their chief. The king summoned Macleod to deliver up the rebel, and
on his refusal the chief was outlawed. The islanders rose in rebellion ;
and Argyll, Huntly, the chiefs of Appin, and the Maclans fought on the
king’s side. Bade-noch was ravaged by Donald, who took a terrible
vengeance upon his enemies of the clan Chattan. The rebels traitorously
sought help from England and Ireland ; and it was only after years of
fighting that Donald was taken prisoner by Argyll and confined in
Edinburgh Castle, where he lay for forty years.
After the capture of Donald, Argyll and Huntly were made
Lords of the Isles, which they ruled until the death of Argyll.
The earl was among those who tried to dissuade the king
from making war upon England. James was bent upon fighting, and Argyll
followed him into battle like a faithful subject. At Flodden he led the
right wing of the army with his brother-in-law the Earl of Lennox. Their
Highlanders, galled beyond endurance by the arrows of the English, broke
their ranks and rushed impetuously upon the foe, fighting like furies.
They were surrounded by an overwhelming number and cut down without
Argyll and Lennox, deserted by their men, disdained to
flee, but held their ground like heroes, and were among the thirteen
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by James E. Plueddemann
The author considers if five ethical values presented by a left-wing, Brazilian philosopher can be used to better short-term mission trips.
Some would say that a humanistic, left-wing, Brazilian literacy teacher and almost incomprehensible philosopher would have little to contribute to the ethics of short-term missions. Paulo Freire has some harsh things to say about the Church and Christianity (see Freire 1985, 121). Should we listen to this radical educator?
Surely it is good and right to send short-term missionaries around the world to build orphanages, conduct Vacation Bible Schools (VBSs), utilize evangelistic drama, teach English, and distribute food, clothing, and medical supplies to the poor. Jesus was sent to “proclaim good news to the poor…and release the oppressed” (Luke 4:18) and said, “As the Father has sent me, so I send you” (John 20:21).
Below I will look at some of the key concepts in Freire’s ethical values for helping people; analyze data gathered from the short-term experiences of a sample of seminary students and compare this with some of Freire’s ethical principles; and make suggestions as to how Freire’s ideas might be used to improve short-term missions.
Paulo Freire (1921-1997)
I met Freire at an Association of Professors of Religious Education meeting. He didn’t lecture, but sat at a table dialoguing with two other people and with the audience. At first, he spoke through a translator, but as he became more excited about the discussion, he couldn’t wait for translation and began to speak in a delightful Portuguese accent. After the meeting, I hesitantly made my way to the platform, took his photograph, and asked him for his autograph. He didn’t treat me like a silly autograph hound, but with dignity. I was moved by his presentation and his kindness to me.
Freire was born in Brazil, studied law and philosophy, and taught Portuguese in a secondary school. In 1946, he was appointed director of the Department of Education and Culture. At that time in Brazil, literacy was required in order to vote in presidential elections, so Freire emphasized teaching reading among the poor. After he taught three hundred sugarcane workers to read and write in forty-five days, the government of Brazil set up hundreds of Freire’s “cultural circles” to teach literacy.
As a result of a military coup in 1964, Freire was imprisoned as a traitor and later exiled to Bolivia and Chile. Apparently, the new government was threatened by the voting power of thousands of people living in poverty. He later taught at Harvard University and worked for the World Council of Churches in Switzerland. After Freire returned to Brazil in 1979, he became Secretary of Education for São Paulo. His most famous book is Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1970). I have found his book Education for Critical Consciousness (1981) an excellent way to stimulate the thinking of students in my classes. Freire died of heart failure in 1997.
I have several problems with Freire. His social gospel downplays the sinful nature of human beings, the necessity of repentance, the importance of faith in Christ for forgiveness of sins, and the objective revelation of God in the Bible. He promotes a theology of liberation without evangelism, and his educational practice doesn’t include Bible teaching and preaching (see Freire 1985, 121-140). The physical world is his only interest and he fails to appreciate time in light of eternity. These are not minor criticisms, but reach to the heart of the gospel. As we seek to apply Freire’s concepts in missionary applications, we must be sure to incorporate our own convictions about the Fall, sin, salvation through Jesus, the Bible, and eternity.
On the other hand, there are many aspects of his educational philosophy that need to be taken to heart. While his philosophy is inadequate, and at times dangerous, he holds to many ethical positions that are biblical and provide valuable insights for missions. While the following is greatly oversimplified, here are five of Freire’s ethical values that need to be taken seriously by short-term missionaries.
1. All human beings have great value. Freire understands the dignity and inherent worth of persons. Throughout his writings, he challenges those who wish to help the poor to see them not as illiterate, illogical, and irrational, but as cultured human beings with the potential to change their environment (Freire 1981, 20). From a Christian perspective all human beings are created in the image of God, and even though fallen, have unimaginable potential to become all God created them to become.
2. The poor and oppressed have dignity. During the 1929 Depression, Freire’s family faced serious deprivation and hunger. As Richard Shall writes in the Foreword to Pedagogy of the Oppressed,
This had a profound influence on his life as he came to know the gnawing pangs of hunger and fell behind in school because of the listlessness it produced; it also led him to make a vow, at age eleven, to dedicate his life to the struggle against hunger, so that other children would not have to know the agony he was then experiencing. (1970, 10)
3. All human beings have the potential to influence the world. Dehumanization is the process of preventing people from thinking, reflecting, and acting upon reality. Oppressed people are assumed to be objects. Freire writes,
For men to overcome their state of massification, they must be enabled to reflect about that very condition. But since authentic reflection cannot exist apart from action, men must also act to transform the concrete reality which has determined their massification. (1970, 20)
4. Those seeking to help people must first be concerned about their humanization. Freire was exiled from Brazil because his success in teaching people to read also taught them how to think and reflect upon their world. Such thinking by thousands of newly educated people is dangerous for politicians who fear change. Too often, those who desire to help the poor contribute to their dehumanization by treating them as objects rather than subjects (human beings). For Freire, the true educator “incarnates the permanent search of people together with others for their becoming more fully human in the world in which they live” (1970, 96).
5. Teachers foster human development by compelling critical reflection on problems in the world around them. Freire is harshly critical of the common notion that education is the process of filling empty heads with information. Such teachers turn learners into mere “containers or receptacles to be filled by the teacher. The more completely he fills the receptacles, the better the teacher he is. The more meekly the receptacles permit themselves to be filled, the better students they are” (1970, 59). He calls this the banking metaphor of teaching and learning: “The more students work at storing the deposits entrusted to them, the less they develop the critical consciousness which would result from their intervention in the world as transformers of that world” (1970, 60).
Instead of the teacher as banker and the student as the bank, Freire calls for the teacher and student to come together in dialogue. The distinction between teacher and student is blurred: “The teacher is no longer merely the-one-who-teaches, but one who is himself taught in dialogue with the students, who in turn while being taught also teaches” (1970, 67). Before Freire began literacy classes, he asked people why they wanted to learn to read, then created “generative words”—words that had phonemic richness and that related to the problems of the people. Next, he developed “codifications”—pictures that represented both critical literacy syllables and the problem situation. These were then used in discussion groups—or “culture circles”—to teach how the syllables built the words that encouraged them to reflect upon the problems of their situation.
In spite of significant theological weaknesses, Freire provides a partial framework for evaluating the ethics of short-term missions. Human beings have great value, the poor and oppressed have dignity, and all humans have the potential to influence the world. Those who would help the poor must first be concerned about their humanization and foster human development through compelling critical reflection on problems in the world around them.
Methodology and Sample
Are Freire’s ethical principles evident in short-term missions? In order to investigate the question, I surveyed 104 M.Div. students in a mission course. The surveys were conducted in Fall 2008 and Spring 2009. The students were asked to fill out a short questionnaire about their mission experience. Since the two groups represented a required course for all M.Div. students, it is likely that the sample represented the student body. Students were asked, “Have you ever served short or long term as a cross-cultural missionary?” If the student answered “yes,” then I asked, “Where did you serve, for how long, and what did you do?” Since most with short-term mission experience had multiple experiences, I analyzed the latest trip.
I also asked, “What were your goals?” The majority simply recorded what they did as their goal. For example, if the student reported that his or her activity was to conduct a VBS, usually the stated goal would also be “to conduct a VBS.” Perhaps I should have phrased the question, “What were the intended outcomes of your activities?” It might be an interesting way to further study the ends-means dilemma in ministry. Here are more observations of the sample:
• The average age was 28.4 years old (standard deviation 7.9), with the oldest student 62 years and the youngest 21.
• 87% of the students were male, which likely represents the gender balance of M.Div. students.
• 73% of the students (n=73) had at least one cross-cultural mission experience. Seven students had one year or more of long-term service and 63 students had three months or less.
• The average length of the trip for short-term students was 20.7 days, with the shortest being three days and the longest being 90 days.
I recorded the “what did you do” question on a spreadsheet and later made a judgment as to a category. Since many students did several things on the trip, the answer could be scored under as many categories as fit.
The top category was evangelism, with twenty-eight students including it in the description of what they did. This included street evangelism, drama evangelism, basketball evangelism, distribution of tracts, and witness to students.
The second most recorded activity was construction, with twenty references. Examples included assembling a playground for children, making furniture for handicapped children, building houses for the poor, and constructing a church.
The third category was teaching and discipleship, with thirteen responses. Examples included teaching English or discipling students or women in the church.
