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Document Type : Original Paper
Medical Informatics Dept., Faculty of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Medical Informatics Dept., Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Biomedical Engineering Dept., Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Infectious Diseases Specialist, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Artificial Intelligence, Department of Computer Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran
Bacterial meningitis is a known infectious disease which occurs at early ages and should be promptly diagnosed and treated. Bacterial and aseptic meningitis are hard to be distinguished. Therefore, physicians should be highly informed and experienced in this area. The main aim of this study was to suggest a system for distinguishing between bacterial and aseptic meningitis, using fuzzy logic.
Materials and Methods
In the first step, proper attributes were selected using Weka 3.6.7 software. Six attributes were selected using Attribute Evaluator, InfoGainAttributeEval, and Ranker search method items. Then, a fuzzy inference engine was designed using MATLAB software, based on Mamdani’s fuzzy logic method with max-min composition, prod-probor, and centroid defuzzification. The rule base consisted of eight rules, based on the experience of three specialists and information extracted from textbooks.
Data were extracted from 106 records of patients with meningitis (42 cases with bacterial meningitis) in order to evaluate the proposed system. The system accuracy, specificity, and sensitivity were 89%, 92 %, and 97%, respectively. The area under the ROC curve was 0.93, and Kappa test revealed a good level of agreement (k=0.84, P<0.0005).
According to the results, the suggested fuzzy system showed a good agreement and high efficiency in terms of distinguishing between bacterial and aseptic meningitis. To avoid unnecessary antibiotic treatments, patient hospitalization, and misdiagnosis of bacterial meningitis, such systems are useful and highly recommended. However, no system has been yet introduced with 100% correct output and further research is required to improve the results. | <urn:uuid:2d8579be-7100-478d-9719-df432b085e45> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ijmp.mums.ac.ir/article_4322.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.924504 | 483 | 2.484375 | 2 |
Low Code Tools and Decoupled Components: The Best of All Worlds
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South Korea Coronavirus Cases Increasing Fast
Will the rest of the world be able to survive peacefully?
The novel coronavirus has taken up over the world rather faster than we had ever anticipated. Corona Virus, also known as CORVID-19 that started from the seafood market of Wuhan, China has started spreading rather faster than it was expected to be.Now, South Korea coronavirus cases increasing fast even after the efforts, scientists and researchers are putting in to spot the disease altogether or even just to stop its spread has been to no avail as the epidemic is non-resistant to all the drugs and antibiotics that are discovered up till now which has also been the cause of a major widespread of fear throughout the world.
People who presented with the symptoms associated with the virus are now being immediately quarantined to reduce the amount of the spread as the virus is categorized to be airborne and highly contagious. Individuals are now being advised to stay indoors and to follow the health and safety measures that are provided by the government to reduce the risk of acquiring the disease.
South Korea Corona Virus Cases Increasing Fast
Even though all the safety measures are being provided, including masks and respirators caused by the spread associated with South Korea coronavirus cases increasing fast, there are still increasing the number of mortality rates and the huge risk of the disease going pandemic. Along with several other countries, South Korea Corona Virus cases are increasing fast, which is causing fluctuations in the country’s economy. People are now being advised not to stay outdoors unnecessarily and to follow the health and safety measures properly.
Neighboring countries around China, including South Korea coronavirus cases increasing fast and are on high alert to reduce the spread of this novel coronavirus that has already taken the lives of thousands of individuals and the infected ones, lives still at stake.
There has been a major jump in the number of individuals being affected, and the reason behind South Korea Coronavirus cases increasing fast is linked to Mega Church in Seoul that is considered a cult organization by the inhabitants of the area. There have been 433 coronavirus cases reported up till now and are increasing day by day, with only 2 fatalities confirmed so far. This major jump in the number of the infected population is retracing to a 61 years old woman who has passed the virus to countless people while worshipping in the controversial Shincheonji Church Of Jesus in the last week.
The virus has also spread into a hospital that is near the Church but did not have the chance of further escalation. The individuals who were infected were admitted to the psych ward.
Preventive Measures By South Korea
Due to the amount of South Korea coronavirus cases increasing fast, there are several major measures in effect by the government to reduce the spread and the number of infected patients. Daegu, the region in South Korea, where the first carnivorous case was diagnosed, is on high alert. The area around the region is sealed off to decrease the possibility of the novel virus from getting out of hand and further spread to the surrounding areas. Many resources, including medical supplies and empty beds, are being provided to the hospitals in the region to allow a smooth treatment without any hindrances.
The region is on high vigilance level, and quite several public places are being shut down, including the education sector and corporate offices. With the main exception of this shutdown is the supermarket where the inhabitants are lining up to get food and supplies before they run out of it. Due to South Korea coronavirus cases increasing fast, people are now being reluctant and fearful to run into another person for fear of acquiring the disease.
There have also been several cases being reported for the coronavirus, but the main source of infection has not been traced up till now.
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Container ships pictured in the Beilun No.2 terminal of the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province on July 16, 2018 [Photo/IC]
Alphaliner, a shipping advisory service, recently released its annual "Top 120 Ports Worldwide in Container Throughput in 2018" list.
Ningbo-Zhoushan Port is now listed third in the world for container throughput, up from fourth a year earlier.
The port has managed to overtake Shenzhen by realizing an annual container throughput of more than 26.35 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), up 7 percent year on year, thanks to rapid growth in foreign trade during 2018.
The port handled around 21.63 million TEUs during January and November last year, up 8.2 percent from a year earlier.
In addition, it strengthened its ties with global shipping alliances such as 2M, OCEAN and THE in organizing shipping routes, and 246 routes were operated from the port by the end of 2018.
China's 10 major ports are all among the top 20 ports on the list.
The Port of Shanghai ranked first with an annual container throughput of 42.01 million TEUs –– the ninth consecutive year that the port has clinched the top position.
In general, the top 20 ports witnessed a slowdown in their container throughput growth in 2018 due to weak global trade. A total of 340 million TEUs were handled during the year, up 3.8 percent year on year –– lower than last year's 5.6 percent. | <urn:uuid:68e0ac9a-b3cc-4fe6-9beb-ebc45a1ce410> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://govt.chinadaily.com.cn/s/201904/17/WS5cb97162498e079e6801e945/ningbo-zhoushan-port-ranks-3rd-for-container-throughput.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00264.warc.gz | en | 0.952484 | 325 | 1.632813 | 2 |
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Coyoacán is a peaceful and beautiful residential area declared Historic Monuments Zone by the INBA (National Institute of Fine Arts) in 1990. Despite the passage of time, it still retains its architecture with a picturesque landscape of houses in bright colors amidst large trees. We will walk through the "Plaza and the Hidalgo Garden" and then visit the "Church of San Juan Bautista", symbol of the beauty of the baroque from the New Spain. Then, we will visit the "Frida Kahlo Museum" also known as "The Blue House" where Frida lived with Diego Rivera her beloved husband; a controversial couple of communist affiliation who received in their home Leon Trotsky and his wife after being exiled at the end of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia.
The Residential Zone chosen for living by the Mexican Elite of the early XX Century. We will visit the Ex Convent of San Jacinto founded by Carmelite friars in the 17th century and later occupied by Augustinian monks. We will enjoy its wide atrium where there is an Atrial Cross, its beautiful carved wooden door in its upper part and the baptismal font. We will take a tour at the Saturday Bazaar where we will find real works of art that are shown and sold directly by their creators. Later, we will visit the Studio-House of Diego Rivera, the famous Mexican muralist and painter.
The National Autonomous University of Mexico also known as University City is a World Heritage Site listed by UNESCO in 2007. It was built on an area of 717 hectares.
Here we will appreciate different art expressions such as a Mural of David Alfaro Siqueiros at the Rectory Building entitled "The University to the People and the People to the University" in Spanish "La Universidad al Pueblo y El Pueblo a la Universidad“. Other is an unfinished mural by Diego Rivera at the Olympic Stadium entitled "The University, the Family and Sports in Mexico" in Spanish "La Universidad, la Familia y el Deporte en México" and the Jewel of the Crown, "The Central Library" designed and built by the arquitect Juan O'Gorman.
Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987. We are going to visit the famous Flower market where the majority of the flowers that adorn the CDMX come from. Then, we are going to aboard a typical Trajinera (a non motorized boat) to take a tour thought the peaceful canals of Xochimilco. Probably, we will find other Trajineras full of Mexican musicians like mariachis, huapangueros, norteños and even romantic trios, playing different kinds of songs; In addition, during the tour, we can enjoy typical Mexican food, fresh waters of horchata and tamarind or better yet, a delicious and cold beer.
Places to visit
- Frida Kahlo Museum
- San Ángel
- University City
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- It includes:
- Admission tickets al Museo Frida Kahlo
- Una hora de paseo a bordo de una trajinera
- Tourist guide accredited by SECTUR
- Bottled water and wet towels
- Does not Include:
- Alcoholic drinks
- Dress and fit comfortably
- Wear sun glasses, hat or hat
- Apply sunscreen
- Drink water constantly
- Bring valid official identification
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China’s aggression amid global crisis
The world continues to struggle with how to contain the transmission and mitigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. More than 416,000 people worldwide are reported to have died from COVID-19, and more than 7.3 million confirmed positive cases have been recorded so far.
World Health Organization (WHO) officials have explained that the coronavirus may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and may never go away. There are also other illnesses such as measles that are still here despite the availability of vaccines to prevent them. It is therefore imperative that countries provide long-term plans to boost the resilience of their economies to cope with the pandemic.
However, while COVID-19 has stalled many of the global activities and disrupted the way of life of majority of the world’s population, China has actively continued its expansionist agenda in the West Philippine Sea. International experts are wary about China’s aggression in the disputed waters, and see a paradox in its apparent generous support to countries hit hard by the pandemic as well as its advocacy for global coordination in managing the outbreak.
On April 2, a Chinese vessel allegedly rammed and sank a Vietnamese fishing boat with eight people on board near the Paracel islands. China claimed the Vietnamese fishing vessel refused to leave the area after a Chinese Coast Guard Ship had ordered it to do so. Vietnam rejected China’s claim and lodged a diplomatic protest against Beijing.
On April 16, China’s Haiyang Dizhi 8 survey ship reportedly entered waters near Malaysia. The next day, the ship was seen close to the West Capella oil exploration vessel operated by Malaysia’s oil company, Petronas. Malaysia’s foreign minister Hishammuddin Hussein called for disputes in the strategic waterway to be resolved “peacefully.”
China’s confrontational moves are not unprecedented and are very consistent with Chinese statecraft that relies on the exploitation of any strategic opportunity to expand geopolitical interests relative to other claimant states in the disputed waters.
A year ago, the Philippines had a similar experience with Chinese aggression when some 22 Filipino fishermen almost died after a Chinese fishing vessel rammed and sank a wooden Filipino fishing boat, the F/B Gem-Ver 1, then anchored at Reed Bank. After the collision, the Chinese vessel turned off its signal lights and sailed away as the Filipino boat sank. The Chinese foreign ministry issued a dismissive statement that called the June 9 Reed Bank incident “an ordinary maritime traffic accident.”
Former Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio Carpio argued that no ordinary Chinese fishing vessel would engage in the ramming of other fishing boats for fear of inflicting damage to their own vessel. According to him, a Chinese maritime militia (CMM) vessel probably sank the Filipino boat, since it has a reinforced steel hull designed for ramming fishing vessels of other coastal states in the South China Sea.
The CMM’s purpose is to keep Chinese aggression alive at sea, but below the level of naval operations. It uses a civilian facade to hide behind the cloak of deniability.
“Their aim is to fulfill their expansionist agenda,” said former foreign secretary Albert del Rosario in an interview in Foreign Policy Magazine. “They obviously have one. It is both economic and military. It’s economic because there is now competition in the world for resources. It is military because they are trying to establish defense corridors. They want to be a maritime power but to be that, you need your own lake… I think the international community should be vigilant about what is happening in the South China Sea because it has the potential to change the international order.”
Amid the global pandemic, the Philippines must keep its guard up. We must enforce our territorial integrity in the West Philippine Sea and defend our maritime rights in accordance with international law.
While there is a global initiative to defeat COVID-19, which is an invisible foe, there must likewise be a united stand to promote a rules-based order. We should not be blindsided by China’s aggression and expansionism as we cope with the pandemic.
Dindo Manhit is founder and managing director of Stratbase Group.
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Different regions of Europe have had power, from the Egyptians, the Greeks and Persians and Romans. But around 1000 years ago that focus of power moved from the Mediterranean area to the small shallow sea in between Britain and Europe, the North Sea.
The region had been conquered by the Romans 2000 years ago, but after they left it became a bit of a backwater. It changed as the people who lived on the shores came to master boat building, setting off on voyages far beyond the small limits of the North Sea to discover lands across the vast Atlantic Ocean.
Some of the seafarers bought terror to some places, we all know about the Vikings and their raids on coastal villages and monasteries, but slowly peaceful trade took over. Ideas and goods began to move back and forth across the waters, populations moved and settled, they adapted to change fairly quickly and the whole region thrived.
Pye looks at the history of this region through various subjects, money, fashion, nature and science to name a few, and teases out various stories and anecdotes to demonstrate his case. Wide-ranging though it might be, it sadly didn’t live up to expectations for me. Splitting it by theme meant that you were jumping backwards and forwards and from place to place. For me, concentrating on specific historical periods would have been better as it did feel that it was jumping around too much from period to period. | <urn:uuid:2611ec11-059a-448c-919c-04654c49ed5b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/review/the-edge-of-the-world-by-michael-pye/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.981215 | 296 | 2.4375 | 2 |
Dita Spacecraft Black / Rose Gold
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Drawing inspiration from the practical world of aviation and the futuristic vision of science-fiction films of the 1920’s -1940’s, Spacecraft is a hybrid frame celebrating the past, present, and future of flight and exploration.
As a frame, Spacecraft is built around three fundamental concepts: hybridization, engineering, and tradition. As man’s journey into aviation began to evolve from kites, to hydrogen balloons, to the aeroplanes we know of today, so did his imagination.
By the latter part of the 20th-century advances in engine technology and aerodynamics made controlled, powered flight possible for the first time. The world awoke to the new possibility of experience never otherwise seen by the masses. “Airships” the first large scale hot air balloons such became the standard for long-distance flight revolutionizing man’s perspective of the world. At the same time these advances in technology sparked the imagination of creators and filmmakers already dreaming of worlds beyond our knowledge. Science-Fiction films burst to life on the screen offering a new kind of liberation from our present world and it’s constraints.
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Federal Judge Finds NYPD’s “Stop And Frisk” Policy Unconstitutional
A Federal Judge has declared the NYPD's "stop & frisk" policy to be unconstitutional.
A Federal Judge in New York has handed a major defeat to the New York City Police Department and Mayor Mike Bloomberg by handing down a ruling declaring the department’s controversial “stop and frisk” policy to be unconstitutional:
In a repudiation of a major element in the Bloomberg administration’s crime-fighting legacy, a federal judge has found that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the New York Police Department violated the constitutional rights of minorities in New York, and called for a federal monitor to oversee broad reforms.
In a decision issued on Monday, the judge, Shira A. Scheindlin, ruled that police officers have for years been systematically stopping innocent people in the street without any objective reason to suspect them of wrongdoing. Officers often frisked these people, usually young minority men, for weapons or searched their pockets for contraband, like drugs, before letting them go, according to the 195-page decision.
These stop-and-frisk episodes, which soared in number over the last decade as crime continued to decline, demonstrated a widespread disregard for the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government, according to the ruling. It also found violations with the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause.
Judge Scheindlin found that the city “adopted a policy of indirect racial profiling by targeting racially defined groups for stops based on local crime suspect data.” She rejected the city’s arguments that more stops happened in minority neighborhoods solely because those happened to have high-crime rates.
“I also conclude that the city’s highest officials have turned a blind eye to the evidence that officers are conducting stops in a racially discriminatory manner,” she wrote.
Noting that the Supreme Court had long ago ruled that stop-and-frisks were constitutionally permissible under certain conditions, the judge stressed that she was “not ordering an end to the practice of stop-and-frisk. The purpose of the remedies addressed in this opinion is to ensure that the practice is carried out in a manner that protects the rights and liberties of all New Yorkers, while still providing much needed police protection.”
City officials did not immediately comment on the ruling, or on whether they planned to appeal. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg scheduled a news conference at 1 p.m. to discuss the decision.
To fix the constitutional violations, the judge designated an outside lawyer, Peter L. Zimroth, to monitor the Police Department’s compliance with the Constitution.
Judge Scheindlin also ordered a number of other remedies, including a pilot program in which officers in at least five precincts across the city will wear body-worn cameras in an effort to record street encounters. She also ordered a “joint remedial process” — in essence, a series of community meetings — to solicit public input on how to reform stop-and-frisk.
The decision to install Mr. Zimroth, a partner in the New York office of Arnold & Porter, LLP, and a former corporation counsel and prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney’s office, will leave the department under a degree of judicial control that is certain to shape the policing strategies under the next mayor.
Judge Scheindlin found that the “stop and frisk” policy violated both the 4th and 14th Amendments in that the constituted both an unreasonable search under the circumstances and a search that was being applied in a discriminatory manner based upon the disparate impact of the policy on people based on race and ethnicity. As has been documented numerous times, the overwhelming majority of the people stopped pursuant to the policy were black or Hispanic, and the vast majority of those were young men. Moreover, as Judge Scheindlin observed after an evidentiary hearing earlier this year, most of these searches ended without any arrest at all:
After listening to two months of testimony on the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk practices, Judge Shira A. Scheindlin left little doubt about her views of their effectiveness in helping detect criminal behavior.
“A lot of people are being frisked or searched on suspicion of having a gun and nobody has a gun,” Judge Scheindlin, of Federal District Court in Manhattan, said on Monday during closing arguments in the trial. “So the point is: the suspicion turns out to be wrong in most of the cases.”
Judge Scheindlin’s remarks punctuated more than five hours of summations, as civil rights lawyers and those representing the city offered dueling interpretations of many weeks of testimony from scores of witnesses. And her remarks were far more critical and blunt than those she had previously made during the trial.
Observing that only about 12 percent of police stops resulted in an arrest or summons, Judge Scheindlin, who is hearing the case without a jury, focused her remarks on Monday on the other 88 percent of stops, in which the police did not find evidence of criminality after a stop. She characterized that as “a high error rate” and remarked to a lawyer representing the city, “You reasonably suspect something and you’re wrong 90 percent of the time.”
“That is a lot of misjudgment of suspicion,” Judge Scheindlin said, suggesting officers were wrongly interpreting innocent behavior as suspicious.
It’s important to note that Scheindlin’s ruling doesn’t eliminate the “stop and frisk” policy altogether. Instead, she appointed a monitor who will report back to the Court regarding changes to the policy that will have to be made to address the issues raised in her opinion and the NYPD is likely to remain under Court monitoring with regard to this policy for some years to come. At the very least, it seems clear that police will have to come up with something more substantial to back up their suspicion than they have been operating under to date. In other words, being a young black man hanging out on a street corner isn’t going to be sufficient grounds to search someone on a street corner without a warrant. Quite honestly, one wonders why it is taking a Federal Judge to advise the NYPD of this fact.
On the whole, this seems like the correct decision. It’s been clear for some time that police officers in New York were using “stop and frisk” as an excuse to unduly harass mostly younger black and hispanic men. To the extent the practice was uncovering criminal activity of any kind, it typically resulted in the discovery of very small amounts of marijuana that was clearly meant for personal use. While illegal, such possession cases seem hardly like an efficient use of police resources. Indeed, just last year New York’s Governor proposed that possession of small amounts of marijuana be decriminalized, in part in response to the fact that the NYPD’s policy had resulted in a surge of arrests on such charges. Given the realities of crime in a large city like New York, it hardly makes sense for police to be spending so much time dealing with such relatively insignificant charges. Hopefully, with this ruling, they’ll be able to divert their resources into more important areas of law enforcement.
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Design and Fine Arts Education in Arunachal Pradesh
Students who wish to pursue Design and Fine Arts education in Arunachal Pradesh must have some inborn talent which is an essential factor. Fine Arts education in Arunachal Pradesh offers a wide range of topic such as theatre, music, literature, painting, sculpting, dance, drawing and lots more.
Many colleges and institutes in Arunachal Pradesh offers four year Bachelor of Fine Arts
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Many people believe that exchanging tofu and soy for meat, eggs, and milk is a much healthier decision, when the truth is that nothing could be further from the truth.
Processed soy and today’s high tech methods to do so, might remove the toxins and anti-nutrients that are naturally present in soy, but it also leaves behind carcinogenic residue which is caused by high temperatures, high pressure, and petroleum solvent “baths”.
The worst type of soy are the types that American’s love the best; soy protein isolate and hydrolyzed plant protein. These types of highly processed soy contain a compound called phytates, which block the absorption of minerals and contain trypsin inhibitors that block proper digestion.
How Bad Is It?
There have been many health problems linked to high soy diet including:
- Thyroid issues
- Premature puberty and developmental problems in children
- Brain damage and cognitive issues later in life
- Reproductive problems
- Soy Allergies
- Certain types of cancer
While some studies have shown that soy can lower cholesterol levels, there have also been studies showing that it does the exact opposite. There is currently a petition before the FDA, asking them to reevaluate the evidence and remove the “soy prevents heart disease” claim that was approved in 1999.
Soy mimics the hormone estrogen, which can help women going through menopause as it can relieve symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats, but for infants and young children, this is not something desirable.
Infants have bodies that are still under development. This makes them more vulnerable to hormones such as estrogen. Don’t feed your child soy based formulas. Soy naturally contains a toxin called antinutrient. This is an inhibitor that blocks the body from making a digestive enzyme as well as stopping the body from absorbing many minerals, such as calcium, from their meal. You could be depriving your baby of much needed nutrients when you feed them soy products or soy based formulas.
Is There a Safe Type of Soy?
Yes, there is! Fermented soy products reduce the antinutrient and phytic acid levels to a minimum while increasing the beneficial compounds, such as Probiotics, which improve the digestion process.
Fermented soy also reduces the isoflavones, which are the estrogen mimicking part of soy, to the point where they no longer influence the body.
If you love soy, but want to be healthy, the following types of soy are all healthy options you can enjoy as much as you like:
- Miso – This is a fermented soybean paste that has a buttery texture to it and is often the base of miso soup.
- Tempeh – This fermented soy product has a firm texture and a nutty, mushroom like flavor that most people love.
- Natto – Another fermented soybean product that is sticky and has a very strong cheese flavor. It is loaded with vitamin K2 and has tons of healthy bacteria that are good for the digestive system
- Soy Sauce – Look for traditionally made soy sauce, which is made from fermented soy, salt, and enzymes.
So while those soy burgers and soy cheese sound like a healthy option, they really aren’t.
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30+ Years of Innovation
We collectively identify areas of opportunity, apply engineering rigor, tap our strategic relationships, and tenaciously challenge the status quo to advance the cause of sustainable water treatment.
From unlocking capital for both buyers and sellers by introducing the concept of a surplus marketplace specific to the global water and wastewater industry, to developing and commercializing patented innovations that transform decades of standard practices, WaterSurplus is rooted in innovation, collaboration, and collective intelligence.
FEWER CHEMICALS. LESS ENERGY. LESS WATER TO DRAIN.
Maximize Membrane Resilience and Recovery
For customers struggling to treat high-fouling waters, our patented NanoStack coating increases membrane life expectancy and mitigates membrane fouling as well as operational downtime and associated expenses. Combined with our patented ImpactRO system, the two technologies increase membrane resilience and resistance when processing hard-to-treat waters.
- Increases the overall life expectancy of membranes
- Lengthens the time between offline clean-in-place (CIP) occurrences
- Improves the recovery of flux after each CIP
- Decreases antiscalant consumption, water to drain, and energy use
- Decreases operational expenditures
1. Standard Uncoated Membrane Performance
In high-fouling environments, standard uncoated RO membranes lose flux quickly, require frequent offline CIP’s, and often experience a significant reduction in post-cleaning performance.
2. NanoStack Coated vs. Uncoated Performance
In those same high-fouling environments, NanoStack coated membranes are shown to be significantly more resistant to fouling and scale, which reduces the frequency of offline CIP’s. Plus, after cleaning, they recover most of their original performance, increasing system up-time and membrane life.
3. Impact RO + NanoStack vs. Uncoated Performance
The ImpactRO, operating with NanoStack coated membranes produces the best results in high-fouling environments. The combined system maximizes the time between offline CIP’s. When membranes do need to be cleaned, the offline time is significantly reduced, and those coated membranes recover nearly all of their original flux.
NanoStack Membrane Coating
Our patented NanoStack coating is a bio-inspired membrane surface modification for use in industrial applications with notoriously difficult to treat water. The coating is exceptionally hydrophilic, pulling clean water towards the membrane surface and repelling everything else. This creates a protective water barrier between the membrane surface and unwanted foulants. The result is a reduction in foulant adhesion, allowing the normal cross-flow velocity of the feed water to sweep unwanted contaminants more easily to drain.
Challenges of Uncoated Membranes
- Sensitive to operating conditions
- Rapid fouling and/or scaling
- Frequent system shutdowns for Clean-In-Place (CIP)
- Aggressive cleaning required for significant scale buildup
- Reduced performance after each subsequent CIP
Benefits of NanoStack Coated Membranes
- More forgiving of sub-optimal operating conditions
- Significantly reduced fouling and/or scaling rate
- Dramatic increase in time between system shutdowns for CIP
- Easier to clean
- Greater performance recovery after each subsequent CIP
The patented ImpactRO was developed to elegantly address some of the most vexing problems associated with modern reverse osmosis (RO) technology. Our system can be calibrated to meet your needs as a high efficiency or high recovery RO system. ImpactRO is well suited for the full range of water treatment applications, from bottling to reuse, and everything in between.
Challenges of Standard RO Systems
- Flux Imbalance in multi-stage systems leads to faster fouling
- Recycle loop to balance flux leads to scaling and requires higher operating pressure
- Pressure losses over time lead to greater energy use and higher opex
- Long downtime for standard single-stage CIP or large capital expense for multistage CIP
- Near static concentration polarization layer (CP Layer) prone to scaling
Benefits of Impact RO
- Parallel feed balances flux across stages and reduces fouling
- No recycle loop, reduces operating pressure and avoids recirculation of foulants
- Lower operating pressure reduces energy consumption and opex
- Parallel CIP cleans all three stages at one time, reducing downtime by 67%
- Intermittent micro-disruptions reduce the formation of CP Layer
Improved Flux Across Stages
ImpactRO improves flux distribution in all three stages of a high-efficiency reverse osmosis unit.
Variable recovery is a temporary disruptive state wherein flow paths, feed, permeate, and concentrate flow rates are engineered to dynamically establish a new ratio of salt concentrations and flow rates leading to hydrodynamic shear forces to disrupt the concentration polarization at the membrane interface, thus reducing fouling and scaling particularly in high recovery applications.
Impact RO System
ImpactRO is designed to protect and extend the life of the membrane elements while reducing cleaning frequency and chemicals, lowering overall energy usage, and minimizing brine waste to drain.
OxiPlus Catalytic Medias
Our OxiPlus line of high flow-rate filter media are cost-competitive, long-lasting, and NSF/ANSI 61 certified, With more than 100 installations, our media offers proven efficiency for a wide variety of applications and industries.
OxiPlus works great in any media filtration system, but our pre-engineered pressure vessels are designed to optimize system efficiency, ensure ease of operation, and minimize the overall system footprint.
OxiPlus75 is a highly effective NSF/ANSI 61 certified media for the removal of iron, manganese, arsenic, radium, and hydrogen sulfide. This proprietary filter media has proven highly successful in municipal and industrial pretreatment applications where manganese is present in the water. The catalytic properties of OxiPlus75 allow for higher treatment rates than traditional media. The result? A smaller plant footprint with up to a 50% reduction in overall project cost.
Combine OxiPlus75 with our pre-engineered filter units, and you get a highly effective, economical, and operator-friendly filtration system. With our industry-leading filtration knowledge, we can ensure the proper media is being used in your system so you can achieve the results you need at a price you can afford.
- Fe, Mn, HS, As, and Ra removal
- Locations with space limitations
- Higher loading rates
- Smaller filters
- Reduced plant footprint
- Greater cost efficiency
Combining industry-leading filtration knowledge with the correct application of OxiPlus12 media, WaterSurplus has created efficient and durable filtration systems that are designed to operate at high loading rates for use in the reduction of total suspended solids, silt density, and iron. A common application of OxiPlus12 filters is the creation of high purity water for industrial use.
OxiPlus12 is a black filter media used for removing soluble iron, manganese, hydrogen sulfide, arsenic, and radium from groundwater supplies. The manganese dioxide-coated surface of the OxiPlus12 acts as a catalyst in the oxidation-reduction reaction of iron and manganese. The silica sand core of OxiPlus12 allows it to withstand waters that are low in silica, TDS, and hardness without breaking down. OxiPlus12 can also filter out particles down to 10 microns in size. This media has an NSF/ANSI 61 certification for use in treating potable water.
- Supercharged greensand with 3x the catalytic coating is ideal for economical retrofits
- Fe, Mn, HS, As, and Ra removal
- Systems may be designed using either vertical or horizontal pressure filters, as well as gravity filters.
- More robust and effective at higher operating temperatures
- Higher differential pressures than the competition
- Higher MnO2 surface content at 12% minimum vs. 4.5-5% for competitive products
- Can provide for longer run times between backwashes and a greater margin of safety.
SandPlus is a high rate filter media with improved filtration performance when compared to other media. The hardness, stability, uniformity, and microporous character all help the media perform in both water and wastewater applications. While most filtration media filters down to 8-15 micron nominal size, SandPlus can filter down to 3-5 micron particle removal.
SandPlus can be used for industrial applications like cooling tower turbidity removal or pretreatment prior to reverse osmosis systems. It can be used in gravity or pressure filters with lower pressure drops and improved filtration performance. It can also be used in potable and irrigation applications or in stormwater or wastewater reuse applications.
- SDI, TSS, Fe, & turbidity reduction
- SandPlus removes particles smaller than 5 microns at loading rates up to 20 gpm/ft2
- Significantly reduced system footprint
- Higher particulate removal efficiency down to 3 to 5 micron particles
- Long media life allowing for economical water treatment operation
The Water Surplus Philosophy
The recruiting of subject-matter experts to the ranks of WaterSurplus has driven our careful expansion over the decades and remains our key to success in the future. While satisfied customers frequently ask us to help them address ever more complex water treatment needs, we only proceed when we have the human capital in place and ready to go. Our collaborative and innovative business model only works because of the commitment of our team to find or develop optimal solutions to our customer’s needs.
Customers tell us that the reason they keep coming back is that we deliver superior value with every project. From innovative treatment solutions to brand-agnostic supply recommendations and investment recovery, our subject-matter experts listen to the needs of our customers, probe for information that will help them make the strongest possible recommendation, and then trust our customers to make the right decision for their needs. With access to the top brands in the world, our own innovative solutions, and the widest selection of top-quality surplus equipment, our customers know that we will help them find the very best solution.
Advancing sustainability has been a core part of our philosophy at WaterSurplus since the beginning. Be that by pushing the boundaries of water recovery in reverse osmosis, developing systems that require significantly fewer antiscalant chemicals, recycling and/or refurbishing equipment, membrane elements, and resin, or licensing catalytic filtration media that require half the footprint of a traditional media system. Our expert team is continually seeking (and finding) value for our stakeholders while pursuing more sustainable processes. | <urn:uuid:594c1ae2-75ca-405c-93ea-49e911c3eb7c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://watersurplus.com/innovation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.901691 | 2,258 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Other Archaeological Sites / The Neolithic of the Levant (500 Page Book Online)
Ancient Biblical Qer Harreseth (Kir Moab) -- Karak -- Kerak in Jordan
Town in Karak governorate on the Wadi Karak 50 miles South of Amman in West Central Jordan. Karak stands upon a lofty spur projecting westward from the Moab plateau about 10 miles from the Dead Sea. It was an ancient walled citadel and capital of the Moabites (Kir Moab) in the first millennium BC. Tiglath-Pileser [Assyria] carried the captive Syrians here after he had taken the city of Damascus (AFSFC).
II Kings 16:9 And the King of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the King of Assyria went up against Damascus and took it and carried the people of it captive to Kir and slew Rezin
Amos 1:5 I will break also the bar of Damascus and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir saith the LORD
Al-Karak has been inhabited since at least the Iron Age and was an important city for the Moabites. In the Bible it is called Qer Harreseth or Kir of Moab and is identified as having been subject to the Assyrian empire; in the Books of Kings (16:9) and Book of Amos (1:5 and 9:7) it is mentioned as the place where the Syrians went before they settled in the regions north of Palestine and to which Tiglath-Pileser III sent the prisoners after the conquest of Damascus. In 1958 the remains of an inscription was found in Wadi al-Karak that has been dated to the late 9th century BC. | <urn:uuid:e99fdc36-e288-4fbc-ae2a-01561128a0a0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ancientneareast.tripod.com/Karak_Kerak.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.955344 | 389 | 2.859375 | 3 |
NEW ZEALAND ENERGY SCENARIOS
Navigating our flight path to 2060
Project director: John Carnegie, Executive Director of the BusinessNZ Energy Council.
The BEC2060 project was managed on behalf of the BusinessNZ Energy Council by Dr Stephen Batstone of Sapere Research Group and Whiteboard Energy. The lead author for the Tūī and Kea narratives was Toby Stevenson from Sapere Research Group.
The model construction and operation was undertaken by Dr Tom Kober and Bakytzhan Suleimenov of The Paul Scherrer Institute, with support from Dr Kiti Suomaleinen of the University of Auckland. The underlying model - known as TIMES-NZ - is a customised version of TIMES, developed by the IEA Energy Technology System Analysis Program (IEA-ETSAP) community. It was customised for BEC by the Paul Scherrer Institute.
The interface to the BEC2060 scenario data was built in RStudios Shiny product by Dr Stephen Batstone.
Thanks to Tina Schirr, Dane Ambler, and Debbie Bougen from the BusinessNZ Energy Council without whom this project would not have been possible. Matt Paterson and Reuben Horne from the development team at Mercury IT also made an invaluable contribution.
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Youth Engagement & Career Path Programs
The Lions Automobilia Foundation supports youth of all ages to explore the world of the Automotive, Motorsports and Service Vehicle Industries. Students and Young Adults can learn the history of car culture in Southern California and discover the craftsmanship and passion invested in vehicle restoration, maintenance, and design. We welcome youth programs and schools to visit and tour our galleries filled with Automotive History. Contact us at 310-223-3473 to arrange Youth Tour.
The Lions Automobilia Foundation Youth Engagement and Career Path Programs are designed to create community awareness by revealing the safety and performance innovations resulting from motorsports and help you discover the many career paths in the motorsports, automotive and transportation industries. More than a museum, the Lions Automobilia Foundation takes preserving automotive history to the next level with its onsite restoration facility including a custom paint and body department. Our team of talented and veteran restoration experts not only build the most beautiful vehicles, but they also support the Lions Youth Engagement and Career Path Program by providing seminars and workshops to ignite the next generation of builders and designers.
The Lions Automobilia Foundation Supports
The Lions Automobilia Foundation is proud to support Hot Rodders of Tomorrow, a Nationwide High School Engine Building Competition and is host to the Hot Rodders west coast competition. In 2022 Lions introduced the Spark Plug Challenge, an opportunity for youth visiting the Lions Foundation to learn how to change a spark plug, then compete for the fastest time, simulating the excitement of crewing on a race car.
Exploring the Origin of Performance Engineering
The Lions Automobilia Foundation offers educational opportunities to discover the origins of countless engineering concepts that lead to the rapid growth of motorsports and automotive performance part advancements. Beyond the historical value of touring the museum adults of all ages and backgrounds can learn about various career paths that the automotive industry offers. | <urn:uuid:9a552d62-aab9-42d7-8061-70a062f99172> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lionsautomobilia.org/youthengagement/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.908665 | 383 | 1.664063 | 2 |
13 foundations help fund the New Economy Initiative, find out how Wafa Dinaro’s international path has positioned her to be its new leader!
Join our guest Wafa Dinaro, Executive Director for the New Economy Initiative, and host Ed Clemente as she explains this unique foundation and how its mission assists small businesses and much more. The New Economy Initiative (NEI) is a philanthropic collaboration and special project of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan working to build a regional network of support for entrepreneurs and small businesses. Their mission is to grow an inclusive culture of entrepreneurship in southeast Michigan that benefits all residents and strengthens the regional economy. Wafa has had an exciting career path from Dearborn, to the state legislature, to federal government, as well as international work and economic development with Wayne County Executive, Warren C. Evans. You can also read the transcript from our conversation. | <urn:uuid:909df6a6-f0fe-4e5b-893e-3d351ffc1f59> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1568437/10571506 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.954526 | 178 | 1.5 | 2 |
Companies are starting to pay their supply chain managers more and more. It’s proof that these positions and the extensive knowledge the people who hold them need, are becoming more valuable to companies than ever.
According to the latest survey from the Institute for Supply Chain Management
, the average salary for a supply chain professional working in market intelligence is more than $139,000 in 2017.
That’s up more than 4 percent over the previous year. This is at a time when American wages in general are stagnating.
Supply chain executives still don’t serve in many C-suites. But this position is a competitive advantage for modern companies. Supply chain employees need to be able to manage people, keep dozens of different departments and suppliers organized, and incorporate changing technology for their companies’ benefit.
Companies are increasing salaries for supply chain managers industry-wide. Expertise in this field is valuable enough to companies that they’re willing to pay for it.
Related: The “Amazon Effect” and the Changing Parcel Landscape
Companies Need High-Quality Supply Chain Employees
“Supply chain management” didn’t exist as a job title until a few decades ago. But the position is fast evolving, and becoming more critical to companies’ survival.
First, supply chain managers have to effectively manage within their companies. They need to bring together diverse departments from design to customer service to IT, and understand each one’s needs and abilities. Then, they have to interface with external companies responsible for manufacturing, packing and shipping.
That would be challenging enough for even a highly trained manager. But what’s more, each component of the supply chain is rapidly evolving. Tariffs impact manufacturing
and product development options. Warehousing and shipping are continually evolving as certain processes become more efficient through big data and algorithms, and others become automated altogether.
Generally, globalization and automation are continually making supply chain networks more and more complex, meaning companies need good logistics and supply chain management more than ever.
Companies need supply chain executives who know how to negotiate with many managers at once. Not only do they need to get the best deal on raw materials, they need to ensure their manufacturer can process those materials and so on.
Further, supply chain professionals need to know how to prevent supply chain disruptions. Though most manufacturing-based companies keep some inventory on hand, breaking one link in the supply chain can quickly decimate production capacity and by extension, corporate profits.
Scott Luton, managing partner with TalentStream LLC, a recruitment firm that works with large and midsize manufacturers and logistics firms told The Wall Street Journal
“Companies want professionals who know how to negotiate and get those bottom-line savings…There is a huge emphasis being placed on finding talent that gets global trade and global enterprise.”
Supply Chain Management Requires a Diverse Skill Set
Supply chain managers are no longer simply managers, although they need to know how to negotiate and manage crises to keep production humming.
Today’s companies are now willing to pay more for supply chain executives with information technology skills, as more supply chain processes become automated. These leaders like those in many corporate sectors, need to know how to collect and analyze data
to improve processes. The promises of big data
also make IT experience valuable.
The Institute for Supply Chain Management survey showed that certifications increase salaries significantly.
The average professional with no certifications made about $109,000 in 2017.
One or more certifications boosted salaries to about $123,000. Those working in market intelligence saw salaries rise to $139,000, suggesting that those skills are particularly valuable.
As the pace of production and delivery accelerates in the e-commerce economy, supply chain managers need market intelligence skills. They must analyze consumer needs, understand how their market is evolving and pivot to meet those demands. They may need to incorporate cutting-edge technologies including artificial intelligence to streamline processes. And they certainly need to know how to analyze data and make predictions.
As costs rise in the globalized economy—import and export duties, transportation costs, labor costs, and more—supply chain managers play critical roles in maintaining companies’ bottom lines.
If they can keep costs down on the ground, the savings can trickle up to corporate profits. That makes higher salaries worth it.
Supply Chain Management Requires Creative Leadership
Supply chains have dozens of moving parts, and it’s likely that a few of them are in the hands of outside contractors. As such, supply chain budgets quickly become confusing to those who aren’t deeply familiar with them.
That means the supply chain can be a company’s greatest source of inefficiency, but also its greatest opportunity for savings. Organizations with efficient supply chains based on good relationships with their partners, can quickly cut costs and streamline production.
Great supply chain managers can stay on top of evolving regulations, technologies and contracts. They can identify problem areas and inefficiencies and target them for improvement.
Good relationship management is critical for making those changes.
Amid all this demand for great supply chain management, however there’s not much supply. Supply chain programs are gaining popularity at universities, but as America’s Baby Boomers retire, companies are struggling to fill jobs that require deep specialization. Many Baby Boomers developed over decades in their roles.
To head off that challenge, companies are focusing not only on hiring but on retaining supply chain professionals. It can take a year or more to train a new employee for a narrowly focused analytics or management position. Then, companies need to keep those workers in house. That’s most easily done by raising their wages.
It’s obvious to executives that great supply chain leaders increase company value. But with a dearth of skilled managers for the foreseeable future, experts believe supply chain salaries will continue to rise—maybe even faster next year. | <urn:uuid:0c435d4f-9a2c-4105-a29e-c8c8b890102d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://reveelgroup.com/supply-chain-manager-salary/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.952978 | 1,226 | 1.773438 | 2 |
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On a cruise to Egypt, explore the incredible history of Alexandria and its surroundings. Only a few hours away from bustling Cairo, this coastal city has a relaxed Mediterranean feel. Founded by Alexander the Great, its famed former residents include Cleopatra, Caesar, and Mark Antony, who lived storied lives here.
Stroll the Corniche, Alexandria’s 10-mile long waterfront promenade, taking in the sea air, the local sights, street vendors, and music. Explore the National Museum to learn about Alexandria’s illustrious history and see amazing artifacts. Visit ancient temples, an amphitheater, and catacombs, or take a tour out of the city to see the Great Pyramids and the Sphinx. The charming seaside walkway and fascinating architecture make Alexandria an exotic, romantic destination.