The fourth category was children’s ministry and Vacation Bible School. I was surprised at how often VBS was specifically mentioned in the survey.
It is difficult to evaluate ethical qualities from quantitative data. Descriptive statistical quantities describe what is happening, while ethical statements prescribe what is good and best. If a student reports that he or she went to Mexico to evangelize children in a VBS, we don’t know if the student treated the Mexican orphan as a subject (a human being) or an object (a thing). Freire would want to know more. From his perspective, it would be quite likely that love for a poor child could be paternalistic and eventually become oppressive. Is love for the orphan primarily meeting the need of the short-term missionary, or does it humanize the child? Let us look at Freire’s ethical values in more detail.
All human beings have great value. From what I know about students in my classes, I have no reason to doubt that they realize both theologically and existentially that the people to whom they went to minister have dignity and worth. I’m sure most truly loved those whom they served. Unfortunately, there is only slight evidence in responses from the questionnaire that the students thought of the people to whom they went to minister as subjects rather than objects, in Freire’s terms. I suspect Freire would be highly critical of the common response of doing something for or to other people.
I’m sure most of the students understand that in God’s eyes, the poor have dignity. For example, one student reported, “I worked in an orphanage and shared love with children.” Another wrote, “I went to get to know a family and share the love of Christ.” Yet a substancial number of responses seemed to treat the poor as things or objects. For example, “I went to share the gospel and provide food for the natives” or “I built houses for the poor.”
All human beings have the potential to influence the world. While it is possible that the questionnaire did not provide opportunity for students to reflect upon this question, there were no indications that the students saw people as having significant potential. It would have been heartening if a student had written, “I went to help orphans understand their ability to change their situation.” I couldn’t find hints that short-term missionaries went to enhance the development of others. Freire would be most disturbed by this glaring shortcoming.
Those seeking to help the poor must first be concerned about their humanization. Freire proposes that all development is at heart the development of human beings. The agronomist should not primarily be concerned with soil erosion, but with helping farmers to understand how to become reflective practitioners about all of life (Freire 1981, 94). According to Freire, economic development is first of all the development of human beings. There is no indication in this questionnaire that M.Div. students understand helping the poor from a Freirian perspective.
Teachers foster human development by compelling critical reflection on problems in the world around them. In some ways, this principle is at the heart of Freire’s philosophy. No short-term missionary in the sample gave any indication that his or her ministry included such critical reflection. The common response of the sample described things they did to others: “I taught missionary kids,” “I discipled students,” or “I witnessed to people on the street.” At no time did students respond that they encouraged those to whom they ministered to reflect upon their problems in light of scripture or other source of knowledge. Ministry seemed to be something missionaries did to or for others.
While there are a few implicit indicators that show that seminary students are committed to the dignity of all human beings, there was little explicit information in their responses regarding short-term mission activity to demonstrate Freirian values. In regard to Freire’s last two values, there was no response from any student about fostering development through critical reflection on problems. The overall conclusion is that these short-term missionaries did not reflect Freire’s ethical values. We might ask, “Does it matter?” I think it does.
Even though Freire’s philosophy is lacking a comprehensive biblical worldview, his ethical values concerning the dignity of human beings reflect that all people are created in the image of God and are not to be treated as mere objects. The biblical principle that God created humans to grow and develop into all he intended is also compatible with Freirian values. We are created to grow into the fullness of the stature of Christ (Eph. 4:13, 15).
Although the sample of students limits generalization, it is quite possible that these findings are applicable to most short-term missions. One would think seminary students would be the most likely to appreciate the dignity and potential of individuals made in God’s image and the need to promote development. Freire would most likely evaluate the vast majority of short-term missions as being oppressive and dehumanizing.
First, it would be helpful to do further reflection on how to enlarge Freire’s thinking to fit a Christian worldview of missions. Some of my previous writing on the rail fence model of teaching might help to integrate Freire’s values with a more biblical educational philosophy (see Plueddemann and Plueddemann 1990, 54-55). The top rail represents the word of God; the bottom rail represents the cultural context of the people to whom we minister. The connecting “fence posts” between the rails are constructed by the learner with the aid of the teacher and the Holy Spirit. The model places the Bible in fruitful tension with problem situations of life.
As we in the Body of Christ connect the top rail of objective scripture with the bottom rail of our subjective existential contexts, we grow into the fullness of the stature of Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. Such a model doesn’t negate Freire’s emphasis on the “bottom rail” of our life situation, but complements his values by adding the work of the Holy Spirit, the Church, and the Bible. The model takes seriously the dignity of persons in ministry, as well as the authority of scripture.
Second, the task of preparing missionaries must go beyond the mechanics of how to obtain a passport, airline tickets, or a yellow fever shot. Missionaries need more than an awareness of exotic cross-cultural behavior and fascinating cultural values. Missionary preparation must include a paradigm shift regarding the dignity of persons.
These are exciting days in world missions. Christians from every country in the world are heeding the command of Christ to go into all the world and make disciples. Yet throughout the history of the expansion of the Church, missionaries have often taken ethnocentric attitudes that hindered the development of believers. We must move beyond these dangers. Even with his inadequate theology, Freire can remind us that good intentions are not enough. Ethnocentrism, dehumanization, and the pedagogy of the oppressed will hinder the global cause of Christ.
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_______. 1985. “Education, Liberation and the Church.” In The Politics of Education: Culture Power and Liberation. South Hadley, Mass.: Bergin & Garvey Publishers.
Plueddemann, Jim and Carol Plueddemann. 1990. Pilgrims in Progress: Growing through Groups. Wheaton, Ill.: Shaw Publishers
For thirteen years, Jim Plueddemann served in Nigeria with SIM (now called Serving in Mission). He then taught at Wheaton College and later served as international director of SIM. Since 2004, Jim has been professor of missions and evangelism at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
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|Equipment: 12-20 bowling pins, 12 hockey sticks and pucks||Grade: 3-5|
|Purpose of Event: shooting skills, and math skills|
|Time: 15-20 minutes|
|Organization: Divide the class into two teams. Place the bowling pins systematically on one end of the court. Three shooting lines are designated at the other end of the court. Spots for the bowling pins can be marked by making small X’s on the floor with floor tape.
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GRIGGS: This is Karen Griggs interviewing Verl G. Dixon on June 13, 1988. We are conducting the interview in the director's office at the Provo City Library, 15 North 100 East Provo, Utah.
Would you tell us something about your earliest remembrances of Provo?
DIXON: Well. The first recollection I have of anything in Provo is when we lived on Second North, just west of the Knight Woolen Mill. That's where I was born. My birth date was November 26, 1908, and Woolen Mills was in operation at that time. The railroad ran up Second West, past the Woolen Mill just a half a block east of where I was born. When I was four years old, my mother took me and my next older sister and brother across the street Eastering. They had cut down a big poplar tree and there was a big stump there. It must have been maybe four feet across the stump. And that's where we went Eastering. From then on, events were different because we moved from that location in downtown Provo to a farm on Fifth North and Eighth West in Provo. That was out in the country just about three blocks from the river.
GRIGGS: You mentioned the Knight Woolen Mill. What do you remember about the operation of the mill?
DIXON: My older sister and some of the other members of our family, girls of about her age, and there were several in the Dixon family, worked at the Knight Woolen Mills. They were working there in 1918 when it burned down. We were living on Fourth North, south of the Timpanogos School almost to Sixth West on Fourth North, and between Fifth and Sixth West. I can remember the fire very well. The smoke was in the air, and some of us children went up to the corner. They wanted people to keep away from the fire, but there was an open ditch running down Fifth West, east of the Timpanogos School on Fourth North. We went out there and watched the smoke billowing up and the fire burning. While we were there, pieces of charred wood were landing around us. The draft from the fire was so great that it had pulled the charcoal up in the air. When they got there they weren't burning, but they had been carried that far away from the Woolen Mill which was located between First and Second West in Provo. That's quite a distance – three blocks west and three blocks south.
GRIGGS: Tell me about the old library.
DIXON: Well, I went to the library when I was a boy. It was, as many people know, at least in part built by a donation from Andrew Carnegie, the great philanthropist who gave money for libraries all over the United States. This was a Carnegie Library on the same location where we are right now on the corner of First East and Center Street in Provo. I can remember that the library was built in the style popular around the turn of the century. I don't remember exactly when it was built. Of course, that was before I was born. I came with my sisters to get books at this very location. And when I was thirteen years old, I came with other Boy Scouts to the basement of the old library where the Court of Honor was held for all of Provo City. They interviewed us, approved our work on the merit badges and awarded merit badges and other awards, including the Eagle Scout. And I believe it was at this very location that I had my interview for my Eagle Scout award.
GRIGGS: What do you remember about downtown Provo and how it has changed?
DIXON: I remember when they did the first concrete paving on Center Street in Provo. That's when I was boy. I don't remember exactly what year it was, but they were paving in the part of Center Street down between Fourth and Fifth West just north of where the new library is being built [The library he's referring to was located at 425 West Center Street]. They had an old paver, cement mixer, that was run either by steam or by gasoline power. They would haul the gravel and the cement and dump it into a hopper and then into the mixer. It would come out of the mixer and they'd wheel it to where they were pouring the concrete. And that concrete is still there on Center Street.
GRIGGS: Goodness. The downtown section, right in the middle of town, how did that spread from just the central location between University Avenue and Center Street? When you were a boy, was the town mostly centered in that area?
DIXON: This was the center of town. But originally when Provo was first laid out, Provo had a Main Street. Main Street was what is now Fifth West in Provo. The hotel, the Stagecoach Inn, where the stagecoach came, and other buildings were right there. The first city building and the first administrative building for this area was right at that location on First North and Fifth West, then Main Street, where the old Third Ward church is now [it was remodeled by Sil Hathaway for a café complex]. Just south of the old Third Ward building with the tower on it, was the old Provo meetinghouse.
The first meetinghouse, the first place they held church meetings, was the City Hall. It had the jail. It was the recreation area. All in that one adobe building, which was between what's now the sidewalk and the existing building. I don't remember that building because it was torn down before the present building was built, and the present building was built before I was born. But I remember going to church in the present building over a long period of time.
GRIGGS: So you were in the Third Ward?
DIXON: In the Provo Third Ward. In fact, the building is still within the boundaries of the Third Ward. What is now the Third Ward was the original, the first ward, in this whole valley. It was the Provo Branch. I guess that was when the city was first incorporated in 1851. I'm not sure, but I think that was the year of incorporation of Provo.
GRIGGS: Do you remember any of the activities that would have taken place when you were a child such as festivals or other city-wide events?
DIXON: Yes. Years ago, the Fourth of July band concerts and other things were held at the Pioneer Park which is still there at the location of Center Street and Fifth West.
GRIGGS: What other kinds of activities took place on July Fourth, besides the band concert?
DIXON: Well, they had all kinds of things. Even in those days we had firecrackers! (Laughter) And balloons and flags. There were races and other events of that nature that were held as part of the Fourth of July celebration. But there was nearly always a band concert.
GRIGGS: Do you know when they started having a parade for the Freedom Festival and for the Fourth of July?
DIXON: I can remember parades and the Freedom Festival. I think that present organization of Freedom Festivals came into being during the early years when I was mayor. At least some of the organization that has resulted in the present Freedom Festival committee was initiated at that time.
GRIGGS: Before that, they had a different organization?
DIXON: Oh. They've had parades for a long time. I remember in the Twenties, following World War I, when I was just a boy, they had parades and the American Legion organized some of the first Fourth of July celebrations, at least in my memory. George Ballif, who has since died, was a very prominent attorney in Provo, and he was the drum major for the Legion band. They won awards at the American Legion national conventions. The Drum and Bugle Corps was what it was called. They marched well, and George was a great strutter. I remember those events. Provo, over the years in my recollection, has nearly always had a Fourth of July parade.
GRIGGS: That was a day also for family activities. What kind of family activities did you have in Provo?
DIXON: In those days, of course, we had lots of family activities. In fact, much of the activity was family centered. When I was a boy, we had the old Provo Resort down at Utah Lake. In fact, I don't remember it, but there was a railroad that went down to the resort from Provo. It went west on Center Street down, and then over to the old resort which was located where the airport is now. That was the old Provo Resort. I can remember going swimming there when I was a boy. I must not have been more than ten or twelve years of age. Soon after that, that was abandoned.
The resort at Provona Beach, which was organized and established by the Arthur Taylor family, was in the present location of the Utah Lake State park. When I was a boy, I worked for them. They had a concession, a sort of café where they sold candy and other things. Then they had a pavilion where they danced. They had beach houses and we went swimming in the lake.
GRIGGS: Going back for just a second to the old Provo Resort at the airport site, what kind of buildings were there?
DIXON: The only buildings I can remember there were a group of bathhouses where we'd change into our swimming suits. They were on piles so that when the lake came up, they wouldn't be washed away, in some ways similar to the old Salt Air resort. The big Salt Air building and a lot of the other buildings were on piles and platforms. At the Provo Resort it was similar but, of course, not to the same extent. I can remember swimming around those piles where the lake came under the bathhouses.
GRIGGS: What are some of the notable locations and businesses that you remember from early Provo?
DIXON: Well, I remember that on the corner of Center Street and University Avenue, there was always a bank on the west side. And on the east side, I remember that there was the Swabb Clothing Company. That was originally the location of the old Provo Cooperative, but I don't remember that. I do remember Swabb Clothing which later became a drugstore, then Walgreens and other drugstores through the history of the city. And the Farrer Brothers' store, I remember that very well. It was on the west side of the street and north of Center. And I remember the Knight Trust and Savings Bank; a beautiful bank that was built by Jesse Knight and became the First Security Bank at the same location.
GRIGGS: You mentioned that you remembered that old tabernacle.
DIXON: The old tabernacle faced north. It was north of the existing tabernacle, but it faces Center Street. The new tabernacle, the one that's there now, faced University Avenue, as it does.
GRIGGS: Please tell me about the pillars from the inside of the tabernacle and where they are now?
DIXON: There are some interesting facts about the old tabernacle, and a lot of this is covered in a book that was accumulated and written by N. LeVerl Christiansen, who was editor of the Herald for a number or years. For a while he was in the administration of the Utah Stake. He was on the high council, I believe, or at least he had a position in the administration of Utah Stake. He undertook to write this book.
One of the interesting things about the old tabernacle was that it was built of adobe. At the time of dedication, Brigham Young came down and it was dedicated by John Taylor, who was president, I guess, of the Quorum of the Twelve, and became president of the Church following Brigham Young. Anyway, the tabernacle had pews in it, as many of the protestant churches of the day did. The pews had little doors on them, little gates, and seats where prominent families sat. But it wasn't used very many years because they built the new tabernacle. It was inadequate anyway. It wasn't large enough to serve as a Stake Conference center. So, in 1918, it was torn down. And the contractor for tearing it down was George A. Clark and his sons. They salvaged some parts of it. Part of the adobe material was salvaged, I suppose, and used in different locations. But some of the columns from the interior of the building were used as porch posts for a home that was built by George Clark, a clinker brick home on Fifth North and Fifth West in Provo. And they used a lot of the materials for rafters and flooring, sub-flooring, and for floor joists, and the columns were put on the front porch. And they're still there where people can see them. And then the only other relic I can identify was the lintel stone that was over the front entrance of the old tabernacle. That's located in North Park at Sixth North and Fifth West in Provo, in front of the present Pioneer Museum. It has the date on it when the building was built.
GRIGGS: I took the opportunity to look at the book, My Folks, the Dixons, and noticed that you had attended the old Timpanogos School. Please tell me about going to school there.
DIXON: I can tell you a lot about the old Timpanogos School because it was built originally in sections. The first part of it was built on the corner of Fourth North and Fifth West. And then an addition was built on the west side of it. It was a two-story building with a tower. A lot of the school buildings had a tower on the corner, and this one was on the front corner similar to, but not high as, the one down at the church on First North and Fifth West.
One thing I remember about the school is that many times the Superintendent of Schools for Provo City would come and visit the classes. I can remember L.E. Eggertsen, who was the father of Algie Eggerstsen Ballif and Thelma Eggertsen Weight, who is still alive and lives on North University Avenue. Their father was Superintendent of Schools. And I can remember that when he came to the Timpanogos School and came to the class he really took an interest in what we were doing. He'd ask us questions. He'd ask the teacher about how we were doing. We were very much impressed to think that the one who was in charge of all the school system would take time to come to a class and find out whether we were learning something. It was interesting, the Timp School. Of course, the play yard is at the west of the school now. At the present time, the Timpanogos School occupies the whole block. But when I went to school, the west side of the block was occupied by homes and the school was just on one quarter of the block, the southeast.
GRIGGS: Can you remember any of the instructors?
DIXON: Our teachers? Oh, yes, very well. Jenny Harding, who lived in our neighborhood, was my teacher for two years and she was a wonderful teacher. In fact, all of the teachers were fine, fine teachers. One of my teachers was named Clyde and she lived up in the river area, in what we call the Riverside area now of Provo. When I went to school, there was a good relationship between the teachers and the students.
GRIGGS: Were there any outstanding activities that you participated in while you were in elementary school?
DIXON: Oh, yes, there were lots of activities. Of course, the ones that I remember well were some that I participated in like baseball. But we always had baseball and we had what are now called field events. We'd run races and do things like that. Then, another event that I remember very well was in May, the Maypole Dance, which was really a fine event. In fact, the queen of the May, when I was in school, is still living in our area. I see her every once in a while. Her name was Violet Cox. She and her husband now live in the northeast part of Provo and go to the temple quite often.
GRIGGS: When the superintendent came, was there any attempt on the part of the instructors to have you sing special songs, have a special program, or was he just there observing?
DIXON: I think we responded to what he wanted. We responded to his questions and sometimes he would just have us go ahead with our activities and he observed as we did. It was interesting. Of course, sometimes our memories of events like that, so long ago, aren't so good. But I can remember him coming. And I can remember him asking questions. I can't tell you what questions he asked.
GRIGGS: You attended the Central Junior High School.
DIXON: Yes. I did.
GRIGGS: Where was that located?
DIXON: Central Junior High School was located on the same block that's now occupied by the City Center, the block east of where the new library [425 West Center Street] is being built. And in fact, the Central Junior High School faced west on that street. Our teachers were wonderful, fine people. One of my teachers became a relative of mine. Fred L. Markham married my cousin. He taught me there. Also, there were several others. Stewart taught penmanship. There were a number of teachers that were really skilled in their teaching. It was an excellent experience. In fact, the high school was on the east side of the block and the junior high school was on the west side of the block. I went there to junior high school and then immediately over to the high school which was directly east of it.
GRIGGS: Were the classes organized as they are now where you go from one class to the other in junior high school?