The Library of Alexandria was the largest library of the ancient world and the place where ancient philosophers and scientists came to increase their knowledge. The modern-day version has three floors that provide a complete history of the city, from the ancient Pharaohs to the Greek-Roman period to now. There’s even a planetarium and science museum for kids.
This 15th-century medieval fort was built on the island of Pharos—where the famed Lighthouse of Alexandria once stood—to defend against attacks from the Ottoman Empire. Explore the castle-like structure and enjoy incredible views of the bay from its ramparts. Look for the stones on the outer walls that have a slightly reddish hue. These are the stones from the destroyed Lighthouse of Alexandria that were repurposed.
Located in a restored Italian-style palace dating to 1926, this museum contains thousands of artifacts that tell the remarkable story of Alexandria and Egypt. You’ll see mummies, pottery, mosaic portraits, jewelry, fabrics, weapons, and more. Stroll through the surrounding garden after your visit to the three-level museum.
No cruise to Egypt would be complete without a visit to the Great Pyramids of Giza. With an overnight stay in Alexandria, you have plenty of time to see the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still intact. Just outside of Cairo, you’ll find the three main pyramids along with several smaller structures and the Great Sphinx of Giza. All were built between 2600 and 2500 BC.
Venture a few blocks inland from the Corniche to find souks, antique stores, bookstores, clothing stores, and food markets. Bring back souvenirs like loose hibiscus tea, local dates, scarab beetle jewelry, oud incense, or a cozy pashmina. You can even visit a souk to find a craftsman who will paint your name in hieroglyphics on a piece of parchment paper.
Stroll the Montazah Palace Gardens, a serene oasis of nature on the city's eastern edge. Montazah is a lavish garden with majestic palms, manicured lawns, and breathtaking flowers that were all once off-limits to all but royals and their entourage.
On a cruise to Egypt, sample some of the country’s national dishes. Some you may be familiar with, like tahini sesame paste and grilled lamb kebabs. Go on a culinary adventure by trying kushari lentils, macaroni, rice, and chickpeas, the pita-like aish baladi, or a spicy minced lamb called kofta.
Sayadiyah fish is a dish made mainly in coastal cities such as Alexandria. It’s a baked casserole with white fish, yellow rice, onions, spices, and tomato sauce. Dessert can be something as simple as mint tea and baklava, or try Om Ali, which is layers of milk-soaked puff pastry mixed with nuts, raisins, coconut, and sugar, and then baked.
Founded in 331 BCE by Alexander the Great, Alexandria was the most vital cultural center of its time. Pharos, the legendary lighthouse and one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was built here. So was the Library of Alexandria, where scholars, mathematicians, astronomers, scientists, and philosophers gathered to seek knowledge.
Today, visiting Alexandria is a relaxed, friendly and laid-back experience. Egypt is a predominantly Muslim country. The dress code in Egypt is considered conservative by Western standards, and it is respectful to obey this code. That means no exposed shoulders or knees, and no tank tops or shorts. If you’re visiting a mosque, don’t forget to remove your shoes.
The Port of Alexandria is located on the western side of the Nile River between the Med and Lake Mariout. The recently renovated passenger terminal takes inspiration from Alexandria’s history with the design incorporating Pharaonic architecture and features from the Roman era. It has a variety of cafes and service areas inside and taxis outside that will take you on the short trip to the heart of the city.
Within Alexandria, there are a number of transportation options including the tram network, the commuter rail, and public buses. Having the names of places you want to go written down in Arabic as well as English can make it easier for locals to point you in the right direction. Taxis are also abundant, although it’s best to ask a restaurant host or hostess about usual fares as you may have to negotiate with drivers.
Alexandria’s two main streets—Al Aksander Al Akbar and Ebadah Ibn Al Somet—are lined with shops selling jewelry, clothing, textiles, and home decor. Prices are written in Arabic, so it is a good idea to have a conversion chart app on your smartphone.
The official currency of Alexandria is the Egyptian pound (EGP). You’ll find ATMs scattered throughout the city, and many establishments accept credit cards. Tipping is commonplace here, and leaving a small tip (10% to 15%) at a restaurant or with someone who provided a service is considered extremely polite. | <urn:uuid:1ea89e73-2931-46c2-898d-fdf5515cac04> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.celebritycruises.com/se/ports/alexandria | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.942913 | 1,280 | 1.546875 | 2 |
Accessibility is built into everything that Surrey Place does and offers, including our programs, services and initiatives. As a leading organization that serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, we ensure that all clients can access what they need to meet their needs. Our mission is to remove accessibility barriers and make equal access and opportunity the norm. Please read our Accessibility Plan for more detailed information.
The Surrey Place website was designed to be as accessible as possible for the many diverse groups who may use it. Surrey Place strives to achieve WCAG 2.0 double AA rating, and to use industry best practices, including the following features below. We also use an external AI-powered accessibility compliance plug-in to increase accessibility.
The Surrey Place website offers the ability to adjust text sizes according to your preference, making them larger or smaller. You can do this by clicking on the A-, A and A+ icons near the top right corner of any website page.
You can also change your text size preferences in your internet browser. For example, if you are using Internet Explorer 5, look under “View” on the menu bar and choose “Text Size.”
The Surrey Place website has been built using high contrast colours to aid visibility.
Images on the Surrey Place website have alternative text attributes, often known as “alt text”. This means when an image is used on a web page its content is also described in the alt text. Thus, the image can be understood by text browsers and assistive technologies such as screen readers. If an image is used for simply decorative purposes, the text attribute for the image is left empty in line with accepted best practice.
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The Surrey Place website was created with colour impaired visitors in mind and designed and tested to conform to minimum contrast requirements for colour-blindness or other ocular impairments that could prevent visitors from reading text.
The Surrey Place website sometimes uses images for communication. Where website visitors cannot view images, alternative and descriptive text is provided to ensure that the content of those images is communicated, where necessary.
The Surrey Place website aims to not rely exclusively on colour or image to convey information.
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Structural barriers present difficult for people who use wheelchairs to navigate buildings and elements such as hallways, doorways and rooms. Surrey Place has taken great strides to ensure that the 2 Surrey Place building is as accessible as possible from the moment you visit 2 Surrey Place. There is a wheelchair accessible main entrance at 2 Surrey Place and a wheelchair accessible washroom on the main floor Wheel Trans pick-up and drop-off. Please inform the receptionist or request in advance through your clinician.
A service animal is a dog that serves as a guide, hearing support or signal that is trained to assist a person with a disability. In accordance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Surrey Place welcomes all clients to bring service animals to accompany them on their appointments. For appropriate arrangements to be made, please inform your clinician in advance.
People with speech and hearing impairments are welcome to bring additional support to their appointments. If you require a sign language interpreter, please inform your clinicians in advance of your appointment so that the necessary arrangements can be made. If you wish to contact Surrey Place through our TTY line (teletypewriter line), the number is 416-925-0295.
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By: Sanaullah Kalwar
Islam is a religion not in the meaning of west which termed the religion is something between believer and God. Islam is a religion which organizes all aspects of life on both individual and collective levels. Islam established a clear system of worship, laws about living a life, civil rights, political rights, social issues, laws of marriage, divorce, inheritance and all others which we deal in our daily life. It is not only confined to worship but to a daily life, a complete guide in all aspects. A guide to social, economic, and political system. Islam being complete code of life has defined such ways of life as:
First is Moral life, Islam instructs the Muslims be honest, truthful, charity, modest, just, pure and abiding in promise on the other hand it prohibits each and every follower to be envy, hypocrite, ridiculous and evil speaking,
Second it talks about our intellectual life, Islam has required us to be of real knowledge which must be based on clear and indisputable evidence acquired through experience and testing. The Quran clearly indicates that the Man must acquire knowledge through immense universe. Knowledge in Islam is not monopolized by clerics or religious men. But every Muslim has to learn and apply them.
Third is Personal life. Islam emphasises on purity, cleaning, diet, dress, ornament and legal sexual relations through a valid marriage. It forbids everything that affects the body as alcohol, drugs, dead animals, meat of pork and animal sacrificed to the name of another that is not a Allah. Islam recommends to eat healthy foods, clean hands before and after eating.
Fourth is about Family life, Islam considers family as group of people whose members are united by blood ties or the conjugal relationship. Allah has given much respect to the parents, especially mother. Marriage is the religious duty of every Muslim man capable of fulfilling his responsibilities. It has given each member of the family his/her rights and duties. It has given right for polygamy if seems necessary for any means.
Fifth is Social Life, so Allah has ordered man to work closely with all the members of his family, with relatives, servants and neighbors. Islam avoids any superiority by the reason of color, class, caste, origin or finance, but goodness and good work of the individual.
Sixth is Economical life, Islam urges the Muslims to earn a living through honest work, this is not only a right, but a great virtue. Everything you earn through legal means under Islam is your private possession, no state can claim from your rights. But in return Islam puts some obligations being part of society which contain certain taxes to the state for your security et cetera. Islamic economic system has not only drawn up in light of Arithematic calculations, but also to moral principles, the key to this system is Zakat and Charity. The real owner to each property is Allah Almighty alone, man came in this world with empty hands, and will leave in the same way. Furthermore, Islam does not prevent the Muslims to acquire wealth and private projects, however, it prohibits any kind of selfishness and greed of capitalism. Islam adopts a moderate and positive method between the individual and society, between the citizen and the State. Between Socialism and capitalism, between Materialism and Spiritualism.
Seventh one is Political life, Islam says, Whatever the mode of government of an Islamic state is, sovereignty belongs to Allah Almighty alone, and the authority should be delegated to the state through its people under the rules set by Allah. The main purpose of the people is to build a Islamic society and convey the message of Islam in all the parts of earth. the ruler is an employee representative, elected by people, to serve them according to the law of Almighty. State in Islam is obliged to administer justice and provide security and protection to all the citizens. It imposes sanctions to all the crimes that affects the safety and integrity of society such as Killing, terrorism, theft, rape and defamation. Islam allows non-Muslims to live in Islamic state by paying a special tax called Jizyah.
Last one is about International life, Islam says All people are children of Adam, equal in their human status and purpose. Muslims respect the interests of others and their rights to life. Islam rejects any kind of transgression. Muslims only resort to war when their safety is imperiled. Islam does not justify, in the states of war, the destructions of crops, killing of child and elders, those who do not fight. It should respect international treaties provided the other parties remain faithful to their obligations.
These all aspects proves that Islam as the perfect religion for the whole mankind. Allah almighty has chosen Islam because the only religion acceptable to him. Islam is that the best way of life for all. It serves as the best solution to all sorts of problems no matter how perplexing they may be. Islam is that the absolute answer to those who seek an ideal religion and an entire way of life. It guides us to a well-balanced life, one that makes us happy in this world and in the life hereafter. It is the way to attain supreme success in the everlasting world to come. In, short Islam because the complete way for all, is Allah’s Mercy to the entire of mankind.
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Brighton & Hove residents have the least disposable income in the UK
Residents in Brighton & Hove have the lowest disposable income out of any city in the UK, according to personal finance comparison site finder.com.
Local residents are left with only £618 every month to spend on non-essentials, which is less than half the amount that those in Aberdeen have spare. Despite scoring a reasonable average income (£1,933) Brighton & Hove sees the second highest living costs (£1,315) causing it to rank the worst.
The UK’s average disposable income is £889 per month, which has dropped by 18% since 2018 when the average disposable income in the UK was £1,083 per month.
The analysis compared the average local salaries of each city against local rent and other standard monthly outgoings for 30 UK cities to find who has the most, and least, disposable income.
Aberdeen’s residents have the most disposable income in the UK, with locals enjoying an average of £1,275 to spend per month after tax, bills and general (essential) outings such as travel and food, this is 43% above the national average and more than double the disposable income of Brighton & Hove population.
Unsurprisingly, Londoners have the highest average wage in the country of £2,804 per month as well as the highest outgoings of £1,700, which is £386 more than any other city. Despite this, their disposable income per month is £1,103, which sits £214 above the UK average. This places the capital as the city with the 5th highest amount of disposable income, up from 14th place two years ago and highlighting how the cost of living and rent in other cities are catching up with the capital.
“Rent prices are on the rise across the UK and as you would expect,” says Matt Boyle, banking and mortgages expert at Finder. “This means that the overall amount of disposable income Brits have has decreased, with the city of Brighton also appearing to struggle compared to some other cities. It’s surprising to see that London has ranked in fifth position, however this is likely a result of falling rent prices in the capital, which is going against the overall trend in the UK. There is some disparity in salaries across the UK, so if you are looking to relocate it’s definitely worth considering how much it’s going to cost you to live there rather than just being attracted to a higher wage. The results show a high wage doesn’t always equate to a decent disposable income.
“If where you live is more on the expensive side it may be worth using budgeting apps or getting a digital bank account that helps you to budget and keep on top of your spending. This will allow you to allocate money for savings or just help you to avoid overstretching yourself financially.”
Methodology: The study looks at 30 cities in the UK that were selected due to their population. The rent for an individual in each city was calculated by dividing the rent by six, to get an approximate figure for the rent a single person could expect to pay. Disposable income was found by subtracting the calculated rent and an individual’s monthly costs away from the average monthly income after tax. Data sources used: Numbeo, Thinktank for centres and ONS.
finder.com is a personal finance website, which helps consumers compare products online so they can make better informed decisions. Consumers can visit the website to compare utilities, mortgages, credit cards, insurance products, shopping voucher codes, and so much more before choosing the option that best suits their needs.
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If merely considering going to the dentist makes you feel anxious, you’re not alone. Maybe you’re dreading that there might be some pain or maybe you haven’t been in a while and you’re unsure what the dentist will find.
However, putting off seeing your dentist will only allow whatever dental problems you already have to worsen. In the end you will probably need more procedures and more complex procedures which means spending even more time and money at the dentist’s office and ultimately experiencing more discomfort. Having routine dental examinations at least every 6 months can make going to the dentist’s office much easier for you on many levels.
Dr. Albert Caves and his team at Caves Family & Cosmetic Dentistry in Columbus, GA want to give you some tips to help you triumph over your fear of the dentist’s chair. Breaking out these helpful hints at your next dental appointment can help you alleviate your anxiety, so your smile can stay healthy and strong.
1. Speak up
Fears can become more manageable when you speak them aloud and are sure that others are aware of your feelings and understand. This can be very comforting so if you are feeling anxious at your dental appointment, do yourself a favor and let you dental team know your concerns. Your dentist and their team will be better address your concerns and effectively treat you if they know your needs.
- Talk to your dentist and their team about your fears. When you schedule your exam, inform the receptionist that dental care makes you nervous and remind the staff again when you arrive. It may be helpful to share negative experiences you may have had at a prior dental appointment, and ask for their suggestions on how to cope.
- Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Knowing what is going on in your treatment can help reduce the fear of the unknown that often causes dental anxiety.
- Agree on a signal — such as raising your hand — that will tell your dentist you need to take a break during an exam or procedure.
- If you feel any pain even with a local anesthetic, inform your dentist immediately. Some patients may feel embarrassed about their tolerance to pain or may hesitate to interrupt a dentist during a procedure but your dentist never wants you to be uncomfortable.
2. Distract yourself
Keeping your mind off the exam might seem like a tall order when you’re anxious, but there are some techniques you can use that can help you distract yourself.
- Wear headphones. If the sound of the drill bothers you, bring headphones to listen to your favorite music or audiobook to distract yourself.
- Keep your hands occupied by squeezing a stress ball or playing with a small handheld object, such as a fidget spinner.
- Use your imagination and picture yourself relaxing at the beach or another “happy place” of your choosing.
3. Use mindfulness techniques
Relaxation is a state of mind that you can reach even in stressful times with some help. Try deep breathing exercises to relax tension in your muscles and relieve anxiety.
- Count your breaths. Inhale slowly and then exhale for the same count at least five times while you’re waiting for your appointment, or during breaks from treatment while you’re still in the dentist’s chair.
- Do a body scan. Focus on relaxing your muscles, one body part at a time, beginning with your head and work your way down to your toes. For example, concentrate on releasing tension starting in your forehead, then your cheeks, your neck and down the rest of your body.
Remember: Your dental team are there to help you keep your smile healthy and strong; not hurt you or scare you. Try sharing your anxieties with your dental team so they can help you overcome them and start having positive experiences at the dentist’s office instead.
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Different oxygen treatment methods, including O2 and N2 annealing, were conducted on Ca0.6Sr0.4TiO3 (CST) ceramics with varying Mn content (0 mol%, 0.5 mol% and 2.0 mol%). Structure characterization, including XRD and SEM, indicated the minimal effect of annealing on the microstructure. Grain boundaries were found to be sensitive to oxygen treatments, and annealing in O2 resulted in increased grain boundary resistance, while in N2 led to the opposite result. The insulating properties of bulk ceramics were found to be dominated by grain boundaries. Both the concentration and mobility of oxygen vacancies were confirmed to affect the energy storage properties to some extent in this work.
|Original language||English (US)|
|Number of pages||7|
|Journal||Journal of the European Ceramic Society|
|State||Published - Jun 2018|
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Ceramics and Composites
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The transition from Reception to Year 1 means that the children work in a more formal setting although
a practical approach is still applied in many areas of the curriculum.
To ensure an effective transition, we use the principles of linked provision which covers the national curriculum objectives and includes the use of practical resources to both engage and consolidate children’s learning. Using linked provision in this way enables the children to have access to interesting and real-life contexts. This supports and facilitates their transition into Year 1 and supports their progression across the whole curriculum.
Our curriculum has been organised around a topic-based approach which incorporates the key skills set out in the National Curriculum. We find this approach to teaching engages the children and gives meaning to their learning. It also emphasises the importance of developing the depth of children’s learning. Each term starts with a new topic based around a big question. We plan exciting contexts for learning that ‘hook’ and engage learners so that they want to learn more. We aim to make learning real and relevant to the lives of our children and will always include a trip linked to the topic or arrange for visitors to come into school. Where possible, all areas of the curriculum including maths and English are linked to the topic theme.
Although the learning in Year 1 is more formal, we endeavour to keep lessons exciting. Lessons challenge all pupils through a variety of activities, providing opportunities for feedback from adults and peers.
Year 1 Phonics Screening test
Children in Year 1 sit the phonics screening test in June. It is a short assessment which is administered to all Year 1 pupils to ensure that they have learned phonic decoding to an appropriate level and to ensure that that they can comfortably access the year two curriculum. They are tested on their pronunciation of forty words: twenty of these words are nonsense words. Whilst we ensure that our children are fully prepared for this screening, we also make sure that it is not something for children to become anxious about.
Year 1 Routines
- Children have an indoor and outdoor PE session each week and should have their PE kit in school every day in case the days are changed.
- Children are expected to read at least 4 times a week and record these reads in their reading diary.
- Homework menus will be sent out each half term and children will be able to choose which pieces they complete. Full instructions will be printed in the front of children’s homework books.
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I received an email from talented photographer Peter Bryenton, and asked if I could post it here because it gave me insight in a major problem that a deaf photographer has to deal with. They came up with a clever solution… but it isn’t perfect. He kindly agreed and provided an expanded note.
There’s a serendipitous feel about the way I sometimes stumble across links between blogs long after I’ve forgotten how I arrived at them.
Meryl is an experienced blogger, worth reading, with whom I have exchanged a few brief words about teaching special needs children. There is often an immediate assumption among many people that a hearing impairment, or an unusual speech pattern, signifies stupidity. More often than not, nothing could be further from the truth. Is Stephen Hawkins any more daft than the rest of us, just because his body does not obey his mind?
I remembered how, when I was at Art College in the early seventies, I befriended a fellow photographer who was profoundly deaf. Andrew was exasperated by other students, who repeatedly burst into his darkroom, ruining his work. They had dutifully followed the unwritten professional code of conduct and knocked on the sliding door first. On hearing no reply, because, of course, their knocking had not been heard, they went in. Surprise was usually the least of the ensuing states.
There was a clever system of red and green lamps above the doors. Put our trust in technology, OK? Well, frail humans leave red warning lamps switched on, even after they have left a space, forgetting to switch them back to green. Oh, and let’s not forget about those who lived with red-green colour blindness?
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The Complete Teacher
SEL - Social awareness
Social awareness can be described as the ability of a person to consider the perspectives of others, communities, or groups in a social setting and apply that understanding to their interaction with them.
This skill area can be associated with social-emotional learning. An excellent way to think of this is by contrasting it with self-awareness. While self-awareness refers to students’ ability to understand themselves and their actions, social awareness is more about becoming more aware of other people and feeling compassion for them.
Social awareness for students
Effectively describes social awareness for all phases.
Social awareness for teachers and parents
Clearly describes social awareness for both teachers and parents in relative contexts.
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A nice looking house is the dream of every couple. But keeping it clean, requires time that sometimes we don't have. Being busy with work and kids, we often have little to no time at all for doing chores around the house.
Keeping a clean house is tough, one little thing left where it should not be has a domino effect and before you know it, your house is a mess.
According to Cleaning Rank, the most important thing to keep a clean house is to do the chores when it is the right time. If there are dishes in the sink, wash them immediately, or put them in the dishwasher. Don't let them stagger and make a mountain of dirty dishes. Letting dishes pilling up, you invite ants and other insects. If the dishes are not washed immediately, they will smell.
Another thing that keeps pilling in the house is dirty clothes. All people have the habit of letting a piece of clothing on a chair. Suppress the habit by packing the clothes or push them in the clothes hanger or washing machine.
These two habits are the worst because by doing them, bad habits extend to other cleaning chores. By postponing these chores, you develop a habit of doing chores later. Some chores like cutting the grass need to be done at the right time and can not be delayed or else the lawn has to suffer. | <urn:uuid:31af65cf-1e1d-45d1-b300-414112beda84> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jcandtim.com/habits-to-keep-a-clean-house/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.954903 | 280 | 1.6875 | 2 |
The City of Springfield Had Standing to Challenge Papillion’s Annexation
City of Springfield v. City of Papillion, 294 Neb. 604 (2016).
In 1995, Sarpy County identified certain land as an area of future growth and development for Springfield. Sarpy County took this action under the County Industrial Sewer Construction Act (the “Act”). In July, 2015, however, Papillion annexed some of the area Sarpy County had previously identified.
Springfield sued Papillion and Sarpy County to enjoin the annexation. The District Court of Sarpy County held Springfield lacked standing. Springfield appealed.
The sole issue on appeal was whether Springfield had standing to challenge the annexation, even though the land was outside of Springfield’s boundaries and its extraterritorial jurisdiction for zoning and platting. Springfield alleged the annexation interfered with its governmental functions. In County of Sarpy v. City of Gretna, 267 Neb. 943, 949–50 (2004), the Nebraska Supreme Court held when a city annexed land within a county’s borders, the city infringed on a county’s governmental function, and the county had a legally protectable interest. Whether a city may challenge an annexation that infringes on the city’s powers over areas of future growth and development, however, was an issue of first impression.
The Nebraska Supreme Court held Springfield has standing under the Act to challenge the annexation. First, if Papillion requested to revise the map of Springfield’s future growth, the Act entitled Springfield to notice and a public hearing. Second, if Sarpy County proposed any development of the property, the Act required Sarpy County to give Springfield notice of any plans for sewage systems. Third, Springfield was able to appoint half of the members on the urbanizing planning commission with veto power over residential connections to sewage systems in the area. Papillion’s annexation deprived Springfield of these rights, and thus the Court held that Springfield has standing to challenge the annexation. The Court therefore remanded the case to the District Court of Sarpy County for further proceedings on the merits. | <urn:uuid:5ac02e73-30df-4394-ad54-66ec3b92b987> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bairdholm.com/blog/the-city-of-springfield-had-standing-to-challenge-papillions-annexation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.934566 | 442 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Mulligans Meaning in Urdu
Mulligans meaning in Urdu is Gosht aur sabzion ka shorba (گوشت اور سبزیوں کا شوربہ). Pronunciation of Mulligans in roman Urdu is "Gosht aur sabzion ka shorba" and Translation of Mulligans in Urdu writing script is گوشت اور سبزیوں کا شوربہ.
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In his 1597 text Meditationes Sacrae and Human Philosophy, Sir Francis Bacon noted that knowledge is power. And despite all that has changed in the four subsequent centuries, his statement rings as true today as ever.
But there is one rather major difference between knowledge in Bacon’s world and knowledge in ours – thanks to the internet, almost everyone has access to the same information. The playing field has been levelled.
We find ourselves at the beginning of the big data age. In today’s business world, all the answers are hidden somewhere within the zeroes and ones… it’s just a matter of finding them. But how does an organisation go about obtaining the seemingly limitless knowledge locked away big data, and the power that comes with it?
To find out, we spoke to four leaders in the big data field: Denham Pinder, VP and Head of Markets atCognizant, Kevin Kong, Data Analyst at OpenAgent, Yi Fang Chua, Senior Cyber Security Manager atEY and Simone Roberts, Director of Data Science & Analytics at Optus. So, what do these professionals see as the current keys to big data success, and how do they view big data playing out into the future?
How does big data impact business transformation?
With almost all businesses having transferred from analogue to digital systems in recent decades, everything is now measured and recorded. This effectively makes every business data-driven, whether they like it or not. So how will this change how a business runs?
“Currently most businesses are loaded with customer data, but only a small proportion is being used well” notes Kong from OpenAgent. “With the wider availability of AI tools and increased capabilities for computers to deal with large complex data sets, businesses can begin to learn a lot more about how customers behave, and really start to target individual customers.”
“At its simplest, data analysis tells you what is working in your business and what is not, allowing you to focus on areas that drive value. It can uncover opportunities for growth hidden in the complexity of everyday business” explains Roberts of Optus. She also expands on the use of artificial intelligence in big data. “AI will help businesses by finding the fastest way to meet customer needs, but businesses will still need to know their customers and what makes them loyal advocates.”
In essence, the future role of humans in big data is to focus on the big picture while AI and automation take care of the legwork.
According to Roberts, this shift will eventually bring about some fundamental changes to the shape of businesses and their relationships with customers. “The uptake of AI and big data will mean that, over time, businesses need to change the roles they need to serve their customers, and take into account new considerations such as ethical use of data.”
Building a framework for data-driven decision-making
Big data can be confusing – we humans simply aren’t designed to deal with huge amounts of information. But as it becomes ever more important to the future success of all organisations, even the most tech-phobic of C-suites and stakeholders will need to take it seriously. And when it comes to replacing hesitation with effectiveness, a solid framework is key.
Understand the business and decision-making processes: How can data help your organisation become more efficient, better manage costs and grow? What are your big data goals?
Establish performance metrics: What are you measuring, how are your measuring it, and what is considered success? “Have a very clearly defined business outcome, and ensure the value you will add with big data analytics is measurable,” instructs Roberts.
Architect the end-to-end solution: How will the use of big data be implemented throughout the business? How will data be stored, accessed and manipulated? How will the data’s integrity be ensured?
Build your toolbox of data science tricks: Starting with a small subset of data, learn the most efficient and productive ways to work with the data and the system.
Keep humans in the loop: Between smart tools, automation and artificial intelligence it’s possible to hand almost all data responsibility over to machines. But the human element of any data push is the most important, and must be a feature of all processes.
Big data = big risk?
While big data is the future, it’s important not to run headlong into it. By making endless data accessible to those within your own organisation, you may inadvertently make it accessible to outsiders too. Big data can therefore represent a big security risk for any organisation that doesn’t take security seriously.
EY’s Yi Fang Chua offers the following tips to ensure that you enjoy all the perks of big data, without the drawbacks:
Understand the threats: “Key questions that organisation leaders should ask and have answers to include: What and where are your critical assets (e.g. infrastructure, data)? What is your ecosystem? Are they vulnerable to attacks? How are you securing?”
Utilise proven security measures: “Many incidents and breaches can be prevented with practices which many may call ‘outdated’ in light of shiny new tech: application whitelisting, role based access control, two factor authentication, etc.”
Create a culture of curiosity: “Cybersecurity and risk metrics have traditionally been focused on fast resolution and compliance. This can be misleading, as people may be overly focused on closing a ticket by adopting checklist approach, as opposed to seeking a holistic understanding of threats. Organisation leaders should encourage a risk aware, innovative and pre-emptive defence mentality to enable agile response (vs. reaction) to new and evolving tactics from the adversaries.”
How leading companies utilise big data
But how does all this theory translate into reality? We asked our experts how their own organisations, Australian leaders in the field, were currently utilising big data.
As an Australia-wide company that allows people to search for and compare real estate agents, OpenAgent is the perfect case study for big data done right, and their data strategy has played out in a myriad of ways. Kong cites an example: “One of the ways we harness big data is to better understand how customer interaction with our site indicates their likelihood to sell their property. We explore how different actions become early indicators. This is incredibly important to us as we are trying to create the most frictionless way to sell a property.”
Working in an industry whose mistakes are so often amplified and good work ignored, it’s perhaps unsurprising how Roberts and her team are utilising the ready access to information. “At Optus, we are using big data to listen to what our customers are telling us, and using this to address pain points.” It’s more beneficial to keep loyal customers than it is to find new ones, after all.
As a business that provides help to others who seek to effectively utilise big data, Cognizant has a slightly different perspective. “We help clients create integrated, personalised experiences that engage and influence customers,” explains Pinder. “Whether a business is working on long-term growth ambitions or is facing seasonal, temporary challenges, Cognizant can assist with predictive, scalable, platform-driven AI and analytics which allows businesses to respond quickly and smoothly to market opportunities and changes.” And by equipping other companies with the big data tools to succeed, they constantly improve their own.
If you showed 100 terabytes of business data to Sir Francis Bacon, he’d probably be a little confused. But if you told him (perhaps in Olde English) that this was the sum of your organisational knowledge, he’d recognise it for what it was – the power to grow into the best in your field.
Big data is no longer an extra-curricular subject in today’s marketplace. It’s a must for every business, from the independent retailer to the multinational conglomerate – and learning from those who lead the charge puts you in a good position to succeed in the information age.
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Fear of the uncertainty of Covid-19 is affecting all of us. Not knowing or understanding why some people seem so sickened by the infection while others have few if, any symptoms is frightening. Many of us wonder how we would be impacted if unfortunate enough to be exposed to it.
Obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease are the risk factors for people having worse symptoms from the Coronavirus. Patients suffering from any one of these diagnoses are at increase risk for being admitted to a hospital, requiring I.C.U. care or dying from their infection, regardless of age.
I’m sure you are doing everything possible like washing your hands, wearing masks, social distancing, and avoiding unnecessary contact. These are great preventative strategies which have been explained to us at great length in the news, but way too little has been discussed about an obvious change that needs to occur for most: the diet.
While you cannot become cured overnight of hypertension or diabetes, there is great evidence showing that metabolic markers that impact the risk of infection outcome can be changed in 24 hours with dietary changes!!
Poorly controlled blood pressure, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, waist circumference, and blood glucose are all parameters used to define metabolic health. These markers are directly related to your immune system’s function and optimizing these values are accomplished through diet and lifestyle.
Insulin resistance or high levels of insulin are related to these values. Many clinicians and researchers (myself included) believe insulin resistance is one of the most common root causes for people to have a worse outcome from a Coronavirus infection.
Your diet is directly related to these risk factors. Choosing to change your diet can actually start to improve your risk factors overnight. There is a lot more you can be doing than eating oranges for vitamin C.
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There’s a project that I’d been meaning to try with Rust, and that’s write a basic web server. I kept putting it off, and when I saw the 0.6 rc land recently, I said I’d give it a try to play with 0.6. But schaars has beaten me to it, and released simple-web-server today.
simple-web-server was written with Rust 0.5 in mind. It’s pretty easy to build, just use
$ cd rust $ make
Trying it out is easy, too:
$ ./ws -p port -s pool_size -d web_dir
Right now, the server is simple, very simple. It only supports GET requests as HTTP/1.0. That said, that’s enough to qualify, and it’s certainly enough to toy around with Rust. As schaars says,
The goal is not performance, but rather discovering the language and building a simple distributed system.
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Analysis: Donald Trump’s crowd size obsession explains his entire presidency
1) Donald Trump’s presidency began on January 20, 2017, with a contentious debate between his press operation and the reporters who cover the White House over how large a crowd had attended his inauguration. Trump forced then-White House press secretary Sean Spicer to go in front of reporters and assert it had been “the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe.”
Those two episodes function as symbolic bookends of the Trump presidency. In a White House in which almost nothing was stable or predictable, the then-President’s utter obsession with not just drawing large crowds but also with ensuring that everyone knew he drew large crowds is a rare through line connecting the early days of the Trump White House to his final ones.
The examples are legion of Trump’s maniacal focus on proving to everyone just how many people had come to see him speak.
Recently, in a speech to a social conservative group, Trump compared the crowd he had drawn for a July Fourth speech to the one who came to see Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” address.
“And Dr. King gave a speech and it was great. … They showed the picture and it was massive. … They said it was a million people. … Then I gave my speech and they showed the same thing. … Everything was identical. … I gave my speech. So his, they said 1 million people. My pictures were exactly the same, but the people were slightly closer together. They were more compact. … There were more people, they were tighter together if you look at it. … Dr. Martin Luther King had a million, and that’s fine. Donald Trump with more people, had 25,000.”
In the wake of a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, in 2019, Trump traveled to the region to console the victims’ families. In a speech he gave from El Paso, he reminisced about another address he had given in the city a few months before.
“I was here three months ago,” Trump is seen telling a group of what appear to be first responders and other officials at University Medical Center in the video.
“That place was packed. … That was some crowd. And we had twice the number outside. And then you had this crazy Beto. Beto had like 400 people in a parking lot, they said his crowd was wonderful.”
There are more examples — so, so many more — but you get the idea: Trump has been fixated on his crowd sizes at every moment of his presidential campaign, his presidency and, now, his post-presidency.
Which raises a simple question: Why? As in, why does Trump care so much about crowds?
I’m no psychology major — I am, in fact, an English major — but the cause seems relatively straightforward.
Trump has spent a lifetime telling himself a story. And that story has a hero. And that hero is him. In Trump’s version of his life, he is the smartest, funniest, best-looking, most popular person on the planet.
Anything that threatens that delicately built self-image is, therefore, a major threat. Empty seats in an arena represent visual evidence that Trump may not, ultimately, be as great as he thinks he is. So he reacts viscerally to them.
The Point: If you need a single lens through which to look to understand why Trump is how he is — and does what he does — his obsession with crowd size is a pretty good one to choose.
Quoted from Various Sources
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It was a cold December day in Washington D.C. and Neal Katyal, Obama’s
Solicitor General, was arguing with Justice Clarence Thomas, the
great-grandson of a freed slave, about slavery.
Katyal was representing Nestle, the American subsidiary of a Swiss multinational, being sued by freed African child slaves for profiting from slavery, and Justice Thomas wasn’t having it. The two men, the consummate Democrat legal operative, who had been there for Bush v. Gore and defended ObamaCare before the Supreme Court, and the court’s only black justice descended from slaves, debated corporate liability for child slavery for a social justice company.
The leadership of Nestle's UK branch had urged, "I want people talking about race, about inequality and about why it should ever be called into question that black lives matter."
Nestle’s version of black lives mattering allegedly meant African child slaves working fourteen hours a day on cocoa plantations, given "scraps of food to eat", "beaten with whips and tree branches", "forced to sleep on the floor", and to "drink urine" if they tried to run away.
Coca Cola, which met the BLM riots by pouring money into black nationalist groups and rolling out a, “Together We Must” slogan, joined in the defense of Nestle by filing its own brief. Coke was also recently caught lobbying against a bill that would crack down on slave labor in China.
Black Lives Matter means Obama’s former lawyer lecturing a descendant of freed slaves about immunity for African child slavery and a corporation forcing its employees into humiliating critical race theory struggle sessions while benefiting from slavery, not in 1619, but now.
Katyal’s defense of Nestle depended, among other things, on Nazi gas chambers.
Nestle’s Supreme Court brief argues that, “even the firm that supplied Zyklon B gas, which the Nazis used to kill millions, was not indicted.” That's fortunate for Nestle which didn't make Zyklon B, but did pay out $14.6 million over the use of Jewish slave labor during the Holocaust.
"As the legal successor of such corporations, Nestle nevertheless accepts its moral responsibility to help alleviate human suffering," Nestle declared in a statement.
That’s big of Nestle, which had helped finance the Swiss Nazi Party and became an exclusive supplier of chocolate to the Wermacht. Helmut Maucher, Nestle's longtime CEO and honorary chairman, had served in the Wehrmacht. But that’s all water under the national socialist bridge.
Nestle went from profiting from Jewish slave labor it claimed it couldn’t do anything about to profiting from African slave labor it claims it can’t stop.
But Obama’s lawyer, who’s being touted for a position with Biden, is an even better story.
The Supreme Court brief on behalf of the former slaves notes that a study “conducted by Tulane University and funded by the U.S. Department of Labor found that the total number of children engaging in cocoa production, child labor, and hazardous work in cocoa growing areas in West Africa increased more than thirty-eight percent from 2008–2009 to 2013–2014.”
Those dates overlap with the glory days of Katyal’s former boss: Barack Hussein Obama.
Why would child slavery have dramatically increased under Obama? The slaves in the Nestle case were trafficked from Mali to Côte d’Ivoire, the country at the center of the cocoa business and child slavery, which underwent a Muslim-Christian civil war in Obama’s first years in office.
When Muslim rebels, many of them illegal migrants, rigged the 2010 election, Obama backed the Muslim north over the Christian south. The French and the UN intervened militarily to subjugate the indigenous Christians to Muslim rule. Since then, Alassane Ouattara, a descendant of Muslim rulers, dubiously won the latest presidential election by 83%.
And Côte d’Ivoire is slowly being Islamized and is turning into a slave nation.
Côte d’Ivoire’s indigenous population was concentrated in the richer forests of the south, allowing the migration of Islamic tribes to occupy the drier north. Cocoa is the black gold of the Ivory Coast with most of the economy being geared around exporting the lucrative crop.
Allowing the Muslim forces to take over Côte d’Ivoire was just a brief interlude for Obama before launching the Arab Spring, and invading and removing Libya’s ruler. The resulting war allowed the Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda and later ISIS to gain a foothold in Libya. Tuareg Islamists, who still held a grudge over losing their slaves, invaded Mali and brutally imposed Islamic law.
The Tuaregs were among the few to still maintain a very public trade in slaves. A State Department report from last year found that black slavery was still rife among the Tuaregs and that, “Malian children endure forced labor on cotton and cocoa farms in Cote d’Ivoire”. The freed slaves at the center of the Supreme Court lawsuit had originally been trafficked from Mali.
Cote d’Ivoire’s boom in cocoa production was built around slave labor under brutal conditions. The beneficiaries of that slave labor are the multinationals who preach social justice, as long as it doesn’t raise the price of cocoa. It’s one thing to chant Black Lives Matter and support the racist hate group burning and looting stores, and another to actually stop profiting from black children being sold into slavery for $60 and then watching them being tortured and beaten.
According to the allegations in the lawsuit, Nestle dispensed “personal spending money to maintain farmers’ loyalty as exclusive suppliers” to the men running the slave plantations.
But this nightmare was put into place by the former boss of the lawyer shilling for Nestle.
The fallout from the Arab Spring had devastated Africa. The Middle East was better able to correct some of the damage from Obama’s empowerment of Islamists. Africa, poorer and more wounded, suffered far more. Obama’s backing for Islamist takeovers in Cote d’Ivoire, Libya, and Nigeria was little short of genocide, and, among its other effects, led to a boom in slavery.
Obama had done more than any other politicians to mainstream both black nationalism and black slavery. That’s only a paradox for those who don't remember Malcolm X admiring Muhammad Ahmad, the Mahdi who brought back slavery, before heading to Sudan to embrace its Islamists, or Stokely Carmichael shilling for brutal Muslim dictator Ahmed Toure.
America’s black nationalists don’t admire democracy or freedom. They reserve their veneration for strongmen and thugs. And the regimes they admire oppress and kill other black people.
Black nationalism has a way of ending in Islamist rule and the enslavement of black people.
While Black Lives Matter leaders get cash from woke corporations, those same corporations profit from slavery in Asia, where lives don’t matter, but also in Africa, where they supposedly do. While the Times serve up the 1619 Project, and the statues of anyone who ever had anything to do with a slave centuries ago are toppled, real African slavery continues today.
And it goes on much the same way it always had. It just no longer takes place in America.
America was never built on slavery, but woke corporations, from Nike to Apple, from Coca Cola to Nestle, who force their employees to chant, “Black Lives Matter”, are built on slavery.
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Mutual aid is a reciprocal exchange of resources within a community, a form of community empowerment, and a radical expression of love. As author Dean Spade so succinctly wrote, “Mutual aid is a form of political participation in which people take responsibility for caring for one another and changing political conditions, not just through symbolic acts or putting pressure on their representatives in government but by actually building new social relations that are more survivable” (2020).
Mutual aid recognizes the humanity in each person seeking aid and assumes their own expertise; you know your situation better than a charity or company ever can and you know exactly what you need in order to survive and thrive.
At the heart of mutual aid is the community. Communities identify a need and seek to fill it from within, understanding that the community will know itself better than the systems that have failed us. The community comes together to find solutions to the problems those systems have created.
Mutual aid is based in solidarity between community members, ensuring that those most vulnerable in a community are held and supported without question and without the humiliation of needing to appeal to systems that have already caused irreparable harm.
What isn’t Mutual Aid?
Mutual aid is not charity: Charities often assume that those who need help do not know how best to support themselves, otherwise, they wouldn’t be in this situation. Charities often require recipients of aid to prove that they are using the charity in the ways intended. Charity is often just as quick to rescind the aid if certain stipulations of charity are not met. Mutual aid recognizes the agency and expertise in each person or family requesting aid. Mutual aid trusts that person to do what is best for their situation.
Mutual aid is not gatekeeping: Those served by charities or non-profits often find themselves excluded from aid based on various restrictions based on geography, income level, age, race, gender, insurance status, immigration status, etc. Many recipients of charity or non-profit aid often must bare their souls or be the “perfect victim” in order to receive the aid they require, only to be excluded due to a superficial reason like a surprise drug test, reunification with an abuser, or making over a certain amount of money from a new job. Mutual aid does not restrict resources or create artificial scarcity. Mutual aid does not police those who request our aid, does not force folks to provide receipts or limit how much someone may request aid.
Financial solidarity is direct financial giving to those in need within our community. This giving is not contingent because community members know what they need best.
This concept may sound new, especially within the diabetes community. But, we’ve all done this before! Financial solidarity is when you give money to a friend or family member in need, donate to a GoFundMe or help crowdsource funds on social media. Collectively, our community has the means to support one another and should.
Financial solidarity recognizes that, in and outside of the diabetes community, we don’t all have access to the same amount of wealth. Practicing financial solidarity is a way to transfer money and power and lessen the impacts of systemic racism, heteropatriarchy, xenophobia, transphobia, ableism and classism by transferring money and power. Financial solidarity shifts the power dynamic from a patient advocacy organization or donor deciding who is ‘worthy’ to support back into the community.
Peer support can look like a number of different things but mainly manifests as supply sharing, knowledge, and medication support. Within the diabetes community, we have a wealth of resources an individual might not need anymore, but someone could desperately use to live another day. We also have vast knowledge of each person, such as an understanding of how to navigate applying for medical assistance, help with a PAP, or even where to get an insulin prescription without an in-person doctor’s appointment.
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NEW STUDY & FINDINGS: There has been an ongoing argument on whether eating organic foods is healthier than eating conventionally grown foods, but now it looks as though a major study has given us some ‘proof in the puddin’ that eating organic is overall a better choice for us and the environment. But wait, hold on, don’t drink the Kool-Aid just yet! See the recent NYT article below for more details on the study. Discover how the experts weigh in and then be your own wise guru when it comes to your food purchases. I especially appreciate the quotes from Dr. Marion Nestle. Her degrees include a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition, both from the University of California, Berkeley. For a quick takeaway, see her comments and conclusions about this major study at the end of the NYT article below. I find myself agreeing with her assessments and this is why…
Dr. Nestle has been featured here at WWB in our Healthy Epicurean department and is the author of Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (2002, paperback 2003) and Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety(2003, paperback 2004), both from University of California Press. In 2003, Food Politics won awards from the Association for American Publishers (outstanding title in allied health), James Beard Foundation (literary), and World Hunger Year (Harry Chapin media). Safe Food won the Steinhardt School of Education’s Griffiths Research Award in 2004.
I highly recommend following her digital blog FOOD POLITICS if you seek wise, grounded, and penetrating coverage of the food industry and want to learn more on how both industry and politics have a huge impact on your food and diet. See my WWB Q&A with her here to learn more about her latest bestseller ‘Why Calories Count’ from Science to Politics’. Dr. Nestle is dedicated to education and her overall body of work will help you decode the findings of studies before you implement any change in your health regimen.
Hope you appreciate the new WWB department! As I always say, be wise and do what’s best for your own bio-individuality and lifestyle. But keep in mind that ‘we’ as a collective society and culture can agree on important things-and clean food free of pesticides might be something we can all get on board with! 😉
Study of Organic Crops Finds Fewer Pesticides
and More Antioxidants
“It shows very clearly how you grow your food has an impact,” said Carlo Leifert, a professor of ecological agriculture at Newcastle University in England, who led the research. “If you buy organic fruits and vegetables, you can be sure you have, on average, a higher amount of antioxidants at the same calorie level.”
However, the full findings, to be published next week in the British Journal of Nutrition, stop short of claiming that eating organic produce will lead to better health.
“We are not making health claims based on this study, because we can’t,” Dr. Leifert said. The study, he said, is insufficient “to say organic food is definitely healthier for you, and it doesn’t tell you anything about how much of a health impact switching to organic food could have.”
CreditPaul O. Boisvert for The New York Times
A review of earlier studies found significant differences between organic and conventionally grown produce.
Still, the authors note that other studies have suggested some of the antioxidants have been linked to a lower risk of cancer and other diseases.
The conclusions in the new report run counter to those of a similar analysis published two years ago by Stanford scientists, who found few differences in the nutritional content of organic and conventionally grown foods. Those scientists said the small differences that did exist were unlikely to influence the health of the people who chose to buy organic foods, which are usually more expensive.
The Stanford study, like the new study, did find pesticide residues were several times higher on conventionally grown fruits and vegetables, but played down the significance, because even the higher levels were largely below safety limits.
Organic farming, by and large, eliminates the use of conventional chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Those practices offer ecological benefits like healthier soils but produce less bountiful harvests. The Organic Trade Association, an industry organization, estimated organic food sales last year in the United States at $32.3 billion, or just over 4 percent of the total market.
What is disputed, vociferously, is whether organic fruits and vegetables provide a nutritional lift. Many naysayers regard organic as a marketing ploy to charge higher prices.
“The other argument would be, if you just eat a little bit more fruits and vegetables, you’re going to get more nutrients,” said Alan D. Dangour, a researcher at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Dangour led a review published in 2009 that found no significant nutritional differences between conventional and organic foods.
Such differences are difficult to discern, because other factors that can vary widely from place to place and year to year, like the weather, also influence the nutrients. Even if differences exist, it is unclear whether they would affect consumer health.
Some of the studies reported many measurements, some only a few. Some included several crops grown over multiple years, while others looked at only a few samples. But if done properly, the results of a meta-analysis can be greater than the average of its parts.
Over all, organic crops contained 17 percent more antioxidants than conventionally grown crops, the new study found. For some classes of antioxidants, the difference was larger. A group of compounds known as flavanones, for example, were 69 percent higher in the organic produce. (At very high quantities, as in some supplements, some antioxidants have been shown to be harmful, but the levels in organic produce were not nearly that high.)
The researchers said they analyzed the data in several different ways, and each time the general results remained robust.
The study cost $429,000, which came from the European Union and the Sheepdrove Trust, a British charity that supports organic farming research. The scientists said the money came with no strings, and their research passed the rigor of scientific peer review for publication.
Charles M. Benbrook, a professor at Washington State University and another author of the paper, said this analysis improved on earlier reviews, in part because it incorporated recent new studies.
The findings fit with the expectation that without pesticides, plants would produce more antioxidants, many of which serve as defenses against pests and disease.
The study also found that organically produced foods, particularly grains, contain lower levels of cadmium, a toxic metal that sometimes contaminates conventional fertilizers. Dr. Benbrook said the researchers were surprised by that finding; there was no difference in other toxic metals like mercury and lead.
Even with the differences and the indications that some antioxidants are beneficial, nutrition experts said the “So what?” question had yet to be answered.
“After that, everything is speculative,” said Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University. “It’s a really hard question to answer.”
Dr. Nestle said she buys organic foods, because she believes they are better for the environment and wants to avoid pesticides. “If they are also more nutritious, that’s a bonus,” she said. “How significant a bonus? Hard to say.”
She continued: “There is no reason to think that organic foods would be less nutritious than conventional industrial crops. Some studies in the past have found them to have more of some nutrients. Other studies have not. This one looked at more studies and has better statistics.”
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Chiropractic care is a safe, non-invasive form of healthcare that can be used to treat a wide variety of ailments. Most chiropractors not only perform adjustments to the spinal column, but treat the extremities as well, adjusting misaligned joints and vertebrae so as to reduce pain and speed healing.
Following are seven conditions that respond well to chiropractic care:
Headaches: Those who suffer from frequent headaches may be overlooking one of the more common causes of the ailment, which is a misalignment of the vertebrae in the neck and upper spine. This misalignment can irritate spinal nerves and affect the blood vessels leading to the head. Though pain relievers may temporarily bring some relief, they do not address the underlying problem. A chiropractic adjustment can realign the vertebrae, bringing more long-term relief.
Arthritis: A study in published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that 73% of those seeking chiropractic care for treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia reported finding relief from their chronic pain with chiropractic treatment, and chiropractic care and light exercise were found to be more effective than anti-inflammatory drugs. Chiropractors can correct subluxations that have resulted from the breakdown of joint cartilage and which irritate the nerves.
Low back pain: Because the lower back is under a great deal of strain and pressure from supporting the entire upper body and must flex in many different directions, it is the area of the spine most prone to injury and pain. It is common for this part of the vertebral column to suffer from subluxations and slipped discs. A chiropractor can adjust the vertebrae in the lower back so as to take the pressure off the spinal nerves, without having to resort to surgery.
Sciatica: When the sciatic nerve that leaves the spine at the lower back and travels down the back of the leg becomes pinched, it can cause serious shooting pain. The most likely cause of sciatica is a herniated vertebral disc or a subluxation that is compressing the sciatic nerve. A gentle adjustment from a chiropractor can help to free the compressed nerve, bringing relief.
Carpal tunnel syndrome: The pain, tingling and numbness that are characteristic of carpal tunnel syndrome is commonly suffered by those who have jobs where they are required to do repetitive tasks with their hands, such as typing, hair cutting and construction work in which vibrating tools can create damage to the tendons of the wrist. Chiropractic manipulation of this area and the associated joints of the arm and shoulder have been proven effective in alleviating this condition.
Pregnancy: The increased weight in the abdomen increasing pressure on the lumbar vertebrae, coupled with the natural laxity to tendons and ligaments that is the result of hormones produced during pregnancy can cause a great deal of pain in the area of the lower back and pelvis. Chiropractic care has been found by many to help relieve pain and make labor and delivery easier.
Tendonitis/bursitis: The wear and tear our bodies take from either the jobs we do or the sports we practice can often lead to inflammation of the tendons or bursa. Hip bursitis is a common complaint of runners and bikers, who put a lot of strain on their hip joints. Chiropractic care can use stretching and manipulation to address structural problems and restore range of motion. Your chiropractor can also use physical therapy and suggest exercises to help strengthen the surrounding tissues to avoid a recurrence of the problem in the future.
Even though we only listed seven conditions in this article, don’t think for a minute that that’s all chiropractic can help with. Chiropractic isn’t just focused on symptom relief. Instead, it focuses on finding and correcting vertebral subluxations. By doing so, many conditions and symptoms can be alleviated since the underlying problem(s) have been addressed. | <urn:uuid:0cfac39b-aaf4-41dd-8833-558544ac43c6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://drsmccormack.com/7-conditions-that-respond-well-to-chiropractic-care/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.944929 | 842 | 2.1875 | 2 |
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Long-running tensions over Iran’s nuclear capabilities may have reached a point of no return this week, thrusting the Middle East into uncharted waters.
Negotiations over the revival of a 2015 deal that would see Iran curb uranium enrichment in exchange for sanctions relief will conclude in days.
Iranian women were allowed to share a landmark moment as Iran secured qualification on Thursday for November's World Cup in Qatar. According to the national team's website, female supporters entered through a special entrance via a car park, controlled by policewomen wearing black chador robes and red badges on their arms. They were separated from men in the stadium. Since October 2019, Covid-19 restrictions in the country have prohibited all fans from entering stadiums to watch the national team -- that was until…
Yossi Cohen, Israel ex-top spy, has recently retired as the leader of the Mossad last week and he has given intensive details about the nuclear archive theft conducted in Iran.
Continuously pursuing the deal of arms embargo on Iran would also harm the Trump administration, as the allies of the United States will back down as this legally dubious deal will be destabilizing for the region.
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What is consumer due diligence? Essentially, it’s an investigation into a potential customer’s history, activities, and reputation. Even though many companies focus on their reputation and support services, it can also be applied to a business. CDD can include checking enterprise registration and visit this page curious about persons with significant control. Due diligence can also include checking social media actions. By understanding your customers, you can reduce dangers and boost compliance. A few examples of CDD in action.
For the reason that the global financial landscape adjustments, so do the hazards of fraudulent activities. The G7 as well as the Financial Action Task Force have developed a checklist pertaining to customer homework – often known as “Know Your Customer” – that has become the industry typical. Financial institutions are required to carry out rigorous homework on their clients to avoid economic crimes and identify potential risks. Minus customer research, you may end up facilitating unlawful activities, which could result in lawsuits and losses.
Research programs may help businesses preserve their conformity programs, continue to keep clients completely happy, and expand their business. By comprehending the individuals behind the accounts, you may facilitate even more personal romantic relationships with your consumers. It can also help you identify better prospects and implement targeted marketing outreach campaigns. Through the right types of procedures, you’ll be in relation to customer satisfaction. All of these are crucial aspects of customer research programs. Nevertheless , if your provider has a poor customer research program, you could face the best problem, which includes criminal deliberate or not from the Rights Department and detrimental investigations via many regulators. | <urn:uuid:df9ba1c3-0ce9-47c4-b497-6daabfceb0d6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://newtelebrands.com/precisely-what-is-customer-due-diligence/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.956555 | 322 | 2.15625 | 2 |
If you develop a boil, you may be tempted to pop it or lance it (open with a sharp instrument) at home. Don’t do this. It may spread infection and make the boil worse. Your boil may contain bacteria that could be dangerous if not properly treated.
Will the core of a boil come out by itself?
Over time, a boil will develop a collection of pus in its center. This is known as the core of the boil. Do not attempt to remove the core at home as doing so can cause the infection to worsen or spread to other areas. Boils can go away on their own without medical intervention.
What to do if you accidentally popped a boil?
A doctor can safely drain a boil and prescribe antiseptic ointments or antibiotics if needed. People can help a boil heal at home by keeping the area clean, applying warm compresses, and using OTC pain medication. Someone with severe, multiple, or reoccurring boils should see a doctor.
Does a boil leave a hole?
A boil will always start to “point” towards the skin surface and will eventually burst, draining the pus, relieving pain and will then heal. This whole process can take 2 weeks, and often doctors will “lance” the boil early – make a deliberate hole in it to allow the pus to drain – to speed up the healing process.
Are boils caused by being dirty?
I have deduced that boils on your buttocks are caused by dirty toilet seats. Boils are caused by openings in your skin (even the smallest scratch) that have come in contact with a surface that has bacteria on it. Even your skin may already have bacteria on it.
What do you do when a boil pops and bleeds?
Treatment: Home Care
You can take care of most boils at home. Apply warm, moist compresses several times a day to help a boil open and drain. After it starts draining, keep it clean, and continue using warm compresses — a clean one every time. Change the bandage often and wash hands well.
What is inside a boil?
The Definition of a Boil
A boil is caused by a bacterial skin infection. This skin abscess forms deep inside a hair follicle or oil gland. A boil generally starts as a reddened, tender area. Over time, the area becomes firm and hard. The infection damages your skin cells, hollowing the tissue out.
How do you dry out a boil?
The salt may help dry out the pus, causing the boil to drain. Dissolve Epsom salt in warm water and soak a compress in it. Apply the compress to the area for 20 minutes at a time. Do this at least three times daily until the boil is gone.
What are the stages of a boil?
A boil starts as a hard, red, painful lump usually about half an inch in size. Over the next few days, the lump becomes softer, larger, and more painful.
Symptoms of Boils
- The skin around the boil becomes infected. …
- More boils may appear around the original one.
- A fever may develop.
- Lymph nodes may become swollen.
Can boils heal without bursting?
Self-care for boils
A boil can heal on its own. However, it may become more painful as pus continues to build up in the lesion. Instead of popping or picking at the boil, which can lead to infection, treat the boil with care.
Can you put toothpaste on a boil?
However, home remedies such as applying honey, calcium, toothpaste, curd, etc can be highly useful for those whose boils are temporary and have not been prevalent for a long time. It is imperative, however, to consult a doctor if it’s a recurring and painful occurrence each time. | <urn:uuid:2efb8147-0d2d-4e1a-8a83-c242ae68851c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://foodieandthechef.com/boil/best-answer-what-happens-if-you-cut-open-a-boil.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.957872 | 798 | 2.953125 | 3 |
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312. Dispersion (IV)
I encountered an old colleague online and was surprised to see that the life he chose to display consisted of Marvel movies and similar artefacts from mass culture. As I scrolled through the images, I realised that the popular stereotype that has bled out from the imageboards—the bloated bearded man with an open mouth—is entirely accurate. I suppose I will forever be surprised that stereotypes are accurate, though admittedly this is a new stereotype: the soy boy.
They are named for soy-substitute foods in general and in particular the popular drink Soylent, marketed as a convenience drink—an all-in-one meal, so you can work longer; or, more probably, watch all the Avengers movies in a marathon session (OMG! Totes amazeballs!). Soylent is itself an arch and ironic name; it comes from the 1970s catastrophe film Soylent Green, in which a worldwide famine is resolved by secretly reprocessing humans from an overpopulated earth into a supposedly algae-based foodstuff.
“Lol. That could never happen in real life. That’s why it’s a funny name. Duh,” chuckles the soy boy. And yet the other day I saw a TikTok from inside some Virginian industrial plant where pig feed is produced; the man behind the smartphone showed how every day he shuffled packets of expired food into a shredding machine which produced the feed. “People say we take the food out of the packets. Hell no!” It was a literal case of “how the sausage is made”; admittedly, the sausage was not “full of people”, as in Soylent Green, but it was filled with plastic and cardboard. So the paranoid heroes in the movie—considered mad when they tell the truth—are much closer to the mark than the soy boy thinks. To be “soy” is really to accept the substitute for the real; to accept sugary plant-based anti-food for meat and milk—and this applies to more than food.
The soy boy is a child; except he is without the redemptive features found in childhood, such as innocence, naïveté, and guilelessness. Rather, he retains affection for the material trappings of childhood; he collect figurines, revels in cartoon heroism, and adopts a dualistic view on life where there are “goodies” and “baddies”. He retains the worst aspects found in children: the tendency towards eating too many sweets (replaced by the equally sweet craft beer); a sentimental rejection of reality, where everything is for the best (“Of course your food is healthy! There are government regulations. Duh!); and a certain mobbish and conformist playground cruelty. To these he adds the worst aspects found in teenagers: irony and sarcasm—he takes nothing seriously, and mocks the sincere and authentic. He is too weak for the real; so he snipes at it with irony and pushes it away with sarcasm.
There is a status element at play here too. My acquaintance with a fondness for Marvel had a PhD and went to an elite school, so what was he doing enmeshed in what reactionary Germans would call schund—cultural trash. Around the 1990s, it became popular to read mass culture through a high postmodern lens; Žižek is a man who did this extensively. The real status purpose behind this was for people who are steeped in Wagner and Kafka to say: “Look, I’m so cultured I can write about trash, I can write about Die Hard, but still be considered culturally elite. I have cultural capital to burn—of course, I don’t like it sincerely.”
Soyism is not entirely attributable to this phenomenon, but the entire idea that mass culture can be enjoyed ironically by highly educated adults is partly explained by this status game—further, not everyone gets irony; so to be permanently ironic signals higher intelligence and social status. This is what is unhealthy about their figurine collections; they are not engaged in sincere childhood play with these toys, nor are they wistfully reminiscing about the lost world of childhood—rather they are playing a phoney game to look clever. | <urn:uuid:27f7b30d-5d2b-4f6e-a2e0-72de330f14b6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.738x738.com/post/312-dispersion-iv | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.960355 | 904 | 2.046875 | 2 |
It’s time for another Halloween craft – and today we are making a Halloween Cardboard Tube Goodie Holder. I really like the idea of making crafts that are useful and can be utilised in some way as it creates purpose and meaning. Some of the crafts I’ve made with my children in the past have been lovely – but they often ask “what do we DO with it”, so with this in mind, perhaps useful crafts are the way forward!
We’ve already made a Halloween Pumpkin Paper Plate Craft, and today we are using a cardboard tube to create something even cuter! What you need:-
- cardboard tube
- googly eyes
- ribbon or string
- crepe paper or orange paint
- stapler and staples
How to make a Halloween Cardboard Tube Craft
- Assemble your bits and bobs. You basically just need something to cover your cardboard tube, this could be crepe paper or you can also use coloured paper to bend round the tube. Paint works well too but might need a few coats. We made a pumpkin, but you could also make a ghost, vampire or Frankenstein!
2. You can either wrap your crepe paper round and glue into place, or stick on ripped pieces of crepe paper – whatever works for the age of your children. Stick on or draw on googly eyes and then stick on a nose and mouth. We used ribbon which frayed a bit, so card would probably work better!
3. Now you need to create your handle! We used black ribbon and stapled it onto the top of the cardboard tube. To ensure that your goodies don’t fall out of the bottom, you need to put in at least three staples all in a row, as you can see in this photograph.
4. Now it’s time to add your goodies! This craft is great for a Halloween party or for little ones out trick or treating.
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“As a radical standpoint, perspective, position, ‘the politics of location’ necessarily calls those of us who would participate in the formation of counter-hegemonic cultural practice to identify space where we begin to process if re-vision.”
been reading Choosing the Margin by bell hooks, in it she quotes from another one of her work feminist theory:from margin to centre about the train tracks that reminded her and the darkies of kentucky that they lived in the margins. across the tracks were the places they could only enter in order to be servants. and there were laws to ensure that at the end of the day they always went back over the tracks into the ‘margin’.
“To be in the margin is to be part of the whole but outside the main body. As black Americans living in a small Kentucky town, the railroad tracks were a daily reminder of our marginality… We could enter that world but we could not live there. We had always to return to the margin, to cross the tracks to shacks and abandoned houses on the edge of town.”
it made me think of Alexandra township wedged between affluent Lombardy East and opulent Sandton City. those in Alex can look over their “train tracks” – the jukskei river on one side and the n1 on the other – that keeps the margin boundaries very clear. they cross the “train tracks”. indeed as Alex has grown, it has spilt over the Jukskei River and climbed the hill creeping towards Lombardy East. i haven’t lived in Lombardy East since i was a kid but i would’t be surprised if it’s now more black than white.
Sandton on the other hand has survived the “post-apartheid black invasion” – i’m talking large numbers, like compare Yeoville in ’92 to 2012. Sandton sits on the other side if the N1 glittering like an obscene jewel in the face of poor Alex. the people of Alex work there, even shop there but they don’t sleep in Sandton unless it’s the night shift.
the higher and shinier Sandton has become in the past eighteen years, Alex has become shoddier and crampier…
but i’m not writing about not about the glitter.
i’m ruminating over the ‘margins’ that even legislated freedom can’t erase. if anything, this is the triumph if systematic oppression.
in the quote referred to above, bell hooks goes on to talk about how they learned to see reality from the outside and the inside. to understand both sides and most importantly to understand that they are an important part of a whole. this understanding leads to a “wholeness’ impressed upon [their] consciousness…” i think we, here in SA, haven’t gotten there yet. at least, most of us haven’t.
darkies are like the caged bird that will never fly the coop even when the door is left open. we stay in our confines, our spirits broken. leaving the margin is tough. we even carry some sort of warped pride about these cages we call home. leaving is like turning your back on your identity. and this identity – crafted through years of systematic capture says the margin is safe, outside of the margin is pain, betrayal and against the fold.
even as we now are meant to have free reign over this land of our ancestors, izwe lethu, we are afraid to fully occupy it.
we are stuck in the margin…
and we need to break out, break free. a time of reinvention is required. A time of rebelling against all the safe option that look like they are meant to be, decreed by sone divinity or the only way of being need to be subverted.
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The government of the state of South Australia has named four utility-scale energy storage projects which it will support with grants toward the total cost of development.
The latest in a wave of project announcements coming from Australia at the moment, the funding is being administered through the state’s Renewable Technology Fund, an opportunity totalling AU$150 million (US$113.6 million), launched in late August.
Investment guidelines issued via the fund called for projects in three key areas of renewable and clean energy technologies: projects to firm renewable generation, storing energy in bulk and bioenergy. The fund is 50% comprised of grant funding, with the remaining AU$75 million available as loans.
The four selected projects, announced this morning by state premier Jay Weatherill’s office, span a number of technologies including advanced batteries, flow batteries, thermal energy storage from combusting waste and dispatchable solar-plus-storage. The fund will pay out AU$8.1 million of grants for these winning projects in total.
“The incredible response to the Renewable Technology Fund and the diverse range of technologies represented in this round of funding shows how much potential exists in this industry of the future,” Jay Weatherill said.
The premier added that the projects would add clean energy capacity and boost reliability of power supplies, making local businesses more competitive. He argued that where his Labor Party is committed to “renewables and public ownership of electricity assets”, the rival Liberal Party is “addicted to coal and privatisation”.
Projects mix and match a range of technologies and providers
Local developer Planet Ark Power will partner with power equipment specialist Schneider Electric to build a solar-plus-storage microgrid, with 2.9MWh of batteries used to optimise the output of a 5.7MW solar PV plant. That project will be connected to grid operator SA Power Networks’ Utility Distribution Management System. The Renewable Technology Fund is paying out a AU$1.9 million grant towards to project’s total AU$13.9 million cost.
In another project, UniSA (University of South Australia) will install 1.8MW of ground mount and rooftop solar PV, hydrogen production and a 50kW fuel cell, 3.2 million litres of cold water storage and a 0.45MWh flow battery. The project could cut emissions at the university’s Mawson Lakes campus by 35%, also reducing strain on the local grid. South Australia’s government is committing a AU$3.6 million grant towards the AU$7.7 million total cost of the project.
The third project to receive funding is being run by local start-up 1414 Degrees, which has developed thermal energy storage systems based around heating molten silicon to 1414 degrees celcius – hence the name – storing heat as well as electricity that can be pumped into the grid. The project, sited at a wastewater treatment plant, will combust biogas to generate heat with which to charge the systems. The company will deploy a 0.25MW / 10MWh system at the site. Renewable Technology Fund will pay out a AU$1.6 million grant for the project’s total AU$3.2 million cost.
In the fourth and final grant announced, SunSHIFT, a Sydney-headquartered manufacturer of scalable and movable modular solar PV plants, is installing a solar-plus-storage solution at Beverley, a uranium mine owned by Adelaide-headquartered Heathgate Resources. The project pairs 1MW of PV with a 1MW / 0.5MWh battery energy storage system, which will be integrated with existing onsite natural gas-fired generators. The fund is paying AU$1 million in grants toward the project's total AU$2.69 million cost.
South Australia’s government states that the aims of the Renewable Technology Fund are to catalyse private sector investments in low carbon and renewable energy technologies, to collaborate with the national Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and also to “fast-track South Australia’s energy transformation and improve electricity market competition”. Some funding has already been paid out to the Tesla-Neoen 129MWh battery in the state, which was famously constructed in 100 days from contract-signing.
South Australia has by some measures already achieved its 2025 goal of sourcing 50% of its energy from renewables and remains committed to an investment target of AU$10 billion in low carbon generation by that year. Various large-scale energy storage or solar-plus-storage projects are going ahead in the region already, or are at the early stages of planning, including a 8MW / 30MWh project at a substation in Adelaide and a 100MW / 400MWh lithium-ion battery system paired with 330MW of PV in a project that has been put on sale by infrastructure investor Lyon Group. The CEFC recently also helped debt-finance the state's first unsubsidised grid-scale battery. | <urn:uuid:a0788c76-d8d2-4f7f-b7f6-643d543893fe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.energy-storage.news/south-australias-au150m-renewable-technology-fund-supports-energy-storage-projects/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.931232 | 1,039 | 2.078125 | 2 |
What is an ear piercing?
Ear piercing is a method of puncturing the skin on the ear lobe for the purpose of inserting body jewelry. While piercing the earlobes may be the most common course of action, there are several other types of ear piercings that are done along the ear’s cartilage. Some of the most frequented ear piercing types aside from the lobes include the rook, daith, helix, forward helix, industrial, conch, snug, tragus, anti-tragus, orbital, and flat.
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(? - 23.01.1622)
English navigator, explorer of the Canadian Arctic. He was a native of commoners, had no education, but, thanks to his abilities, reached a high level in the British royal navy.
Baylot made four trips to the Arctic.
In 1610, he was the first assistant to Henry Hudson on the ship Discovery. On April 17, they left the port of London, crossed from Iceland to the east coast of Greenland, crossed the Davis Strait and, rounding the Labrador Peninsula, saw a wide expanse of water, which was later called the Hudson Bay. It had to winter, and in the spring, when Hudson wanted to continue swimming, a conflict arose with the team who wanted to return home. Discontent resulted in rebellion. The rioters threw Henry Hudson into the boat with a boy-son, an assistant navigator, and six other people loyal to the captain, and left them to their own devices - without weapons and without food. The only surviving officer — navigator Robert Bylot — brought Discovery back to England in the fall of 1611. Upon returning to England, Baylot was tried as a rebel, but pardoned.
In 1612, Bylot returned to Hudson Bay with Sir Thomas Button. Two ships under the command of Button were sent to the Arctic by the “Company of London merchants” with instructions to find a northwest passage to East Asia. Nobody, including Button, was going to search for the abandoned Hudson comrades.
They wintered at the mouth of the Nelson River, in the spring of 1613 continued to move north, were able to reach latitude 65°, and then returned to England.
In 1615, the English company "Moskovia" hired Bylot on the ship "Discovery" to search for the Northwest Passage. The navigator he was still young but experienced polar navigator William Baffin, more than once sailed in the Greenland Sea. And this year it was not possible to achieve any success. In the western part of the Hudson Bay, the ship was blocked by ice, and Baylot decided to return to England.
The following year, "Moskovia" again hired Bylot and Baffin to continue the search for the Northwest Passage. As a result of the voyage, notable success was achieved, among which was the mapping of the shores of the water area, later called the Baffin Sea, and the opening of the strait (now the Lancaster Strait), through which the North-West Passage was opened after almost three hundred years. Contemporaries questioned the results of the work of Baylot and Baffin, and only when the Buffin Sea was rediscovered by John Ross did it appear that their definitions were extremely accurate. In England, almost all the merits were given to Baffin, and Bylot was practically ignored. Historians suggest that this could be due to the lack of education Bylot, his lower social position and participation in the rebellion during the Hudson expedition.
Later, Baylot entered the service of the British East India Company, navigating on the ships surveyed the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
He died during the Anglo-Persian company during the siege of Hormuz.
An island near the northeast coast of Baffin Island. Discovered by Bylot in 1616 during the search for the Northwest Passage.
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Flux Factory Takes Its Art To The Streets
by Paul Menchaca,
February 27, 2003
The Long Island City art collective known as Flux Factory is pushing boundaries in pursuit of public art.
For a group of artists who once took over a wing of the Queens Museum of Art, taking over a New York City street is the next logical step. “Miracle on 43rd Street,” a project by the Long Island City art collective known as Flux Factory, opens on April 26th, and could arguably be the most ambitious endeavor Flux Factory has taken on up to this point.
Setting out to change a nondescript Queens street into a Wizard of Oz world where everything is no longer what it once seemed, requires the imagination to toy with reality, and the ability to convince the public to lose itself in this new landscape.
This latest project, which Flux Factory will work to set up throughout March, continues the movement by this group to bring art to the streets, and to build a name in an area that still operates under the radar of New York City’s cultural scene.
Flux Factory is a 15-member collective that formed in 1994 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, before that neighborhood became the ultra-hip New York place-to-be that it is now. Faced with an eviction so that their loft could be changed into higher-priced condos, the members looked elsewhere for a home.
After exhausting the search in Brooklyn, they turned their sights to Long Island City, when they heard about the space at 38-38 43rd Street. Their loft is located at a dimly-lit spot on the street, but offers a spectacular view of the city. Although their old neighborhood has undergone a gentrification-supported renaissance that is bustling with hipper-than-thou young artists and bohemians, the members of Flux Factory are glad to be in Queens now.
“The art scene is fresher, there is less competition,” 24-year-old Flux Factory curator Jean Barberis said. “The hipsters are definitely moving in (to Long Island City), but I don’t think a lot of people really expect an art collective to be here. It’s not at all hyped, which gives us more freedom.” The collective gained some notice this past summer with its project, “When Everybody Agrees It Means Nobody Understood,” which was part of the Queens International show at the Queens Museum of Art in Flushing. Recreating their art loft inside of the museum, the Flux Factory members dressed in matching orange jumpsuits, made daily visits for ribbon cuttings, to make alterations, record its progress and even have tea with museum visitors. “I think some people were completely baffled by us, some people were even annoyed by us,” said Stefany Anne Golberg, 29, who is the group’s director of events.
Flux Factory encompasses a diverse group of writers, visual artists, musicians and even a soon-to-be doctor of philosophy, as Morgan Meis, president of the collective, is working toward his Ph.D. at the New School. It is an international collective, with members coming from all over the country and world – Barberis and Sanz de Santamaria are from France, Golberg is a native of Las Vegas.
“The people working on these projects aren’t self-proclaimed artists,” said Sanzde Santamaria, 25, who is the art director for Flux Factory. “There are no pretensions, there’s only the enthusiasm and pleasures of venturing into unknown realms.”
Golberg believes the diverse backgrounds of its members allows for everyone to be influenced by each other.
“I think as a group the focus is less on specific medias and more on ideas,” she said. “Although we are all coming from different places in one sense, there is a common ground, and I think that’s where the ideas come from.”
Barberis sees the group as being a “big think tank,” in which the members have “endless conversations” about what art is. “We are hardly interested in creating objects. We’d rather play mental ping-pong. We like to bounce ideas off each other.”
Golberg also stressed the importance of the non-profit nature of the collective. The group hopes to make Flux Factory a place that supports outside artists who are not necessarily supported by the mainstream.
This would mean not only making their space available for shows, but also providing the means for artists to get their work done with the use of the space’s darkroom, as well as the planned media center and recording facilities that would also be a part of the loft. They are also talking about starting an international artist-in-residency program, as well as workshops for kids.
Golberg indicated that, although the collective is interested in the New York art scene, the members do not want to be “beholden” to it. “Having our own space is very key to being able to do that,” she said. “If we want to show our art, we don’t have to be dependent on another gallery.” The group has taken advantage of the burgeoning art world in their Queens neighborhood: The first show at the Flux Factory art space in Long Island City was on the same day that MoMA QNS. officially opened at its temporary home on 33rd Street.
However, Flux Factory seems less interested in fitting into the art scene in New York City, than in creating art that does not need to be trapped in galleries.
“I think perhaps the thing that will keep us both isolated from the New York art world, and also very much a part of it, and a part of New York itself, is continuing to bring our art into the streets of the city and to become more and more about public art,” Golberg said.
For more information about Flux Factory, visit www.fluxfactory.org.
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US nuclear submarine violates Russian waters Defense Ministry
The Russian Navy has detected a US nuclear submarine in the country's territorial waters, chasing the vessel away, the country's military has said
A US Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine has been detected and chased away in Russian territorial waters off the Kuril Islands, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
The vessel was found submerged off the small uninhabited island of Urup while Russia's Pacific Fleet was holding exercises in the area. Russian vessels contacted the submarine, warning it was in the country's territorial waters and ordering it to surface immediately, the military said.
The submarine, however, did not respond to the messages, and destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov was deployed to chase it off. The Russian vessel used "appropriate means" against the US sub, the military noted without providing any further details.
Following the run-in with the destroyer, the Virginia-class submarine used an active radar decoy, sailing away from Russian waters at full speed.
The Pacific Fleet's drills continued as scheduled after the incident, the military added.
Shortly after the incident, the Russian Defense Ministry said it has summoned a US military attache to explain the incursion. Moscow added that the actions of the submarine constitute a major violation of international law, and create a threat to Russia's national security. The military said it reserves the right to take any security measures in its own territorial waters.
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"One of the best packs of hounds in England was most completely beat lately by a fox. The latter was turned out before them near Wold Newton, in Yorkshire, and after running rings for sometime, went off for Scarborough, near which place the hounds were so completely knocked up that he beat them in view, for the huntsman could not get them a yard further—a number of riders lost their horses in the cars, and were seen wading up to their necks to catch them again. The fox ran upwards of twenty miles.
"In the discussions which have arisen in and out of parliament in England about the abolition of the Briton's old favourite sports, it was conceded by all but a few, that from the custom of boxing, singlestick and backsword playing, wrestling, &c. arose the good temper which distinguishes that people—Englishmen being less subject to violent fits of anger than the people of any other nation in the world. In the compass of eighteen pages of a work now before us we have details of no less than two grand matches of singlestick, one Wiltshire against Somersetshire, and the other Somersetshire against all England, for large purses. In both cases the champions of Somerset county beat; and what must astonish those who hear it, the victors (though men in the lowest classes of life in one case) shared the prize with the vanquished. In the former, Somerset gave nine broken heads and received seven—in the latter, gave eight and received six. The Wiltshire men went to Trowbridge in Somersetshire, the appointed place of meeting, attended by some of the leading gentry of Wiltshire, and the gentleman who was appointed by them to preside, bore public testimony to the liberal and kind treatment his countrymen experienced.
"Any person who has seen the farce of Hob in the Well, performed, will remember to have seen a specimen of this kind of prize fighting, for which as well as wrestling, the people of Somersetshire have for ages been renowned. In Scotland they excel at the backsword—the Irish too are admirable hands—but neither have the temper of the English; "Oppression makes a wise man mad;" what should it do then with a poor peasantry? The tempers of the English have not had that to irritate them. We will close this subject with a letter from an intelligent Londoner, who was travelling through Hampshire.
"Passing, sometime since, through Rapley Dean, Hants, my attention being attracted by a crowd of rustics on a little green near the road I turned my horse thither, and arrived in the time when a lame elderly man, who I afterwards found was the knight marshal of the field, from the middle of a ring made by ropes, proclaimed, that "a hat worth one guinea was to be played for at backsword; the breaker of most heads to bear away the hat and honour," and inviting the youth there to contend for it. A little after, a young fellow threw his hat into the ring and followed, when the lame umpire called out "a challenge," and proceeded to equip the challenger for the game. His coat and waiscoat were taken off, his left hand tied by a handkerchief to his left thigh, and a stick, with basket hilt, put into his hand; he then walked round the ring till a second hat was thrown in, and the umpire called out, "the challenge is answered."
"As soon as prepared, the knights met, measured weapons, shook hands, walked once round, turned and began the contest. In about a minute, the umpire called out "About," when they dropped the points of their weapons and walked round, and this calling I observed, was repeated as often as the umpire judged either distressed. After some twenty minutes play, some blood trickled down the challenger's head; the umpire called "Blood;" and declared the other to have won a head.
"When both left the ring another hat was thrown in, and the challenge again accepted, and played off in the like manner, till the umpire announced there were four winners of heads, and proceeded to call the ties, that is, he called on the winners of the first two heads to play together, and afterwards on the winners of the third and fourth heads; after which the winners of two heads each played for the hat, and the proud victor (Morgan) thus to earn it, broke three heads. I was much struck with the amazing temper with which the game was played: not a particle of ill-will was shown, two young fellows, who played together forty-five minutes, and in the course of it gave each other many severe blows, one alone of which would have satisfied the most unconscionable taylor or man-milliner breathing, drank frequently together between the bouts, shaking hands as often as the weight of the blows given seemed to require it of their good-nature. Indeed it appeared to be a rule with each pair that played, to drink together after the contest, and a general spirit of harmony seemed to prevail. This game is certainly of great antiquity, and the only relick (with the exception of wrestling) of the ancient tournament. The knight defied with throwing down his hat or gauntlet—the rustic gamester does the same, and is equally courteous with the knight towards his opponent: nor were there in this instance village dames or damsels wanting, to animate the prowess of the youth.
"It has been asserted, that these exhibitions engender a ferocious spirit; but were I to judge from what I saw, and from the inquiries I made into the characters of the players at Ropley Dean, from the farmers on my right and left, I should pronounce quite the contrary; and think that as long as the sword is used by our cavalry and navy, and as long as we wish to entertain in the nation a fearless, generous, martial spirit, we should encourage the like pastimes at our fairs and revels."
A general sense seems to pervade all the most intelligent men of Great Britain that a reformation is wanting in almost every department of life in that country. The corruption of public taste in dramatic literature and acting, and in most of the fashionable amusements of the high flyers cries aloud, no less than that of the state, for a heavy-handed scourge and receives it. Among other things, the musico-mania is attacked as having reached the highest acme of absurdity. The Covent Garden proprietors are very roughly handled, but not more roughly than they deserve, for hiring Madam Catalani at the enormous salary of four thousand pounds sterling and a free benefit for the season, with a provision annexed, which is thought insolent, degrading, and unjust; no less than that of her French husband putting what fiddlers he pleases into the orchestra. The public prints are filled with remonstrances to the people, whose attention is directed to the storm which was raised on a similar occasion in 1755 and 1756, and which burst with such tremendous mischief on the head of Garrick. One writer thus vehemently expresses himself: "Shall a judge of the land be required to exercise the faculties of his vigorous mind, which have been cultivated and matured by an expensive education and the most laborious study; shall he be continually employed in discriminating between right and wrong, in the adjustment of individual differences, and in protecting the persons and properties of the honest and peaceable part of his majesty's subjects from the assaults of violence and the stratagems of fraud; shall his sensibility be wounded, and his heart pierced by the painful necessity to which he is frequently reduced of passing on his fellow-man those awful sentences which the nature of their crimes, and the voice of Justice imperiously demand; shall he, in short, be compelled to discharge the duties of an office which necessarily renders his nights anxious and restless, and subjects him in the day to the most irksome fatigue—and shall he, for all this fatigue of body and unremitting solicitude of mind, receive a salary scarcely exceeding half the sum given to an ITALIAN CANTATRICE for the display of her vocal powers for a few nights?"
The fact is that the robust and vigorous appetite of the English has been worn down by the intemperate use of German dramas, and is so vitiated and enfeebled that it can swallow nothing but hot spiced trash, or water gruel spoon-meat. Are the French wrong in calling John Bull stupide barbare when they see him pouring thousands into the laps of foreign singers—and for what?—why, to sing such songs as this:
Tom Gobble was a grocer's son, Heigho! says Gobble; He gave a ven'son dinner for fun, And he had a belly as big as a tun, With his handy dandy, bacon and gravy, Ah, hah, says alderman Gobble.
The servants ushered the company in, Heigho! says Gobble; The dinner is ready, quoth Tom, with a grin, So he tucked a napkin under his chin, With his handy dandy, bacon and gravy, Ah, hah, says alderman Gobble,
Then Betty the cook-maid she gave a squall, Heigho! says Gobble; Poor John the footman has had a fall, And down stairs tumbled, ven'son and all, With his handy dandy, bacon and gravy, Alas! says alderman Gobble.