DIXON: Yes, they were. You went from one teacher to another and the teachers had their specialties. Some teachers taught more than one subject. But I can remember very well many of the teachers if I stop to recite them, but I remember them very well. George Mortimer was the teacher of shop, what we now call shop. I still have some of the things that I made in shop in high school: a walnut table that's just in as good preservation as it was when it was made.
GRIGGS: Were you active in sports when you were at the junior high and the high school? What sports activities did they have?
DIXON: Yes. They had sports activities. In fact, although I wasn't active in sports, my two younger brothers were on the swim team. At the time they were active in swimming for the high school. I was on the swim team at the university. BYU used the high school pool for their university aquatics.
GRIGGS: Where was that located?
DIXON: That was located on the very south end of the high school building, which would have been right next to First South and Third West, on the east side of the block.
GRIGGS: You attended BYU. Was that from about 1928 to 1932?
DIXON: I started BYU in the Fall of 1926 as a freshman and went there until 1929. Then I went on a mission, then came back and finished and graduated from BYU in 1932. Then I went back for one more year.
GRIGGS: You've seen some changes in BYU over the years.
DIXON: Oh. Indeed.
GRIGGS: Would you share some of those?
DIXON: Well, when I went to school at BYU, the only buildings on the upper campus were the Maeser Memorial Building, which was built largely from donations by Jesse Knight, and which, by the way, is built from the same type of oolite limestone that comes from Sanpete County as in the second and third floors of the County Building. The lower floor of the County Building is granite, Utah granite. The entire Maeser building, except the foundation, is oolite limestone. It's a beautiful stone. It's well preserved. It's a soft stone so it deteriorates if you don't take good care of it but it's really a beautiful white stone. And then the Heber J. Grant Library, which is now the testing center. And beyond that the Brimhall Building which is on the north side. And that's still the Brimhall Building. Those were all the buildings on the upper campus. The old track was there where they had their track meets and played football. The first football games were played on that old track. And I remember that. In fact, I remember seeing Fred Markham run on that track up there. He was on the track team. That's when I was in high school and he was in college.
GRIGGS: Do you remember any of the activities at BYU like the Y Days? Did they have Y days then?
DIXON: Oh, yes. We had Y Days. In fact, we had many of the events that they have now. When I went to BYU, I took an interest in art because I was interested in drafting and architecture and other things of that nature. The art classes were all held on the top floor of the Education building. That's the one on Fifth North and University Avenue. Across the street from that was the Women's Gymnasium. The women's gymnasium was where they held the dances, the junior prom. The year that I was a junior, I was chairman of decorations for the junior prom because the Art Department usually got involved, and then that year I was President of what they called the Studio Guild, and Elbert Eastmond was the chairman of the Art Department. They wanted help from the Art Department, and Brother Eastmond said, "Well. We'll help you if you'll use the Studio Guild to supervise it." I was president of the Studio Guild and also a junior so I became the chairman of decorations for Junior Prom.
GRIGGS: What kind of decorations did you have?
DIXON: That year I remember very well. We had an undersea theme. All of the decorations were designed to give you the impression of being under the water. (Laughter) But it was quite well done. It was impressive and people liked it. We were finishing with decorations right up until the time the band started, but I didn't get to go to the dance.
GRIGGS: What kind of changes were evident in Provo during the Depression years?
DIXON: Well, of course, as many people who remember the Depression will say there wasn't much money. So nearly all of the entertainment and the activities we had were done, as best we could, without money. That's my recollection of the Depression years. People didn't have a lot of money, but they had a lot of fun, many of the young people did, because they had their own activities. They played games similar to what they do now anyway. It didn't cost much for a baseball and a baseball bat.
GRIGGS: Do you remember any of the businesses that closed or any of the difficulties that some of the businesses had?
DIXON: There were a number of businesses that were forced to close. But I remember businesses too that weathered the Depression. I returned from my mission in 1931. I went in 1929 and came back in 1931. And that was right when the Depression really had begun in full swing. There was hardly any work. But Taylor Brothers' Company was still operating, and I needed a job to help me get by, to pay my tuition so that I could finish school. I went to see Thomas N. Taylor who was president of Taylor Brothers' Company. He had been my bishop and my stake president. I knew him well, and he knew our family. He gave me a job and assigned me to work at what they called the annex, the furniture annex. It was located on part of the property that is now occupied by Lloyd's Typewriter [324 West Center Street]. I went to work with Andrew K. Steedman. There were just two of us working there. We sold used furniture and congoleum, and linoleum, and things like that. There was a time when we sold more in that little annex than they did in the big store.
GRIGGS: Because it was used furniture?
DIXON: The annex helped keep the business going. People would have liked to have bought fine furniture and new things, but all they could do was buy used stoves and used furniture and congoleum to put on the floor and other things that we sold that they didn't sell in the other store. They didn't sell any used furniture in the big store.
GRIGGS: You've mentioned Fred Markham several times. You worked with him for a while, didn't you?
DIXON: Yes. Fred Markham was my teacher in Junior High School. He married my cousin Maud Dixon. Her father was my father's brother, John DeGrey Dixon. He was cashier of the bank to begin with and then later president. He and T. N. Taylor started the Farmers and Merchants Bank. Anyway, after I graduated from high school, after I went to BYU and went on my mission and returned from my mission, Fred Markham had begun his practice as an architect, and he hired me as a draftsman. Later I was a building inspector also. When I went in the service, I left my job. Then when I came back I went right back to work for Fred Markham. After serving in the Army Air Corps during World War II, I worked for him. He was good employer.
GRIGGS: Please tell me a little bit more about the Provo Third Ward. I know you were a counselor there and also a bishop.
DIXON: I went to church there and grew up from deacon up until the time I was ordained an elder to go on a mission. I went on a mission when my cousin Aldous, who was Fred Markam's brother-in-law, was bishop. Later I went into the service. When I returned from the service and became county clerk, I became a member of the bishopric, a counselor to Bishop Ralph Fletcher. Then I followed him as bishop. I was about nine years as his counselor and nearly four years as bishop. So it was thirteen years in the bishopric.
GRIGGS: When did you become identified with Provo City government?
DIXON: After serving eight years as a county commissioner, I worked for Fred Markham and also did some contracting with my brother, Ralph Dixon. We worked as contractors. I also worked as the manager for the Provo Metropolitan Water District, and the chairman of that District Board was John O. Beasley. I had known him as the owner of the Mutual Lumber and Coal Company. Fred Markham had done some work for him so he knew me. I served as manager of the Metropolitan Water District after I was county commissioner. That year, there was a movement in Provo to change from manage government back to commission government, and I became involved in the activity of the committee, which was headed by Mark Anderson and F. Orval Singleton. They were really the leaders of that group. I became identified with them and worked with them. We wanted the people to vote on whether they wanted to change or not.
The people decided to change. When Provo went back to the commission government, I was elected mayor under the commission system.
GRIGGS: What were some of the accomplishments of the city government while you were mayor?
DIXON: During the years that I was mayor? Well, through the efforts of the people, the city administration and the city employees, there were a number of things accomplished. One thing that we did was build a city center which is still in use and serving well. In fact, I think it has some of the finest characteristics of any city center because the police department has housing under the building for most of their vehicles. At that time we built the Eldred Center, which is now in use as a Senior Citizens' Center. We built three large water storage tanks for the city water system and drilled three or four wells to get deep well water for supplemental water for the city. We built two power sub-stations, one out on the southeast part of town and another in the northeast part of town, primarily to receive power from the Colorado Storage Project which generates power for the use of municipalities and public agencies in this area. A number of other improvements were made at that time in the city.
GRIGGS: Were you concerned about downtown Provo at that time? Was the mall built while you were still mayor?
DIXON: Yes. The people from ZCMI were the sponsors, and the main anchor for the mall. ZCMI and JCPenney. But it was ZCMI that was the initiator and the one that started it. The mall was actually developed by a private corporation, but ZCMI was the main sponsor of it because of their involvement. They wanted to come to downtown Provo, and they came to see us when I was mayor. There were two things that they proposed. One was to build a ZCMI building on the park north of the present tabernacle [Southeast corner of Center Street and University Avenue]. But the Church did not want to relinquish that. They felt that it should not be taken out of Church ownership, although ZCMI was very much involved with the Church. But the Church did not want to let that go for a ZCMI store. Then another alternative location was the block between Second and Third West on Center Street. They had hired someone from the Northwest, from Seattle, to be a planner. What they wanted to do was use that whole block and the block east of it, which is where the hotel is now. But they wanted the railroad taken out. The railroad to Heber went north on Second West. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad didn't want to relinquish their Heber branch. They abandoned it later. But at that time they would not. Because of that, ZCMI abandoned the idea of using that location. But it was a time when they could have acquired that whole block west of it and much of the block to the east. They would have constructed a major mall operation in that location. But the railroad could not be taken out. That was it. They wanted to come to downtown Provo, but it was impossible because of obstacles that were there. The land was available in Orem so they moved out there. It was a central location and a good location for a mall.
GRIGGS: What were some of the problems that you encountered when you were mayor as far as Provo City?