So down the alderman ran in a fright, Heigho! says Gobble; And there sat John in a terrible plight Astride on the ven'son bolt upright, With his handy dandy, bacon and gravy, Dear me! says alderman Gobble.
Was ever man so cruelly put on, Heigho! says Gobble; Get off the meat you rascally glutton, You've made my ven'son a saddle of mutton, With your handy dandy, bacon and gravy, Good lack, says alderman Gobble.
Lord, sir, says Betty, what a splash, Heigho! says Gobble; 'Tis a monstrous bad rumbistical crash, But tomorrow I'll tickle it up in a hash, With your handy dandy, bacon and gravy, Ay, do! says alderman Gobble.
This vile, low, degrading farrago is taken from an opera called the Russian Impostor, or Siege of Sloremskho.
After such trash it will be delightful to turn to some lines, written by lord Byron on this general subject of complaint. They are extracted from an excellent poem entitled "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, a Satire," with notes by the author.
Now to the DRAMA turn—oh, motley sight! What precious scenes the wondering eyes invite! Puns, and a prince within a barrel pent, And Dibdin's nonsense yield complete content. Though now, thank heaven! the Roscio mania's o'er, And full-grown actors are endured once more; Yet, what avails their vain attempts to please, While British critics suffer scenes like these; While Reynolds vents his 'dammes, poohs' and 'zounds' And common place, and common sense confounds? While Kenny's World just suffered to proceed, Proclaims the audience very kind indeed? And Beaumont's pilfer'd Caratach affords A tragedy complete in all but words? Who but must mourn while these are all the rage, The degradation of our vaunted stage? Heavens! is all sense of shame and talent gone? Have we no living bard of merit?—none? Awake, George Colman! —Cumberland, awake! Ring the alarum bell, let Folly quake! Oh, Sheridan! if aught can move thy pen, Let Comedy resume her throne again, Abjure the mummery of German schools, Leave new Pizarros to translating fools; Give, as thy last memorial to the age, One classic drama, and reform the stage. Gods! o'er those boards shall Folly rear her head, Where Garrick trod, and Kemble lives to tread? On those shall Farce display Buffoonery's mask, And Hook conceal his heroes in a cask? Shall sapient managers new scenes produce From Cherry, Skeffington, and Mother Goose? While Shakspeare, Otway, Massinger, forgot, On stalls must moulder, or in closets rot? Lo! with what pomp the daily prints proclaim, The rival candidates for attic fame! In grim array though Lewis' spectres rise, Still Skeffington and Goose divide the prize. And sure great Skeffington must claim our praise, For skirtless coats and skeletons of plays Renowned alike; whose Genius ne'er confines Her flight to garnish Greenwood's gay designs; Nor sleeps with 'Sleeping Beauties,' but anon In five facetious acts comes thundering on, While poor John Bull, bewildered with the scene, Keeps wondering what the devil it can mean; But as some hands applaud, a venal few! Rather than sleep, why John applauds it too. Such are we now, ah! wherefore should we turn To what our fathers were, unless to mourn? Degenerate Britons! are ye dead to shame, Or, kind to dulness, do you fear to blame? Well may the Nobles of our present race Watch each distortion of a Naldi's face; Well may they smile on Italy's buffoons, And worship Catalani's pantaloons, Since their own drama yields no fairer trace Of wit than puns, of humour than grimace. Then let Ausonia, skill'd in ev'ry art To soften manners, but corrupt the heart, Pour her exotic follies o'er the town, To sanction Vice and hunt Decorum down: Let wedded strumpets languish o'er Deshayes, And bless the promise which his form displays; While Gayton bounds before the enraptured looks Of hoary marquises and stripling dukes: Let high-born lechers eye the lively Presle Twirl her light limbs that spurn the needless veil; Let Angiolini bare her breast of snow, Wave the white arm and point the pliant toe; Collini trill her love-inspiring song, Strain her fair neck and charm the listening throng!
[Footnote 11: In the melo-drama of Tekeli, that heroic prince is clapt into a barrel on the stage: a new asylum for distressed heroes!]
[Footnote 12: All these are favourite expressions of Mr. R. and prominent in his comedies, living and defunct.]
[Footnote 13: Mr. T. Sheridan, the new manager of Drury Lane Theatre, stripped the tragedy of Bonduca of the Dialogue, and exhibited the scenes as the spectacle of Caractacus. Was this worthy of his sire, or of himself?]
[Footnote 14: Oh, wonder-working Lewis! monk, or bard, Who fain would make Parnassus a church-yard! Lo! wreaths of yew, not laurel, bind thy brow, Thy Muse a sprite, Apollo's sexton thou! Whether on ancient tombs thou tak'st thy stand, By gibbering spectres hail'd, thy kindred band; Or tracest chaste descriptions on thy page, To please the females of our modest age. All hail, M.P.![a] from whose infernal brain Thin sheeted phantoms glide, a grisly train; At whose command, "grim women" throng in crowds, And kings of fire, of water, and of clouds, With "small gray men," "wild yagers," and what not, To crown with honour thee and Walter Scott: Again, all hail! if tales like thine may please, [b]St. Luke's alone can vanquish the disease; Even Satan's self with thee might dread to dwell, And in thy skull discern a deeper hell.
[Footnote 14a: See a poem to Mr. Lewis, in the Statesman, supposed to be written by Mr. Jekyll.]
[Footnote 14b: St. Luke's is an hospital for lunatics in London. Editor of the Mirror.] ]
[Footnote 15: Mr. Greenwood is, we believe, scene-painter to Drury Lane Theatre—as such, Mr. S. is much indebted to him.]
[Footnote 16: Mr. S. is the illustrious author of the "Sleeping Beauty" and some Comedies, particularly "Maids and Bachelors." Baculaurii Baculo magis quam lauro digni.]
[Footnote 17: Naldi and Catalani require little notice—for the visage of the one and the salary of the other, will enable us long to recollect these amusing vagabonds; besides, we are still black and blue from the squeeze on the first night of the lady's appearance in trowsers.]
A London critic adds the following pertinent observations: "Thus far our author concerning the stage, to which we add an observation or two of our own. We certainly think the barrel a curious asylum for a distressed prince; but when we reflect on what kind of princes and heroes the modern stage and modern authors exhibit, (the seige of St. Quintin for instance, by the same author, Mr. Hook) we cannot help exclaiming (no plagiarism, we hope)
We with the sentence are indeed content, To see such princes in such barrels pent.
And as a barrel is described by our best lexicographers to be "any thing hollow," what vehicle more appropriate could be found? The ingenious author, was surely a favourite of the barrel, and well acquainted with the virtues of a cask; although according to sir Walter Raleigh, "some are so ill-seasoned and conditioned that a great part of the contents is ever lost and cast away."
Respecting Mr. Reynolds's indulgence of himself, in perpetual repetition of his vocables, we should be glad to have it in our power to affirm that the beef and mutton author was the only one who disgraced himself by such contemptible degradation; but, alas! the pages of our work have too often exhibited similar complaints against the majority of our great playwrights—many of these gentlemen being reduced to silence, without their auxiliary dammes!
[Footnote 18: Damme, pooh, zounds, &c.]
[Footnote 19: "Authors have lived and still live who write for what they call fame! —For my part I write for more substantial food—beef and mutton are the objects of my ambition." —Reynold's Preface to Begone Dull Care.]
We differ widely from our author respecting Mr. T. Sheridan's stripping of Bonduca—for we really think it worthy the son of that poet, who, neglecting his own genius and the duties of a regular practitioner, condescends to turn quack, and bedizen that high German doctor Pizarro, in an English dress!!
Apropos of awaking George Colman! —We beg the noble lord's pardon; but we are not in such a violent hurry to disturb this gentleman; for if, when awake, he should not acquit himself better than in his last production of the Africans, we think the sounder he sleeps the more solid will be his reputation. Therefore,
Sleep on, George Colman! prithee, don't awake! Nor let the alarum bell thy slumbers shake! Lest jokes like Mugg's should make our senses quake!
[Footnote 20: One of Mr. Colman's witty characters in the Africans.]
Why our author has coupled John Kemble's name with that of Garrick we cannot conceive; but that there appears more rhyme than reason in it, we can safely aver. We have somewhere heard that "a live ass is better than a dead lion," which we quote, not as individually applicable, but as a general adage; for we disclaim personalities, and well know that J. K. is an eminent actor, and one whom we have not niggardly praised. Yet we will not disparage departed excellence for any person existing; and therefore cannot avoid wishing our young author had seen Garrick, and bearing in his "mind's eye" his natural acting of Lear, Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard, &c.—he might then go and witness the performances of Mr. Kemble—and judge!
The conductors of the Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, have already to make acknowledgments to correspondents. Scarcely had their intention been promulgated when they were favoured with a letter, which, in less than a week afterwards was followed by two more, all of them upon the same subject, though evidently written by different persons. It had before been the intention of the conductors to call the public attention very soon to that very point to which these letters are intended to direct them; and conceiving that a fairer occasion for doing so can hardly occur than these letters afford them, they hasten to lay the contents of them before the public.
"To the Conductors of the Dramatic Work to be published by Messrs. Bradford and Inskeep.
"From what I can learn about your intended publication I like the idea, and have no doubt it may be of great use. I have often said that such a thing was much wanting, for I look upon a playhouse to be a very good thing, often keeping young men from worse places, and young women from worse employment. But if our playhouse goes on as it does, it will soon be a worse place to go to than any I allude to. Last evening I brought my family to see the play, and I assure you, I often wished we were all away again, the scandalous talk in the gallery was so bad. The noise was so great that there was no hearing any thing else. The players' voices were ten or a dozen times interrupted so that they could not be heard, and two or three fellows in the gallery were particularly scandalous. Above all the rest there was one, a finished vagabond, who spoke smut and roared it out loud, directing it to the ladies in the boxes. If any of you was there, gentlemen, you must have noticed it; if not, I can't write such filthy words as was spoken the whole evening. My wife begged me to come away on our little girl's account who was with us. It is not the players you ought to criticise, they behave themselves—but it is those vagabonds that think they have a right to disturb the house because they pay their half dollar a piece. I think it your duty to take notice of this, and I beg you will.
N.B. They in the pit were bad enough, and so was some in the boxes.
To the Editors of the Mirror, &c.
"As your intended publication is to come out monthly, I am doubtful whether I should trouble you on the present occasion; more particularly as you may probably think of the matter yourselves without a hint from me. Besides, I am not sure whether it is not the duty of the editors of the daily papers rather than yours. For my part, I think it is the duty of all people who regard the credit of the city, or tender the peaceableness and comfort of society. Our theatre, gentlemen, has sunk to the worst state imaginable of licentiousness and savage riot. Don't mistake me—I don't mean behind the curtain; but before it. While we hold ourselves so proudly to the world, what must those foreigners think of us who visit our theatre. From a place of rational recreation, and improvement, it has become a mere bear-garden. The play is interrupted, and all enjoyment, save that of riot and brawling, killed in various ways. The very boxes themselves are no sanctuary from ruffianish incivility; while the ears are stunned, and the cheek of Decency crimsoned with the profaneness, obscenity, and senseless brawl of barbarians in the gallery, the sight is intercepted, and all comfort destroyed by the unmannerly and unjust conduct of intruders in the boxes and pit, who think they have a right to push in and even stand up before another who has been previously seated, provided they have bodily strength to make good their violence. I say, gentlemen, this ought to be stopped. The spirit of the manager at New-York, backed by the laws, has put an end to it there, so far, that no theatre in Europe precedes it in order and decency. The same power exists here and ought to be exercised. These things disgrace the city as well as annoy our audiences, and I think our daily editors on both sides would evince their regard for the public by giving a few lines every day to the reform of this evil till it shall be abated. The proprietors and manager ought to call a meeting, invoke the aid of the magistrates and the people, and come to some decisive resolutions on the subject.
For the Mirror, &c.
"The manager, or the magistrates, or somebody is greatly to blame about the playhouse. I brought my family to the pit to see that great actor, Cooper, play Zanga. We sat in the pit the whole time the blackguards were throwing down various kinds of things upon our heads. Scraps of apples, nutshells in handfulls, and what is worse something I can't well name—some about me said that brandy or strong grog was thrown down—it might be so once;—but it was not exactly that which fell on me and my family. Since then, I went to see him in Macbeth, and left my wife and daughter at home for fear; and the fellows above were as bad as before—and had not I luckily kept my hat on I should once have got my head broke with a hard heavy hiccory-nut that was thrown with all the force and spitefulness as if the person wanted to hurt somebody very severely."
We agree with our correspondents that some prompt and effectual remedy ought to be applied to the evils of which they complain: and we are surprised it has not yet been done, because every person with whom any of us converses, makes pretty nearly the same complaint, and expresses the very same wish.
In every country there exist multitudes as well disposed as those now alluded to, to disturb the playhouse, and bring brutal riot within its walls—but they will not be allowed. Any one who reads Colquhoun's account of London and its rabble, will perceive that there are people enough there ready to do offensive offices for the pure sake of offence and savageness; but not only the magistrates, but the audience themselves will not put up with it. The latter generally abate the nuisance in a summary way—they turn out the offender; and the law warrants, and if necessary aids them. If our audience suffer these encroachments what will be the fair conclusion, but that they concur with the offenders.
It was but a few nights ago, a company (of perhaps ten,) converted the boxes into a grog shop—brought jug and bottle, and glass, and tumbler into the front seats, and there caroused, laughing, talking aloud, and swearing aloud, even during the performance. On the night the Revenge was performed, even while Mr. Cooper was engaged in a most interesting scene, a boy, not in mean clothes either, stood up at the front corner of the gallery, roaring out and speaking as loud as he could to some one on the opposite side. Yet this, were it not for the time it happened, was to the surrounding tumult, as a dying sigh to the roar of a northwester.
It cannot be doubted that in a civilized society like this, some legal means must exist to put an end to these grievances. There are other grievances, however, that cannot be so immediately made the subject of redress by the magistrate, but which, nevertheless, require correction, and would never occur if every one who can afford to wear such a coat as gentlemen wear, could imitate the manners of gentlemen as well as they can ape their dress. By a number of well-coated persons of this kind, the time immemorial privileges of the theatre are violated, and its customary rights denied. Provided they think themselves able to scuffle it out by bodily strength they will indulge themselves at the expense of others—one of those will sit before a lady and refuse to take off his hat—another coming late will force his way contrary to all right and usage, before a person who has an hour before taken his seat—and if spoken to, utter surly defiance. Against every such unmannered intruder, the whole audience ought, for the establishment of the general right and the good old custom, to make common cause, and thrust him out by force. No doubt there are drawcansirs enough to push this offence as far as it will go. Let them know that there have been and still are drawcansirs in England, Ireland and Scotland—that Dublin particularly was once full of them; but that they were soon brought to manners by the just resentment of the audience—the gripe of the constable, and the contempt of every body.
A Actors, animadversion on WOOD, in Rapid, 62 Rolla, 65 Reuben Glenroy, 67 Harry Dornton, 73 Bob Handy, 76 Alonzo, 229, 337 Jaffier, 337 Copper Captain, 339 Prince of Wales, 339 CONE, Alonzo, 65 Henry, 76 WARREN, Las Casas, 65 Abel Handy, 76 Falstaff, 344 Cacafogo, 344 JEFFERSON, Frank Oatland, 62 Orozimbo, 65 Cosey, 67 Goldfinch, 73 Farmer Ashfield, 75 M'KENZIE, Sir Hubert Stanley, 62 Pizarro, 65 Old Norval, 155 FRANCIS, Vortex, 62 Trot, 68 Mrs. WOOD, Jessy Oatland, 62 Cora, 66 Mrs. FRANCIS, Mrs. Vortex, 62 Dame Ashfield, 76 Mrs. SEYMOUR, 62 PAYNE, in Douglas, 145 Octavian, 220 Frederick, 221 Zaphna and Selim, 222 Tancred, 222 Romeo, 223 COOPER, Othello, 225 Zanga, 227 Richard, 230 Pierre, 230 Hamlet, 231 Macbeth, 231 Hotspur, 234 Michael Ducas, 234 Alexander, 422 Antony, Jul. Caes. 420 WEST, 68, bis DWYER, Belcour, 425 Tangent, 427 Ranger, 427 Vapid, 427 Liar, 427 Rapid, 427 Sir Charles Racket, 427 Advice to conductors of magazines, 402 AEschylus, 114, 189 Alleyn, the player, account of, 45 Anecdotes and good things Dick the Hunter, 92 Dr. Young, 181 Othello burlesqued, 181 Voltaire, 184 Louis XIV. 184 Mara and Florio, 185 Macklin, 247, 248, 397, 408, 409 Mozart, the composer, 257 Old Wignell, 343 Macklin and Foote, 397 Impertinent Petit Maitre, 406 Curious Slip Slop, 406 Specific for blindness, 407 Kemble and a stage tyro, 407 Kemble's bon mot on Sydney playhouse, 407 Irish forgery, 407 Woman and country magistrate, 408 French dramatic, 481 Bacon and cabbage, 485 Apparition, sable or mysterious bell-rope, 325 Aristophanes, 269 Authors' benefits see Southern, 502
B Barry, the great player, account of, 298 Bedford, duke of, monument, 317 Betterton, the great actor, 133, 213 Biography, 24, 118, 202, 357 Bull, a dramatic one, 505
C Carlisle, countess of, opinion of drama, 398 Catalani, madam, 96 Cibber, Colley, his merit, 506 Coffee and Chocolate, account of, 311 Cone, see actors Cooper, life of, 28 Cooper, see actors Cooper, account of his acting, 223 Correspondence on abuses of the Theatre, 103, 104 ——, from Baltimore on Theatricals, 157 ——, from New-York, ditto, 414
D Dramatic Censor, 49, 141, 220, 337, 414 Drama, Grecian, 109, 189, 269, 350 ——, lady Carlisle's opinion on, 398 Dwyer, actor, 235 ——, see actors. Dramaticus, 251, 328, 502 Dungannon, famous horse, 500
E Edenhall, luck of, old ballad, 487 Edward and Eleonora, remarks on, 502 English, parallel between English men and English mastiffs, by cardinal Ximenes, 88 Epilogues, humorous ones after tragedies censured, 400 Euripides, 195
F Francis, see actors ——, Mrs., ibid. Fullerton, actor, driven to suicide, 504
G German Theatre, vindication of, by Dramaticus, 251 Gifford, Wm. life of, 357, 447 Greek drama, 109, 189, 269, 350
H History of the stage, 9, 109, 189, 269, 350, 431 High Life below Stairs, account of, 506 Hodgkinson, biography of, 202, 283, 368, 457
I Irish bulls, specimen of, 455 Jefferson, see actors
L Lear, essay on the alterations of it, 391 Le Kain, the French actor, account of, 438 Lewis, his retirement from the stage, 185 Literary World, what is it? 406 Longevity, instance of, 496 Lover general, a rhapsody, 399
M Macklin checked practice of hissing, 504 Man and Wife, a comedy, 188 Menander, 350 Metayer Henry, anecdote of with Theobald, 503 M'Kenzie, see actors Milton and Shakspeare, comparison between, 248 Miscellany, 96, 173, 241, 307, 384, 467 Music, 81, 257 ——, Oh think not my spirits are always as light, a song by Anacreon Moore, 83 ——, Irish, 161 Musical performance, expectation of a grand one, 428
N New-York reviewers impeached, 505 Nokes, comedian, 381
O O'Kelly's horse Dungannon, 500 Originality in writing, Voltaire's idea of, 184 Otway, observations on, 502
P Payne, American young Roscius, criticised on, 141, 220, 241 ——, see actors Pedestrianism, humorous essay on, 262 Players celebrated compared with celebrated painters, 387 Plays, names of, attached to each No. Foundling of the Forest, No. I Man and Wife, No. II Venoni, No. III New Way to pay Old Debts, No. IV Alfonso, king of Castile, No. V The Free Knights, No. VI Plays criticised in the Censor Cure for the Heart-ach, 59 Pizarro, 62 Town and Country, 66 Ella Rosenberg, 69 Wood Demon, 71 Abaellino, 73 Road to Ruin, 73 Speed the Plough, 74 Man and Wife, 188 Foundling of the Forest, 80, 345 Africans, 418 Poetry Tom Gobble, 97 English bards and Scotch reviewers, extract from, 98 Occasional prologue on the first appearance of Miss Brunton, afterwards Merry and Warren, at Bath, 121 Latin verses on do. and translation, 124 Prologue on first appearance, of the same lady in London, by A. Murphy, 126 Duck shooting, 172 A true story, 183 Lewis's address on taking leave of Ireland, 187 On the death of Mrs. Warren, 246 Descent into Elisium, 253 Gracy Nugent, by Carolan, 261 O never let us marry, 324 Epilogue by Sheridan, censuring humourous ones after tragedies, 401 Logical poem on chesnut horse and horse chesnut, 404 Quin, an anecdote in verse, 409 Luck of Edenhall, 487 The parson and the nose, 495 Solitude, advantages of for study, 495 Soldier to his horse, 499 Prospectus, 1
R Reviews of New-York impeached, 505
S Seymour, Mrs. see actors She would and she would not, merit of, 506 Southern, 502 Socrates, death of, 280 Sophocles, 189 SPORTING, 85, 164, 262, 410, 499 Spain, divertissements in, 495 Strolling Player, a week's journal of, 396 Stage, history of, 8, 9, 109, 189, 269, 350
T Taylor, Billy, critique on ballad, 467 Thespis, account of, 113 Theobaldus Secundus, 173, 241, 307, 384 Theatre, misbehaviour there, 267 Theobald, his theft from Metayer, 503 Theatrical contest, Barry and Garrick, in Romeo, 507 Thornton, Col. his removal from York to Wilts, 164
V Voltaire, his idea of originality in writing, 184
W Warren, Mrs. life of, 118 Warren, actor, see actors West, see actors Wit, pedigree of, by Addison, 406 Wife, essay on the choice of, 477 Wood, actor, see actors ——, Mrs., ibid.
Y Young, celebrated actor, 236
Z Zengis, so unintelligible audience not understand it, 507
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Errors and Inconsistencies: The Mirror of Taste
Spellings were changed only when there was an unambiguous error, or the word occurred elsewhere with the expected spelling.
Unchanged: But this can no more be alledged Congreve and other cotemporary authors melo-drame [most common spelling for this publication] the excressences of overloaded society Ella Rozenberg [this spelling is used in the header and first citation; later references use "Rosenberg"] put his hand to their heads and give them a lanch A poor fellow, half an ideot His coat and waiscoat were taken off
Corrected: From Edinburgh he went with the company [Edinburg] notwithstanding the difficulty [dfficulty] the reviewers spoke with decided approbation [appprobation] Is happy indeed if 'twas never deceiv'd in the adjustment of individual differences [idividual] While Reynolds vents his 'dammes, poohs' and 'zounds' [word "and" italicized]
Index: Missing or inconsistent punctuation has been silently regularized.
Poetry Soldier to his horse, 499 [tohis] Zengis, so unintelligible audience not understand it [word missing in original]
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THE FOUNDLING OF THE FOREST:
By WILLIAM DIMOND, Esq.
Author of "Adrian and Orrila," "Hero of the North," "Hunter of the Alps," &c. &c.
"And yet poor Edwin was no vulgar boy." Beattie.
Published by Bradford and Inskeep, Philadelphia; Inskeep and Bradford, New-York; and William M'ilhennny, Boston.
Smith and Maxwell, Printers.
THE FOUNDLING OF THE FOREST.
Count De Valmont. Baron Longueville. Florian, a foundling adopted by De Valmont. Bertrand, valet to Longueville. L'Eclair, valet to Florian. Gaspard, an old domestic. Sanguine, } bravoes in the pay of Longueville. Lenoire, }
Geraldine, niece to De Valmont. Rosabelle, her woman. Monica, an old woman. Unknown Female. Domestics, Peasants, Dancers, &c. &c.
SCENE—The Chateau de Valmont and its environs, situate in the upper Alsace, near the River Rhine.
SCENE I.—A hall in the Chateau de Valmont.
Enter Bertrand, in agitation, followed by Longueville.
Ber. Forbear, my lord! to urge me further.—Would you tempt me to insure perdition?—my soul is heavy enough with weight of crimes already.
Long. Hypocrite! You, whom I have known in childhood—a villain, even from the cradle—committing crimes as pastimes—has your hand been exercised thus long in blood, to shake with conscience, and desert me now?
Ber. I have, indeed, deserved reproaches, but not from your lips, my lord! Remember, for you it was this hand was first defiled with blood—remember, too—
Long. Yes, villain! I do remember, that my misplaced bounty once gave you back a forfeit life. Twenty years past, when, as a deserter, you were sentenced, by the regiment under my command, to death, your fate was inevitable, had not I vouchsafed a pardon. Traitor! you, too, had best remember a solemn oath at that same period passed your lips, which bound you, soul and body, to my service ever—unscrupling to perform my pleasures, whether good or ill, and still to hold my secrets fast from earthly ears, though unabsolving priests renounced you on the death-bed.
Ber. (shuddering) Ay! ay! it was an oath of horror, and if you command, it must be kept. Well, then—the young, the brave, the good, kindhearted Florian—yes—he dies!
Long. Then only may your master be esteemed to live.
Ber. But whence this hatred to an unoffending youth?—one, whose form delights all eyes, and whose virtues are the theme of every tongue?
Long. Fool! that person and those virtues of which you vaunt, are with me his worst offences—they have undone my love and marred my fortunes—the easy heart of Geraldine is captivated by the stripling's specious outside, while his talents and achievements secure him with the uncle undivided favour.
Bert. Can nothing but his blood appease your enmity?
Long. Nothing—for now my worst suspicions stand confirmed. I have declared to De Valmont my passion for his niece, and the sullen visionary has denied my suit—nay, insolently told me "Geraldine's affections are another's right." —Curses on that minion's head!—'tis for Florian De Valmont's heiress is reserved—and shall I suffer this vile foundling, this child of charity, to lord it over those estates, for which my impatient soul has paid a dreadful earnest! No, by heavens! never!
Bert. Fatal avarice! already have we bartered for those curst estates our everlasting peace!—for those did midnight flames surprise the sleep of innocence—for those did the sacrificed Eugenia with her shrieking babe—
Long. Wretch! dare not repeat those names! Now, mark me: this night Florian returns a triumpher from his campaign—two of my trusty blood-hounds watch the road to give me timely note of his approach. One only follower attends the youth. In the thick woods 'twixt the chateau and Huningen, an ambush safely laid, may end my rival and my fears forever. In the west avenue, at sunset, I command your presence. Mark me! I command you by your oath. [Exit.
Bert. Miserable man! I am indeed a slave, soul and body—both are in the thrall! I know the fiend I serve. If I attempt to fly, his vengeful agency pursues me to the world's limit. No—my doom is fixed—I must remain the very wretch I am for life—and after life—Oh! let me not think of that!
Enter Rosabelle behind, who taps his shoulder.
Ros. Talking to yourself, Mr. Bertrand? that's not polite in a lady's company.
Bert. (starting) Ah! Rosabelle—good lass!—how art, Rosabelle?
Ros. Why, Mr. Bertrand, how pale you look, and your limbs quite tremble—I fear me you are ill.
Bert. Oh, no—I am well—quite well—never better.
Ros. Then you are out of spirits.
Bert. You mistake—I am all happiness—ha! ha!—all joy!
Ros. What! because the wars are over, and chevalier Florian returns to us?—'tis a blest hearing, truly—after all the hardships and dangers he has passed to see him once again in safety—
Bert. (involuntarily) Ah! would to heaven we might!
Ros. Can there be any doubt? He reaches the chateau this night—will he not be in safety then?
Bert. Yes, yes, with this night every danger certainly will cease.
Ros. Bertrand! why do you rub your hand before your eyes?—surely you are weeping.
Bert. No, 'tis a momentary pain that—but 'twill leave me soon. At night, Rosabelle, you shall see me jovial—joyous!—we'll dance together, wench—ay, and sing—then—ha! ha! ha!—then who so mirthful, who so mad, as Bertrand. [Exit.
Ros. What new spleen has bewitched the man? he is ever in some sullen mood, with scowling brows, or else in a cross-arm'd fit of melancholy; but I never marked such wildness in his looks and words before.
[Geraldine speaks without.
Ros. Here, my lady, in the hall.
Ger. Girl! I have cause to chide you; my toilette must be changed—you have dressed me vilely—here! remove these knots—I hate their fashion.
Ros. Yet they are the same your ladyship commended yesterday.
Ger. Then 'tis the colour of my robe offends me—these ornaments are a false match to it—either all the mirrors in the house have warped since yesterday, or never did I look so ill before.
Ros. Now, in my poor judgment, you rarely have looked better.
Ger. Out! fool; you have no judgment.
Ros. Well, fool or not, there's one upon the road who holds faith with me, or I'm a heretic. Your charms will shine bright enough, lady, to dazzle a soldier's eye.
Ger. Ah! no, Rosabelle—you would deceive your mistress. Florian returns not as he left us; his travelled eyes have gazed on beauties of the polished court—and now he will despise the wild untutored Geraldine.
Ros. Will he? Let him beware he shows not his contempt before me. What! my own beautiful and high-born mistress; the greatest heiress in all Alsace; to be despised by a foundling, picked up in a forest, and reared upon her uncle's charity?
Ger. Hush!—the mystery of my Florian's birth is his misfortune, but cannot be his reproach. Our countrymen may dispute his title to command, but our enemies have confessed his power to conquer; and trust me, girl, the brave man's laurel blooms with as fresh an honour in the poor peasant's cap as when it circles princely brows; nay, Justice deems it of a nobler growth, for Flattery often twines the laurel round a coronet, but Truth alone bestows it on the unknown head.
Ros. I confess the Chevalier is a proper gallant for any woman. Ay, and so is the Chevalier's man. I warrant me, that knave, L'Eclair, when he returns, will follow me about, wheedling and whining, to recollect certain promises. Well, well, let but the soldiers return with whole hearts from the war, and your ladyship and myself know how to reward fidelity. In sooth, the chateau has been but a doleful residence in their absence; the count never suffered his dwelling to be a merry one; but of late his strange humours have so increased, that the household might as well have lodged in purgatory.
Ger. Hold! I must not hear my uncle's name pronounced with levity. An angel at his birth, mingled the divine spirit with less than human frailty; but fiends have since defaced the noble work with more than human trials. That fatal night, when the fierce Huguenots fired his castle, and buried both his wife and infant in the blazing ruin; that night of horrors has to his shocked and shrinking fancy still been ever present; there still it broods—settled, perpetual and alone! Ah! Rosabelle! the petulancies of misfortune claim our pity, not resentment. My dear uncle is a recluse, but not a misanthrope; he rejects the society of mankind, yet is he solicitous for their happiness; and while his own heart breaks in silence under a weight of undivided sorrows, does he not seek incessantly to alleviate the burthen of his complaining brethren?
Ros. I know the count has an excellent heart; but surely his temper has its flaws.
Ger. And shall we deem the sun that cheers the season less gracious in its course, because a cloud at intervals may hide or chill its beams? (A bell rings). Hark! 'tis the bell of his chamber. Perhaps he will admit me now; for four days past I have applied at the door in vain. Ah me!—these constant growing maladies sometimes make me tremble for his life. Girl! if from the turret-top at distance you espy the hastening travellers, turn, swift as thought, and call me to partake your watch! [Exit.
Ros. If they arrive before sun-set, I'm sure I shall know L'Eclair a mile off by the saucy toss of his head: before that rogue went on the campaign, he certainly extorted some awkward kind of promises from me. As a woman of honour, I'm afraid it must be kept; I don't want a husband—oh! no, positively—to be sure, winter is coming on, my chamber faces the north, and when the nights are long, and dark, and cold, when the wind blusters, and the hail patters at the casement, then a solitary woman is apt to have strange fancies, and sometimes to wish that—well, well, my promise must be kept at all events.
Oh! come away! my soldier boy, From war to peace incline thee; Thy laurel, Time shall ne'er destroy. But Love with roses twine thee. Come, come away, Love chides thy stay, Oh! prithee come my soldier!
Let fife and drum preserve their place, While softer sounds delight thee; The fiddle shall our wedding grace, But horns shall never fright thee. Come, come away, Love chides thy stay, Oh! prithee come my soldier!
SCENE II.—A saloon: a large window is open and discovers the gardens: the noise of song and dance is heard immediately below the window.
Sing farewell labour, Blow pipe and beat tabor, Fly care far away; In light band advancing, Let music and dancing Proclaim holyday.
De Valmont opens the door of an inner chamber, and crosses the stage with a quick petulant step, to ring a bell in the saloon: no answer is immediately given, and he repeats the ring with increased fretfulness.
De Val. So! am I heard! old man! to what strange dwelling have I been borne while sleeping? and who is your new master?
Gas. Alack! your lordship is in your own fair castle, nor other master than yourself do I, or any of my fellows serve—a kind and noble master.
De Val. You tell me wonders; I thought the master in his house had borne command among his people, but here it seems, each groom is more absolute in his humours than the lord; how is't? do I clothe and feed a pampered herd, but to increase my torments? when I would muse in privacy, must I be baited still, and stunned with crowds and clamours? knave! drive the rabble from my gate, and rid my ears of discord.
Gas. Well-a-day! who could have foreseen this anger? my good lord 'tis but your tenantry rejoicing: this morning, I distributed your lordship's bounty among them to celebrate chevalier Florian's return; and now the honest grateful souls would fain thank their benefactor by the song that tells him they are happy.
De Val. Their thanks are hateful to me; ungenerous wretches! is it not enough that they are happy whilst I am miserable, but they must mock my anguish by a saucy pageant of their joys, and force my shrinking senses more keenly to remark the contrast of our fates? (Tabors, &c. without.) Quick! quick! begone and drive them from my gate (stamps imperatively).
Gas. (frighted) I am gone, my lord! —I am gone.
De Val. Hold! another word—perhaps the unthinking creatures might design this torture kindly, and I would not punish the mistakes of ignorance. Do not dismiss them harshly—I would have them indulge their gayety, but I cannot bear to be a witness of it. Gaspard, this house is Melancholy's chosen home; and its devoted master's heart, like a night-bird that abhors the animating sun, has been so long familiarized to misery, it sickens and recoils at the approach of mirth.
Gas. (pressing his hand) My kind, unfortunate, my beloved master!
De Val. (snatching it from him) Pshaw! I loathe pity— (shouts) —hark! again! go, go, send them from the gate, but not harshly.
De Val. All hearts rejoicing; mine only miserable! every peasant yielding to delight, their lord alone devoted to despair; a subtle, slow despair that, drop by drop, congeals the blood of life, yet will not bid the creeping current quite forbear to flow; that has borne its victim just to the sepulchre 's tempting edge, but holds him there to envy, not partake its slumbers. Well, well, your own appointed hour, just heavens!—if it be the infirmity of man to repine here, it is the Christian's hope to rejoice hereafter.
Gas. I've sent them hence; they'll not be heard again; but since they may not thank, they are gone to pray for you—Mass! I had nigh forgotten—young Madam Geraldine is in the anti-room, and waits to see your lordship.
De Val. Admit her! (Exit Gaspard) My gentle one! my desolate, orphan maid, if any softening drop were yet permitted in my cup of bitters, I think the affectionate hand of Geraldine would mingle and prepare it for my lip.
Ger. (Tenderly embracing him) Ah! my dear, dear uncle! how am I rejoiced by a permission to visit you again; for four long days you have secluded yourself, and indeed I have been so distressed—but I will not speak of past anxieties now; war restores its hero to our vows; Florian returns to us—are not you quite happy, uncle?
De Val. Happy? I? my good child—do not mock me.
Ger. Nay, could I intend—
De Val. Well! let it pass; you it seems, my Geraldine, are really happy; your lips confess much, but your eyes still betray more—niece, you love my adopted Florian.
Ger. Love! fy, uncle—Oh yes, yes, I do certainly love him like a brother.
De Val. Something better.—Suppose I should offer this Florian to you as a husband
Ger. (looking down demurely.) I never presume to dispute my dear uncle's commands.
De Val. Little equivocator! answer me strictly: do you not wish to become his wife?
Ger. Indeed, I never yet have asked my heart that question.
De Val. But if Florian married any other woman, would you not hate the object of his preference?
Ger. (throwing herself upon his neck.) Ah! uncle, you have my secret: no, I would not hate my fortunate rival—I would pray for her happiness, but my heart would break while it breathed that prayer!
De Val. My excellent ingenuous child, indulge the virtuous emotions of your heart without disguise—Florian and Geraldine are destined for each other.
Ger. Generous benefactor! what delightful dazzling visions your words conjure up to my imagination; the universe will concentrate within the fairy circle of our hearth; a waking consciousness of bliss will ever freshly dress our day in flowers, and at nights, fancy will gild our pillow with the dream that merrily anticipates the future.
De Val. Enthusiast! you contemplate the ocean in a calm, nor dream how frightfully a tempest may reverse the picture.
Ger. Ambitious pride may tremble at the storm, but true love, uncle, never can be wrecked; its constancy is strengthened, not impaired by trials, and when adversity divorces us from common friendships, the chosen partners of each other's hearts a second time are married, and with dearer rites.
De Val. (averting his face with a look of anguish) Girl!
Ger. (unnoticing his emotion) Then if they have children, how surpassing is the bliss, while their own gay prime is mellowly subsiding into age, to trace the features and the virtues they adored in youth, renewed before their eyes, and feel themselves the proud and grateful authors of each other's joy—Ah! trust me, uncle! such a destiny is beyond the reach of fortune's malice; 'tis the anti-type of heaven.
De Val. (Grasping her hand suddenly, convulsed with agitation.) 'Tis the distracting mockery of hell that cheats us with an hour's ecstatic dream to torture us eternally: girl! girl! wouldst thou find happiness, die! seek it in the grave, only in the grave—a watchful fiend destroys it upon earth! Prat'st thou of love? Connubial and parental love? Ah! dear-lov'd objects of my soul! what are ye now—ashes, ashes, darkly scattering to the midnight winds. God! the flames yet blaze—here, here—my brain's on fire! [Rushes out.
Ger. Uncle! listen to your Geraldine! —Ah! ingrate that I am! the vulture that gnaws his generous heart, had slumbered for a moment, and I have waked it to renew its cruelty! my fault was unawares, yet I could chide it like a crime; my mounting spirits fall from their giddy height at once. Oh! uncle! noble, suffering uncle! would that my tears could wash away the recollection of my words. [Weeps.
De Valmont suddenly returns and embraces Geraldine.
De Val. Geraldine! dear child, forgive me! my violence has terrified your gentle nature. I would not pain you, love, for worlds; but I am not always master of myself, and my passions will sometimes break forth rebellious to my reason; pity and forgive the infirmities of grief.
Ger. Ah! Sir. (Attempts to kneel.)
_De Val._ (_Preventing her, and kissing her forehead._) Bless you, my good and innocent child; nay, do not speak to me, my happiness is lost forever, but I can pray for yours. Bless you, my child! bless you ever. [_Breaks from her, and exit.
Ger. My happiness! ah! if the exalted virtues of a soul like yours, my uncle, despair of the capricious boon, how shall the undeserving Geraldine presume to hope?
Ros. Oh! my lady, such news, he's arrived, he's in the hall.
Ger. My Florian?
Ros. No, lady, not your Florian, but my L'Eclair, not quite so great a hero as his master to be sure, but yet a real, proper, mettlesome soldier every inch; he looks about him among the men so fierce and so warlike; then with the women, he's so impudent, and so audacious;—oh! he's a special fellow.
L'Eclair speaks without.
L'Ec. Here's a set of rascals! no discipline? no subordination in the house! eh! look to the baggage, curry down my charger! hem! ha!
Your ladyship's devoted servant, ever in the foremost rank! never did a nine-pounder traverse the enemy's line with more promptitude than I, Phillippe L'Eclair, unworthy private of the fifth hussars, now fly to cast my poor person at your ladyship's gracious feet.
Ger. You are very welcome from the wars, L'Eclair, Fame has spoken of you in your absence.
L'Ec. Fy! my lady, you disorder me at the first charge,—a pestilence now upon that wicked, impertinent gossip, Fame,—will not her everlasting tongue suffer even so poor a fellow as L'Eclair, to escape? 'tis insufferable; may I presume to inquire then, what rumours have reached your ladyship's ear?
Ger. To a soldier's credit, trust me.—But your master, L'Eclair, where is he?
L'Ec. Ah! poor gentleman, he's in the rearguard, I left him four leagues off, at the fortress of Huningen, unexpectedly confined by——
Ger. Confined! heavens! by what complaint?
L'Ec. Only the complaint of old age; the general commissioned my master upon his route to deliver some instructions to the superannuated commandant of the fortress; now the old gentleman proving somewhat dull of apprehension, my master though dying of impatience, was constrained to a delay of some extra hours, despatching me, his humble ambassador, forward, to prevent alarms, and promise his arrival at the chateau before midnight.
Ger. Midnight! so late?—four leagues to travel—alone—his road through an intricate forest, and the sky already seeming to predict a tempest.
L'Ec. Why, as your ladyship remarks, the clouds seem making a sort of forced march over our heads; but a storm is the mere trifling of nature in a soldier's estimation; my master and his humble servant have faced a cannon-ball too frequently, to be disconcerted by a hail-stone.
Ger. Then you have often been employed upon dangerous service, L'Eclair?
L'Ec. Hay, I protest, your ladyship must excuse me there; a man has so much the appearance of boasting, when he becomes the reporter of his own achievements; I beg leave to refer your ladyship to the gazettes, though I confess the gazettes do but afford a soup-maigre, whip-syllabub sort of narrative, accurate enough, perhaps in the main, but plaguily incommunicative of particulars: for instance, in the recent affair at Nordlingen, I can defy you to find any mention in the gazette, that the chevalier Florian charged through a whole regiment of the enemy's grenadiers, drawn up in a hollow square, that Phillipe L'Eclair, singly followed the chevalier, and rode over all those his master had not time to decapitate, how a masked battery suddenly opened with twelve pieces of heavy ordnance, firing red-hot balls; how the chevalier's horse reared; how L'Eclair's neighed; but how both officer and private, neither a whit discouraged at this dilemma, galloped their chargers gracefully up to the flaming mouth of the danger; cleared a chevaux de frise of fifteen feet at a flying leap; then dismounting; carried the battery by a coup de main; spiked the guns; muzzled the gunners with their own linstocks; and, finally compelled the principal engineer to turn cook, and grill a calf's head at his own furnace, for the dinner of his conquerors! Now this affair which had no small influence in determining the fortune of the day, with many parallel traits, our gazetteers have unaccountably neglected to publish. My memory, perhaps, might remedy their deficiencies to any curious ear, but alas! an insurmountable modesty renders the task so painful, that I cast myself upon your ladyship's compassion, and beseech you to forbear from further inquiry.
Ger. Ha! ha! your sensitive delicacy shall be respected L'Eclair; Rosabelle, be it your care to make the defender of his country welcome—at midnight then.—Oh! hasten on your flight, dark-wing'd hours! through your close shadows once disclose my Florian, then if ye list, be motionless, and still retard the day. [Exit.
L'Ec. There, you hear young woman!—you are to make the defender of his country welcome.
Ros. I'll do my best towards your pleasure,—what service can I lend you first.
L'Ec. Dress my wounds.
Ros. Wounds! gramercy! I never should have guessed you had any.
L'Ec. Deep, dangerous, desperate,—here! (affectedly pressing his heart) here, Rosabelle! here's the malady; 'tis an old hurt, I took it 'ere I went on my campaign; time and absence had clapped an awkward sort of plaster on't; but now—oh! those eyes!—the wound breaks out afresh;—must I expire?—Rosabelle! prithee, be my surgeon.
Ros. I have not the skill to prescribe, but I could administer a remedy by directions; what salve will you try first.
L'Ec. Lip-salve, you gipsy! (Kisses her furiously.)
Ros. Now, shame upon your manners, master soldier, was this a trick taught you by the wars?
L'Ec. Yes, faith! saluting is one of the first lessons in a soldier's trade, so my dear, tempting, provoking. (Catches her round.)
Ros. Hay, keep your hands off, you have taught me enough of the manual exercise already; but say now, were you indeed so great a hero in the battle as you told my lady?
L'Ec. Pshaw! I did'nt tell her half, my modesty forbade, but for thee, my pretty Rosabelle—
Ros. Ay, with me, I'm certain your modesty will be no obstacle.
L'Ec. None, for while I gaze upon the face of an angel, the devil himself can't put me out of countenance.
DUETTO.—Rosabelle and L'Eclair.
Ros. Tell, soldier, tell! and mark you tell me truly, How oft in battle have you slain a foe?
L'Ec. Go, count the leaves when winds are heard unruly, In autumn that from mighty forests blow.
Ros. Did e'er a captain, worth a costly ransom, Own you his conqueror in the deadly broil?
L'Ec. I've twigg'd field-marshals, pickings snug and handsome, Twelve waggons now are loaded with my spoil.
Both. Oh! loudly, proudly, sound the soldier's fame! Oh! flashy, dashy, flaunt the soldier's dame!
Ros. Tell, soldier, tell! and mark, you tell me truly, Did foreign maids ne'er win your roving vow?
L'Ec. O! blood and fire! —I swear I can't speak coolly, By Mars! to you, and only you, I bow.
Ros. Say, shall love's chain of blossoms hold for ever? Nor time, nor absence, bid its bloom depart?
L'Ec. Not sword, or gun, such magic links can sever, Or rend from Rosabelle her hero's heart.
Both. O! loudly, proudly, &c.
SCENE III.—A front wood, stage very dark, thunder and lightning.
Enter Longueville and Bertrand, the latter disguised and masqued.
Long. Come, sir, to your post! what! a coward even to the last? you tremble.
Bert. I do indeed, the storm is terrible, it seems as if heaven's own voice were clamoring to forbid the deed. [Thunder.
Long. This tumult of the night assists our enterprise; its thunders will drown your victim's dying groan. Where have you placed the bravoes?
Bert. Hard by—just where the horse-road sinks into a hollow dell, and over-spreading branches almost choke the pass, there we may rush upon the wretched youth securely, and there our poniards—
Long. Hush!—a footstep!—who passes there?
Enter 1st Bravo.
1st Br. Sanguine!
Long. Wherefore are you here, and parted from your fellow?
1st Br. I left him lurking in the hollow, while I sought you out to ask advice. Just now, a horse without a rider, burst furiously through the thicket where we lay; the lightning flashed brightly at the time, and I plainly marked the steed to be the very same young Florian rode, when we dogged him from the last inn, at sunset.
Bert. (involuntarily) merciful God! then thou hast preserved him.
Long. Villain! you may find your transports premature; perchance he has dismounted to seek on foot some shelter from the increasing fury of the storm; but 'tis impossible he should escape; one only path conducts to the chateau. Quick! bestow yourselves on either side, and your victim's fate is certain. I must return to avoid suspicion.
Bert. (catching his arm.) Yet, my lord, once more reflect.
Long. (throwing him off.) Recollect your oath.
Bert. (desperately.) Yes, yes, it must be written on my memory in characters of blood. [Exeunt separately.
SCENE IV.—Another part of the forest more entangled and intricate, the tempest becomes violent, and the stage appears alternately illumined by the lightning, and enveloped in utter darkness. Florian is seen advancing cautiously through the thickets from a distance.
Flor. A plague upon all dark nights, foul ways, and runaway horses! a mettlesome madcap, to start at the lightning and plunge with me head over heels in the brushwood; in scrambling out of that thicket, I certainly turned wrong, and have missed my road—how to regain it? 'sdeath! I could as soon compose an almanac as and a clue to this puzzle. Well, I was found in a wood when a baby, and have just lived to years of discretion to be lost in a wood again! Fortune! Fortune! thou spiteful gipsy! was this an honest trick to pass upon a faithful servant, who has worn thy livery from his cradle, and taken off thy hands a thousand knocks and buffetings without a murmur? Just at this moment too, when hope and fancy were dancing merrily, and had made the prettiest ball-room of my heart—just too when the image of my Geraldine— (rain, storm increases) but a truce with meditation, this pelting shower rather advises action— (turns to an opening) —No; that can't be the path; which ever way I turn I may only get farther entangled; then there are pit-falls, wolves, bears—yes! I've the prospect of a delectable night before me; what if I exercise my lungs and call for help? oh! there's scarcely a chance of being heard; well, 'tis my forlorn hope and shall e'en have a trial. Holloa! Holloa! Holloa! [a whistle answers from the right] Huzza! somebody whistles from the right! kind lady Fortune! never will I call thee names again. [another whistle from the opposite side.] Ha! answered from the left too! —Lucky fellow!—where are you my dear boys—where are you?
Florian runs toward the right—a very vivid flash of lightning at that instant gleams upon the path before him, and displays the figure of a masqued bravo, Sanguine, with an unsheathed poniard advancing between the trees, Florian recoils.
Flor. Ha! a man armed and masqued!—perhaps some ruffian!—'sdeath! I am defenceless, my pistols were left in the saddle!
Sanguine. (advancing) Who called?
Flor. If I return no answer in the darkness I may retreat unseen.
[He creeps silently to the left as the bravo advances.
San. Speak! where are you?
[2d bravo emerges from the gloom and directly crosses the path by which Florian is about to escape.
Len. Here! [Thunder.
[Florian at the second voice discovers himself to be exactly between the ruffians, and stops.
[He recedes a single step, and strikes his hand against a tree immediately behind him, the trunk of which is hollowed by time, and open towards the audience.
Ha! a tree!
[By his touch he discovers the aperture, and glides into the hollow, at the very instant the two bravoes stepping forward quickly from either side of the tree, encounter each other's extended hands in front.
San. (raising his poniard) Die!
Len. Hold! 'tis I—your comrade!
San. Why did you not answer before, I took you for—hark?
[Bertrand comes through the trees from the top of the stage.]
Bert. Hist! Sanguine?—Lenoire?
San. Here!—both of us.
Bert. (coming forward) Why did you whistle?
San. In answer to your call—you hallooed to us.
San. But now—a minute back.
Bert. I never spoke.
San. I'll swear I heard a voice—no doubt then but 'twas he that—
Bert. From what quarter did the cry proceed?
San. I thought it sounded hereabouts, but the storm kept such a confounded patter at the time—
Bert. Well—let us take the left-hand path; and if we hear the call repeated—
San. Ay!—our daggers meet all questions with a keen reply.
[Exeunt to the left.
Flor. (extricating himself cautiously from the tree.) Eternal Providence, what have I heard! Murderers then are upon the watch for me! no, no—not for me. I cannot be the destined victim. I never yet offended a human being, and fiends themselves would not destroy without a cause for hatred. Heaven guard the threatened one, whoe'er he be! Well, Prudence at least admonishes me to avoid the left-hand path; faith any turn but that must prove the right for me. Ha! unless my eyes are cheated by a Will-o'-th'-Wisp, a friendly light now peeps out through yonder coppice. (looking out) Perhaps some woodman's hut, with a fresh faggot just crackling on the hearth. Oh, for a seat in such a chimney corner. (Whistle again at a distance) I hear you, gentlemen, a pleasant ramble to you. Adieu, Messieurs! space be between us! yours is a left-handed destiny; I'll seek mine to the right. [Exit.
SCENE V.—The outside of a cottage in the wood; a light burning in a casement.
Enter Monica, supporting herself on a crutch, and carrying a basket of flax.
Mon. Praise to the virgin! my old limbs have reached their resting place at last: what a tempest! my new cardinal is quite drenched. Well, I've kept the flax dry, however, that's some comfort, (strikes against the door.) Ho, there, within—open quickly.
[The door opens, and a female wildly dressed, appears; she catches Monica's hand with affection, and kisses it.]
Mon. Ah, my poor Silence! thou hast watched and fretted for me preciously, I'll warrant: but the road from Brisac is long, and this rough night half crippled me.
[The female feels her damp garments, and seems with quick tenderness to invite her into the house.]
Well, well, never fright thyself, if I shiver now, a cup of warm Rhenish will soon make me glow again: 'faith I am weary though; wilt lend an arm to an old woman?
[The female embraces and supports her.]
Ah, there's my kind Silence.
[Exeunt into the cottage.
Enter Florian running and out of breath, from the left hand.
Flor. I'm right, by all the household gods! 'Twas no goblin of the fen that twinkled to deceive, but a real substantial weatherproof tenement shining with invitation to benighted travellers. Oh, blessings on its hospitable threshold; my heart luxuriates already by anticipation, and pants for a fireside, a supper, and a bed. Hold though—just now I was on the point of shaking hands with a cutthroat; who knows but here I may introduce myself upon visiting terms with his family? 'faith I'll reconnoitre the position before I establish my quarters. This casement is commodiously low. (Steps to the casement on tiptoe.) I protest, a vastly neat, creditable sort of mansion! Yes—it will do! on one side blazes an excellent fire; in the middle stands a table ready covered; that's for supper: then just opposite is a door left ajar; ay, that must lead to a bed. Ha! now the door opens; who comes forward? by all my hopes a woman! Enough; here will I pitch my tent. Whenever doubts and fears perplex a man, the form of woman strikes upon his troubled spirit like the rainbow stealing out of clouds—the type of beauty and the sign of hope! (he knocks) Now Venus send her with a kindly smile!—she comes—she comes.
[The female opens the door, but on seeing Florian recoils with trepidation—he catches her hand, and forcibly detains her.]
Flor. My dear madam! no alarm, for Heaven's sake. You have thieves in your neighbourhood, but, upon my soul, I don't belong to their fraternity. No, madam, I'm an unlucky fellow, but with the best morals in the world: the fact is, I have lost myself in the forest; the storm rages—and as I am no knight-errant to court unnecessary hardships, respectfully I entreat the hospitality of this roof for the remainder of the night.
[The female surveys his figure with suspicion and timidity.]
Flor. I fear 'tis my misfortune to be disbelieved; nay then, let my dress declare my character! (he releases her hand to throw open his riding-cloak, and discovers the regimental under it.) Behold! I am a soldier.
[The female shrieks violently; for an instant she covers her eyes with both hands shudderingly, and then with the look and action of sudden insanity, darts away into the thicket of the wood.]
Flor. (calling after her.) Madam! my dear madam! only hear me, madam! she's gone! absolutely vanished! I wish I had a looking-glass; certainly I must have changed my face when I lost my road—no scare-crow could have terrified the poor woman more. What's to be done? If I follow her, I shall but increase her terrors and my own difficulties. Shall I enter the cottage and wait her return? the door stands most invitingly open, and to a wet and weary wanderer, that fire sparkles so provokingly—'faith, I can't resist the temptation—Adventure seems the goddess of the night, and I'll e'en worship the divinity at a blazing shrine! [Exit into the house.
SCENE VI.—The interior of the cottage—the entrance, door, and casements are on one side—opposite is the fireplace—and a staircase in the back scene conducts to an upper chamber—a table with a lamp burning, and a frugal supper stands in the middle of the stage.—Florian is discovered when the scene draws, kneeling at the hearth and chaffing his hands before the fire.
Flor. Eternal praise to the architect who first invented chimney-corners? the man who built the pyramids was a dunce by comparison. [rises and looks round him.] All solitary and silent: faith, my situation here is somewhat whimsical. Well, I am left in undisturbed possession, and that's a title in law, if not in equity. [he takes off his cloak and hangs it on a chair] Yes, this shall be my barrack for the night. What an unsocial spirit must the fair mistress of this cottage possess. Egad, she seemed to think it necessary, like the man and woman in the weather-house, that one sex should turn forth into the storm, so soon as the other sought a shelter from its peltings: a plague on such punctilio.
[Monica enters down the staircase from her chamber.]
Mon. [speaking as she descends.] There, my garments are changed, and we may now enjoy our supper.
Flor. Ha! another woman! but old, by the mother of the Graces!
Mon. A stranger!
Flor. Not an impertinent one, I trust. One, who in the darkness of the storm has missed his road, despairs of regaining it till morning, and craves of your benevolence a shelter for the night. You shall be soon convinced I am no dangerous guest.
Mon. [with a voluble civility.] Nay, young gentleman, never trouble yourself to inform me of your rank; you have told me your necessity, and that's a sufficient claim to every comfort my little cabin can afford; pray, sir, take a seat: I am much honoured by your presence: we have a little supper toward; you must partake it, sir: here! my good Silence! come hither. Ah! I do not see—[looking anxiously round the cottage.]
Flor. I am afraid, my good madam, you miss one of your family.
Mon. I do, indeed, sir; and—
Flo. It was my misfortune to drive a female out of your house at the moment I entered it.
Flor. But not intentionally, I protest. The fact is, though I have always esteemed myself as a well-manufactured person, yet something in my appearance so terrified the lady that—
Mon. Ah, I comprehend; you wear the habit of a soldier, sir, and my poor Silence never can abide to look upon that dress.
Flor. Indeed! that's rather a singular antipathy for a female. May I inquire—is she a daughter of yours?
Mon. Not by blood, sir; but she is the child of misfortune, and as such may claim a parent in every heart that has itself experienced sorrow; but come, sir, take a seat, I beseech you; my alarm ceases now I know the cause of her absence. She is accustomed to wander in the woods by night when any thing disturbs her mind. She'll return to me anon calm and passive as before: I have known it with her often thus. You look fatigued, sir; let me recommend this flask of Rhenish: pray drink, sir; it will do you good; it always does me good.
Flor. Madam, since you are so pressing, my best services to you—a very companionable sort of old gentlewoman this (aside); I protest, madam, I feel myself interested for this unfortunate under your protection; there was a wild and melancholy sweetness in her eye that touched me at our first exchange of looks with awe and pity; is her history a secret?
Mon. Oh, no—not a secret, but quite a mystery, you know nearly as much of it as I do; but since we are on the subject—another draught of wine, sir!
Flor. Madam, you will pledge me. And now for the mystery.
Mon. Well, sir, about sixteen years ago when I lived in Languedoc, for you must know I am but newly settled here, a stranger in Alsace, ay! about sixteen or seventeen years ago, there came a rumour to our village, of a wild woman, that had been caught by some peasants in the woods near Albi, following quite a savage and unchristian life; gathering fruits and berries for her food by day, and sleeping in the mossy hollows of a rock at night. She was brought round the country as a show. All the world in our parts went to look upon the prodigy, and you may be sure I made one among the crowd. Well, sir, this wild woman was the very creature you beheld but now. At that time she was in truth a piteous object; her form was meagre and wasted, and her wretched garment hung over it in filthy tatters; her fine hair fell in matted heaps, and the sun and the wind together had changed her skin like an Indian's. Yet even in the midst of all this misery, there was a something so noble and so gentle in her air, that the moment I looked upon her, my curiosity was lost at once in pity and respect. The people by whom she was surrounded, were stunning her with coarse and vulgar questions, but never an answer did she deign to give, though some wheedled and some threatened; still 'twas to all alike: so most persons concluded she was dumb.
Flor. And a very natural conclusion it was, when a female remained silent, who had so excellent an opportunity of exercising her tongue.
Mon. Well, Sir, presently my turn came to approach her, when somehow my heart swelled quite painfully, to see the gracious image of our Maker degraded, and one's own fellow creature treated like the brutes of the field, so, that when I touched her, my tears started unawares and fell upon her trembling hand. Would you believe it, sir? the poor desolate statue felt the trickling drops, and reason was rekindled by the warmth of pity. Suddenly her eyes, so lately dull and vacant, flashed with recovered brightness. She cast herself at my feet—clasped my knees—and cried out, in tones that might have moved a heart of rock—"Angel of compassion! save me from disgrace?" All present started as if a miracle were worked. "Will you preserve me?" cried the suppliant. I was a widowed and a childless woman; in an instant I raised the forlorn one to my arms, as a companion, as an adopted daughter. Her keepers were ignorant men, but not cruel; their hearts were softened by the scene, and they yielded their claims to my entreaties. I led the unfortune to my dwelling; from that moment, she has shared my mat and partaken of my morsel. I love her with the affection of a real parent, and were I now to lose her, I think my heart would break upon the grave that robbed it of its darling.
Flor. By heavens, I reverence your feelings! in truth 'tis a melancholy story.
Mon. Yes, sir; and melancholy stories make people dry, so let me recommend another cup of wine.
Flor. Madam, I can't refuse the challenge— (aside) the old lady certainly designs to send me under the table. But pray, madam, have you never discovered the cause of that distress, from which you first relieved this suffering woman?
Mon. Never. On the subject of her early adventures she remains inflexibly silent. I have often tried to win the secret from her, but though she is mild and rational enough upon all other themes, yet, let but a hint remind her of her former wretchedness, her wits directly start into disorder, and for whole hours, nay, sometimes days together, she remains a lunatic. I do not even know her name, but call her Silence, because her voice is heard so very rarely. I think her dejection has increased since we quitted Languedoc, for about two months since, a kinsman of mine died, and bequeathed me this cottage with some land here in Alsace; 'tis a lone house, and the thick woods about I fear remind my poor Silence too much of her former way of life, sometimes she wanders in them half the night.
Flo. Are you not fearful of her safety? these woods are full of danger; within this half hour, I myself have encountered three ruffians lurking for their prey.
Mon. Ruffians! young gentleman. Blessed Mary save us!—'tis true, I am a stranger in these parts, but never did I hear of such neighbours. Well, well, I fear not for my child, she has no wealth to tempt a plunderer. Poverty is the mother of ills, but her offspring generally respect each other. Come, sir, finish the flask; and now let me prepare your chamber for the night. (rises.)
Flor. Kind hostess! I am bounden to you ever. (rises and fills his glass) Here's woman! beauteous, generous woman! admired when we are happy, but in our adversity adored! (drinks.)
Mon. (curtseying) Sweet sir, down to the very ground I return your gallantry.
Flor. Hist!—don't I hear footsteps in the wood?
Mon. (listening) Ah, yes, perhaps my child returns to us.
[The casement is thrust open, and Bertrand with the two bravoes look into the cottage.]
Mon. Ah! men in masks!
Bert.'Tis he! (they disappear from the casement.)
Flor. Swift! help me swift to bar the door!
Mon. Ah! 'tis forced already! (noise at door.)
[The door is burst, the two bravoes instantly spring upon Florian and grapple with him. Bertrand seizes the woman.]
Mon. Murder! murder!
Bert. Silence, or you die!
[Florian struggles towards the centre of the stage in front, and is there forced down upon one knee.]
Flo. Is it plunder that you seek? what is your purpose with me? speak!
San. Learn it by this! (raises his dagger.)
Bert. Hold! not here, drag him into the wood, despatch him there!
Flo. Inhuman villains! by your soul's best hope—I charge you—I implore you—
Bert. (stamping furiously, and casting Monica from him) Toward the wood! —Follow me!
[Bertrand turns to the door, and the bravoes struggle to force Florian after him, at that instant, the unknown female enters from the wood, and pauses in the door-way exactly opposite to Bertrand, his advanced arm falls back nerveless by his side, his limbs shake with strong convulsion, and he reels backwards.]
Bert. Support me, ah! save me, or I die!
[The bravoes release Florian to fly towards Bertrand, who sinks in their arms. The female, with a light and rapid step crosses in front of the group to the middle of the stage where Florian remains kneeling, she spreads her wild drapery before the victim, and places herself between him and the ruffians in the attitude of protection.]
Bert. (pursuing her with his eye deliriously) Look! look! she rises from the grave! she blasts me with her frown! away! away! heaven itself forbids the deed!
[The ruffians rush forth into the wood again. Florian and Monica catch the hands of the unknown to their lips in transport, and the curtain falls suddenly upon the scene.]
End of act I.
SCENE I.—A gallery in the chateau.
Enter Longueville and Bertrand.
Long. Traitor! infamous, unblushing traitor! Florian has arrived, arrived in safety: every way I have been betrayed; and now to screen your perfidy from punishment, you dare insult my ear with forgeries too monstrous and too gross for patience.
Bert. Hear me, my lord! as I have life, as I have a soul, so have I spoken truly, the grave yawned asunder to forbid the blow, it was no vision of my cowardice—I saw—distinctly saw-it was Eugenia! as in her days of nature, entire and undecayed, the spectre-form stood terribly before me, it moved—it gazed—it frowned me into madness!
Long. Villain! still would you deceive me!
Bert. Ah, my lord, you would deceive yourself. I swear it was Eugenia, her shadowy arms were stretched between the lifted dagger and the prostrate youth; while her swift dark eye flashed on mine with brightness insupportable: such was her dreadful look, when, with her bleeding infant clinging to her breast, she sprang into the flames, and—
Long. Hush! [the doors of an inner chamber open, and De Valmont appears conversing with Florian and Geraldine.] We are interrupted; quick! change those ruffled features into smiles, quick! mark me, wretch!
De Val. (coming forward) My boy, your preservation was indeed a miracle. Ascribe not to the vague results of chance, that which belongs to Providence alone. Ah, here is my kinsman—one, whose anxious fears on your account, have held him a sleepless watcher through the night.
Long. (with affected fervency) Florian! a thousand welcomes: the return of friends at all times is a joy, but when they come through dangers to our arms, there's transport in the meeting. Tell me—what strange tale is this I catch imperfectly from every lip? can it be possible you were assailed last night by ruffians in the wood?
Flor. Yes, my dear baron, yes! but morning has chased away night, and I am out of the wood now; therefore let us banish gloomy retrospections, and yield the present hour to bliss without alloy.
De Val. Not so: in this your friends must claim an interest dearer than your own: these men of blood shall be pursued to justice, if Alsace yet hold them.
Long. Be that my task. (to Flor.) Should you recognize their persons?
Flo. Positively no—their disguises were impenetrable.
Ger. But their voices, Florian, you heard them speak?
Flo. True, sweet Geraldine, a few broken sentences; but their accents were not framed like thine, to touch the ear but once, yet vibrate on the memory forever.
Long. Indulge my curiosity, how were you preserved?
Flo. Well, baron, since you will force me to act the hero in my own drama, thus runs my story: I was defenceless, helpless, hopeless: two sturdy knaves had mastered my struggling arms, and the dagger of a third gleamed against my throat, when suddenly a female form appeared before us; in an instant, as if by magic, the murderers relaxed their hold, shuddered, recoiled, uttered cries, and fled the spot, the female mute and motionless remained.
Bert. (aside to Longueville.) You mark.
Long. (repulsing him.) Silence!
Flo. Cowardice is ever found the mate of Cruelty: this stranger was doubtless regarded by the villains as a preternatural agent, she proved however, a mere mortal, frail and palpable as ourselves.
Bert. (listening with tremulous attention.) God! living!
Long. (not regarding Bertrand, who has drawn behind.) Whence came this woman? What was she?
Flo. Alas! the most pitiable object in nature—an unhappy maniac; she resides at the same cottage where I found shelter from the storm.
Bert. (as if electrified by a sudden thought.) Direct me, heaven!
[He glides silently out of the gallery unobserved by all.]
Long. Were not any other circumstances linked with this adventure?
Flo. None of consequence: but I suspect one of the ruffians was known to this wretched woman; her incoherent words implied that she recognized in him an ancient enemy; but her frail remains of intellect, were, for a time, quite unsettled by the terror of the scene; she fled from me to her chamber in dismay, and at daybreak I left the cottage without a second interview.
Long. Florian! it is necessary this woman should be interrogated further— (with much emotion) not a moment must be lost—dear count, excuse me for an hour, my anxiety admits not of delay. I will myself visit this cottage instantly. [Exit.
Ger. (half aside to De Valmont) Uncle, if the baron tarries beyond the hour, we must not wait for his return, recollect it is to be at noon exactly.
Flo. (overhearing.) And what at noon, dear Geraldine?
De Val. (smiling) Florian, you are destined to be our hero in peace as well as war—my niece has planned a little fete in compliment to the conquerors of Nordlingen.
Ger. Fy, uncle, Florian was not to have known of it till the moment, you have betrayed my secret, now as a due punishment for the treason, I impose upon you to appear at our fete in person.
De Val. What a demand! —I, who never—
Ger. Nay, if it be only for a minute, positively you must come among us—nay, I will not be denied.
De Val. Well, you reign a fairy sovereign for the day, and if it be your will to play the despot, your subjects, though they murmur, must obey.
Ger. (embracing him) There's my kindest uncle! thanks! Florian I warn you not to stir towards the terrace till I summon you, beware of disobedience, I have the power to punish.
Flor. And to reward also.
Ger. Ah! at least I have the inclination, it will be your own fault if ever my actions and my wishes dissociate, or Geraldine refuse a boon when Florian is the suitor. [Exit.
Flor. (looking after her) Geraldine! too kind, too lovely Geraldine, ah! sir, is she not admirable?
De Val. She has been accounted so by many in your absence. I cannot estimate her beauty, but I know her virtue; and the last fond wish left clinging to this heart is Geraldine's felicity. I shall endeavour to secure it, by uniting her in marriage with a worthy object.
Flor. Sir!—marriage did you say? Gracious heaven! Marriage!
De Val. What is it that surprizes you? I can assure you, Geraldine already has been addressed by lovers.
Flor. To doubt it were a blasphemy against perfection. Oh! Sir, it is not that—oh! no.
De Val. Wherefore, my dear Florian, so much emotion? Does the idea of Geraldine's marriage afflict you?
Flor. I am not such an ingrate—her happiness is the prayer of my soul to heaven, and I would perish to insure it.
De Val. (after a pause, during which he regards the agitated Florian with tender earnestness.) Young man, I have long since determined to address you with a brief recital of circumstances necessary to your future decisions in life. Every word of that recital must draw with it a life-drop from my heart, for I shall speak to you of the past, and recollection to me is agony. The trial we once have considered as inevitable, it is fruitless to defer. Draw yourself a seat, and afford me for a few minutes your fixt attention.
(Florian presents a chair to the Count, and then seats himself.)
De Val. Florian, you now behold me, such as I have seemed, even from your infancy—a suffering, querulous, cheerless, hopeless, broken-hearted man—one who has buried all the energies of his nature, and only preserves a few of its charities tremblingly alive. It was not with me always thus—I once possessed a mind and a body vigorously moulded, a heart for enterprize, and an arm for achievement. Grief, not time, has palsied those endowments. Born to exalted rank, and luxuriously bread, like the new-fledged eaglet rushing from his nest at once against the sun, eager, elate, and confident, I entered upon life.
Flor. Ah! that malignant clouds should obscure so bright a dawn!
De Val. My spirit panted for a career of arms—civil war then desolated France, and, at the age of twenty, I embraced the cause of my religion and my king. Fortune, prodigal of her flatteries, twined my brow with clustering laurels, and at the close of my first campaign, my sovereign's favor and the people's love already hailed me by a hero's title. Fatigued with glory—then—ah! Florian! then it was I welcom'd love!—a first, a last, an only and eternal passion! (Pauses with emotion.)
Flor. Nay, sir, desist—these recollections shake your mind too strongly.
De Val. No, no—let me proceed. I can command myself—Florian! I wooed and won an angel for my bride—my expression is not a lover's rhapsody—at this distant period, seriously I pronounce it—Eugenia approached as closely to perfection as the Creator has permitted to his creature! Such as she was, to say I loved her were imperfect phrase! my passion was enthusiasm—was idolatry! Our marriage-bed was early blessed with increase—and as my lip greeted with a father's kiss the infant, my heart bounded with a new transport towards its mother.—My felicity seemed perfect! Now, Florian, mark! My country a second time called me to her battles; I left my kinsman, Longueville, to guard the dear-ones of my soul at home, then sped to join our army in a distant province. I was wounded and made prisoner by the enemy. When I recovered health and liberty, I found a rumour of my death had in the interval prevailed through France. I trembled lest Eugenia should receive the tale, and flew in person to prevent her terrors. It was evening when I reached the hills of Languedoc, and looked impatiently towards my cheerful home beneath. I looked—the last sunbeam glared redly upon smoking ruins! Oh! oh! the blood now chills and curdles round my heart—the wolves of war had rushed by night upon my slumbering fold—fire and sword had desolated all. I called upon my wife and my infant. I trembled on their ashes while I called! (he sinks back exhausted in his chair.)
Flo. Tremendous hour! so dire a shock might well have paralized a Roman firmness.
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Brookhaven’s third annual MLK Dinner and Celebration at Lynwood Park’s community center brought more than 100 people together to honor the legacy of the civil rights leader as well as recognize the Lynwood residents who were the first to integrate DeKalb schools in 1968.
DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond delivered the keynote speech, recognizing the evening was designed to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. But, he added, he wanted to focus on the day and days following MLK Day.
“Tomorrow when you go back to work, when you hear something racist or a sexual comment, will you sit silent or speak up?” he asked.
Thurmond also noted that recent vulgar comments reported to have been used by President Donald Trump to disparage people from Africa and Haiti have been rejected by people around the globe.
“Dr. King said there will be evil men … but it’s not what the bad men say or what the bad men do,” Thurmond said. “The damage is done when good men and women fall silent. What will you say? What will good people do?”
Thurmond also praised the “historic men and women of Lynwood Park,” many of whom were in attendance, who paved the way for future black students. He recalled being the son of a sharecropper and his days of attending segregated schools in Athens, Ga.
Lynwood Park Community Center was once the elementary and high school in Brookhaven’s historic African-American community. When DeKalb County schools finally became integrated in 1968, nearly 20 high school students at the Lynwood school were bused to the all-white Cross Keys High School and eventually became known as the Lynwood Integrators, and are now known as the Lynwood Trailblazers.
Three years ago, Councilmember Linley Jones worked with members of the Lynwood Park community to organize the first city-sponsored MLK Day event to also recognize the local residents’ role in the civil rights movement.
Gary McDaniel said he was the first student to step off the bus when he and his classmates integrated Cross Keys High School 50 years ago. He still lives in Lynwood Park where his father and son also live.
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Curious about Employee Resource Groups (ERG)s? Here’s our quick guide
Last month, Australian Network on Disability (AND) held two sessions on Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), also known as Disability Employee Networks (DEN)s. Hosted by global disability networking and professional development hub – PurpleSpace, the sessions provided practical tips on:
- Setting up an Employee Resource Group
- Implementing a high performing Employee Resource Group.
Australian Network on Disability is also offering our own tips on setting up an ERG.
What is an ERG?
An ERG is a forum where people with disability, carers, allies and friends connect to drive organisational change. Emily Matthews, Member Experience Manager at AND, says
Forums like ERGs are integral. Everyone who is interested in accessibility and inclusion has the opportunity to connect and make positive, tangible changes for people with disability in the workplace.
What is the purpose of an ERG?
An ERG drives organisational change through consultation, activity and conversation.
ERGs create inclusive and accessible workplaces by hosting events, developing policies and procedures.
Why do ERGs form?
ERG’s can form for many different reasons. ERGs may form:
- to come together to support employees with disability and for those who care for people with disability. to raise ideas and discuss key workplace issues – including workplace adjustments (eg flexible work).
- to consult across business; monitoring accessibility and inclusion of systems, policies and procedures.
- to improve policies and procedures to provide a disability-focused forum, particularly at times when an organisation is undertaking substantial change, eg change of premises.
Currently 86 of our AND members have an ERG – but that number continues to grow as employees see the value of connecting with other like-minded staff, especially as COVID has impacted the way work.
Our tips on starting an ERG
- Develop a clear sense of purpose for the group that drives change
- Establish Terms of Reference so everyone understands the processes
- Have a clear structure – assign a Chairperson, secretary and, if needed, a treasurer.
At AND, we suggest following PurpleSpace’s Magic 3 which include:
- A Senior Executive Disability Champion
- Disability Employee Network leader
- Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) practitioner.
We encourage bringing the ERG and the D&I lead together to set the agenda for each ERG meeting.
What can an ERG achieve?
- Educate the broader organisation and raise awareness of inclusion and accessibility across the organisation.
- Establish disability inclusion action plans for the organisation, supporting all employees with disability to work equitably.
- Influence change – through activities or guiding decisions so inclusion and accessibility is considered.
Want to start an ERG with our support?
AND facilitates ERG formation workshops.
We can help you talk through what your ERG can do, support you in identifying what you want to achieve in your network and also help you create the terms of reference,
Contact your Relationship Manager for more information.
Attitudes are the barrier to inclusion: but we can provide solutions
20 % of Australians agree that employers should be allowed to refuse to hire people with disability.
Common misconceptions and stereotypes might be responsible for that sentiment. With many people being unaware of the business benefits. Australians may believe:
- it’s expensive to hire people with disability
- people with disability are less productive
- people with disability take more sick days
But at Australian Network on Disability, we know that through building disability confidence, we can change attitudes.
We’re proud to say that we’re dispelling these misconceptions with our 360-strong member network leading the way.
Our network includes a range of organisations from different industries and locations. Despite the differences, our members have one goal in common.
Disability inclusion is firmly on the agenda.
Through engaging with our programs, services and products, our network build their disability confidence skills. Our members are creating a workplace environment that supports people with disability. And they create an environment that welcomes customers with disability.
Currently, 54 % of Australians agree that employers should not be allowed to refuse to hire people with disability.
And while we still have ways to go to broaden that number, our network is pioneering the attitude change.
Is your workplace inclusive of people with disability?
42% of Australians believe that workplaces are accepting of people with disability.
This indicates that there are still ways to go to create inclusive culture in workplaces.
We can build up inclusion through education and awareness about disability. We can highlight business benefits of employing people with disability. And we can build up disability confidence.
We can change statistics like the one below.
78% of Australians agree that people are unsure of how to act towards people with disability.
As a member of Australian Network on Disability, you are already part of this change.
How can your organisation provide further education and awareness?
- Host an intern with disability in our Stepping Into internship program
- Build up your disability confidence skills by mentoring jobseekers with disability in our PACE mentoring program
- Become a Disability Confident Recruiter and remove barriers from the recruitment process
- Measure the accessibility and inclusion in your organisation with the Access and Inclusion Index
If you are not a member of AND, become a member today.
Change attitudes. Remove barriers.
Read the full report
VPSC is equipping the Victorian Public Sector for wellbeing
The Victorian Public Sector Commission (VPSC) is celebrating the one year anniversary since the launch of the accessible and inclusive Wellbeing toolkit.
Launched during Mental Health Month in 2020, the VSPC developed the toolkit in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to support the wellbeing of Victorian public sector employees in these challenging circumstances.
The positive mental health and wellbeing of public sector employees is critical in continuing to deliver government services uninterrupted to all Victorians, particularly at a time when the community needs it the most
Adam Fennessy PSM, Victorian Public Sector Commissioner.
What is the toolkit?
The Wellbeing toolkit is an online platform that provides tips, tools and activities that support managers in creating a positive environment for the wellbeing of employees in their teams. There are numerous topics explored in the toolkit, including a section on supporting employees with disability.
Topics in the toolkit include:
- Why inclusive language matters as a manager
- Quick and easy ways to make work accessible for your team
- Accessibility scavenger hunt
- Audio description empathy exercises, plus more.
Managers and team leaders are invited to use the toolkit to support their team members. Each section explores why the topic matters, the importance of prioritising the topic, the legal obligations of managers, and the impact inaction could have on the personal wellbeing of team members.
The toolkit has been designed to be used in offices, while working remotely, or in hybrid environments, so that it is inclusive and accessible.
The toolkit was reviewed by Carfi Consulting, an experienced, independent workplace psychology consultancy along with Accessible Action consultancy. The Victorian Public Service Enablers Network also reviewed the toolkit.
Australian Network on Disability also provided guidance and feedback on the content.
The impact of the toolkit
This easy to use, read, and access resource has received positive feedback from staff across the Victorian public sector. Commissioner Adam Fennessy says it has been such a success because
the toolkit provides practical ways to influence wellbeing through authentic human connection, such as conversation building empathy and trust. It provides people managers with tips, tools and activities they can use in many work environments, and with little to no forward planning, to help people feel well at work.
For organisations that are building support systems for their employees’ mental health, the VSPC advises:
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“Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile.”
Walt has always enjoyed being a part of the communities he has lived in. When his daughters were younger, they got to know their neighbors through activities like Girl Scouts and community festivals. His daughters babysat for neighbors, and they got to know many families with a variety of backgrounds. Now that Walt is older, he has enjoyed being a part of community leadership groups and has lots of stories about interactions with neighbors as they share life together. Knowing his neighbors and helping them where he can has been an integral part of his life.
Through Jeremiah, God told his people to seek the peace and prosperity of the city that he had placed them in. Even though they were far from home and their neighbors were quite different from them, God wanted them to invest in their neighborhood and be an active part of their community. That message is still important for us today.
We aren’t always like our neighbors. They may have different backgrounds, faith journeys, or family structures, but God invites us to invest in the people and the places where we find ourselves.
Get to know your neighbors, wherever you are and whoever they are. Seek their peace and prosperity. Invest in them. They are your community.
Father, help us to be bearers of peace and prosperity in the communities where you have placed us. Amen.
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Workforce development is instrumental in developing individual and organizational capabilities for fulfilling the mission of state government. The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services supports workforce development by leading, promoting, and embedding a culture of continuous workplace learning, advancement, and growth supportive of individual, team, and organizational development. Our goal is to holistically support workforce development through the following programs.
SystemLEAD is a leadership development program designed to give participants broad exposure to the competencies necessary to be a successful leader in our system. Over a nine month program, key competencies for leadership will be used to increase the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors for participants aspiring to a leadership role. Read more and learn how to apply by clicking on the link above.
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Direct Support Career Pathways Program
Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services (DBHDS)
Direct Support Professional Career Pathway Program
To improve client service, reduce high vacancy and turnover rates, and create an improved learning environment for the Direct Service Associates (DSA), the agency proposes to create strategies that offer training, competency building and advancement opportunities for direct-care DSAs. The experience, training and development opportunities are structured in three tiers that provide increasing advancement opportunities based on attaining increased experience and competencies as a Direct Support Professional (DSP). The career pathway’s three tiers represent career growth opportunities for all participating DSAs.
The DSP Career Pathway includes partnerships involving DBHDS, community colleges, College of Direct Support, and others that promote a rich learning and work environment for DSAs within the facilities. The career pathway will support a more motivated, experienced and competent direct-care work staff providing higher quality care and service. It is envisioned that the career pathway will improve the overall competency level of staff, lead to a more positive work place environment, raise morale, and improve both recruitment and retention measures at the facilities.
The career pathway will be defined through study to identify key competencies that distinguish success on the job and are profiled at each of the three tiers in the DSP’s career pathway. The key competencies have the following characteristics:
- Observable and measurable behaviors;
- Distinct progression to each level (validated by qualified DSP peer leaders and supervisors/managers);
- Direct tie to excellence on the job; and
- Will be used as basis for pay increases (where funds are available).
Virginia Public Sector Leader Program
The Virginia Public Sector Leader Program (VPSL I, II, III) – at all levels – is a leadership development certificate program of Virginia Tech’s School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA).
The VPSL learning continuum is designed with participant professional experience in mind. Faculty-developed curricula addresses The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) agency-identified needs, and utilizes trusted and researched assessment instruments, experienced and degreed human development professionals and trainers, and validated program materials.
All VPSL levels share the same 5 components:
- Emotional Intelligence
- Management Functions
- Leadership and Decision-Making
- Team Building and Influence
- Strategic Process
However, the learning pillars are addressed in differing approaches, based on participant professional experience.
Andrological learning models are deployed using self-directed readings, seminar/lecture settings, and individual presentation-making, and small-group work. Specific agency issues and agency documents are frequently used as part of the program goal.
Employment Opportunities Plan for Individuals with Disabilities
Employment Opportunities Plan Background
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, each July 1 agencies are required to submit a formal Employment Opportunities Plan (EOP) that outlines strategies for increasing the employment of individuals with disabilities. The Employment Opportunities Plan highlights progress achieved towards the strategies used for expanding and increasing opportunities for individuals with disabilities, to include: internal policies and practices, recruitment efforts, interviewing criteria, and resources to accommodate applicants and workers with disabilities.
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Is your new puppy digging in his crate? They might be trying to tell you something! Puppies instinctively dig in soil or sand to create a den, and if they’re not provided with an appropriate spot to do this, they may turn to their crate.
Digging can also be a sign of stress or anxiety for puppies, so it’s important to figure out why your pup is digging and address the issue. There may be a need for some crate training in your puppy’s future.