DIXON: Well, of course, one major problem was the downtown. There were several proposals even following the time that ZCMI had gone to Orem to purchase the land and were in the process of planning a mall. Sid Horman from Salt Lake City, a developer, who developed the Cottonwood Mall, wanted to put one downtown. What he wanted to do was to build a cover over Center Street and use the existing buildings and the stores. But after they got into an analysis of that proposal, they found out that for fire protection purposes, the entire mall had to follow the fire code grading of the poorest building in the area. The fire protection, the insurance costs, would have been a major obstacle. Of course, there was the other problem of buying all the property, a lot of small pieces of property, some of them only twenty feet wide, some of the thirty, forty, fifty for the stores, most of them in different ownerships and many of them in absentee ownerships, people who did not live in Utah or in Provo. It was almost insurmountable to undertake that kind of a project.
Some improvements were made. While I was mayor, we redesigned Center Street and provided for parking and landscaping along Center Street. And it's turned out to be quite a charming area.
GRIGGS: Have you been active in the Provo Kiwanis for a long time?
DIXON: Yes. I am a member of the Provo Kiwanis Club. I first joined in 1947 when I was county clerk and have been active in Kiwanis since then. I helped organize the Golden K, which meets at the Eldred Center. I became a member of that and served as president of the Golden K.
GRIGGS: What are some of the activities that Golden K and Kiwanis have sponsored over the years?
DIXON: Like the Rotary, the Lions, the Exchange and other service organizations, Kiwanis is a service club and they have projects of a service nature. One of the things that the Golden K has done, and which I think is a very fine thing to do, and that is to organize clubs. At the junior high school level, we were able to organize a Builders' club at Dixon Junior High School [Dixon Middle School] which is currently active. Every year they undertake many projects for the school. One thing they do is every morning they raise the flag and when the school day ends they take the flag down. The Builders' Club helps with the registration every year. And this year there has been one organized at Farrer Junior High School, both under the sponsorship of Golden K.
In addition to that, our club, the Provo Golden K, has been the sponsor for a Key Club at the alternative high school, or the Provo Vocational High School [now Independence High School] of the Provo School District. They're wonderful young people, but those students at the vocational school are all drop-outs. This year they had a fine little graduating group that received their high school diploma. They're sending two delegates from their group, from their club, down to the international convention of Key Clubs down in California. Two of them are going with their advisor at the school to participate in that activity. It's a wonderful thing to do. The future of our country is with our children. That's why libraries are so important because their greatest emphasis is to help young people learn the value of an education and how a library can contribute to that education.
GRIGGS: You also have been associated with the Sons of the Utah Pioneers. What have been some of the activities of the Sons of the Utah Pioneers?
DIXON: The purpose of the Sons of the Utah Pioneers is to preserve the heritage of the pioneers. In Provo, we have two chapters of the Sons of the Utah Pioneers. I was a charter member of the Brigham Young Chapter, which meets at the University. But before that, I was a member of the George A. Smith chapter, which is composed of people from all over town, but with more from the west side around the Pioneer Village and the museum. I've been president and currently secretary of the George A. Smith. Blaine Hall is our president this year. We have hundreds of school children come to see the Pioneer Village and to see the museum. And we have a blacksmith's shop that operates. George Simmons is a blacksmith that learned blacksmithing in Paris, Idaho, way up in Bear Lake country, north of Bear Lake. When he was just a teenager he worked for his father as a blacksmith in a blacksmith's shop. He is really a skilled blacksmith. He demonstrates for the school children. In the museum, we have a wonderful collection of pioneer artifacts. But in the Village, we have two buildings that were old Provo log cabins. The Turner Cabin was built in 1853 and the Haws Cabin was built one year later. They're really old cabins and they're well-preserved. They have in them pioneer furniture. As I say, hundreds of school children come from all over the valley to see the village, to see the blacksmith's shop work, and to go through the Pioneer Museum. One thing that we have at Pioneer Village that I have never seen anywhere else in the West is an oxshoer.
GRIGGS: An oxshoer?!
DIXON: Sure. It's a device that's made out of timber where they can pull the ox in between two sides of it with the top over it. Then it's designed with winches and belts so that it can raise the ox off of its feet because an ox can't hold up a hoof to have it shoed as a horse can. They can't stand on three legs unless they're moving. (Laughter) But anyway, Pioneer Park is the only place in America that I've seen an oxshoer or a structure to use in shoeing an ox. The children get to see that. Then, of course, we have other pioneer artifacts that are interesting that relate to pioneer times.
GRIGGS: One of the questions that we frequently receive at the library is about the resorts and you've mentioned several that were located around Utah Lake. Were there any other resorts or entertainment centers that were located in and around Provo?
DIXON: There was what was called the Geneva Resort that was west of Geneva Steel. In fact, that's where Geneva Steel got its name, from Geneva Resort. It was located where the Lindon Marina is located now just at the northwest corner of Geneva Steel, out on the lake. They had a swimming pool and chutes going into the swimming pool. We swam in the lake too.
GRIGGS: What about any sort of dance halls or other entertainment centers?
DIXON: They had a dance hall at Geneva Resort. In Provo, they had Utahna Gardens. Originally it was the Mozart Dance Hall. That was located where the post office is now on First South and First West. In Springville, they had what they called Park Roshee and they had a swimming pool and a dance hall there which later became a skating rink. Of course in the high schools and in the schools they had lots of activities. They had plays and other activities that students participated in and dances like they do now.
GRIGGS: Where were the theaters that had live performances located?
DIXON: The one that was probably most prominent in the early days was the Opera House because they had operas and also stage shows at the same location. It was located on First West just north of Center Street. Not on the corner, but on the next property north. After it was abandoned as an opera house, it became the state armory. When it became inadequate for an armory, the city traded with the state for the site where the present armory is on Fifth North and Second West, which was the old Hoover Mill site. Then, the old armory reverted to the city.
While it was still there and before it was torn down, they put on a play, a melodrama. (Laughter) The one who directed that, was one of our prominent citizens, Ariel Ballif's wife, Arta Romney Ballif. I was in the cast of characters. It was interesting indeed. I don't know whether Arta retained a copy, but there were a number of local people that were in the group. I remember some of their names. I don't like to start saying names because I may forget somebody. I think that Arta Ballif may have a copy of the old program. But it was one of those thrillers where you have a villain and a hero and the lady in distress. It was fun. They put chairs in the building and built a temporary stage and it was quite a show.
GRIGGS: Do you remember any of the early restaurants in downtown Provo?
DIXON: Yes. I think one of the best-known restaurants was the Sutton Café, which was located on Center Street between First and Second West, about in the middle of the block, I think the building is now called the Excelsior. It was originally called the Excelsior but Sutton Café occupied part of it. The Keeley's Restaurant was on Center Street near that. That's incorporated in the town square development now. The back of the Keeley restaurant extended beyond the older buildings. Keeley's went from Center Street to the middle of the block, and there was an entrance in the back.
When I first joined Kiwanis, they met in the Keeley restaurant in the back part.
GRIGGS: What kind of food was served in the restaurant? Was it just a regular American restaurant menu?
DIXON: Sutton Café was famous. People came from all over the state to eat at Sutton Café. They served a variety of food. Steaks and seafood and all of the other things that a fine restaurant or cafeteria or café would serve. Keeley's was a restaurant also. They had a big dining room where Kiwanis met, and they had a fountain. In fact, my sister Edith and my cousin Amy, who were the same age, worked at Keeley's at the fountain. It was an interesting, fascinating time. There were lots of cafés in Provo over the years. I can remember a number of them. One was called Sutt's Café, operated by a fellow by the name of Sutton, not the same one that operated Sutton Café. There were a number of fine restaurants.
Provo's a wonderful city, you know? And a city consists of people. Buildings don't make a city. It's people that make a city. And if you have good people, you have a good city. You don't have to have big fancy buildings. You can have humble structures that were built by the people that live there and have a wonderful city because it's people that make a city. And it's people that make a library. It's the administration and the ones who work there that encourage people to learn, to study and to do things. It is important to have a place where they can come in comfort and in quiet and look up information that they want to find. That's what makes a great library and Provo has a good library, has had, ever since I was a little boy. And there's no reason why we can't continue to have a good library.
GRIGGS: And we will. And thank you so much for all of the information that you've give us today.
DIXON: Good to be here.
STORIES TOLD AFTER THE END OF THE INTERVIEW
DIXON: When I was elected county clerk, I spent some time researching some of the old records because I wasn't busy all the time and I had opportunity to do that. I was looking through some of the old records and I found one of the court records that cited one Ernest Dixon for racing his horse too fast on University Avenue. Ernest Dixon was my father. I don't know that he had to pay a fine. I couldn't see any record of him having to pay a fine, but it was a violation. I don't think they caught him. They knew who he was and they just called him into court. I don't think there was anybody that could have caught him because they didn't have motorcycles or automobiles and I don't think anybody had a faster horse. But that was an interesting thing.
One story that Dad told that would be interesting to a lot of people because the people that were involved were all dead now. They couldn't bring action against him anyway. But there was a man by the name of Ellison whose neighbors complained that he was beating his wife. A warrant was issued for his arrest and he was brought into court. He appeared before the judge, and his wife came in also.
The judge said, "Mr. Ellison, you're accused of beating your wife. Is this true?"
And he said, "Yes, it is, your Honor. But only when her needs it!"
The judge turned to Mrs. Ellison and he said, "Mrs. Ellison, is that true?"
And she said, "I guess it is, your Honor."
The judge said, "Case dismissed."
Another story that Dad told was interesting because it relates to people that we know and it related to Ellison too. He fixed stoves and he was evidently quite a character. And I don't think he beat his wife very hard. But anyway, Ellison was called by Dr. Taylor, who was a son of John Taylor who was president of the Church. He was a doctor in Provo, Dr. Fred Richards Taylor. He called Mr. Ellison to come and fix his kitchen stove. So Ellison came and fixed his stove.