Digging: An Instinctual Behavior
Puppies are born with the instinct to dig and have a short attention span. It’s a natural instinct that helps them create a safe and comfortable spot for themselves, similar to how wild dogs will dig a den to raise their young.
If your puppy is digging in their crate at night or during the day, they may be trying to make themselves a comfortable place to rest and relax. However, if they dig too deep, they could damage the crate floor, or even hurt themselves.
If your puppy is digging in the crate because they’re stressed, anxious, or uncomfortable, then it’s time to take action before destructive behavior starts. You should try to help them find a more suitable resting area, or quieter area for the crate.
For example, you can provide toys, blankets, and other items to keep them occupied while they rest. A good way to occupy some time is to fill a Kong with peanut butter (make sure it doesn’t have xylitol!), freeze it, and give it to them only in their crate.
Another great way to have them associate good things with the crate is to place part of their meals in a hollowed toy with peanut butter, freeze it, and give it to them only in their crate.
It’s best to have a word or phrase so they know what you’re asking of them. For example, “Crate up!” is a term some people use, and once your dog recognizes the command, getting them to do what you ask will be a breeze.
Commands you could use to have them get in the crate at night, or during the day when you ask:
- “Crate up!”
- “Get in the crate.”
- “Go in the crate.”
- “Time for bed!”
- “Go to bed.”
- “Bed time!”
You can also teach your puppy to go into their crate on command by using a clicker. Clickers are a training tool meant to mark a good behavior and then immediately have it followed by a reward.
Puppy is in Their Crate for an Extended Period
If your puppy is spending too much time in their crate, they may feel anxious and stressed. This can lead to destructive behaviors like crying, chewing and digging. Make sure your puppy has plenty of time to exercise and play outside of their crate, and they’re only spending short periods of time inside.
While there are many reasons your puppy may dig in their crate, it’s possible to prevent this natural behavior from happening. Start by making sure your puppy has enough room to run around and play during the day, so they’re tired out by the time they need to be crated up. If your dog isn’t tired, they will be more likely to act out with destructive behaviors.
Giving them opportunities to get either mental or physical stimulation is the best way to tire them out. Some dogs, will of course, require more opportunities than others, and there will be some that hardly need any time to run around.
Mental stimulation is a great way to tire pups out, too. Getting them brain toys such as puzzles, treat balls, or other toys that require thinking will help them tire themselves out, too.
Great toys and activities to tire them out can include:
- Frisbee tosses
- Puzzle toys
- Treat ball throwing
- Toy tug
- Jump ropes
- Agility poles
- Tennis Ball
- Other fun toys
Your Puppy is Playing
Puppies are full of energy and love to play! If your pup is digging in their crate, they may just be trying to have some fun. Try providing them with toys or chew bones to keep them entertained and make sure they’re getting plenty of exercise.
You might also want to consider giving them plenty of opportunities to train with treats when they play, but don’t overdo it. They’ll learn quickly that playing is a reward and time spent with them will be more enjoyable.
Your Pup’s Energy Levels
If your puppy has extra energy, they may not do well in a crate. Puppies left in crates for too long can become frustrated and act out.
If your pup is hyperactive, try giving them short periods of time in their crate with the door open so they can come in and out as they please.
Make sure they’re good and tired out before sticking them in the crate, or you’ll likely have some issues with them acting out. This can include things like:
- Destructive behaviors
- Difficult time getting settled
Ensuring your pup has plenty of time during the day to exercise and be mentally and physically stimulated is one of the most important things you can do for them and yourself.
Digging to get Comfortable
Puppies often dig in their crates to make themselves a comfortable nest. If your pup is doing this, try adding a blanket or toy to their crate to make it more cozy.
They may also appreciate having their food and water dishes inside the crate so they don’t have to leave their cozy spot to eat or drink.
When crate training puppies, remember that we should always use the crate as a place where they feel safe. It shouldn’t be used for punishment, so if your puppy acts out because they feel unsafe in the crate, then you’ve got bigger problems on your hands.
Adjust the Inside of the Crate
If your puppy is digging in their crate, they may be trying to tell you something about the way it’s set up. Is it too small? Are there too many things in it? Try adjusting the interior of the crate to see if that helps your pup feel more comfortable.
This can include crate essentials such as:
- Adding blankets
- Moving items around
- Getting rid of objects
- Making sure everything is clean
- Cleaning the crate regularly
- Getting a bigger crate
It’s important to make sure your dog is happy and comfortable in his crate. You can do this by making sure they have enough space to move around and stretch out, and that there aren’t any sharp edges or corners that could hurt them. There should be enough room for them to stand, lie down, and sit comfortably.
The Puppy Wants Out of the Crate
Try using the crate as an opportunity to teach your puppy how to behave properly while in their crate. For example, you can put toys in there for them to play with, and give them praise and rewards whenever they behave correctly.
You can also try putting treats in the crate for them to find. When they find them, they get rewarded for being smart and learning new tricks.
You can also try leaving the crate door open when you’re not home, so your puppy can come and visit you.
If your puppy isn’t getting enough physical activity, he may develop habits like crying constantly which can go into adulthood if not addressed. These bad habits will usually manifest themselves as destructive behaviors. If you want to avoid these issues, make sure your puppy gets regular exercise every day.
Exercise can take many forms. Some dogs enjoy playing fetch with balls, sticks, or other objects. Others love running through fields or woods. Still, others prefer swimming, hiking, or riding bikes. Whatever your puppy enjoys, make sure they get at least 30 minutes of daily exercise.
To properly crate your puppy, you may need to do the following:
- Putting a favorite toy in the crate.
- Feeding them in their crate.
- Give your puppy a treat when they go into the crate.
- Let them see it as a safe space by leaving the door open for them to go in and out of.
- Put their favorite things in there, such as toys, blankets, pillows, etc.
How Do I Get My Dog To Stop Digging in the Crate?
If your dog is digging in the crate, there are a few things you can do to stop this behavior. First, make sure that the crate is not too small for your dog.
Your dog should be able to stand up and turn around comfortably in the crate. If the crate is too small, your dog may feel claustrophobic and dig in order to escape.
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A tired dog is a good dog and is less likely to want to dig. Take your dog for a walk or run before putting him in the crate and see if this helps to reduce the digging behavior.
Should I Let my Puppy Dig in Their Crate?
Some people think it’s okay to let their puppy dig in their crate, but others believe that it’s not good for them. There are pros and cons to both sides of the argument.
On one hand, some believe that allowing your puppy to dig in their crate can help them relieve boredom or anxiety. This is because dogs are natural diggers and they often enjoy digging in dirt or sand.
However, if you confine your puppy to a small space, such as a crate, they may become frustrated and start to bark, dig, or chew on things. Their natural instinct is to be with their family.
Some people believe that letting your puppy dig in their crate can make them more likely to dig elsewhere, such as in your garden or in the dirt outside.
If you live in an apartment or condo, your neighbors may not appreciate your puppy’s digging habits. In addition, if your puppy digs in other places, it may be difficult to train them to stop.
Ultimately, whether to let your puppy dig in their crate is up to you. If you think it will help them relieve boredom or anxiety, and they can’t hurt themselves, then go ahead and allow it, but beware of the habits it creates.
However, if you’re concerned about the potential mess they could make, it may be best to avoid letting them dig in their crate altogether.
Should You Cover a Dog’s Crate With a Blanket?
If you’re wondering whether you should cover your dog’s crate with a blanket, the answer is yes! There are several benefits to doing so and can be one of the best crate essentials you have in your back pocket.
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Conference - Thursday, October 18th
In the perspective of a better integration of the social movements of Central and Eastern Europe in the analyzes of the social movements at the global age, Camil Parvu will analyze mobilizations around citizen initiatives of modification of the constitution in Eastern Europe. He will be particularly interested in the mobilizations of conservative communities around the proposal to ban gay marriage in the constitution. These mobilizations involve different types of actors, strategies and repertoires of action that can be found in different countries of the region, with processes of resonance, learning and transnational dissemination.
This will be the occasion to return to the referendum of October 7th on the constitutional revision in Romania that originated in a citizens' initiative. Similar referendums were held in Slovakia and Croatia. These conservative mobilizations are particularly important in the region.
Camil Parvu, Professor at the University of Bucarest
The conferences of the Social Movements in the Global Age Research Initiative analyze social movements in the South of the planet or regions that are generally not very visible in the sociological field, such as Eastern Europe with the aim of better integrating researchers, analysts and actors from these regions into building a global, multi-situated perspective on social movements and the challenges of democracy in this troubled period.
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From the moment Scott Morrison entered Federal Parliament, he nailed his religious colours to the political mast. Indeed, he devoted more than 750 words – about a quarter of the entire speech - to his deep devotion to his special brand of evangelical Christianity, known as Pentecostalism.
‘I made a commitment to my faith at an early age,’ he said. Indeed, it was within the faith that he met his wife Jenny, ‘and after fourteen years of bitter disappointments,’ he said, ‘God remembered her faithfulness and blessed us with our miracle child, Abbey Rose, on the seventh of the seventh of the seventh.’ (7 July, 2007).
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Morrison went further: ‘Australia is not a secular country,’ he told the Parliament. ‘This is a country where you have the freedom to follow any belief system you choose.’ Whether in these days of dangerous Islamic extremists he would stand by that assertion is rather doubtful. And rightly so. Yet there are plenty who suggest that Pentecostalists are themselves on the extreme side of the religious divide. And my research rather supports it.
They not only believe in a literal heaven and hell, the latter awaiting ‘all those who have rejected God’s gift of salvation in Jesus Christ’, but have a curious way of demonstrating their belief. They ‘talk in tongues’.
According to Pentecostal theology this spontaneous gibberish ‘may be an unlearned human language which the Bible claims happened on the Day of Pentecost or it might be of heavenly (angelic) origin.’ Either way it is seen as an ‘Act of Grace’ and referred to as a ‘prayer language’ which only God Himself can translate.
Not all Pentecostals do it. A recent survey showed that only about half the congregations in the US and South Africa vocalise gibberish; while there are no figures given for Australia. No one yet seems to have asked Prime Minister Morrison whether he has been so blessed. And really, it probably doesn’t affect his running of the country all that much.
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How do you use the word diminish?
What does it mean to diminish something?
: to become or to cause (something) to become less in size, importance, etc. : to lessen the authority or reputation of (someone or something) : to describe (something) as having little value or importance.
What type of word is diminish?
Some common synonyms of diminish are abate, decrease, dwindle, lessen, and reduce. While all these words mean "to grow or make less," diminish emphasizes a perceptible loss and implies its subtraction from a total.
What is diminish in a sentence?
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of. 1 He likes to diminish the skill of others. 2 I don't want to diminish her achievements, but she did have a lot of help. 3 The opposition are trying to diminish our achievements.
What does diminished mean in social studies?
Diminished is an adjective that means made or having become smaller, fewer, or less. Close synonyms are reduced, decreased, and lessened. Diminished quality means decreased quality.
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Is diminish a synonym for minimize?
In this page you can discover 35 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for minimize, like: decrease, lessen, slight, reduce, mitigate, belittle, denigrate, enlarge, disparage, diminish and downplay.
What is the noun for diminish?
diminishment. The act of diminishing; reducing in size, quantity, or quality.
What part of speech is diminish?
DIMINISHED (adjective) definition and synonyms | Macmillan Dictionary.
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(1) He has an efficient business setup. (2) Dolphins are incredibly graceful and efficient swimmers. (3) With today's more efficient contraception women can plan their families and careers. (4) We must make the most efficient use of the available financial resources.
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What is the root of the word diminish?
If you look at diminish, you see 'minis' which comes from the Latin word minus, as in subtraction. Other words that share this root are miniature and minuscule, all of which mean something that is small, or at least smallish.
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diminished. lessened, reduced. (music) reduced by a semitone.
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Resource depletion is the consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished. The value of a resource is a direct result of its availability in nature and the cost of extracting the resource, the more a resource is depleted the more the value of the resource increases.
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Does diminish mean decrease?
to lessen; decrease.
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diminished means decreased in size , etc so highly diminished means an object which is highly decreased in size.
What is the meaning of the word weaken?
weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, undermine, sap, cripple, disable mean to lose or cause to lose strength or vigor. weaken may imply loss of physical strength, health, soundness, or stability or of quality, intensity, or effective power.
What is the word for minimizing someone's feelings?
To belittle means to put down, or to make another person feel as though they aren't important. To belittle someone is a cruel way of making someone else seem less important than yourself.
Is it Minimise or minimize?
The North American spelling is minimize, related words are minimizes and minimized, and the nouns minimizing, minimizer and minimization. Minimize and minimise are examples of a group of words that are spelled with a “z” in American English and with an “s” in British English.
What should I minimize in life?
7 Ways to Minimize Your Life
What is diminished in math?
v. to make smaller. EX. The phrase "a number diminished by 5" may be written algebraically as "x - 5". Twelve diminished by a number is 7.
What does min mean in the word diminish?
-min-, root. -min- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "least; smallest. '' This meaning is found in such words as: diminish, diminutive, miniature, minimal, minimum, minor, minority, minuend, minus, minute.
Is diminish a verb or noun?
1[intransitive, transitive] diminish (something) to become or to make something become smaller, weaker, etc.
What does Demonish mean?
adjective. Of the nature of or characteristic of a demon; malevolent, fiendish, evil.
Which would be the closest antonym for the word diminish?
antonyms for diminish
What does the word diminish most likely mean as used in line 6?
PART A: What does the word “diminish” most likely mean as used in line 6? to end. to belittle. to lessen.
What is a sentence for inefficient?
1. Their communication systems are inefficient in the extreme. 2. Existing methods of production are expensive and inefficient.
What are examples of efficiency?
Efficiency is defined as the ability to produce something with a minimum amount of effort. An example of efficiency is a reduction in the number of workers needed to make a car. The ratio of the effective or useful output to the total input in any system.
How do you use efficiency?
"We have to work hard to achieve maximum efficiency." "The new machines increased efficiency in the factory." "The broken machine reduced efficiency." "The managers want to measure the efficiency in the factory."
Are real image diminished?
Can a real image be diminished? The image formed by a concave lens is always virtual, erect and diminished. The image formed by a concave mirror can be real or virtual, enlarged or diminished, and erect or inverted, depending upon the distance of the object from the mirror.
Why is an image diminished?
A real and diminished image of an object can be formed on a screen by the convergence of light rays coming from an object and is possible only with a convex lens or a concave mirror and placing the object at a distance beyond twice the focal length of the lens or mirror.
What is virtual erect and diminished?
A virtual, erect and diminished image is formed by a concave lens, when the object is: It is considered to be a diverging lens, which means that it spreads out light rays that have been refracted through it. The concave lens is thinner at its centre than at its edges, and is used to correct short-sightedness.
Is it disinclined or Uninclined?
As adjectives the difference between disinclined and uninclined. is that disinclined is not inclined; having a disinclination; being unwilling while uninclined is not inclined; level, unsloped.
What do disinclined mean?
disinclined, hesitant, reluctant, loath, averse mean lacking the will or desire to do something indicated. disinclined implies lack of taste for or inclination. disinclined to move again disinclined for reading hesitant implies a holding back especially through fear or uncertainty.
What does I disinclined to acquiesce to your request mean?
Elizabeth : Captain Barbossa , I am here to negotiate the cessation of hostilities against Port Royal . Barbossa : I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request. Means "no".
What does diminished mean in medical terms?
adjective. (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use. synonyms: atrophied, wasted. Antonyms: enlarged, hypertrophied. (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells.
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The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) weekend revealed that the quantity of sub-standard in Nigerian market has reached an alarming level.
As such, the organisation said it has necessitated it to come up with strategies that will reduce the circulation in the country.
SON’s coordinator in Kano and Jigawa states, Yunusa B. Mohammed, made the remarks at a sectorial stakeholder’s sensitization workshop on the reduction of sub-standard good in Nigeria in Kano.
According to him, the rate at which sub-standard goods kept increasing was one of the reasons for the workshop aimed at working closely with stakeholders to enhance the competitiveness of their products by availing them with relevant information.
He added that, the workshop would also arm the stakeholders with the technical knowledge that would guarantee their products and services unfettered access to both domestic and international markets.
Similarly, the Director-General of SON, Osita Anthony Aboloma, represented by the Regional Coordinator, North-West, Dauda Yakubu, stated that standardization as a means of industrialization cannot be over-emphasised adding that there was a need to continue developing and propagating standards as a guide for product development.
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About the Chamber
The mission of the Chamber is to promote business and commerce for the Decatur and Morgan County area through volunteer leadership in economic, political and social development.
Founded in 1931 by the late Barrett C. Shelton, the Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce serves as an advocate for business. The Chamber’s membership includes more than 750 businesses and industries, the majority of which are small to mid-sized businesses.
- Be an advocate for businesses and industries in the Decatur-Morgan County area
- Provide needed resources for the business community
- Help develop and support workforce development programs
- Provide leadership training for business professionals
- Connect business professionals in the community
- Provide support in areas that will improve the community
- Help attract and retain new industries
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Funerals are about saying goodbye to people who have played a large part in our lives, whether as family or friend. We need to take some time aside to demonstrate our respect, to honour their life, and bid farewell. A good funeral reflects the individual personality of your loved one, with their own interests and beliefs woven into the ceremony. It’s not an easy time but it can be very special if it expresses everything you need to say and all that you feel about the one who has passed away. Roxanne came to this work through her own experience of grief, and funeral celebrancy is work that is very dear to her heart. She firmly believes in people’s right to say goodbye in their own way.
Some people prefer a service that is very simple while others like to include many layers
It’s a very personal choice. Whatever is right for you. Consider the following.
Where would you like the funeral to be held?
Options include the church, a private chapel, at your home, at the funeral parlour, or by the graveside.
What readings would you like included?
Poetry can say things that we find hard to express.
Would you like to place any symbols on or in the coffin?
These could include photos, memorabilia from your loved one’s life, flowers, letters, a candle, or any other symbol.
What music would you like to be played?
Music is usually played as people gather at the start, during quiet reflection in the middle of the service, and as people leave at the end. But it can be played at any time you choose.
Who would you like to be involved?
There are many different roles people can take in a funeral. These include giving a reading, presenting the eulogy, making a personal tribute, playing music, bringing forward symbols, lighting a candle, carrying a photo, or being a pall-bearer. Consider involving family, friends, and associates. Some associations such as the RSL and the Freemasons also have their own rituals which can be included.
The central focus of the funeral is on telling your loved one’s life-story, often from the time they were born until the moment of their passing, as a way of honouring their life.
The celebrant can always help with the writing of the eulogy, and if you like, can also read it out. But do consider that, though it may be difficult, the eulogy is often more meaningful when given by a family member or a personal friend. Or the tributes can be shared between a number of people, each speaking of a different part of your loved one’s life. There are many possibilities, and these can be discussed with your celebrant, who is there to lend whatever support or assistance you may require.
About your Celebrant
Roxanne came to this work through her own experience of grief, when her brother was killed in an accident in 1989. The funeral seemed more about the church than her brother, and a later ceremony showed her the possibilities for a personalised ritual. She was working in the welfare field at the time and became involved in Grief and Loss support groups, attending and facilitating many seminars and workshops.
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Let me help guide you, your child & your family through the difficult challenges that life can bring.
I provide individual therapy/counseling for children, teens, and young adults who are experiencing a variety of emotional or social difficulties due to academic problems, difficulties with peers, self-confidence issues, or recent changes in their lives (e.g., a family move, a school change, transition to college, or adjusting to the challenges of home-based online learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. I specialize n learning disorders and treating anxiety, depression, self-injurious behavior, and social and behavior issues. I tailor intervention strategies to meet the individual needs and the developmental levels of each client.
I offer psychoeducational consultation services to students of all ages to assist with study skills, motivation, time management, and to help mitigate school-related stress.
Knowing that a strong and balanced family is a source of healing and security for children of all ages, providing support to help your family develop adaptive and effective ways to be together is an emphasis of my practice. I offer family therapy and counseling for many different kinds of families: blended, single parent, traditional, foster/adoptive, and families where children are being raised by grandparents or extended family members. However, at this time, due to COVID-19, sessions are web-based only. The advantage of having virtual sessions is that all family members, no matter where they are located, can participate.
I believe that a strong family begins with the parent(s) and therefore, " parent work" remains the cornerstone of my treatment philosophy. I provide parenting support and education. I can teach you skills that can help you develop a more positive relationship with your child through improving communication. I also work with separated and divorced parents to help with co-parenting issues. In this role, I assist children and their parents adjust new schedules and living arrangements. I also help parents develop an action plan to address home and school issues that may arise as the direct result of children living in two different homes.
And finally, as a behavior specialist, I work closely with parents who need guidance in managing their child's tantrums, oppositional, defiant, and attention-seeking behaviors. I educate and empower parents about ways to bring about positive change in their parenting skills.
- Depression & Anxiety (related to academic, social issues, or recent changes & loss)
- Fears, Phobias, and Panic Attacks
- Self-esteem and Self-confidence
- Separation Anxiety
- School Refusal, School Phobia & Selective Mutism
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- Reduce tantrums, aggression, and whining
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- Build skills and confidence as a parent
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Together with all industries right now, the retail world is heavily affected by COVID-19. In response to this rapidly expanding crisis, retailers from across the world have come up with creative ideas to help their employees, consumers, and communities. In this month's edition, we will mainly focus on these ideas. Not only to show how flexible the industry can be but also to understand how some companies are approaching the situation so others can learn from it now and in the future.
There is less work for McDonald's employees in Germany now that the restaurants are closed. At the same time, Aldi Nord and Süd stores experience busier times due to COVID-19. Therefore, the retailers and the restaurant chain collaborate in providing work. Employees of McDonald's can start at one of the stores or in a distribution center, with regular working conditions. Once the virus has passed, they can return to their jobs at McDonald's.
Because elderly people are the group most heavily affected by COVID-19, retailers develop special arrangements to make their lives a little easier. Esselunga has waived delivery charges for customers above the age of 65 for home delivery where possible and donated €2.5 million to hospitals and institutions involved in taking care of the affected and engaged in scientific research on the disease. Others, including Albert Heijn, Delhaize, Pick n Pay, and Dollar General have installed special shopping hours where only elderly people can visit. Woolworths started offering care packages to people struggling to buy the essentials during the COVID-19 outbreak, including the elderly and people with disabilities.
Colruyt and Delhaize will deliver groceries for free to staff in hospitals. The two announced that they will equally divide the hospitals and invite other competitors to join. They want to offer as many hospital employees as possible the chance to get groceries delivered close to their workplace.
A small robot helps customers of an Edeka store to keep distance from each other. “Pepper”, who is actually a care robot, has been placed in the checkout area of the branch and informs customers electronically about the protective measures as well as asking shoppers to show care and consideration for one another. “Pepper” has a child-friendly “facial expression” which makes many people smile. The robot can move its head and arms. It follows customers’ eyes and guides them through the security zone at the checkout.
With alcoholic sanitizer supplies decreasing, Brazilian beer brewery Ambev SA (a subsidiary of InBev), will use one of its beer breweries to produce half a million bottles of sanitizer for public hospitals. It wants to deliver 5000 gel bottles to every public hospital in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia. The sanitizer will be packed in soft drink bottles. Ambev SA is not the only one pursuing this chance to help in the crisis; different spirits and perfume producers like Bavaria and Dior have started sanitizer production around the world.
Retailers including Albert Heijn, Albertsons and Waitrose have installed plexiglass barriers at checkout counters to protect employees. The glass will prevent physical contact between shoppers and employees. Carrefour even ordered special masks for its employees. In addition, retailers ask shoppers to pay with their bank card instead of cash, also to prevent spread of the virus. Shopping baskets/carts are obligatory in many supermarkets to ensure a maximum number of visitors in a store, and demonstrate 1.5m social distancing with lines on the floors. Dutch retailer Plus brought handwash facilities to its stores for extra hygiene.
Dutch retailer Jumbo is helping healthcare employees by opening a pick-up point inside a hospital where employees can get a grocery package with essential products for two to three days. The idea is that healthcare workers can get their essential groceries even if they don’t have time to go to the supermarket.
Retailers have been investing in in-store technologies to increase shopper experience or efficiency across the supply chain for years. Now, the same technology is being used to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Artificial intelligence (AI) is used to predict purchase patterns. The information can be used to manage high-demand product stocks that are vulnerable to hoarding and panic-shopping. Self-checkout stations help with social distancing since there is no interaction between shoppers and the cashier and there is no cash involved. Retailers keep these stations as clean as possible to prevent the spread even further. Facility Management robots help with cleaning floors and notifying store employees of potential problems, which give store associates more time to assists shoppers or clean equipment.
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Last weekend the first Peruvian mangoes arrived by sea freight at Hars & Hagebauer in Ridderkerk, Netherlands. "Brazil traditionally stops around week 51, so there is plenty of room for Peru's mangoes to enter the market," expects Henk van der Meij. " The market is relatively good and there is a particular demand for big sizes."
Irrigated mangoes planted high density.
The importer expects a healthy market situation until week 2 of next year. "Many supermarket campaigns are planned. Now there will be enough mangoes from Peru this year, but due to the high percentage of small sizes, pricing can still be good. The Kent mangoes are of good quality."
Left: Traditional high-stem culture
Right: After picking the mangoes, it rests on a tube system to stop juice run.
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Last week our movements lost a giant. Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez, who passed on June 29th 2021 at age 95, was a powerful internationalist activist and scholar, a Chicana feminist who was involved in most major social justice movements of the past century. Alongside her incredible lifetime of work, it’s impossible to overstate how much Betita shaped Catalyst Project directly as well as the movements we came out of and continue to work within.
Respect is a goal, but you can’t get there without recognizing what’s in the way and understanding why it’s so difficult. We have to go beyond tolerance. The answer to “divide and conquer” is “unite and overcome.”– Betita, 1996
Catalyst Project came out of the global justice movement; its founders were among those who Betita spoke to in her 1999 article “Where Was the Color in Seattle?” This influential article provided critical analysis and loving challenges that became the foundation of Catalyst. Betita always pushed for building unity in action, as she dedicated her life to building alliances between communities of color.
Her work at the Institute for MultiRacial Justice, which she co-founded with Phil Hutchings (current Catalyst advisory board member), provided invaluable political education to young activists of color, and she often partnered with Sharon Martinas and the Challenging White Supremacy workshops which served to incubate Catalyst in its early years.
As part of Catalyst’s advisory board from 2003-2012, Betita mentored us collectively. She was an important part of helping us develop the Anne Braden Anti-Racist Training Program, and spoke to participants on several occasions.
Betita’s journalism and scholarship have been invaluable to us and others around the world. Over the years, we’ve engaged thousands of people in studying her work including “Where was the color in Seattle,” as well as her foundational pieces “What is white supremacy” and the primer on neoliberalism she co-authored with Arnoldo Garcia.
From writing a manifesto at 16 that included “My mission is to destroy hatred and prejudice” to remaining active into her 80s, Betita modeled lifelong commitment to peoples’ global movements for liberation. She showed us how to be a scholar-organizer; how to mentor with love and rigor, never ceasing to grow your own politics and understanding; and how to dedicate your life to struggle while also cultivating joy and hilarity.
Finally, we can’t fully honor Betita without remembering her incredible fashion sense and red lipstick. Betita taught us to “find sweetness in your struggle.”
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An international team of scientists has identified a new connection between certain molecules produced by the microbiome and the function of a protein that impacts gut inflammation.
This finding takes researchers from the University of Bath and the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (UMass Chan) closer to understanding how a good balance of microbes in our guts is linked to the body’s immune system and intestinal health. It also raises the possibility of new treatments being found to manage debilitating inflammatory diseases of the gut, such as Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.
The two classes of molecules identified by the study’s authors are short-chain fatty acids and secondary bile acids. The researchers have not established exactly how these molecules influence the production of P-gp. They plan to examine the role these molecules play in gene and protein regulation in future work.
Both molecules exist in the gut in healthy quantities only when certain microbes are given the right conditions to thrive in the microbiome. These microbes contribute to the digestion of food elements, such as fiber and green leafy vegetables. The researchers’ findings support the growing bank of evidence that the health of a person’s microbiome, and therefore their overall wellbeing, is closely linked to diet.
The intestinal microbiome differs from person-to-person, but overall, an appropriate balance of key microbes is known to be linked to a healthy intestine. This balance can be disturbed by changes to the diet. In particular, a western diet high in simple sugars and fats, and low in plant-based protein, has been associated with a decrease in the quantities of bacteria in the gut that produce short-chain fatty acids and secondary bile acids.
The protein that gets the gut speaking to the immune system
P-glycoprotein (P-gp)—the protein studied in this work—allows the intestine to communicate with the immune system through the gut wall.
For some years, this has been a protein of concern in cancer research because of its capacity to pump chemotherapy drugs out of cancer cells, thus reducing the drugs’ ability to fight tumors. However, the very mechanism that makes P-gp problematic in treating certain cancers makes it beneficial in helping the intestine maintain homeostasis—that is, a state of equilibrium where chronic inflammation is subdued.
For the past 10 years, scientists have been aware that through its action of pumping out foreign substances, including toxins, P-gp plays a critical role in protecting the surface of the gut. High levels of the protein correlate with a healthy intestine. In inflammatory diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, expression of P-gp appears to be reduced.
Yet, despite an understanding of the role of P-gp, until now the mechanisms controlling its expression and regulation have remained unknown. The findings of the new study, combined with earlier work at UMass Chan, explain how the microbiome can affect P-gp expression. This gives important insight into a key aspect of the microbiome and how it regulates health and disease in the gut.
Inflammatory bowel disease
In earlier research, the team of scientists from the US and UK demonstrated that P-gp releases anti-inflammatory compounds into the gut. These molecules, known as endocannabinoids, are chemically similar to cannabis but produced by the human body, and are key to keeping inflammation in the gut in check. If these endocannabinoids are reduced or not present, inflammation can flare up. The molecules identified in the new study prompt P-gp to release those all-important endocannabinoid molecules.
The research, led by graduate student Sage Foley and Professor Beth McCormick at UMass Chan in collaboration with graduate student Merran Dunford and Professor Randy Mrsny from the Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology at Bath, builds on previous research by the team that demonstrated how the anti-inflammatory P-gp pathway is constantly balanced with a pro-inflammatory process. These opposing pathways communicate to keep the gut healthy: in the absence of an infection, the anti-inflammatory P-gp pathway is active to suppress unnecessary inflammation, while the pro-inflammatory pathway is poised ready to launch an immune response to protect against intestinal infection.
In inflammatory diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, this balance is poorly managed.
The team’s findings provide exciting new opportunities for the management of inflammatory intestinal diseases. Potential future treatments could include the delivery of specific bacteria or bacterial products to a person’s gut, or dietary changes that would support a microbiome to promote or sustain P-gp expression in the intestine, thereby protecting against unwanted inflammation.
Inflammatory bowel disease is linked to genetics and environmental conditions that include (but are not limited to) diet, exercise, lifestyle and antibiotic use. Ulcerative colitis, the most common form of inflammatory bowel disease worldwide, is a chronic, debilitating disease with no cure. Symptoms include abdominal pain, severe cramps, persistent diarrhea or constipation, weight loss and severe intestinal inflammation. While current treatments can reduce inflammation and symptoms, there is nothing available today to treat the underlying disease.
Ms Dunford said that “the upshot of this research is that we now know the specific molecules produced by the microbiome bacteria that are linked to P-gp, and hence, a healthy intestine. These molecules work in concert to stimulate P-gp to increase the release of endocannabinoid molecules, which suppress intestinal inflammation.”
Ms Foley added that “we are excited to find that not only is there a link between the gut microbiome and P-gp regulation in the intestine, but that two classes of microbial molecules actually work together to trigger expression of P-gp.”
“This highlights the importance of a functioning core microbial community to have maximal impact on the human body. While even within an individual the relative abundance of microbes can fluctuate, we’re beginning to understand the importance of nourishing the microbial community as a whole. Though there is still much to explore, we suspect this may be possible through changes to the diet or through the delivery of groupings of microbes.”
Commenting on the research, Ruth Wakeman, director of services, advocacy and evidence at Crohn’s & Colitis UK, said that they “welcome research that helps increase understanding of how environmental factors, diet and gut microorganisms may influence conditions such as Crohn’s and colitis. We hope that research such as this will lead to new and improved methods of managing the conditions in the future.” | <urn:uuid:bd3f7124-6452-4643-9e7e-8548a91334d9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://alric.org/2021/11/07/understanding-how-our-gut-microbiome-communicates-with-our-immune-system/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.936964 | 1,321 | 3.34375 | 3 |
High-temperature exhaust blast valves are used to protect diesel generators and their sensitive components from pressure waves entering through their exhaust pipes. The high-temperature exhaust blast valves are designed and installed with the same requirements of standard blast valves, with the additional requirement to operate in a temperature above 600 degrees Celsius. The exhaust blast valve is a single action valve, intended for exhaust only.
PVD-SERIES EXHAUST BLAST VALVES FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURES
The PVD Exhaust Blast Valve is designed to sustain a high temperature of up to 650°c. The PVD Exhaust blast valves are commonly used to protect diesel generators within their exhaust pipes, where temperature is very high.
A special high-temperature wall sleeve is normally installed together with the PVD blast valve to prevent the concrete wall from high-temperature damage. Various models, sizes, and installation options are available to fit almost any shelter design.
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Food stamps in Nebraska are overseen and distributed by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP food stamps program, aims to provide low-earning households with the funds needed to put healthy meals on their tables when they otherwise cannot afford food and grocery expenses. For those interested in learning more about food stamps program requirements, along with anyone wondering, “What is food stamps in Nebraska, exactly?” continue below.
The Nebraska food stamps program begins with potential beneficiaries reviewing the state-specific eligibility requirements. SNAP food stamp assistance means that every household inquiring about benefits distribution must meet certain income- and residency-based qualifications. Once eligibility for SNAP benefits in NE is confirmed, applicants are encouraged to apply for food assistance benefits.
The food stamps application is a comprehensive document that requires your full attention. You must fill out your Nebraska SNAP food stamp documents in their entirety to ensure the efficient transfer and processing of information through the DHHS. What is the food stamps application information required? You should have income and household details readily available that apply to all the members of your household.
If a SNAP food stamps application in NE is rejected, then the applicant will have the opportunity to file an appeal with the DHHS. To challenge a SNAP food stamp denial, an applicant should review the instructions provided on the food stamp denial notice, and file the requested information in a timely manner.
Applicants that are accepted into the SNAP food stamps program in Nebraska will then go through the benefits retrieval process. Food stamps benefits in NE are dispensed through an EBT card, which is automatically replenished through the DHHS, so long as household members remain eligible. With a food stamp EBT card, Nebraskans will be able to purchase food and groceries. However, NE food stamps are only accepted by pre-qualified merchants, so it is important to review the local retailers that accept EBT benefits prior to food shopping.
To learn more about food stamps program eligibility in Nebraska, application procedures, benefit instructions and more, continue on to the below sections.
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When a Nebraska SNAP food benefits applicant is approved for the government assistance program, he or she should learn more about the food items that can be purchased with benefits and the items that cannot. The food stamps benefits program restricts certain food items because the program is focused on keeping all beneficiaries healthy and well-nourished. The amount of SNAP benefits awarded to qualified applicants can vary based on certain household characteristics. The benefits for food stamps program in NE only awards benefit payments once the entire application process has been successfully completed, unless the applicant qualifies for expedited benefits. The EBT benefit card food stamp is the way that all benefits are awarded to approved beneficiaries and their only means to access the benefits.
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The requirements for food stamps in Nebraska are decided by the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS). In addition to determining factors related to eligibility for food stamps, the DHHS also helms the distribution process for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. To qualify for food stamps benefits in NE, applicants must meet all of the eligibility requirements of the SNAP program. Food stamps requirements make it mandatory for interested parties to fulfill income, citizenship, residency and work qualifications. In addition, SNAP eligibility in Nebraska means submitting several required documents in to the DHHS.
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Nebraska food stamps contact info is important for all food stamps applicants and beneficiaries to have. The food stamps information number is used to contact food stamps customer service in NE so that those with SNAP benefits questions regarding eligibility and the application process can be helped. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a national program that is directed by each state and U.S. territory separately. Therefore, the food stamps phone number will not be the same across all states or local regions. | <urn:uuid:7c50bd8d-377e-49e1-9641-9848c92a87a3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://food-stamps.org/nebraska-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.94543 | 1,218 | 2.453125 | 2 |
- JRC nr: JRC118393
- Publication date
- 28 January 2020
While citizen opinion polls reveal that Europeans are concerned about the labour market consequences of technological progress, the understanding of the actual significance of this relationship is still imperfect. This paper assesses the impact of robot adoption on employment in Europe. Combining industry-level data on employment by skill-type with data on robot adoption and using different sets of fixed-effects techniques, we find that robot use is linked to an increase in aggregate employment. Contrary to some previous studies, we do not find evidence of robots reducing the share of low-skill workers across Europe. Since the overwhelming majority of industrial robots is used in manufacturing, our findings should not be interpreted outside of the manufacturing context. However, the results still hold when including non-manufacturing sectors and they are robust across a wide range of assumptions and econometric specifications.
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A new law banning companies from charging fees for credit or debit card payments will come into play this weekend.
From this Saturday, January 13, stores will be prohibited from penalising shoppers who want to pay by card.
The rules will apply to any UK company selling to UK consumers and applies both in-store and online.
Alternative payment methods such as American Express, PayPal or Apple Pay will also be affected by the new law.
Surcharching by local councils and government agencies, such as the DVLA, will also be banned.
The law also follows an EU directive, meaning companies across the EU will also be banned from applying this surcharge.
Current rules state that companies should only charge customers what it costs them to process a debit/credit card – no profit should be made from this.
Why do businesses charge consumers to use their credit cards?
When a company makes a sale that has been paid for by a debit or credit card, it faces certain charges from its bank relating to processing the payment.
While some businesses impose a fixed fee, it’s often the case that companies will charge a small percentage of the transaction to cover this cost.
As such, the abolition of this charge could cost small businesses hundreds of pounds which they will have to make up through other means, whether its increasing prices or imposing a ‘minimum spend’ rule for card users.
Will Plymouth businesses be forced to increase their prices?
Plymouth's small businesses have warned the ban on credit and debit charges could force them to raise prices.
But the owners of small businesses in the city are now worried about the effect this will have on the way they operate, with many fearing that the new laws could run them into the ground.
Andrew Hagger, a consumer finance expert at Moneycomms, a personal finance consultancy, told the Financial Times : “It’s a good move, although long overdue, but there is the downside as this revenue that companies have been used to getting will disappear, so what do they do?
“They will likely look to recoup it elsewhere.
“I don’t think they’ll take it lying down, so it could mean an increase in the cost of services. It’s a bit of a sting in the tail for the consumer.”
‘It could cost us up to over £1,000 a year’
Abul Tarafder, who runs Tremain News in Stuart Road, suggested that he may have to increase prices in order to stay afloat.
He told The Herald: “The new law will probably cost us £100 a month in charges, so we will have to pass that on to another part of the business.
“At the moment our prices are very competitive as we are so close to the city centre.
“We are a lot cheaper than places like Sainsbury’s. But we might have to be not as competitive to cover these costs.
“At the moment, we don’t do a minimum spend, we just ask for what we have to pay for the transaction.
“We don’t make any profit on that. We just cover the cost.
“So for now, it’s a case of waiting and seeing how everyone will react.”
‘It will change the way business charging structures work’
For Steve Boyd and his store, King Street News, it’s all about transparency.
In addition to informing and educating his customers about the new changes, he is interested to see how the rest of the city will react to the new law.
Mr Boyd said: “I think it will affect every business and the way that their charging structures work.
“We’ve always been transparent with customers, though, and for us – and most people – there is cost-cutting involved in order to remain competitive within the community.
“Unfortunately, where there are a lot of major retailers around now, it makes it a lot more difficult for smaller businesses to continue.”
He added: “Here, as this is very much a community store, we go out every three months and ask local people what we should sell.
“As a result, sometimes what we would need to get is slightly more expensive, but the customers understand that. But it’s all about transparency. That’s what helps to maintain that trust.
“I feel like we have an obligation to not overcharge as the community we serve are very price conscious.
“But if we remain honest and explain the reasons why certain things happen, then hopefully things will be okay. It will be interesting to get their feedback.”
‘I’m really worried’
Others, such as Stentaway Stores owner Elaine Hayward, are more fearful for the future.
Her store, in Plymstock, currently serves a small community, and she is worried that the outlawing of this fee will have a huge impact on her business.
“I simply wouldn’t make anything once I’ve paid for this transaction fee,” she said.
“I am going to lose out on profit and it’s something I’m really worried about, especially on cigarettes as that was previously a big earner for us.”
“At the moment, we are making less than minimum wage on some days – around £4.50 an hour, so the fee did help cover costs.
“I don’t really want to enforce a £5 minimum spend on card either, just because a lot of people do come in and make small payments – £1 here, £3 there, so I don’t want to inconvenience them.
“What am I going to do? I’ll cross that bridge when it comes.
“For now, I will leave a note on the window letting everyone know of the rules, and we will take it from there.”
Will more businesses enforce a ‘minimum spend’ on card payments?
A number of businesses are flirting with the idea of introducing a ‘minimum spend’ for card users.
For places that already have this in place, the minimum spend is usually £5.
Venues, such as city centre café Rhubarb and Mustard, have already reaped the benefits of this.
Owner, Daniel Lewis said: “It saves people coming into the café and spending minimal amounts on small things.
“The fee then covers the VAT that we have to pay, which for a café is often much higher than anyone else.
“For example, when a plumber buys their stock, they can claim back the VAT the stock purchased.
“But as I buy everything without VAT, I can’t claim anything back so instantly I lose 20 per cent.
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This document provides a methodology for the determination of performance levels required for earth moving machinery (EMM) as defined in ISO 6165.
A Machine Control System Safety Analysis (MCSSA) determines the amount of risk reduction of hazards associated with control systems, required for Safety Control Systems (SCS). This reduction is quantified by the Machine Performance Level (MPL), the hazards are identified using the risk assessment principles as defined in ISO 12100 or by other means.
NOTE 1 Step 2 as shown in Annex A demonstrates the relationship between ISO 12100 and ISO 19014 as a complementary protective measure.