When he got done, Dr. Taylor asked what the bill would be.
"Ten dollars," said Mr. Ellison.
"That seems like a lot of money for the time it took you to do the job," said the Doctor.
"Well, Doctor," said Mr. Ellison, "it took me about the same amount of time it did you when you delivered our last baby so it seemed to be a fair price."
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8 Aspects of ‘The Storytelling Leader’
In many ways, we can describe Organisations as expressions of belief: sure, they have a physical presence and structure, and both legal and architectural foundations, but their reputation, effectiveness, and even engagement, are matters of invested belief. They are both enabled by, and constrained by, the stories that they are held within.
Some stories fly, whilst others wilt and die: which is which is not simply a matter of volume and voice, but rather a matter of relevance, underlying power, ownership, potential to personalise, and ability to control.
I’m half way through guiding the first cohort through my new ‘Landscape of Stories’ certification programme, exploring how stories work, how we can understand their power within the context of Organisations, and how we can become a better Storytelling leader, and this seemed like a good time to capture my route notes.
I thought i would focus on the eight aspects of Storytelling in Social Leadership which form my preliminary sketch of the journey: ‘power’, ‘consensus’ and ‘dissent’, ‘amplification’, ‘tribes’, ‘graffiti’, ‘subversion’, and ‘evolution’
I’ll start with POWER: i guess my greatest insight has been to view the entire storytelling ecosystem as a network of power. Stories are both shaped by power, and carried by it. The power of the individual (authenticity), the power of our role (hierarchical power), and the power of our network (reputation based power). Our power influences our perspective (if we have power, it’s harder to envisage, or empathise, with views that lack it), and influences our ability to both access, and hear, alternative views. Power dampens down opposition, or moves it into conflict and dissent, often reinforcing existing frames of understanding (rather than helping us to evolve them – just look at the Brexit ‘debate’. It’s not a framework that is changing minds, but rather embedded conflict).
To understand Storytelling in Social Leadership, we must understand how power is granted, claimed, or gained.
Power leads directly into the twin conversations of ‘CONSENSUS’ and ‘DISSENT’: these represent structures within which stories are held. If we agree, we can form consensus, and if we are opposed, we fall to dissent, but these are not passive categorisations, they can be actively deployed, to great effect. For example, much of our contemporary political conversation in the United States is held in structures of dissent. Similarly, to achieve amplification, we may find that dissent is a more powerful mechanism than consensus. It may be counter intuitive, but one of the strongest forces that can bond us is a unified opposition to a third space.
‘AMPLIFICATION’ is an output from the system: it’s a force that is applied behind certain stories, in certain contexts, and the main feature of this that we have pursued in the ‘Landscape of Stories’ is the notion of ‘Story Handles’, the way that we create spaces for people to invest themselves in the story, to make it their own in some way and, hence, carry it forward. As is often the case, the thing we seek (amplification) may be an emergent feature of a system, not the system itself. It may be the prize awarded for getting everything else right.
I’ve had a strong focus on modes of social organisation: how people ‘fit together’ in society, and that has led to an interest in the relationship between ‘TRIBES’ and stories. Our most essential building block of social structure is ‘trust bonds’, those people with whom we share a special, and invested, bond. Because tribes are coherent social structures, they hold stories (the data of a specific tribe, the information that makes it so). The notion of tribal structures relates to stories held in opposition or consensus. You cannot impose a counter narrative upon a tribe, be it a leadership team, a logistics team, or the union. Our only route in here is consensus, or stories of difference and dissent, where we still collaborate in complex ways, but without needing to hit consensus. A tricky step to take, but one which Social Leaders can learn to do more than formal ones, because they do not start in opposition.
I have a long term fixation with ‘GRAFFITI’, as a claimed voice, and we can view it within the context of Organisations as ‘sanctioned subversion’, the spaces and places where we are privileged to hear dissenting voices. We can use graffiti techniques to build a better understanding of the diverse views held within the broadest context of the Organisation.
‘SUBVERSION’ is, itself, a word that we can reclaim: to move beyond seeing it as destructive, towards a view where we understand it as necessary to deconstruct obsolete and constraining ideas and narratives. Sometimes, in order to change, we have to deconstruct dominant narratives. In the context of ‘The Storytelling Leader’, this is about our ability to understand everything that we have explored above, and use that understanding to evolve the narrative of the Organisation itself.
Which brings us (conveniently…) to the eighth aspect: ‘EVOLUTION’ of stories, the ways that narratives must evolve, or fracture. This is true both for the Organisation, and for us, as individual leaders. The leader that we were yesterday may not be the leader that we need to be tomorrow, and it is the process of evolution, respecting the old story, but definitively writing the new one, which is the journey that we must take.
I describe my work on Storytelling as an exploration of ‘The Landscape of Stories’ for precisely this reason: when we make a journey, we struggle. We have to navigate, carry our luggage, and occasionally get lost. As we travel, we must create space, support, and time, to look around us, and to see how the view has changed. As they say, it’s the journey that counts, not simply the destination. And there is one other context of ‘The Storytelling Leader’ that really counts: we can all travel across the same landscape, and yet build a different story as we do so. What passes underfoot, the things that catch our attention, the views and blisters that we accumulate, these are individual to us all, as we are all unique in our storytelling leadership. | <urn:uuid:82474a73-abbc-40c9-97c2-3a0a7f01ffb1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sdf.ac.uk/5491/8-aspects-of-the-storytelling-leader | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.95009 | 1,399 | 2.125 | 2 |
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According to § 8a of the Hazardous Incident Ordinance 2017
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(2) Confirmation that the installation is subject to the Hazardous Incident Ordinance and that this has been reported to the responsible authority.
TIGRA is subject to the regulations of the 12th BImSchV (Hazardous Incident Ordinance) of the lower class. Corresponding documents are available to the Government of Swabia and the District Office Donau-Ries. The plant was approved in accordance with § 16 of the Federal Immission Control Act by decision of the Donau-Ries District Office, Donauwörth, 14.08.2015 Az. 824-9/0.
(3) Comprehensible description of activities in the hazardous area
TIGRA has a granulate warehouse in its production area, which is used to store the raw material for the production of sintered hard metal. The material stored there for the production of hard metal is a granulated tungsten carbide powder with the main components tungsten carbide, cobalt and paraffin.
Depending on the grade, the cobalt content and the paraffin content vary. These parameters are used to determine the hardness and toughness of the material.
(4) Designation and hazard classification of materials held in the hazardous area
The tungsten carbide granulate stored in the hazardous area is classified as acutely toxic in accordance with the Hazardous Substances Ordinance.
- H331: Toxic by inhalation
- H351: May cause cancer if inhaled.
- H372: Damages lungs by prolonged or repeated exposure through inhalation.
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- H317: May cause allergic skin reactions.
- H412: Harmful to aquatic organisms with long-term effects.
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Due to the negative properties of the carbide granulates on aquatic organisms, the fire alarm system was designed in such a way that, in addition to the automatic switching on and alarming of the control centre, possible fires can be extinguished as they occur by the powder extinguishers provided. With this measure it is prevented that possibly resulting extinguishing water contaminates the environment. If instructions for behaviour or warnings of the population are necessary, this is carried out by the rescue services.
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- Only make phone calls in extreme emergencies in order to keep the lines free for possible emergency calls.
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The last on-site inspection in accordance with § 17 para. 2 of the 12th BImSchV was carried out by the Government of Swabia with the responsible public authorities for this field on 2020/12/15.
Further detailed information on the assessment and the on-site inspection as well as the monitoring plan according to § 17 para. 1 of the 12th BImSchV can be obtained on request from the District Office Donau-Ries, FB 41.9 ( Immission Protection ) in room 2.62 at Mr. Sonnenleitner.
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Donauwörth District Environmental Office: Tel. +49(0)906 / 74-122
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Central Lyon High School Vocal Music
Concert Choir is open to any student who wishes to participate and is willing to accept the responsibility of working in a group. The Central Lyon Concert Choir is the largest vocal ensemble and meets five days a week. We learn a variety of literature from the classics to the contemporary with an emphasis on proper singing technique and musicianship. Grading is based on class participation, weekly voice lessons and concert choir performances.
Jazz Choir is an auditioned group that meets twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday morning from 7:25-8:00. The literature consists of jazz and swing music. The jazz choir performs on various concerts throughout the year, they Christmas carol at the local nursing homes in December, and in the spring they perform a ministry of music at the local churches in town. In February they compete at a number of contests and they audition to compete at Iowa Vocal Jazz Championships in Des Moines in March.
Swing Choir is open to any student in the concert choir. The swing choir performs a variety of contemporary music including swing, pop, and Broadway with an emphasis on dancing while singing. The swing choir performs on the Swing Show in March.
All-State is an extra music opportunity for students wanting to sing more challenging music. From the beginning of the school year through mid-October, students work on learning 7-8 collegiate level pieces of music. In October, they travel to Storm Lake to audition for this prestigious event. If selected, they will join over 600 other singers from all over the state at Iowa State to put these pieces of music together and give an amazing concert in November.