NOTE 2 ISO 19014 can also be used to assess the functional safety requirements of other off-road mobile machinery.
For those controls determined to be safety-related, the characteristics for architecture, hardware, software environmental requirements and performance are covered by other parts in ISO 19014.
ISO 19014 covers the hazards caused by the failure of a safety control system and excludes hazards arising from the equipment itself (for example, electric shock, fire, etc.).
Other controls that are not safety control systems (SCS), that do not mitigate a hazard or perform a control function and where the operator would be aware of a failure, are excluded from this standard (e.g. windscreen wipers, head lights, cab light, etc.).
NOTE 3 A list of safety control systems is included in Annex D.
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Published in University of Toronto Quarterly - Volume 70 Number 1, Winter 2000/01- Letters in Canada.
To see more articles and book reviews from this and other journals visit UTPJOURNALS online at UTPJOURNALS.com.
Reviewed in University of Toronto Quarterly by NEIL BESNER
If the forty-two volumes sent to UTQ in 1999 are representative as far as
distribution by genre goes, then a disproportionate number of first books of
fiction by Canadian writers this year - nineteen - are books of short stories of
various kinds. This is worth thinking about, given what editors and publishers
know about the difficulty of selling short fiction. Another, less genre-bound
first impression: the thin allure of ground-zero realism, dirty, heartfelt,
brutish, or naïve, overwhelms some of these books' better qualities,
particularly the novels, by distracting the writers from attention to voice,
style, form, and, above all, language. Why should so many writers in Canada
begin their careers with a book of stories? The glib answers are just that:
among the most common, that short fiction is an apprenticeship on the way to the
master form, or that the limited stretches of time available at present to many
writers make the short story the most attractive if not the only possible form.
Regardless, some of our finest fiction writers, early and late in their careers,
continue to choose the short story form. Maybe writers continue to find rewards
for being faithful to the more flexible history of the story; short fiction has
always been more open to variation and experiment in mode, voice, and style than
has the novel, and the kind of experimentation that the story invites continues
to be important to Canadian writers, evidently, despite the vagaries of the
market. Taken together the books, editions, and collections here form a quick
but revealing survey of the contemporary condition of the genre. Alan Wilson's
Before the Flood too nicely illustrates one propensity: careful, solid,
competent writing, ringing the changes on the time-honoured theme, in Canada as
elsewhere, of a small-town boy growing up into a world seduced by false ideals
of progress that will betray its past and corrupt its soul. His version, set in
the Maritimes, is engaging, thoughtful, and sincere; but it is also laboured and
too cautious. I wanted more risk, or a memorable phrase, or a sentence that
echoed somewhere. There is nothing very wrong with the book, but more needs to
be right. A similar but more pronounced problem afflicts Rick Book's version of
the form - linked stories that trace xxxxx
university of toronto quarterly, volume 70, number 1, winter 2000/1
a boy's coming of age, these ones set on the prairies - in Necking with Louise. Authenticity alone, whether it be faithfulness to a feeling remembered, a setting reproduced, or the details of an episode itemized in painstaking sequence (as in the deke by skate stride account of the hockey showdown in `The Game'), will not in itself bring a story alive or sustain a reader's engagement. Debbie Howlett's We Could Stay Here All Night, however, shows how a quiet but highly skilled realism and a deft and unassuming style can grow, page by page, into a beautifully crafted and cumulatively powerful rendition of similarly linked stories. Howlett gives us a family of four living in Montreal amidst an intersecting array of depredations that eat away its integrity: from within, the drifting father and hapless mother falling out of love by painful degrees, creating a patina of loss that oversees the children's development; from without, forces such as the English-French conflicts in the Quebec of the 1970s, subtly rendered at the local level. Howlett can also be very funny, as in the wry depiction of her young narrator's first engagements with feminism (`New Women'); but what is most impressive is her fine management of tone and mood as she follows the girl's erratic path into adulthood.
I was intrigued by `Children of the Melange' and `Nataraj,' the very good opening stories of Raywat Deonanadan's collection, Sweet Like Saltwater. As he makes clear in his `Introduction,' Deonandan wants to trace the filaments of East Indian traditions as they are transubstantiated in North America, and also, as in the dreamlike cycles of narration in `Nataraj,' to call up old patterns of village life that predate the fatal migrations across continents and time. But the collection's force dissipates in mid-book with mishandled excursions towards fabular tales that fall a bit flat (`The Rhymer') and too-thin allegories (`On Germ Warfare and Bad Sex'); Deonandan is at his best when he draws from the material closest to his traditions. Unevenness of another kind besets Christian Peterson's affecting collection, Let the Day Perish; at his best, Peterson writes pungent and tensile prose, as demonstrated in the fine opening story `Heart Red Monaco,' which captures perfectly the sad recklessness of two young men slashing through the dawn in British Columbia around Quesnel; both are conjuring with scarred lives, drinking, toking up, haunted by lost or killed fathers. Peterson follows them as they climb a remote mountain to catch a glimpse of a rumoured recent eruption, or watch quietly one night as a woman strips and wades into a hotspring between them, then gets called back by an angry drunken husband. Always, the narration balances nicely along the air, often nearly violent, of pain and loss the characters generate, never dropping down to commiserate or rising above to judge, and the effect is powerful, moving us along to a finely realized ending. Caught in the taut cadences of this story I was eager for more, but the book does not sustain itself at this level; some of the stories sag and waft uneasily as the plot drifts, as in `Scout Island,' where the separate episodes, each nicely rendered, do not quite coalesce into a satisfying whole or tense against each other very effectively.
Some writers - perhaps they are harking back to short fiction's fabular roots - continue to discern in the story a form well suited to teaching a lesson, returning to a moral seen from different angles; this is the aim that animates the stories in Barbara Scott's The Quick. The lesson, differently conceived in each story and skilfully drawn out, is that beneath each character's skull and skin there is a unique heart, a different soul, a complex feeling and spirit that must be attended to, no matter how strained its difficult passage into the world. Each story culminates in a revelation pointing to this important truth; the danger is that the insistent lesson will become repetitive, diminishing the force of the whole book, which begins to seem too didactic. Another strategic use for the form, as Brian Panhuyzen's The Death of the Moon demonstrates, is to experiment - with voice, plot, mode, setting - as if the writer were trying to establish his range; but here a different kind of problem arises when the reader cannot make of the widely varying stories any kind of whole. Panhuyzen's stories radiate outwards from no discernible centre, each one interesting on its own, but for such different reasons that soon the reader asks what holds the book together. `Marijke and Shonny,' the very good opening piece, skilfully depicts the brief reunion of two cousins in a smouldering summer matched internally by the veiled intensity of their attraction to each other; the next, `The Ninth Chair,' ventures into quite different territory, the undoing of a suburban family when the wife leaves, and dissipates its strengths when she reappears at the end as a thin speechless ghost; while the third story, `Hotter,' awkwardly narrated by a teenager whose vernacular imitates teen talk but sounds archaic and forced, sets out for other territory.
A more intriguing experiment unfolds in Robert Rawdon Wilson's Boundaries, and Other Fictions; the stories alternate purposefully between hard-edged realism and metafictional reflection, with skilful variations on both modes and much that lies between them. `Boundaries,' for example, the opening piece, brings a Canadian greenhorn and a smooth-talking, tale-telling American drifter together, setting their relationship in motion across a landscape charged with their attraction to each other, with the adrenaline of hitting convenience stores and making good their escape, and with the alternating tensions of American and Canadian cultural norms cutting across their cross-country drive. It is as if Wilson wanted to show these conventions in operation first - and he does, very well, here and elsewhere in the collection - and then to turn in various ways towards more reflexive and meditative pieces, `other' fictions - including seriously funny divagations like `Self-Enhancement,' a short inquiry into the hiring practices of a hypothetical English Department (at the `University of Ultima Thule') that in the space of a page and a half is left nonplussed at a brilliant candidate's `tattoo of a spider on his forehead' and at his reply to the question of what his current research entails: `carnivalesque emblems.' There is much afoot in this piece and in the whole collection, and its most admirable and engaging feature is the real spirit of inquiry and adventure that opens out its stories and excursions.
I read `Self-Portrait,' the first piece in Darren Gluckman's The Weight of the World and Other Stories with mild apprehension and a small smirk. It seemed slight, fey, a thin Borgesian derivation: a man meets his double, and they discover they are leading each other's lives, oblivious to each other until that moment. Eventually they brawl in the street and one, at once a suicide and a murderer, creeps home bruised and bloodied to his wife (their wife). But the next mini-fiction, `Photograph,' uses one page-long scene to draw a line in the sand between a couple that will only widen: the woman cannot accommodate her horror at contemplating a magazine photograph of a war scene from central Africa, in which corpses are shown with shoes on, while her partner cannot understand her obvious discomfort. In that disjunction lies the beginning of the end; they talk about the futility of the man's putting on his shoes that morning, with death a bullet away, but Sarah cannot get Kyle to share her unease, and the scene closes:
Kyle said I don't know, maybe you're thinking about it too much, they're
just his shoes.
But Sarah said no they're not just his shoes.
Kyle looked at the picture and shook his head again. He felt Sarah staring at him.
What's wrong? he said.
But when they left the coffee shop and were walking across the parking lot to the car, he knew that everything had taken a turn for the worse.
At the extremes of the book's range lie the macabre fantasy of the title
story (not its strongest, unfortunately), wherein a man is literally crushed by
the world's weight, pushed down through the earth's crust, and the closing,
longest story, of two aspiring actors who move to the Big Apple to try to make
it in the business. Here, Gluckman shows how he can draw out the development and
collapse of a relationship over an extended time, set in a pungently real New
York, and very well; the story is as effective in its way as `Photograph,' save
for the awkward ending, which I will not reveal. But The Weight of the World
shows that Gluckman has abundant talent that will no doubt develop in many
The answer to the question in Ron Smith's title, What Men Know about Women is, as the opening of the title story divulges, `Nothing. We know absolutely nothing.' The title is attractive, as is the opening, and the story's plot in summary is attractive as well: as four men, a father, his son, his friend Gus, and another young man who is visiting from Britain drive across the States on vacation, they ponder (and at times encounter) women, relationship, sexuality, desire - while the father reads Richard Ford's stories (`Rock Springs' chief among them) and meditates on fiction and experience. But the invocation of Ford's classic and the promising premise are not enough to carry the sheer weight of too many words, and this is a problem throughout this collection, intelligent and attractive as Smith's depictions of humanity are. The stories are perceptive, compassionate, probing, and shrewd; but I found myself at odds throughout the book, caught between admiration for the transparently decent and caring world-view that underpins all of the stories (Smith is particularly sensitive to the plight of aged characters struggling to get by, hemmed in by approaching death and their diminishing powers), but bogged down repeatedly in overwritten prose that does not breathe amply enough.
No doubt it is small of me to praise two books of stories and then ask that they be more than they are; but that's what I think and feel about two very good collections, Brenda Baker's The Maleness of God and Mike Barnes's Aquarium. Baker's collection has many virtues: she tries on different voices and does it well, from the laid-off parking-lot attendant in `The Progress of Man' to the interior consciousness of the artist in `Mobiles,' and the voices succeed because Baker gives us characters that she cares about - an old-fashioned virtue. Her stories pulse with crafted feeling, which means that her characters are both fictional and real enough to encourage the reader to care about what happens to them; and her plots are both artfully and causally shaped, so that events and developments are both believable and significant. My minor complaint is that her endings are almost always too neat, too prepared-for. The opening story, `Bathing Dad,' is representative. The narrator's father, an ex-swimming champion, has had a stroke, and is living in her house, where she first builds a tub that he can immerse himself in, then a pool in the backyard that he can `swim' in. It is clear that the father does not want to be kept hanging on after the next stroke, but that is what happens, so that we are more than ready for his final act when he drowns himself. This summary is brutally unfair to the complexities of the story, but the signs of the end are set in motion far from the end, weakening a very good story by robbing it of some of its complexity. All of Baker's stories engaged me, however, and if the autobiographical feel of `Mobile' is any indication - it would be nice if I were wrong, but ultimately irrelevant - she is very good at writing about art and artists, and I hope she writes more in this vein.
Like Baker's, Mike Barnes's stories are crafty and subtle, and like Baker, he is not afraid to try on different modes, voices, styles; as with Baker, with Barnes by book's end you know that you have been with one writer in several guises, and profitably. As with Baker, however, it is also true that I never felt at any point that a phrase, an image, a line was inevitable, arresting, the only way to say or write an event, a character, a gesture into being. `In Florida' is a good example of Barnes' strengths (it is also included in this year's Journey Prize Anthology) but also of a propensity towards neatly tied-off endings that threaten to thump rather than resonate. The story follows a retired Canadian couple newly arrived in Florida as they get acquainted with the colony and explore their new leisure time, he by keeping a journal, she by painting. The story turns on their coming to terms with their new condition and on their relations with the others in the colony, and closes by reiterating an earlier scene in which the couple surprises a turtle they had seen earlier crossing a path. Their response at story's end says too much, closing off the revelation that might have been more effective if it had been left more silent:
As they stood there, in the middle of the dusty road in the pink light of the waning day, they felt a quiet victory in what had just occurred. Each, for the first time, felt that the trip might prove to be a success; that, finally, sufficient grounds had been laid down for the retirement to proceed. Each suspected the other of feeling the same sense of triumph but they did not look at one another. It was easier to share the feeling by looking at the road.
Show. Do not tell. And the language here is representative, as is the
syntax and the style. Easy, clear, rhythmic, balanced. Not memorable; not
falling faintly, faintly falling anywhere. Yes, maybe it is unfair to tax Barnes
with Joyce, but it is also just to ask that the language do a little more than
point or refer; it would be nice if it gestured too once in a while. That said,
Baker and Barnes are better than simply good, and they are eminently readable -
maybe too readable. A title like All The Anxious Girls on Earth expertly signals
many of Zsuzsi Gartner's signatures: self-deprecating wit, biting hyperbole, the
sense - I think this is a telling one for Gartner's generation of writers - that
in a culture where style has replaced substance, appearance become reality,
character - particularly, but not exclusively, female character - must also be
written as a style: parodied, mocked, but rendered with deadpan accuracy.
Gartner's anxious young women are displaced and aslant in a flat and oppressive
post-world (postfeminist, postmodern, etc.) that they understand, wearily, all
too well, but that also terrifies them; Gartner is excellent at creating urban
flatscapes that both reflect contemporary Canadian cities - Vancouver, Toronto,
Calgary - and become a new way of perceiving them, which is one of the boons of
good fiction that too few of these writers bestow. All of this is a cumbersome
way of suggesting that Gartner has a distinct sensibility - more than a simple
edginess. I admit, however, that reading the whole book straight through
threatens to amplify and thereby reduce Gartner's distinctive voice to a parody
of itself, too much of a good thing. Better to read one story and return a few
days later. (This might be a good place to reflect for an instant on the
near-obsession in contemporary fiction with present-tense narration; it has been
growing apace over the last twenty years and is now a raging epidemic. Why does
using the simple past seem so quaint, so `conservative' to us now? Again, this
is not the place to pursue this; but someone should. Soon.)
I read Gartner and Debbie Howlett as the two finest extremes among these writers; Howlett for showing us just how powerfully the realist conventions of the genre can operate, and Gartner for providing the most exciting and arresting versions of her generation's sensibility. I'd guess that each writer would be excited by the other's book, and I'd guess that each has by now read Elyse Gasco's Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby, the collection I've saved for last, because no other writer of short fiction this year has published a collection that artfully raises as many questions, chief among them, how do we now read stories; how do we now understand storytelling; what are the relations, now, between the tale told and the telling voice; and most important, what are the contemporary relations between loss, yearning, and storytelling? A pervasive sense of loss mediated by telling weaves through Gasco's stories; many of them involve adoption and a search for lost or missing mothers, told from both child's and mother's points of view - an excursion wonderfully suited to Gasco's style (the stories continuously invite the reader to reverse that last formulation). Often, a story will point to narration itself as a key of sorts, almost flaunting the fictionality of the form as a kind of taunt: here is the opening of the appropriately entitled `The Third Person':
Here is an introduction. The fact is that sometimes it is very hard to get into a story, sometimes there is no smooth path to lead up to what has to be said. The road just ends, you have to hike for a while, and when you get there it's just a shack of a tale, with no running water. A good way to start is to say that there are many ways to hope and to leave. And there are many ways to be left. For instance, Elle's kind adoptive mother said to her: Here in the dictionary you can see that it says that left is towards the north when one faces east. That is the kind of thing Elle's adoptive mother would say.
If the story developed as parts of this passage at first glance might
seem to suggest - as self-reflexive posturing, as portentousness - the narration
might become simply faux-fashionable. But one of the magical elements in Gasco's
writing is the painful necessity and the painful clarity that inhabits every
page. By story's end, the `many ways to hope and to leave,' the `many ways to be
left' have been depicted so fully and with such utter and matter-of-fact
transparency that the opening generalization becomes iconic after you return to
this passage, wondering how or where this transmutation began. Is the
`kind'/'kind' juxtaposition intentional at the end of the passage? Where do
anger and irony go, what becomes of them when the narrator's eye and ear are so
firmly on herself, and yet the story still develops `out there' in our domain?
The answers are not obvious - there is valuable work to be done here for any
student of focalization or any disciple of Genette's - but the effects of
Gasco's tactics are gorgeously irritating at first, and then splendidly
revealing, once you surrender to her invitation to allow the storyteller to muse
on her narration, realizing that this is no mere game. Gasco makes prose poems
out of loss without ever seeming precious about it, and her stories are,
finally, as `accessible' as the most down-to-earth realist reader would require.
Extraordinary and everyday magic here: read no more than ten pages nightly, to
be taken with one ounce of good scotch alongside.
To return to where we began, The Journey Prize Anthology; this year's collection was selected by Sheldon Currie. It's not quite kosher to read these as first-time appearances in book form (accomplished writers like Mark Jarman have been at work for a good number of years, and his excellent contribution, `Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World,' actually first appeared in a book in his 1998 collection, New Orleans Is Sinking); nevertheless, assuming that this collection does provide a snapshot of the best writers currently at work, I'd have to say that the collection is surprisingly cautious, restrained, and well mannered - almost genteel, with a few dazzling exceptions, such as Alissa York's `The Back of the Bear's Mouth' and Jane Eaton Hamilton's `Territory.' There is not a story that is weak, I hasten to add, but, as exemplified in Barnes' `In Florida,' the stories tend to be solid, well-rounded, and competent - period. And that, by and large, is what this year's short fiction seems to be. Gasco, Howlett, Gartner, Hamilton, Jarman, and York are producing excellent work, on the evidence, and others - Peterson, Baker, and Barnes, for example - are writing some fine stories. That nineteen out of forty-one writers choose to write in the form, however, is a very interesting development that needs some attention.
It might seem a raw, crudely progressive, and numbingly quantitative
gesture to pause over a rarity, the year's one book of novellas, between
assessments of the short story collections and the novels, but this is the right
moment. Warren Cariou's gloriously entitled The Exalted Company of Roadside
Martyrs: Two Novellas is simply a wonderful book. How many great novellas do we
have, in Canada or anywhere else, and how many writers turn to it at all
regularly? Thomas Mann; Katherine Mansfield; García Márquez (Chronicle of a
Death Foretold); Bellow; closer to home, Gallant and Munro. Try to name five
more. And what a form it is: by turn expansive and hermetic, byzantine, baroque,
but suddenly, momentarily, lyrically transparent. And devilishly difficult.
(Reflect on The Pegnitz Junction for a moment.) This is a small part of why I
admire these two pieces so much: structurally they seem effortless (most
recently, I felt a similar operation afoot in Munro's The Love of a Good Woman)
but in fact the edifice is so elaborate but so seamlessly smoothed off and
polished that you cannot find the joins or the floors, never mind the rooms or
Both novellas attempt a lot and succeed brilliantly. It is fitting that the book is prefaced with an epigraph from Blake on what persuades an imagination in different eras to believe that a thing is what it is, because both novellas, `The Shrine of Badger King' and `Lazarus,' are about the strength and the province of belief - profaned by politics, narrow ambition, and a grand capacity for self-delusion in the first case, and entangled in a hopeless love, false and true ministry, and the institutions of marriage and the church in the other. `The Shrine of Badger King' brings the bleak reaches of northern Saskatchewan shimmeringly alive through the sad sheen of the `Minister's' narration telling his own story, the tale of a politician who betrays Badger - one Francis Cameron - and thus turns the small-town bad boy and drug dealer into a nemesis who haunts his whole career, topples his every rise, returning from the dead to destroy his vaunting ambition. Cariou's first wondrous talent is with voice: his narrator is at once a sleaze, a proto-realist, an ordinarily sad man, a dupe, a dope, and a manipulative schemer, a divorced politician contemplating his wrecked career, an enraged and obsessed madman bent on settling the score with Badger; and, but, even as we recognize all of these qualities, we are entranced with his story, because, as Kroetsch might put it, his voice makes it, and him, real. `Real,' though, in several registers: this is at once a morality play, a tall tale (and Cariou is very funny, at once wry and sly, alternating between absurdly hyperbolic event and finely managed deadpan dialogue), an allegory and a parable - without any of the levels clashing. It is exceedingly difficult to fathom how this could be a first book; Cariou writes with mastery, flair, and - yes - inspiration. And everything I've just said goes, differently, for `Lazarus.' In short, Cariou is prodigiously talented, and there is no book so fine in so many ways among this year's group.
Last, the year's novels. There is no single or simple category beyond the
generic to embrace them, but there are some interesting subcategories. Of the
thirteen under review, nine are by women; of those, five are either centrally
about abuse or allude to it. On the surface, Jodi Lundgren's Touched is a
powerfully written, painful and frightening novel about an undergraduate
student's breakdown and her mistreatment by the medical institution. But better
than that, Lundgren goes beneath the clichés of the situation (including a
student's infatuation with her English professor, he with her, and his
manipulative duplicities) to gradually reveal the young woman's abuse by her
father, so that the caring family worried about her condition at the beginning
is eventually revealed as its prime cause. Like many recent novelists who point
towards the hybrid nature of the form, Lundgren interleaves other kinds of texts
in her narration - official documents, medical reports, psychiatric assessments
- inviting the reader to assess the kinds of information they purvey or convey
and to measure their portraits of the protagonist against each other. There is
nothing fashionable or glib in her method, though, and the writing is
consistently charged and tense. Camilla Gibb's Mouthing the Words follows a
different path to a similar end; her protagonist's parents emigrate from Britain
to Canada, bringing with them the father's racist pathology, the mother's
twisted dependencies, and the girl's several imagined personalities - foils that
she flees to for counsel or comfort when her father abuses her. The novel traces
Thelma's gradual and erratic emergence out of this madness into a world in which
she can dispense with her imaginary allies and live within a newly constituted
self. Because Gibb narrates from a point of view inside Thelma's experience, the
novel is often instructively, disturbingly bleak, communicating Thelma's pain
directly; even her eventual emancipation is uncomfortably raw. A sensation just
short of eavesdropping gathered as I read, half-fascinated, half-horrified, but
always gripped tightly by the narrator's urgency. Reading William Lynch's Clouds
is like moving back through the haze of thirty years to find stand-ins for
Sartre and Camus in melancholy consort, huddled in a semi-abandoned hulk of a
motel outside of rainy Parksville, BC, where the narrator is holed up in his
dreary room, working on a play, waiting for a surprise visit from his long-lost
love, `G,' and obsessively getting himself through his claustrophobic days by
repeating a grim routine of dreary thoughts, acts, rituals. I know this sounds
deadly; surprisingly it is not, because Lynch is a very good stylist whose prose
moves in long, almost relentless swells (quirkily but instructively, long
passages often close with an increasingly obvious `I think') that become almost
soothing, almost comical, and certainly distinctive: he narrates in
paragraph-long waves, the commas creating a rhythm just off enough to call
attention to itself without distorting the sense.
I said earlier that the allure of gritty realism sometimes obscures what should have been a better novel. A case in point is Billie Livingstone's Going Down Swinging, a powerful story told in alternating chapters by Eilleen, a single mother riding the peaks and valleys of alcoholism, hooking, and determination in a fight against despair, and by her young daughter Grace. As we migrate back and forth between points of view (and from Toronto to Vancouver), two problems arise: it is notoriously difficult to create a plausible retrospective point of view when the character is very young at one edge of restrospection, because one slip and the narration will lift off to hover uncertainly between the adult and the child. This happens here too often. Second, the novel depends upon our coming to care about what happens to the mother and her daughter - to believe at some level in the characters' determination to make good; but the style threatens to defeat this purpose by cleaving to what their experience `really' looks and feels like at ground level. A more arch, comical, and knowing realism rubs rawly against some more interesting intentions in Evan Solomon's Crossing the Distance; at one level, the novel follows the trajectory of a strained relationship between two brothers, alternately close and alienated, as they pursue their careers, one as a popular TV talk show host, the other as a deluded and murderous missionary, bent on saving everything and everyone. They will come into violent conflict at novel's end; but before that, Solomon will take us on a scarifying tour of the (mostly Toronto) media - its influence, its corruption, its mores or lack of same, and at this level the novel develops as a dark madcap comedy, satirical and funny enough, to be sure. But if Solomon is after bigger game, as he appears to be - if he really wants to explore these brothers' relationship and where it has taken them - then the exposé of the media seems obvious and overdone. I enjoyed Elyse Friedman's Then Again, but wished that, given her fine comical eye and ear, she had done more with her material. Friedman gives us a wacky family reunion in suburban Toronto, called together by one of three siblings who has done fabulously well; the title alludes to his mad, painstaking recreation of their past - including hiring actors to stand in for their dead parents. Interlaced with this freakiness is the tale of the narrator's lost love for McCollum (both were refugees from their families), who left her permanently, it seems, and without a word when he walked in on her single episode of infidelity. The narration cackles and crackles with energy and wit, and the novel is diverting; but I was left feeling that an opportunity had been only half-seized. Catherine Simmons Niven, however, chooses another route in A Fine Daughter; she is one of the few novelists this year who moves successfully (and remarkably gently) beyond kitchen-sink, back-alley, or bartop realism to create another kind of imaginative frame, in poetic prose and through a plot that quietly but persistently hints at myth and legend as nourishing counterpoints to proper, upright codes of conduct. Niven gives us a small town community in western Canada with all of the foibles that Ross and Leacock and their descendants have alternately mocked or pilloried, east or west. Into the town comes a single mother who will bear her daughter and work at the general store; as the novel charts the citizens' perceptions of the woman and her daughter, we see the towns' hypocrisies slowly dismantled, propriety unmasked, stern morality upended in favour of more transparent attention to human needs for love, care, and nourishment. Forgive this pious summary and read the novel; it is a rewarding and deeply felt book.
At the back of my mind for the last several months has been an argument I have wanted to make about how fiction has long had a primary vocation to call up versions of the past and, just as important, to reflect on or indeed to create various meanings of `pastness.' I imagined attempting a taxonomy, but not necessarily a hierarchy, of modes for these versions and visions of the past and their significances; then, I thought, it would be useful to think of these operations in Canadian terms. But my original ambition seemed more and more impracticable as I considered this year's books, and what now remains is a fragment of the idea and six novels. Irene Guildford's The Embrace provides one exemplary crystallization of a recurring theme: the immigrant who returns to her homeland (or the successful immigrants who bring their less fortunate family members to their new-found home) will meet many forms of grief brought on by the passing of time, by the erosion of memory, by the clashes of disparate cultures, by expectations impossible to meet, suspicions easily aroused. These are the forces working through the Lithuanian characters in Canada and at home in The Embrace; Guildford's writing is painfully clear and her vision no less so: not only can you not go home again, you cannot maintain real contact with what was home, past or present. Neither of these pat platitudes, however, is sufficient to prevent the attempt or to predict exactly how it will turn out in individual human terms, as Guildford skilfully and gracefully shows us. Peter Hogg's Crimes of War poses a large contemporary question about the past and attempts an answer, but I was disappointed in the novel. The question is a familiar one: how should we judge war crimes, and what moral authority underwrites the legal pursuit? Hogg's war criminal is an old man, a widower living in Winnipeg who was an interpreter for the SS but also took part in the shootings and gassings of Jews; he is shown to be a loving human being, alone now without his wife, who has lived an upright life for close to fifty years in Canada. His young Canadian prosecutor, however, with his MA in history, a cynical civil-service mentality, and very little vision or morality, personal or political, is portrayed as a flat and embittered agent serving a bureaucracy he doesn't believe in. The case against Reile, the war criminal, collapses when witnesses die or cannot testify, so he remains `free'; meanwhile his prosecutor, Dennis, leaves the employ of the government (the unit is being shut down) and essentially fades away back into Toronto. I am aware that the novel intends to turn the question in a new direction, but I found the contrast between the two characters unconvincing, the implied case unpersuasive, and the vision of the past and the issue of responsibility for it at once laboured and thin.
I have arrived at my final four hostages; each provides a different, complex, and satisfying version of the answer I alluded to above: how does fiction conjure with the past? To what ends? With what legitimacy, to what purpose, for whose benefit? How do fictional gestures and performances pastward relate to, correct, replace, subvert, enrich, or supplement history? In The River Midnight, Lillian Nattel recreates a fully rounded turn-of-the-century world - the late nineteenth century world of the shtetl in Poland - replete with every imaginable form of loving attention to each particular of that world. Her plot is constructed as a kind of Yeatsian gyre, returning purposefully over and again to its central moment - the various forces gathering around the pregnancy of the shtetl's midwife, Misha, who ministers with powerful love and lore to the community. It is remarkable how intimately Nattel knows this world - its languages, its social hierarchies, its customs and conventions, its weather, its seasons, the intimate details of its everyday life; but more remarkable still is the climate of feeling she has brought to life. At the heart of the novel, the Jewish soul of the community breathes through all of its incarnations, sacred and profane, while the poisonous social history of the era breathes its own deadly vapours over everyone and everything. In Nattel's version, the past speaks guilelessly, in flesh and blood, as if it were wholly and fully present and available to us, and naturally so. Yes: Nattel's version of the past is wholly and charmingly unproblematized, always already. More power to her.
In fact, a remarkable element in each of these four fictions is one governing assumption, a kind of first article of faith, never explicit but always at work: that the past is eminently available and that it can and must be brought to life - even though all forms of recollection, of material remote or more recent, are always subject to the fiction-making wiles of memory - to revision and suppression, alteration and erasure, knowing or unknowing fabrication. Joe Fiorito knows this and more in his bones, which is why his strikingly beautiful memoir of his father's death, The Closer We Are to Dying can be read as a fiction without distending our expectations of fiction or of memoir. Fiorito writes at the very edge where one becomes the other. It is ironic, and sad, that word for word, phrase by sentence, this book should be one of the best written of the year's fictions, because you might think that the more traditional and conventional fictions would show themselves more attentive to the primary, elemental forces of language than would a memoir. Fiorito shows, on every page, what should be obvious, but too often is not: that in a book, the most powerful evidence a loving and grieving son can manifest for his feelings at the imminent death of his father must rely, first and last, on his skills with language; Fiorito writes in such a supple and transparent idiom that clarity of feeling and clarity of expression seem to merge effortlessly on every line. This relationship between father and son is anything but simple: Fiorito gives us all the tensions, ambivalences, conflicts, and contradictions in his father's flawed character, as well as in his own feelings for him. At the same time, he vividly traces the history of his family from its origins in Italy through its forced and hurried migration to Canada. I cannot remember ever having read a more moving and powerful memoir.
From memoir's intimate relations with fiction to fiction's intimate relations with history: Malka Marom's Sulha and Martha Blum's The Walnut Tree provide fitting places to close. Marom tells us that the word `Sulha' means, in both Hebrew and Arabic languages, `a forgiveness, a reconciliation; a joining, repairing, making whole that which has been torn asunder - peace.' This majestic novel follows the painful progress towards various reconciliations - with country, with self, with memory, the past, and the future - of a sabra, an Israeli woman who has lost her fighter pilot husband twenty years earlier, crashed somewhere in the desert. Leora ventures into the tents of the Badu (the Bedouin) in the Sinai, where as a guest from an utterly foreign culture she witnesses this people's way of life at eye level. It is nearly impossible to convey how deeply affecting Marom's treatment is of Leora's extended stay: through Leora's depictions of the lives and life stories of the two Bedouin wives, Tammam and Azzizah, their husband, Abu Salim, and their extended family, Marom gives us a marvellously vivid and detailed sense of the continuing Bedouin presence in the Sinai (and, equally vividly, of the timeless presence of the Sinai itself). No other novel this year has the range and scope of Sulha, and I can well believe that it took Marom fourteen well-spent years to write it. Several kinds of loyalty to `The Land' - Israel - lie at the centre of one of Leora's dilemmas - whether to allow her son to follow in his father's footsteps and become a pilot in the air force. All of the novel's major currents run through the immediate conflict Leora is fighting through: most impressively, the contemporary and historical meanings of Arab and Jewish aspirations to nationhood are infused with new meanings through the enlarged perspective on the region that Marom gains by depicting the life and history of the Bedouin, and showing how ingeniously the Bedouin reach a `sulha,' an intricately negotiated compromise to avoid internecine bloodshed. As with Cariou's novellas, so with Sulha: it is exceedingly difficult to understand this as a first novel. There is simply too much going on too well, too many layers of history and myth clashing and cohabiting to magnificent effect.
Finally, The Walnut Tree: let the last word here be about Martha Blum's superb novel. I have been searching my experience for a novel like The Walnut Tree without any success. Blum's rendition of history, beginning in the town of Czernowitz (Austria/Hungary) in 1921 and ending in western Canada in the 1960s, moves principally through its depiction of the life and times of an impassioned and headstrong character, Süssel, and her memories of growing up in a wealthy, privileged Jewish family which is subjected to every imaginable terror as successive waves of Germans and Russians overrun the town and environs. Süssel's experience encompasses every reach of the history of the era, personal, political, public and private, and Blum writes with a memory alive to every tremor that preceded each catastrophe for Süssel and the accompanying cast of characters. Like Sulha, The Walnut Tree is suffused with the sense of a convulsed past that still fibrillates in the present; like The River Midnight, The Walnut Tree insists that its sense of the past is not only real, memorable, and significant, but that its very acts of recollection are as inevitable as they are imperative. Would that more of the novels published in 1999 had the same sweeping ambition, or at least demonstrated a similar willingness to reach towards the possibilities these last four fictions so powerfully, variously, and memorably embrace.
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Vintage woodcut drawing from a 1778 book of riddles. Could you have answered this one?
Which swiftly mount on high
On sturdy pinions,
Yet I never fly;
And tho’ my body often moves around,
Upon the self-same spot
I’m always found;
And, like a nurse who chews the infants meat,
I chew for man before that he can eat.
Safely in the public domain, this vintage windmill drawing from 1778 is most likely from a woodcut and made much like we use rubber stamps. I evened out the white background for you but otherwise left this drawing as I found it. The drawing itself seems a little odd. The windmill looks as if it is teetering on top of a brick wall or foundation. The stairs leading to the front door look a bit more like a slide than a ladder or staircase. The blades are on the back of the building so we only see a part of three of them. But, if you like windmills and need an early drawing of one, this one just might fit the bill.
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Yes, you are able to consider dismissing members of staff should their ill health mean they are no longer capable of doing the job they are contracted for. In some cases the employee will resign, but there are some instances where it is necessary that you may need to consider dismissing them on medical grounds.
However, medical capability dismissal should be considered as a last resort, and there is a formal process to follow before reaching to that decision. You, as a compliant employer, should in the first instance attempt to have a welfare meeting in order to gather as much information about the employee’s condition as possible, including how long the condition is likely to last for and when they consider they may fit enough to return to work.
Following that, you would be expected to: –
- With consent from the employee, obtain a medical report from the their GP, and/or organise an occupational health assessment to carried out on them
- Should it be likely that the employee is considered as having a disability recognised by the Equality Act 2010, you would also be required to make any reasonable adjustments in their position, namely to prevent any disadvantages from hindering their performance.
- If there are no reasonable adjustments available for them, and they are not likely to return to work anytime soon, the employee should be invited to a formal medical capability hearing to discuss all of the facts and information available to you.
What are Reasonable Adjustments?
If an employee is disadvantaged by something specifically because of their disability, and it is realistic/reasonable to make the changes within the workplace, then there will be an expectation for them to do so.
The definition of what is reasonable can vary, and will depend on: –
- The disability of the employee
- The resources available to the employer
- How practicable the changes would be
- If the adjustment overcomes the disadvantage created by the disability
- If the adjustment is more than necessary or what is needed to overcome the disadvantage
NB Not only are your own employees covered under reasonable adjustments, agency workers similarly have the right to ask for adjustments to be made, along with those who simply have applied for a role within your organisation.
There are three things the Equality Act 2010 states that you may have to do in order to remove any barriers employees may face as a result of their disability:
- Make physical changes to your office premises / employee workspace
- Change the employee’s workplace routine/role – for example offer them flexible working if possible
- Provide extra aids or support – for example offer them support for tasks or additional training
What if the problem persists?
If you are able to prove that either no further reasonable adjustments could be made or none can be made at all, then it may be fair for you to dismiss them, even if they are disabled.
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HOUSEHOLD bills including food, mortgage and energy costs could soar by £6,000 by the end of the year.
Budgets face a battering this winter under a triple whammy of spiralling energy bills, a hike in interest rates and sky-high inflation.
The Bank of England hiked interest rates to 1.75% – which means borrowers could be stung with higher rates to pay back on loans.
It means millions on fixed deals which expire in the next 12 months are sitting on a knife edge, as mortgage rates are already thousands of pounds higher.
While a billing shake-up revealed by Ofgem will see more frequent bill rises, as households face paying just shy of £4,000 for their energy on average this winter.
Finally, the nation was warned inflation could hit an unbelievable 15% by the end of the year.
It means a perfect storm has been created for a miserable winter where many may struggle to make ends meet because of the hikes.
New research by the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) estimates average outgoings will rise by £4,610 a year between now and December, the Daily Mail reports.
That means annual household bills will be £6,219 more expensive this December compared with the same time last year.
The eye-watering hikes are mainly down to spiralling energy costs, the CEBR said.
And things are only expected to get worse following a billing shake-up from Ofgem that will see bills rise every three months instead of six.
But other costs are rising too – food prices are going through the roof because of inflation.
Latest government figures show food prices and non-alcoholic drinks jumped 9.8% in the year to June – the highest rate seen since March 2009.
While drivers are paying a fortune at the pump as fuel prices soar – although retailers have been slammed for not lowering prices quickly enough.
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- Title: LIBYA: Bani Walid still reeling from siege scars
- Date: 19th October 2011
- Summary: FIGHTERS IN HOSPITAL FIGHTER WITH BANDAGE AROUND HIS HEAD SIGN READING: 'MORTUARY'
- Embargoed: 3rd November 2011 12:00
- Location: Libya
- Country: Libya
- Topics: Conflict
- Reuters ID: LVAB80T96VDABYOEYQRMGQLUAGB8
- Story Text: The streets of Bani Walid were quiet on Tuesday (October 18), the morning after Libyan interim ruling council fighters filled the air with gunfire in celebration of their capture of one of the final bastions of support for deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Yet the town, set in desert hills 150 km (90 miles) south of Tripoli, displayed all the signs of the weeks long siege waged by National Transitional Council (NTC) forces.
Bani Walid is home to the Warfalla, Libya's biggest tribe, whose members are traditional supporters of Gaddafi, but there were no signs of civilians returning to the streets, amid a skyline dominated by shell-ravaged buildings.
Outside the hospital, controlled by pro-Gaddafi forces until Monday (October 17), decaying bodies were piled up against a wall, while a broken refrigeration unit leaves corpses rotting in the mortuary as well.
"We found the hospital truly in a bad condition. It was chaotic and damaged. We are trying to organise everything and God willing folks are coming to get it working again," said NTC fighter Abdelsalam Alshawa at the hospital.
In a house being used as a temporary prison, about 18 men arrested by NTC fighters were held under armed guard.
"I swear to God I didn't do anything. I swear as you see and as I'm telling you know we did not see anything or do anything," pleaded one of the prisoners.
"We are people who follow the rule of God as well as humanitarian rules. If it becomes clear that you are truly only a worker, you will be released and delivered to another location," replied a guard.
The new government's forces have been accused of mistreating prisoners and Amnesty International said in a report last week it was in danger of repeating some of the abuses of Gaddafi's rule, particularly through the use of arbitrary detention.
Some of the prisoners had been wounded in the fighting but there was no evidence that they had been mistreated since their arrest.
The seizure of Bani Walid brought Libya's new rulers a step closer to being in full control of the vast, oil-producing North African country almost two months after rebels entered Tripoli and ended 42 years of one-man rule by Gaddafi.
Gaddafi's image was a common sight during his 42-year rule but now his face only adorns a donkey, pulled through the streets of the town by laughing NTC fighters.
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Release Date: May 25, 2018
Major Conservation Treatment of Tiepolo's Monumental Bacchus and Ariadne Reveals Hidden Details
Painting goes on view June 14, 2018
Washington, DC—Following a four-year-long conservation treatment, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's Bacchus and Ariadne (c. 1743/1745) will return to public view in the West Building of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, on June 14, 2018. The comprehensive restoration has revealed elements by the Venetian master hidden from view since the work was removed from its original location at the end of the 18th century. The dramatic results provide viewers with a new sense of the immense painting's appearance at the time of its creation.
"The conservation of this remarkable work reveals significant discoveries about Tiepolo's process and clues to the painting's original home," said Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art. "This project also represents one of the many instances of rich collaboration between the Gallery's team of conservators, scientists, and curators, all leaders in their field."
Bacchus and Ariadne is believed to have been created to decorate the staircase of an unknown Venetian palace, only identified in a (now-lost) letter from 1764 by Tiepolo as the palace of "V.E." The painting was probably one of four works—only three of which are known to survive—that each depicted a natural element. Bacchus and Ariadne represents earth, The Triumph of Amphitrite (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden) represents water, and Juno and Luna (Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) represents air. The location of the fourth painting—which likely depicted Vulcan, the god of fire, and his wife, Venus—is unknown. A smaller example by Tiepolo of the same subject at the Philadelphia Museum of Art does, however, give a sense of what the painting may have looked like. All three of the extant paintings are connected by similar architectural motifs that would have tied them to their original locations, such as stone volutes at the top corners and long-necked, griffin-like forms in the bottom left and right corners. These architectural elements were likely painted over when the works were removed from their original setting, which according to curatorial records was done by 1798.