Musical is an extra music opportunity for students wanting to perform Broadway shows on the Central Lyon stage. The musical challenges students to act, sing and dance at the same time. Auditions are held the first few days of school and the show is performed at the end of October or early November. Students can participate on stage or they can also help by being on stage crew, running lights or running the sound booth. | <urn:uuid:2306097e-e889-449c-9961-b8559aba48f1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.centrallyon.org/vnews/display.v/ART/49188680b9819 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.962912 | 420 | 1.523438 | 2 |
If your New Year’s resolution is to lose some weight, you’re in good company. Salt Lake City has its own weight reduction—or rather, waste reduction—goal for 2014, which is deleting 11,000 tons of recyclable waste from going to the landfill. By 2015, the city’s Zero Waste Resolution aims to increase residential recycling from the current rate of 38 percent to 50 percent.
The Sustainable Salt Lake Plan calls for eliminating all waste by 2040. To achieve that goal, the SLC’s Office of Sustainability is recommending new recycling requirements for businesses and 15+ unit apartment complexes that produce more than four cubic yards of waste per week. At present, the recycling rate for the city’s commercial sector is only 10 percent, but the plan would increase that rate to 25 percent.
But diets, exercise programs and recycling do not work well unless they are done right. Larry Gibbons, Director for Business Development at Rocky Mountain Recycling, says the contamination rate for recyclables in Sugar House is about nine percent.
The worst problem is food waste – leftover soda in plastic bottles, and chicken bones in takeout boxes. One does not need to rinse out containers; greasy pizza boxes, bottle caps, and labels on cans are all fine. But containers should be completely empty.
The holidays are hard on the waist line, and they’re hard on the landfill and recyclers as well. Non-metallic wrapping paper is recyclable, but ribbons and bows can get tangled in the sorting equipment and should be re-used, not recycled. Loose styrofoam peanuts and shredded paper fall through the machinery and are thrown away, along with bits of broken glass and dirt.
Packing materials should be bagged so workers can pick the bags off the sorting line and make sure the contents get recycled. Empty plastic bags and natural cork bottle stoppers can be recycled at participating stores.
So if you’re thinking about changing lifestyle habits in 2014, “Reduce, Re-use and Recycle” is still good advice for a healthy new year. | <urn:uuid:fd117795-7fca-4944-ab67-0c32b0cc4f06> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://utahstories.com/2014/01/slc-trimming-tons-for-2014/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.926511 | 443 | 2.40625 | 2 |
Little is known about the effects of the most recent welfare reform initiatives-which include work mandates, time lilnits, and enhanced earnings disregards-on children’s outcmnes. This is partly because the ways in which maternal employment and income affect children more generally are not well understood. This article describes the effects on child development of the Minnesota Family Investment Pro)., ‘Tam (MFIP), a welfare program that began prior to 1996 federal welfare reform legislation. The present study utilized MFIP’s unique, three-group research design to untangle the effects of different components of the program, and, in turn, discover how each component’s effects on parents’ income or employment affected children’s development. This study’s findings showed that MFlP increased employment rates and decreased poverty and, according toreports from mofhers, children were less likely to exhibit problem behaviors and more likely to perform better and be more highly engaged in school. These findings, based on a total of 879 participants, bolster fhe longstanding literature that has associated poverty with worse outcomes for children by confirming, in a rigorous experiment, That incremental increases in income for working poor parents bring benefits to children.
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The Genesis of City Bombing in World War One
A major raison d’être for the formation of the RAF in April 1918 – and establishing it as independent part of Britain’s armed forces alongside the Army and Navy – was to produce a strategic bombing force for the sole purpose of attacking built up areas deep inside western Germany. By June 1918 London’s chief purpose for bomber missions was to weaken the Germans will to resist and Hugh Montague Trenchard was appointed the commander of this ‘Independent Bombing or Air Force’ (IAF), which operated from bases near to Nancy in the French sector and well to the south of the British front lines (see map).
Front lines in 1918: Spring to 11th November
In Britain, much is well known and written about the German Zeppelin airship attacks of 1915/16 – and the following Gotha bomber attacks on London during the summer of 1917. In contrast, far less is widely known about Britain’s own long-range bombing attacks on German cities in all four years of the war. Beginning as early as autumn 1914 with Cologne and Düsseldorf, these increased in complexity long before the amalgamation of the army’s Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Navy Air Service (RNAS).
Within months of the outbreak of WW1 the new RNAS was in action and was the first to carry out bombings against German Zeppelin and later U-Boat component factories. It was the Admiralty that drove the initial strategy to bomb Imperial Germany direct and in December 1914 Commodore Murray Sueter, of the British Admiralty’s Air Department, ordered the development of a “bloody paralyser of an aeroplane” to bomb Germany.
Handley Page 0/400 IAF bombers at their French sector base
During the last five months of WW1, aircraft of Britain’s new IAF dropped 560 tons of bombs, including 400 tons dropped by night. Western Germany saw the brunt of these attacks all along its western border towns on the Rhineland – from the Ruhr to Baden.
These issues are still relevant today, because, excluding the still limited examples of the use of surface-to-surface tactical missile on urban areas, aerial attacks by manned bombers have shown a steady continuity of use from WW1 to now. In our recent past, bombing was continued most notably by NATO, with the RAF and USAF the leading players: examples include Belgrade, Novi Sad in 1999; most of urban Iraq in 2003 – including Baghdad, Basra, Fallujah and so on; and on Libya’s coastal towns during 2011.
Civilian ‘Morale’ as a Primary Target
HG Wells, in the ‘The War in the Air’, had eerily foreshadowed all of this in his 1908 book. In Britain, fear of the Zeppelin as a weapon of war preceded its actual use: even before the war the British public was gripped by “zeppelinitis”. The size and (then) apparent invulnerability of the airships to attack triggered great concern and caused no less an authority than Trenchard himself to proclaim that: ‘The moral effect of bombing stands to the material in a proportion of 20 to 1’.
The army of the western front had dug in and could make little movement, making the slaughter at the front seem meaningless. So the military high command looked desperately for a new more mobile way to progress the war. Aircraft seemed to offer the most obvious solution and it was believed in London that air attacks against the civilian population might force rapid results.
Trenchard realised that from 1916/17 in England the effect on morale had been out of all proportion to the size of the German bomber force – or the material damage caused. Extrapolating this experience in England to Germany, Trenchard stated that: ‘The anxiety as to whether an attack is likely to take place is probably just as demoralising to the industrial population as the actual attack itself’.
It was very difficult for the Admiralty to provide evidence of the material damage caused by its raids. Alluding to the “moral effect” of the raids, however, added weight to the Admiralty’s arguments, and was difficult to refute. This alone had a profound effect on the thinking of military planners and politicians for many years to come. Should the Independent Force aim primarily to cause material destruction, or else what were known at the time as “moral” effects – essentially psychological strain and war-weariness among the German people? These two kinds of objectives, physical (or denial) and psychological (or coercive), have been characteristics of strategic bombing campaigns throughout the Twentieth Century.
Officers of No. 207 Squadron RAF, at Ligescourt, 29 August 1918 & Handley Page bomber (photo source IWM)
In August 1917 Lieutenant-General Jan Christian Smuts, a member of the British War Cabinet, prepared a report, which advocated that a separate Air Ministry and Air Force should be set up, independent of the Army and Navy. He also recommended that a strategic bomber force should be formed whose sole purpose was to attack Germany.
Smuts stated: ‘… The day may not be far off when aerial operation with their devastation of enemy lands and destruction of industries and populous centres on a vast scale may become one of the principal operations of war, to which the older forms of military and naval operations may become secondary and subservient’.
One of the key figures responsible for the detailed planning of British strategic bombing was Major Lord Tiverton, later 2nd Earl of Halsbury. On 3rd September 1917 his report included: These raids would have psychological effects on German populace (spreading fear of attack to other cities, and leading to pressure on the German government from its civilians to end the war). Although Tiverton’s September 1917 paper did suggest that bombing raids could have an important “moral” or psychological effect on German workers, this mention of the psychological impact of bombing reflected Admiralty policy.
In December 1917 Lord Rothermere, head of the new Air Board, publicly announced that: ‘At the Air Board we are wholeheartedly in favour of air reprisals! It is our duty to avenge the murder of innocent women and children. As the enemy elects, so it will be the case of “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”…’ Such announcements may have been purely for public consumption, yet they demonstrated the extent to which strategic bombing was becoming a political as well as a military matter.
Rothermere resigned shortly after April 1918 and his successor Sir William Weir offered Trenchard the command of the IAF near Nancy, and Weir told Trenchard that it was not necessary to worry about accuracy during bombing raids.
After the formation of the RAF in April 1918, the British Prime Minister David Lloyd George promised to repay Germany for its air raids “with compound interest”.
Major General Sir Frederick Sykes, Chief of the Air Staff, chaired the Air Strategy meeting on 28th June 1918 at the 22nd sitting of the Imperial War Cabinet. Weir and Sykes then elaborated their strategic plan to the PM and assembled Ministers. Main targets for attack are: A: Rhein-Ruhr area, B: Rhein-Main area, C: Saarland-Lothringen. In his Attack-Concept Sykes also saw civilians as ‘political targets’ in that bombing attacks should cause such civil unrest amongst workers in the industrial cities that they could lead to street protests and strident demands on Berlin for peace talks.
Theatre of Operations: British bomber bases and main target areas
As IAF commander, Trenchard reported directly to Sir William Weir the Air Minister, bypassing the Chief of the Air Staff, Frederick Sykes. So, in 1918, in just five months to the war’s ending, Trenchard and the IAF high command in London showed that city bombing could one day prove to be a weapon of incalculable importance and might become a principal way to wage war.
An insight into the character of the “father” of both the RAF & IAF occurred after the end of WW1, when most members of Britain’s armed forces just wanted to be demobbed as quickly as possible and go home.
In January 1919 around 5,000 soldiers based in Southampton mutinied after being told they were required for further duties, rather than going home as they’d been promised. The Establishment, however, required troops to consolidate gains in land and resources – and police the Empire and a certain General Hugh Trenchard (later Viscount) was dispatched to Southampton to sort the mutineers out. He surrounded them with armed soldiers from other units and threatened them with lethal force till they surrendered and agreed to obey orders.
During WW1 this ruthless psychology filtered down to the IAF aircrew and, whatever they had been ordered to hit, some pilots selected their own targets within the towns chosen. A post-war RAF assessment of the Independent Force’s bombing observed that: ‘In the case of night pilots it would appear, judging by results, that there was a tendency at times to drop an odd bomb or two on objectives of their own choosing’. Some aircrew took the attitude that the Germans had begun the use of bombing against cities, and therefore deserved to experience such “frightfulness” themselves.
For example: Major W. Read, the commander of No. 216 Squadron, described one night-time raid in his diary: ‘As soon as Sgt Keen dropped the bombs I looked over the side for the effect. It looked terrible. I had told Sgt Keen to aim for the middle of the town. Personally when I go to a German town I am all out to bomb the town and, although it sounds awful to say so, to kill and cause as much destruction as possible in preference to bombing railway junctions or docks. When one thinks of all the atrocities the Huns have committed in this war one learns to hate them and wants to kill them’.
Timeline of notable Operations
The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) undertook the first Entente strategic bombing missions from Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey on 22 September and 8 October 1914, when it bombed the Zeppelin bases in Cologne and Düsseldorf. The airplanes carried just twenty-pound bombs. On 21 November the RNAS flew across Lake Constance to bomb the Zeppelin factories in Friedrichshafen. On Christmas day 1914, Cuxhaven was similarly bombed. Ludwigshafen however had the dubious honour on 27th May 1915, of being the target of the world’s first concerted strategic aerial bombardment. French aircraft attacked the BASF plants, killing twelve people and setting the precedent for the age to come.
The worst German loss of life took place also by the French Air Corps on 22nd June 1916 in Karslruhe at just after 3pm. The French had old maps, possibly aiming for the main railway station the 40 bombs fell on housing areas in which 120 people were killed outright, including 71 children visiting Circus Hagenbeck (on Ettlinger-Tor-Platz) whose tent was next to the train station. A further 169 were wounded. In the whole German Reich this attack was a main theme in the press and in propaganda: “Der Kindermord von Karlsruhe”.
(From a German viewpoint it made no difference if they were French or British bombs and reprisal attacks were planned accordingly)
Whilst German air attacks on England in 1915-17 were largely ineffective in terms of actual damage done, their political and psychological effects were enormous (witness recent times with respect to “Jihadist terrorist” attacks in Britain). Zeppelin airships made about 50 raids and more than 5,000 bombs were dropped on towns across England.
At noon on 13th June 1917, a new threat arrived, when eighteen Gotha bombers, despite being attacked in broad daylight by over 90 RFC fighters on their inward and outward flights, bombed the East End of London and the City without loss, causing 162 deaths and injuring over 400. For the next month, the daily raids on the capital city met with little opposition from British aircraft, angering the population of London. Production levels within the city dropped, while the public demanded that the military should stop the bombings.
Simple Physics and Geography dictated that London and the East Coast were principal targets for German aircraft based in occupied Belgium and NW Germany
Although Britain dropped 660 tons of bombs on Germany, more than twice what Germany had managed to drop on England, the IAF was seen to be striking back against the nation that had bombed home territory. And the British newspapers were full of reports on revenge bombing raids; from the point of view of some British politicians, this alone represented effectiveness.
Called either the Independent Air, or Bombing Force, the IAF – as a new branch of the RAF – was based at airfields near Ochey, Nancy courtesy of the French high command. The improved Handley Page O/400 (photo) had started to enter service in April 1918, gradually allowing the re-equipment of more IAF squadrons, particularly those trained for night ops.
Independent Force (RAF) operations, mostly with the HP 0/400, commenced in early June 1918, with a Squadron despatched to bomb a number of targets in and around Koblenz. Cologne railway station was bombed 21/22 August; with a raid on 25th August on the works at Mannheim being particularly accurate. Five aircraft attacked Saarbrucken on 2/3 September. On the night of 21/22 October, four Handley Pages attacked Kaiserslautern with heavy bombs and incendiaries; and Kaiserslautern was bombed again on 23/24 October, along with Koblenz, Mannheim and Wiesbaden.
Original map showing cities within bomber range. Red stars indicate cities bombed by the Entente prior to the Gotha raids on London. (Mannheim includes Ludwigshafen)
Had the Great War continued, even larger aircraft would have carried the war to the German population, especially Berlin. This ambition was the driving force to develop and get into service the long range Handly Page V/1500 or ‘Super Handley’ and the Vickers Vimy. A number of these new types, which were capable of reaching Berlin from their base in Norfolk, were armed and ready to depart on their first mission on 11th November 1918, but the signing of the Armistice on this day put an end to this.
Nevertheless the aircraft remained ready in case the Germans reneged on the Armistice. The minutes of the Air Council for 29th November 1918 ominously state that two V/1500s “must remain available fully equipped for carrying out special demonstrations over Berlin if needed”.
“The reminders to turn back remain unheard”
In 100 years we have gone from those crude early bombing raids of WW1 to the exponentially more sophisticated bombing, missile and drone strikes of the 21st century. Regardless of all this high tech digitally controlled technology, however, non-combatant civilians, including schools, hospitals – or busloads of children – are still being counted among the fatal casualties. It is long past the time to say NEVER AGAIN to this carnage being inflicted by munitions and equipment produced in our country, or by actions carried out in our name.
Mass grave memorial to 120 Karlsruhe victims of 22nd June 1916 air attacks and earlier (translation) “The reminders to turn back remain unheard”
Compiled by VFP members Ged Murphy & Aly Renwick, whom both served in the British Army.
-British strategic bombing, 1917-1918: The Independent Force and its predecessors, Andrew Whitmarsh.
-Strategischer Luftkrieg gegen Deutschland 1914-1918, Ralf Blank.
-Western Front bombing database, Suddaby.
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If yoga is practiced as it was intended, ‘a journey to the self’, then it is a practice that can never truly be mastered. When we approach our practice with curiosity and humility, we open ourselves to new insights. When we embrace these new insights we discover an endless journey.
“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.” ~ The Bhagavad Gita
The dictionary definition of ‘humility’ will tell you that it is synonymous with having a low opinion of one’s own importance. Another definition may tell you that it is the “absence of pride.” However, to be humble doesn’t mean to not have pride or confidence in oneself. It is the use of comparison, that often accompanies pride, that has the negative impact.
What does it mean to be humble?
Whether in life or on the mat, a constant comparison with those around us to feed our own self worth is fraught with danger. Firstly, we’ll never live up to the expectations we create in our own mind. Secondly, striving to achieve that of our neighbour negates the personal journey we’re on. If we don’t live up to the expectations we set for ourselves, based on comparing with others, then we eventually swing back to the “I’m so pathetic” frame of mind.
On the yoga mat we are taught to have confidence in ourselves with an acknowledgement that we can always learn something new. Even as teachers, we are constantly learning in our own practice, from our students and from the world around us. By continually striving for personal growth we stay fresh in our practice, connected in our relationships and moving forward towards our goals. It is why goal setting is such an important tool, it keeps us moving forward and striving for this growth.
The key to approaching your practice with humility
The key to humility is to cultivate in your own mind a trust in the process. Every time you step on the mat, let go of what you think you should accomplish and instead check in with what wants to be expressed. This is where journeying, discovering and trusting in ‘the self’ comes to fruition. When you approach your practice from a humble place, you will emerge from your mat with greater fulfilment.
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind there are few.” ~ Suzuki Roshi
There is also a misconception in yoga that the harder an asana or pose is to perform, the more benefit it provides. This naturally makes us strive to get past the ‘easier yoga’ asanas in favour of what we consider to be more difficult ones. Again, this is where comparison and ego start to infiltrate our practice. A humble approach to our practice, however, keeps us safe and connected to our bodies. Some bodies simply are not made for certain shapes due to bone structure or because they are tight by nature. When we let the ego take over we ignore the messages our bodies give us and risk injury.
The poses that are the best for you are those you can practice comfortably, without pain and without strain.
Yoga asanas were originally designed to prepare the body for long periods sitting in meditation, striving for the highest goal of yoga: loving union with the Supreme Soul. Whilst humility is a key virtue in achieving this, even if you are practicing asana solely for their physical benefits, a humble attitude can keep you safe. This doesn’t mean that you can’t challenge yourself, it simply means adopting the practice of yoga as a complete way of life as opposed to something you switch on and off when you come to the mat.
‘Humility’ is your power.
This month focus on your ability to bring humility to your practice on and off the mat. Set yourself up with a positive affirmation. This could be one for the month or a different positive statement each week or day. We just encourage you to keep it consistently on the theme of ‘Humility’. An example is ‘I am humbled and excited about myself and my life all at once.’
Explore and create your own.
We look forward to seeing you on the mat this month where our teachers will weave our theme of ‘humility is my power’ into their classes and teachings.
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