The project's painting conservator, Sarah Gowen Murray, worked closely with colleagues in painting conservation, scientific research, and preventive conservation to treat the painting and conduct analysis of the work. Overpaint removal uncovered tall vertical leaves on the left and right sides of the composition. Infrared imaging—conducted by John Delaney, senior imaging scientist—and analysis of cross-section samples of those areas—examined and interpreted by Barbara Berrie, head of the scientific research department—indicated that the leaves were originally bound together by gold ribbons. A precedent for the ribbons was established in another work by Tiepolo, Castigo dei Serpenti (The Scourge of the Snakes) (1732–1735) at the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. These findings, archived documentation images, and other works by the artist were then consulted to reconstruct the missing elements with inpainting.
Other discoveries made during the treatment include indications of significant compositional changes made by Tiepolo, suggesting that Bacchus and Ariadne may have been the first painting of the series. X-radiographs exposed curved forms at the lower-right corner extending beneath the griffin and the jaguar—perhaps initial attempts by the artist to incorporate the composition into the work's surrounding architecture.
Bacchus and Ariadne
Tiepolo's painting magnificently depicts the moment before Bacchus, the god of wine, crowns Ariadne after falling in love with her. According to the myth, Bacchus discovered Ariadne on the shore of the island of Naxos where she was left behind by her lover, Theseus. Following this scene, Ariadne ascended to Mount Olympus, gaining immortality. Tiepolo's rendering of the myth shows Bacchus sitting unsteadily atop a barrel with the glittering crown in hand. Bacchus is surrounded by revelers holding jugs of wine and grapevines, representing the fecundity of earth, while one of the jaguars that led his chariot rests beneath him. The wheat Ariadne wears in her hair and reeds held in her hand further symbolize the earth.
Following its removal from its original setting, Bacchus and Ariadne remained in private collections in Italy and Vienna before being sold in the late 1920s to William Robert Timken and Lillian Guyer Timken. The painting came to the Gallery in 1960 as part of the Timken Collection. Oliver Tostmann, now curator of european paintings at Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, contributed significantly to the understanding of Baccchus and Ariadne and its counterparts when he was a Joseph McCrindle Fellow and then Andrew W. Mellon Fellow at the National Gallery from 2007 to 2011.
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Preamble puncturing makes it possible to “carve out a thin slice” of spectrum that has interference on it
Preamble puncturing is an optional feature introduced in Wi-Fi 6, or 802.11ax that improves spectral efficiency by allowing a Wi-Fi 6 access point (AP) to transmit a “punctured” portion of the spectrum channel if some of the channel is being used by legacy users. The result, Qualcomm’s Senior Director of Engineering Andrew Davidson told RCR Wireless News, is wider channels even when interference is present.
“Incumbent users that occupy a portion — say 20 or 40 megahertz — of an otherwise free channel would traditionally prevent an AP from using this spectrum,” he explained. “[With], preamble puncturing […] the overall bandwidth is lowered by the punctured amount, but still enables a wider channel than otherwise would be available.”
However, as David Coleman, Extreme Networks’ director of wireless networking at the Office of the CTO, pointed out in his blog post, preamble puncturing won’t work unless both the 802.11ax AP and the receiving 802.11ax clients to support the capability. And because it’s an optional feature, he added at the time of his writing that “it remains to be seen how widely it will be supported.”
In a recent conversation with RCR Wireless News, Coleman elaborated: “One of the problems with all of these bells and whistles that they come up with is if [a feature is] not supported on the clients, it’s basically worthless. So you get lots of optional features that we may support on our APs that never get used because the clients don’t support it. This was one of those features that was never mandated in Wi-Fi 6.”
While optional in Wi-Fi 6, preamble puncturing very likely will be the standard in Wi-Fi 7 or 802.11be, and if that’s the case, it will become a much more useful feature.
Wi-Fi 7 supports 320-megahertz transmissions, which is double the 160 megahertz of Wi-Fi 6. Davidson said that Wi-Fi 7 offers many paths to wider bandwidth, and while having access to the continuous 320 megahertz of available 6 GHz spectrum is the “simplest,” most countries will have overlapping channels in this band, making preamble puncturing a potential option for widening the channel.
“Europe only has one [non-overlapping channel in the 6 GHz], while other parts of the world don’t have this 320 megahertz at all,” he went on, explaining that in cases where most of the spectrum is free, but there is interference on some of it is ideal for preamble puncturing.
“It allows you to carve out just a thin slice that has interference on it, so that you maybe don’t get the 320, but you still get a much wider band than you would if you just had to work around it. You might get 240 or more megahertz instead of the full 320m,” Davidson said.
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Baye de Clarens
Following the establishment of the Baye de Clarens hazard map, a protection concept was drawn up. This provides for flood protection measures as well as revitalization measures, in particular to allow fish migration. The protection concept has been validated in terms of its cost/effectiveness and a schedule for its implementation has been drawn up according to the priorities of the various measures. The concept foresees, among other things, a major modification of the geometry of the Baye's mouth in Lake Geneva. This measure was tested using a physical model carried out by the LCH at the EPFL.
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22nd Military Police Battalion (CID)
The mission of the 22nd Military Police Battalion (Criminal Investigation Division) is to provide criminal investigative services to the United States Army within an 11 state geographical area of responsibility, ranging from California to Alaska, including the northern half of New Mexico. It would, on order, deploy individual(s) or detachments in support of contingency operations.
The 22nd Military Police Battalion (CID) supported commanders by conducting criminal investigations of serious, sensitive or special interest matters; preventing crime; and preserving the force and Army resources in peacetime, combat, and contingency operations throughout the northwestern states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. The 22nd Military Police Battalion (CID) was responsible for investigating serious crimes and conducting sensitive or special investigations in support of the communities of Fort Lewis, Fort Wainwright, Fort Richardson, Fort Irwin, Fort Huachuca, Oakland Army Base, and the Presidio of Monterey in Monterey California. The 22nd Military Police Battalion (CID) was also responsible for providing I Corps with CID investigative support anywhere in the world.
The 22nd Military Police Battalion was first constituted on 2 March 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 22nd Criminal Investigation Section and activated on 24 March 1944 at Fort Custer, Michigan. It was reorganized and redesignated on 5 August 1944 as the 22nd Military Police Criminal Investigation Section and again on 25 April 1945 as the 22nd Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment. The unit participated in the New Guinea campaign during the Second World War and deployed to Japan for occupation duty after the end of the conflict.
On 25 October 1951, the Detachment was allotted to the Regular Army. It was inactivated 6 April 1953 in Japan. While inactivate, the unit was redesignated on 12 January 1954 as the 22nd Military Police Detachment. It was activated on 10 February 1954 in Germany and inactivated there on 25 September 1965. It was activated on 25 May 1966 in France and inactivated there on 23 February 1967.
Activated 24 November 1968 in Vietnam It participated in 9 campaigns during the conflict in Vietnam: Counteroffensive Phase VI, Tet 69/Counteroffensive, Summer-Fall 1969, Winter-Spring 1970, Sanctuary Counteroffensive, Counteroffensive Phase VII, Consolidation I, Consolidation II, and Cease-Fire. It was inactivated on 15 August 1972 in Vietnam.
The Detachment was activated on 1 October 1983 at Fort Lewis, Washington. This time, however, the unit was activated strictly as a mobilization Modified Table of Order and Equipment (MTOE) unit, meaning the unit's mission was to support I Corps during a national emergency deployment. The redesignation of the 22nd Military Police Detachment (CID) on 15 April 1994 consolidated the peacetime investigative mission of the Fort Lewis CID office and the combat support mission of the 22nd Military Police Detachment under one battalion level command. In June 1995, the 22nd Military Police Detachment (CID) gained command authority and investigative responsibility for 2 additional CID resident agencies at Fort Richardson and Fort Wainwright, both in Alaska.
The Detachment was reorganized and redesignated on 1 September 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 22nd Military Police Battalion. In September 1999, the 22nd Military Police Battalion (CID) gained command authority and investigative responsibility for an additional CID resident agency at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
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Radio is the medium of communication and signaling using radio waves. Communicating requires receiving and sending a signal over the radio. Radio waves are very high frequency electrical waves, typically from around 30 hertz to around 500 gigahertz. The radio frequency range is from a region of a few feet to a region of a million miles at radiofrench.fr
There are two ways in which radio signals are transmitted and received: through direct indirect transmission techniques and through indirect transmission techniques. Direct radio transmitter systems include broadcasts of pre-recorded sounds such as music, public announcements, and telephone telegrams. These signals are carried by radio transmitters specially configured to receive and transmit on a certain radio frequency. These transmitters can be single side units or multi-side units, depending on the signal requirements.
Modulation is used to modulate radio waves to achieve a specific effect. For example, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has introduced certain rules to protect children's hearing by regulating the amount of noise that can be transmitted over Airwaves. Modulation can be used to increase or decrease the resistance of the signal as well as the frequency and wavelength of the radio signal. This allows radio stations to broadcast a wider and stronger range than their regular signals.
The term radiative energy refers to the variation in radio waves produced by a source as a result of its temperature. By changing the temperature of the radio transmitting equipment, it is possible to change the radio wave frequency and wavelength. Astronomy is an application that uses radio astronomy in its operation.
Radio astronomy involves the observation of radio signals from space. This involves tracking and measuring the radio signals emitted from space by radio receivers. Radio astronomers search for celestial radio signals emitted from stars and other celestial bodies, then record these signals in real time for radio scientists to study. Radio astronomers use the information they gather to create maps of the heavens and detect stars and other celestial objects. They also help in the search for lost space capsules.
A Hertz is a unit of time measured in Hertz (Hz). One Hertz is represented as the cycle per second of a radio wave. There are many systems that use Hertz theory to describe the shape of the universe. Some examples are the Cepheus curve, which describe the speed of radio waves over a narrow space and the principal meridian, which has a special link between latitude and longitude or a plane parallel to the southern hemisphere. Some theories of radio wave travel have also been proposed by quantum mechanics, which postulates that the speed of radio waves depends on how quickly the medium through which they vibrate vibrates.
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Often when we dig a little into the science of stem cells, people get turned off by all the strange names of molecules and jargon. However, whether you are a scientist, patient, investor, reporter, etc. there are some aspects of stem cell science that are ‘musts’ to know about.
For example, you need to know about epigenetics and I recently did a post on that.
Another bit of stem cell science you need to know is about a molecular character called Myc.
What the heck is Myc and why do stem cell gurus need to know about it?
Myc was one of the first known cancer-causing genes and has turned out to be involved in a very high fraction of all human cancers. In fact, some people think Myc has one role or another in ALL human cancers. As such Myc is what is called an oncogene and a very dangerous one.
So if Myc is an oncogene, a bad guy, what does it have to do with stem cells?
Turns out that Myc is very much the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of the cellular world. While it is Mr. Hyde as a cancer-causing gene, stem cells cannot do with the Dr. Jekyll side of Myc.
Around the year 2000 I started studying the role of Myc genes in stem cells. My theory was that if we could understand the normal function of Myc in cells that would help us understand how it causes cancer. In the process I realized that the normal function of Myc in stem cells is fascinating and important in its own right.
Myc comes in 3 forms, c-Myc, N-Myc, and L-Myc. All cause cancer, but also all have important normal roles in cell biology. In 2002, I published a paper in the journal Genes and Development knocking out (this means precisely eliminating the gene from the genome) N-Myc in neural stem cells.
The result? Mice survived the loss of N-Myc in their neural stem cells, but had a very tiny brain. Since N-Myc’s role in cancer often manifests as too much brain growth in the form of a tumor, our studies taking away N-Myc from neural stem cells made sense.
In 2004, Andreas Trumpp’s lab knocked out c-Myc from hematopoietic stem cells and found it was crucial for their function. Too much c-Myc often causes blood cancers so this also made sense.
Since that time Myc got a flood of new attention in 2006 when it was one of Yamanaka’s four superstar stem cell factors that can produce iPS cells. When Myc was combined with Oct4, Sox2, and Klf4 they together could transform ordinary cells such as fibroblasts into ESC-like iPS cells.
Since that time, Myc has been shown to not be formally essential for the iPS cell production process and in fact perhaps the only truly essential iPS cell factor is Oct4. However, although you in theory can leave Myc out of the iPS cell cocktail and still get iPS cells, without Myc the process is incredibly inefficient, up to 200 times less efficient. As a result, most researchers around the world still include Myc when they make iPS cells. The other thing is that even if you do not add extra Myc into your ingredients to make iPS cells, all the cells from which people make iPS cells are have some degree of their own natural levels of Myc (endogenous) that likely is essential to make iPS cells.
Why does Myc make normal stem cells happy? And why does Myc make it so much easier to make iPS cells?
The jury is somewhat still out, but we are starting to get a better idea.
One important thing is that Myc makes cells grow faster and when it comes to pluripotent stem cells, they like to grow fast. However, proliferation is not the whole story because fibroblasts grow pretty well, perhaps just a bit more slowly than iPS cells. Still, Myc may make cells more like to keep their stem-like properties as they proliferate and in this way Myc = self-renewal (the ability of stem cells to make more stem cells when they divide).
Myc has other functions that promote a stem-like state by shutting down almost all differentiation-related genes.
We have found that Myc is a potent blocker of differentiation both in mouse and also just now in a paper this month we found the same was true in human embryonic stem cells. In this way, Myc keeps embryonic stem cells and iPS cells in a non-differentiated state so that when the time comes that they are supposed to differentiate they still retain that function. You can boil it down to the equation Myc = pluripotency .
In part Myc tends to make cells more stem like by regulating the expression of other genes such as keeping differentiation genes in the OFF position. In addition, Myc appears to have a more global role in keeping the overall structure of DNA in the nucleus in a relatively ON state. In this way Myc may so to speak “set the table” in the genome for the subsequent action of factors like Oct4.
As with many things in our world, there can be too much of a good thing and that is true of Myc. Just a little too much Myc makes cells go beyond their normal stem cell functions and become cancer cells. Myc is also a likely culprit in the ability of ES and iPS cells to make teratoma. From an FDA perspective, I don’t believe cells with exogenous Myc will be allowed to be used in patients except under extraordinary circumstances such as in recurrent glioblastoma, where Karen Aboody’s lab is using neural stem cells with Myc to try to treat patients.
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|> pipeline operator. I don't want to re-tell what it is and how it is useful, Ben Lesh has already done an excellent job of this so read his article first. Instead, I'm going to investigate the two competing proposals, using RxJS as a case study as this is a use-case where I'm particularly excited about the new operator.
Forewarning, this article is opinionated! If you have a differing opinion I'd love to have my mind changed as I have swung opinions on this topic a couple of times.
Before we dive into RxJS, let's just recap first the two types and their features/shortcomings.
const map = fn => arr => arr.map(fn); const filter = fn => arr => arr.filter(fn); const reduce = (fn, i) => arr => arr.reduce(fn, i); const increment = v => v + 1; const add = a => b => a + b; const result = [1,2,3] |> map(a => a * 2) |> filter(a => a > 5) |> reduce((sum, a) => a+sum, 0) |> increment |> add(3) console.log(result); // 10
In this example you can see that we had to do a bit of preparatory work with our functions to make them point-free style, that is they return a function that takes one argument. Once this prep is done, the pipeline becomes a simple composition of operators. It's worth noting at this point that this isn't really a great example as you should probably in future still be using the
Array.prototype.* methods anyway. I just picked an example that should feel familiar.
try it! - (pick "Smart" in the pipeline proposal on the left)
const increment = a => a + 1; const add = (a, b) => a + b; const result = [1,2,3] |> #.map(a => a * 2 ) |> #.filter(a => a > 5) |> #.reduce((sum, a) => a+sum, 0) |> increment |> add(#, 3) console.log(result); // 10
Topic style takes a different approach by essentially considering the bit where you use the function as a "template" for its actual invocation. Because the argument is not known ahead of time, we use
# as a placeholder for that value to be used once it is known.
This strategy does have the advantage that the functions used in the pipeline are simple in their declaration, at the cost that the pipeline itself is slightly more verbose.
Additionally in my personal opinion it feels like additional cognitive load that when I do something like
add(#, 3) I need to understand that I'm not really invoking the add function at all when this line of code is reached, rather I am defining a template for its execution.
With this dummy example there isn't really a lot differentiating the two proposals, but I don't think it is really very realistic anyway, so let's get real!
Using RxJS we will define a pipeline which takes user input from a textbox, ignores it when character count is less than two, debounces their keystrokes, then queries an api for search results.
const searchResults$ = fromEvent(document.querySelector('input'), 'input').pipe( map(event => event.target.value), filter(searchText => searchText.length > 2), debounce(300), distinctUntilChanged(), switchMap(searchText => queryApi(searchText).pipe(retry(3))), share(), )
This simply implements the description given above. RxJS uses the
const searchResults$ = fromEvent(document.querySelector('input'), 'input') |> map(event => event.target.value) |> filter(searchText => searchText.length > 2) |> debounce(300) |> distinctUntilChanged() |> switchMap(searchText => queryApi(searchText) |> retry(3)) |> share()
This is pretty much exactly the same syntax as before, but much tidier and cleaner to read due to the new
|> operator. How nice is that inline operator within the
For comparison purposes, let's see how the above might look with the topic-style operator implementation:
const searchResults$ = fromEvent(document.querySelector('input'), 'input') |> map(#, event => event.target.value) |> filter(#, searchText => searchText.length > 2) |> debounce(#, 300) |> distinctUntilChanged |> switchMap(#, searchText => queryApi(searchText) |> retry(#, 3)) |> share
Hmmm. I am not a fan. Maybe it is just a lack of familiarity talking, but the requirement that all operators need to be passing in the observable as a topic feels really unclean. Of course this would require rewriting all the RxJS operators to use this new syntax and take an observable as the first argument.
What do you think? Is there something really compelling about the topic style operator that I am missing? I know much of the discussion has been around how to handle the
await keyword, but honestly I rarely use
async/await now that RxJS is mostly what I use, but that is just my personal experience.
On a different note, the TC39 proposal feels like it has stagnated a bit, as the Github issues are pretty much all comments from last year. Let's kick start the discussion again and see if we can nudge it one step closer to being used!
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Dimension Reduction Motivation
Dimension Reduction Motivation
Visualizing data is one of the most, if not the most, important step in the analysis of high-throughput data. The right visualization method may reveal problems with the experimental data that can render the results from a standard analysis, although typically appropriate, completely useless.
We have shown methods for visualizing global properties of the columns of rows, but plots that reveal relationships between columns or between rows are more complicated due to the high dimensionality of data. For example, to compare each of the 189 samples to each other, we would have to create, for example, 17,766 MA-plots. Creating one single scatterplot of the data is impossible since points are very high dimensional.
We will describe powerful techniques for exploratory data analysis based on dimension reduction. The general idea is to reduce the dataset to have fewer dimensions, yet approximately preserve important properties, such as the distance between samples. If we are able to reduce down to, say, two dimensions, we can then easily make plots. The technique behind it all, the singular value decomposition (SVD), is also useful in other contexts. Before introducing the rather complicated mathematics behind the SVD, we will motivate the ideas behind it with a simple example.
Example: Reducing two dimensions to one
We consider an example with twin heights. Here we simulate 100 two dimensional points that represent the number of standard deviations each individual is from the mean height. Each pair of points is a pair of twins:
To help with the illustration, think of this as high-throughput gene expression data with the twin pairs representing the samples and the two heights representing gene expression from two genes.
We are interested in the distance between any two samples. We can compute this using
dist. For example, here is the distance between the two orange points in the figure above:
## 1.140897
What if making two dimensional plots was too complex and we were only able to make 1 dimensional plots. Can we, for example, reduce the data to a one dimensional matrix that preserves distances between points?
If we look back at the plot, and visualize a line between any pair of points, the length of this line is the distance between the two points. These lines tend to go along the direction of the diagonal. We have seen before that we can “rotate” the plot so that the diagonal is in the x-axis by making a MA-plot instead:
z1 = (y[1,]+y[2,])/2 #the sum z2 = (y[1,]-y[2,]) #the difference z = rbind( z1, z2) #matrix now same dimensions as y thelim <- c(-3,3) mypar(1,2) plot(y[1,],y[2,],xlab="Twin 1 (standardized height)",ylab="Twin 2 (standardized height)",xlim=thelim,ylim=thelim) points(y[1,1:2],y[2,1:2],col=2,pch=16) plot(z[1,],z[2,],xlim=thelim,ylim=thelim,xlab="Average height",ylab="Differnece in height") points(z[1,1:2],z[2,1:2],col=2,pch=16)
Later, we will start using linear algebra to represent transformation of the data such as this. Here we can see that to get
z we multiplied
y by the matrix:
Remember that we can transform back by simply multiplying by as follows:
In the plot above, the distance between the two orange points remains roughly the same, relative to the distance between other points. This is true for all pairs of points. A simple re-scaling of the transformation we performed above will actually make the distances exactly the same. What we will do is multiply by a scalar so that the standard deviations of each point is preserved. If you think of the columns of
y as independent random variables with standard deviation , then note that the standard deviations of and are:
This implies that if we change the transformation above to:
then the SD of the columns of are the same as the variance of the columns . Also, notice that . We call matrices with this properties orthogonal and it guarantees the SD-preserving properties described above. The distances are now exactly preserved:
A <- 1/sqrt(2)*matrix(c(1,1,1,-1),2,2) z <- A%*%y d <- dist(t(y)) d2 <- dist(t(z)) mypar(1,1) plot(as.numeric(d),as.numeric(d2)) #as.numeric turns distnaces into long vector abline(0,1,col=2)
We call this particular transformation a rotation of
mypar(1,2) thelim <- c(-3,3) plot(y[1,],y[2,],xlab="Twin 1 (standardized height)",ylab="Twin 2 (standardized height)",xlim=thelim,ylim=thelim) points(y[1,1:2],y[2,1:2],col=2,pch=16) plot(z[1,],z[2,],xlim=thelim,ylim=thelim,xlab="Average height",ylab="Differnece in height") points(z[1,1:2],z[2,1:2],col=2,pch=16)
The reason we applied this transformation in the first place was because we noticed that to compute the distances between points, we followed a direction along the diagonal in the original plot, which after the rotation falls on the horizontal, or the the first dimension of
z. So this rotation actually achieves what we originally wanted: we can preserve the distances between points with just one dimension. Let’s remove the second dimension of
z and recompute distances:
d3 = dist(z[1,]) ##distance computed using just first dimension mypar(1,1) plot(as.numeric(d),as.numeric(d3)) abline(0,1)
The distance computed with just the one dimensions provides a very good approximation to the actual distance and a very useful dimension reduction: from 2 dimensions to 1. This first dimension of the transformed data is actually the first principal component. This idea motivates the use of principal component analysis (PCA) and the singular value decomposition (SVD) to achieve dimension reduction more generally.
Important note on a difference to other explanations
If you search the web for descriptions of PCA, you will notice a difference in notation to how we describe it here. This mainly stems from the fact that it is more common to have rows represent units. Hence, in the example shown here, would be transposed to be an matrix. In statistics this is also the most common way to represent the data: individuals in the rows. However, for practical reasons, in genomics it is more common to represent units in the columns. For example, genes are rows and samples are columns. For this reason, in this book we explain PCA and all the math that goes with it in a slightly different way than it is usually done. As a result, many of the explanations you find for PCA start out with the sample covariance matrix usually denoted with and having cells representing covariance between two units. Yet for this to be the case, we need the rows of to represents units. So in our notation above, you would have to compute, after scaling, instead.
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A Session-based Approach for Aligning Large Ontologies
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There are a number of challenges that need to be addressed when aligning large ontologies. Previous work has pointed out scalability and efficiency of matching techniques, matching with background knowledge, support for matcher selection, combination and tuning, and user involvement as major requirements. In this paper we address these challenges. Our first contribution is an ontology alignment framework that enables solutions to each of the challenges. This is achieved by introducing different kinds of interruptable sessions. The framework allows partial computations for generating mapping suggestions, partial validations of mappings suggestions and use of validation decisions in (re)computation of mapping suggestions and the recommendation of alignment strategies to use. Further, we describe an implemented system providing solutions to each of the challenges and show through experiments the advantages of the session-based approach.
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As different countries in the world continue to embrace digital innovations and cutting-edge mobile services, effectively understanding the effects and benefits of 5G is very relevant.
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As our world becomes more connected than ever, it is only necessary to constantly improve in mobile technology. 5G technology has the potential to affect mobile usage in a number of ways, resulting in faster downloads, more functionality, and better mobile experiences.
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Furthermore, it has the potential to reshape payment processing in Nigeria, providing payment service providers with access to new solutions that will expand their channels (ATMs, Mobile Banking, Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), Internet Banking and others). This is because technology is expected to play a huge role in bridging the financial inclusion gap in the country.
Its sensors will enable high connectivity with customers’ devices based on the environmental conditions in which they live. With the establishment of this innovation, merchants, banks, and fintech companies will gain flexibility to enhance customer interaction.
With lower response time and faster speeds, businesses will be able to deliver the value and convenience consumers need while continuing to provide higher levels of security by expanding biometric security measures along with protecting consumer passwords. With an open mind to this, we can make better use of future opportunities as experts around the world believe that 5G biometric technologies will be more efficient and accurate in securing individual financial data.
Compared to 4G, 5G offers a whole new level of data transfer speed, with multiple devices connected reliably at the same time. Customer devices do not have to wait for base stations from financial institutions to allocate resources to process their various transactions; But transmission can be started immediately thanks to the multi-access analog fountain code technology built into the 5G air interface.
Also, many transaction errors can be avoided by reducing the time it takes for signals to reach their destinations.
Data shows that many consumers prefer mobile payment technology over cash. And 77% believe that digital wallets are a more convenient way to make payments, and thanks to 5G, contactless payments should become more prevalent in the coming years for on-demand purchases.
For users of e-wallets, this means that the speed and security of transactions can be greatly enhanced.
For payment technology, 5G will be an excellent enabler for mobile transactions if the country’s ICT, and ICT infrastructure is able to meet the growing demand for connectivity. The need for all stakeholders to work collaboratively towards achieving a highly desirable digital economy is essential in Nigeria as well as for transformation to effectively take it’s course in the country.
While digital transactions are great, they come with challenges that include cost and cybercrime as well as with many parts of the nation that still lack basic communications infrastructure that could threaten the build for financial inclusion.
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PFChrom v5 Documentation Contents AIST Software Home AIST Software Support
Gamma Ray Peak (Gaussian + Compton Edge)
a0 = Amplitude (photopeak)
a1 = Center (energy photopeak and edge)
a2 = width (photopeak and edge smearing)
a3 = calibration (MeV/channels)
a4 = edge magnitude (as fraction of a0)
me = mass electron (.511004116)
Built in model:GammaRay
User-defined peaks and view functions: GammaRay(x,a0,a1,a2,a3,a4)
Gaussian Photopeak, Shared Response Fn
The Gamma Ray model combines an amplitude Gaussian with a Gaussian-smeared Compton edge function. This is a five parameter model which assumes the photopeak is Gaussian, and also that the Compton edge is smeared by the same Gaussian response width as the photopeak.
The model requires that channel 0 represent an energy of 0. If this is not so, you must first use a transform to adjust the data, compensating for any non-zero offset.
Evaluation of Integral
We do not have a closed form for the convolution integral representing the Gaussian-smeared edge, and as such this function uses numeric integration, making it PFChrom’s slowest function.
This function cannot be automatically placed. Right click the main anchor of the peak automatically positioned at the photopeak and change to the Gamma Ray model. You will then need to adjust the five parameters directly. All values must be positive. The initial estimates assume a 1 MeV midpoint in the graph. You must set the calibration parameter a3 so that the correct edge matches the photopeak. You can lock a3 if you know the calibration accurately. If the edge itself was automatically detected as a separate peak, you will need to either toggle this peak off or delete it.
You must set the Curvature Matrix in Fit Preferences to Full. In the gap between the photopeak and Compton, it is possible that both functions will have decayed to where the sparse matrix procedure will detect a significance limit for the function. This procedure should never be used when fitting a Gamma Ray model.
We thank Dr. Larry Levit for his expertise and assistance in making this function possible in PFChrom. As with earlier versions of the product, this model should be considered experimental. | <urn:uuid:5a6499f8-e6ea-48d4-b900-06f4a51992b9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://aistsw.com/Html_MS/Gamma_Ray.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.844411 | 535 | 1.671875 | 2 |
failed to build cygwin with itself
Thu Jul 26 18:13:00 GMT 2007
> Recently I patched what I think is a bug in poll(), and I want to
> test my patch before reporting it, but when I follow these instructions:
I don't think this is the right mailing list to ask for help with a
simple task like building Cygwin. The main list is the place for that.
> Grep tells me that __assert_func appears in the following places:
> $ grep -r assert_func .
> ./winsup/cygwin/assert.cc: __assert_func (file, line, NULL,
> ./winsup/cygwin/assert.cc:__assert_func (const char *file, int line,
> const char *func,
> ./winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog: * assert.cc (__assert_func): New
> function, to match newlib header
> ./winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog: * cygwin.din: Export __assert_func.
> ./winsup/cygwin/cygwin.din:__assert_func SIGFE
> A glance at assert.cc shows that __assert() calls __assert_func(),
> but that __assert_func() is not declared until after __assert() is
> defined. What gives?
You're looking in the wrong place. __assert_func() is declared in
newlib/libc/include/assert.h which is included at the top of assert.cc.
Maybe you don't have a working tree, maybe you didn't run configure
correctly -- you'd need to provide more details.
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Its Marxist orientation offers a false salvation to the masses while forsaking any personal relationship to God.
The “theology of liberation” is not just a passing fad like the “death of God.” Originating in the Third World, it is a serious attempt to take a new look at traditional Western theology and to cast off traditions and hang-ups that have been associated with middle-class churches in the capitalistic West.
There are, of course, many differences of opinion among liberation theologians, some of whom are Roman Catholic, and others Protestant. Some hold a high view of Scripture, others a low one. Some minister inside the church, others repudiate it. It is difficult, therefore, to generalize about them; but this risk must be assumed if one is to attempt a simple exposition of their consensus, or concentric thought.
What follows is a list of simplified statements which in general, but not in toto, reflect the character of liberation theology and an evangelical reaction to it.
1. Most theologies start to “do theology” on the basis of some philosophical assumptions about knowledge, revelation, the existence of God, or one’s Christian experience. The theology of liberation insists that all theologizing must start with a commitment to liberation of the oppressed—a starting point of praxis not of theory.
2. If the struggle for liberation is the starting point, it is important to understand its history, the antecedents and implications of that struggle. History thus becomes God’s way of talking to us in contemporary situations, and the historians, sociologists, and economists become our prophets.
3. It is impossible to theologize out of context. The theologian always imposes his own context on his analyses and on the expression of ...1
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For our Diversity Day, Year 3 learnt about Russia. We explored some traditions and studied the stunning architecture. We learnt the history of St. Basil’s Cathedral, and created our own beautiful sketches of it. We loved looking at Babushka dolls and worked so hard to make our own nesting dolls. We were fascinated learning about the Space Race between Russia and America, and made our own rockets with cola bottles and Mentos. We then took them outside to re-enact our own Space Race, which was incredibly exciting! | <urn:uuid:338f188b-093c-40b5-831f-b7075636f902> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.burnhamprimary.co.uk/year-3-diversity-day/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.980488 | 108 | 2.34375 | 2 |
The Port of Hull has recently celebrated a milestone, completing the largest shipment of wood pellets ever handled at ABP’s Dry Bulks Terminal
The ABP operations team successfully discharged nearly 30,000 tonnes from the 200 metre Isadora vessel, destined for the Drax Power Station in Selby. The shipment will generate enough sustainable electricity for almost 18,000 homes for a year.
Fully complete in over 77 hours (including stoppages), the weather-sensitive cargo of compressed wood pellets was directly loaded to lorries and the remainder of stock is stored in the state-of-the-art 26 Shed.
Simon Bird ABP Humber Director
“It’s important to work in partnership with our customers to enable to them to grow and achieve fundamental business objectives.
“Our highly-skilled teams and continuing investment in infrastructure are vital factors in ensuring we can always offer the best possible services to our customers.”
The Port of Hull is home to a dedicated rail-load-out facility for Drax and in 40 minutes it can load a train with 1,600 tonnes of wood pellets. Up to 17 biomass trains per week can deliver fuel to Drax from the Port of Hull.
Mark Gibbens Drax Head of Logistics
“Developing a supply chain able to deliver the sustainable biomass in the quantities required was central to us being able to convert two thirds of the power station to use biomass instead of coal, transforming the business to become the largest decarbonisation project in Europe.
“We have supported investment of £300m in our port facilities and our operations support 5,700 jobs in the supply chain in the north and contribute £600m to the region’s economy. The Port of Hull is an important part of the Drax supply chain, and continues to handle biomass for us in a safe and reliable manner.”
The terminal is seeing increased business, and 2018 saw a strong performance with the UK's leading crop production and grain marketing business - Frontier Agriculture.
Richard Pollard Frontier Agriculture Operations Director
“Access to efficient import and export services is important to us as it enables us to manage the grain supply chain effectively for our farmer and grain consumer customers.
“ABP has provided vital support to this aspect of our business; handling up to three times more throughput than planned last year and at times exceeding the expected tonnes-per-hour performance rate by up to 50%.”
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Greek Orthodox Church Sells Land In Israel, Worrying Both Israelis And Palestinians
Secretive real estate deals in the Holy Land are putting one of Jerusalem’s most powerful and ancient churches in the spotlight.
The Greek Orthodox Church calls itself the second-largest landowner in Israel, after the Israeli government. It says it owns some 30 percent of Jerusalem’s walled Old City, the city’s historic core, and controls the largest stake of any Christian denomination in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, home to the traditional tomb of Jesus. It also owns lands throughout Jerusalem, Israel and the West Bank.
But in recent years, church leaders have quietly sold off several properties to anonymous investors fronted by companies registered in far-flung tax havens. Israeli and Jewish businessmen were later identified as some of the buyers.
These deals have only recently become public, raising panic among Israelis whose apartments are built on church land and leading to small but growing public protests by some Palestinian church members.
The church leadership is dominated by Greek nationals, but the church’s local following is largely Palestinian. Some Palestinians are worried about possible implications for their quest for independence.
“We are concerned because these are the properties of the church. And these properties are diminishing year after year,” said Hanna Amireh, a Palestinian official in charge of church affairs. “This is part of our land, in a way or another. We don’t want this land to be sold … to our enemy.”
The question of landownership strikes at the core of the Israeli-Palestinian tug of war over Jerusalem. Israel captured East Jerusalem, whose holy sites include the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Al-Aqsa Mosque and Western Wall, in 1967. But the Palestinians demand that part of the city as the capital of a future independent state.
The land dispute saga began a decade ago at Jaffa Gate, the most prominent entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem, where throngs of pilgrims pass on their way to the city’s most revered religious sites. Just inside the gate are two hotels run by Palestinian families but owned by the Greek Orthodox Church.
In 2005, an Israeli newspaper reported on a secret deal struck the year before by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate — the church leadership — to sell the hotels to Ateret Cohanim, a Jewish settler group that aims to buy up Palestinian-owned properties in strategic locations in Jerusalem to increase Jewish control in the contested city.
The church’s sale caused an uproar among Palestinians in the Greek Orthodox community. Then-Greek Orthodox Patriarch Irenaios I was accused of conspiring to sell the property. Rumors swirled about the patriarch’s relationship with the young man who conducted the secret property deals with the patriarch’s power of attorney.
The scandal led to Irenaios’ ouster – sparking yet another drama.
For years, Irenaios holed himself up in his apartment in the church headquarters in Jerusalem’s Old City, refusing to accept his expulsion and afraid he would be locked out if he left the premises. A sympathetic Palestinian grocer brought him food, which Irenaios hoisted up to his window by rope.
A new church leader was appointed, Patriarch Theophilos III, who is fighting in Israeli court to annul the sale of church-owned properties in Jaffa Gate during his predecessor’s tenure. A lower court recently deemed the sale to be proper, and the patriarch is appealing to Israeli Supreme Court.
But Theophilos is now on the defensive. News first broke this summer about additional land deals, which he personally approved.
More details about the land deals have been reported in the Israeli press in recent weeks and months.
Many of the deals in question are of lands that the church leased in the 1950s to institutions affiliated with the Israeli government, like the Jewish National Fund, a century-old nonprofit dedicated to obtaining land and developing Jewish communities in Israel.
The church sold lands in the upscale beachside cities of Caesarea and Jaffa to companies registered in the Caribbean. In other deals, Israeli investors purchased large tracts of land in the most luxurious neighborhoods of West Jerusalem. When the long-term lease on the land expires in a few decades, these companies will decide the fate of the apartments on those lands.
Leaseholders in the area say their property values have dropped drastically because of the uncertainty.
“I am not doing any renovations,” said Nava Bat-Zur, whose apartment is on land sold by the church. “It is hard to sell these properties.”
She has helped rally residents to lobby Israeli authorities to do something to resolve their predicament.
A bill in the Israeli parliament is proposing that the government immediately expropriate Greek Orthodox Church lands if they are sold to private investors.
That has alarmed Jerusalem-based churches of many denominations, and the Greek Orthodox Patriarch is now conducting a rare public campaign, recording a video message in English that warns of of an “assault” on the church, and taking an international tour — meeting with the pope, the archbishop of Canterbury and other faith leaders — to drum up support for churches’ property rights.
Local Palestinian church members argue whether the property sales are actually benefiting the local flock.
“All that [money] was put in projects that serve the preservation of the Christian community in the Holy Land” like church-run schools and a housing project for Palestinian church members in East Jerusalem, said Dmitri Diliani, a Palestinian church member supportive of the patriarch’s deals.
Ghassan Munayyer, a Palestinian citizen of Israel and member of the church who opposes the land deals, argues that other churches in the Holy Land invest more in their local flock than the wealthy Greek Orthodox Church does. He says the patriarch has not reached out to the community to explain the recent land deals.
“We ask always: ‘Why you disgrace us? Why you hate us so much?’ ” said Munayyer. “You don’t invest anything in the local community. And now you sell our land.”
The church has conducted some two dozen major land deals in Israel, the West Bank and Jerusalem in recent years, according to a Greek Orthodox Patriarchate official who spoke to NPR on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized by the church to speak openly about the matter.
The official offered a defense for some of the recent land deals. In the case of the Jewish National Fund, he said the fund asked the church to renew its lease on a large tract of land in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Rehavia. The lands were leased to the JNF in the early 1950s for a period of 99 years, and the JNF wished to negotiate a new lease early.
The church said the JNF made a low offer for the new lease, and the church felt its hands were tied, believing it could not actually reject the offer and evict the tenants from their upscale neighborhood. In addition, he said, the church was under pressure from Israeli officials about extending the lease of the land.
So the church sold the land to an Israeli investor and got rid of a “headache,” the official said.
Other church properties were sold, either to generate income or to get rid of properties that had caused the church problems, he said. One was sold after the church was found in breach of the lease and an Israeli court ordered it to pay millions of dollars in damages, even threatening Israeli expropriation of a Greek Orthodox monastery property in a politically sensitive part of East Jerusalem, the official said.
“None of these deals are endangering the future dream of the Palestinian people. None are siphoning off endowments,” the official said, referring to churches and monasteries considered to be ecclesiastical holdings.
In a city contested by both Israelis and Palestinians, the story of church-owned land in Jerusalem has always been sensitive.
A former Israeli city planner, Israel Kimhi, said he mapped out all the church-owned lands in Jerusalem for an atlas he helped prepare in the early 1970s. But he said the Israeli government censor prohibited the map from being released to the public.
“To see the amount of land that is owned by others, not by Israelis, in those very sensitive areas — at that time, the government decided it was not a good thing to show,” Kimhi said.
As the public learns more about the Greek Orthodox Church’s holdings, it has opened a Pandora’s box of worries about the city’s future — because other churches own lands and properties in Jerusalem.
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On May 10, Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association (ACCPA) in partnership with HomeFront, Big Hill Haven, United Way Calgary, EQUS, and REACH, presented a Keynote Luncheon with Rachel Louise Snyder at the Silvertip Resort in Canmore.
As an investigative journalist, Rachel Louise Snyder spent over 20 years travelling to more than 50 countries, and everywhere her stories have taken her, she witnessed the impact of domestic violence.
This led Snyder to examine the causes and effects of domestic violence in her latest book, No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us. This award-winning book reveals that one of the most urgent social problems takes place behind closed doors, and that the most dangerous place for a woman is often in her own home.
Her keynote presentation, Every Voice Counts, addressed domestic violence and examined many of the myths that often accompany this social issue. Her presentation was compelling and insightful, engaging audience members of all experience levels as she brought her experience to light through her captivating storytelling.
Her presentation and novel tell the story of the abuse of Michelle Monson Mosure and her children by Michelle’s husband. Through this account, Snyder addresses the many ways in which policies, laws, and cultural narratives can allow abusers to escape responsibility.
“Violence inside the home is not a private matter; it’s a public epidemic.” – No Visible Bruises
An excerpt from the book reads, “Violence inside the home is not a private matter; it’s a public epidemic, and yet it remains locked in silence, even as its tendrils reach unseen into so many of our most pressing concerns, from mass shootings to mass incarceration to #MeToo.” Snyder illuminates the intersections between domestic violence and other social issues, including gender bias, poverty, and addiction, to highlight that none of these social issues occur in a vacuum.
In both her book and presentation, Snyder draws upon the stories of victims, perpetrators, law enforcement, and advocates to explore the causes of domestic violence and its far-reaching social consequences. Through her investigative reporting, Snyder unflinchingly examines the causes and effects of domestic violence, and aims to create change in how we address domestic violence which can, in turn, save lives. | <urn:uuid:b36bc2ea-c27a-449f-a210-821450b9aaa3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://homefrontcalgary.com/rachel-snyder/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.93928 | 478 | 1.742188 | 2 |
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